Roboquest news & patch notes

Hello Guardians! Roboquest is now available for Playstation 4 and Playstation 5! You can get it here on PlayStation digital store. You can also get a physical copy here.

Here are the available features for Roboquest on Playstation:

- Adaptive Triggers - Haptic Feedback - Cross-Platform (if enabled in your Playstation settings) - 2 Players Cooperation (with PS Plus) The release on a new platform also means that we have to update the game on all other platforms, and we patched a few things along the way.

Changelist

- Ukrainian language has been added to the game - Fixed a crash in Quick Play if a player was spamming the "Start/Stop" research brobot - The Handgun sprint animation no longer jitter when playing below 60 FPS - On Xbox Series: fixed an issue where a white square would sometime replace the Roboquest icon upon launch - Fixed an issue where cinematics wouldn't be added to the Museum after watching them once (they will be automatically unlocked for all players in that situation) - Fixed overlapping or overflowing text in several languages - Fixed an issue where Battle Rooms in the last level where sometimes open by default - Improved Loading Screen performances (freezes and stutters) - Improved Memory Overload (less assets loaded at once) In addition and up until the next week, Roboquest is at 36% discount on Steam! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png

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Hello Guardians. It is with great emotion that we write this devblog today. We’ve been quite silent for the past months, not knowing exactly what to say, how to say it or when to say it. But today’s the day. 2025 marks nearly a decade working on Roboquest, and it also marks the end of the journey for the game. We know many of you would have loved to see more updates, more content, more Roboquest. But that isn't something we are able to deliver. Spending as much time on the same project takes a toll, and no matter how passionate we have been about Roboquest, it is finally time for us to look at new horizons. When we first designed Roboquest, it was never meant to be what is called today "a game as service". Pumping out updates just for the sake of "maintaining the game" was never on the cards. Yet, we tried to scrap whatever we thought could constitute "good additions" to the game (some with more success than others). Because we really wanted to give you guys something worthy of your dedication and passion about the game. But we think we reached the end of that. We stretched both the additional content and our energy to the maximum. We can’t stretch any more. The initial experience was designed to be a 25/50 hours gameplay experience, there's no way we can continue to provide content for players with over 1000 hours of gameplay. Or at least "meaningful" content. But we tried something with the Endless Update, with some shortcomings, for sure. But the passion that burnt bright for so many years started to falter. Fatigue kicked in, and we realized we really needed to turn the page. We did everything we ever wanted (and even more) with Roboquest and we thank you for being here with us during all this time. We're not planning any more updates on Roboquest. The multiplayer and cross-platform will still remain available obviously. And we're turning to another project. In fact, most of the studio (people that weren't working on the Playstation port) have already shifted for a while now. A new project you say? Yes, a new project. Something that, after spending 10 years on the same thing, re-ignited the passion and the flame that allowed us to craft Roboquest. Hopefully, with the experience we accumulated and all the errors we made along the way, we're aiming for a much, much more efficient development plan. We have nothing to announce for now, but when we do, you’ll be the first ones to know. There are still two things on the horizon for Roboquest though: the Playstation port (27th of May) as well as the standalone release of Roboquest VR (end of the year). We know those are typically not what you are expecting from a Steam news, but it was still worth mentioning it again. So yeah, that’s it. After over 50 billion badbots destroyed, we’re finally turning the page. We hope you had and will continue to have the best robot smashing times nonetheless, and we hope we can count on you for what we'll be bringing in the future! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/42cd6f6f334ac5f979b381959c509b8b824ea4e1.png

Hello Guardians! It's been quite a while since our previous news, but today we're back with a bunch of news mostly related to the Playstation port of Roboquest.

1 Million

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png This past month, we reached a significant milestone, not only for the game, but also for our studio in general. Roboquest has sold over 1 million copies across all platforms. When we started the journey, we were mostly focused on living our passion, and making a great game. We were obviously hoping to have a bunch of players following us along the way, liking (or loving!) our game. At least enough to continue being able to make games. And you made us able to do so, you validated the work we've done as a passion. And now we reached 1 million sales. To be honest, we never dreamt of even half this success. Many people we came across and sometimes required help from didn't believe in it as well. This was tough, but we persevered. For some peculiar reason, we believed in it. We were probably naive, because it all came from a place of good will and good heart. Thinking that simply loving the game and our work would pay off. We were all-in. But now it is real, and it is all thanks to you. So, thank you for this opportunity, Guardians. We will continue to make games, trying our best to continue focusing on making "great games" (when able, and if you allow us to call them that) and thinking of the player experience first. Thank you.

Playstation Port

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png The port was a tough journey for us. As a (rather) inexperienced studio, we discovered everything about this process over the last few months. And, oh, was it tough! But we're finally seeing the end of that. We still have a bunch of steps to go through but we believe the Playstation version should be available around the end of May. Here's a sneak peek at the front-cover of the physical version: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/cf2751f42edfdf0a2344ad37e0b22d954a89d3c5.png Roboquest will be available in digital version for Playstation 4 and Playstation 5 and in physical version for Playstation 5. There will be two different physical versions: one standard and one deluxe edition containing more goodies (noticeably a neat game manual, a softcover artbook - basically a lite version of it - and a comic book presenting the adventures of Max and the Guardians from the cinematics of the game). In fact, the physical edition is available for pre-order today. It was made by "Strictly Limited". You can access them here: - Strictly Limited We're not necessarily fond of the pre-order system at the studio, as players. But in the case of Roboquest, the game is already out and you know what it is about, you know what you'll be getting. We'll be back in the weeks to come with more information :) In the meantime, we wish you all a happy robot smashing time! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png

