Buckshot Roulette News

[h2]Greetings, High Rollers[/h2]

The most astute of you have already found out that we’ve been showing off Buckshot multiplayer at G-Fusion in China. You might even have seen some footage of it.

In that case, there’s no reason to keep it under wraps any longer. So for all High Rollers at home, we’re releasing some of our own footage for you to feast your eyes on:

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We’re sorry for any friendships ruined in the process

Not captured at the photo: a three-hour line to play Buckshot’s multiplayer

Only one of them will walk out with a case full of money tonight.

Of course we know that merely ‘just watching’ is not enough. The greed, the thrill, the high stakes — you can only experience these in action.

[h2]So we’re inviting you to take it further.[/h2]

This October marks the first anniversary of CR Channel — a collective of brave developers pushing the envelope of the horror genre further than imaginable and a bunch of horror nerds from CRITICAL REFLEX with a dream.

To celebrate we have prepared many, many surprises for you throughout the whole month waiting to be unpacked, like an advent calendar of sorts. And we’ll be launching the BUCKSHOT ROULETTE Multiplayer Beta as one of the gifts — sorry for spoiling the surprise a little. Hope you don’t mind.



And for those of you lucky enough to be in Japan from September 26 to September 29, you can play the Buckshot Roulette Multiplayer earlier at the CRITICAL REFLEX booth.

Not just on PC, by the way: by popular demand we’ve set up the Real Buckshot Roulette experience. Staring at the barrel of a shotgun has never been so fun, eh?

But before we go, we have an announcement from CR Channel:

Mouthwashing, a space horror tragedy brought to you by the masters of ‘weird’ horror at Wrong Organ of How Fish is Made fame, is OUT NOW on Steam.

Follow the lives of the crew as they endure starvation, isolation, and the strain of dealing with each other. The ship will be out of power in six months, with food rations running out even sooner. Will they make it through or will they perish under the light of an eternal sunset?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2475490/Mouthwashing/

See you again soon, high rollers.
The night is coming and it’s darker than ever.

Mike Klubnika, CR Channel & V̶̺̋Ǫ̶͒L̴͉̂T̶̺̈À̸̤ ̴̫̉Ś̴̱ţ̵͗ạ̷̄ñ̶͉d̴̋ͅa̶̩͝r̵̯͛d̴͙̓ ̶̖̎E̵͈͆l̵͍̐e̵̺͠c̴̟̄t̶̜̒r̸̪͠o̶͎͘n̶̰̄ị̵͑ç̷̄s

[h2]Greetings, High Rollers[/h2]

Been a while since we last spoke with you all, hope you missed us a lot. We know what you guys are all waiting for, and while we don’t have any announcements today, we wanted to let you take a look at the backrooms of our nightclub. Even if it’s still in development.

So without further ado, let us begin.

[h2]Would the shell loading machine please show itself for the demonstration?[/h2]



Wonderful, thank you.

The cat’s been out of the bag for quite a while, but we think it’s about time to officially confirm that BUCKSHOT ROULETTE Multiplayer will allow up to four high rollers to partake in the dance between life and death.

Of course that meant that the old tech had to be replaced with something more suitable for a… bigger crowd. Thankfully, our colleagues at Volta Standard Electronics are the best when it comes to inventing efficient tools for bloody entertainment, so we’ll introduce you to some.



Starting off, of course, with a brand new playing table. Our priority was to make the game of chance as fair to all contestants as possible, so the Volta Engineers prepared a perfectly symmetrical table that would still allow all players to have 8 items at a time. And a rotation mechanism for a shotgun, since you wanted to see it in action so much.

Of course, having more players together at the same table implies that there should be new items tailored around this mechanic specifically. Like this remote, which is [REMOVED: Proprietary information of Volta Standard Electronics].

Or, I guess we can just say that it only makes sense with multiple people at the table for now.



[h2]That's enough for now, let's remove all this junk from the playing table and wrap this up.[/h2]



Note: All safety guarantees void if body parts remain on the table during clearing sequence

Hope you enjoyed our little tour into the multiplayer zone of our nightclub. We’ll be back soon with more info, but for now — keep the bets coming, our dear High Rollers.

[h3]But before we go, a quick announcement from the CR Channel Crew:[/h3]

THRESHOLD, a solo project by Julien Eveillé, is joining the CR Channel Family of deeply discomforting and beautifully unsettling video games.

THRESHOLD is a short, dark and atmospheric First Person Exploration game picturing disturbing facts about an untold brutal story. Pick a country, start your shift and try to save the world with the help of your precious bucket, some Air Cans and a bunch of planks.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2580020/THRESHOLD/

Among twice as many players
you better be twice as lucky.

