Death Road to Canada News

[p]We're back, with a new update to Death Road, and the announcement of an all new game.

Read below to see plans for our next updates, wishlist the spiritual sequel to Death Road, and read a full list of changes for the PANCREAS update![/p][p]As always, thanks for all your support![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Space Dingus will feature online co-op multiplayer, more interactive toilets than ever before, mouse-aiming for sick headshots, customizable spaceships, and more than 1 enemy type (I fought against this).[/p][p][/p][p]Watch the Trailer and Wishlist the game here on Steam - and tell your friends! [/p][p][/p][p]We built a new engine, so that the game now supports seamless drop-in online multiplayer. We also plan extensive mod support, with Steam Workshop. During the engine switch (which a big reason as to why I've been so busy for awhile), I decided to go for a sci-fi theme as a way to refresh development, instead of the planned fantasy theme we were working on in the Anniversary teasers.[/p][p]If this does well, we hope to both restart the fantasy themed take I was planning, and start on a true sequel to Death Road to Canada.[/p][p]Tentative Title: Death Road 2 Canada: 2: 2WICE[/p][p]
Also, keep an eye out on the Official Rocketcat Discord and the announcements on the Space Dingus Steam page. We plan to announce a big surprise event in the coming months, and it will only be in those two places.
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We're planning on more frequent updates again for Death Road to Canada this year. Professor Sycamore, from the modding community, is currently working on one now. He has helped with both an update in the past, and the current update is pretty much all him!

I will talk more about this during the Anniversary news post, which is in about a month.

See you then![/p][p][/p]

• [p]New Trader added to the trading camps! He sells 3 different weapons with unique mechanics, all involving new RELOAD mechanics:[/p]
  • [p]DUCK HUNTER: A shotgun with short range, but shooting zombies has shrapnel ricochet everywhere. Additionally, reloads a shell at a time, and fires them faster as long as you don't run out completely.[/p]
  • [p]DOLT BIG IRON: A pistol that fires six shots, extremely fast if you hold ATTACK down. It then takes awhile to reload. You also fire much slower if you do careful attacks, so make sure to GO NUTS.[/p]
  • [p]FLIP RIFLE: A strong rifle that fires MUCH FASTER if you fire it immediately after it reloads. Use the firing indicator over your head to help you figure out the timing.[/p]
• [p]3 New Special Recruits that you can find in trader camps. They all cost 15 food:[/p]
  • [p]VAN SMELT: A big game hunter whose rifle has both a headshot mechanic, and a distance bonus mechanic. Go for the LONG SHOTS and BIG HEADSHOT COMBOS. Past 20 or 30 headshots, long distance shots will explode for noticeable AOE damage.[/p]
  • [p]HONCHO: A gunslinger who can dual wield ranged weapons, for double the carnage. He also has a +2 bonus to max shooting, and a no-drop dagger, for when you invariably run out of ammo completely.[/p]
  • [p]POOL CHAMP: A pool player. The bar sport. He has a pool cue that is UNBREAKABLE, which isn't that impressive as it was in my head now that I've typed it. You can also TIPPER HIT zombies at the very edge of your melee distance, for a bonus.[/p]
• [p]O*P*P Mode updated for new characters.[/p]
• [p]FOR MODDERS[/p]
  • [p]Trying out a new way to organize update files, so that they're more self-contained again. This should cause less problems for mods in the future.[/p]

[p]This is likely the last update before launch! Thanks for all your testing![/p][p]I'm going to post our future update plans at the launch for this update, along with a big announcement.[/p][p][/p][p]TO ACCESS THE TESTING BRANCH: [/p]

1. [p]Right Click "Death Road to Canada" in your Steam Library [/p]
2. [p]Go to Properties [/p]
3. [p]Click on the Betas tab on the left of the Properties window [/p]
4. [p]Click on the dropdown in the top right, and change the Beta Participation branch from "None" to "beta - TESTBRANCH"[/p]

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• [p]Bugfix for the Duck Hunter, now its shots should properly shrapnel through everything[/p]

• [p]New art for all the new weapons, including Honcho's dagger.[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Previous Changes this Update:
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• [p]WE'RE BACK AGAIN[/p]
• [p]Special Gimmick Weapons Trader, who can sell 3 different weapons with unique mechanics, all involving RELOADS:[/p]
  • [p]DUCK HUNTER: A shotgun with short range, but shooting zombies has shrapnel ricochet everywhere. Additionally, reloads a shell at a time, and fires them faster as long as you don't run out completely.[/p]
  • [p]DOLT BIG IRON: A pistol that fires six shots, extremely fast if you hold ATTACK down. It then takes awhile to reload. You also fire much slower if you do careful attacks, so make sure to GO NUTS.[/p]
  • [p]FLIP RIFLE: A strong rifle that fires MUCH FASTER if you fire it immediately after it reloads. Use the firing indicator over your head to help you figure out the timing.[/p]
• [p]3 New Special Recruits that you can find in trader camps. They all cost 15 food:[/p]
  • [p]VAN SMELT: A big game hunter whose rifle has both a headshot mechanic, and a distance bonus mechanic. Go for the LONG SHOTS and BIG HEADSHOT COMBOS. Past 20 or 30 headshots, long distance shots will explode for noticeable AOE damage.[/p]
  • [p]HONCHO: A gunslinger who can dual wield ranged weapons, for double the carnage. He also has a +2 bonus to max shooting, and a no-drop dagger, for when you invariably run out of ammo completely.[/p]
  • [p]POOL CHAMP: A pool player. The bar sport. He has a pool cue that is UNBREAKABLE, which isn't that impressive as it was in my head now that I've typed it. You can also TIPPER HIT zombies at the very edge of your melee distance, for a bonus.[/p]
• [p]A new TEST NEW STUFF option at the start of each game, that will give you easy access to all of the above.[/p]
• [p]FOR MODDERS[/p]
  • [p]Trying out a new way to organize update files, so that they're more self-contained again. This should cause less problems for mods in the future.[/p]

