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Rustler leaves Early Access! v1.0 is now live

Dear Rustlers!

After staying in Early Access for six months, we can finally give you the full version of Rustler on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch. It's been quite the journey for us, with both ups and downs, but we're are happy with the final product. Your feedback helped us create a better gaming experience, and we're eternally grateful to all of you for your support!

You can find all of the recent changes here:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/844260/view/5214592093918480718

We want to thank all of our players who took their time to spread the word and supported us along the way. Thank you for not giving up on us during all of these years of Rustler's development. It is a true blessing to have such a dedicated community.

Don't worry, though! We will still be supporting Rustler. Therefore, we want to remind you that if you notice any technical issue we may have missed, please, report it via the in-game bug reporter. You can also send an email to rustler@gameops.pl, and we will try our best to fix it. Just remember to describe the problem as precisely as possible.

What's more, we already have some plans for post-Early-Access updates. We can't spill the tea yet, but you can expect more announcements on the matter soon enough.

Thank you once again! We wish you a lot of fun with Rustler!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/844260/Rustler/

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May the horse be with you!
Team Rustler 🐴

1.0 available for the brave!

Dear Rustlers,

The final release date is August 31 and due to that, we would like to share the pre-release update with you NOW!

What you will see in this pre-release update:

  • New sub-quests! Witch and Rapper storylines!
  • Buyable safehouse;
  • Added enemy knight on a horse with a lance (which can be seen when a player reaches 5 stars);
  • Animals;
  • Updated quest dialogues;
  • Bug fixes;


1.0 update is waiting for you on the beta branch.

If you don't know how to activate the beta, you can find the instruction below.:
Follow the red mark :D
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  1. Find the game in the library and press right-click on the game;

