RAM: Random Access Mayhem News

A new Xylem Dev Diary is out, and details the somewhat tortured development of the 8th and final bot being added to RAM. Read it here:
https://xylemstudios.substack.com/p/a-batter-out-of-development-hell

We are now on the final stretch to 1.0 which is planned for late summer/early fall. We are excited to get the last level and complete story into your hands!

- Xylem

Hello RAM heads, a small patch this week adjusting a few things and cleaning up some issues from Update 2. Luckily there were relatively few issues given the extra testing we did with the community, so thank you to everyone who participated in that!

Additions/Adjustments:
Adjusted Hassotobi to now make you bounce off walls and gain damage
Added missing memories (Fuel Rods and Food Counter)

Fixes:
Fixed an issue with Tachi not re-drawing their swords
Fixed an issue where the tab menu could be brought up on the end screen
Made enemies with a swap shield not targetable on gamepad when swapping
Fixed an issue where the Gold Tachi skin could be unlocked at the first level 2 shop
Adjusted wall collision and end floor zones for multiple floors
Various fixes for localization and typos

Hello RAMmers!

It's finally time for RAM's second major early access milestone, The Ash Grove Update!
We've been hard at work on making the world feel more alive and making each run and time back in the hub feel more meaningful. This update caps off the planned content for Ash Grove and its residents, although more memories will be added over time.

Next up will be our 1.0 update later this year where you will get to experience the final area, the last two bots, and conclude the main story.

[h2]NEW CONTENT[/h2]
[h3]Ashen Citadel questline[/h3]
New Aphid minigame!
Infiltrate the Aphid stronghold and smuggle contraband to a peculiar fugitive.
Check the the fire escape in the large apartment building to the East of the river
[h3]Mysterious Tachi[/h3]
Rescue an odd character from Dojigiri’s fortress.
[h3]Router minigame[/h3]
We can’t really call this one a questline, but you can throw mail and stuff!
[h3]Steeltoe questline conclusion[/h3]
There’s finally more story to unlock by playing Horde Mode.
[h3]Memory system[/h3]
Find curious locations in runs and show them to Cuckoo (or others???)
[h3]Accessible Ash Grove 6 residences[/h3]
You can now break into almost every house in Ash Grove 6.
[h3]2 new skins[/h3]
One is hidden
[h3]New upgrades[/h3]
Unlocked via the new quests
[h3]Super Mysterious Uber-Upgrades[/h3]
These are complete placeholders for now. You get them from completing questlines.

This update also fixes several bugs and adds requested features like Save Resetting (which can be found under Gameplay settings when on the Main Menu).

As always, we are keen to hear your feedback and any bugs you may experience, so please consider joining our discord server if you haven't already: https://discord.gg/Rhp6vPCvgb

Thank you to everyone for the continued support!

- Xylem Studios

Hello RAMheads,

We are excited to share with you some news about the 7th bot being added to RAM, in the form of our first newsletter. Check it out here: Three Megawatt Laser Cannon :3

So basically, you know the Deltarune email newsletter that Toby Fox does? Yeah we're doing that but for RAM. That's literally it, not much to explain. All you do is subscribe with your email address, and whenever we've got news to share about the game, it'll show up in your inbox.

We are thinking of this newsletter as a middle-ground between basic announcement posts and full video devlogs. Newsletter posts will be high-quality, long-form, devlog-style updates, just boiled down to text and embedded video clips. This means we can give you extensive looks into upcoming RAM features without derailing development for a month to edit a video, and thus you'll see updates much more frequently.

Keep your eyes open for another diary entry in the next month or two! Happy RAMming!

RAM V0.7.2

Hello RAMheads, thank you for your patience with us getting this patch out! We are hard at work on the next set of updates, and the Level 3 bots are coming along well, keep an eye out for our first newsletter sometime soon!
Please be aware of an issue with some of the latest NVidia drivers that may cause visual issues with the game.

Bug fixes and adjustments:

• Fixed an interaction with Router grenades that could break the game’s audio
  
• Improved visibility and placement of traffic barrier doors in level 2
  
• Improved window positioning when changing game resolution
  
• Removed panning effect from level selection map to resolve gamebreaking issue on certain systems
  
• Fixed missing/misplaced wall collision in some floors
  
• Prevented skipping an encounter in the Atrium floor
  
• Fixed an exploit that allowed debug commands to be used without enabling debug tools
  
• Made collider tackles less likely to clip past targets at high speed
  
• Fixed Heap orb laser DPS not changing when time is slowed
  
• Fixed Collider lasers not visually stopping after piercing max number of enemies
  
• Fixed an issue where endscreen upgrades would not be cleared properly and could display tooltips
  
• Fixed an issue where the start menu link buttons would not open anything
  
• Fixed an issue where the style histogram could not be hidden on the endscreen during the fade out
  
• Fixed an issue where doing a speedrun restart could display an incorrect histogram
  
• Fixed an issue where the aim line toggle could not be selected on gamepad