An update to Rochard has been released (1.2).
• Updated to Unity engine 3.5.2
• Hot-plugging gamepad now works.
• Steam3 (SteamPipe) content system enabled. This requires a full content download, but future updates will be much smaller.
• Heavily compressed content with caching is not used anymore, slightly improving load times.
• Steam-related errors which prevent playing the game are now properly shown at game startup.
• Fixes to some localized texts to make them fit the screen area on low resolutions.
• Minor fixes to level content.

Grab a G-Lifter - your new best friend! Use it to change gravity at will, manipulate the environment, and throw huge crates at your enemies.

Join the amazing exploits of astro-miner John Rochard and embark on a gravity-bending journey across the Solar System! Rochard is an award-winning side-scroller featuring hours of mind-blowing gravity gameplay, puzzle-solving and action. Narrated in a humorous cartoony style, Rochard tells a thrilling story of villains, a damsel in distress and a mysterious alien civilization.

Key Features:

• 5 long Chapters crammed with fast-paced platforming action and mind-bending puzzles based on gravity
• A beautifully crafted cartoonish visual style, rich with humor and personality
• Incredible items able to influence gravity and grab, swing and throw objects to solve puzzles or get rid of enemies
• A groovy soundtrack composed by Markus “Captain” Kaarlonen from Poets of the Fall, mixing southern rock/blues and 80′s inspired electronic music
• The legendary performance of Jon St. John as the voice of protagonist John Rochard
• The most advanced use of the Unity engine in a video game

• OS: Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit (Unity2D session preferred) or Ubuntu 12.10 32-bit
• Processor: 2.6GHz single coreMemory: 1GB
• Memory: 1GB
• Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 compatible video card with 256 MB shared or dedicated RAM (ATI or NVIDIA)Hard Drive: 3GB