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Hello Inventors!

We are proud to release Update 4: Halloween Surprise, Fixes & Optimisations!

It's almost Halloween so we added some new drone cosmetics and we have a bunch of bug fixes and optimisations too.



Our Main Menu has had a Halloween makeover! Make sure you turn up your speakers, we've also made a special spooky Main Assembly theme for our Main Menu!



Devil Drone

Featuring Devil wings, devil horns, a tail and a mini pitchfork, this is one cheeky Devil!



Witch Drone

Featuring a Witches hat with a spider detail, mushroom and broom! Perfect for soaring through the night time skies!

• Added button prompts for flipping
  
• Added confirmation popup warning if you are about to overwrite a level (or bot) when saving a new one
  
• Fix for client drones being slower then server drone
  
• Fix for clone operation on multi selections
  
• Fix for CPU input/outputs clamping
  
• Fix for multi select causing preview models to get stuck in rare cases
  
• Fix for New Level and Workshop button not working sometimes
  
• Fix for new levels not resetting their icons properly
  
• Fix for rotating flipped block sometimes removing the flip
  
• Fix for some key bindings missing for some players
  

• Game would sometime crash when loading several world build levels in a row
  
• Improved multi select support for world build. Hold down shift and left mouse button and drag the mouse over all objects you want to select
  
• Kit version migration fixed, old kits should now work properly again
  
• Optimised world build mode
  
• Removed info tab in world build menu since we haven't implemented it yet
  
• Some drone cosmetics were missing, we have found them again
  

Thanks for reading and happy inventing! We will see you next week for our Dev Log #30!

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Hello inventors!

This week we will have a small surprise Halloween update for you! We have added a couple of new drone sets and given the main menu a new look.



This update also moves all the fixes and optimizations from the experimental branch over to the main branch.



Moving on to our next update, we are still working hard on it and it is getting closer to be ready for release.

We are continuing on our water implementation and adding water content to all of our levels that have water in them.

There will also be new underwater places ( with a secret or two hidden away ) to explore on both Norrland and Dummy World, which one will you explore first?



YARRRGH!!! Here is another new drone cosmetic set that will be part of the update, the Pirate Set!





We've discovered something within our new found depths, neatly tucked inside a treasure chest!

We're working on prying open the chest so we can talk about this in the coming weeks. Any guesses on what it could be?





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 DummyWorld Karting by ender.land / BrainbowBash !

This is a very impressive level, with a huge spiral around the control tower, a tube loop and a circuit around post of the park! Do you have what it takes to take on this daring challenge? Make sure not to fall to your doom on the higher up sections of track!

If you are not feeling so adventurous or daring, a low speed run around this track would make for quite a nice tour of DummyWorld, and especially at night time with the park lit up, we would highly recommend it!



Head on over to the Steam Workshop link below to test out the DummyWorld Karting! level with your Bots! Make sure to leave a like and a com to show ender.land your support.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2261185866

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

This week's Bot Build is the Little Bugger V2 from CdrCheese and Lunchy! This was a collaborative effort from both players!

This little buggy may be small, but it's powerful and has more features under the hood too! The Little Bugger V2 features a Drift Mode, Hover Mode and a First Person Camera too!



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

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2260018977

That's everything Main Assembly for now, we have you are enjoying the game, we'll see you next week for Dev Log #30!

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Hi there Inventors!

It's that time again for our weekly Dev Log to update you all on what is going down with Main Assembly. We are always hammering away on new content and are having a blast doing it! We are still populating the levels with seaweed, corals, and now even a fish!



We will see how far we will take this as we are currently working on many things.



Something we think is super cool is that people are already creating bots for the next update. We've seen boats and a submarine in the workshop already!

So, we have been playing around with that a bit.



With every update, we always try to add some parts and cosmetics to accompany the update. Here are some things that you can look forward to when we get the update done!



Because we are adding water buoyancy, you are going to need different sized floats for your Bots.



It's pretty essential to use them if you want to defeat the water, or else you will sink!



It's been pretty fun to try them out on all different types of bots created by you, the community!



You can find links to the community bots used in the dev log here!

Steam Workshop - Fishing Boat (Creator: |VEL|Noxthesox)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2137071972

Steam Workshop - Chair (Creator: Chocolate_milk_69)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2243849686

Steam Workshop - Horse Walking (Creator: tititi)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2136147467



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 Monster truck Play Ground by ADORABLE!



This Monster Truck Play Ground needs a BIG BOT to fully get the most out of the obstacles and loops here! Smaller bots might get broken quickly on the rough terrain, so if you're up for the challenge pick your Bot size and test it out on the playground!

Head on over to the Steam Workshop link below to test out the Play Ground with your Bots! Make sure to leave a like and a comment for ADORABLE to show your support.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2245753301

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

This week's Bot Build is the BatTumblr from XxHotell11xX!





"I am the night!" We love this cute and compact BatMobile styled Bot! We think The Dark Night would be proud to drive this, if he could shrink down to a mini-mobile size!

