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Genre: Racing

Neon Seoul: Outrun

Summer Sale



Steam Summer Sale is here and we're giving your wallets a break - now through July 5, Neon Seoul: Outrun is on sale for 40% off!

On top of that there's also a special bundle with our other Early Access title Wanted Killer VR (with 10% discount). Altogether this package will grant you an additional 10% off, making this amazing deal even better. No better time to jump in!

Celebrate Lunar New Year with Playsnak



For the next 5 days celebrate Lunar New Year with us and get Neon Seoul: Outrun with 33% discount. Now You know why all these fireworks yesterday, as this is the best moment to get on a bike and ride with us into the future.

If you like the game, tell your friends about it so they can join in the fun or simply review it on Steam and tell everybody how awesome Neon Seoul is!

From Valentine with Love



There is nothing better than sharing love with someone special on Valentine's Day. Yes, we are talking about You! As our Valentine's gift this year we have totally new and amazing looking location. For the first time we leave crowded streets of Neon Seoul to have a race with beautiful sunset in the background.



Isn't it lovely? We think so too.

As we are in celebratory mood we added some fireworks too, but about these we will talk more tomorrow.

Happy Valentines!

The Dragon has arrived!



This week brings part one of a two part update, entitled, Dragon Run!

Part one introduces the Dragon along with progression mechanics, and part two will feature HOVERBIKE TUNING, skins, and other rewards for progressing as an Outrunner!


Part one patch notes:

Features:



  1. Neon Dragon Run Game Mode Added; collect Dragon Orbs and complete challenges while avoiding traffic to gain The Organization’s favor!

  2. Let Coach Kincaid be your guide to becoming one with your hoverbike in the new Tutorial Mode.

  3. The lobby has been expanded to make way for leveling up in an all-new career mode!

    • Added New Career tab to track your progress in becoming a true Outrunner for The Organization.
    • Added Jobs tab to list special missions (Jobs will be arriving in a near future update).
    • Added Daily Leaderboards for all game modes.
    • Consolidated Different Panels to improve navigation.


  4. Choose your destiny by driving through one of three tunnels at the start of the game to select a gameplay mode: Free Ride, Dragon Chase, or risk it all in the classic Outrunner mode.


Brain Candy:



  1. In Game Portraits of Coach Kincaid appear during the tutorial

  2. In Game Information HUD Added.
    • Mode of Play
    • Scoring Tips
    • Game Mode Rules


  3. Added and Updated SFX

    • 125 Coach Kincaid lines of commentary and dialog added!
    • Sound sweetening pass of all in-game audio.
    • Dragon
    • Ambient sounds added to the Neon Seoul city
    • Reverberation in the tunnels



Tweaks and fixes



  1. Starting hoverbike adjusted based on player feedback
    • Dramatically increased the shield to allow for longer runs
    • Top speed reduced to allow for more reaction time for players


  2. Scoring System updated to allow for Dragon Challenge collection multipliers.

  3. Added more languages, and updated previously added languages:

    • English
    • German
    • French
    • Spanish
    • Dutch
    • Swedish
    • Chinese
    • Korean
    • Japanese



Here is a small tease before you will see it in the game:

Chase The Dragon - Work In Progress!

Here is a small taste of what we've been working on since you last heard from us.

You'll have to wait until next week for this update, but we'd like to hear your thoughts on what features could be coming along with this EPIC DRAGON!

Neon Seoul: Outrun is now Multilingual!



Outrunners around the world, rejoice! The lobby UI and in-game text is now in a wide variety of languages:

  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Swedish
  • Dutch

Neon Seoul might be ruled by oppressive AI overlords, but boy can those bots sure translate text! They can’t read mind (yet), so drop us some feedback if you want to see your language in the mix ːsteamhappyː

Achievements added!


We have added 20 shiny achievements to the game so now you can show your love by unlocking them all!

Here is the list:

  • Welcome to Neon Seoul: Get into the game rook
  • Cruisin' 88: Enter Free-Ride mode and earn your stripes
  • Outrunner: Test your meddle on the Seoul Highways
  • Hanging Tough: Recharge your overshield
  • Turbo: Get into the boost and feel the speed
  • I fought the Law: Escape those pesky cops
  • Practice makes Perfect: Beat your own record 3 times
  • TV Addict: Watch a video in the lobby
  • Can’t Stop: Race a total of 100 Km
  • Hang Time: Launch a car into the air
  • Like Mike: Get two near misses in traffic
  • Ludicrous Mode: Hit that Max Boost speed
  • Go Plaid: Hit that Max Boost speed for 10 insanity-filled seconds
  • Screecher: Score 5,000 Points
  • MoneyLisa: Score 25,000 Points
  • Spanorama: Score 50,000 Points
  • Slaterade: Score 100,000 Points
  • ZackAttack: Score 250,000 Points
  • BoomKapowski: Score 500,000 Points
  • John_Lockey: Score 1,000,000 Points



We also squashed the bug wherein the leaderboard was not updating in real-time.

Enjoy and remember this is just the beginning, we have big plans for the future as announced in previous post!

New Year, New Features: Coach Kincaid's News Blast



Happy New Year Everyone!


2018 will see a lot of new features updated on Neon Seoul: Outrun.
The feature update plan includes addition of new Gameplay Modes, Challenges and Achievements, introduction of Bike Garage, which will introduce you to new Bikes, Bike Customization, and of course: Multiplayer Modes.

So stay tuned!
But we are also open for community suggestions. What would you like to see in Neon Seoul: Outrun?
Please let us know!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BEduxyTqX4

More Neon to Seoul!

World Graphics:



  • Improved lighting on buildings
  • Added more neon to the buildings to give a better silhouette
  • Improved reflections on the buildings
  • Streetsigns (arrows) changed to be more readable
  • Roadmarkings improved to help the player read the roads

Moto Graphics:


  • Improved look and shape of the bike
  • New “Sexy Red” Shader
  • Improved the bike model to give player more visibility
  • Added shield meter to the bike
  • Improved the reflections on the bike

Improved Calibration:


  • Fixed bugs and added a more intuitive way to calibrate your bike
  • Added Calibration room avatar (temp whitebox model)
  • Improved layout for finding the correct size

NEW Free Ride Mode:ːsteamhappyː


  • Added new mode for people who want to test the bike in a more relaxed setting
  • Includes artist and track names
  • Less Traffic on the Road
  • Open highways for getting to max speed

Score System:


  • Made system more dynamic as to encourage speed runs
  • Modifier increases by reaching speedlimit
  • Improved readability of bonus multipliers
  • Modifier decreases after x amount of time not being in speedlimit
  • Time for next combo action increased
  • Combo no longer fails when driving on the shoulders
  • Near Miss Message moved further to the outside

HUD:


  • Improved player facing issues
  • Speedmeter shows modifiers and speedlimits
  • Leaning UI removed
  • ‘system Ok’ status message removed
  • Energy UI Icon added
  • Combo UI: (Improved Animations and readability
  • Energy/Shield improved - UI Icon added
  • Shield color matches current Energy (gradient from cyan to magenta)
  • Additional Energy meter on Bike

LOBBY UI


  • Toolbar of currently looked at ‘card’ is always visible.
  • Bikeshop: Bike stats and names added
  • Gallery: Moved Description button to toolbar
  • Video: Improved UX for sound and Playlist