It is time to release Online Multiplayer. Get ready to rumble with all new character and a new gun, there's also some game feel changes!
Online multiplayer is here which we have been working on the last few months, even though we are happy to announce this feature there's still some bugs and we release this feature on beta.
This update features:
New gun
New character
Online multiplayer
Lots and lots bugs fixes
Now there is online multiplayer bugs....
Online multiplayer
Now we have online multiplayer in Beta stage and all of you can now play it, at the moment there's only last man standing game mode and there's no options to choose bots to play with other players.
Invite your friends with Steam invite
Quick match
Private match
New Character - Canon
We have new character Canon there's nothing special about him he just has a Canon on his face, three legged robo dude who wants something in his life, like money.
New Gun - Sniper
Super impact full gun Sniper which kills any player with one laser shot, it goes pew, pew ːsteamhappyː You can find the new gun on Close Quarters map ːsteamfacepalmː
BUGS, BUGS
Some of the bugs still persist and will need more playtesting to find all of them, but here are some of the funniest bugs we wanted to share with you.
Rainbow puke
Noice missile
D*** jousting
Boxes go round and round
Fiery Meatballs
This is fine
If you have any suggestions or found a bug with the online-multiplayer version, you can suggest them in our Steam Community Hub or in our Discord server.
Release - build 1.0.0
It is time to release RoboVirus. Get ready to rumble with all new menu and new game mode 'Deathmatch' and game feel changes!
The new selection lobby makes starting games easier and allows more ease at configuration. We have released the new Deathmatch game mode where player with the most kills will earn the crown and be the victor.
This update features:
New Main menu
Deathmatch game mode
Balancing of weapons and dash
Improvements to bots
New music
New Main Menu
Redone Character selection
Change rules menu
Rules are now on their own window You can now also decide the amount of bots you want in the game!
Level selection facelift
You can see the levels with much more detail in the level selection and choose your favourite starting level
Deathmatch game mode
Along the normal 'last man standing' game mode players can also select deathmatch game mode where the player with the most kills will win.
Balancing of weapons and dash
Tweaked multiple different weapons to feel equally balanced and the dash to feel powerful enough and be used often enough
Missile Launcher has less ammo and firerate. This is a nerf!
Mini gun has limited ammo but should not run out too faster
Dash has slightly longer duration and more stun effects
Dash has impact sound
Improvements to bots
Bots were struggling in some levels with moveable objects so the settings for their routing were enhanced. We added rudimentary hazard avoidance for them, bots will return to playing area if for some reason outside of it and find targets better
New music
Several new tracks from the awesome collection by Deceased Superior Technician(DST) Fast paced tracks that speed you to blast your frenemies!
Online multiplayer will not be making into the release version, but it will be implemented soon!
Hey everybody, we've pushed a small update fixing the Level, character aiming and gun bugs. Hope this helps!
Level bugs
Piston: Only corner piston platforms drop down
Piston: When player died on a piston platform dropping down, players didn't spawn anymore
Fissure: Players died when platforms moved down
Gun and character bugs
<*> Boulder 1: The boulder didn't blink when it could be exploded
<*> Boulder 2: Now boulder/ "meatball" spawns where players are aiming
<*> Laser: Went to direction where the players moved not where they were aiming
<*> Characters: Everyone else but Nooker shoots into moving direction not where players were aiming.
In this build we are preparing to implement the online multiplayer into the game. We also made some changes to the previous weapons and levels and included 2 new levels. Hope you enjoy!
This update features:
Build 0.12.0
In this build we focused on bringing you new content first time in a while!
New weapons and levels. And a whole new weapon pick-up system
4 new weapons
Boulder
Mines
Red laser
Mini missiles
2 new levels
Piston
Portals
Reworked the 3x3 level and renamed it fissure
Other changes and Bug fixes
New weapon pick-up system. Now the levels are filled with different kinds of weapons for players to pick up. The picked up weapons are generally better than the default weapons.
