Vindictive Drive 2 News

We are officially a Kickstarter win thanks to you! Thanks to my beloved players and the support of amazing people. You did this. I really don't deserve you.
Also, our biggest backer, Goliathmk2, who kindly asked for upgrades for the rest of backers, so yeah! Backers are gonna get some more stuff!



Here's what they can expect: https://www.bokensha.org/kickstarter-victory-plan



In a nutshell, everything gets better, everything.
The burden of marketing and non dev tasks will be given to professionals, which gives me the time to focus 100% of my time only on production, my attention will go to getting the rewards for backers complete and improving the quality of the game, destroy the bugs and add more content I know you all want, like the upgrades for the mech as well as other models, more bosses and areas to explore, the good stuff.

is also coming live soon in a very critical update, with a new level of polish, opportunities are opening and the future seems bright for the first time.

By the way that one over there is Zero's chibi, Chero, chibi versions of the Maidbots will be added to the game as collectibles soon.

This has been exhausting, those who wanted to get one of those rewards but couldn't make it, don't worry, I'll make sure to bring them back in one way or another.

Thank you so much to all of you.

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Beluga Lake is a residential district of New Noir City, lots of small apartment buildings near the lake, a nice view and a large concentration of powerful machines in the center of SEITEN's fleet.

The new area is classified a Red danger zone, every single enemy has as much HP as regular bosses, there's enemies and structures with new diverse skills that will surprise you and most of all...


Sitting in the first Black danger zone block, this massive ship has enormous firepower and endurance, it won't go down in one attempt, it has two hangars with fighter jets that will constantly attack you as well as absorb damage from your projectiles to protect Athena.


A girl with a powerful kit and a nasty attitude comes to cause havoc.
If you manage to conquer Beluga Lake, you will be rewarded(or punished depending on how you see it) with Illustrious, one of the three Battleship sisters who comes from the fictional country of Britain, or so she says.
Illustrious will treat you like trash and bully you, but if you manage to impress her she will start treating you well.
Her kit plays around her personality, if you land her airstrikes properly, your cooldown will reset, enabling you to recast the skill as long as you don't mess up, if you do mess up, it will be extended and you will suffer a defense cut.

You can't fix her.

Illustrious is voiced by Rachel Herring, an amazing British VA and you can follow her in X/Twitter.



I rebuilt the Archive! Now it's easier to navigate and efficient for future updates, and as you will see, it gives me a lot of room to add new features in the future like unlockable pics and stories, but for now, this is the start of something cool.

Changed the hud in the city so that it doesn't get in the way of your shooting, I also made the Auriga more compact and easier to navigate, Arris is faster now too, you'll get to do what you want quicker.

Now Hex will comment on the number of alfajores you steal from her, the dialogues change every 10 alfajores and it ends at 200 for now, disappointing, I know, but I'll add many more as soon as I get a second of free time in a couple days, these are surprisingly easy to produce so hey, people seem to like stealing from that box for some reason.




The lag glitch is being a pain to kill, and telling players to restart their game to fix it doesn't sit well with me, I'll focus my attention into it more.


I'll start working on the Collab characters, there's 7 of them on queue, but there's one that is HUGE, and I mean, ENORMOUS, LARGE, but you'll see what I mean, please stay tuned to my X/Twitter where I will announce it soon.



We are days away! We've met all the stretch goals! That means the game will have 300 Maidbots, a lorebook, an official song...though I want many but we will see, and professional Marketing/Administration assistance that is very needed so I can focus on development and deliver updates faster.

All money raised past the final stretch will be used to pay Voice Actors, we are gonna have a LOT of characters so please share the campaign if you can and want to.

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

Thank you for trusting me for this, special thanks to the players that have been helping in the Wiki, being vocal about the game, reporting bugs, uploading amazing gameplay and helping in general.
Not gonna lie, this is being a tough challenge, but it's the kinda challenge that makes life worth living, knowing you are there brings me joy unlike anything else.

Thank you for reading, for the end I saved this precious Zero fanart by TheGenieA1

https://www.bokensha.org/

Small title screen changes
Build for testing of lag fixes
Tyvm for your support

• 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!

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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