Jul

Mechadroids Round 3 and Update 1.1.0

Get ready for the smack-talk, because the Mechadroid voice synthesizers are coming online! Version 1.1.0 of Mechadroids brings with it the new Taunt System so you can tell your foes (and even your friends) what you really think of them. Everyone starts with the free standard taunt pack but there are more packs available from the premium content store so check them out!

In addition, you can now purchase Deadworld Fragments (our premium content currency) from the Deadworld ID site and Fragment purchases from this site are subject to a discount of up to 10%!

Here is the full changelog…
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July 7th, 2012 by Rogue Vector | Type: Standard

Filed Under: News Tags: 1.1.0, Deadworld ID, DWID, Google Play, Mechadroids, Robots, Taunts, Update No comments yet

Jun

Mechadroids Round 2 & Update 1.0.1

Congratulations to the Mechadroids Hall of Famers from round 1! It was a tough round for some people and some vicious fighting took place for those highly coveted positions! The hall of famers will be remembered on the Mechadroids site long after the last Mechadroid has fallen into a crumpled cardboard pile.

That said, onto round 2 and update 1.0.1. The focus of this update is to fix bugs, tweak balance and introduce a few small changes into the game. The exciting new features will come in Round 3 (update 1.1.0).

So, stable that arm back on since it’s round 2… fight!

Here is the full changelog…
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June 16th, 2012 by Rogue Vector | Type: Standard

Filed Under: News Tags: Android, Droids, Google Play, Mech Combat, Mechadroids, Mechadroids Update, Robots, Update No comments yet

Jun

DWS @ Welsh Games Development Show 2012

After a successful Mechadroids release we’re off to show the game off in our very first games show.

We’ll be attending the Gameslab Welsh Games Development Show on 22nd of June at Cardiff’s Millennium Centre.

If you’re free we would love to meet anyone who comes to see us! The show starts at 10am and ends at 3pm – you’ll need a ticket but the good news is that it’s free!

Grab your free ticket here!

June 12th, 2012 by Rogue Vector | Type: Standard

Filed Under: News Tags: Android, Gameslab, Mechadroids, Welsh games development show 2012 No comments yet

May

Join the Fight! Mechadroids is Released!

Mechadroids is now available on Google Play! Download it free for Android and join the fight!

Start up your Large Hadron Colliders and brush the dust off your cardboardium armour! Fix that gammy left leg, slap on the paint and bring the Mech infused action to your friends and foes.

Download Mechadroids on Google Play

See our Mechadroids release trailer for a glimpse of the game!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWHEs8zRx78

May 30th, 2012 by Rogue Vector | Type: Standard

Filed Under: News Tags: Android, Games, Google Play, Mechadroids, Mechs, Robots, Version 1.0.0 No comments yet

May

Mechadroids is Coming – 30th of May

That’s right!

Our 4 month, going on 14 month, Android development project is finally coming to fruition. We’ve really been pushing ourselves hard to get everything wrapped up and in five days time, on the 30th of May, we’ll be releasing Mechadroids onto Google Play! Epic thanks go out to our community for their testing, feedback and constructive (and not so constructive) criticisms. Also, massive thanks goes to our Artist, Alix Briskham (portfolio here), who has turned Mechadroids from an obfuscated and confusing sprawl of poorly drawn images and icons into a sleek masterpiece of awesomeness (with a lot more improvements and premium content coming very soon).

So, ladies and gentlemen, get your Mechadroid ready.

Mechadroids is coming, for honour and glory!

May 25th, 2012 by Rogue Vector | Type: Standard

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May

Mechadroids Update 0.5.2

We are finally here. This is the last Mechadroids release (baring any game breaking bugs) before we push out to Google Play and rename to version 1.0.0! We have to say thank you to everyone who is helping us out by testing Mechadroids. This is the last push until we go live!

With this new version we bring you something else very special. We’ve completely rewritten our authentication / user system and we bring you the new Deadworld Studios ID system (DWID). You can log in with your existing Deadworld login details.

Keep an eye out for an announcement for Mechadroid’s upcoming release date!