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Hello Guardians! We just released a mid-January patch for Roboquest, alongside a 2-weeks 36% discount (starting now). This small update is available on all platforms and focuses mostly on bug and issues fixes. Here are the additions coming into this update:

Changelist

General

- Each friendly bot you complete the quest of will now be appearing at the Basecamp. Stop by and say hi! - Added unused tracks “Sector”, “Entropy” and “Destination” to the random track list in the Endless Run - “Corrupted Cells” (in Endless Mode) now have a clearly different shape - The Corrupted Healbot has been completely removed from the game, RIP! - You can now upgrade your weapon to “Fantastic” rarity in Endless Mode at the cost of 10 powercells (at Willy Wonders) - Reduced the price to improve a weapon to “Epic” rarity at Willy Wonders from 10 to 8 - Smithing Ted now always appear at the start of the second level in Endless Mode - Added a "Return to Basecamp" button that appears if you're stuck in the loading screen for a while

Bugfixes

- Fixed issues with several perks not properly saved when using the “Save & Quit” feature and loading your game - “Goliath Diggler” and “Goliath Digglet” will now properly undig if they spend more than 6 seconds under map - Fixed an issue preventing the uncrouch input to be properly recorded when opening a menu in the basecamp or during a multiplayer game - Updated the position of weapon pickups when you drop them to avoid them ending up underground or inside a wall - Duke Nuker can no longer propel you inside a wall or underground when you use grappling hook on him - Fixed an issue with player or enemy feet going CRAZY when stepping on doors - Picking up sub-choice of upgrades or perks will properly register them as “Discovered” and show them in the class selector - Rerolled bazar items now have the right price (and not the price of the previous item at their slot) - Fixed an issue with the Endless Portal collision at the basecamp where you could get stuck inside - Note: Version numbers are different on Xbox than other platforms, but it doesn't have any impact on cross platform multiplayer

Hello Guardians. We just released yet another hotfix for the Endless Update and we're continuing to monitor the feedback and bug / crashes are continuing to being tracked. Though with this hotfix, we should have taken down most of the glaring gamebreaking crashes.

Bug Fixes

• Goliath Driller and Goliath Diggler will no longer be stuck underground forever • Saving and Quitting will no longer fail to register Perks that have multiple choice contained within them (like Superbot's Homemade Cannon for example) • Ambient Volume should be properly tied to Master Volume regardless of your sound setup • Duke Nuker will no longer be stuck in its "mortar" animation forever • Fixed several crashes happening when returning to the Basecamp or switching levels • The Damage Counter will continue to update properly after reaching over 2 billions damage • Working on getting stacking perks (and other counting perks) to restore their exact number of stacks when saving and resuming your runs (like 'Spicy Meal')

Hello Guardians! We just released a hotfix fixing some of the most common crashes and bugs we spotted. We’ve also squeezed in a few balance changes following your feedback from the past week. We’re planning other balance changes and we’ll continue to monitor your feedback on the matter.

Balance Changes

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png - Misfortune (Glitch) - Auto critical chance reduction reduced from 25% to 15% - Broken Hourglass (Glitch) - Ability cooldown increase reduced from 35% to 20% - Pyro Flies are no longer valid targets for the Singularity “Bunny Shield”

Bug Fixes

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png - Fixed a crash occurring when Drones would get buffed while returning to the Basecamp at the same time - Merchants can no longer sell the same item twice or an item you already picked up - The Repair-o-Bot can once again be hit by projectiles - Spare Head is no longer reset when saving, quitting then resuming the run - Reactivated audio that were (wrongfully) deactivated on certain boss introduction cutscene - Saving & Quitting will properly take into account every levels you played when displaying the number of ranks at the end of run and in the run history - The Singularity “Time’s Up” no longer deals damage during Boss fights and to the Client player when switching levels - The Superbot’s map is properly displayed again in the Basecamp - Purchasing an item to a merchant in the Stadium, the Museum or the Movie Theatre and coming back at a later time will no longer crash the game - Enemy level is no longer reset after stage 120+ - Boombox now properly scales with player level (instead of being stuck with level 1 damage) - Fixed a crash occurring when purchasing an item right after selecting an upgrade - The Damage Counter is no longer reset after saving, quitting and resuming your run - Fixed an issue with the "Injury Bill" glitch which wasn't properly increasing the cost of using the Healbot to 3

Hello Guardians!

The Endless Update is now LIVE and available!

It is up on all platforms at once, if you don't see the update, please restart your platform (Steam) or force an update (Xbox).

View the full changelist here:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/692890/view/4444585538764144675 Here's a video showcasing the highlights coming into the Endless Update, you can also read about them further below. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png

Endless Update Highlights

New Feature: Save & Quit

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New Game Mode: Endless Mode

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png Unlock a machine at the Basecamp to start the Endless Mode. You can either craft it for 100 Wrenches or clear Guardian 1 difficulty to unlock it. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/e7b0dcc1f738e074f847ca89274987ae588d2145.gif Alternate Levels You will run through alternate variants of the usual levels. They are shorter and enemy-packed. Mixing and matching environment and different lighting scenarios. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/e3bb6a49010685eb6ea891f54ed0b504092ac224.gif Singularity & Glitches Each time you complete a level, a random bonus will be granted to enemies. That can be a major bonus (Singularity) or a minor one (Glitch). Singularities have an impact on the game as a whole and Glitches create smaller differences to the base game or to other Singularities. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/0064356201b4b6f12059a71ff8e68ce04c7b26d1.png Duo-Bosses Every two levels, you will be facing a combo of Bosses that have been specifically crafted for this new game mode. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b511e359cfbbd1da97e197f7b92e9bfa6b5f5a54.png Progression Your character progresses faster than the normal mode and reaches higher highs. You can get up to 5 perks and way more upgrades than in regular mode. You will finally get to experience a "late game build" for longer period of time than in the regular mode. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/9f4c70ddd99a0e92783f8310c53a7e8af84d4c8f.png Full changelist available here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/692890/view/4444585538764144675

We wish you all the best robot-smashing time in the Endless Update!

