We have just a few days left for Steam Next Fest so starting from now until October 17th, you will be able to earn double the XP in battles so that you can claim a bunch of cosmetic items!
On Tuesday October 17th, the demo will be deactivated. Anyone who has been given access to the game via Playtest will still be able to play after this time but servers will return to selected times instead of 24/7.
Of course, any machines you have created will transfer over to the Early Access version on November 7th. This also includes all Robits you’ve earned as well as any cosmetic items and any machines you have created. This is your reminder to play lots this weekend so that you can earn the items on the Next fest island for free!
Once the demo has been delisted, we’ll begin to work on some polish and feedback that we’ve gained during the event from players across steam and our Discord.
We published a roadmap a little while ago, and whilst most of the “coming soon” features have already been implemented, check it out to see some of our plans for the future.
We will produce a new roadmap soon so please keep an eye out for that in the near future!
Of course, if you want to be notified when the game launches on Early Access, please add the game to your wishlist from the Steam Store page below:
In the meantime, if you’ve created an awesome Robocraft, please share screenshots of them with us! You can do this via the Screenshot upload on Steam or on our various socials like Discord and X (Twitter)!
Thank you for playing and I hope we’ll see many of you return to battle on November 7th!
Graphical Update And Fixes For The Demo!
Hello Robocrafters!
It's time for an update! Earlier in the week we made some improvements to the visual fidelity fo Robocraft 2.
Cosmetic Changes
Dynamic reflections on Robocraft metals and on the metals within the environment when you go inside and outside on all GFX settings
Realtime reflections from SSR (Screen space reflection system) added in the highest GFX setting.
Improved the look of the main menu scene
Check out the dynamic reflections and realtime reflections in this short video:
Today we released another update which includes the following core features:
Wheels no longer become invisible halfway through a match!
The Judicator has had it’s structural integrity weakened and now is made up of more ladium blocks. The gunners weaponry has also been increased so that they can use 6 plasma guns. These guns are also able to withstand a greater amount of damage
We’re still in Steam Next Fest as the 13th most wishlisted game in the entire event! If you want to support us, please play the game via the demo and add the game to your wishlist.
We're thrilled to announce our participation in Steam's NEXT FEST and are excited to present an exclusive demo of Robocraft 2 for you to enjoy! This November, we'll be launching the game in Early Access, so be sure to add it to your wishlist. This way, you'll receive notifications as soon as it becomes available on Steam.
Any machine you create in the demo will be preserved in your account for the November release. This includes any Robits you accumulate in battle and all the cosmetic items you unlock during the demo.
NEXT FEST ISLAND:
Experience the excitement of Next Fest as you unlock an array of special items in the Battle Matrix! It's a breeze:
Engage in thrilling online battles against fellow players.
Achieve EXP through combat, and as you level up, earn valuable tech points!
Convert your hard-earned Tech Points, obtained through leveling up, into fantastic Battle Matrix rewards.
Anything you unlock in the demo, you’ll keep forever!
Speaking of cosmetic items. You can use the following codes in game right now and keep them in your account! They will expire at the end of Next Fest.
We trust you'll thoroughly enjoy your time with the demo. As we move forward, we're gearing up for an exciting future that encompasses:
Modular Tank Tracks
Friends and Party System
Hover Blades
Mech Legs
More Build stats including acceleration, mass etc
Heat Maps which show both Structural Integrity and Aeerodynamics
Minimap
Text Chat
Special events that go outside of the usual 5 vs 5 Team CP objective.
Physics Based weapons & Modules
Pilot Handheld Tesla Blade
Furthermore, we're continuously working on various improvements across the board! We keep our community in the loop with updated roadmaps and will be sharing another one very soon! Join the Discussion on Discord: Earlier today we hit 10,000 members on our Discord! If you have any questions about the mechanics and want to talk to the community Do consider joining! Our dev team frequent the discord quite often and we also give out a few cosmetic codes.
We’re also going to be giving players golden cosmetic variants which are quite rare! Your best chance for these is to join the discord and keep an eye out for announcements.
Thank you everyone for all your support, we hope you enjoy the demo and are looking forward to the future of Robocraft 2!
Steam Next Fest Dev Stream!
Hello Robocrafters!
We're thrilled to be a part of Next Fest and will be playing matches live on Stream with the community! We hope that you'll join us for some fun and some laughs!
You can download the demo and wishlist the game right now by visiting our Steam Page below:
Until October 16th you'll be able to smash, shoot, and crash into other players, level up, and spend Tech points to earn free cosmetic items on the Battle Matrix.
We hope to see you on the battlefield!
Steam Next Fest Dev Live Stream!
Hello Robocrafters!
We're thrilled to be a part of Next Fest and will be playing matches live on Stream with the community! We hope that you'll join us for some fun and some laughs!
You can download the demo and wishlist the game right now by visiting our Steam Page below:
Until October 16th you'll be able to smash, shoot, and crash into other players, level up, and spend Tech points to earn free cosmetic items on the Battle Matrix.
We hope to see you on the battlefield!
Next Fest Island Now Live! Further Improvements To Lighting
Hello Robocrafters!
It’s update time! We are also now out of maintenance and are getting ready for NEXT FEST! And if you haven’t done so already, please make sure to add the game to your Steam Wishlist now! It really helps us out!
This update includes new content and a number of improvements! Check it out below!
Firstly, the Steam Next Fest Island is now live and players will be able to unlock the EVIL items right now! We’ve increased the player level to 73 so you can begin earning tech points to unlock these awesome new cosmetic items! We’ve got a new cosmetic material, new skins, a new switch plate, and some profile customizations too!
