Ragnarock News

Building upon the excellent feedback received from VR players during the last six months of early access for this title, French independent studio WanadevStudio is pleased to confirm the V1 release of Ragnarock VR on July 15th on Steam!



[h2]New content and the highly anticipated Oculus Quest 2 compatibility![/h2]

Early access allowed the studio to develop the game while taking into account the community’s feedback. Through regular updates (Alfheim Update, Nidavellir Update, Asgard Update ...), the studio has been committed to expanding the game with the regular addition of music, features, and environments.

The official release of the title will therefore come with a multitude of additional content, with 6 epic new music tracks, a breathtaking new environment, and other amazing features, all of which will continue to be extended over time after the release.





WanadevStudio is also happy to confirm that the game will become available on Oculus Quest 2 during the summer! Stay tuned!

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[h2]96% positive reviews and an Early Access version already rewarded with an award[/h2]

Since the Early Access version released on Steam in December 2020, it was very well received with 96% positive reviews (title ranked in the highest category, "overwhelmingly positive") out of over a thousand reviews.

For its strong multiplayer component, often lacking from rhythm games, Ragnarock and its innovative racing concept received the prize for Best multiplayer VR game developed by a French studio from the ETR community.


The game will be available on July 15th for a suggested retail price of $24.99 or €21.99 on the Steam platform.

[h2]See you (very) soon on the northern seas![/h2]

That's it for today! 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. Race you soon! :beer:

In December 2020, we announced the start of this great adventure: Ragnaröck was released in Early Access on Steam. Ever since that day, we stayed as close as possible to the community to develop Ragnaröck while listening to player feedback.

6 months, 3 major updates (Alfheim, Nidavellir, Asgard) and many minor updates later, it's now time to let Ragnaröck grow: the end of Early Access is near.

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[h2]96% of positive reviews[/h2]

During those 6 months of Early Access, overwhelmingly positive feedback and 96% positive reviews have inspired us to keep on improving and working hard on this game, with all our passion. Ragnaröck was even awarded the prize for Best Multiplayer VR game developed by a French studio. Thanks everyone, we're so proud!

[h2]Early Access: a few weeks left[/h2]

This Steam Summer Sale will therefore be the last opportunity to get Ragnaröck at its Early Access price, and with a discount on top. Indeed, in the following weeks, the V1 version of Ragnaröck will be released with a huge update including new features and epic new content. The V1 update will also come with a price increase, to reflect all the work we have accomplished since the first release. And of course we will keep on updating and adding new content after this, we still have so many great ideas and heard so many requests from the community for ever more features and content!

Buying a game in Early Access means supporting the independent studio that we are and making possible our current and future developments: the evolutions of Ragnaröck of course, of Propagation VR too, and all those to come. So thank you to all our early supporters for your trust!

[h2]Oculus Quest version soon![/h2]

This summer, Ragnaröck will also be available for Oculus Quest players! We are working on the cross-play feature between players from different platforms for ever more intense multiplayer games!

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That's it for today! 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:

Ragnarock (WanadevStudio) and Synth Riders (Kluge Interactive) invite the rhythm gaming community to "rock'n'ride" their way to new adventures by pooling their respective creations into a single pack, being offered at a great price for the next 4 months.

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The bundle is flexible so the players who own one of the games included can still complete their collection saving 20 percent on the missing title.

Here is the Rock 'n' Ride VR Bundle link!



[h2]A VR Rhythm game Bundle[/h2]

With 96% and 94% positive ratings, Ragnarock and Synth Riders are two flagship games in the VR rhythm games scene. The creation of a bundle bringing together these two titles is an opportunity for players to acquire two must-haves of the genre at a lower cost, thanks to a generous 20% discount applied to both games.

[h2]Fitness value[/h2]

Each game in this bundle complements the other: two different visual and musical worlds for maximum immersion, challenge and enjoyment. In addition, Ragnarock and Synth Riders both rank highly for their fitness value, and would make solid additions to any regular fitness routine

[h2]Let's Rock 'n' Ride![/h2]

The ”Rock’n’Ride VR Rhythm Bundle” is available from May 26th for download at a 20 percent discount on Steam!

We're very proud to work with the Synth Riders's team. 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 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 Ragnaröck ! :beer: Are you ready to Rock 'n' Ride ?

Ahoy captains!