  2. Press "Properties";

  3. Click on the "Beta";

  4. Select "open_fresh_build" from the list;

  5. Close the window, update the game and have fun :D
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Below you can find a list of fixed bugs!
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  • Fixed bug where during “Staying Alive” mini-game NPC could spawn inside the walls;
  • Fixed bug in quest “Ba(l)d Guy Blues” where Guy could start running in circles during the cutscene;
  • Fixed bug in quest “Always Pay Your Debts” where the quest was failing after Guy would ride the horse of the second debtor;
  • Fixed bug where during jousting tutorial game was ignoring Guy’s victory;
  • Fixed bug in quest “Eye of the Horse” where during jousting screen was not fading out;
  • Fixed bug where bards were blocking the exit of Pimp-A-Horse;
  • Fixed bug in quest “Horsin’ Around” where the player could block exiting the game;
  • Fixed bug in quest “A Brave New World” where Buddy could block himself during cutscene;
  • Fixed bug in quest “Meat Muffins” where cart could be destroyed after collecting body and quest wouldn’t fail;
  • Fixed bug in quest “Always Pay Your Debts” where Guy could block the second debtor by placing horse or cart between him and his horse;
  • Fixed bug in quest “A Very, Very Big Cow” where the Guy could kill Buddy with a cart and block the quest with it;
  • Fixed bug in quest “By a Long Shot” where Round-earthers could fall into walls, buildings, and mountains;
  • Fixed bug in quest “You Spin Me Round” where one of the quest markers could disappear;
  • Fixed bug where during any quest MMA on the second island could be started;
  • Fixed bug in quest “What Seems to Be the Officer, Problem?” where the parked horse could block entering quest cart during the cutscene;
  • Fixed bug in quest “In Vino Veritas” where after killing quest NPC with the wrong weapon, the quest was not failing but was blocked instead;
  • Fixed bug in quest “Eye of the Horse” Sensei could despawn and block the quest;
  • Updated description of skill “Zero Waste”;
  • Fixed bug with unreadable symbols in the Korean language during steering control selection;
  • Fixed bug where horse’s stamina could stop regenerating after using all of it;
  • Fixed bug where Guy wasn’t able to take weapons in a suit of death;
  • Fixed bug where “tutorial screens” could block gameplay progress;
  • Fixed bug in quest “Guards! Guards!” where NPC could kill Guy during dialogue;
  • Fixed bug where after fast weapon scrolling, weapon change could be blocked for few seconds;
  • Fixed bug in quest “Guards! Guards!” where horse riding was changing steering model;
  • Fixed bug in quest “Meat Muffins” where Herb could attack Guy after both fights;
  • Fixed bug in quest “Healing Spree” where NPC were unarmed after loading checkpoint;
  • Fixed bug in quest “Holy Cow!” where NPC owner of the cow could start speaking after being killed;
  • Fixed bug where water in rivers could disappear;
  • Fixed bug where the map could be blocked;
  • Fixed bug where during “Taxi Guy” mini-game NPC could overlap horse’s body;
  • Fixed bug where during courier mini-game death of the sender was not failing mini-game
  • Fixed bug where cart’s stamina was not regenerating after stamina is 0;
  • Fixed bug in quest “An Offer You Can’t Refuse” where after killing horse that must be stolen, the quest was not failing;
  • Fixed bug where Captain Middle-Age could stuck in the water;
  • Fixed bug in quest “In Vino Veritas” where Guy could kill quest giver and quest won’t fail;
  • Fixed bug where Guy dismount a horse into a wall and block the movement;
  • Fixed bug with missing translations in quests;
  • Fixed bug where values in statistics could be displayed incorrectly;
  • Fixed bug where the angle of the camera was changing after dismounting horse during Pimp-A-Horse painting;
  • Fixed bug where save points were hidden after canceling a failed quest;
  • Fixed bug in quest “An Offer You Can’t Refuse” where Guy was teleported to the butchery in the first town after stealing quest horse, failing quest and reloading checkpoint;
  • Fixed bug in quest “An Offer You Can’t Refuse” where enemy NPC where lose weapons after loading checkpoint in the specific moment;
  • Fixed bug where dialogues couldn’t be muted;
  • Fixed major FPS drops in the quest “Ba(l)d Guy Blues” after crossing a bridge;
  • Fixed bug where some races were not counting in the statistics;
  • Fixed bug where the player could change horse during “Taxi Guy” mini-game;
  • Fixed bug in quest “Holy Cow!” where NPC in the city could attack Guy before he steals cow;
  • Fixed bug where horses tails were naked;
  • Fixed bug where the player could start both “Taxi Guy” mini-game and racing at the same time;
  • Fixed bug where debug console was opening during the game;
  • Fixed bug where racing mini-games were unnamed;
  • Fixed bug in quest “Guards! Guards!” where quest NPC could be killed and would respond to Guy’s quotes;
  • Fixed bug where text “Taxi Guy Failed” during transportation mini-game appeared;
  • Fixed bug where NPC near bridges could start walking in circles;
  • Fixed bug where the wrong weapon was displayed in the HUD after loading a checkpoint;
  • Fixed bug in quest “Horsin’ Around” where Guy could drink torch instead of drink;
  • Updated quest objective descriptions to inform where torch can be found;
  • Fixed bug in quest “Skeleton Crew” where the blood of quest NPC could flow after quest fail;
  • Fixed bug in quest “All Eyes on Me” where Guy could turn away from Herb;
  • Fixed bug where the player could sprint endlessly on carts with screen-oriented mode;
  • Fixed bug where Guy could fall into the not constructed bridge and could block himself;
  • Fixed bug where Guy could whistle during scaring other NPC;
  • Fixed bug where after certain Bard’s song switch, Bard was standing on the horse;
  • Updated descriptions of skills in Chinese Traditional and Chinese Simplified;
  • Fixed bug with an invisible mountain at the second island;
  • Fixed bug where the player could block the game by opening a map while pause menu is opened, only while using a gamepad;
  • Fixed bug in quest “A-Men” where Guy could block the last NPC from entering the church;
  • Fixed bug in quest “A Hero This City Deserves” where quest objectives were wrong;
  • Added checkpoint in the quest “A Hero This City Deserves”;
  • Fixed bug where Player could skip dialogue during submitting bug via bug-reporter;
  • Fixed bug where NPCs at the field could stop working;
  • Fixed bug where food in the world was not despawning after loading a checkpoint;
  • Fixed bug in quest “Horsin’ Around” where dialogue with Buddy could appear while a save is being loaded;
  • Fixed bug in quest “Meat Muffins” where NPC was seen in quest cart after loading checkpoint and before collecting his body;
  • Added additional information which appears where Guy is not able to buy food;
  • Fixed bug where Guy was holding some weapons with the wrong animation;
  • Fixed bug in quest “Meat Muffins” where Herb could get stuck before entering his house after the fight;
  • Fixed typos in quest “Saturday Knight Fever”;
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P.s.


