05 Jan 2024Developer post

Esport Godfather: Origin has been released now!

Dear esteemed players of "Variables" Greetings to all. This is Asteroid Game Studio. We express our gratitude for the support you've provided over the years. Our studio's latest creation, "Esports Godfather," is about to be released! Feel free to click the link below to visit the

12 Jul 2023Developer post

Our new game "Esport Godfather" now has its steam page!

Hello everyone, I am 1000water, the developer of "Variables" and "Variables 2". Our new game, "Esport Godfather," has launched its Steam page. The game is set to be released on October 20, 2023. "Esport Godfather" is a management simulation card game centered around the theme of

Hello everyone, I am 1000water, the developer of "Variables" and "Variables 2". Our new game, "Esport Godfather," has launched its Steam page. The game is set to be released on October 20, 2023.

"Esport Godfather" is a management simulation card game centered around the theme of MOBA esports. You can click the link below to visit the Steam page of "Esport Godfather" and see what it's all about.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1278540/_/

Testing & Demo

Due to insufficient testing in the early stages of "Variables" and "Variables 2," we encountered various issues, such as numerous bugs in "Variables" and UI problems in "Variables 2". This time, after careful consideration, we have decided to conduct public testing and offer a free demo on Steam before the game's release! We hope to receive valuable feedback and suggestions from all of you to help us improve the game!

We plan to release a free demo (testing) version of "Esport Godfather" next month! You can add it to your wishlist and follow it to receive updates and even receive an email notification upon the game's release!

Alternatively, you can join our QQ group: 1094866698. During the test period, we will collect feedback and information in the group.

Crowdfunding Campaign

Similar to "Variable 2," we will be launching a crowdfunding campaign on Modian. This time, we have prepared various rewards, including posters, playing cards, mouse pads, badges, fridge magnets, and more. We will also open up avenues for customization. The crowdfunding campaign will allow you to customize clubs, match commentators, in-game items and equipment, sponsors, and even heroes!

When the crowdfunding campaign begins, we will provide reminders on the "Esport Godfather" page.

Giveaways

During the development and release of "Variable" and "Variable 2," our studio received tremendous support from many people. We are deeply grateful to all the friends who participated in the demo and helped us improve the game.

Therefore, when the testing and free demo period begins, we will hold giveaways on Bilibili. The prizes include physical items, custom clubs, heroes, and more!

In addition, we have something big planned! In the comments section below the giveaway video, if you follow the rules and leave your ID (in Chinese or English), we will add your ID to the pool of athlete IDs! There's a chance that you might find your ID appearing in screenshots uploaded by other players!

If you want to participate, you can follow my personal Bilibili account or our studio's Bilibili account to receive the latest updates.

my personal Bilibili：https://space.bilibili.com/2138179456
our studio's Bilibili：https://space.bilibili.com/33872237

Last but not least, thank you all for your support! We will continue to work hard and create more and better games in the future!

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03 May 2022Developer post

2022.5.3 Bug Fix

Fixed - Mod "Peter the Bulwark" does not work.

24 Apr 2022Developer post

V1.2.4 Update

V1.2.4 Change effect of Gear "Fragile" Sticker This change needs restarting a battle. If you have a battle savedata, you may encounter “Broken savedata” warning. Fixed some bugs.

04 Mar 2022Developer post

V1.2.3 Update

V1.2.3 Bug Fix: Fixed - Game probably crashes when merging turrets. Probably need to restart a run.

03 Mar 2022Developer post

V1.2.2 Update

Greetings, Everyone! This is Asteroid Studio. Because of vocation during Chinese New Year, we are very sorry that this patch is a bit late. And Thanks for feedback from the community, it really helped a lot! Love all of you, Guys! (Some fixes about Level Effect and Mods need rest

26 Jan 2022Developer post

V1.2.1 Update

Greetings! This is Asteroid Studio. We are very sorry that a fatal bug occurred in v1.2.0. Now it has been fixed. V1.2.1 Bug: Fixed a bug, which make game crash, when running game.