We just released an update! Thanks to everyone who gave us feedback, and as always we want to give a very warm thank you to our reactive community and especially to our beta-testers for their time and help! Here's what you will find in this update:

• [h3] Asgard, an Epic New Journey[/h3]
  Hold on to your boat, you're about to take off and travel through the skies and onto the Bifrost until you reach the beautiful city of the gods: Asgard! We are very proud to bring you this new environment that will take you on a musical journey into the skies. Tell us in the comments what you think and try to guess which one is next!
  
  
  
  
• [h3]3 New Songs[/h3]
  Masters of the Galaxy by Gloryhammer (level 3/5/9), Tortuga by Alestorm (level 3/5/7) and Welcome to Asgard by Manaberry (level 1/3/6), an original creation for Ragnaröck. Here are some more amazing songs to bang your drums to! Rest assured that we are working hard in order to keep adding more in the upcoming months.
  
  
  
  
• [h3]Improved Leaderboards[/h3]
  - Display detailed stats of high scores when hovering the Leaderboard (in lobby)
  - Additional Leaderboard with Steam friends only (in lobby)
  - Blue and yellow combos counted separately on score panel and in stats
  Please note to support these new features (and the new ghosts), Leaderboards, high scores and medals have been reset.
  
  
  
  
• [h3]More Ghost Options[/h3]
  Five more ghosts are now available in solo (on top of your Personal best) on each song/level:
  - Song Top #1 (from global leaderboard)
  - Player ranked 10 places above you (from global leaderboard)
  - Player ranked 5 places above you (from global leaderboard)
  - Top #1 amongst your friends (from Friends leaderboard)
  - Friend ranked above you (from Friends leaderboard)
  You can choose which ghosts are activated and against which one your distance is compared (panel at the front of your boat) in the Ghost settings. Get ready for solo races with up to 6 real adversaries!
  
  
  
  
• [h3] Improved Multiplayer[/h3]
  - [PvP Quickplay] Display list of available servers and their status: number of players, song playing, time remaining
  - [PvP Quickplay] Public servers now have a difficulty range (displayed in the list). Songs and votes can only be chosen in this range.
  - [PvP Quickplay] You can create a new server with your own difficulty range and choose the first song. You can play alone on a server while waiting for other players.
  - [PvP Quickplay AND Private] Join the race mid-song even if it has already started (good luck catching up to the others!)
  
  
  
  
• [h3]Improved Quick Menu (during a song)[/h3]
  - In solo, opening the menu pauses the game (you can't pause a PvP race of course)
  - Drums and hammers settings are now available in the Quick menu
  - On Oculus headsets, you must now press the Menu button on the left controller to open the Quick menu
  
  
  
  
• [h3]New Sound Engine[/h3]
  Better audio synchronization, using the fmod sound engine. This is intended to solve the sync problems between music and rune hits that some players told us about (and for which they used the latency setting to compensate). It also allows us to add cool new features now and in the future (like Pause).
  Please note your previous latency settings are now obsolete. We advise you to reset the latency to zero before playing (see Advanced settings).
  
  
  
  
• [h3]New “Advanced” Settings[/h3]
  - moved “Latency” setting there
  - new setting to show latency in your score panel (disabled by default)
  - new setting to adjust the “Drum sound compensation” (0% : Play the drum sound exactly when you hit (more accurate), 100% : Play the drum sound exactly on the beat (more ear-pleasing), Default: 70%)
  - Setting “Skip intro” to bypass the logo/splash screens on startup
  - Setting “Hide hands” to remove hand models on your hammers during game
  
  - “Viewer cameras” can now be activated and chosen from this menu (multiple viewpoints available). This feature allows you to display external camera views on your monitor, independently from your VR view. It can be used to :
  
  • Provide a more comfortable viewing experience for spectators, either on your couch or during livestreams
    
  • Create entertaining gameplay videos with multiple camera angles and movements
    
  • Record yourself playing from a different point of view to improve your technique or give us specific feedback
    
  Warning : Please note this feature may cause performance issues. If you had already activated external cameras using the Steam guide (now updated), please note your camera settings will be reset and you must activate them again through the in-game settings.
  
  
  
  
• New “Empty” environment: Just the sea and you, nothing else in sight. Can be useful for performance issues or motion sickness problems.
  
• More stable ghost (accurate position, no jumps)
  
• Smoother end of song (speed decreases but points are still counted until two seconds after the last rune)
  
• Renamed “Haptics” settings into “Vibrations”
  
• Clicking on the parchment on the right of the throne displays Game Credits
  
• Added a splash screen for fmod credits
  

That's it for today! 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 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 ! :beer:

[Fix] Fix Oculus Air Link exit issue (ghost process)
Added fade out on exit