CountryBalls Heroes: a game made by our friends is also releasing soon!

If you liked Rustler, we recommend you to wishlist CountryBalls Heroes!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1083870

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Rustler at Summer Sale!

Dear Rustlers!



We're proud to announce that Rustler is a part of Steam's Summer Sale event!

Starting right now, Rustler is available with -27% discount. It's the best time to join us on this crazy adventure! Act quickly! Summer Sale will run for 2 weeks (starting June 24 at 10 a.m. PT)



https://store.steampowered.com/app/844260/Rustler_Grand_Theft_Horse/

Best regards,
Team Rustler 🐴

Major Update 0.17.27 + Discount!

Dear Rustlers!

After a month of hard work, we want to share with you a MAJOR UPDATE!

This update includes:

  • New sub-quests - Dealer storyline;
  • New main story quest where you meet Guy's Father;
  • Aim assistance on gamepads;
  • New horse steering mode (mouse oriented);
  • Shops where you buy useful things (food, weapons);
  • 4 new skills (Health Regeneration; Horse Summoning; Crossbow reloading on the move; Shops discounts);
  • New fast travel point;
  • New "Ambulance" mini-game;
  • Second MMA Tournament added;
  • Updated quests dialogues;
  • Feature where you can throw money into the fountain;


Rustler will have a -25% discount during the "Open World" Sale!



Below, you can find a list of fixed bugs!

