Just an advance notice that a price increase for Rock 'N Roll will be submitted at the end of the business day on Thursday October 12 with an expected Price Increase to $5.99 USD sometime on Friday, October 13th.
This price increase was really always expected and given notice even before this game launched in early access back on July 13th. In the early access details, I mentioned that a price increase to $6 or $7 would happen when the game had additional content added to it and was taken out of its early access state.
The early access price for Rock 'N Roll was $2.99 USD. Since the early access launch, Rock 'N Roll has received 22 updates including the following major additions to the game:
1) The recently added A55 Kicker friendly turret
2) Global Steam Leaderboards so you can compete against Steam players and friends all over the world
3) ZAC Anti Cheat to try and protect your high score from easily being topped without someone actually even competing fairly
4) 66 Steam Achievements with more planned in the very near future!
5) M.E.S.A. (Mass Energy Shield Augmentation) Ship Shield Protection
6) Overhaul of the visual appearance of the game and between-level screens
7) End of game Massive Statistics and Performance Grading system to grade you on how well you performed given your specific game situations
8) G.E.O.S. Gems and the ability to purchase them in the "upgraded ship upgrade station" between levels.
In the coming days on or around the time of the expected price increase for Rock 'N Roll, more content is also being delivered...
- The upcoming "Hard Rock" mode is expected to be implemented before the end of October and early testing will be announced and allowed by all players starting this weekend! ...This will allow feedback, suggestions and input from my players to help shape this all new game mode!
- By Friday, October 13th, an all new power-up will be added to the game called "Mother Sucker"! Be sure you stay tuned to the updates on the Steam Rock 'N Roll store page to see what this is all about! This new power-up is sure to be a massive hit with players and certain to have players risking death to race across the screen to pick it up when it spawns!
Also keep in mind that $5.99 will be the final asking price for Rock 'N Roll, and I assure and promise any potential customers that no further price increases will ever happen for this game. With that, I also assure all players that work and features will continue to be added to the game far into the future if for no other reason than I'm a huge fan and player myself with nearly 100 hours of logged in game time as I write this!
I also promise to add the highly desired trading cards to Rock 'N Roll just as soon as Steam gives me permission and the green light to add them. (A great way to help get them in this game is by spreading the word both on social media and by writing your own review for this game here on Steam!)
Rock 'N Roll might be my first published game as an independent indie developer, but it is honestly a game I am very proud of. As a young child pumping endless quarters into the old Asteroids! arcade machines, this is a game that I only dreamed of back then. I made a game that is available to players world wide that I can confidently say blows the arcade classic "Asteroids" away in even aspect! I can say with 100% sincerity that I've played a massive number of these retro space shooters in my life and here on Steam as well, and I firmly believe that Rock 'N Roll is already the BEST Asteroids style arcade action shooter available on Steam today! ..And it only continues to evolve and get better and better as I continue to refine and enhance it! For about the same cost as an iced coffee or a cheap fast food meal, I believe that Rock 'N Roll offers tremendous value to any avid gamer. Whether you are an old school retro fan like myself, or a 21st century young gamer, Rock 'N Roll packs a punch with both exciting risk-vs-reward gameplay and high replayability that will have you returning again and again!