Vindictive Drive 2 News

• Tutorial/Controls updated for new players
  
• Removed compass, it was confusing
  
• Replaced compass with a Task tracker
  
• Minor fixes
  

I'll try to release a new area to explore and Ark Royal this week, thank you for playing.
With the Kickstarter going well in about a month, the new budget will guaranee much faster content updates, cheers!

My twitter

Kickstarter page: http://kck.st/4aweK1G



This essentially means we will have everything, we will have our own original song, great original OST, and a whole 300 Maidbots!


That's a LOT! So, please send suggestions of which type of character you would like to see next!
Send your suggestions here: https://forms.gle/bm651zHKxdUKX4mH8

This budget will enable me to give the wheel to a Marketing agency to manage exposure and sales, and I'll be dedicated 100% of my time into making the game.


I had to adjust and balance the game for new players and its been a tough transition but I think we are in a solid enough spot that I can release the new content that old players have been waiting for for a while.

Thank you for your patience, thank you for your help, now the struggle is over, this is where it gets good.

I love you all.

-Bal

Implemented a series of changes part of the transition into the Mecha Maidbot sandbox style that I started the last update, mostly changes that will help new players get used to the game quicker, these include:

1. All story chapters now require a minimum number of Maidbots owned
   
2. Stealth missions removed entirely until I can figure out a more polished system for them
   
3. Minor changes to UI and map, small clues on how to do things here and there
   
4. Some of the G2 Maidbots' skills can be checked in Wagie's store, they are coming soon along with a map expansion
   

The game has had too punishing of a learning curve for new players, especially those not used to the genre, old players have been waiting for new content for a while, the Kickstarter campaign is being too time consuming and I'm still working on bug fixes, but if the campaign succeeds I can accelerate the proccess massively just like I did at the beginning.


Development has slowed down because the budget is dead and sales have been bad, on top of that, the Kickstarter campaign is not doing too good.

Even if you cannot contribute to the campaign, you can be of great help if you share it and there are some benefits for you if you do it, there's an art raffle and a Steam giftcard giveaway:

Art raffle: https://twitter.com/boukensha_bal/status/1785368369958379715

Steam Giftcard giveaway: https://twitter.com/JustPeachxo/status/1786080897130758202

Kickstarter page:
http://kck.st/4aweK1G

Big thank you to Peach for hosting the giveaway, please give her a follow if you're on Twitter X.
Sharing on other social media is fine too, just let me know and I'll count you on it.
It's being a very hard time for the project, but, I will do my best to push through, thank you all for your support.

It's no mystery that this project lacks the necessary reach to grow to its full potential, in all honesty I know absolutely nothing about Marketing, so I'm following the advice of someone who does, a talented VA and the first confirmed voice of Generation 2: Savvi Lee



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[h2]Rewards are very affordable and include:[/h2]

• Becoming a NPC in the Auriga
  
• Getting the lorebook, which includes illustrations, interviews with VAs and a code for an unique Maidbot in game
  
• Becoming a NPC in the Auriga
  
• Designing your own Maidbot for the game and participating in the selection of its Voice Talent
  

[h2]Our stretch goals include:[/h2]

• Manga Book
  
• Original Soundtrack
  
• Original song by Tanja Tjong, the VA of Memorimo we know and love!
  
• A new game with the Maidbots, 100% free to play for mobile, similar in size to this game but of lower budget, what type of game this will be will be decided by player vote from a list of possible genres.
  

LINK: http://kck.st/4aweK1G

Also, in the middle of the Kickstarter campaign the new update will drop here, it will include:

• Preview of Generation 2 "Battleship Maiden", with the second Ultra Maidbot voiced by Savvi Lee, Ark Royal, it will showcase the new playstyle of the next generation.
  
• New Stygian Traverse boss!
  
• Bug fixes
  
• Anything else I can include.
  

The lorebook will contain:

• Full story
  
• Character design and illustrations
  
• VA interviews
  
• Exclusive Maidbot to activate in game
  

[h2]To my players[/h2]
Now, this is not like posting in any of my social media accounts, this is Steam, and you're my players, so I have to be more open with you than with anyone else, you all literally built this, without you I wouldn't be here, I tried to make the rewards as tempting and cost efficient as possible, but in the end of the day, I know all too well that it boils down to me selling something for money, so let me tell you all of the reasons in a bit more detail.
I never tried harder at anything in my life, and due to my inexperience with marketing, it is simply not working, my first game on Steam had the support of a publisher, and I see now that they exist for a reason, the costs of doing this and the hours a day it takes, it's giving me a beating and I see no return.
My associate isn't exactly happy with the results either, development has slowed down because I try to figure out marketing and how to reach to youtubers and press efficiently, it is just not as simple as buying ads, which as you all know, I tried too.

The Kickstarter doesn't offer to just save the game, but to help me make it bigger, I'm not gonna ask you to put money into it, but please help me share it, I promise that I will improve on what you like, and fix what you think isn't good.

Twitter announcement: https://twitter.com/boukensha_bal/status/1778121707179376998

• Some minor fixes and adjustments like the wrong checkpoint sortie thing
  
• That's all lmao, ty for reading though you're the real ones