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  • Guy should be able to plow the field properly now;
  • We have fixed all checkpoints so they wouldn’t cause problems with sudden black screens and so there would be no more problems with triggering them;
  • There shouldn’t be any more problems with black screens appearing after completing quests;
  • The first cutscene doesn’t freeze anymore;
  • All hideouts should appear in-game and be available to buy now;
  • Fixed bug where text during entering second island cutscene was not displayed properly;
  • Fixed bug where NPCs stayed in place after the start of the first race after launching the game;
  • Captain Middle Age gets his clothes back after Guy dies during the mission and the player loads the last checkpoint;
  • Characters no longer become invisible after getting hit;
  • Horse doesn’t disappear anymore after reaching Iron Maid;
  • Guy is no longer naked after dying in armor;
  • Every contestant in the Grand Tournament looks different now;
  • Fixed bug where after failing and reloading the quest just before signing up for the tournament, you were losing your buddy as he didn’t follow you to the sign-up;
  • Weapon Master achievement successfully unlocks after collecting all 15/15 weapons;
  • NPCs don’t leave the tribunes after Guy fails the tournament;
  • Fixed bug in the first round of jousting where the enemy didn’t seem to use his weapon;
  • Round-Eartheaters don’t fall into any pieces of his surroundings after being hit;
  • Horse and character don’t freeze in movement in case of the character falling off the horse;
  • During plowing the arrow won’t point you to the shed anymore;
  • There shouldn’t be any freezes between going from one stage of the quest to another;
  • Texts in cutscenes appear a bit slower and there is a bit more time to read them;
  • You should be able to see different tips on the loading screen while using the gamepad;
  • Fixed bug where the player received the money he didn’t first return, causing him to get 10000 gold at once;
  • While using the gamepad, you should see the highlight on the chosen element of the menu;
  • Fixed buy in the Mear Muffins quest where Guy wasn’t able to attack Herb;
  • Attack should work properly now; There should be no situations where a player suddenly can’t attack others anymore;
  • Breaking enemy blocks with a strong sword works properly now;
  • Guy doesn’t get stuck after a quick load;
  • You can no longer summon a horse while in prison;
  • Fixed bug where you couldn’t proceed with the quest No Horse Zone after stealing the horse;
  • Skipping dialogues doesn’t affect any missions;
  • Getting too far away from the bard causes his discharge so Guy can buy another one;
  • Shooting with your eyes covered should be a bit easier now while playing on a gamepad;
  • Fixed bug where God’s Favorite Guy ability collided with Zero Waste ability;
  • Fixed bug where game advised to use a mouse while the player uses gamepad;
  • NPCs shouldn’t disappear during dialogues;
  • Fixed bug in Skeleton Crew quest where a guard became stuck after being thrown off the horse;
  • NPCs react to every successful attack with every kind of weapon;
  • Fixed bug in Ah Shit, Here We Go Again quest where quest continued after killing the gang leader before talking to him;
  • Quitting the taxi mini-game while a client is getting on the cart doesn’t block the mini-game anymore;
  • Fixed bug where Guy couldn’t use any weapons after taking part in a race;
  • The Horspeed Horse spawns after buying the safehouse next to the bridge;
  • Guy doesn’t get stuck anymore while riding into the sea near the castle;
  • Fixed bug with a text about failing the Taxi Guy mission appeared on the screen after defeating an enemy in the MMA arena;
  • Round-Earthers don’t become fully red after defeating them;
  • Fixed bug in the quest with plowing the field for treasure where in case of failing and loading from the checkpoint, the cart already had the treasure chest in it;
  • Fishing NPCs can no longer go underwater and survive;
  • NPC that Guy talks to in Paper, Please mission should be visible now;
  • Fixed bug where the knight comes to life after death, talks about the squire, but does not fight;
  • Fixed bug where a player lost collected notes after the new patch was uploaded and couldn’t collect them once again;
  • Text in Russian shouldn’t be outlined anymore and the letters shouldn’t overlap one another;
  • Fixed bug in control remapping settings where a player wasn’t able to go from the “restore to defaults” option to remapping controls while using a gamepad;
  • There should be a tip on the gamepad controls in the main menu of the game;
  • NPCs stop fishing when the chase ends;
  • You should see brothel’s emissive in the nights;
  • Fixed bug where a player couldn’t continue the taxi mini-game after getting too far away from the client;
  • Fixed bug in the taxi minigame where getting to a client while not being on horse failed the quest;
  • Fixed bug in the taxi minigame where a timer started after quitting the game;
  • The NPC that Guy’s supposed to catch first in the Drug Problem quest doesn’t get stuck on passing carts and horses;
  • Fixed bug where Guy could walk into some pieces of the painter's house;
  • The courier on the cemetery should be displayed properly;
  • You are no longer able to endlessly buy food without any cool down in between;