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Here's the changelist for the Endless Update. View the release announcement here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/692890/view/4444585538764144673 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png

Patch Notes v1.5

Endless Mode

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png • Added a new machine at the basecamp to access the Endless Mode • It is unlocked by crafting it for 120 Wrenches or completing Guardian 1 difficulty mode • Added shorter, enemy-packed versions of the regular levels to the Endless Mode • Updated the starting location for all levels if they are elected to be the first level of your Endless Run • Added a new 'corrupted Canyon' level to the Endless Mode • Added the 'Singularity & Glitch' system to the Endless Mode • Each level adds either a Singularity or a Glitch, either granting bonuses to enemies or changing other aspects of the game affecting your character • Modified the player's character progression system for the Endless Mode • Added a lighting swapping system to the levels in the Endless Mode • Added Duo-Boss system to the Endless Mode • 5 new Achievements added specific to the Endless Mode

General

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png • Added 'Save & Quit' feature • Reduced the cost of adding 'Perfume' at Willy Wonder from 4 Powercells to 3

Enemy

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png • Added a new Goliath enemy coming into two different versions: Goliath Driller & Goliath Digger • Updated a few portrait images that were not properly updated for some enemies in the Museum • 'Haven City' now features 1 goliath of each type

Balance Changes

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Weapons

Torpedo Rifle

Primary Fire • Damage increased from 20.0 to 22.0 • Impact force increased from 19.0 to 20.0

Patator

Primary Fire • Damage increased from 68.0 to 70.0

Buffalo Cannon

Primary Fire • Explosion radius increased from 2.2m to 2.3m

Elephant Gun

• Added 'Havoc' as default affix

Classes

Ranger - Awareness (Passive)

• Critical Damage bonus from each point reduced from 2% to 1.5%

Elementalist - Mantra (Passive)

• Bonus elemental damage increased from 15% to 20%

Elementalist / Recon - Overpower (Perk Upgrade)

• Fixed an issue were the 15% bonus were added to the 15% damage bonus of the base perk (leading to a whooping 2.25% damage increase in total) - it now adds 15% damage to the total damage of the secondary ability

Elementalist - Power Infusion (Perk)

• Fixed an issue were the 15% bonus were added to the 15% damage bonus of the base passive ability bonus damage (leading to another whooping 2.25% damage increase in total) - it now adds 15% damage to the total damage bonus of the passive ability

Elementalist - Dynamic Mantra (Perk)

• Increased bonus damage from 10% to 15%

Items

Ball and Chains

• Now considered a corrupted item • Grappling Hook damage increased from 350% to 450% • Now increases Grappling Hook cooldown by 3s

Bug Fixes

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png • In 'Bomb' levels, you will no longer be sent to the defeat screen as the client player when the host player actually managed to defuse the bomb on time • Fixed issues with perk HUD animations still playing while the game was paused leading to them being out-of-sync with in-game cooldown • Fixed issues with special effects not being properly displayed or displayed with wrong rotations for the Drones • As well as numerous undocumented fixes for random crashes {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png View the release announcement here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/692890/view/4444585538764144673

Hey Guardians. It is finally time to reveal the Endless Update release date. And it's coming real soon.

This November 27th at 3pm CET we will be releasing the Endless Update.

We prepared a video summing up the addition coming into this update, view it here: You can also read about the different additions in details in our previous devblogs (if you haven't already) here:

That Which Has No End (Endless Mode)

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/692890/view/4444583635753894158

Saving the Day (Save & Resume)

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/692890/view/4452465569899216933

Over Nine Thousand (Progression)

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/692890/view/6904675658203398265

Make it Double (Bosses)

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/692890/view/4444584904812920864 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png The Endless Update is coming, to be released across all platforms the 27th of November, 3pm CET. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/c0ff977f247c3453b94a1aa308be0d3d205b91b5.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png

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Hey again Guardians. This is the final devblog for the incoming Endless Update. And it's going to be a short one. Let's talk about bosses.

Endless Mode and Bosses

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png We contemplated for a while what to do with Bosses in the Endless Mode. Are they even there? Yes, obviously, not adding them would make the game quite different from the normal mode, and probably hinder the build diversity in the process. Not only that, that would also be quite sad not to find your favourite Mole to whack. But, do we just add those as they are right now? Since you probably already fought them a lot and know their attack patterns and behaviour by heart, that might be lacking some kind of… novelty? And we’re adding a “new mode”. That meant we needed something “new” to go along with. And at some point we were like “you know Diggy Mole, we like him, and players seem to like him as well”, “so what if there were TWO Diggy Moles?”. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/df8e865f8e0bf913a301d3eb95ff29776935c69e.png And that was the beginning of the addition of “Duo-Bosses”. We crafted several new encounters featuring combos of Bosses. We tweaked their arenas, their attack patterns and their nameplate. In the Endless Mode, you will face a Duo-Boss every two levels. There are quite a few variations and we hope they’ll provide an interesting challenge for you! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b511e359cfbbd1da97e197f7b92e9bfa6b5f5a54.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png So yeah, that was the final quickblog. The Endless Update release is nigh and we hope you're pumped to try it out! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png

The Endless Update lands end of November.

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Hello Guardians. Here's the third out of four quick devblog about the Endless Update. Today we'll be discussing the progression systems that support the Endless Mode.

