We have an updated development roadmap for Robocraft 2 which you can check out below:
We've also updated the trailer on the Steam Page with some footage from the Iana Chaos Map:
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Robocraft 2
Development Roadmap And Updated Trailer
We have an updated development roadmap for Robocraft 2 which you can check out below:
We've also updated the trailer on the Steam Page with some footage from the Iana Chaos Map:
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IANA CHAOS: New Map With A Spawnable Powerful Robot.
We've been internally testing a new map for Robocraft 2 called Iana Chaos.
IANA CHAOS AWAITS
This map is set on the surface of Mars. One of the core features of this map is speed as there are long stretches of road between the bases and the fusion towers… Oh, and a new powerful robot capable of resisting a ton of incoming damage from enemy robots and inflicting a barrage of destruction unlike any other machine created so far.
Your objective on Iana Chaos is to destroy the enemy team's fusion towers. Unlike Hela’s basin, each team will have three towers which can be destroyed in any order. Once they all fall, it’s game over!
As towers fall, the team matching that colour will be presented with a powerful robot spawning at their base to help level the playing field… The Subordinator!
This machine is a state of the art high powered machine which will give any robot a run for its robits.
- 8 Plasma weapons
- 6 Laser weapons
- Totalling around 2,000 CPU
- Increased expected acceleration
Driving the Subordinator as a solo pilot will only allow you to use the 6 front-mounted laser weapons. This is effectively the same power as a normal robot brought into battle… But the robot shines when a second pilot enters the Subordinator!
Whilst a second player is active, the 8 plasma weapons on the top of the subordinator will be used exclusively by the second pilot. Unlike the lasers, this has a 360-degree rotation and can be used to protect all angles!
This machine will also make use of a new material which has stronger connection strength than even Ladium. The Subordinator’s front bumper is the primary area where this material is placed and is used for ramming other machines without dealing too much damage to itself.
Here’s some footage taken from some internal tests of Iana Chaos including some Subordinator vs Subordinator clips
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Robo Herald 16.02.2023
Robocraft 2 - Attack & Escape!
We ran some online tests recently and recorded a bunch of new footage!
Currently, Robots can not self-heal or heal others. This leads to a number of battles where a pilot needs to determine how much damage they've done and whether it's time for them to retreat back to base and respawn their machine.
In the video below you can see a player starting out with a large amount of health on an APC-like machine, but over time it crumbles into no more than something that has the protection of a convertible!
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16 million Colours! RGB Colour Picker
Express yourself using over 16 million colours with the RGB colour picker!
In the original Robocraft free-to-play players were only able to use a small number of colours, whilst premium-for-life players were given a larger number of colours to pick from. In Robocraft 2, anyone who builds will be able to paint their robots any colour they want.
We’ve chosen to limit the total number of different colours per robot to six to complement the colour palette system we revealed a couple of weeks ago. Players who download robots from the CRF2 will be able to flip the palettes of robots that they purchase from the CRF2. 6 colours are pretty common in palette generators.
As you use the RGB colour picker to select a colour, the RGB sliders and the hot bar will update in real-time… Even the robot behind the UI will update as you make changes.
Check it out in action below:
Robo Herald - 31.01.2023
Robocraft 2 - Development Roadmap
Robocraft 2 is going to be huge! The entire team is really excited to be making this game and we’d like to thank everyone who has supported us so far and helped motivate us as we work on it. 2023 is going to be a very interesting year and we wanted to share some of the features and content that are on our minds right now.
Check out the Development roadmap below:
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We’d also like to thank everyone that has added Robocraft 2 to their Steam Wishlist! This helps us out in ways you couldn't even imagine and we are very very close to 50,000 wishlists.
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Profile Customisation
Sure, You’ve signed in and you’ve named yourself ^_^XxXNoobmaster1992XxX^_^... But do you really think that the name means anything on its own? No… It’s just a stupid name and you should feel silly for calling yourself that….
So how does ^_^XxXNoobmaster1992XxX^_^ take their display name from a hilarious name choice to a legend? Well, the short answer is… Profile Customisation
What the heck is profile customisation!?
I’m glad you asked Timmy! We’ve all used an assortment of social apps like Headnovel or Chirp to represent ourselves via an online persona. Often combined with descriptions, a profile image and a banner which represents your interests and hobbies. In Robocraft 2 we’re offering something slightly similar. Edit three categories of customisation which truly make your profile stand out amongst a sea of other players.
Avatar
If you could sum up yourself in a single image, this would be it. There will be hundreds of avatars to choose from, your biggest challenge is trying to find the right one!
Frame
Sure, an image is nice, but if you really care about it, you’ll throw a frame around it! And not just any type of frame, once again there will be a huge number to choose from, some will just sit around the four sides of the avatar. But there will be others which bleed into the picture and can be used to create interesting combined visuals.
Banners
These are large rectangle images which are used to display your player name. You’re gonna want to choose a background that really compliments your username. In the case of ^_^XxXNoobmaster1992XxX^_^, we suspect a beautiful image of cherry blossom trees in front of a warm orange sunset.