  • Tips on the login screen no longer have parts written in code (while using a gamepad);
  • There is an extra checkpoint after jousting in the Grand Tournament;
  • The camera follows the shooted cow now;
  • Barrels explode after loading the last checkpoint in Ba(l)d Guy Blues;
  • There are more checkpoints during jousting, one after each fight;
  • Sir Gavin gets his weapon back after loading the last checkpoint;
  • Killing horses pulling the hay cart after shooting the cow from trebuchet fails the quest;
  • Location trigger field in In Vino Veritas gets activated by riding into it with a wine cart;
  • The animation of enemies attacking with lance after loading the last checkpoint during jousting should be working properly now;
  • Loading the last checkpoint in the tournament, after Guy died in a fight, doesn’t keep him locked in the arena anymore;
  • Enemy NPCs don’t freeze in place during jousting anymore;
  • Pressing space to change loading screen tips doesn’t cause the loading to restart;
  • Rap cutscene doesn’t freeze anymore at the beginning if the player presses space to skip it;
  • Guy doesn’t lose his money if he dies during the Papers, Please mission;
  • Guy doesn’t get stuck in Pimp My Horse while repainting his horse;
  • There are no more problems with Guy being unable to ride on horse or get off horse;
  • You don’t get a black screen if you hit your enemy too late in Ba(l)d Guy Blues;
  • Guy doesn’t sink in or under the road while riding a horse or walking; Horse doesn’t sink in there either;
  • Screen doesn’t stay black after finishing a quest;
  • Fast loading (F9) works fine now;
  • There is an in-game instruction on how to get a torch and how to light it;
  • Fixed bug where the character becomes invisible;
  • FPSs don’t drop anymore on the MMA arena;
  • Fixed bug where after getting the knights drunk Guy doesn’t get drunk as well;
  • Body of the gang member shows on the cart after being picked up;
  • The quest marker disappears after starting the next stage of Paper’s, Please;
  • The game shouldn’t randomly crash while entering or loading any mission;
  • Quest marker in the Meat Muffin quest doesn’t disappear after starting the next stage of the quest;
  • All texts should be translated properly;
  • All races should start without delay;
  • Destroying the cart with paper after returning the paper doesn’t fail the quest anymore;
  • Guard on the trebuchet doesn’t get stuck in place in By A Long Shot quest;
  • Incredible Bulk spawns correctly in the MMA arena;
  • Guy shouldn’t be able to get stuck between the elements of his surroundings anymore, including standing close to carts, horses, barrels, and others;
  • The Captain Middle Age’s quest should run properly now;
  • The player can decide whether he wants to fight with fists or weapons while defending the bard;
  • Fixed bug in The Great Battle of Registration mission where Guy couldn’t continue the quest after killing the people in the queue;
  • Control options are properly connected to their names in the menu;
  • You can no longer pass through the wall of the castle;
  • Fixed bug in the High Season quest where multiple bodies on the cart appeared after picking up only one body;
  • Fixed bug where the player couldn’t load a save after Guy’s death;
  • Traces of blood should appear properly now;
  • Korean translation should have every numerical value in settings translated as well; There should be no empty untranslated slots;
  • Clothes received during the story should not disappear in the middle of the related quests;
  • There should be no more strange shaders in the game that covered any bigger part of the screen;
  • Fixed bug in the starting quest where the horse only loads occasionally, especially if respawning;
  • The mini-map and the big map should show the correct view and placement of different objectives;
  • Armor shouldn’t disappear after loading the game;
  • All NPCs in the intro should have their animations running smoothly;
  • Guy should be able to get back on a horse after he was thrown off;
  • The current quests should always be visible;
  • If a player hires a bard, the bard gets fired before the bridge crossing cutscene so that Buddy could get on the horse with Guy;
  • NPCs react to the violence taking place in their surroundings;
  • NPCs react to every successful attack with every kind of weapon;
  • The NPC that Guy’s supposed to catch first in the Drug Problem quest doesn’t get stuck on passing carts and horses;
  • Checkpoints in races got bigger;
  • Fixed bug in the Skeleton Crew quest where if Guy held a spear at the end of the fight, it caused him to be able to sit properly on the cart and made steering the cart impossible;
  • Fixed bug where after loading game the horse had moving animation but didn’t move;
  • You can find a few tips on loading screens;
  • There are no more problems with an empty map after loading the last save point;
  • Fixed bug in An Offer You Can’t Refuse where one of the noble goons was not visible which made completing the quest impossible;
  • You can’t reset the skill tree if you don’t have any skills bought yet;
  • There is a new parking for horses on the beach;
  • Gamepad icons in the game got a makeover;
  • You can’t kill other competitors during a race;
  • Changing weapons and summoning horses are now mapped on different buttons on the gamepad;
