BROK the InvestiGator news & patch notes

If you had to lead a colony of rats when you're banned from this world and danger comes from every corner...

Celsius Strays is an interactive narrative game where choices matter, a fully voice-acted spin-off from BROK the InvestiGator!

• Become the Chief of the Squealers.

• Manage your team, protect your colony, be a leader.

• And remember: in a world set against you, not all danger comes from outside...

We've been cooking this spin-off for a long time and I hope you'll be interested in this new project!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4271620/Celsius_Strays

WISHLIST!

TIME LIMITED DEMO, ONLY AVAILABLE FOR TWO WEEKS

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4272400/Celsius_Strays_Demo

PLAY THE DEMO NOW!

BROK: First Hat, the interactive comic book digital version is now available as DLC! ːsteamhappyː

Play it now:

This was a lot of work, especially with all the voices and translations available so I hope you'll appreciate it!

After purchase, you can launch it directly from BROK's main title screen:

If that doesn't work, you can browse the game files and find the comic executable inside the COMIC_FIRSTHAT/ folder. You can also find PDFs translated in 10 languages in the PDF/ subfolder!

I hope you'll appreciate this little story which completes the lore of the series.

Stay tuned for the announcement of our next project...very very soon!

Fabrice

They're coming in BROK: First Hat!

The prequel comic to BROK the InvestiGator releases on March 23 on Steam.

Be sure to wishlist to get notified when it launches!

The prequel adventure to BROK the InvestiGator is coming out soon!

This wasn't planned, but the digital version will be:

• "Interactive" and animated (with my BROKVN engine, which you can also use - check it out!)

• Fully voiced!

• Localized in many languages.

• Also in optional PDF form

Wishlist it now! ːsteamthumbsupː

1.5.5.1

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- Missing hit sounds when playing as boxer Brok during the main adventure.

- BRAWL BAR: Miscolored Brok arm on Puzzles hug

1.5.5.0

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- BRAWL BAR: Fixed possible crash in the fan game.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed bug with creator challenge unlocked with some main challenges.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed bug with final boss cutscene progressing if we exit the fight and finish another challenge instead.

Hi!

Did you play BROK: Natal Tail, A New Christmas last year?

Well, I made a new "Special Edition" version for consoles with...

• New choices & scenes

• Achievements

• Improved gamepad controls

• New translations

I don't like leaving PC players out of luck, so there is a way to play this version on PC too!

The former "Support devs + Postcards" DLC was transformed into this Special Edition.

It is available at the same price on all platforms ($2.99)

This also means that if you supported us before, you'll get this new version for free!

Play it now!

Happy holidays, everyone

1.5.4.9

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- BRAWL BAR: Fixed memory issue during "Three Little Bots" challenge.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed drone rare crash if no opponent available.

- BRAWL BAR: Achievement for completing a difficulty wasn't awarded immediately.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed music stopping immediately when the last fight starts.

- BRAWL BAR: "Kill the one" challenge: made the other rats less active in higher difficulties.

1.5.4.8

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- Fixed quick fights / VR arena crates depth issue.

- Fixed Brawl Bar character name issue in fanarts.

- BRAWL BAR: Number of bonus challenges unlocked is now indicated.

- BRAWL BAR: Standalone version: After the training fight, we were sometimes redirected to the main menu.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed Bubble's wrong mouth position when doing bubbles.

- BRAWL BAR: Difficulty adjustments for hardcore/mania difficulty in some challenges.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed skin issue (rats in War Meddler no longer look the same and have the same name)

- BRAWL BAR: Three little bots: increased transparency of the bots.

- BRAWL BAR: Graff no longer does his win animation when Ott dies in Distant Protection.

- BRAWL BAR: Accessibility: Added info to scroll menu options when entering creator mode.

- BRAWL BAR: Accessibility: Description of difficulties on main menu was incorrect.

1.5.4.7

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- BRAWL BAR: Fixed Survival mode "pound bot" enemies sometimes cannot be hit.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed rare crash issue with Wes if no opponent exists when dodging.

- Replaced "Point symbol" by "Dot symbol" in the script during the bunker minigame.

1.5.4.6

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- "News seen" list was incorrectly saved.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed: Difficulty incorrectly resets back to Standard after a "Support challenger" play.

- BRAWL BAR: Added new message on locked challenges (when character was switched) so players aren't confused and think they lost progress when they switch character.

- BRAWL BAR: All challenge tabs are now open after finishing the game, no matter the character played.

- BRAWL BAR: Record number of waves that Puzzles announces for survival mode was incorrect

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed issue with characters textures not being loaded properly in survival mode after 10 waves.

- BRAWL BAR: Survival now removes weapons on the ground between waves.