So once you’ve mixed up all of these profile customisation options, you’ll bring them all together to create your online profile which will look a little bit like this:
Pretty snazzy eh? There are going to be thousands of combinations to choose from, maybe even millions! And the examples we’ve shown you only feature static images! We are working on a variety of animated and visual effects for rarer profile customisation options.
Here’s how it looks during a match-loading screen
Your profile will appear in a variety of areas, most notably via the loading screen but also on match scoreboards, leaderboards and even the builder’s league. There will be hundreds, if not millions of combinations, so there’s no excuse to make a kick-ass-looking profile! Good luck ^_^XxXNoobmaster1992XxX^_^!
RGB Colour Picker and Colour Palette System
We’re working on a new feature for Robocraft 2, completely revamping the way colour systems function and wanted to talk about our plans and how it’s expected to work in-game.
ALL COLOURS ARE FREE!
That’s right, You can choose any shade of colour to use whilst building your robot! You’re not spoiled for choice either as we are using an RGB colour system to give you ultimate creativity. Over 16,777,216 possible colour shades can be selected and used to paint your robot!
Painting Your Robot
So you’ve created a robot! Tested its centre of mass, weapons and its acceleration in the test zones. You’re now thinking about bringing it online to fight against others? Are you sure it’s ready?
Sure, it might perform well enough, but an unpainted robot is just about one of the most disgusting things you can bring onto the battlefield! A good old-fashioned coat of paint will really bring it all together.
Pressing the C button will enter colour mode where the hot bar will represent the six colours that your Robot will be painted. Right now the Robot is exclusively using the colour grey and we can’t have that!
Selecting number keys 1 - 6 will select a colour from the respective hot bar and will allow you to splash on a coat of colour anywhere on your Robot.
With a few more strokes of your paintbrush, your robot will no longer disgrace the eyes of your opponents and teammates!
But maybe, after finishing your robot, you aren't really happy with the colours of your robot. Just maybe, you’ve seen the whole picture and feel that the shades you’ve painted don’t match up with your vision of perfection. But you spent so much time painting the Robot the first time, isn't there an easier way to repaint the Robot with minimal effort… Oh wait, there will be!
Open up the inventory while in Colour mode and you’ll be greeted with the RGB Colour picker.
This hexagonal shape of rainbows is the colour picker. Marvel in its presence for it contains over 16 million shades of colours! Don't believe us? Go on, count them, we’ll wait…
Oh, you’re back! Did you count all 16,777,216 colours? Great! Now, how do you select them? First, you’re going to choose one of the six hotbar slots that you want to write a colour to. Then, move your mouse cursor over that wonderful hexagonal shape and click. Based on the area you click within, its respective colour will be added to the selected hot bar slot.
Overwriting an existing colour slot in the hot bar will repaint all parts that were painted their previous colour. For example, we’ve just overwritten slot 5’s Grey with a pink salmon shade and the hot bar and robot now look like this
Going back into the Colour Picker you may have seen that there were a number of sliders on the right! If you go ahead and click and drag on the hexagonal shape, these sliders will update in real-time as will the hot bar slot.
If you want a very specific colour, you can manipulate these sliders by clicking and dragging or entering into the number field on the far right. It will even generate a Hex code for you to use at the bottom which will give you a very specific colour shade. You can also input a hexadecimal code here to select a very specific shade. Now, after you’ve selected a bunch of different colours and added them to your hot bar, your robot is going to look a little different!
That’s bright! If this kind of design strikes the right amount of fear in our opponents, then have at it! But you can always change the colours very quickly by switching up colours in the hot bar. It’s painless and very easy to use when you have a huge amount of painted parts on your robot!
Painting Robots Purchased From The CRF2.
When it comes to painting robots created by other players, the process is a little different. Let’s say you’ve found a robot that delivers on the battlefield exactly what you want, but you don't quite agree with the artistic vision of the creator. Well, you’ll be able to make some pretty drastic colour changes with a new system that we have created. Look at this!
Each slice represents a slot on the colour hot bar… This is a colour palette!
The colour palette is a way to customise a robot's look in a single action! There are actually a ton of colour palettes and these can drastically alter the look of robots that you have purchased from the CRF2. Here are a few other combinations.
To edit the colour palette of a machine that you’ve purchased from the CRF2, you’ll need to view that particular robot in the CRF2. A button labelled “Customise” can now be selected. This will then open up a menu which displays the currently available palettes that you can place on this robot.
The first palette is called “Original” and is the colour palette that the original creator used to create this robot when uploading to the CRF2. Any other palettes in this menu are ones that you have obtained and own. Clicking on one of these will update the robot viewer window on the right with that palette’s colour. You can then inspect the robot in more detail to check that you’re happy with the changes before hitting save.
At any point, you can return to a robot you have previously customised and select another colour palette or return it to its original palette.
Colour palettes are just one of our planned unlockable cosmetic items. There will be more than you can gather over time whilst playing Robocraft 2.
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Tank Treads - Procedurally Generated Treads Using Modular Building
We wanted to show you something that new VFX artist Kieran has been working on which relates to how Tank Tracks could work in Robocraft 2. We wanted to share with you one of our ideas, check out this video:
We’ll share more news soon on our plans for 2023
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