  • Fixed bug in Always Pay Your Debts quest where Guy kills the first NPC before talking to him and then launches the dialogue with a dead body which causes the quest to fail;
  • Fixed bug where while riding a horse, shooting in the opposite direction than the driving direction was impossible;
  • Fixed bug in A-Men quest where hiring a bard caused the church music to turn into the bard’s music;
  • Fixed bug in quest Always Pay Your Debts where the second debtor had to be caught twice;
  • Screen oriented horse riding now has the slow ride option (ALT);
  • Guards with halberds should attack Guy while he’s riding on horse;
  • Dodging should happen in the right direction;
  • All quests visible on the map should be visible in the game;
  • Bug fixed where MMA didn’t start because of the black screen;
  • Fixed bug in An Offer You Can’t Refuse where after getting on the quest cart there was no arrow pointing to the destination;
  • Destroying the wine cart may make the quest impossible to complete;
  • You can’t complete In Vino Veritas quest without having a hired bard;
  • When Guy fails the Pony Express quest while riding on a courier’s horse, there is the right text visible;
  • Fixed bug where Guy’s head was visible above the pigsty’s roof;
  • Arrow in the Horsin' Around and Rock Solid Adventure quest should point only in one direction;
  • There is a dancing courtesan in a brothel on the second island;
  • Fixed bug in a quest A Very, Very Big Cow where the arrow pointed on the stone instead of the cart;
  • Fixed bug in a quest No Horse Zone where guards didn’t chase Guy if he reached the horse from the other side (not through the main entrance);
  • You can enter the pause menu during pause in the tutorial;
  • Roy BBC has a stick during a fight at the MMA arena;
  • You can’t open Pause Menu while the loading screen is on;
  • Guards are now visible on the mini-map;
  • Fixed bug in By A Long Shot quest where if Guy failed the quest after killing any Round-Earther and collecting his body with a cart, and loaded the last checkpoint, one body of a Round-Earther was already on the cart;
  • In the A-Men quest there is an arrow pointing Guy to the priest;
  • Cart wheels turn proportionately fast;
  • Guards’ horses cannot turn during pause;
  • Guy faces the direction in which he plans to throw shit;
  • Wanted stars no longer overlap the stamina rate;
  • The mini-map works properly after finishing the final quest and watching credits;
  • After loading the last checkpoint all the money and weapons spawned from killed NPCs should disappear from the game’s world;
  • Guy has a movement animation while moving with a pickaxe in his hands;
  • You can’t get inside the French camp without a proper quest;
  • You can’t see the “press E to skip” option after the credits;
  • Fixed bug in a quest In Vino Veritas where after hiring bard there wasn’t any information on the map on where he should be delivered;
  • Fixed bug where a character was standing after he had been killed;
  • Fixed bug where after failing the first stage of A-Men quest the timer was still on;
  • Dialogues don’t stop in the middle;
  • UI doesn’t suddenly disappear;
  • Player doesn’t lose control over Guy’s movement;
  • The amount of health points received from different kinds of foods was rebalanced;
  • There are no more doubled dialogues in the game;
  • Characters don’t disappear in the middle of a dialogue;
  • Horses’ movement animation changes when they are blocked by the wall or other obstruction;
  • Fixed bug where holding two direction buttons at once caused horses of a two-horse cart to “vibrate”;
  • Fixed bug where horses were able to move very slowly without movement animation when having their route blocked by another horse or cart;
  • Guy can collide with the sign board now;
  • All wanted posters should be visible in the game now;
  • Fixed bug where Guy fails to knock out a round earther NPC using a stick and instead kills him;
  • You can’t walk on the bushes in the residence’s garden anymore;
  • Fixed bug with desynchronization of getting off the horse in An Offer You Can’t Refuse quest;
  • Fixed bug where there was no animation of getting off the horse if Guy attempted to do this while turning the horse to any side;
  • No random NPCs have a quest trigger mark anymore;
  • Changing horse riding controls during the game doesn’t cause additional bugs;
  • All collected weapons should be available to use and change;
  • Fixed bug in a quest A Hero This City Deserves where Captain Middle Age didn’t show up if Guy went into the location trigger with wanted stars, lost the chase and then got back into the location trigger;
  • If a guard gets killed on the trebuchet, it doesn’t get blocked anymore;
  • Map should load properly after using fast travel;
  • Fixed bug in A Brave New World where loading last checkpoint and entering the district that Guy is not supposed to leave before defeating the guards caused guards to despawn there;
  • Statistics of body collecting show the right number now;
  • Fixed bug where there was another car standing in the spawning place of the quest cart which caused the quest cart to overlap the first one;
  • NPCs don’t run away from Guy anymore if he rides into the vineyard through the cemetery;
  • Fixed bug where Guy wasn’t able to move the cart he was riding;
  • Fixed bug where there was a stone visible under the stairs in the wall in the northern part of the first city;
  • Skill “Zero Waste” has a new description;