Singularity & Glitches

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png When we were designing the new mode, we realized we needed something that would make Endless Mode more complete in its intent to be a replayable experience. And we felt like a "mutator" system would be a great solution to that. We called those "Singularities and Glitches". {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/0064356201b4b6f12059a71ff8e68ce04c7b26d1.png There are "main mutators" (Singularity) and "secondary mutators" (Glitch). Whenever you defeat a boss, it adds a random Singularity to your run, up to a certain maximum. And every other level completed, it adds a random Glitch to your run, endlessly. Singularity have a greater impact on your run whereas Glitch tend to modify metric values from the base game or from the Singularities that were added to the run. Pretty much like "enemy perks and upgrades". Here are a few example of Singularities: Bunny Shield - Some enemies have a shield that can only be broken by headbonking them Safety Goggles - Enemies have a chance to have an eye patch protecting their weak spot Kaboom Protocol - Enemies have a chance to explode when destroyed

Enemies

In addition to that, every level comes with an updated roster of enemies and the difficulty will ramp up endlessly. Enemies get beefier and deadlier, more elites come into play and mechanically weaker enemies are replaced with stronger ones.

Character Progression

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Every few levels, you'll have a perk choice, up to a maximum of 5.

Every levels aside from those, you'll have an upgrade choice, up to a certain maximum (resulting in much more upgrades than regular runs).

In terms of items, you won't be limited (that is, until you have them all).

Once you reached the maximum number of perks and upgrades, you continue to level up and get to pick one of three "Boosters". The main reason we're limiting perks is that going above a certain thresholds removes the idea of "having a build", you just "have everything" and that didn't sit right with us. Hopefully this will still make you reach high highs and let you experience an "end-game build" for much longer compared to the regular runs. But we will be monitoring this closely. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/0f7c872b07fe01d1be75cbba7685218e8e10aeca.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png That's the end of the third quickblog, there's a final one planned later this week (a very short one) and then we'll be in "soon to be released" territory.

Stay tuned!

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The Endless Update lands end of November.

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Guardians, it's us again. We're back with more information on the Endless Update.

Save & Resume

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png The "Save & Resume" feature is coming in the Endless Update. "Finally, this should have been there day one". You'd probably be correct to think that. But it wasn't and there isn't much more we can say about it other than "our bad, sorry". To be fair, that was a lot of work and we wanted to make sure the main game architecture was final before starting it. But it's finally coming. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/03beafc8698b61e290e3d55f3bd142696a453916.png When finishing a level, you'll be given the choice to "Save and Quit" the game. This will bring you back to the title screen. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/65a62e5369315d06cb0d65ecef112589178f70aa.png From there, clicking "Continue" will launch your saved run while clicking "Basecamp" will erase your saved run and... bring you back to the Basecamp for a fresh start (after a confirmation window, obviously). Please note that this feature is not available in multiplayer, only in single player. This feature is available for both Normal and Endless Run.

Was it necessary?

Let's discuss if that feature was required for the game since it was a growing debate within the community. Lots of people were asking for it and lots of people were against it (mostly because it would take us time away from developing other features). Let's get this straight: it doesn't deter us from doing anything else. Despite this feature being a lot of work, the person in charge wouldn't be able to implement other things like weapons and classes anyway (we would need to game-design those, but we were busy game-designing the Endless Update). And then, the main point defending the idea of having this feature was that not everybody has 45+ minutes to allocate to a full run. That's completely fair and we do understand that everybody has different lives and different spare time for their hobbies. We apologize if anyone felt like "we weren't respecting their time". It was always one of the pillar of our philosophy (to respect your time), that's why we tried to limit as much as possible the feeling of "grind" in our game (among other things). In any case, the question became broader with the incoming Endless Mode. A run virtually has no end in this game mode. So regardless of the previous debate about "Save & Resume", we knew we needed that feature for this new mode. So yeah, that's it. You'll be able to save and resume your runs at a later time!

Power Ceiling

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png Apparently, we weren't clear enough in our previous devblog regarding power ceiling and player progression. To be a little bit more accurate, we quickly setup this graph so that you can have an idea of the character growth over time in both Endless and Normal modes. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/139c4c8a2a6a717e5df8b2f1152c3c462749a53d.png Approaching the 30/40 minute mark is when players usually complete the normal mode according to our data. Reaching about level 16. In Endless Mode, by that time you will be around level 22 and you will have reached level 16 about 25% to 30% sooner than normal mode. So what will happen in the Endless Mode in terms of character growth?

You will reach highest highs

You will progress faster

You will spend more time in the "superpower" state that late game builds bring Keeping the progression from Normal Mode would be boring in terms of reward distribution after the first time you beat The Moon. It doesnt fit that "quickest" progression and "highest" peak we were looking for in the Endless Mode. We hope we clarified the situation about character growth and power ceiling. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/9f4c70ddd99a0e92783f8310c53a7e8af84d4c8f.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png That's it! But we will be back soon once again :)

Stay tuned!

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The Endless Update lands end of November.

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Hello Guardians! Today we're back with a (short) devblog to talk about the elephant in the room. The "Endless" thingy. Let's hero cape right down :)

The Endless Update

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png Like many of you have guessed, the "Endless Update" is about adding an Endless Mode to the game. But there are many ways to implement such a system, so which direction did we go?

To Loop or not to Loop

The first major question we had to answer was "would the endless mode be based on playing another run while keeping all your perks from the previous one?". Basically "looping" through the game. And the simple answer we came up with was "no". Looping wasn't the best choice for the experience (in our opinion), a few examples of what bothered us:

• After your first run, there would not be much more to give you without breaking the power ceiling in either way (you or the enemies)
• The base path of the levels of the game and the quest (and other interactable) within are tailored to be encountered once per run, it doesn't make much sense to cross them several times in a row
• The repetitiveness of seeing the same stages in the same order over and over would quickly become boring

That means we needed to come up with something different than just looping through the base game.

