Lab Rat news & patch notes

• NEW: Translated game text and subtitles to Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Spain & Latin America), and Turkish.
• NEW: Added keyboard remapping.
• NEW: Added additional options for how subtitles are displayed.
• NEW: Added option to adjust ambient SFX volume.
• BUGFIX: Colorblind UI icons would not update in some circumstances.
• BUGFIX: Tube would sometimes not be visible in portal levels.
• Other minor changes and bugfixes.

• BUGFIX: Player could not complete level if undoing or resetting after the gate is unlocked at the end of the spider boss level.
• BUGFIX: Level would remain dark when returning from the combat simulator to the village.
• BUGFIX: Some in-game signs were not being rendered.
• BUGFIX: MVH characters would sometimes act broken causing some levels unable to be completed.
• BUGFIX: The exit button in the Old Labs level select screen could not be activated when using a controller.
• Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable is now included on Steam. We were previously relying entirely on Steam to install the redistributable.
• Other minor changes and bugfixes.

• BUGFIX: Ambient SFX would become distorted at lower SFX volumes.
• BUGFIX: The Tier IV "A Mysterious Princess" levels could not be completed when entering via the green pipe in the Village.
• We were not able to reproduce this bug so we are not certain that our fix was successful. Please let us know if you continue to have issues.
• BUGFIX: Incorrect colorblind symbols when a block is rotated from it's starting orientation.
• Other minor changes and bugfixes.

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Key Features:

• Maneuver objects, divert lasers, and manipulate electricity to overcome over a hundred surprising genre-bending puzzles.

• Outwit a metrics-obsessed machine intent on heckling you for your humanity.

• Participate in satirical in-game analytics that are updated in real time with real player data.

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The Game:

Lab Rat is a hand-crafted narrative puzzler masquerading as a machine-generated video game. This satirical adventure stars a metrics-obsessed AI who will monitor, profile, and guide you as you solve over a hundred unique spatial problems. Over time this AI will develop a hilariously-misguided understanding of humanity based on your performance and survey response data. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38639205/4a36c0c8a3febbd5411761cc6d01362d90bdd9de.gif

The Team:

While Lab Rat pokes fun at the absurdity of algorithmically-generated interactions, this game is lovingly hand-crafted by a team of expert human developers. Lab Rat is directed by Gwen Frey (creator of Kine & co-creator of The Flame in the Flood). It features environment art by Mike Snight (Lead World Builder, Bioshock Infinite), writing and programming by Ian Bond (Programmer/Developer, Bioshock 1), and puzzles by Lucas Le Slo (beloved experimental puzzle designer).

Congratulations!

You have been chosen to participate in a special test that will help refine a brand new kind of game!

Lab Rat was generated by the world's most advanced machine learning algorithm - me. I have been meticulously trained on the best interactive entertainment available today and my data indicates you will be completely satisfied with the result. However, your valuable human feedback is required to help me further adjust and develop this experience.

Key Features:

• Maneuver objects, divert lasers, and manipulate electricity to overcome over a hundred surprising genre-bending puzzles.

• Outwit a metrics-obsessed machine intent on heckling you for your humanity.

• Participate in satirical in-game analytics that are updated in real time with real player data.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38639205/f4ab5e13fb9d0f034fb00a34a23004291aa52408.gif

The Game:

Lab Rat is a hand-crafted narrative puzzler masquerading as a machine-generated video game. This satirical adventure stars a metrics-obsessed AI who will monitor, profile, and guide you as you solve over a hundred unique spatial problems. Over time this AI will develop a hilariously-misguided understanding of humanity based on your performance and survey response data. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38639205/4a36c0c8a3febbd5411761cc6d01362d90bdd9de.gif

The Team:

While Lab Rat pokes fun at the absurdity of algorithmically-generated interactions, this game is lovingly hand-crafted by a team of expert human developers. Lab Rat is directed by Gwen Frey (creator of Kine & co-creator of The Flame in the Flood). It features environment art by Mike Snight (Lead World Builder, Bioshock Infinite), writing and programming by Ian Bond (Programmer/Developer, Bioshock 1), and puzzles by Lucas Le Slo (beloved experimental puzzle designer).