The entire NEXT FEST Island content is available to unlock for free.
MORE LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS!
You thought we were stopping at visual improvements with the new interiors! Of course not! We’ve made a few more adjustments. Firstly the towers now emit light based on the colour of the tower!
We’ve also improved the visual look of the flooring for interiors!
The final change for this update is dynamic indoor/outdoor lighting. As you move into buildings and under cover the lighting will adjust accordingly by adjusting the post-processing filters to suit whether the player is within an interior or outside.
One of the areas we noticed that there was some drain on performance was when the game created the wheel smoke effects. We’ve made some adjustments and you should see an increase in performance.
Other changes:
Client Crash fixes
Opacity change for Crosshairs
Rebalanced Mass on unobtanium used in Powerful Robocraft. This should feel a little different to drive and be heavier.
Fixed incorrect string for the Battle Matrix unlock.
The CRF Search fix is also underway and may not immediately work but we are expecting it will be fixed within the next day.
Currently In Maintenance - Will Be Live soon!
Hello Robocrafters!
We're currently in maintenance and will hope to be back up and running very soon.
Anyone logging in with the demo will see a "Client mismatch" error, this is because we are in maintenance. We're going to be updating the messaging on that in the future so that it provides you with better information!
We are planning a new update soon which will give you more items to unlock and will improve the look of the game too!
Please stay tuned for more updates and information
Assembly Malfunction - Cray Plush Now Live
Hello Robocrafters!
Cray, the unstoppable robot warrior and Mars’ ultimate Protonium hunter is an unstoppable SCU that has been a part of the Robocraft universe since 2015! Now, due to an assembly error, Crays thick robotic outer shell was accidentally replaced with a cuddly exterior and the manufacturing size was set to “Cuddly”
Act now to claim your limited edition Cray Plush! Because once our engineers fix the assembly error in the next two weeks you will not have a chance to procure one of these ultra rare Crays!
Visit this page now: https://www.makeship.com/products/cray-plush
Here are some pre-approved scenarios where your cuddly cray can be used
Snuggle buddy
Dog chew toy
Ambient decoration
Theatre productions
Your plus one for social events
Car pooling
Paperweight
Taunting those who do not have their own Cray plush
Door stop
Ally in any upcoming battles*
Family portraits
*The Cray plush is not equipped to fight in battle… They are too soft and cuddly!
Demo Updated! New interior lighting, crosshairs and real-time aiming reticules
Hello Robocrafters!
It is update time! We’re working right now on polishing in preparation for Robocraft 2’s entry into Steam Next Fest. A bunch of new players will join us over that time and we hope that they’ll enjoy the game and be a part of our community leading up to launch later this year!
INTERIOR LIGHTING
Surprise! The new interior lighting is now live! We shared the first look of this just a couple of days ago and you can see it in action via these images
We have some more improvements to the environment planned that we’ll share later too!
REAL TIME AIMING RETICLES AND CROSSHAIR
We have also made live the new aiming system! Most noticeably you’ll see the crosshair updated with new visuals. And depending on the weapon you use, you’ll see a different Crosshair.
For example, this is the new Plasma crosshair:
You’ll be able to see exactly when the next shot can be fired as the recharge bar on the side fills!
We also have small real-time aiming reticles that show in real time where your gun is currently aiming.
If you are using multiple weapons, the crosshair will select the most useful crosshair for that particular build. So for example, if you have a plasma and Laser set up, it will show the crosshair for plasma because you need to see the reload speed of Plasma. All weapons will show the real-time aiming reticles
TECH LADDER CHANGES
When we introduced the timer to Robocraft 2 for the tech Ladder, we said we’d remove it once servers were up 24 hours a day. We have now done that. But we’ve also reduced the amount of Robits needed to progress through each step of the tech ladder. Essentially, every match you play could give you enough Robits to unlock the next step of the Tech Ladder.
BATTLE GATE OPTIMISED
We have also updated the Battle Gate which will make it use less resources as it is built with fewer blocks.
POWERFUL ROBOT SWITCH UP
The Powerful Robots have had a bit of a switch up on the maps! Ma’adim terminus will now feature the Marauder while Helas Basin will include the Judicator.
ONE OF THE MOST REQUESTED BUG FIXES IS LIVE!
A HUGE requested bug fix has now been made live! You should no longer see the camera go inside your robocraft when parts like turrets are destroyed.
MORE LANGUAGES
We’ve added support for the following languages on Steam
Italian Korean Polish Portuegese (Europe) Portuegese (Brazil)
SERVER FIXES AND LOGGING
We’ve been working on some other fixes to server crashes that have been reported and added more logging so that we can help identify issues and debug other reported crashes.
Thank you everyone for the huge support over the last week. If you haven’t wishlisted Robocraft 2 already! You can do so by visiting the Steam Page:
We wanted to talk about an upcoming change that will improve the visual quality of Robocraft 2. A new lighting system! Check out a preview of it below:
The Robocraft 2 engine uses “Deferred lighting” which means that it can support many lights in an environment with minimal impact on rendering performance. If these lights were set to cast shadows, this would be more impactful on the performance.
We are planning to provide a number of graphical settings that impact how many lights are active.
Fastest graphical settings lighting will be disabled
Fast and Normal will have lighting enabled but fewer lights active
Good & Beautiful will have lighting enabled and the maximum number of lights active
This is just the first of our graphical improvements to the game during the development of Robocraft 2. This lighting may make it into the Next Fest demo on October 9th, so stay tuned!