[p]Hello again! We're testing a coming-soon update to Death Road. This one features 3 new special characters and a new weapon trader, all centered around new unique mechanics!

TO ACCESS THE TESTING BRANCH: [/p]

1. [p]Right Click "Death Road to Canada" in your Steam Library [/p]
2. [p]Go to Properties [/p]
3. [p]Click on the Betas tab on the left of the Properties window [/p]
4. [p]Click on the dropdown in the top right, and change the Beta Participation branch from "None" to "beta - TESTBRANCH"[/p]

[p]When this update is out, we'll also have a big announcement to share. Additionally, after this PANCREAS update, we have a possible plan to get more frequent updates out that we're going to try.[/p][p][/p][p] [/p]

• [p]WE'RE BACK AGAIN[/p]
• [p]Special Gimmick Weapons Trader, who can sell 3 different weapons with unique mechanics, all involving RELOADS:[/p]
  • [p]DUCK HUNTER: A shotgun with short range, but shooting zombies has shrapnel ricochet everywhere. Additionally, reloads a shell at a time, and fires them faster as long as you don't run out completely.[/p]
  • [p]DOLT BIG IRON: A pistol that fires six shots, extremely fast if you hold ATTACK down. It then takes awhile to reload. You also fire much slower if you do careful attacks, so make sure to GO NUTS.[/p]
  • [p]FLIP RIFLE: A strong rifle that fires MUCH FASTER if you fire it immediately after it reloads. Use the firing indicator over your head to help you figure out the timing.[/p]
• [p]3 New Special Recruits that you can find in trader camps. They all cost 15 food:[/p]
  • [p]VAN SMELT: A big game hunter whose rifle has both a headshot mechanic, and a distance bonus mechanic. Go for the LONG SHOTS and BIG HEADSHOT COMBOS. Past 20 or 30 headshots, long distance shots will explode for noticeable AOE damage.[/p]
  • [p]HONCHO: A gunslinger who can dual wield ranged weapons, for double the carnage. He also has a +2 bonus to max shooting, and a no-drop dagger, for when you invariably run out of ammo completely.[/p]
  • [p]POOL CHAMP: A pool player. The bar sport. He has a pool cue that is UNBREAKABLE, which isn't that impressive as it was in my head now that I've typed it. You can also TIPPER HIT zombies at the very edge of your melee distance, for a bonus.[/p]
• [p]A new TEST NEW STUFF option at the start of each game, that will give you easy access to all of the above.[/p]
• [p]FOR MODDERS[/p]
  • [p]Trying out a new way to organize update files, so that they're more self-contained again. This should cause less problems for mods in the future.[/p]

Quick update for some small fixes and modder requests!

Let me know if there's any problems.

Update July 18th: Quick fix for mounties in Canada Crossing being too sleepy

• The max limit for both Perks and Traits have been increased to 64, up from 32
  
• OPP's Familiar Lounge renamed to Character Lounge
  
• Fix for an edge case where you didn't get extra supplies for some characters in OPP and the Jerks modes
  
• Back to the Wall no longer enforces a boring personality
  
• Ex-Wrestler AI can now pick up zombies 4 real 4 real (5 real)
  
• A fix for Brck pmons
  
• MULTIPLE fixes for Brck pokeymons
  
• Johnny logic for recruitment with a full group
  
• Fix for teammates that died in a trader camp still able to talk in CYOA events in a camp
  
• Assault Shotgun added ot weapon_list_firearm
  
• Lowered the brck countdown by 1
  

Some small changes that we're going to launch as a hotfix update for OMENTUM. Also in here, we're doubling the maximum amount of Perks and Traits that Death Road to Canada can handle. This is mostly for modders for now, though it may eventually have been necessary for updates, anyway.

TO ACCESS THE TESTING BRANCH:

1. Right Click "Death Road to Canada" in your Steam Library
   
2. Go to Properties
   
3. Click on the Betas tab on the left of the Properties window
   
4. Click on the dropdown in the top right, and change the Beta Participation branch from "None" to "beta - TESTBRANCH"

If you want to communicate with us directly or want every bit of testing branch news, head to the Official Discord ( #deathroad-test-branch channel ) or post here!

• The max limit for both Perks and Traits have been increased to 64, up from 32
  
• OPP's Familiar Lounge renamed to Character Lounge
  
• Fix for an edge case where you didn't get extra supplies for some characters in OPP and the Jerks modes
  
• Back to the Wall no longer enforces a boring personality
  
• Ex-Wrestler AI can now pick up zombies 4 real 4 real (5 real)
  
• A fix for Brck pokemon