Hey everyone! We're here today to give you some pretty exciting news. A couple of months ago, the RageSquid team came up with a massive idea for Descenders that would make the game even more exciting and fulfilling, while fixing some of the issues people were having with the roguelike elements and the Rep system. And now we're finally ready to unveil what we're calling The Rogue-Bike Update -- and it's coming on May 15th. Here's what you can expect:

The New World Map

Currently, you play through the Career Mode world by world, and move from left to right on the world map. Other than picking what the new level will roughly contain in terms of steepness, stunts and curves, there isn't much to it. Until now. With the Rogue-Bike Update, you'll now be tasked with exploring a randomized world map, filled with special nodes to discover. Your goal is still to reach the boss jump and clear it to move on to the next world, but you might want to ride around a little first and see what the world has to offer... But don't ride around for *too* long. If you spend too much time exploring, the sun will begin to set, and you'll be plunged into darkness, making completing the boss jump a whole lot trickier.

The New Rep System

The current Rep system is fine, but we've found that it stops the best players from wanting to take risks. All this will change with the Rogue-Bike Update. From May 15th, each new run that you do will set your Session Rep back to zero, and you'll only earn Rep, rather than losing it. You'll also now be judged based on your Flow -- that is, your Rep per minute. In other words, the better you ride and the more tricks you do, the better your Flow. And when you finish a Session, your Session Rep will be added to your Total Rep. Easy!

Crew Members

Right now, once you've unlocked Canyon or Peaks, you might as well keep restarting from those worlds to reach the final boss. With the Rogue-Bike Update, we introduce Crew Members, who give you a reason to start from Highlands each time. Every time you earn a certain amount of Rep on a run, you'll unlock a new Crew Member. These Crew Members will give you special mutators, such as softening all your landing impacts, or adding extra steepness or stunts to every level. These mutators allow you to play the game your own way, and pick the abilities that matter to you. You can, of course, still start runs from later worlds, but you won't earn as many mutators that way.

But what about my current Rep?

On May 15th, we will reset all Rep scores. However, we will be giving special items to each and every Descenders player based on how much Rep they've earned before then:

• If you've bought and played the game before May 15th, you'll earn a legacy item to show that you played before the Rogue-Bike Update
• If you've earned more than 50,000 Rep by May 15th, you'll also earn an extra special legacy item
• If you've earned more than 250,000 Rep by May 15th, you'll earn both of these items, and an extra, extra special legacy item

When can I see the update in action?

We'll be showing off the Rogue-Bike Update for the first time live on http://mixer.com/nomorerobots next Tuesday, May 8th, at 8am PT / 5pm CEST. EXCITING TIMES! Love Mike + RageSquid

[ 2018-05-03 15:53:15 CET ] [ Original post ]