Then What?

It was weird to start by telling you what the Endless Mode isn't instead of telling you what it is, so let's correct this. So… the Endless Mode is an alternate game mode, separate from the regular runs. You unlock it after beating the final Boss for the first time (in Guardian 1 or above) or by crafting it directly with Wrenches at the Basecamp. Starting an Endless Run works exactly like the regular ones: you choose a difficulty, a class and interact with the Endless Portal to start the run. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/e7b0dcc1f738e074f847ca89274987ae588d2145.gif Then, you play through a endless series of levels, with some unique twists on them. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/e3bb6a49010685eb6ea891f54ed0b504092ac224.gif Those levels are shorts and enemy-packed, some have battle and challenge rooms while others don't. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/ef25c6ea974071ec3f27d35242b25d0568e7de8d.png Note that you can't complete quests or progress the story in this mode. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png And that's it for this devblog. We will be back shortly to talk more about what we have in store for the Endless Update.

Stay tuned!

In the meantime, happy robot smashing time. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png

The Endless Update lands end of November.

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Hello Guardians! Today's a special day, it marks the first anniversary of the 1.0 release. But it is also more or less the eighth year we've been working on it and the fourth year since its first Early Access public release. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/613be170f29dbc111dd5fc98712ae901cd00b3d5.jpg To celebrate, we thought we'd take a trip down memory lane and take you with us (or at least those interested in it). In this post, we'll be showcasing some (very) old footage alongside visuals you've probably never seen before. It will highlight the different phases the project went through. And that later became the game you're playing now. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png

The Beginning?

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png "Eight years?!" You might think it's too long for a game this size. And you'd probably be right. But truth be told, when we started, most of us had just graduated out of school. We thought we were ready to make games (we clearly didn't expect that kind of journey). So we just started… {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/90b8d848f7fb52954ba098d25c6e94099e31a490.gif We worked on a prototype, both visually and gameplay-wise. And we ended up with something quite different from where we are now. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/2d0867bc749d8bfbfd92853828f66f4998cf31cf.png Gunpawns had a really different shape and tone back in those days. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/40b1a3db7ff09ba56f6a3b88bc4fb48f1cebd1d1.png And it ended up looking like this: You can already notice the will to make some kind of "forward-combat FPS", you can also notice how the game was called "Robot Quest". Needless to say, we were happy but… We learned so much along the way of doing this that we thought we could do much better if we tried again. So we "rebooted" the project and the prototype. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png

Reshaping the Tone

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png Aside from cleaning up the mess the prototype was in terms of code, we wanted to go way further in terms of player movement and we also fiddled around with a more colorful tone for the game. So we restarted a prototype, find some visuals from that period below. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/6f714f4a184598b38a737e4b14a8d76d9e5c3fbb.png You might recognize a weapon which is still here to this day. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/9c78e5fa5f1da6fed08a7b5a5234d442d1ab849a.png We clearly had amazing UI design skills as well. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/db6ed84e379defd074d301690f63aac3668ce1e6.jpg Below is the map we created to try out the new style of movement we wanted for the game. One where we'd be able to move faster, jump higher and even double-jump! At that time, we didn't have any other movement capabilities. We called that map "Lunapark". {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/552dc5eba38aa0d7004a338acdb9074f50e80001.jpg We spent countless hours just running, jumping and traversing it. Tweaking every single movement value. One little trick we decided to implement was to modify the player's acceleration after landing. When simply moving, the player's character acceleration was really high, and it tampered with the ability to stop precisely when landing on platforms. So we added something that slows down your acceleration for a little while after landing. This is a trick that is still in the game today and (hopefully) provides a better platforming experience overall. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png

The 'Dark' Days

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png Once again, we learned a lot during the new prototype. And once again, we wanted more. So we rebooted everything, again. But this time, we leaned towards a more serious approach in our visual concepts. You can see what it looks like below. One positive thing about this reboot though is that we were finally joined by real programmers. That meant no longer needing to reboot the code because we ended up with some spaghetti-thing that was impossible to expand upon.

Dark Canyon

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Old Concepts of the Moon

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Advanced Key Art of the Moon

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Concept Arts for Fields

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Concept Arts for Story/Cinematics

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5e019fef729811e9af61387eed099064a9dacbf0.gif But after fidgeting for quite a while with that direction, we realized we weren't really happy with it. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png

Let's turn on the Light!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png That wasn't what we were looking for. We've always wanted a game that feels good to be in in terms of mood. So we tried something more "colorful". But we were still quite far away from the final "cartoon-comic" style you can find in the game right now. Find some concepts arts below.

Zen Gardens

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Residential Districts

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Promenade

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Chill Zone

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Futuristic Apartments

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/697ae297aea75ba5d78f2f2069ef3b414f747f66.jpg And we were also becoming """"better"""" at handling Unreal Engine and its lighting capabilities.