- BRAWL BAR: Number of waves required lowered to 20 in relaxed mode and 30 in other difficulties.

- BRAWL BAR: When choosing "no" to "Familiar with BROK universe", one character now gets modified for spoiler reasons.

- BRAWL BAR: Improved color skin replacement for this character.

- BRAWL BAR: Added fade out to display the box of cards in the bar due to needing a loading on slow systems.

- BRAWL BAR: We could keep clicking on the ad after grabbing it in creator mode.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed: no daily challenges appear if the first date is in the future.

- BRAWL BAR: Standalone version: the tutorial for switching mode is now displayed later (continuity issue, we didn't have gloves yet)

1.5.4.5

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- Moving the right stick and pressing A/B on gamepad is now also used to detect when we switch to gamepad.

- Accessibility menu was no longer playing speeches.

- 78 new fanarts.

- BRAWL BAR: Achievement "Creator" was no longer awarded due to a bug.

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Moving right stick has been disabled when virtual keyboard is open.

- BRAWL BAR: Loading "Atlasian Madness" now has a percent displayed.

- BRAWL BAR: Loading "Atlasian Madness" flushed textures incorrectly which forced reloading textures.

- BRAWL BAR: Floor is lava: balloons are more visible now.

- BRAWL BAR: Domestic Argument: objective was rewritten to avoid confusion.

- BRAWL BAR: Domestic Argument: Dee dying no longer allows to win.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed "Are you familiar with BROK universe" value wasn't actually saved.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed issues with crates

* Doing charge attack with R.J. sometimes bumped into them without exploding

* Standing on them often didn't work due to scaling issues

* Depth of crate was improved when standing on them

This free update brings 5 new bonus challenges!

🟢 Can you stay long on this tiny pipe? 🥳

🟢 Can you parry enemies as the only way to damage them? 🥵

🟢 ...and more!

1.5.4.4

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CHALLENGES PACK #1

- BRAWL BAR: 5 new bonus challenges to unlock!

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Four new modifiers.

- BRAWL BAR: Starting now asks if you're familiar with the BROK universe (if not, it replaces the quizzes by regular challenges)

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed camera potentially not placed correctly when starting.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed: bonus challenges created via the creator mode did not vary difficulty.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed player looking to the left even if an enemy exists on their right when starting.

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Added scrolling with right stick + L/R buttons for switching options.

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Fixed potential crash if setting wrong values for colors.

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Fixed Blind Bot missing stub sprite.

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Fixed potential crash if we managed to keep the cursor character/trap etc in between rooms.

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Fixed bug with traps sharing the same item drops after loading.

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Fixed setting enemy as ally then coop player would display it twice in HUD.

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Increased max number of traps to 100.

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Some user inputs asked to type a text instead of entering a number.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed rare but potential crash if Wes slides but the opponent doesn't exist.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed some saves issues of main story and/or should not be used when accessing Brawl Bar from main menu (in particular after ending ones)

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed cancelling when displaying a gameover picture in menu would keep it on screen.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed collecting items would not reset the counter after restarting or losing.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed counter staying at zero in "I am Bomb" challenge.

- BRAWL BAR: Added a backup progress save in case the config.ini file would get corrupted or missing.

- Fixed: In mouse mode, player could move towards crates with height at the wrong position.

- Fixed: Wrong characters positioning in Rupture ending.

This update brings:

• A new localization: Latin America Spanish, thanks to Ursus Horríbilis! (both for the main game and The Brawl Bar)

• Add your own music to your challenges AND export it to Steam Workshop!

• Packaged characters: available out of the box to everyone! This update brings support for this, with 2 characters for now. The best workshop creations will be picked and added progressively in the future. When packaged, characters are faster to load and take less RAM compared to workshop creations.

Full change log:

1.5.4.3

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- New LATAM SPANISH localization added! (includes both the main game and Brawl Bar)

- Languages listed in options revised in all languages, for consistency.

- BRAWL BAR: Packaged characters are now included in all versions by default!

For this first batch, two were added: "Baguette" (the example character mod) and "Frank"

(More will be added in the future.)

If you already own them on the workshop, you'll see duplicates. You can safely remove/unsubscribe the workshop versions.

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Added option to import your own .ogg music track to a challenge and export to Workshop!

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Changing share options now properly restores the list position.

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Brok boxer now has a front facing sprite.

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Fixed crash when going back after not adding an item to a destructible object.

- BRAWL BAR: Save files now display the actual character used.

