54 joined for the meetup! Screenshots here. Thanks to all who joined, was fun to see so many familiar faces and catch up. Also:DracoClaus is visiting for Bitmas!

10 years ago, 8BitMMO launched on Steam Early Access. Let's do a quick meetup to celebrate and get people achievements like the 'Be the Developer' achievement. I'll be online at this time at Primary server's social club (linked from root). If you can't make it, feel free to idle in that room and you should get it automatically once I swing by. Some previous event recaps here. (Event will run about half an hour, not sure why Steam rounds up to 1.5hrs) ((Bonus note -- This is the 10 year steam anniversary, but 8BitMMO as a whole (in a very early form) actually started development on 12/1/01 12:30 pm. 8BitMMO is old enough to drink.))

Quick meet for anyone who needs the 'Be the Developer' achievement. I'll be online at this time at Primary server's social club (linked from root). If you can't make it, feel free to idle in that room and you should get it automatically once I swing by. Some previous event recaps here. (Event will run about half an hour, not sure why Steam rounds up to 1.5hrs)

There is now (finally, lol) a streamlined application process for applying to join the private 8bitmmo discord server.

Quick meet for anyone who needs the 'Be the Developer' achievement. I'll be online at this time at Primary server's social club (linked from root). If you can't make it, feel free to idle in that room and you should get it automatically once I swing by. Some previous event recaps here. (Event will run about half an hour, for some reason Steam wants to "round up" to an hour and a half? lol) If you're a long time player, towards the end of this meetup is a good time to ask me for an invite to the private discord.

Quick meet for anyone who needs the 'Be the Developer' achievement. I'll be online at this time at Primary server's social club (linked from root). If you can't make it, feel free to idle in that room and you should get it automatically once I swing by. Previous meetup recaps: June 2020 Nov 2019
(Event will run about half an hour, for some reason Steam wants to "round up" to an hour and a half? lol) If you're a long time player, towards the end of this meetup is a good time to ask me for an invite to the private discord.

Quick meet for anyone who needs the 'Be the Developer' achievement. I'll be online at this time at Primary server's social club (linked from root). If you can't make it, feel free to idle in that room and you should get it automatically once I swing by. Last time we did the achievement meetup (six months ago), a bunch of people showed up:
Afterwards, I will be doing the Dragon Audit Q&A Event.

Quick meet for anyone who needs the 'Be the Developer' achievement. I'll be online at this time at Primary server's social club (linked from root). If you can't make it, feel free to idle in that room and you should get it automatically once I swing by.

I'm working on a new game! If you enjoyed the comedy in my past games like 8BitMMO, March of Industry, and Spaceship Crashed, I think you'll enjoy Dragon Audit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-sG2o7Q0-4 A battle accountant storms the castle to rescue a princess, but accidentally rescues an overly friendly dragoness instead. It's a humorous adventure story in the vein of point & click classics, told with an anime inspired 3D visual style and modern controller-friendly input. In a world teeming with magic and danger, a city of accountants exists which has sequestered itself behind high walls and generally unacceptable accounting principles. A battle accountant there, George, is assigned the unenviable task of leaving the safety of the city in order to storm a nearby castle, slay the dragon, rescue the princess, and (most importantly) rescue the unpaid tax revenue. Meanwhile, Ayraw (the dragon), is tired of knights showing up to slay her, and is a bit jealous no one ever wants to rescue her. So she concocts a plan to trick George into rescuing her instead of rescuing the princess. Hijinks ensue as the two team up, the unlikely duo slowly growing closer through their shared adventure. Wishlist it here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/594380/Dragon_Audit/ Discord: https://dragonaudit.com/discord Head over to the website to follow development: https://dragonaudit.com/

8BitMMO is Now Available on Steam.

8BitMMO is a retro-style 2D massively multiplayer game! It's a giant construction sandbox -- you can build a home or a castle in a persistent streaming world. Found and manage your own city. Fight evil LawyerCats and engage in Player vs Player battle.

A little more than a year ago, we launched on Steam Early Access. I'm excited to now transition to full release! Based on user feedback, I've added during that time:

• Music from chiptune legends Danimal Cannon, Zef, PROTODOME, and Honin Myo Audio
• Many new buildables, including household goods and many new kinds of blocks
• Laser Turrets
• New weapons, like the Hammer or Laser Rifle
• Achievements & Trading Cards
• The Oven, to allow for transforming items into other items
• New user interface, including improved inventory, quest window, and build tools that more clearly indicate what build mode you're in
• Localization into Japanese, German, and Spanish
• Performance enhancements
• An all new megamap to handle the massive size of the world -- a player-built space now larger than the combined landmass of the United Kingdom.
• Pocket Universes, your own private universe to build in without having to find a spot on one of the main maps
• Pocket Townstones to allow players to start a town with only gold
• Containers - store objects in a box with various permission levels
• Seasonal events, like CalcMMO or the Easter Egg Hunt
• Mac & Linux builds
• Transponders, a whole new PvE/PvP game mode that rewards smart base building. Can you survive the attack?
• And many other smaller updates

