Ragnarock News

The whole team is very proud to announce a partnership with Gloryhammer! Because on top of great music to listen to, this partnership guarantees epic viking races coming up!

What does it mean? We will be able to smash our hammers in sync with the amazing beats of Gloryhammer, starting with the very dynamic track “Hootsforce”, that many of you probably heard already!

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Gloryhammer is this crazy group that successfully navigates in a happy mix of genres! Gloryhammer is the guarantee of fun without the fuss: perfect pieces to have fun!

What we like about this band is also the proximity to other partner metal bands : Zargothrax (Christopher Bowes, on keyboards) is also a pirate captain for Alestorm in another universe, and you will soon hear Angus McFife (Thomas Winkler) in Ragnaröck again as he's taking Odin's duties as a carpenter god in another band...can you guess wich one ?

Songs good to listen to, terrific to play!

This style of music, the interdimensional space metal, is also a fertile ground for visual evolutions of atmosphere possible for the future! And then ... they have a huuuuuuuge hammer!



Get you wrists and drums ready, this track will be available in the original lineup as soon as the Early Access starts. YEAH! And it’s happening very soon!

Wishlist the game now to be notified of the release date and keep up with all the upcoming news! You can still try to beat the high scores on our free demo while you wait ;)

Stay close, we will post regular updates about development goals and achievements. 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!

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In this article, we will detail our artistic approach regarding the environment that players will discover in Ragnaröck. It’s our art director for the Ragnaröck project, Suzanne, who talks about it best. First of all, let's take a quick look at her daily work :

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[h2]Low Poly: an assumed graphic style[/h2]

We decided to work on a style called “Low Poly”, both raw and pleasant, which we could, by shortcut, associate with a “cartoon” style.

This style is accessible and inviting. It insists on the “all ages” and playful side. It also allows you to distance yourself from reality. The representation is minimalist and simplified as much as possible, which helps bring clarity to the reading of a scene.

[h2]Thematic coherence and artistic impact[/h2]

In Ragnaröck, we are situated in the Nordic and mythological universe, and we want players to be able to make this universe their own.

The evolution of the scenery as the game progresses tells an epic story. Several mythological elements are thus embedded in the first map of the game, such as gigantic monster skeletons, or Yggdrasil, the tree of nine worlds. The more the players fight to improve their score, the more they advance, and the more they reveal the universe.



In this first map, the blue and purple colors were chosen to refer to the land of the cold, Niflheim. In contrast, the houses and everything that refers to the Viking world have warm colors: orange, red, brown (complementary color to blue).



[h2]Our way of working[/h2]

The key concept is to set the general mood and the colors, and give the general direction to take.



Here, for example, we want players to start from a familiar landscape: the Viking village lost in a fjord, dominated by an austere environment. Subsequently, players discover several atmospheres, dominated by different luminosities.

[h2]Further work[/h2]

We work on many elements of the game with this careful methodology, in order to respect a graphic and thematic consistency. Today we broached the subject of the environment, but we can also mention the characters, objects, gameplay elements… All these elements are currently being worked on, and will be visible when the game is released in Early Access, very soon.

Wishlist the game now to be notified of the release date and keep up with all the upcoming news! You can still try to beat the high scores on our free demo while you wait ;)

Stay close, we will post regular updates about development goals and achievements. 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:

The whole team is very proud to announce a partnership with Alestorm (label Napalm Records)! Because on top of great music to listen to, this partnership guarantees epic viking races coming up!

What does it mean? We will be able to smash our hammers in sync with the amazing beats of Alestorm, starting with the very energetic track “Mexico’, that many of you probably know already!

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Get you wrists and drums ready, this track will be available in the original lineup as soon as the Early Access starts. YEAH! And it’s happening very soon!

Music that rocks, that’s everything we love and want for the Ragnaröck tracklist. We are cooking up an amazing playlist, curated with care, from celtic rock to viking power metal, and of course Alestorm’s pirate metal! All the chosen songs share an epic and galvanizing style, in order to take you to a viking warrior’s mindset, feel the power of the rhythm, the competitive aspect of the race, but also the happy camaraderie of a crew sailing together.



Wishlist the game now to be notified of the release date and keep up with all the upcoming news! You can still try to beat the high scores on our free demo while you wait ;)

Stay close, we will post regular updates about development goals and achievements. 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:

We are working very hard on the multiplayer mode for Ragnaröck right now, and we wanted to present this awesome feature to you.

Indeed, on top of the solo mode, you will also be able to play together from 2 to 8 players. In this online multiplayer PvP mode, everyone will lead their own viking ship, and compete in a side-by-side boat race.

All ships start aligned on the dock and set sail together when the song starts. The gameplay stays the same, meaning crushing the runes in sync with the music to go forward, and using the combo at the right time for speed boosts! And of course, the goal is to take your boat further than all the others thanks to your amazing skills!



[h3]Crush the runes, defeat your opponents![/h3]

During the race, the competition will be raging as you try to overtake your friends and finish on top of the scoreboard. Keep an eye on everyone else, but also don’t lose your concentration and keep hitting runes precisely, or others might pass you by.

You will be able to play with your friends on private servers or join a public server for a quick game. All compatible headsets can play together in Ragnaröck.

We can’t wait to release this cool multiplayer mode and see you guys have fun together (hopefully no friendship will be broken in the process XD )!



[h3]What's next?[/h3]

We work hard everyday to improve Ragnaröck, and we will post regular updates about development goals and achievements. 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 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. The Early Access release is right around the corner!

Hello everyone,

Hope you are all having a great Steam festival so far! Have you checked out the demo for Ragnaröck? Are you in the Top 10 on the leaderboard yet? :P

Join us tomorrow on our Steam page as we will be streaming and playing the demo of Ragnaröck with our top-scoring developers! We will explain some aspects of the game and will be live in the Steam chat to answer any of your questions during the broadcast, so please come by and chat with us!



Please wishlist if you liked the demo, the game will release in Early Access very soon, before the end of the year!

Don't worry if you miss the livestream, we are happy to chat and answer questions on our Discord server at any time.

See you very soon,

The WanadevStudio Team