Hello Robocrafters!
The BIG physics update will go live tomorrow! But this evening Chris and Josh are going to be streaming a new build of Robocraft today and tomorrow! Today they’ll be building new robots in preparation for the big agility update. And tomorrow they’ll be using the robots they built to play online against other players!
Make sure to check out the streams at 17:00 UTC directly on the front page of Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/301520/Robocraft/
Tomorrow marks the release of our overhauled agility system! Along with it will come various bug fixes and weapon balance adjustments based on feedback from the community. We’re very much looking forward to seeing exactly what you think of our new F=ma system and would love to hear your feedback once you experience it.
Tomorrow the update will include the following features:
- Weapon Balance changes based on survey feedback
- Rebalancing Tier brackets
- Updated Steam starter robots
- Updated Steam Body Builder robots to all be under 750CPU
- Convert Cosmetic Credits into Cosmic Credits
- Sprinter & Mech Legs Agility Movement
- Thrusters & Propellers Agility Movement
- Hovers Agility Movement
- Rotors Agility Movement
- Upgrading bays via Robits
- Robits now purchasable from the item shop
- AI can now use Aerofoil movement parts in BA and TDM
Year of The Pig Chinese New Year!
We ran a year of the pig artbot competition to line up with the Lunar New Year! There have been some truly awesome entries and we’d like to thank everyone who has taken the time to build some incredible robots.
The grand winner of 500CC is
Manana81 with his robot ‘THE GENEROUS PIG 2019’
This incredible pig & Dragon combo is not only visually beautiful to look at but is also combat ready. The tesla’s provide this robot with a dangerous bite and the pig is wielding a bowl filled with healing goodness!
Runner Ups:
We also have four runner ups
BR4Y4NGAM3R with his robot ‘Pig Lunar’
This blue piggy bot is an elegant answer to the question “what if pigs had wheels?”. Charming and was one of the favorites of a few members from the Freejam team
Kronoswm’s ‘Okkoto’ was inspired by the film ‘Princess Mononoke’ (if you haven't seen it, you should!). This bot does an incredible job of creating a spiky fur and an incredible level of detail in comparison to its film counterpart.
Kura3000 entered three robots into this competition. For fairness we included just one of his piggy bots into the draw. That Pig was aptly named “Year of the pig” which uses neon cubes to create a great vibrant background and platform for one of the happiest pigs you ever did saw!
Hoelderlin’s ‘Festival Pig’ encapsulates the Lunar New year perfectly! Bright red chinese lanterns and adorable little hoofed feet complete this pigs red attire.
Blue_Diamond_2017 created a Megapig called “laser pig”. We are particularly fond of it’s giant curly tail!
Honorable mentions:
The first honorable mention is from Pun_Shinamon, unfortunately they were just one day late to enter the Artbot competition so their entry didn't count. But as a result of this, in the future all Artbot competitions will run for two weeks so that we can give players much more time to enter.
InsaneLiving shared his pig based version of Ghidora, an iconic villain from the Godzilla films
Thank you to everyone who entered this art bot competition, If you want to see all of the entries, You can still view the entries by clicking this hashtag #RCLunarNewYear
See you tomorrow when the BIG physics update launches!
Build, Drive, Fight
ReelBigKris