Dev Log #5 - Programming Basics, MA Reddit, Open Beta End New Beginnings
Hey Inventors!
Welcome to our 5th developer log and the start of a new weekly tradition!
We want to give you as much information as possible, with insights into what's coming and a back stage pass to the development team! Some weeks we may focus on one mechanic of the game, another we may have big new features and sometimes just what we are currently up to. Whatever shape they end up in we hope these logs will give you food for thought and lots of exciting content!
Without further... droning on! Let's get into everything new this week!
Join Senior Programmer Roger Mattsson for a short beginners guide to bot programming. If you are struggling to make your creations move, this is the place to start! Part one of two is available here:
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
We will be giving some more advanced tips in the part two of this guide coming in a few weeks
Thank you everyone for taking part in our open beta, there have been some truly incredible creations made so far! We also hope everyone's enjoyed their time and is looking forward to the Steam Early Access launch (June 11th 2020).
The open beta will officially close on the 4th of May 2020 at 5PM BST (GMT+1). There's still time to finish your build, try out some of the mind boggling creations so far in the Steam Workshop or play for the first time! Also, if you have a build you want to carry over, be sure to keep your beta files safe so that you can re-upload them in the early access.
Keep your eyes out on our news for other potential chances to get your hands on Main Assembly before our launch!
We've created a Main Assembly Reddit for people to share their creations, talk about development and help each other out.
Eventually, we'll be looking for keen community members to take over the mod reigns, as Reddit is a community ran platform! Please let us know if you are an especially dedicated inventor that would like to help grow the community. You can find the subreddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MainAssembly/
To add to the new weekly traditions, here's our bot pick this week to spotlight created by you the community. This is the SCARAB 8X8 Competition created by Deranger
We were impressed by the clever building and programming that went into this bot to make it able to climb rough terrain.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2077462932
Thank you all for reading the first regular installment in what will become many! You can leave this developer log knowing that you were there for the start of something new!
We hope you're excited for next week where we'll be exploring the intricacies of welding!
You can wishlist Main Assembly here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1078920/Main_Assembly/
To keep up to date with everything Main Assembly:
Main Assembly Twitter Main Assembly Facebook Main Assembly Discord Team17 Twitter Team17 Facebook Team17 Discord
Welcome to our 5th developer log and the start of a new weekly tradition!
We want to give you as much information as possible, with insights into what's coming and a back stage pass to the development team! Some weeks we may focus on one mechanic of the game, another we may have big new features and sometimes just what we are currently up to. Whatever shape they end up in we hope these logs will give you food for thought and lots of exciting content!
Without further... droning on! Let's get into everything new this week!
Programming Basics Tutorial
Join Senior Programmer Roger Mattsson for a short beginners guide to bot programming. If you are struggling to make your creations move, this is the place to start! Part one of two is available here:
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
We will be giving some more advanced tips in the part two of this guide coming in a few weeks
End of the Open Beta
Thank you everyone for taking part in our open beta, there have been some truly incredible creations made so far! We also hope everyone's enjoyed their time and is looking forward to the Steam Early Access launch (June 11th 2020).
The open beta will officially close on the 4th of May 2020 at 5PM BST (GMT+1). There's still time to finish your build, try out some of the mind boggling creations so far in the Steam Workshop or play for the first time! Also, if you have a build you want to carry over, be sure to keep your beta files safe so that you can re-upload them in the early access.
Keep your eyes out on our news for other potential chances to get your hands on Main Assembly before our launch!
Main Assembly Reddit
We've created a Main Assembly Reddit for people to share their creations, talk about development and help each other out.
Eventually, we'll be looking for keen community members to take over the mod reigns, as Reddit is a community ran platform! Please let us know if you are an especially dedicated inventor that would like to help grow the community. You can find the subreddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MainAssembly/
Community Creation of The Week
To add to the new weekly traditions, here's our bot pick this week to spotlight created by you the community. This is the SCARAB 8X8 Competition created by Deranger
We were impressed by the clever building and programming that went into this bot to make it able to climb rough terrain.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2077462932
Thank you all for reading the first regular installment in what will become many! You can leave this developer log knowing that you were there for the start of something new!
We hope you're excited for next week where we'll be exploring the intricacies of welding!
You can wishlist Main Assembly here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1078920/Main_Assembly/
To keep up to date with everything Main Assembly:
Main Assembly Twitter Main Assembly Facebook Main Assembly Discord Team17 Twitter Team17 Facebook Team17 Discord