Brigador: Up-Armored Edition News

A small user interface update is coming to Brigador: Up-Armored Edition, but we wanted to give you all advance notice, particularly if you have been modding the game recently.

There are no gameplay changes involved with this update. The main change is the addition of a few buttons to the main menu screen that upon clicking will open your computer's default web browser.

[h2]IMPORTANT NOTE FOR ALL MODDERS[/h2]
This update will restore the game's assets packfile to its vanilla state. That means that if you have modded content installed, such as custom pilot profile pictures, then they won't load as before as they will no longer be in the assets packfile. This means you will have to run through the modkit installation process again and make the necessary changes. We strongly recommend that you back up all your modded content and changes made to global.json to avoid losing anything prior to updating the game. Many of our experienced users in our Discord server's modding channel can help you out if you need assistance.

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Hey everyone! It's sale time once again, which means you can get the full Deluxe Edition bundle of the game + all OSTs + audiobook at 71% off for the duration of Steam's 2020 Halloween Sale.

We've also put together some detailed Brigador Modding Documentation that we hope will be of use to aspiring modders. Please feel free to leave your questions in the Steam forum thread - we will expand on it over time (you can find the google doc version here).


(image credit: Hara)

Hey everyone! We're proud to put Brigador: Up-Armored Edition up for sale again.

Just like previous promotions, the base game is 55% off, but if you want to treat yourself then the deluxe bundle of the game including all four Makeup And Vanity Set music albums and the audiobook by Brad Buckmaster is 71% off until 10:00 PST September 28th.

We'd also like to take a moment to shout out MandaloreGaming on YouTube, who made an incredible video on the game back in June - we're still picking through the thousand or so new reviews since the review boom. If you didn't catch it, check it out and leave Mandalore a like and subscribe!

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We are delighted to have been selected for the Indie Mega Booth Going Away (For Now) Sale which runs for one whole week starting today. You can buy Brigador: Up-Armored Edition at 55% off, while the Deluxe Edition Bundle that includes the OSTs and audiobook along with the game is at an even larger discount.

In addition, we'll be streaming live from our Steam page on both Friday 8th and Saturday 9th from 15:00 to 17:00 PST. Join the stream to chat with us as we head into the weekend.

Brigador is part of the "Deliciously Difficulty" category of the IMB sale. All the other categories along with the full list of games in the IMB sale can be seen here on the IMB site.

You can now take part in the Powersuit Mini-Map Contest thanks to the efforts of our Discord community. In this contest your goal is to make a single short traditional campaign-style mission tailored for mog-scale combat on unusually small maps, so make every tile count!

Your four powersuit-sized loadouts are:

• Fick's Dorothy, a mouseholing brawler equipped with an Archie, Temblor, and smoke.
  
• Costa's Fence, a silent, deadly, CQB specialist equipped with a Black Hand, Donkey, and active camo.
  
• Salazar's Rope Kid, a hit-and-run harasser equipped with a Crambo, Carlos, and EMP.
  
• Aein's Paver, a trickster well-versed in the world's deadliest game of hide-and-go-seek, equipped with two fakers and active camo.
  

[h3]Requirements[/h3]

• One map submission per participant
  
• Map dimensions may not exceed 60x60 tiles in total
  
• Map must stipulate one objective (captains, garrison or buildings of your choice)
  
• At least one map exit
  
• Map must be completable with all four loadouts
  
• Map must feature some kind of enemy resistance
  
• Title, music, banner, difficulty, enemy faction(s), visual theme etc. are up to mapmaker
  
• Submissions should be sent to @SCOREGOBLIN via Discord on or before May 31st.
  

To help you get started, here's where to download our map editor tools
https://store.steampowered.com/app/468270/Brigador_Modkit__Map_Editor/
...here's a video tutorial on the map making process in Tiled explained by Jack and Hugh

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...need a quick refresher on the four vehicles and weapons? Here's the Brigador wiki.

...and optionally, the community has prepared this powersuitcontest.zip file which contains pre-connected placeholder files using the four loadouts

NB: The pre-connected placeholder files using the four loadouts should be renamed and relinked before submission so that there are no file conflicts in the judge's folders. Submissions should be set up to run out of _modkit rather than the root game file structure. Along with the submission of all required materials (mission file, overmap file, lighting file, etc.), each submission should also have a declared difficulty level (easy, medium, or hard) and, optionally but highly encouraged, a small description of the concept and/or an in-universe mission briefing of appropriate length if the existing engine limit on mission descriptions is too restrictive.

[h3]Judging & Rewards[/h3]
Three judges from our community will give feedback on every map, and then collectively score them to decide the overall winner. The creator of the overall winning map will have their current discord icon added as an emoji in the server. Map submissions will be judged on gameplay, visual design, and uniqueness. Secondary elements, such as music, banner, mission name etc. while not being major criteria, will be considered. Lastly, the submitted maps will then be sequenced into a campaign run (e.g. G1, G2, G3…) to be later released as a downloadable public mission pack.

Got questions? Leave them below, or head over to our community Discord and ask any of the modding experts in the maps-and-modding channel.

Remember: send your submissions to @SCOREGOBLIN via Discord on or before May 31st.