A little more than a year ago, we launched on Steam Early Access. I'm excited to now transition to full release! Based on user feedback, I've added during that time:

• Music from chiptune legends Danimal Cannon, Zef, PROTODOME, and Honin Myo Audio
• Many new buildables, including household goods and many new kinds of blocks
• Laser Turrets
• New weapons, like the Hammer or Laser Rifle
• Achievements & Trading Cards
• The Oven, to allow for transforming items into other items
• New user interface, including improved inventory, quest window, and build tools that more clearly indicate what build mode you're in
• Localization into Japanese, German, and Spanish
• Performance enhancements
• An all new megamap to handle the massive size of the world -- a player-built space now larger than the combined landmass of the United Kingdom.
• Pocket Universes, your own private universe to build in without having to find a spot on one of the main maps
• Pocket Townstones to allow players to start a town with only gold
• Containers - store objects in a box with various permission levels
• Seasonal events, like CalcMMO or the Easter Egg Hunt
• Mac & Linux builds
• Transponders, a whole new PvE/PvP game mode that rewards smart base building. Can you survive the attack?
• And many other smaller updates

After months of development and testing, the Transponder system is now available to all players to try on Primary server! Transponders let you build & defend a base from an invading horde of monsters (and other players). You'll receive gold & EXP for participating in a match, and an even larger amount if you win the match. To get started, build a base layout in your pocket that protects the transponder. Note mobs WILL destroy blocks when the transponder is activated! More advanced construction blocks will have higher defensive HP, so plan accordingly. The attacking force scales to your character's level, so it should be a challenge regardless of if you're a new player or an old one. Once you're happy with your pocket fortress, use the Transponder to summon an invading force. If you want to fight against another player, you can ask them to use the new CombatPad in root at the same time. At the end of the match, all participants will be given gold & exp based on how the match goes. If you want to instantly rebuild any lost blocks, type /restorelist

After months of development and testing, the Transponder system is now available to all players to try on Primary server! Transponders let you build & defend a base from an invading horde of monsters (and other players). You'll receive gold & EXP for participating in a match, and an even larger amount if you win the match. To get started, build a base layout in your pocket that protects the transponder. Note mobs WILL destroy blocks when the transponder is activated! More advanced construction blocks will have higher defensive HP, so plan accordingly. The attacking force scales to your character's level, so it should be a challenge regardless of if you're a new player or an old one. Once you're happy with your pocket fortress, use the Transponder to summon an invading force. If you want to fight against another player, you can ask them to use the new CombatPad in root at the same time. At the end of the match, all participants will be given gold & exp based on how the match goes. If you want to instantly rebuild any lost blocks, type /restorelist

I'm very honored that we were selected to win 'Best Technological Game' at Sense of Wonder Night 2014 at Tokyo Game Show. Check out photos and video of the trip.

8BitMMO 2014 MEGA-SALE/FUNDRAISER!

New Blocks

Localization Support

I'm very honored that we were selected to win 'Best Technological Game' at Sense of Wonder Night 2014 at Tokyo Game Show. Check out photos and video of the trip.

8BitMMO 2014 MEGA-SALE/FUNDRAISER!

New Blocks

Localization Support

Check out our just released teaser video for the upcoming Town Warfare update!

Check out our just released teaser video for the upcoming Town Warfare update!

Meat

Cardboard Box Technology!

• Public Box - anyone can put items in or take items out
• Owner Box - only you can put items in or take items out
• Town Box - only town citizens can put items in or take items out (if not placed inside a town, will function as an owner box)

Pocket Townstone (buy it with gold!)

Checkpoint Pads

Beginnings of Localization Support

Meat

Cardboard Box Technology!

• Public Box - anyone can put items in or take items out
• Owner Box - only you can put items in or take items out
• Town Box - only town citizens can put items in or take items out (if not placed inside a town, will function as an owner box)

Pocket Townstone (buy it with gold!)

Checkpoint Pads

Beginnings of Localization Support

After many months of development, rendering, more development, even more rendering, the new map is finally online! This is the first map update in more than half a year, and as this new map also includes =67, Potato Server, and many Pocket Universes, there's a ton of cool stuff to see!

Steam Founder Pack Sale - 50% off

Steam Trading Cards

Oven

After many months of development, rendering, more development, even more rendering, the new map is finally online! This is the first map update in more than half a year, and as this new map also includes =67, Potato Server, and many Pocket Universes, there's a ton of cool stuff to see!

