Hey guys and gals!
The Beta for Rad Rodgers has been out in little over a week. It's amazing to experience the game in the hands of you guys. Thank you so much for all the feedback and bug reports we've gotten so far. We just released Beta 0.2, which includes a TON of Fixes, Tweaks and Additions.
This is a MASSIVE update to the Beta. Alongside tons of bugfixes, tweaks and additions, we've also added the Overworld and a new Level to the game.
The Overworld is Rad & Dusty's Hub, from which they access and unlock levels in World 1. In the Beta you can freely roam the overworld, but you can only play Level 1,2 and 4 at this moment. In order to unlock level 2, you have to finish level 1. In order to unlock level 4 you have to finish level 2. In our next update we'll add Level 3 to the game.
The overworld also gives you statistics on how well you did in each of the levels.
We suggest starting a New Game (Deleting your progress), to see how the overworld works with proper progression.
Another Major feature in this update is full parental conrol and censorship options.
The first time you launch the game you'll be presented with the following screen:
This will allow you to pick your default settings for. Picking Child Mode will turn the blood in the game, into purple goo, and bad words will be beeped out.
And Grownup Mode will of course have none of that.
At any time you can enable/disable blood and censored voice-overs in the new Parental Control options.
Last but not least, we added a brand new level: Romp in the Swamp! Below you can check out a video-update on the new level:
https://youtu.be/vgYvzfs7fmY
You can also glance over screenshots from Romp in the Swamp below!
We also added 2 new posts on the Steam Community.
First of all, make sure you check out the Basic Controls post, which covers Default Keyboard and Controller binds:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/353580/discussions/0/340412122421118613/
We also added a Bug Report guide, that covers the recently introduced Bug Report Tool. If you want to help us find bugs, or give us feedback, you can check out the guide here:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/353580/discussions/0/312265256996964921/
Below you'll find a list of all the great things released with 0.2.
Changelog:
- Overworld added to the game. In the beta you'll be able to nagivate across the overworld, regardless of whether a level is locked or unlocked.
- Level 2: Romp in the Swamp added to the game
- Added First-Time Startup Parental Control. You can now select whether a child or an adult is playing the game
- Added censored versions of VO's as an option
- Added option to turn Blood On/Off
- Added option to turn Voice Censorship On/Off
- Added "Email" field to the Bug Reporter allowing us to respond to bugs reported by you guys
- Player is no longer able to open bug tool in main menu
- Removed Trailer from Startup video
- Score Screen Tweaked and Polished
- Guitar Riff Particles Added
- Bounce Pads Improved
- VO's added to Dusty Attacks in Pixelverse
- Default Voices Volume Increased
- Player Air Control Tweaked
- Fixed Weapon Lighting
- Button Re-bind fixes
- World particles no longer visible through the pixelverse
- Exit Chunk Dialogue Added
- Enemies in Pixelverse no longer grow gigantic when alt-tabbing
- Added new video quality settings: ambient occlusion on/off, depth of field slider, bloom slider, foliage slider, post process slider
- Added mouse sensitivity slider
- Added pop-up showingthat settings have been changed
- Loads of code refactoring to avoid variable shadowing
- Fixed issue where you sometimes would shoot into the background
- Highlights to Pickups added
- Added new Soundmix to the Huts
- Added reverbs to Huts
- Fixed Pixelverse Exit VO repetition
- Refactored GameCharacter properties
- Warnings added when exiting game
- New Weapon! Grenade Launcher added to Level 4
- Disabled debug HUD in shipping builds
- Fixed dialog text wrapping
- Increased Rotation Deadzone
-Exagerated pickup bounce curve to emphasize that the pickup has been activated
- Level 1: Fixed Stuck in Wall issue at Bouncepad
- Level 1: Fixed Chance of getting hurt when picking up first exit chunk
- Level 1: You can jump down through the lift again
- Level 1: Fixed issue where you would clip through a tree
- Level 1: Fixed an issue where a blacksilhuette would cover the screen
- Level 1: OverallSetdressing and Collision improved
- Level 1: Replaced some old buggy collision volumes and put in waterfall splash at missing area.
- Level 1: Backer Reported bugs fixed
- Level 4: Backer Reported bugs fixed
- Level 4: Removeddublicate weapon
- Level 4: Added tree barrier to top-left part of the level
- Level 4: Phoenix Cannon swapped with Grenade Launcher in some areas
IF YOU HAVE ISSUES LAUNCHING LEVELS, PLEASE READ BELOW:
The update should download automatically on Steam. If you have previous checkpoints and saves, we suggest wiping the game completely, in order to experience the Overworld progression as it's mean to be. Right Click on "Rad Rodgers" in your Steam Library, and select "Delete Local Content". Then go to your "C" drive, /Users/YOURNAME/AppData/Local/Rad (The AppData folder might be hidden so enable hidden folders in order to see it). Detele the "Rad" folder completely. Now Re-install Rad Rodgers through steam.
ENJOY!
