Main Assembly News

Hello inventors!

The new update has been out for more than a week, and the excitement we've had to release this update has been immense! That's why it's super fun to see all the new and cool Bot Brawlers in the Steam Workshop. Dreams really do come true!



Thinking about it, we even might have some dev-made bots that we haven't uploaded to the workshop!



We would love to see more levels created, so we are looking into making a dummies guide to World Building . It's a very potent tool, especially now with logic & animation. Use it to push your creations to a whole new level!



We are currently working on balancing and bug fixing now with the new update in place. There is a lot to do, and we are checking them off one by one. But also, at the same time, we are looking at what the next update should contain.



We can confirm that we are currently looking into having a server browser for the bot brawls mode! So, you can jump in and get some battles on without waiting for your friends to finish their lunch. That will hopefully make you some new super best friends and bitter enemies.



That's it for the Development part of this week's dev-log! We genuinely hope you're enjoying the journey and the game so far, we certainly have, and we can't wait to share more things with you in the coming future. Until next week, please take care!



[h2] Coming Soon... Discord Competition! [/h2]



Oh yeah, we almost forgot about something; we will be running a Bot Brawl Competition over on our Discord! Please make sure to join! We've got some great prizes you can win!

This Competition will start next Monday the 23rd November 2020! More details such as the Legal Terms & Conditions, How To Enter, How the winners will be drawn and more will be revealed on Monday.

Just to entice you all, here is what's up for grabs!

1st Prize: A signed Main Assembly poster by all the Developers at Bad Yolk Games & Pick from a t-shirt, a mousepad or a mug.

2nd Prize: Pick from a T-shirt, a Mousepad, a poster or a mug.

3rd Prize: A mousepad

Jump into our Discord now to be ready for Monday's Announcement!
Just click on our Discord logo below to join!



[h2] Community Spotlight: Bot Brawler Of The Week! [/h2]



This week's Bot Brawler is the 140kg saw hover by Cyan64

Head on over to the Steam Workshop link below to test out the 140kg saw hover in the Bot Brawl arena! Make sure to leave a like and a comment to show Cyan64 your support.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2287021694

[h2] Community Spotlight: Water Themed Bot Of The Week [/h2]

This week's Bot Build is the Amphibious APC from Leiywen!



Make sure to leave a Like and a comment on Leiywen's Workshop entry to show them your support!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2289491693

That's everything Main Assembly for now, we hope you are enjoying our new update, we'll see you next week for Dev Log #34!

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Hello inventors!

What a great start to the week, another update in the bag for Main Assembly. This update is so massive; there is a lot to unpack!



We hope you are enjoying all the new and cool features; we've had a lot of fun developing them, especially the new Bot Brawl mode; we are looking forward to trying out all your excellent new Bot Brawlers. We've seen that a few have already been submitted to the workshop! So gather some friends and try them out.



We assigned a couple of our designers the task of creating a bot each and now we've uploaded them to the Workshop!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2282069004



https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2282069217&



Bot Brawling is something we've wanted to have in since we've started working on Main Assembly, but it's not been easy, and the relief that we've finally gotten it to work is fantastic!



With the Water Simulation feature, we might even see some aquatic bot brawls if someone creates an underwater bot-brawl arena using the new World Building features. How cool would that be? You know, it all ties together in a neat package.



So what happens now? Of course, we have some pesky bugs to take care of, and we are currently working out what the next update for Main Assembly is going to be. We hope to share some news on that next week.



(Actual bug submitted through discord)



Don't forget to hop into our Discord and share your Levels & Bots and meet other Inventors to challenge in Multiplayer! Just click on our Discord logo below to join!



[h2] New Spotlight features [/h2]

We hope that you are all enjoying our latest update! W wanted to switch up our community spotlight's to match our latest features in Main Assembly. We will now have a "Bot Brawler Of The Week" and a "Water Themed Bot Of The Week".

[h2] Community Spotlight: Bot Brawler Of The Week! [/h2]

This week's Bot Brawler is the Battle Bot Swinger by Kyle Happy



Head on over to the Steam Workshop link below to test out the Battle Bot Swinger in the Bot Brawl arena! Make sure to leave a like and a comment to show Kyle Happy your support.



https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2282658355

[h2] Community Spotlight: Water Themed Bot Of The Week [/h2]

This week's Bot Build is the KR-219B-4 -- reconnaissance floatplane from Krautregen!