Features:

– Added ‘Battle Points’ (BP). BP is gained from fighting other human players and can be used on some premium content
– Added ‘Rebuild’ premium item
– Added ‘Rebuild’ area. Allows you to change parts and colours of your Mechadroid if you have a rebuild item
– Player’s Mechadroid is displayed on the main screen once it is cached
– Added colour copy & paste functionality to Create and Rebuild areas
– Registration from Mechadroids now works
– Added one time help messages for some areas

Changes:
– [Server] Mechadroid images generated and cached on the server for much faster loading in Battle Overview
– [Server] Bots are now slightly harder than the last version
– [Server] Battle algorithm tweaked
– [Server] ‘Coolant’ premium item cost has changed from 100 frags to 300 frags
– [Server] ‘No Ads’ premium item cost has changed from 500 frags to 1000 frags
– [Client] BP replaces Credits in the Store
– [Client] Buy limit for coolant has been replaced with a daily coolant ‘use’ limit
– [Client] Key information in the detailed battle messages is now colour highlighted

Bugs Fixed:
– [Client] Various crashes from inactivity
– [Client] Customised opponent Mechadroid didn’t always load correctly

May 23rd, 2012 by Rogue Vector | Type: Standard

Filed Under: News Tags: Android, Google Play, Mechadroids, Robots, Version 0.5.2 No comments yet

May

Mechadroids Update 0.5.1

Here is our first balance update for Mechadroids version 0.5.x. We’ve tweaked a few things and run a reset.

With each release we’re running a 20 question quiz. Congratulations to ‘Pringle’ won the prize of 300 fragments, ‘Dracuella’ won 200 fragments and ‘Inveracity’ won 100 fragments! We’ll be running another one today so feel free to drop by our IRC channel.

All participants will receive 50 frags and frags are premium content currency for Deadworld Studios!

Changes:
– [Server] Battle turn sequence algorithm has been improved to make it scale better
– [Server] Attack and defence attribute calculations have been improved for scaling
– [Server] Bot Mechadroids slowly gain credits each hour up to a maximum
– [Server] Credit stealing from lower levels has a much greater fall-off

Bugs Fixed:
– [Client] Players leaderboard is sometimes duplicated when returning from inactivity
– [Client] Crashes in players leaderboard when returning from inactivity
– [Client] Crashes in techlab/store/weapons lab/shields lab when returning from inactivity
– [Client] Adding a player from the ‘Recent Events’ could cause a crash

May 9th, 2012 by Rogue Vector | Type: Standard

Filed Under: News Tags: 0.5.1, Android, Droids, Mechadroids, Robots No comments yet

May

Mechadroids Update 0.5.0

We have a big update for you today! Mechadroids 0.5.0 has just been released!

We’re very proud to show off all the new artwork. The game has been brought to life with the style shining through. This is the last major release before we launch Mechadroids onto Google Play. Starting today we enter a month of rapid balance testing and so we need your support now more than ever.

For the next three to four weeks we’ll be running Mechadroids for week long rounds and then changing the balance to see how well the game plays out. During this time we’ll also fix any obvious bugs, show stoppers and quick wins.

We’re almost at the major milestone so wish us luck and we hope you enjoy the release!

Here is the full changelog…
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May 2nd, 2012 by Rogue Vector | Type: Standard

Filed Under: News Tags: 0.5.0, Android, Droids, Google Play, Mechadroids, Mechs, Software Release No comments yet

Feb

Mechadroids Update 0.4.0

After a few busy weeks of Ludum Dare, conferences, gaming nights and a successful world record attempt we still had time to continue working on Mechadroids so here is version 0.4.0!

One of the major new features is the much requested zero player activities. We’ve implemented this in the form of ‘The Hub’ where you visit the nearby city to complete one of four activities described in the changelog. We hope this introduces various ways for Mechadroids to help themselves out of ruts in the game and to successfully beat their foes!

We hope you guys enjoy this version. We’re getting close to the Android Market release!

Here is the full changelog…
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February 17th, 2012 by CWolf | Type: Standard

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Jan

Mechadroids Update 0.3.0

What madness is this? Two Mechadroid releases within half a year of each other and four weeks none the less?! That’s right! Here is Mechadroids release 0.3.0!

A few exciting things have happened in the past three weeks. Our community member Inveracity has been very busy creating us a Mechadroid launch video for the previous version 0.2.0 and a full length Mechadroids theme tune! Our community is growing and we’re making good progress.

So, what have we thrown together for this release? A few exciting things. Firstly we have tweaked the balance of the game so try it out and see how it has changed. We have also added a contact system for friends and foes. You can now add players as a friend or foe using a long click anywhere you see a player name. This allows you to track how well you’re doing against your friends and allow you to attack people anywhere you see a name! In addition to this the detailed battle has new messages that are unique to each weapon and shield. It gives you important information regarding your foe’s armour weak points. Next time you fight it might be worth checking them out to get the upper hand in a fight!

Here is the full changelog…

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January 16th, 2012 by Rogue Vector | Type: Standard

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