Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Sport, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie
River City Ransom: Underground
Patch Notes - Update #15 - Retrosity and OST
It's hard to believe that we began working on River City Ransom: Underground five years ago, and the game released a little over a year ago. We wanted to celebrate that milestone by releasing a few "cutting room floor" features that were close to our heart. So let's get things started with what's in this update, "Retrosity", available now and as an OST bundle for 50% off this week!
Retrosity Filters
Nothing complements a retro game nicer than a pair of nostalgia goggles. You'll now find "Retrosity" settings in your game's Graphics settings, which allow you to relive some of your favourite old school palettes and filters. As some astute players noticed, we had most of the palettes in the code already, but couldn't get the filter experience polished in time for launch. We adapted and extended the excellent work of J. Kyle Pittman, and you can read more about the techniques used here. Try them all!
Exploding Barrels
Mysterious barrels are popping up all over River City. The rumour is, these nefarious slush buckets are being delivered late at night from trucks from Merv Enterprises' private landfill. Use them to your advantage for crowd control!
Alexis the Hero
By popular demand, Alexis is now an unlockable hero. This means you can take her through the story campaign as well as in the arena. To accommodate her story challenge, we've added a few moves to balance out her ground game.
Shoulder Ram
Use this sweeping knockdown attack to put distance between you and your foe, and open up juggling opportunities.
Spin Kick / Grapple Kick
Alexis now has a suitable secondary attack to keep enemies at bay sneaking up behind, and which she also employs when grappling.
OST Bundle
We're happy to announce that the OST in both MP3 and FLAC formats is available for sale starting now, either standalone or as a bundle. Dino Lionetti regales your ears with a classically inspired River City soundtrack. If you missed out on the OST backer rewards, this is a great time to pick this up at a discount.
Patch Notes - Update # 14 - Happy Holidays!
We hope you're enjoying your holiday break!
This latest patch just adds a little holiday fun somewhere in River City.
Stay safe, have fun, and don't turn into coins. Not even bitcoins!
Team RCRU
Patch Notes - Update #13 - Big Gameplay Improvements
It is my pleasure to present to you the "Big Gameplay Improvements" update. Based on your feedback this year, and feedback gathered from the forum, we put together this patch to solve the most common gameplay complaints we have received.
Changes:
Police in River City are now under-staffed. Your first crime is free™!
Kingpins are now scary... for everyone except you! You will easily catch them!
After you win, River City goes (mostly) back to normal
If you run across an entire level, you are no longer rewarded with an invisible wall
Charge moves do not trigger across level boundaries
The default throw does damage again
Fixed missing animations after throw-release from grapple moves
Dojos now tell you the minimum level requirement for moves
The standard knockback animation no longer depends on damage dealt (ie: strength)
Improved calculation of the stamina threshold for desperation moves
Changed how energy regeneration and max-energy gain from items are calculated
Fixed missing XP rewards for a few bosses
Mike: Now comes with Fat moves as standard
Mike: Fixed move list text for Plumber Jump Kick and Inch Punch
Rudy: Fixed move input for Mud Stomp
Provie: Adjusted shop items to match Provie's actual moves (removed Pop Up, added Frizzle)
Wes: Fixed Grapple Knee and Grapple Elbow (from front grapples)
Alexis: Tweeky no longer gets stuck and can no longer hover
Backer: Fixed Arm Bar Reversal
Sewers 2: Can no longer fall behind the level on the right hand side
Forest River: Fixed respawning after you fall off a log
Merv Elevator: Turned off police spawning due to wanted level
Oak Hill Mall: Fixed Le Jambon Cache door (for players at night) and Dragon's Dojo door (for AI)
Minor fixes for the Chinese translation
Thank you to everyone who has given feedback, posted to the forum, and posted a review.
Patch Notes - Update #12 - RCRU Holiday Update
RCRU Holiday Update
We've just released an update to River City Ransom: Underground in time for the holidays. To celebrate, the game will be 50% off on Steam from now until Monday, November 20th at 10AM PST / 1PM EST.
OST Relaunch
We're excited to release Dino Lionetti's new soundtrack for River City Ransom: Underground! Dino, one of the talents behind Cheap Dinosaurs, co-composed the original soundtrack for the game. Now he's back with an all new rendition, blending hints of classic Technōs groove with subtle, catchy, and cohesive tunes we think you'll love.
Now available in Simplified Chinese
Thanks to great work by IndieNova and Project Gutenberg, RCRU is now available in Simplified Chinese! This language option will appear automatically in the game options menu as well as through the Steam client.
Have a happy holiday!
Patch Notes - Update #11
This is a minor bug-fixing patch.
Bug fixes:
Fix a crash bug when the game detects an unsupported language at startup.
Humble Store Launch Week Sale
We're pleased to announce that River City Ransom: Underground is now available on the Humble Store!
Humble Store Link: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/river-city-ransom-underground
To celebrate, we're offering our launch week 20% discount from now until Friday, May 26th at 9AM PST. If you have the game on your wishlist, now is a great time to pick up River City Ransom: Underground on Steam through the Humble Store!
Thanks,
Team RCRU
Patch Notes - Update #10
Hello all! We're back with another patch. We have some other stuff in the works, but we wanted to get these bug fixes out as soon as possible.
Features:
Added categories to the move list (first part of several planned UI improvements)
Bug fixes:
Fix Bruno MJ Shooting Star not unlocking when purchased
Fix loss of control bug if a pop-up appears in the arcade restroom
Fix Steam language choice not overwriting options language choice
Turn off dynamic respawn in movie theatre
Fixed a crash in a story script if Wes is not present
Patch Notes - Update #9
This small-but-important patch fixes the top 14 reported crashes, which accounts for over 90% of the crashes in the game code by occurrence. (Note that this does not include crashes caused by GPU- and system-related problems.)
Highlights
Fixed common crashes
Made it much harder to get stunlocked by the gas cop
Patch Notes - Update #8
Hello everyone! Here's a weekend patch to a fix few more reported issues. (-DC)
Highlights:
Fixed local player drop-ins
Fixed epilogue loop in NG+ if player skipped the final cutscene
Fixed Glen's Hip Toss and Kick Toss doing no damage
Fixed cases where weather was appearing indoors (dojos, elevator)
Fixed cases where weapons stored in a hideout just before saving would not save
Fixed NG+ chapter selection clearing side quest progress
Fixed Rudy's hidden book not triggering
Fixed bug where soda machines were vending the wrong brand
Fixed arm positioning for Riki skin
Patch 8a:
Fixed an item duplication bug.
Patch Notes - Update #7
Hello everyone! This is a general bug-fixing patch. We’ve got more on the way. Enjoy!
Highlights
Fixed bug where gas-grenade cop did not throw their grenade
Fixed bug where inventory was not usable in Arena
Fixed bug where objects could be carried out of Arena matches
Fixed bug where menu music kept playing between Arena matches
Fixed bug where double-jump would not reset after a soft landing
Increased hat friction
Fixed bug where Ivan failed to exit the Courtyard level