" Seaplane conversion of a previous recon plane I built, in the style of some 1930's aircraft. Works well in most chases, although it can flip if you dive in too steep. Takeoff with by always pitching up and try to land as slow as possible." - Krautregen



Make sure to leave a Like and a comment on Krautregen's Workshop entry to show them your support!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2282796272

Had your eye on Main Assembly for a while and waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike? Now is the time! Save 25% on Main Assembly until the 16th November on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1078920/Main_Assembly/

That's everything Main Assembly for now, we hope you are enjoying our new update, we'll see you next week for Dev Log #33!

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Hello Inventors!

We are proud to bring you our 5th and largest update yet for Main Assembly! We have loads of content for you to get your hands on in this update. Let’s take a look at what’s included in Update #5!



We can finally unveil our new game mode, Bot Brawls! It’s time to fight your friends and find out who can build the best killing machine.

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World Building now has logic scripting support. You can now, for example, script your own game modes! World Building now also has animation support. World blocks can now be animated so you can create your own elevator and doors for example.







[h2] New Bad Yolk Games World Building Level [/h2]

To celebrate our new update, we've been busy working on a brand new World Building Level! Take on this gauntlet style challenge with friends and see who can make it to the end and claim victory!







Water physics is here! It is now possible to create boats and submarines. Several new water themed parts have been added (flotation, depth sensor, periscope and more).









New Sandbox Map added, Sandy Box! Explore this vast desert and find the hidden Drone cosmetic set. Explore and discover the secrets of the desert!

• Dummy World is now available in Sandbox Mode
  
• Added an aerodynamic and boat hull material category
  
• Aerodynamic system clamping has been improved and is now more stable
  
• Improved error handling for Workshop uploads
  
• Kits are now version migrating properly, old workshop kits will load properly again
  
• Several new drone cosmetic sets have been added
  
• Bot damage and melee weapons has received an overhaul, this should now work more predictably
  
• UI element warning about bad connections added
  
• Some rare crash fixes
  
• Bug fix for key bindings failing for some players
  
• Programming achievements work again
  
• CPU outputs are now clamped... again...
  
• Norrland/Dummy World night time now works in challenge mode
  
• Sonar sound added to speaker part
  
• And many more minor fixes/tweaks
  

We hope you are all just as excited as we are for this mega update! We can't wait to see what our amazing Community are going to build and create with even more parts and blocks to play with! We can't wait to sea your aquatic creations!

Be sure to share your creations over on the Main Assembly Workshop with other Inventors!
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1078920/workshop/



Thanks for reading and happy inventing! We will see you Wednesday for our Dev Log #32!

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Hello inventors!

If everything goes as planned, which it will, we will be dropping a brand-new update this Monday November 9th!

The update will contain four main features: The second iteration of World Building, Water Simulation, a new level, and a new game mode (this is the best bit, stay tuned!)

It's our most significant update to date; we are delighted that everything has fallen into place, so you get to enjoy the things we have been playing around with so far.

Here's a quick summary of what's coming in the new update...



World Building V2 will bring some nice new additions to World Building! These will include new Logic tools, Animations and even More Blocks for you all to get creative with.

The new Logic tools will allow you to do some visual scripting of world building. This includes, triggers, playing animations and other bits.

Here are some of the new Blocks:

• Architecture
  
• Decals
  
• Extras>Lights
  
• Triggers
  
• Base Logic
  
• Activities
  

Animation is that you can set and trigger animation keys!

It’s been very cool seeing all the content you have created with the World Building tool so far; we can't imagine what kind of things you will make with all the new fancy animations and logic features!

What wonderful new game modes will you create?



Soon you will be able to use new parts to create Bots that will float on water, or dive to the depths below!





We've got some NEW Drone outfits too! Here are the Diver and Sea Captain sets!





When we started working on water simulation, we didn't have underwater in mind but now you can finally build submarines, boats, jet-skis, or why not an octopus bot and use them on land AND underwater!?







Size does matter! In this colossal sandbox map, you can go wild with your creations. Like Norrland, there is a lot of variety from airstrips, long open roads, and a vast sand landscape to chart. Explore SandyBox and find hidden Cosmetics.



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We thought it would be fun to take the surprise route for this part of the update. As most of us come from the AAA side of game development, we miss working in secrecy. But we think most of the community have figured out what the new game mode is.

We will have the usual bug fixes; also, you will be able to play Dummy world in sandbox mode. That means Multiplayer and World Building opportunities!



Crazy Creations

We want to see your wacky Bot build creations! As much as we love seeing full replica's of famous automobiles and airplanes, we would love to see your crazy inventive side go wild! With our upcoming Water update, we would love to see some wacky creations, such as various animals. One idea we had was a Shark Bot in the ocean! Don't forget the all important Googly Eye's in your creations!

