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Small bugfix patch

  • Fixed the raccoons exploit where they could get Vitakrosis into the dungeon, glad nobody noticed!
  • Updated Mar's kit info


By the way, if you missed yesterday's news, here's a FAZZ-Tech guide with some videos, you can now go to the boss room directly, I also updated Mar:

https://vindictive-drive-2.fandom.com/wiki/FAZZ_Tech_Raid

Nuclear Cockroach update and FAZZ Tech boss pass!

MAR UPDATE: THE BOSS KILLER KIT


She was made to be a gag character, but players always gave her attention and brought her to bosses for fun, so, I decided to give her a nice update, you can still blow yourself up, but you have a chance to optimize her!



[h2]Kit and build:[/h2]

Her projectiles deal no damage, but heal you a generous ammount, so you may want to add some extra damage with rockets, maybe help her heals with the energetic buff?

Her nuke has a very short cooldown, this means you can deal a lot of damage but this also means a higher risk for yourself, the short cooldown synergizes well with Arris Countermeasures buff.

Her new unique ability, Nuclear Winter, makes you deal more damage to bosses on stage 2, stage 2 bosses usually have less HP but stronger attacks, execute them faster before they can kill you.

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

FAZZ TECH GUIDE:

I know players are suffering, here's some ways out:

https://vindictive-drive-2.fandom.com/wiki/FAZZ_Tech_Raid

HIRE RACCOONS TO DIG A TUNNEL AND TAKE YOU TO FAZZ!


You have tried to beat him a million times but each time you have to get through the hassle of driving there and getting through the wave of enemies, then Gyubeeh and Kidovah, are you sick of it?

[h2]This is the update for you! Try your luck at beating FAZZ and get your ass kicked FAZZTER![/h2]



Small but fun, oih! I almost forgot!
There can't be an update without me forgetting to fix something so here's the glitch!

  • MAR CITY KIT STILL SHOWS THE OLD KIT


I'll patch it after I get some sle...

SoftWar Collab goes live! ILY IS HERE

Gameplay Trailer:

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ILY is a powerful damage scaling Maidbot, she can attack all the enemies at the same time if you keep her LOVE STACKS high, make good use of her bombs and she'll keep you safe!

SOFTWAR


If you adore ILY (of course you do) make sure to check out SoftWar!

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Discover the origin of ILY and make sure to vote for her in the popularity poll!

Asking for feedback - Community and development

Hey dear players! Feel free to skip to tl;dr at the bottom if you don't feel like reading this novel!

The setup


It's been a wild ride and the game changed a real lot since the first days of early access, I took action every time the community told me something was bad, good or broken.

I'm gonna tell you what the plan was when I started, which is something I told some people privately but I never openly said, the plan was to just take this attitude, and keep making the game bigger until is way too big to ignore.

This week, after the launch on Steam and on Android a few players have been very vocal, which has helped immensely, and it's been recommended by a journo, so there's that!
https://gamesardor.net/top-steam-games-to-look-out-for-in-april-2025/#vindictive-drive-2-maidbot-archive

What I need


The thing is, I've reached a point where expansion has stopped in terms of players, to keep this game profitable I need to ask you for your feedback, opinions, complaints, everything.

Don't be shy, and don't pull your punches (or the praise, if that's what you got!)
A game is as good as it treats its community, I need more talk online, so that YouTubers finally notice this thing, so that press also chooses to pick it up.

There is (currently) only one YouTuber making content for the game, so check out Vicky Spade: https://www.youtube.com/@VickySpade

The game is severely lacking in guides, unfortunately, I don't have the time to put these together myself because it's time I feel it's better used into implementing the things player want into the game, and in all honesty, it always feels like a race against time to keep a small studio like this running, I've been trying to send it to appstores, dealing with bureocracy, trying to find better strategies to market it, it's just too much.

With how complex the game is getting, and the many builds possible with the Maidbots and buffs/upgrades/adoption, the playstyles are growing more varied than even I can figure out

I'm not complaining though, this is what I wanted, it's actually a dream come true.

In a nutshell, if you feel like it, please:


  • Give me your feedback, ideas, reviews, suggestions etc
  • Those confident enought to make guides, please do, we have a wiki and you can always ask me if you have doubts, add me on Discord, I'm bal_dev or at @boukensha_bal on X
  • Those who know youtubers, please suggest them to cover the game either of the Steam or Mobile version,(or the manga) I don't mind giving free keys for it
  • Those who know any press you find cool, please send them a messege


Thank you for reading and playing, I appreciate you all, back to production! I'm working on the new collab Maidbot as I write this.
love

-Bal

Bugfix Patch

The new online features added some new bugs! Luckily they are small ones so here's the news:

  • Fixed invisible objects in Biokernel Zone
  • Fixed bug that prevented players from getting some Maidbots
  • Fixed bug that deleted the full screen options in the PC version
  • Fixed ED display in Arris' buffs screen
  • Fixed Zero's level save issue
  • UI and joystick adjustments on the Android version
  • Buffed Lullastasia, you should try her!


For those unaware, yes! The game can be played on Mobile, and your saves work on both platforms, more info in the website:
https://www.bokensha.org/

I'm still working on making this new version of the game play better. Thank you for playing and thanks especially to those who shared their feedback and reported bugs, you're the best!

Love

-Bal