Awesomenauts turns 10-years old on 1st August 2022! We would like to thank everyone who has been a part of this incredible journey with us!

Anniversary Stream

On Thursday 4th August, we will be celebrating with our community on our Twitch channel at 7pm CET, 1pm ET, 10am PT. 6 devs will be playing in an internal tournament live on stream where we will once-and-for-all crown who is the best dev at Awesomenauts! We will play 3 games of Nauts with an individualised scoring system where teams are reshuffled after every game. The winners of each game receive 3 points each, while each player who receives a crown will get an extra point, regardless of being on the winning or losing team. After each game, teams are shuffled so the point totals per team are as equal as possible. Winners of game 3 will get 4 points for the win, and each crown earned in game 3 is worth 1.5 points. As part of the stream, we will also be assembling a 3D printed Clunk figurine (see below) as well as painting one. A 3D-printable Clunk figurine is our present to this awesome community, for more details, see the Anniversary Present section below. We will also be raffling out 3 original Clunk figurines during the stream. As usual, shipping is on us!

Anniversary Tournament

The Nutty Nauts tournament series has returned for a 5th iteration! Matches will be of a standard 3v3 format and will take place on the weekends of 13th August and 20th August. For more details, check out this Steam post, or join the Nutty Nauts Discord.

Anniversary Present

We know the Clunk figurine is a very sought-after collectible and it has not been available since the initial pre-order many years ago. For the 10-year anniversary of Awesomenauts, we decided to make the Clunk figurine 3D printable and accessible to everyone who has a 3D printer, has access to a 3D printer, or wants to use a 3D printing service to acquire a Clunk figurine. You can find all the relevant files, instructions, and recommendations in the #announcement channel in the Ronimo Games Community Discord. To add a little caveat, there are a few of us at the studio who are 3D printing hobbyists, but by no means do we consider these to be professional quality. To make the Clunk figurine 3D-printable, we separated the figurine into 10 individual parts, slightly tweaked them to optimise them for 3D printing, and also added pegs for easier assembly. We also test printed and assembled the Clunk figurine using a resin (Photon S) 3D printer and a filament (Ultimaker 2 Extended) 3D printer. We will also be assembling and painting 3D printed Clunk figurines on the 10-year anniversary stream on 4th August.
In the picture above, the original Clunk figurine is the one that was available for pre-order years ago. The one on the right was printed using a Photon S resin 3D printer with the same part sizes as in the raw files. The one on the left was printed using a Ultimaker 2 Extended filament 3D printer. In our Discord, we have provided the raw files of all the parts, a template for resin 3D printers, as well as recommendations and instructions for filament 3D printers. For resin printers, we have also created a 120mm by 68mm (4.7 by 2.6) template including print supports tips of 0.5mm (0.019) thickness. This template allows all the parts to be printed at once for resin printers. This template can also be scaled larger, if the printer you are using allows it. This is the template that was used for the Clunk figurine in the picture above. This file can be opened and modified with Chitubox Basic, which is the free software we used to create this template. Other softwares are of course available. The Clunk figurine printed with the resin 3D printer is printed at the unaltered size of each part in the raw files. Assembling this Clunk was relatively easy. Once the parts dried and the supports removed, it took no longer than 45 minutes.
For filament printers, we included print orientation recommendations and print instructions for each individual part. The Clunk figurine printed with the filament 3D printer is printed at 150% of the size of each part in the raw 3D files. Theoretically, the raw files can be scalable to be either larger or smaller.
We found the assembling process more finicky with the Clunk printed with the filament printer. The pegs that connect the different parts together are designed to fit perfectly, but there will always be a margin of error in the printing process. So once all the parts are printed, there is a chance that they will not connect perfectly with each other, so we recommend to do some level of sanding and drilling, as well as applying glue to each connection point for extra structural integrity. We will be going through this process on stream on 4th August so there is a good reference point for people who would like to undergo the process of 3D printing and assembling a Clunk figurine of their own. Please keep in mind that removing supports, assembling figurines, and generally handling 3D printed objects and potentially sharp plastics can be dangerous and cause injury if not done properly and carefully. Ronimo Games is not responsible for any injuries or loss of life that may occur. If you decide to print off your own Clunk figurine, be sure to share it with us on Discord, Steam, reddit, Twitter, and/or Instagram! We are very excited to see all the different Clunk figurines!

[ 2022-07-29 22:53:15 CET ] [ Original post ]