26 Jan 2022Developer post

v1.2.0 Update

Greetings! This is Asteroid Studio. Fortunately, we managed to complete Version 1.2 before Chinese New Year (Most important festival for us Chinese). And members of Asteroid Studio will go back home and take a short vocation. Hope you can enjoy new version of Variables2. And, Hap

09 Dec 2021Developer post

v1.1.1 Update

Balance: Ring of Eternal Love: Effect is changed into “When this turret only attacks one target, Attack Cooldown -2, Crit Rate +50%, and Crit Damage +260%.” Eight-ball: Effect is changed into “At the start of a battle, for each Attack Cooldown increases or decreases, Attack Range

26 Nov 2021Developer post

Update v1.1.0

Greetings! This is Asteroid Studio. We have received over 200 comments since Variables2 released. Thank you for supporting! We release version 1.1 today according to our update schedule.(Okay, it is a bit late...) More turrets, more mods, more gear and I hope there will not be mo

Greetings!

This is Asteroid Studio. We have received over 200 comments since Variables2 released. Thank you for supporting! We release version 1.1 today according to our update schedule.(Okay, it is a bit late...) More turrets, more mods, more gear ~~and I hope there will not be more bugs~~ awaits. Hope you can enjoy them.

V1.1.0
New Content:

Every turret has its own name now, not only a code name.
Add 9 new turrets of various traits:
- Scourage Totem: Immoblize enemies.
- Golden Sundial: Produce gold.
- Escalator Combo: Provide a conveyer belt.
- Assault Ammo Box: Enhance Attack of other turrets.
- Holo Scanner: Enhance range of other turrets.
- Weakpoint Analyser: Make enemies suffer more damage.
- Catalyst Pool: Enhance acid damage.
- Etch Processor: Enhance acid damage.
- Chordal Ballista: Share gear with other Chordal Ballistas.
Add 6 new gears.
Add 12 new achievements.
Add several new Upgrades.

Balance:

Extended Barrel: Attack Range +6 → 4.
Curvature Rifling: Crit Damage +2000% → 1500%.
Eight-ball: Range +2 → 1.
Auto-Learning Chip: Precision: 5% inherited → 3% inherited.
Auto-Learning Chip: Weakness: 5% inherited → 3% inherited.
Eightie’s Women Clothing: Effect of gaining range can stack up to 5 times per wave.
Vile Crabapple: Range -3 → 2.
Double Armor: Magazine Capacity +10 → 9.
Height Detector: When total damage is more than 10000, Range +1 → 2.
When total damage is more than 50000, Range +2 → 1.

Optimize:

You don’t need to click achievement icon to get reward anymore.
Optimize operation of deploying constructs.
Remind when a construct is deployed on a unavailable place has more details now.
When you unlock Golden Chicken Wuss, you will not gain Chicken Wuss anymore.
When broken battle savedatas are detected, there will be a message box to remind you and you can delete broken battle savedatas.
During battle, you can check Mod Shard prepared by taskbar button “Overall” at any time.

UI:

Remake most of UI in battle.
You can press ESC key to close pages or open config page in battle.
Banner at the top of screen can be switch or hide by taskbar button “Enemy”/”Merge”/”Overall”.
Add some UI transitions.
Icons of enemies from Golden/Diamond Spawners have special frames now.

VFX:

Add a VFX when enemies are immoblized.
Fixed model and VFX of Slowing Module.
Changed models of enemies from Golden/Diamond Spawners.
Changed VFX of N-type turrets.
Fixed a VFX of fog.
Fixed VFX of deployment and remove.
Fixed VFX of enemies movement.

Bug:

Fixed abnormal data if OS region is some European counties.(Thank you, @aassii)
Fixed a pathfinding problem of enemies from Golden/Diamond Spawners.
Fixed wrong range of P-type turret.
Fixed abnormal result when Helper's Medal is equipped by a big-sized turret.
Designer is so forgetful that he did not remember that T-type turret cannot attack enemies on same floor. Now it is fixed.
Fixed bug that merge of T-type turrets and W-type turrets.
Fixed wrong description of Multiverse Crystal Ball.
Fixed a FPS dropping problem when you use Butterfly Dream.
Fixed problem that preview of gear next gained.

When you update to v1.1.0, expired battle savedata is not available anymore. When you enter game you will get remind and delete your savedata. You need to start a new battle. Of course, it will not ruin those you have unlocked.