Make sure to leave a Like and a comment on XxHotell11xX's Workshop entry to show them your support!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2250538922

That's everything Main Assembly for now, we have you are enjoying the game, we'll see you next week for Dev Log #29!

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Hi there folks!

We are currently working on getting the second iteration of World Building to a releasable state, but there are many components still to sort out. Creating checkpoints with the games logic system seems to be working great even in Dummy World!



Developing Main Assembly has been extremely rewarding so far, and we can't wait to get another update out. The process of implementing something into the game and then seeing it used by the community within an instant is both fantastic and scary at the same. Fantastic in the sense of, you're seeing something you made that now has a purpose and scary because it might break and explode or do a weird dance at any second!



When we started making Main Assembly, there were so many unknowns. Especially with the internal goals we've set up. For instance, the free-form build system has come a long way since the first iterations.



Very early on in the game, we wanted to have dummies to play around with. Before Bad Yolk and Main Assembly, most of us only worked on very violent and bloody games. It feels terrific to create scenarios that don't contain that. But that doesn't mean that it can't look brutally painful sometimes!



We are looking forward to the future; there are a lot of things still to come. It feels crazy that it's already been three years since Bad Yolk Games was founded and we started working on Main Assembly. Happy belated birthday to us!





We have been overwhelmed with how many amazing creations we have seen from our Community since the release of our World Building V1 update!

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 Spirals Of Death by Lemon Listener!



We were instantly drawn to this Level with the intense drops and huge spirals, we just had to give it a go.



Here is Lemon Listener's description for their Level!

A challenging course consisting of constant spirals and loops. Kinda built it just to test out parts. Enjoy and good luck"

This track is a long one, but it is fully worth the trip round, if you can make it! Making a speedy start from the start line may not be advised, as you can see below in our clip it may end in doom!



Do you dare take on the Spirals Of Death ?! zoom over to the Steam Workshop link below to test your skills! Make sure to leave a like and a comment for Lemon Listener to show your support.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2233582869

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

This week's Bot Build is the Chaparral 2J from OwnedPilot!



We can't show a photo here, due to copyright, but this replica of the Chaparral 2J is amazing! We think it really does capture all of the details, the back vacuum vents, lights and even the "66" numbers are shown in detail too!



Here is the story from Owned Pilot from their Workshop description:

" Back story:
When I read about the regulations of cart racing, I have a bad feeling because there is no rules stating what is allowed to generate downforce. I created a cart that had a lot of aerodynamic downforce and it worked very well. But that cart is not very impactful.

Then there comes a track made by adorable which features a huge loop. I had found that my high downforce cart cannot lap the huge loop due to the loss of speed at the top. I then thought, as the rules did not ban propellers, I will create Chaparral 2J which can generate a lot of downforce even when the car is standing still.

And then, here it is. I originally thought it would be OP due to the high downforce created by two contra-rotating propellers at the rear. But the original version has no suspension at rear meaning it is basically useless on any tracks with a lot of bumps. I thus decided to build it a working suspension only to find the weight the suspension created slowed the car down dramatically. Any way, this car is balanced and easy to drive now. It may not be as quick as my purpose built cart. But it is competitive as a replica.

Hope you enjoy!"

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

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2246257929

That's everything Main Assembly for now, we'll see you next week for Dev Log #28!

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Hello Inventors!

Another week, another Dev Log! This week's is all about our new Level and Water Buoyancy plus we have our Community Spotlights too!



We haven't created a new level in a while, so we have recently started playing around with that. We know some of you have caught glimpses of it here and there when we have posted things.

The Teleporter shown in the level will not be in the final version!

The new level we are working on will be the largest in Main Assembly; we think this will accommodate the World Building aspect and be fun to explore both in the air and on land.



With all the levels we create, we want to have a specific theme and play around to see what we can get in. Like always, this is in an early stage, and we don't know when we will release it.



Internally we've had a lot of fun playing in the night time mode so expect for this level to have that as well.

The overall development of the game is going great! It's nice to reach that level in the development cycle, where implementing things for the updates is going way smoother than when we first released.





We have started to populate the levels a bit with seaweed, corals, and other underwater objects. What would you like to find under the sea? Treasure?... Shipwrecks?... NESSIE!?..

Here is a submarine we made! It's a very relaxing and cosy place when adventuring through the deep!



SEA you next week!





We have been overwhelmed with how many amazing creations we have seen from our Community since the release of our World Building V1 update!

This week's Dev Log features another Bot and Level build from our fantastic Community.

Don't forget to hop into our Discord and share your Bots and Levels 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 World Building Spotlight also goes to Leiywen!

"Try your hand at maze bots with this amazing maze! The goal is the air race pylon! Two different ways to get there!

Have at and enjoy!
Created by Leiywen and Ender.Land"

We took Baksteen's Purple Big Winged Sport Car around The Amazing Maze! Here's the Maze in action, we don't want to give away the full solution so here's a clip!



https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2239870341

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



This week's Bot Build is the Purple Big Winged Sport Car from Baksteen!



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

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2239794659

That's everything Main Assembly for now, we'll see you next week for Dev Log #27!

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