Fields

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Suburbs

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Haven-City

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Canyon

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/350832818869d0b4711ceedaf268a06dc8c4d2ff.jpg We also turned our eyes to investors and people who were willing to support us financially speaking in general. So we had to make a trailer for that… {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png

Comic-style Turn-around

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png While we were quite happy with the overall tone of the colors and the game being more "vivid", we still felt like we were missing something. So wanted to go more all-in in the comic-book approach. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/c598c3f1c8672559020b372bd7c883a37565878b.png Here's what it started to look like in our concepts / paintovers at the time. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/2c5cae22835f403df3bb5c9e54187022c310d20e.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/84a7f6b1b887be9416967dfcbe3fab825b0f84af.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/dfff4e9e102e937c7340a2fb057aa421806aa7a9.jpg But it didn't look quite as good in-game yet... {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/3bc4372df9a0af3af60c20b93a62ad91c4c6276c.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/3d480f59c60489b4d4f508b47cb8206ca1136ebb.png Or didn't it? {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/a39f509002fe03224df3b25e2b0556807343067e.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/e19537d2c07b12a51844386836b8c6c7a610b6ce.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/4b402e5ef65e7ee8e37fec0a78f06363c4480ad8.png Meanwhile, we were also leveling up in marketing and business development. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/6faf106bbf624cdb177b9cb51c9a3611a447b112.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png

The Early Access

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png After continuous tuning, we finally managed to find our artistic seed: the comic-style we were striving for. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/e9d169e632e8602ef43fdf65849a210e6f694015.png And fortunately for us, because we were running out of time. We needed to actually make the game now and not just fiddle with graphics and gameplay. So we released it in Early Access in 2020. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/26b63f95fc870e28603d6a826a41f6879905c76a.jpg Some of you might remember, you joined us around that time! We even made a little something to thank the first 200 of you who joined our Discord. We still can't believe we actually recently reached 15.000 members! And we also had the chance to attend Gamescom one year later! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/80a811b96bd5dd5823277cf0926df4ae4c873512.png Also, a little something our main (and only) animator did in his free-time… Probably the first time we could enjoy the presence of Buddybot in our studio. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/424003f93e8e6fab2c3f05101a166320ad11ad49.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png

Final Form

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png Three years later, in November 2023, Roboquest finally reached "its final form". Our concept artist worked hard for the Steam Key Art. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/046a06f85d4868a068b367a78b2e522b919f62b1.png And of course, the game evolved quite a bit... {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png

Conclusion

Well, this was quite a long post, mostly because of all the visuals we shared. We hope you liked this trip down memory lane, we sure did here at the studio. We laughed tracking back those visuals and remembering the fun (and challenging) times connected to them. As for the future, the Endless Update is coming end of November. Like we said earlier, we will be sharing information about it over the course of the month. We will also share devleaks on Discord (we will sum them up in our posts here on Steam when able). Stay tuned Guardians, have a great robot-smashing times! And most importantly, thanks to everyone tagging along to that amazing journey.

Hello Guardians.

The Endless Update will be dropping at the end of November.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/c0ff977f247c3453b94a1aa308be0d3d205b91b5.jpg Stay tuned for more news incoming over the next month, alongside other funny bits about Roboquest. In the meantime and as usual, we hope you're having a happy robot-smashing time! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png Join the community on Discord. Follow our X. https://store.steampowered.com/app/692890/Roboquest/

Hey Guardians!

Roboquest is now 25% off on Steam until November 4th, 2024.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png Join the community on Discord. Follow our X. https://store.steampowered.com/app/692890/Roboquest/

Hey Guardians! Roboquest will be coming to Playstation in the first half of 2025. Wishlist are available on the Playstation Store. The Playstation port will include: - Cross-platform (people from all platforms can play with each other) - Haptic feedback - Adaptive trigger - Target 4k/60FPS on Playstation 5 - Available for Playstation 4 and 5 Please note that this isn't delaying the Endless Update :D Have a great day Guardians, and a happy robot smashing.

Hello Guardians! Some of you have been asking us about the VR version of Roboquest which trailer was revealed at Gamescom 2024. We're here to talk about it. Throughout this article, we'll refer to Roboquest VR as "RQVR" and Roboquest simply as "RQ". First of all, know that RQVR isn't tied to RQ, it is a standalone game. Owning RQ won't give you access to RQVR. It has a set of specific and unique features related to VR. It isn't just a 'port' of the game, it's a full VR adaptation. And RQVR is developed by "Flat2VR Studios", a studio specialized in VR games. They already made several VR versions of well-known games. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/278654f901fa786f41a43e0c1a7be2aa0705800a.png Find info about them here. They contacted us to adapt RQ, because they thought it had the potential to be a great VR game. And seeing their WIP videos and the way they're implementing the weapons (pull & release for the bow, dual wielding weapon etc.) was very impressive! RQVR is aiming for a late 2025 release and will be playable on Steam VR, MetaQuest and Playstation VR2! Here's a WIP video: If you want to follow how RQVR is doing, you may do so following Flat2VR's X here. Note: RyseUp Studios is not affiliated to Flat2VR. We are helping them to some extent but we let them total control over the creative process to actually make VR Roboquest an engaging VR experience. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png 'Aight, that's it. Wish you the best robot smashing times, maybe (eventually) in VR at some point.

Hello Guardians! We've been silent for a while since the release of the Dead Cells Update. So we're back with a short devblog to give you some information on how things went, how things are going and what is coming! Let's hero cape right down :)

The Dead Cells Update

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b73103a378bb682f9c7f8d87da7da0eb19a49452.png We've read here and there that some people were worried that we "delayed" the Endless Update for the Dead Cells Update (probably due to the update of our roadmap). If anything, this roadmap update was more about being more accurate about the release windows than anything else. We didn't delay anything in order to release our crossover with Dead Cells. To give you a bit of context, while we are cooking the Endless Update not everyone has things to do at all times. That's when we can skim in some other - sometimes unplanned - content for the game. In addition, we realized that nothing was really happening for Roboquest in Summer. So we figured out, "well, why don't we push a little something?". That's when we started thinking about doing a crossover with Dead Cells. We have been following the game and especially Motion Twin for a long time now and we felt like it would be cool to contact them. Not only did we really like their game, we also think it'd be a good thing for Roboquest to partner up with such a big title. That's how this "smaller" update came to life. And we had the weapon filtering system almost ready already. This was something we were cooking for a while since it was a mandatory system for the long-term of Roboquest. And funnily enough, the Collector seemed to fit well with that mechanic. So if anything, the Dead Cells Update made us release the Weapon Filter system earlier than expected and was there instead of… not having an update. So yeah… we are glad about this crossover and this update didn't "delay" anything for you Guardians! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png

The Endless Update

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What's the plan then?

