Wow, great clickbait, but something weird is actually happening. Roomboss, the boss, that character you might have seen roaming around events, is forcing us to program things we don’t quite understand.
We’re not paying much attention.
He’s also said we should put the Roombattle logo really big in lots of random places, like on the fridge in the kitchen of the new theme.
We’re still ignoring him.
The bottom line is, we don’t know what’s going on or what he wants from us. He told us he’ll say something in January, but I don’t trust him. He might even burn the GitHub and leave us without Roombattle.
I think it bothers him that the vacuums don’t listen to him, that they have fun instead of contributing to capital through domestic cleaning.
One of these days I’m shaving the mustache off the one that runs out of battery.
By the way, I’m writing this on the 24th, so happy holidays, even though it will reach you on the 28th. So happy New Year. HAPPY EVERYTHING!
We’ve been very quiet
I should have written this about a month and a half ago, but we never found the time. Roomboss, every time I asked for a few days to prepare the newsletter, would say: “better if everything stays at home.” I hid the charging station, and here we are, writing this.
Roombattle: Everything is going well
We’ve made huge progress in development, an insane amount. I think these months have been, by far, the ones with the fewest problems and the most progress. Ironically, while I couldn’t find the time to write this, they wouldn’t let go of my arm. Here’s everything we’ve done these months.
The game works online, EVERYTHING works online.
We have Bots, which work in ALL maps and minigames, with different difficulty levels.
We have new Power-Ups.
We have new Mystery Skills.
We have (almost) new Maps (and we’re hungry).
We have a Tutorial.
We have anxiety.
Private Playtest
This month we’ve also been running private playtests to make sure online works. And surprisingly, EVERYTHING worked VERY WELL.
That said, go check the Steam page. The playtest will be public in January. We haven’t announced this anywhere, so now you know. Run.
Also, Arnau, our progammer talk with some insides here.
What a year of events!
Besides all the content we’ve mentioned, we’ve attended so many events. Above all, the one that excited us the most was returning to the BCN Game Fest. This year we wanted it to be a unique, memorable experience, and above all, for you to feel at home. I hope we succeeded. As a summary, here’s a video we made.
But it’s not just the BCN Game Fest… Here’s another list of events we’ve participated in.
Play Festival – Hamburg (Germany)
Vibez Festival – Barcelona (Catalonia)
Premis Ludi – Barcelona (Catalonia)
Unity Unite – Barcelona (Catalonia)
Saga: Catalan Video Game Fair
Playtopia – Cape Town (South Africa)
BIG Conference – Bilbao (Basque Country)
It’s been a wild year. We’ve been at events across 3 different continents and in amazing places like Bitsummit (Kyoto), London Game Fest, Gamescom, or Playtopia in South Africa. How cool.
Roombadvices
What are we playing?
(Carlos) Is that Seat Taken: My personal GOTY, simple premise, clever puzzles, and bad jokes.
(Aleix) I’m playing Tails Noir with Dani from the team. It’s a 2.5D detective game where the characters are humanoid animals and the story is dark and very interesting.
(Dani JR) Hades 1 and Kingdom Come Deliverance 1. I want to play the sequels, but it annoys me that I haven’t played the originals first, hehe.
What are we listening/reading/watching?
(Carlos) As a pedantic person, here’s my top album of the year.
(Carlos) Pluribus, especially the drone episode, and this article explaining why things happen.
(Aleix) For months, I’ve been listening day and night to the synth-pop duo The Midnight. My favorites are: Los Angeles, Deep Blue, Summer Is Ending Soon, and Gloria. Absolutely amazing, just take a look.
(Dani Jr) Lately, I’ve been really into video game soundtracks; I’m listening to Portal and Bloodborne.
Random content to recommend
(Dust Games) Sign up for the Roombattle playtest.
(Aleix) Not for the paranoid! This has become my favorite YouTube video.
Watch video on YouTube (opens in a new tab)