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12 Oct 2021Developer post

Variables2 v1.0.10

V1.0.10 Fixed wrong effective range of gears in some cases. Fixed crashing after loading game in some cases. Fixed bug that Damage Test Access cannot be unlocked correctly. Fixed bug that Height Detector deals abnormal damage. Negative effect of mod “Charged Barrage” can work cor

11 Oct 2021Developer post

Variables2 v1.0.9

V1.0.9 Fixed problem that Cross Flipped cannot unlock Achievement “Buy a Lottery Ticket ”. Fixed problem that combination of Telecharge Table and Ring of Eternal Love makes game crashed. Fixed problem that merging turrets makes prefixes lost. Effect of Playboy’s Declaration can w

09 Oct 2021Developer post

Some Update logs, And some Q&A

Hi, Everyone! I am OAB, member of Asteroid Game Studio. There has been 1 week since Variables2 released and we have received over 100 comments. Thank you for supporting! We know that there still be number of bugs and UI problems in our new game. We are sorry for that and working

Hi, Everyone! I am OAB, member of Asteroid Game Studio. There has been 1 week since Variables2 released and we have received over 100 comments. Thank you for supporting! We know that there still be number of bugs and UI problems in our new game. We are sorry for that and working on solve those annoying problems.

Until now(v1.0.7), we

-Fix mistakes in description of some Constructs.
-Fix some UI adaptation problems.
-Fix an error about merging turrets which has Seaweed Ball prefix, which could make game crashed.
-Fix problem that Auto-Learning Chip’s bonus cannot be inherited.
-Fix problems that some achievements, like Newbie Guide, cannot be unlocked.
-Fix mistakes of Noticed Atmosphere’s effective range.
-Fix error of UI of Boss Cyborg Slime, which could make game crashed.
-Fix a bug of Gold Magazine, which could make game crashed.
-Change min speed of Boss Eternal Sphere, which is from 0.5 to 0.1.
-Fix a bug of Multi-Functional Copier, which could make game crashed.
-Fix an error that game crashes when Diamond Spawner is deployed but there is now available path.
-Fix bugs which can make game crashes instantly after game is open.
-Game auto-saves when entering battle.
-Fix problem that Kettle has no effect on acid damage.
-Fix problem that Armament Upgrade cannot be unlocked.
-Fix problem that Invisible Dagger is still effective when unequipping.
...

If you have suggestion or problems and would like to improve quality of Variable2, feel free to talk in steam community. Any feedback is welcomed!

If you purchased our last game Variables before July 1, 2021, Variables2 was automatically added into your library.

PS: Here is FQA part because we found that some players have problems of operating(Yeah, we all know that is blame to bad UI design). We are sorry for that and we are planning to fix those problems.

Q: I think the construct was deployed on wrong place. Can I remove them and redeploy?
A: Click right mouse button and you will remove a construct to your inventory. Nexus and spawners can be removed unlimitedly. While platforms, grounds, elevators, turrets can be removed only in the same wave of deploying. For those are deployed during former waves, they cannot be removed.(but you can destroy deployed turrets that you are not satisfied)

Q: I only can use Q and E to rotate camera? That is not convenient.
A: You can drag with middle mouse button to rotate camera.

Q: It seems that achievements has their own reward but I never gained them.
A: You need to click those unlocked achievements icon in handbook to gain your reward. We plan to change that because it is dumb.

Q: The jackpot is always Cross Flipped, no matter how I refresh prize pool.
A: Maybe you have unlocked all upgrades, so there is only Cross Flipped in jackpot pool.

Q: Is the highest difficulty N7?
A: There are EX difficulties in this game, maybe you should try to play endless mode in N7? We prepared surprise when you finish some waves.

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02 Oct 2021Developer post

Announcement about the gift of Variable 2

Hello everyone, this is 1000water. Due to some problems in the Steam background, we have not been able to send variable 2 to players who have variable 1. We have been actively communicating with Steam since yesterday before the release...But no solution has been found so far, ple

01 Oct 2021Developer post

Variables 2

Updates & announcements

Esport Godfather: Origin has been released now!

Our new game "Esport Godfather" now has its steam page!

Testing & Demo

Crowdfunding Campaign

Giveaways

2022.5.3 Bug Fix

V1.2.4 Update

V1.2.3 Update

V1.2.2 Update

V1.2.1 Update

v1.2.0 Update

v1.1.1 Update

Update v1.1.0

Variables2 v1.0.10

Variables2 v1.0.9

Some Update logs, And some Q&A

Announcement about the gift of Variable 2

Update Plan