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png We have a few announcements and community events planned for October. Some of them will be featured on Steam while others will only be communicated through X and Discord (not because we don't want to keep you Steam-people in touch, but because it would be weird to drop them here when they have nothing to do with Steam). Rest assured that we will post here for the most important ones anyway. Follow us on X - https://x.com/RoboquestGame Join the community on Discord - discord.gg/Roboquest After that it will be November. And it will be time to show you guys what we've been working on! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png Aaaaaaaand, over. Wish you all the best robot-smashing times and see you soon :)

Hey Guardians!

Roboquest Weekend Deal has started!

Starting now, up to September 9th, Roboquest is featured as part of the weekend deal on Steam.

In addition, Roboquest is up for grab at 25% off until the 19th of September!

We recently released the Dead Cells update, find the information about it here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/692890/view/4328605968617499501 And we're currently hard at work on our next update, which is the Endless Update. We will be back with a devblog and more information about it in the weeks to come, stay tuned for that! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png

Socials

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png Join the community on Discord - discord.gg/Roboquest Follow us on X - https://x.com/RoboquestGame Website - https://roboquest.fr/

Hey Guardians. We just released a small hotfix for some of the bugs implemented in the Dead Cells Update.

Changelog

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png • Elemental Damage and Elemental Visual Effect will now properly synchronize on Guardian's 'Meteo Fist' perk upgrade • The 'Necklace' item now properly triggers with Stealth's Decoy • Fixed the maximum amount you could roll the 'Dice' item to 1 (you previously could be presented with it multiple times) • Removed the 'Volatile' affix from the 'Cyclone Rifle' • The Collector will no longer produce sounds in the Basecamp when he hasn't been unlocked yet • Fixed an issue with locked doors not opening properly in multiplayer • Fixed a crash occurring with Shield Flies and Shield Bots while loading or unloading them from memory • Basecamp Upgrades can no longer be stuck in a "infinitely purchasable, yet not unlockable" state • Interacting with Superbot in the Basecamp to trigger its cutscene will no longer freeze the game if the cinematic fails to load {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png

Socials

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png Join the community on Discord - discord.gg/Roboquest Follow us on X - https://x.com/RoboquestGame Website - https://roboquest.fr/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b73103a378bb682f9c7f8d87da7da0eb19a49452.png Hey Guardians!

The Dead Cells Update for Roboquest is now live and available on all platforms!

Alongside the update, the bundle Dead Cells x Roboquest is also available both on the Roboquest and the Dead Cells store page, here on Steam. You can get both games at 10% discount. As you might have read in our previous news, we partnered with Motion Twin (the creators of Dead Cells) to make this bundle possible. We are honored to be part of this partnership and we hope you'll enjoy both games as much as we do.

We're also planning an event where we'll be giving away keys for the game. View more information at the end of this announcement.

You can read the highlights of this update further down below or directly watch the highlights video here: You can also read the entire patch-notes here. If you already read our previous announcement, you already read the highlights below. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png

New Quest: The Collector

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png A grim and mysterious friendly face comes to Roboquest, straight from Dead Cells. The Collector! The Collector is a new NPC that is hidden in one of the levels. Finding him is only the easy part, you will also have to bring some kind of offering to him… Once you'll have pleased the Collector, he will be forever grateful and wait for you at the Basecamp. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/3e29375c7b71bee027e99caedba7dab9fed8f486.gif

New Feature: Weapon Filters

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png Once the Collector quest is completed, you can talk to him at the Basecamp. It will bring up the Weapon Filter interface. In there, you'll be able to either double the chance of looting a weapon, or deactivate it completely (it will no longer drop from any source). Doing so will cost you 1 Weapon Filter and you have a total of 12 Weapon Filters. You may only do this with weapons you already collected the card of. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/de5c557168afd284ea0a68ec4df8715c8223566f.gif

New Weapon: Panchaku

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png If you know Dead Cells, you probably heard of the Panchaku. Well, it's coming to Roboquest. For those who don't know about it, it's basically a nunchaku, but with frying pans instead of wooden sticks. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/e7c202dbc95d0b9ea1b862bb723d13d10489f94f.gif

New Item: Red Scarf

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png To complete the Dead Cells set, we've added a new item straight from the Beheaded fashion bank. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/66316f7c346cd9893bf1f246ad77f0cd7bc02235.gif Alongside those additions, a few other changes have been made. Read the complete patch-notes here. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png In addition, we'll be hosting a special event starting in a few hours where we'll be giving away keys for the game.

Roboquest Bingo Event

Steam Key Giveaway

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/1e7b732e9af9d2944ae55341f3f51fa9e75b2a3d.png Starting at 5pm GMT+1 and lasting for about 1h30, two teams will face off and try to complete as much objectives as possible on their - carefully crafted, Roboquest-infused - bingo cards. The event will be streamed on the Roboquest Store Page and on Twitch and hosted by Jamesaroni and ManofManyOats. They will be welcoming four guests that they carefully selected and who will compose the two teams. Whenever one of the team gets a bingo, we will be giving away a certain amount of keys to random viewers. James and Oats will be casting the entire event and entertain us with their... relative sense of humor. This event is mainly possible thanks to ManofManyOats who already hosted one event of this type and was kind enough to lead the charge on doing another one, specifically for the Dead Cells Update. Here is the link to follow the stream: Twitch.tv/roboquestlive We'll be announcing the start of the event on our X and on our Discord! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png Finally and as usual, we wish you all the best robot-smashing times!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/63b775255f052b8354298257d06278eb720f0541.png Find the release announcement here. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png Here's the list of changes for the Dead Cells Update for Roboquest.

