Ragnarock News

We're very excited to announce the release date for the Early Access of Ragnaröck, the Virtual Reality multiplayer rhythm game that we've spent the last few months working on!



Over the past few weeks, many of you have played the demo available since our participation in the Autumn Steam Festival, and we thank you very much. Now is the time to go to the next level with more Viking, more Rock, more Ragnaröck!

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In this Early Access, which will be available from December 17th, you will be able to discover new songs from remarkable groups with difficulty levels for all players (from beginners to the most demanding ship captains). The full tracklist will be announced very soon. Do you think you can get all the medals? See you on December 17th!

From this date, you will also be able to challenge your friends (or strangers) to compete against you in furious races!

A leaderboard will also be available on the game's website so you can follow and beat the best scores of other brave Vikings.



You can already add the game to your wishlist so you don't miss out on the release of Ragnaröck and its future features. This Early Access kicks off a new phase of Ragnaröck's development: we'll be adding new songs, environments and features on a regular basis!

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 (like Nola, Project Manager of Ragnaröck right below when she starts a game session) 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:

From the first seconds in Ragnaröck, you immediately understand that you have to hit the drums to break the runes that come towards you in sync with the music. But what is not immediately obvious, is that a secondary mechanic allows you to increase your score and overtake your opponents: the use of streak bonuses, or "combos".



If you manage to hit rune after rune without going wrong, a combo gradually loads up along the handle of your hammers. When this gauge is full, the combo bonus becomes usable. Yes, when your hammers have a fully charged combo, you can strike on one of the shields at your side to send all that accumulated energy to your rowers and get a speed boost of a few seconds!

[h2]Tip #1[/h2]

That’s not all! If you don't use your bonus right away, and continue to hit flawlessly, the combo will continue to charge a second gauge, this time on the hammerhead, until it reaches a second bonus level! The bonus generated when you reach this second step is four times more powerful and will give you a much greater speed boost!

[h2]Tip #2[/h2]

A perfect hit on a rune (perfectly in the middle of the drum, so perfectly in sync with the music) is symbolized by golden lightning bolts on the drum when crushing the rune. You should know that perfect hits load your combo twice as fast as a regular hit!

[h2]Tip #3[/h2]

Be careful, any mishit will drop the combo down to zero, and make you lose the bonus obtained if there was one. You will therefore have to calculate the risks and your chances of success!
For example, before a complicated series of notes, will you take the risk of continuing to increase your combo to level 2, or would you rather secure the level 1 bonus by using it right away?

What will be your strategy to optimize your score and overtake your opponents in the viking ship race?




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:

[h2]Vikings, and big epic music[/h2]

In Ragnaröck, you play as a Viking ship captain determined to lead their crew to victory against their rivals. To finish the race in front of the others, you must motivate your rowers to give all their strength to move your boat forward. And all that, to the rhythm of epic music playing (here and here)!

[h2]Core gameplay[/h2]

Since you are the leader of your boat, it's up to you to set the pace! You are equipped with hammers, ready to be struck with drive on the drums in front of you. The challenge ? Follow the rhythm of the luminous runes coming in! Achieving this throughout the song is the key to ensure unwavering support from your crew.



Crushing the runes on your drums with your hammers is good, but doing it perfectly in sync is better! The more precise you are, the faster your ship will move. Only your final score, representing the distance covered over the duration of the song, will be proof of your success.

[h2]Varied difficulty levels for more fun and challenge[/h2]

Each track will have you playing different combinations and rhythms, as well as several levels of difficulty. The hardest ones may even make you lose your mind ... and your arms! And yet, you won't have the right to make mistakes, or you will risk losing your crew... and all of your speed.

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[h2]Be ready ![/h2]

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 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!

See you soon for more news on Ragnaröck ! :beer:

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: