Q.U.I.R.K.
Q.U.I.R.K. Now Supports Mac Play!
Run into trouble? Post a note in this thread or send an email to support@ugenworld.com, and let us know what's up!
Enjoy, won't you?
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Our Team is growing!
I know I already posted, because I am just so excited to be here. But I wanted to take a moment to officially introduce myself.
My name is Timbre (tim-ber) but you can find me on our discord and in game as ugw_timbear (GET IT?!). I’m uGens newest community manager! Community has been my jam for a very long time now, specifically gaming and online communities. Its my second full day here at uGen and I have already found a home in it.
So from this day forth if anyone needs anything, questions, concerns, wants to talk about bears or ferrets, really anything at all don’t be shy. Seriously its what I’m here for!
One of my biggest projects here will be heading our streamer initiative. As a streamer myself I know how important they are and love them to pieces!
So if you’re a streamer please take a second to fill out our Streamer Survey https://ugenworld.typeform.com/to/D6nBLo because I want to shower you in keys, hosts, dev attention in chat (if you’d like), private discord and more goodies just for streaming!
Well I could go on forever about how much I like you guys…So, lets wrap this up, but we can continue this conversation over at https://twitter.com/ugw_timbear
or timbre@ugenworld.com
Happy gaming,
-ugw_timbear
Friday Happy Hour - Streaming Event 4/14
Not only is there the new Star Wars to get excited about, (we are also pumped) but tonight is our Friday Happy Hour! YAY!ːsteamhappyː
Starting 4pm PDT today the dev team will be hosting, playing, giving out keys and hanging with folks streaming Q.U.I.R.K!
If you haven’t already we also have this very quick streamer survey that’ll help us find and support you l]https://ugenworld.typeform.com/to/D6nBLo
We’d also like to share with you some of our assets that you are welcome to use on your stream l]https://www.dropbox.com/sh/x3667td1n2jsd2d/AADmMHAuMWrZyyFFnt6-eoJba?dl=0 don’t be shy, go on take ‘em.
Questions or concerns? Feel free to drop them below, we’re all ears.
Happy Streaming,
- ugw_timbear
**Update** Service Restored! Q.U.I.R.K. Services (Were) Temporarily Down, Solution Imminent!
While it isn't unusual for technical glitches to pop up outside of our ability to fix them, we do take outages very seriously. So, as a way of thanking you for your patience, we are sending every member of our community a complimentary Q.U.I.R.K. key on Steam that you can gift to a friend of your choice.
We will continue to keep you apprised as we learn more. Once the service is functioning and stable, we'll ship your Q.U.I.R.K. keys via email.
Questions or concerns? Drop a note in this thread!
New Q.U.I.R.K. Build 00.05.69
Build Notes for Build 00.05.69
We'll be pushing the new build today, Friday, April 7th! Look for Steam to update your client at around 2p Pacific.
Kiosks Labels: When you first log in to Q.U.I.R.K, you are placed in a lobby/waiting space that we call The Commons. When you face the giant Q.U.I.R.K. in the sky, you will find see the labeled kiosks that will take you to different areas of the game.
Basic Audio Options are Here: Run into the SETTINGS kiosk, and check out the new menu options that allow you to turn off the Audio and the Sound Effects. No more loud music in your face! In the future, we’ll add finer controls that will allow you to adjust the volume as well.
QUICKMATCH: Entering the kiosk with the lightening bolt will kick off a rotating series of Q.U.I.R.K.s that are curated by the uGen team. We often take the maps we enjoy the most and promote them to QUICKMATCH so that people get more exposure to them. We are currently designing new and different ways to for players to access newly created or popular Q.U.I.R.K.s, so keep your eye open for changes to this system in the future.
TUTORIAL: Entering the kiosk with the graduate’s cap showcases our first stab at a tutorial space. We’ve set up some billboards with basic instructions to help coach you through things like movement, using and picking up items, firing weapons, and building. Jump in, check it out, and let us know if you’ve got some suggestions to make this experience better. Please note: The TUTORIAL (or LAIROTUT if you are looking at it backwards) is a work in progress, and will change dramatically over the next few months.
SETTINGS: Entering the kiosks with the spinning gears gives you the options to adjust the gender of your avatar, your graphics quality, Movement when you are in VR, as well as display and audio settings. Like all things in this early phase of game development, you might see some strange behavior when playing with Graphics or Display properties.
PLAY & BUILD: The kiosk with the crossed hammers opens up what we call the Q.U.I.R.K. index. It is basically a library showing you all the maps you have access too. We’ve broken those maps, or Q.U.I.R.K.s, down into smaller categories in an effort to make things easier to find. This section has a total redesign in the works, so expect some dramatic improvements in the future. Here are the current categories and their purpose:
<*>FEATURED: This section gives you access to the build function, which you’ll see as a bright cyan (fancy light blue!) tile that says BUILD NEW QUIRK. That tile is followed by a collection of maps that we’ve handpicked because we think you’ll enjoy them. Once you’ve selected that map, your friends can join you by checking the ACTIVE MATCHES tab and then clicking on your map. Players can also join you directly with an invite through Steam (if they’ve got Q.U.I.R.K. installed), or by joining the match and clicking on your avatar in The Commons.
<*>MY QUIRKS: This section ALSO gives you access to the build function, which you’ll see as a bright cyan (fancy light blue!) tile that says BUILD NEW QUIRK. It also shows all of the maps you’ve built in the last stage that you last saved them. This is the menu you can use to submit your final Q.U.I.R.K. design to us for approval! Once we’ve approved your submission, everyone can play it by sorting through the RATINGS section.
When you hover over a tile in your MY QUIRK library, you will get three options represented by the following symbols:
- Hammer and Wrench: Puts you back in build mode for that
- Q.U.I.R.K.
- Upload Arrow: Submits your Q.U.I.R.K. to us for approval and sharing with the public.
- Garbage Can: Careful! This Deletes your Q.U.I.R.K., and in some cases, we aren’t able to get it back for you.
<*>ACTIVE MATCHES: This shows you all the active matches you are able to join.
<*>RATINGS: This shows all the Q.U.I.R.K.s that you can play and rate!
Let us know in this thread if you've got any questions!
Ten New Q.U.I.R.K. Maps Approved!
While we are currently refactoring all of the UI (a task being tackled by the Queen of user experience and user interfaces, ugw_Lavindir), but for now you can find all the new maps in the ratings tab of the Q.U.I.R.K. index.
McG has a new map on deck, and is also one of our new uGen Engineers. It's cool and all, but super kudos go out to Pootloops, Scrump, MatProbable, Amonetta, PainDarkstar, and ZhappyZ for getting their maps approved!
We'll write up a breakdown of those maps early next week, offering some thoughts on how maps get approved, and what you should think about when submitting those maps.
In the meantime, we'll be coordinating an event this Friday called Happy Hour, where the entire uGen team hangs with our favorite streamers to play Q.U.I.R.K. together. This week, we hang out with one of our favorite streamers Pootloops! Check out his stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/pootloops
We're aiming for the stream to begin at around 4p Pacific, barring any technical challenges. We'll be giving away keys during this stream as well, so don't miss it!
April 1st Streaming Day: It Ain't No Joke!
Tomorrow is April Fool's Day (which is every game developer's nightmare because c'mon already let's stop trying to be funny), so rather than think of some elaborate or silly (see: stupid) prank on our community, we are instead working with streamers throughout the day to show Q.U.I.R.K. off, and have some fun.
ugw_Jeannie and I will be speaking at a VR maker event at around 2p Pacific, so you won't see us in game for a couple hours, but we'll be playing throughout the day with you, and giving away keys to people who are interested in giving Q.U.I.R.K. a spin.
Streamers have access to our public assets file, which you can find here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/x3667td1n2jsd2d/AADmMHAuMWrZyyFFnt6-eoJba?dl=0
Think you are going to stream this weekend (or ever)? Why don't you drop a note in this thread? A member of the uGen team will contact you with more information!
Known Issues and Bugs as of Build 3/29/17
We're using this thread to report known issues in the latest build. Please take a look at the posts in this thread and respond with your findings, or share anything you've found while playing that you would like to bring to our attention!
We Made It! Q.U.I.R.K. is now in Early Access!
uGen is incredibly excited to be released in Early Access on Steam! We've been working on this game for 10 months now, and now we are finally able to work with the Steam community directly as we work our way towards launch!
In celebration, please enjoy some Quick Facts, (or Fuickts):
- uGen is an indie studio just outside of Seattle, WA and currently has a team of 8 people.
- As a studio, we celebrate our 1 year anniversary on May 10th.
- We’ve worked on Q.U.I.R.K. for a little over 10 months before this release.
- Q.U.I.R.K. stands for Quantum Universe Interaction and Replication Kit.
- When you build a map, or level, it is called a Q.U.I.R.K.
- When you build a Q.U.I.R.K., you can submit it to us for review and publishing for public consumption. In the future, the community will be able to vote on their favorite Q.U.I.R.K. and builders will be rewarded handsomely for their efforts!
- Some folks get confused: You don’t have to have a Vive to play Q.U.I.R.K. as it is a fun and fully realized game played using a keyboard and mouse.
- People playing in VR and playing on the PC can play together.
- While we are launching early access with one game type, we have 8 completed game types waiting in the wings.
- The team consensus is that our product is in a late alpha stage.
- Shortly after our Early Access release on Steam, we will be starting a behind-the-scenes builders club, giving people passionate about building access to new building assets and game types on an entirely different build.
We look forward to sharing more information about our plans for Q.U.I.R.K. and can't wait to hear what you think.
Have any questions? Let us know!