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Sincerely,
Team Rustler 🐴

Leaving Early Access on August 31st and console Release Date!

Dear Rustlers!

We have an incredible announcement for you today! We are very excited to announce that Rustler will be leaving Early Access and releasing on the consoles on August 31st of 2021!

The community has grown over the months and we're proud of how the game was improved thanks to your feedback and reports! We are still going to improve the game and add extra content!

What will you see in the full release:

  • New sub-quests! Dealer, Witch and Musician storylines in particular, plus Father quest (10 extra quests in total)
  • New horse contol modes for all those that find the default one confusing (Screen Oriented and Mouse Oriented)
  • Aim assistance (autoaim) on gamepads;
  • Shops where you will be able to buy weapons, food, and armor;
  • Buyable safehouses
  • New skills: Health Regeneration; Horse Summoning; Crossbow reload while moving; Shops discounts
  • Updated quests dialogues with loads of new references, jokes, and less swearing.
  • Fast travel from city to city, available in between quests.
    [8] A few more, surprise features :)


Sincerely,
Team Rustler 🐴

Demo + New Horse Steering

Dear Rustlers!
After many hours of horse riding, we prepared a new horse steering system for keyboard masters!
The new version of horse steering can be found in the Demo version and on the "open_fresh_build" beta.

You will be able to choose new Screen Oriented Horse Steering for the keyboard during the first quest when you will ride the horse.

After trying out the new steering system, we would like to ask you to fill this questionnaire:


Team Rustler 🐴

Future Changes!

Dear Rustlers!
Coming in front of your frequent question this week, we would like to finally introduce you to our plan for upcoming updates! (besides bug fixing :D)

What shall be added in the final release:

  • New sub-quests - Dealer, Witch and Musician storylines in particular (9 quests total)
  • Aim assistance on gamepads;
  • Shops where you will be able to buy weapons, food, and armor;
  • New skills: Health Regeneration; Horse Summoning; Crossbow reload while moving; Discounts
  • Updated quests dialogues with loads of new references, jokes, and less swearing.
  • Fast travel from city to city


In the meantime, we have prepared an update on the beta branch which called "open_fresh_build"
There you can already find:

  • Screen oriented horse steering that so many of you requested (available through in-game settings and first quest);
  • Updated dialogues;


Following the instructions from the video below, you will be able to open a beta version of the game. Please mind that the "open_fresh_build" sometimes might be unstable!
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Stay tuned for future updates!


Update 0.16.02 runs gallop!

Dear Rustlers!



Are you craving for some new stuff? We are updating the game to version 0.16.02!
Here we are, with a lot of good things going on. Check it out below:

What's new:

  • Added mid-quest checkpoints;
  • Added purchasable save points in the form of real estate scattered around the map;
  • Added loading screen tips to give you some interesting info;
  • Added changeable clothes as an in-game item. Some of those clothes give you some bonuses;
  • Improved horse steering (like a lot). Horses will try to avoid hitting obstacles if possible;
  • Increased game FPS, drastically (thanks console porting team!);
  • Some quests give more cash now to help you reach the goal easier;
  • Improved game stability;
  • Improved game balance;
  • Improved translations;


Some screenshots:





Happy Rustling ;)

Rustler – Console Announcement

Rustler, the old-school medieval sandbox game currently in Early Access on Steam, will be making its way to consoles later this year. Steal horses, rob peasants, and get up to all kinds of Middle Age shenanigans on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.

Check out the brand new gameplay trailer here:
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In Rustler you’ll play as anti-hero Guy, a brigand determined to win The Grand Tournament for its grand prize of the princess’ hand in marriage, at all costs with the help of a tagalong ally Buddy. Might you have to steal a horse or two, or maybe perform a murder here and there? Maybe so. You will certainly be blowing things up while walking away in slow motion all the time, though.

Complete quests to win The Grand Tournament, terrorize the townspeople, shoot cows into the sky, and cause absolute mayhem as a medieval thug.

Want to start wreaking havoc across the Kingdom now? Try out Rustler in Steam Early Access now! 🐴

UPDATE 0.15.04 – for your convenience.

Your game should now update to v0.15.04 – make sure this number matches the one in the bottom right of your menu screen. Check out what’s new:

Balancing:
- Displaying map now pauses the game.
- Guy does not lose all momentum after a roll
- Horse HP increased
- Spear guards antihorse bonus decreased
- Number of guards lowered for normal and easy mode
- Further balancing of the guard spawning system dependant to the difficulty level
- Bleeding skill and fire effect won’t do final hit to prevent some quest from failing
- Bard’s quest now causes wanted level 1 instead of 2

Bugfixes:
- Vsync now works as intended
- Horses should never be immortal now
- (loads of other minor stuff and bugs)

The roadmap of further changes is still under preparation, but we can already assure you that the checkpoints will be added by the end of this month 😊

Stay tuned for future updates!