Additions

Developers' Notes: You can find more information on those additions in the highlights section, available here.• New NPC and Quest: The Collector {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/3e29375c7b71bee027e99caedba7dab9fed8f486.gif • New Feature: Weapon Filtering {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/de5c557168afd284ea0a68ec4df8715c8223566f.gif • New Weapon: Panchaku {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/e7c202dbc95d0b9ea1b862bb723d13d10489f94f.gif • New Item: Red Scarf

General

• Trap damage now scale based on difficulty: less damage in Easy/Discovery, more damage starting from Hard/Guardian • Clearing an arena in The Moon now deactivates all lasers in this specific arena • Removed the "Explosion" keyword from the text describing the Hero Cape related perks, they now use the "radius" term to clearly show that they don't synergize with Explosion related bonuses

Class Balance Changes

Ranger

• Trueshot damage increased from 100% to 150%

Superbot

• Charge Shot damage increased from 275% to 350% • Hammer Pants damage increased from 175% to 225% • Bowtie firerate increased from 2/s to 3/s • Captain's Greetings damage increased from 175% to 225%

Weapon Balance Changes

Dual Uzis

Primary Fire • Reduced spread per shot

Dual Rascals

Primary Fire • Reduced spread per shot • Damage increased from 10.0 to 11.0 • Impact force increased from 9.0 to 10.0

Dual Boomsticks

Primary Fire • Damage increased from 30.0 to 32.0

Captain Mc Slice

Alternate Fire • Damage increased from 60 to 75.0

Bugfix

• Fixed an issue with one of the combat systems, melee and close combat should feel better like it initially was before the issue was introduced (somewhere between 1.2 and 1.3) • Speculative Fix: Doors will properly open for both players (and not leave the client player hanging behind with a "waiting for your brobot" message) • Fixed a rare issue where the level timer would already be running when starting a new level • Fixed an issue that would block all players input at the start of a new level if that player had been shut down by a boss at the same time it destroyed it just prior to that level • Sound settings will now properly be reset when resetting all game settings • Fixed an issue where Superbot would sometimes appear in the Basecamp even if the player didn't finish the quest • Billy Boom will stop loading its explosion gauge after the player death (therefore preventing him to explode after the player was already dead) • Fixed an issue where the laser trap in Moon between the two arenas were not dealing any damage

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b73103a378bb682f9c7f8d87da7da0eb19a49452.png Hello Guardians.

Roboquest is partnering up with Dead Cells!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png We are honored to be part of this partnership with Motion Twin (the studio behind Dead Cells). Dead Cells is a game we played and loved and we are proud that Roboquest can stand tall alongside this titan of a game. If anything, this is thanks to you guys who have been playing our game and giving us your love all those years. It is definitely a milestone for our studio and to celebrate, here's what's coming up:

The 14th of August at 3pm GMT+1, we will be releasing:

Dead Cells x Roboquest Bundle

A bundle containing both games will be available at a 10% discount! You can get the bundle on any of our stores. https://store.steampowered.com/app/692890/Roboquest/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/588650/Dead_Cells/ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png

The Dead Cells Update

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b73103a378bb682f9c7f8d87da7da0eb19a49452.png The Dead Cells Update for Roboquest will be available on all platforms! Here are the highlights of this incoming update:

New Quest: The Collector

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png A grim and mysterious friendly face comes to Roboquest, straight from Dead Cells. The Collector! The Collector is a new NPC that is hidden in one of the levels. Finding him is only the easy part, you will also have to bring some kind of offering to him… Once you'll have pleased the Collector, he will be forever grateful and wait for you at the Basecamp. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/3e29375c7b71bee027e99caedba7dab9fed8f486.gif

New Feature: Weapon Filters

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png Once the Collector quest is completed, you can talk to him at the Basecamp. It will bring up the Weapon Filter interface. In there, you'll be able to either double the chance of looting a weapon, or deactivate it completely (it will no longer drop from any source). Doing so will cost you 1 Weapon Filter and you have a total of 12 Weapon Filters. You may only do this with weapons you already collected the card of. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/de5c557168afd284ea0a68ec4df8715c8223566f.gif

New Weapon: Panchaku

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png If you know Dead Cells, you probably heard of the Panchaku. Well, it's coming to Roboquest. For those who don't know about it, it's basically a nunchaku, but with frying pans instead of wooden sticks. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/e7c202dbc95d0b9ea1b862bb723d13d10489f94f.gif

New Item: Red Scarf

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/b5d3e797ff8505aa1457aee95211b2e2161d4725.png To complete the Dead Cells set, we've added a new item straight from the Beheaded fashion bank. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/66316f7c346cd9893bf1f246ad77f0cd7bc02235.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png We hope you're as pumped as we are for this partnership.

These will be available the 14th of August at 3pm GMT+1!

On this beautiful note, we wish you all the best robot-smashing time!

Hey Guardians, something is definitely brewing...

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38004500/5c2eaaa64a9a86ca077fbac5dabf4e318b76f237.png More info coming in a few days...

Step into the steel shoes of a rebooted guardian... I mean, if you haven't already. Now is the time!

Roboquest is now 20% off on Steam until August 4th, 2024.

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