While the creation of ROOTED continues at a very good pace with new POIs (have a look at the end of this post) that we will present soon on our Discord server, I am pleased to announce new features on our website! Register to be part of the Alpha, Pledge the game, update your pledge, get your Steam Keys for Early Access and your Roles on Discord, + upcoming features!
IMPORTANT: if you have already pledge on Kickstarter or on the website during the last weeks, you already have an account. Just ask a new password here: https://rootedthegame.com/forgot-password
What can I do atm on the website?
- Pledge the game and choose your rewards, with now instant delivery of your Steam key for the Early Access (2024). Alpha keys will be sent when the alpha approaches. - Upgrade your pledge(s) - Update your contact information - Update your Discord ID to get the roles on our server - Find your pledges from Kickstarter and from the Website - Get your Steam Keys for ROOTED, linked to your pledges
How to get the roles on Discord?
If you have pledge the game on Kickstarter or on the website, please update your Discord ID once connected, then wait for our bot gives you the roles. It can take up to 1 hour.
Soon available: more information about the Lore!
The lore is strongly present in Rooted. We plan to present it to you soon on the website, along with illustrations and a lot of information that will allow you to immerse yourself in the story before the launch of the game!
Soon available: Ticket system
Alpha sessions mean lots of feedback and for this, the website will play its role. You'll be able to open tickets in game and here, then follow its progress.
I can't leave you without sharing an example of a POI blockout we worked on: the Monastery. Of course, we will let you discover the catacombs and all its surprises in game!
Take care, Mat
Rooted 200% Funded! It's time for Mocap Animations
Hey Survivors! This past week has been crazy as friday was the last day of our kickstater Campaign. 60 days during which you showed us so much enthusiasm for Rooted, talking about the game around you, and financially supporting our team.
Today and thanks to you:
more than 330,000 wishlists on Steam
Kickstarter campaign ended at 200% of its goal, with a total of 120,000€
over 4000 members on our discord server! You guys are amazing!
It's time for mocap sessions
We are now in good conditions to move on to an important step for us, which we were looking forward to: the recording of our mocap animations.
Not only will this allow us to have a result that is true to our expectations, but we will also be able to share the gameplay mechanics with you, and you can't imagine how much we are looking forward to it!
Languages available in Rooted
Until the early access, Rooted will be available mainly in english. For the early access, we plan to add many languages (thanks to help of the community) so do not hesitate to ask for yours here or on Discord! Some statistics we have show us which countries are the most represented in the community, so by default, they will have their language in the game too.
Talk with the devs and follow our progress
If you want to follow the development of the game on a weekly basis, don't hesitate to join us on our social networks like Discord (for early WIP). All our links here: https://linktree.com/rootedthegame
And of course, you can use our forum on Steam to talk with us too!
Thanks again for your incredible support! Mathieu & the Team
Our progress and Alpha sessions
Hey Survivors!
Thank you so much for your interest! Over 300,000 players have added Rooted to their Steam wishlist. That's great and once again, it's a great motivation for our team!
Another good news for us, and again thanks to our community for this, our Kickstarter campaign is a success! 135% of the goal reached, 11 days left to go. THANK YOU!
Let's talk about our progress
The open-world
Since the release of our trailer at the Future Game Show on August 22, we have been working hard on developing tools to create our open-world in order to generate the map, the environment with the most modular - scalable - optimized system possible.
This way, our environment artists can build the world you will explore, and it's going to be awesome! You know what? 50Km²+ of floor space, + the verticality in the city + the surrounding ocean... on a 100km² map.
For example, we shared a while ago an example of our workflow to create the post-apocalyptic environment using our advanced materials, to get a nice blend between bricks / foam / plaster in this example:
This door generator is another example, to procedurally create thousands of variations of damaged doors, regardless of the asset used, at no cost.
Gameplay
Gameplay is the key! Our mocap animations are scheduled to be recorded in November. Right after that, we'll start sharing our gameplay mechanics, and we're really looking forward to it!
In the meantime, we'd love to hear what you'd like to grow in this greenhouse that you can build!
Let me give you some information about the Greenhouse! It has 3 states :
Natural, the simplest
Electric, you can add your UV lights once you can generate enough electricity.
Irrigated, you can now irrigate your plantations to improve your production.
And this boat? It plays a role in the Lore, and imagine if you could drive it in the game 👀 This is a WIP version but as you know, we like to share our progress.
There's a lot we could share but the easiest way to track our progress is to join us on Discord :)
Next Alpha sessions
Yes, in early 2023 we will be launching alpha sessions on specific features and we are happy to have over 1500 people already signed up thanks to their pledges on Kickstarter.
And don't worry! We'll be sharing a sign-up form in the coming months for a chance to earn your access!
Thank you so much again for your interest and support! ROOTED
Our Road Map and PVP news
Thank you all so much for your support! While the community has until October 21th to continue to support us, the Kickstarter goal is reached! We are happy to announce that all the backers will have a special outfit!
Now, let's talk about our Roadmap and PVP.
Strech goals become our Roadmap
Thanks to the all backers, players and medias which brought us visibility, with the kickstarter and other ways to get funds, we now have the possibility to go further, thank you so much for that! Strech goals are now our Roadmap.
Here is the Roadmap. You may notice something at the bottom, regarding PVP in Rooted... I'm gonna share some information about it below.
PVP in Rooted: some news!
Since many of you ask for PVP in Rooted, we have decided first to add an option to enable Friendly Fire. Then day after day, while we were working on the game, we realized that we could add a more suitable version of our map for a PVP mode, with the possibility of being hosted on dedicated servers. The community with a preference for PVP will then be able to have fun in a 100% pvp game mode, with more than just a few players.
IMPORTANT: Our development remains focused on the PVE / Co-op part because it is this experience that we absolutely want to deliver. This is the DNA of ROOTED. Friendly fire will still be available in the PVE / Co-op mode.
Have a nice day!
Mat
Rooted's Kickstarter is launched!
This is a big day for us, with the launch of our Kickstarter Campaign!
➡️ Discover right now our plans for Rooted ➡️ Pledge your copy of the game ➡️ Claim limited rewards
Discover our trailer at Future Game Show on August 24
We are happy to announce that our trailer will be broadcasted at the Future Game Show on August 24! Exclusive images that we can't wait for you to discover! We really hope you'll like it!
Crazy stats about the game
So many of you have added Rooted to their Wishlist. Thank you so much for your interest in our game 🙏 Some stats that we still can't believe in:
68rd most wishlisted game with 225K wishlists
53rd most followed game with 32K followers
These are just numbers, which change every day, but it is a huge motivational boost for us! THANK YOU 🙏
MEDIA KIT: trailer, logo, videos, screenshots and more
Get our videos, screenshots, logo... from our shared folder. Feel free to use it to talk about Rooted! Many of you have asked us for high definition files to create your articles and videos about Rooted. We have created this file especially for you. Thank you for talking about us!
IMPORTANT: our new trailer will be added on August 25, and new content regularly. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/e33n8xk9q68sj4h/AAAqMMBiTfAOFUs3AQlq36iNa?dl=0
Do not hesitate to share your article / video with us by email (contact@rooted-the-game.com) or on Twitter!