We hope to see your animal and aquatic themed Bots once our update has launched. We will be keeping an eye on the Steam Workshop and will be sharing our favourites in our Dev Log Community Spotlights in the future!

Don't forget to hop into our Discord and share your Levels & Bots and meet other Inventors to challenge in Multiplayer! Just click on our Discord logo below to join!



[h2] Community Spotlight: World Building Level Of The Week [/h2]

This week's Spotlight Level is Race Track 8 Shape by Baksteen!



Head on over to the Steam Workshop link below to test out the Race Track 8 Shape with your Bots! Make sure to leave a like and a comment to show Baksteen your support.



https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2267655912

[h2] Community Spotlight: Bot Build Of The Week [/h2]

This week's Bot Build is the Dark Chariot from Hairybroness!



Taken from Hairybroness's description:

" Take your personal Dark Chariot Kart into the races with saw blade weapon on your back!

WSAD: Drive and Steer
Right Mouse Button: Booster
Left Mouse Button: Saw Blade (weapon is camera controlled and will focus it's swings where the camera is looking)
Number 4: Engages front motors

Some interesting features of the kart:

1. Uses only standard motors. Steering, suspension, and camber are all manual.
2. Swap out wheels for the small standard and small racing for a fun change in driving dynamics. Small standard wheels are awesome drifters. This build was made around the GP tracks, and performs best there.
3. If you are flipping over, deploy the weapon while flipping and it will often put you back upright.
4. This build wouldn't be possible without the Self Collision option on the large servos. Devs, please make this universally available!
5. My inspiration was two things. Try to figure out how to use standard motors without too much bouncing and once I figured that out, to have the body articulate and move with active leaning."



Make sure to leave a Like and a comment on Hairybroness's Workshop entry to show them your support!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2276271148

Had your eye on Main Assembly for a while and waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike? Now is the time.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1078920/Main_Assembly/

That's it for this week's blog! Exciting times!

That's everything Main Assembly for now, we have you are enjoying the game, we'll see you next week for Dev Log #32!

You can also keep up with Main Assembly's development on all these channels:
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Hello inventors!

Wow, we've hit the 30th Dev Log for Main Assembly, wheee!

In this weeks Dev Log we’ll go through how easy it is to create your own race with the upcoming update.



To create a simple Race you need to first place an Activity Launcher,
This will make sure that only you see your checkpoints and your friends cannot drive into them...



Then place all your Checkpoints in your track and connect them...



After that you might want to throw in a Scoreboard and some other fun objects to complete your track and you’re all set for a race!





Soon enough we will have a confirmed date on when all this content we’ve been teasing comes out.
We’re really looking forward to seeing everything you all create in this update!





Crazy Creations

We want to see your wacky Bot build creations! As much as we love seeing full replica's of famous automobiles and airplanes, we would love to see your crazy inventive side go wild! With our upcoming Water update, we would love to see some wacky creations, such as various animals. One idea we had was a Shark Bot in the ocean! Don't forget the all important Googly Eye's in your creations!

We hope to see your animal and aquatic themed Bots once our update has launched. We will be keeping an eye on the Steam Workshop and will be sharing our favourites in our Dev Log Community Spotlights in the future!

Don't forget to hop into our Discord and share your Levels & Bots and meet other Inventors to challenge in Multiplayer! Just click on our Discord logo below to join!



[h2] Community Spotlight: World Building Level Of The Week [/h2]

This week's Spotlight Level is Small Rally Course by Baksteen!

This is a great obstacle course! A great way to test out your latest Bot Builds for sure! Why not take Leiywen's Tiny Pumpkin Racer for a spin on this level! Check out the spotlight below for a link to their Workshop Bot.



Head on over to the Steam Workshop link below to test out the Small Rally Course with your Bots! Make sure to leave a like and a comment to show Baksteen your support.



https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2264667646

[h2] Community Spotlight: Bot Build Of The Week [/h2]

This week's Bot Build is the Tiny Pumpkin Racer from Leiywen!

We had to feature this cheeky little Pumpkin Racer for this week's Bot Spotlight, just in time for Halloween! Pressing the 1, 2 and 3 keys changes the LED lights on the front of the Kart, these can be mixed together to create some wicked colour combos! We chose green in our screenshot to fi the Halloween theme. When driving this kart around orange coloured smoke pops from the back and is speeds along, very spooky!



Make sure to leave a Like and a comment on Leiywen's Workshop entry to show them your support!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2266939262

That's everything Main Assembly for now, we have you are enjoying the game, we'll see you next week for Dev Log #31!

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