Robocraft is now out of maintenance. This was to address an issue where players who had a high MMR were only being matched against AI opponents. Now players with a High MMR rating are more likely to be placed against human opponents!
We first mentioned Robocraft X a little while ago! The project has been evolving quite steadily and we are now at a stage where we want to invite more players to try out this new game that a team at Freejam are working on.
What is RobocraftX
Robocraft X is being built from scratch with new technology which provides incredible powerful physics simulation. We're able to create axles, hinges rotating platforms, levers and more with this technology and we're just at the very start of our development journey.
RobocraftX is designed as a sandbox physics game with competitive and co-operative elements. Players can construct incredible machines and eventually create entire game modes which others can download and play. The vision is to give players more creative power and freedom by giving them the same tools developers use to create game modes.
The latest prototype (we call them Experiments!) introduces a few new features during this early development stage. First up is our character Leo, who constructs machines and will pilot vehicles once we implement control rigs like a pilot seat.
We are going to be adding more parts over time, but for now we have a few foundations to create interesting and unique machines including tyres, axles, motors and hinges!
At this very early stage, we're experimenting with various parts and physics simulation and have been able to build some fun, interesting and even odd machines from these early parts.
And the community have built some truly remarkable vehicles including one that automatically corrects its steering to drive up a mountains highest incline.
RobocraftX will be free-to-play. But you can download the prototype now by visiting the secret steam page from the link below:
We are now out of maintenance. Players are now able to deal damage to other robots in 10 vs 10 Elimination mode. Thanks for your patience!
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Hello Robocrafters,
We are deploying a fix for an issue that appeared recently where players could no longer damage each other in elimination. We will enter maintenance at 14:00 UTC+1 and will last no longer than 30 minutes. Thank you for your patience.
We will be entering maintenance at 12:30 UTC+1 to revert the Event system changes after debugging the no damage issue. We are still working on this issue, but please let us know if you experience any issues and send your Output logs to us!
We are now entering maintenance to force the elimination game mode for a short while so that we can try to debug issues where during a match, players are unable to damage each other. Please let us know if you experience any issues.
We are now out of maintenance! The update includes the following additions and fixes.
Additions
In Test mode, players will be able to select gravity conditions to test their robots before battle
Fixes
Voice over on BA will now play the correct dialogue
Robots with zero weapon load outs will no longer be given an error message telling them that they have a full load out.
We were intending to fix another issue (Players will no longer wait three minutes to join a game if another player disconnects BEFORE the match loads) but need just a little more time to address this. We will communicate when this issue has been resolved and a hot fix is scheduled.