We wanted to let you guys know that we now have a launch date! The game will come out Sept. 1. 2019
We would also like to announce that the game will have online multiplayer on release.
Ps. expect a new update real soon
Build 0.11.0 - Bugfixes and optimizing
This update has been focusing on fixing bugs and testing new features in our underlying game engine (Unity). We finished moving to a new graphics pipeline, which should mean much better FPS for many players, especially if you have lower end devices, like laptops. The graphics change also meant that we had to redo much the overall look of the game, so we decided to go and "experiment" a little :)
Unfortunately there isn't much new content this time, people are traveling through events and having their much needed vacations. Currently we are working on weapon pick-ups and new weapons, and they should be in the next release in a couple of weeks.
New graphics pipeline
This should give better performance, but changes the overall look of the game at the same time
General bug fixes and changes
Bots can be dashed off map
You can rotate the character's head with mouse in waiting lobby
Score screen now displays correctly the number of players
A cartload of stability fixes
Made slight balance adjustments to weapons (very experimental)
AI is now smarter and more aggressive
Known bugs <*> The game gets stuck occasionally when last players kill each other at the same time, or the winning player commits suicide with his last life
<*> Pressing back (game pad B or ESC) in waiting lobby (where you choose your character) before you have joined doesn't return you to main menu
<*> Pressing back in map select causes 2 input events to be given, and the game goes to the main menu
<*> Some characters' dashing animation allows you to briefly shoot through obstacles
<*> Players can stun others with dash through thinner walls
<*> Bots may spawn in incorrect places in level Fissure if the platforms start moving during spawn
<*> Level changing can get stuck if the game is quit during a round's end
In this update we focused to make new additions to user interface, now there's even more characters to choose for and even an option to change character colors. In user interface you can see new loading screen with tips and in game there's icons to indicate lives, health bar and which weapon is in use.
Whole new user interface
In game UI
New winning indicator
There's new gun icons to indicate which weapon is in use
Character UI has new hp indicator
New icons and life system
Character menu
New character Scam
New character Spoder
Option to change character color
UI layout and color changes
All new character animations: ready, idle and walking
Loading screen
Displays which level starts next
Shows rounds, score situation and tips
Other changes and Bug fixes
New weapon shotgun
Bots are more aggressive
Characters outlines are white
Character menu join option fixed
Nyley color and post process changes
Input changes <*> Next input with controller is "A" and keyboard "space"
<*> Back input with controller is "B" and keyboard "esc"
<*> Controller D-pad movement added
We updated robot selection menu and now it's possible to change your character. In the backend we changed code structure from the ground up reason for these modifications are the following: code management gets easier and we can make faster changes to the game, less errors and bugs.
New additions
Whole new character selection UI
New character Quacker
Characters have laser sights
Options menu has laser sights on/off option
Dash goes 50% further, it's easier to hit robots and it stuns for 1 sec
Lately we haven’t updated as frequently as before, but we have been working hard “under the hood”. We have changed code structure from the ground up as well as
graphics rendering pipeline. Reason for these changes are the following: code management gets easier and we can make faster changes to the game, less errors and bugs.
A lot of our old code was not well suited for the features we want to implement for the final release, and we decided that now would be a good time to do an overhaul. Many of the features in the roadmap would have needed a lot of changes to our code base, and we expect the overhaul to speed up further development. That being said, our next release might have a bunch of new bugs since a lot of the code is completely new, and we would be thrilled if you could report them!
The graphics rendering pipeline change helps us to make game more optimized which results less stuttering and more fps for the gamers. We had noticed that a lot of you guys have had FPS problems with laptops and such, and we’d like to offer a pleasant experience for as many of you as possible.
Backend
Backend overhaul in core game mechanics
New graphic rendering, lightweight rendering pipeline
Less stuttering and more fps
Probably new bugs :)
Coming soon
Nyley map model and texture optimization
All maps have been relighted and optimized
3 new characters
New maps piston and colosseum
New UI character selection, icons for hp, dash, controller and character.