Steam Founder Pack Sale - 50% off

Steam Trading Cards

Oven

I am excited to announce that you can now unlock achievements while you play the game. Check out the full list of achievements here. ALL achievements can be earned by all players, although some can be a bit tricky ;)

Lots of new Household Goods items

Mac & Linux Steam Builds

I am excited to announce that you can now unlock achievements while you play the game. Check out the full list of achievements here. ALL achievements can be earned by all players, although some can be a bit tricky ;)

Lots of new Household Goods items

Mac & Linux Steam Builds

The 100,000 gold Easter Egg Hunt is on!
Find all four eggs and solve all the riddles to discover the safe password at /tele Easter. The safe contains 100,000 gold, which will be the reward to one skilled player who cracks the puzzle. /tele Easter in-game, and check out the first clue on YouTube.

New Weapon: Hammer

Buy Ammo Separately

CalcMMO

New Weapon: Laser Rifle

The 100,000 gold Easter Egg Hunt is on!
Find all four eggs and solve all the riddles to discover the safe password at /tele Easter. The safe contains 100,000 gold, which will be the reward to one skilled player who cracks the puzzle. /tele Easter in-game, and check out the first clue on YouTube.

New Weapon: Hammer

Buy Ammo Separately

CalcMMO

New Weapon: Laser Rifle

Here's a quick summary of the last month's updates:

Easier to Learn Building System

You guys spoke, and I listened -- the building system has been streamlined and is easier to learn. Just click the item in your inventory you want to build with and plop it down in the world. Picking up items is a simple icon in your inventory. It's even possible to drop swords again if you want to.

Laser Turrets

You can now build laser turrets that fire at other players. Great for use as a defensive block to protect your town, or build it in your dungeon to create devious traps.

Check it out in-game today!

Improved Inventory

The inventory has been overhauled -- no more overlapping blocks, and it supports scroll wheel.

Performance Improvements

You should find the new build runs faster than previous builds, especially in areas with many objects. On my laptop in one place particularly full of blocks, my FPS jumped from ~30FPS to about ~55FPS after this change.

One of the features requested by many players is music. I'm excited to announce that music is now in 8BitMMO! Amazing chiptune artists Danimal Cannon, Zef, PROTODOME, and Honin Myo Audio have agreed to let me use a number of their excellent songs in-game. All told there is now 82 minutes of high quality music included. Select tracks from these albums are included:

With the addition of instancing, Root will need a place where players can gather together to chat & trade. I'm going to open this up to the community to allow you to design & create Root's new Social Club! On Wednesday, we'll scope out your contest entries live on Twitch. The top entry on each server will win a prize! Full details and stream link on dev blog. I also posted a Steam event, join the community group to get a notification

8BitMMO is now fully Free to Play on Steam! As I explained on the store page, previously I was very worried about being able to handle server scalability. I wanted to initially limit the number of players online by requiring a premium pack purchase -- that way I could be sure that the servers were able to handle the load. Many of you were disappointed by this decision, and I understand your frustration. Based on how well the servers were able to handle yesterday's load, I am now feeling confident we will be able to handle the server load of open access to everyone. Based on this and your feedback, I have decided to open up access today. If you like, you are still able to purchase the founder packs. Note that for the founder packs, the game checks & grants them when you boot up the game's launcher, so if you do buy them, please be sure to restart the game. If you purchased a founder pack yesterday, I am very appreciative of your support. While the game is now available to all for free, they will not be receiving the gold, plat, and hat bonuses that are exclusive to you -- so I hope you will still consider your purchase worthwhile. Best, RobbyZ

8BitMMO is now publicly playable via Steam! Having worked on this game for the past twelve years, I am so excited to bring 8BitMMO today to the Steam community. I very much hope you enjoy playing it. See you in-game! :) Best, RobbyZ

8BitMMO is Now Available on Steam Early Access!

8BitMMO is a retro-style 2D massively multiplayer game! It's a giant construction sandbox -- you can build a home or a castle in a persistent streaming world. Found and manage your own city. Fight evil LawyerCats and engage in Player vs Player battle. Work in Progress!

Play 8BitMMO on your desktop today by getting a Founder's Pack. Eventually the desktop edition of the game is planned to be publicly available and free to play, but in order to provide the best possible experience to players I want to initially limit access to purchasers only. This will allow me to scale my servers up gradually over time and work closely with the community to develop the game. In exchange for your purchase, you will receive a variety of in-game benefits.

All beta tokens have been sent out! You should have one in your inbox now if you signed up for the windows beta (linux & mac are still to come post-early access launch). If you missed it, not to worry - I am hoping to launch the game this lucky Friday the 13th on Early Access! I've added a number of servers and done a fair bit of load testing, so fingers crossed we should be able to handle the launch load. Fun fact: I'm now paying more for servers than my rent, lol -_- Thanks everyone for the bug reports, suggestions, and generally being active in-game and in the community. It's so awesome to see the community grow! :D

I have set up a subsite where you can apply for access to the Steam Beta! Please head on over here to sign up.

We'll be giving away the safe in Origin to one lucky backer - including 200,000 gold! I might also show off the new map if it's far enough along, and perhaps give out some steam beta keys to viewers ;) Details on how to tune in. Become a member of our Steam group to get a Steam Reminder! (probably. I've never done this before. :P)