Good luck.
Mike Klubnika, CR Channel & V̶̺̋Ǫ̶͒L̴͉̂T̶̺̈À̸̤ ̴̫̉Ś̴̱ţ̵͗ạ̷̄ñ̶͉d̴̋ͅa̶̩͝r̵̯͛d̴͙̓ ̶̖̎E̵͈͆l̵͍̐e̵̺͠c̴̟̄t̶̜̒r̸̪͠o̶͎͘n̶̰̄ị̵͑ç̷̄s

[h2]Greetings, High Rollers[/h2]

Today’s community spotlight is a bit special, since we’ll be announcing the results of Mike’s BUCKSHOT ROULETTE OC Contest from Twitter.

Of course we are all well aware of how talented and passionate our community is, but seeing so many people taking on Mike’s silly little challenge truly made a lasting impact and we're so grateful to have such a creative fandom. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you!

[h3]And now, let’s introduce the winners of Mike’s Art Challenge:[/h3]

[h3]First Place:[/h3] (via Krybytes on Twitter)



[h3]Second Place:[/h3] (via _middaygardens on Twitter)



[h3]Third Place:[/h3] (sent to Mike via email, but he loved it so much that he included it in)



We’ll be contacting them on Twitter (or via email in case of the third winner) for further details, so if any of the winners happens to read this on Steam first — we’re coming for you.

But it would be a shame not to showcase some of the runner-ups as our sincere token of gratitude, so here goes the list of our favorites in no particular order:

A really high effort *video* submission with a Bogus Dealer via VibaPop


And another, also quite high effort video submission via Shifty_tm_

Who said the Dealer has to be a stoic, right? via PotassiumHere

Knife fight, you're gonna fight for your liiiiiife via Voxel_Moxel

Having a death wish, punk? via PhoxPhorus

HAnd last, but certainly not least, a KinitoPET crossover via mnemoticz


But of course these weren’t the only community creations we’d like to put our spotlight on, so let's finish it off with some of our beloved non-OC BUCKSHOT pics from this month

As always if you want your art to get showcased next time: tweet at us using the #BuckshotRoulette hashtag or submit your art in the #fan-creations channel on our Discord server.
[h2]Are you ready? Let’s begin.[/h2]

[h3]It’s a shame that this one didn’t participate in the contest, but we still wanted to share it with you all[/h3](via HANA_jijon on Twitter)



[h3]And moving back to classic Dealer thirst now[/h3](via _NOM_8 on Twitter)



[h3]In today’s obligatory video slot we have a wonderful crossover with Signalis. Please-please-please check out the full video, it’s so good



[h3]Some people dream, other people act[/h3](via corsomondo on Twitter)



[h3]Rayman (or technically, Ramon from Captain Laserhawk) playing Buckshot Roulette wasn’t on our bingo cards for this year[/h3](via TodTheWizard on Twitter)



[h3]Moments before defeat[/h3](via hakugei668 on Twitter)



[h3]Now what we didn’t expect at all is to have an actual Japanese bar referencing Buckshot on Twitter, but it… surprisingly works?[/h3](via Bar_EA on Twitter)



[h3]Yes, this is a cool fan-art of the Dealer and Leshy, but this is also a reminder that we have a collab bundle with Inscryption, wink-wink, nudge-nudge[/h3](via
SkullKandi1 on Twitter)



That’s all we have for today. By the time this post goes live, we’ll be at BitSummit Drift, so if you happen to be in Japan — come say Hi! And once we return, it’s gonna be all about that multiplayer grind.



See you again soon, High Rollers.

Until then, keep hitting it big.
Mike Klubnika, CR Channel & V̶̺̋Ǫ̶͒L̴͉̂T̶̺̈À̸̤ ̴̫̉Ś̴̱ţ̵͗ạ̷̄ñ̶͉d̴̋ͅa̶̩͝r̵̯͛d̴͙̓ ̶̖̎E̵͈͆l̵͍̐e̵̺͠c̴̟̄t̶̜̒r̸̪͠o̶͎͘n̶̰̄ị̵͑ç̷̄

[h3]Greetings, High Rollers[/h3]

We gotta be honest with you, we didn’t expect to write another one of these so soon, but yeah, you’ve seen the title, right: BUCKSHOT ROULETTE sold over 2 million copies!

Thank you, thank you, thank you so much for bringing us over yet another huge milestone for both Mike and the CR Channel Crew. It’s hard to put how touched we are into words, so we hope that our hard work on the multiplayer will be the testament to our gratitude.

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With two million BUCKSHOT ROULETTE copies sold, technically we could fill exactly one million 1v1 lobbies. Here’s hoping that we’ll be able to get to one million four-player lobbies in the future.

See you again soon, High Rollers.

From dusk till dawn, the game never ends.
Good luck, high rollers. And thank you.
ć̸͇e̷̫͝k̴̲̅ ̸̗̊o̷͓͗c̷̯̒ǹ̷͙c̵̻̈́f̵̹̈g̵͈̍v̸̹̋v̷͓͌q̷͚̆ ̶̟̅n̷̺͝w̵̱͋r̷͖̆q̶̳̒
Mike Klubnika & CR Channel

[h2]Greetings, High Rollers![/h2]

Been a while since we announced that we’re working on multiplayer, huh? Well, today we intend to fill the Dealer-shaped hole in your hearts with some good news, so crack open a nice and cold can of Digita, get your defibrillators ready and let’s get right to it.