- BRAWL BAR: Fan game "Atlasian Madness" crash fix (obj_graff_chasing_bullet_fx)

- BRAWL BAR: "Unlocked" text on jukebox was not translated.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed cloud save issue with comparing progress when retrieving config/progress file. (it would never get replaced unless it didn't exist)

New features have been added for character mods, in order to tweak them a little further and unleash your creativity!

1.5.4.2

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- FIXED: Somehow, Ott's duplicated head bug returned.

- BRAWL BAR: Character mods ability to:

* Disable automatic visual effects

* Change the images size (requires to set a different offset)

* Change the collisions (hurt box and attack box)

* Change the "item in hand" position

* Debug feature to see collisions (F8)

* Documentation updated

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Added dynamites and stick as items.

The Brawl Bar DLC is now available to purchase on Mac OS! ːsteamhappyː

Even the workshop works, both for downloading from and uploading to it!

Get it now for 10% off this week:

That's all, that's the news.

The game OST has been updated and now includes 11 bonus tracks of BROK: THE BRAWL BAR, free of charge!

In addition to the exclusive 7 synth remixes, that's a total of 85 tracks in this soundtrack.

This new update brings the BROK fan game "ATLASIAN MADNESS" directly to the Brawl Bar!

After finishing the game, an arcade machine appears at the bottom left corner of the bar.

This is a bullet hell fangame of Brok the investiGator which you can play in single or two players mode!

First credit = free

Each continue = 50 C-Tokens!

Spend all those C-Tokens you've painfully earned!!!

I have also optimized the Brawl Bar's loadings so going back and forth between challenges and the bar should be blazing fast now!

1.5.4

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- BRAWL BAR: Fan game "Atlasian Madness" added as an arcade machine! It becomes visible after finishing the main challenges.

- BRAWL BAR: Daily challenges: Too many balloons made performance crawl on low performance machines.

- BRAWL BAR: Daily challenges: Traps & items no longer spawn outside of the playable area.

- BRAWL BAR: Daily challenges: Some balloons & traps were too high to be reached.

- BRAWL BAR: Daily challenges: Balloons incorrectly were considered as enemies.

- BRAWL BAR: Tutorial could lead to the wrong room in certain edge cases.

- BRAWL BAR: Standalone: Some lines which didn't make sense for this version are now skipped.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed R.J. walk was incorrect (transformed into Brok) in adventure mode.

- BRAWL BAR: Improved loading speed of the bar room.

After a vote (on which 90% players responded positively or didn't mind) I have decided to change my original decision and implement Steam achievements for The Brawl Bar.

If you already got some in-game, they should unlock automatically at startup. (if not, go to the achievements tab in the menu)

They have separate color icons from the main game achievements.

1.5.3.4

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- BRAWL BAR: Achievements added on Steam!

- All achievements are now localized into Korean and Traditional Chinese.

- BRAWL BAR: Pressing "combo finisher" button during attack no longer picks up item if one is near player.

- BRAWL BAR: "Support challengers" stats are now more unpredictable to make it more interesting.

- BRAWL BAR: "Cinnamon chase" player speed is now limited to 300%.

- BRAWL BAR: "Arctic bear" it was possible to stand on the hole to the far right edge.

- BRAWL BAR: Added warning message the first time we switch character to inform about the impact on completed challenges.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed tutorials of DLC breaking display outside the DLC rooms.

- BRAWL BAR: "King of the table / Friendly sparring" is now a bit less nerve wracking.

- BRAWL BAR: "Three little bots" are now a bit easier to defeat.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed potential crash with Rooster if the opponent no longer exist when preparing to attack.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed missing sound files for getting ads in the standalone version.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed very minor graphical glitch with conveyor belts.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed "struggling" animation missing for Rok's chokehold grab.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed mods going into Brok idling animation.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed one voice line.

- BRAWL BAR: Fixed Bubble's card missing lower body.

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Added a "delete" button.

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Fixed the flow of many options.

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Added icons to some options.

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Difficulty tag is now only applied if we export a challenge.

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Fixed crash if the mod a character uses is not installed.

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Fixed counter of collectables not resetting after the first try.

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Rounding added for values displayed.

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Missing detective Brok walk animation for modding.

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Holes are now automatically placed at the bottom edge.

- BRAWL BAR: Creator mode: Saving icon on the popup is now centered.

- BRAWL BAR: Accessibility: Some gameovers were lacking accessibility speeches, causing a crash.

- BRAWL BAR: Accessibility: In rare cases where the player character wasn't in the room, accessibility repeating characters names could cause a crash.

- Fixed: If a dialogue happens exactly at the same frame the previous one gets killed, the new one doesn't display and it is softlock

1.5.3.2

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- Better load/save management when you don't own The Brawl Bar but have saves from it (and vice-versa for standalone versions).

- Added security backups of progress.