Ragnarock News

Ahoy captains!

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We just released a spooky new update. Travel through viking hell with 2 new free songs! Here's everything you will find in the Helheim update:

• [h3]2 New Songs[/h3]
  Play a catchy new song by Æther Realm - "Redneck Vikings from Hell" (level 3/7/10) and the dark and twisted "Mediator" by Jinjer (level 4/6/8).
  
  
• [h3]Helheim, travel through hell[/h3]
  Where do vikings go when they die in shame instead of bravery? Find out and enter the realm of death of the goddess Hel, towering over the vainquished souls.
  
  
  
  
• [h3]Helheim-themed lobby and hammer[/h3]
  To celebrate Halloween, the tavern just had a makeover. But that's not all: a new hammer skin is available! Unlike other hammers, no need to work towards an Achievement, you'll just have to open your eyes and look carefully to find it... But be quick, the Halloween tavern and the chance to win the hammer are only there for a limited time (two weeks, until Nov 11th)!
  
  
  
  
• [h3]New Gameplay Settings[/h3]
  New settings allowing to set:
  - Display beat lines : adds lines corresponding to the beats in the music, to better see the rhythm
  - Rune color : allows to choose among new rune colors for better visibility
  - Mirrored runes : reverses the rune patterns horizontally (right-handed heavy songs will become left-heavy)
  - Rune speed : override the speed at which the runes travel
  All these effects are applied on all songs/maps, and also in multiplayer. They do not modify scoring or the way scores are saved.
  
  
  
  
• [h3]Song list update[/h3]
  - Song list separated into volumes: Volume 1, Volume 2, and custom songs
  - Sorting panel allowing to sort songs by increasing/decreasing artist, title, difficulty, or date
  - Songs containing explicit content are flagged with an "E" icon
  - "My Precious" achievement only requires gold medals for Volume 1
  
  
  
  
• Medals and personal ghosts are now automatically saved online (meaning they will be restored on reinstall)
  
  
• Added horizontal scroll on hammer selector
  
• Other small UI updates
  
• Fix black oars on other boats
  
• Fix missing "me" icon on friends leaderboard
  

That's it for today! As usual, we are still hard at work so stay tuned. We want to thank you for playing, giving us feedback, and inspiring us to keep improving Ragnarock! We read your suggestions very carefully so feel free to leave us reviews, or chat with the dev team on our Discord channel!

WanadevStudio's social accounts are also great spots to share your feelings with us. You're welcome to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!

See you soon for more news on Ragnarock !

- Sort songs by increasing difficulty instead of title (preparing for upcoming sorting feature)

- Additional custom song storage available: custom songs placed in the installation folder of Ragnarock, under "Ragnarock/Ragnarock" in a folder "CustomSongs" are now also imported

- Performance improvements for gameplay, menu, multiplayer and ghosts

- Added error messages and disconnection when no internet

- Distance to medal is rounded to 1m if inferior to 1m

- [Fix] Audio now always all directed to the same output and respond to output change immediately

- [Fix] Removed lightning always here on side shields

- [Update][Private multiplayer] Cross-play now available also on private multiplayer. Steam and Quest users can now play together in quickplay and in hosted games!

- [Fix][Private multiplayer] Fix "Ready" checkbox already checked for the host of the game

- [Fix] drum texture sometimes flashed blue when hitting notes

[Update] Updated LIV plugin to version 1.5.4

[Fix] Fixed gold medals achievement not being unlocked properly
[Fix] Fixed multiplayer notes stutter on second song
[Fix] Fixed blue combo on last note

Ahoy fellow vikings!

Today is the day! After almost 7 months of Early Access, we’re very happy and proud to release the V1 version of Ragnarock, accompanied by a multitude of additional musical content, a new environment and awesome new features, which will continue to be extended over time.

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[h2]What you will find in the Muspelheim update[/h2]

[h3]6 new epic tracks![/h3]

Because songs are the heart of this rhythm game, we are happy to announce the arrival of 6 new awesome tracks in addition to the previous 24!

To begin with, we are proud to announce a new collaboration with Alestorm, a pirate metal staple, with the arrival of "No grave but the sea" on the tracklist.

Because there is nothing better than a bit of crazy metal music, Ragnarock players will now be able to smash runes on Kammthaar and Evier Metal by the ones we don't even introduce anymore: Ultra Vomit!

Saltatio Mortis, who has long been requested by the community, also joins the list of bands participating in Ragnarock. The German folk metal group is therefore arriving with two new tracks: Loki (obviously!) and Löwenherz!

Finally, because everyone loved sweating like never before on “The Great Pirate Bottle” by Sabordage, Ragnarock welcomes a new bespoke track by Sabordage, “Au Petit Matin”, has been added to the list of available songs!

[h3]A new environment: travel to Muspelheim![/h3]

Since the first environment (Midgard), we've always wanted to add immersive content inspired by Norse mythology. The most observant will have noticed a logic of continuity between the different playable maps, and of course, a correlation between tracks and environments.

Muspelheim thus joins this list of 6 different environments. Muspelheim is the world of fire, kingdom of the giant Surtr... and we wanted to do something awesome!

Muspelheim artwork

Muspelheim artwork



[h3]New features to discover, train, collect and have fun![/h3]

Achievements!

Unlock Achievements to get great rewards: new epic and playable hammer pairs will be added to your collection. You can now change hammers using the selector on the right in the tavern. Please note that the differences between hammers are only visual and do not affect gameplay. Collect them all!



A new Practice Mode to become the best!

Check the “Practice Mode” checkbox at the start of a song or in the Pause Menu (in Solo) to choose your speed and the sequence you want to practice! (Please note that when using Practice Mode, medals and high scores are not saved. Ghosts are also not available in Practice Mode.)



Communicate thanks to emojis!

At the start and end of a multiplayer race, you will find behind you a forge of emojis allowing you to share your emotions with other players in an easy and fun way!



... and a lot of new fixes and optimization stuff!

• Performance optimization
  
• Map preference is now also applied in multiplayer games
  
• Updated stats panel on leaderboards
  
• Friends Leaderboard now available at the end of a song
  
• [Fix] Blue combo could not be used right after being acquired
  
• Lower sound for medals breaking
  
• Better rounding on hit/miss percentages
  
• [Fix] Removed invisible buttons in custom song list when less than 3 difficulties present
  

[h2]What happened during Early Access[/h2]

During these almost seven months of Early Access, Ragnarock has gone through a lot of improvements, heavily influenced by the players’ feedback and needs.

• from 16 to 30 songs
  
• from 1 to 6 environments
  
• new design for lobby and UI
  
• female characters
  
• new audio system + pause
  
• a lot of settings (audio, vibrations, advanced, hammer/drums/shields)
  
• revised scoring system
  
• multiplayer improvements (vote, join during a race, server list, emojis)
  
• leaderboards with detailed stats and friends
  
• multiple ghosts (from leaderboards or friends)
  
• achievements and collectible hammers
  
• practice mode
  

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[h2]That's it for today![/h2]

As usual, we are still hard at work so stay tuned. You are all invited to share reactions and areas of improvement here, or chat with the dev team on our Discord!

WanadevStudio's social accounts are also great spots to share your feelings with us. You're welcome to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!

Vikings, we look forward to seeing you on the sea by our side. See you soon! :beer:

We want to give a very big thank you to the community that followed us during Early Access, provided feedback, discussed with us on Discord, and helped shape Ragnarock into the game it is today. And welcome to everyone who will join us for the next steps! Get ready for more and more frenzied Viking races on epic rock / metal tracks.

AHOU!