[h3]Multiplayer development status[/h3]

As Mike mentioned in one of his Q&A answers, his style of development is mostly about figuring out the core mechanics, features, etc. and lots of polishing afterwards. So we’re happy to announce that we’re officially in the polishing stage of development.

This doesn’t really mean that we have a release date for you all today, but we’ve had the chance to tinker with the prototype and we had an absolute blast with it. We asked Mike to let us share a sneak peek into the current state of multiplayer, and here’s a cute little screenshot he allowed us to show:



Expect to hear more about the particular mechanics of this mode closer to its public launch, but we hope that this little glimpse into Buckshot multiplayer will make the wait a little more bearable. But it won’t take too long, hopefully.

Speaking of things you can do before the multiplayer launch…

[h3]BUCKSHOT ROULETTE IS 15% OFF ON STEAM SUMMER SALE[/h3]

And that means you can prepare for the multiplayer’s inevitable arrival by getting a copy of Buckshot for yourself or for your friends you’d want to have a dance between life and death with.

(or just stuff Buckshot in your shopping cart along with some other games with decent discounts you’re never gonna install after buying, we don’t really mind that outcome as well.)

But that’s not all. We collabed with Strange Scaffold to bring you yet another Buckshot Roulette bundle, now with an incredible (and dearly beloved by us) indie gem El Paso, Elsewhere.

Introducing Super Strange Indie Shooter Bundle. Our title game is on point, we know. You know the drill: you get a better deal on two great games, we get more people in our nightclub. A win-win for everyone.
[h3]Super Strange Indie Shooter Bundle[/h3]


V̵̠̔ơ̷̥l̶̥̋t̶̥͝a̷͓̒ ̸̞̽Ş̴͘t̸̬͝a̸̘͛n̴̮̕d̵̝͑a̶̦̓r̷̼͒d̸̮̎ ̴̮́E̴͔̚ḻ̵̊ě̶͚c̶̛̲t̶͖̎ř̸͈ǫ̷́ǹ̴͇i̴̙͂c̷̪̋ş̴͗ ̸̳̄d̶̝͝e̶̲͆ṃ̴͗a̴̲̚n̶͙͗d̷͔̿s̴͙͑ ̸̪̑m̶̘͌ö̷̧r̵̜̍e̷̪̿ ̷̲͐ŕ̸̲e̵͍͛v̶̮̂e̵̖͗n̶̞͌u̴̱͊e̵̘͐.̵̠̋ ̷̝͊G̵̓͜í̵͚v̶͖̈ė̴̱ ̴͕͑ü̸̫s̶̼̀ ̷̬̑ä̶̳́l̵̜̊l̷͇̽ ̵̺͠y̷̱͑o̴̞͗u̶͓̔r̸̙̃ ̴͙̂m̶̟͝o̷͠ͅn̶̛̦e̸͚͆y̴̠͛.̶͕͊

What else is there? Oh right, a reminder that there is still time to get into the Mike’s Twitter Art Contest. To participate, draw your OC (original character) as the Dealer, using this screenshot.



Then head over to Twitter (currently known as X) and post your creation using #buckshot_oc tag. That's it!

In our next devlog, Mike will pick the winners and reward them with Buckshot swag:

• 1st Place - Buckshot OST vinyl, signed by Mike himself
  
• 2nd Place - The Dealer plushie
  
• 3rd Place - Assorted Buckshot merch like stickers and acrylic charms from CR Channel
  

And last, but not least, we have a quick announcement from CR Channel Crew.

[h3]As we continue to explore the medium of surreal and atmospheric experiences and push it further, we’re happy to announce that Arctic Eggs, a game from our friends at The Water Museum, is joining the CR Channel Crew… and is available now on Steam for 20% off at Steam Summer Sale![/h3]

Can you fry eggs on top of Mount Everest? Should you even try? How many eggs, sardines and cigarettes does it even take to make an omelette? Find your answers in Arctic Eggs, a Sci-Fi cooking game where you take up the role of a Poultry Peddler stuck in Antarctica and longing for a way out.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2763670/Arctic_Eggs/


That’s all for today, High Rollers. We’ll return quite soon, but for now make sure to join the CR Channel Discord, because… you never know, maybe we’ll need some volunteers to test the Buckshot Roulette multiplayer or something.

If you’re gonna bet on someone, bet on yourself.
And if that doesn’t work out, double down on yourself.

Mike Klubnika, CR Channel & V̶̺̋Ǫ̶͒L̴͉̂T̶̺̈À̸̤ ̴̫̉Ś̴̱ţ̵͗ạ̷̄ñ̶͉d̴̋ͅa̶̩͝r̵̯͛d̴͙̓ ̶̖̎E̵͈͆l̵͍̐e̵̺͠c̴̟̄t̶̜̒r̸̪͠o̶͎͘n̶̰̄ị̵͑ç̷̄s̶͝