Clone Drone in the Danger Zone News

[h3]Hello Humans![/h3]

It is the cold time of year so we are announcing TWO festive celebration events!

[h2]#1 - Long Live Santa Multiplayer Weekend![/h2]
Who will be the last remaining Santa? Let’s find out!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/763410/Long_Live_Santa/
Our FREE GAME, Long Live Santa is the perfect way to enjoy Christmas with friends. The Doborog Community Managers will be in the Doborog Discord server from 5pm GMT / 12pm EST on Saturday the 26th (the day after Christmas) to play Long Live Santa and Last Bot Standing!

If you’ve been waiting all year to get a big game of Long Live Santa together, that is the perfect weekend to do it!


[h2]#2 - Winter Themed Level Competition![/h2]
It’s a competition! With PRIZES!

[h3]Rules:[/h3]

• You must submit a NEW Level
• It must be a Challenge Level (so that we can play it by itself)
• It can be related to Winter, Christmas, Hanukkah or any other festival that you want!
• Only submit levels you have made yourself

Send your Steam Workshop links to [email protected] or post them in the Doborog Discord #Community-Content channel!

https://discord.gg/kNh68p2P2F

The level should be a Challenge so we can easily play it. Add levels to a challenge by uploading them in this menu:

Don’t worry if you’ve never made a level before, you can still win a prize.
There will be an overall winner but there will also be awards for Funniest, Best Theme, Most Dangerous and others!

Submissions end on Saturday 16th of January 2021 so you have lots of time to build. Winners will be announced on the Saturday 23rd.

If you’re looking for inspiration, here are some other winter themed levels!
https://clonedroneinthedangerzone.com/christmas-levels

What are the prizes you ask?

[h2]Clone Drone Merch![/h2]

Have a wonderful end to your year and we hope to see you more in 2021!

Josh

Hello humans,

--- A quick summary of this post -----------------------------------------------

- Teaming is not allowed on any public server (teaming on private servers is still fine!)

- From now on, possible consequences for teaming include: temporary/permanent bans, win count resets

- Reporting can be done via the in-game reporting, sending a Discord DM to Carissa or Josh, or emailing us at [email protected]. If you see it, let us know!



There have been a lot of reports of teaming in public Last Bot Standing matches, and we have decided to officially say: teaming is banned on any public servers. Reminder that teaming in private servers is still allowed, as long as all players in the private server agree to it!

--- What is teaming?-----------------------------------------------

Teaming is when two or more players join the same match, and agree to avoid targeting each other for any length of time (examples: the entire game, until the final area, until a certain number of players remain, etc.). Sometimes (but not always), players who are teaming will fight other players together. Teaming can happen to give these players upgrades and wins, and is unfair to everyone joining the game solo.

Any situation where players attempt to give a win to a specific person is considered teaming, regardless of how many players are involved or what public server they're on. It's against the rules to team in any public servers even if all players in that LBS match agree to team.

--- Some examples of teaming -------
- Talking to other players--sometimes in-game (using emotes or other methods), or more often, outside the game (using voice chat, messages on Discord/Steam, etc.)--to create alliances or work together on some larger goal. (As a warning: going forward, using teaming as a method of combating someone else’s teaming may put you at risk. We do try to take into account players’s motivations when handing out consequences, but it is not always possible to do so 100% accurately)

--- Some examples of not teaming -------
- Coincidentally all targeting the same person for a limited amount of time because they're the biggest threat (reasons for this include: they have the highest skill level, they have a really powerful upgrade (like giant mode), etc.)

- Running away from/not fighting someone because they're scary and you want to live lol


*Note that these examples are only a couple of common scenarios, and don’t include all possible scenarios.
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We know it can be discouraging as a new player to see how skilled our veteran players are, and how high their wincounts are because of that. We’ve seen teaming used as a means of improving a new player’s experience. While we are still banning teaming in public servers, we see the need for more support for new players, and we’re currently doing some research into that. (As always, we strongly welcome community ideas and feedback!)

For our players who found the team gameplay aspect of teaming fun (especially our organized clans!), we’d love for you to reach out and let us know how we can support you in other ways. Things like organized private server teaming battles can be a lot of fun!

--- Next steps -----------------------------------------------

There won't be any action taken against people who have used teaming before now because it wasn't an official rule. After this point however, we will begin investigating any teaming reports we receive. If, after investigation by our team, someone is determined to be teaming, consequences will be applied (including temporary/permanent bans and win count resets).

If you see anyone you suspect of teaming, please use the in-game report system and reach out to us (DM community managers Carissa or Josh via Discord, or email us at [email protected]).

Good luck in the arena,
Josh and Carissa

Hello Humans!

We need your help!

We want to win the Labour of Love Steam Award for Clone Drone!



Erik and the Doborog Team have been updating the game regularly ever since it came out in Early Access and now it's time to share that passion with the world!

Not tried the game yet? During the Autumn Sale CDITDZ is 30% off! Slice bots in single player or join the community online in multiplayer. If you're stuck for someone to play with, join the discord! There are a lot of friendly faces there who love multiplayer or just chatting.

Discord: https://discord.gg/VrFTpYxtU6

Have a lovely weekend,

Josh

Hello Humans!

The Doborog Games team has been upgraded with two new Community Managers!

Would you like to duel them?



Carissa makes her own tiny games for fun including Pixel and voxel art, code and occasionally music. She really enjoys playing board games! All her friends know her for dabbing but she swears she hardly ever does it. She is tasked with making the Clone Drone community a wholesome place to hang out with other Clone Drone fans. Whether you're sharing a level you made or reporting a bug, she'll be there to listen!
Her favourite bot is SpiderTron 5000 because of how aggressively tall it is. She's a bit short so it's immersive having something tower over her!

Josh has loved Clone Drone since it was first uploaded to Itch.io and has many years of robot slicing under his belt. You may know him from GamingFTL, his youtube and twitch channels where he where he plays Clone Drone and many other games.
His experience streaming, editing videos and watching cute animals on twitter will be put to good use as we make TikToks, Tweets and share new updates.
He enjoys painting Warhammer miniatures and playing Tabletop RPGs with his friends. His favourite robot is the Player Clone Drone because he thinks the head looks like it's got massive eyebrows, which in his opinion are the most powerful feature of anyone's face!

Welcome them by joining our new discord and challenging them to a duel! Friday at 6pm GMT / 1pm US Eastern / 10am US Pacific

Join the new Doborog Discord here: https://discord.gg/VY7zEw2chm
If you've joined the other Clone Drone fan discords already, Carissa and Josh will be in there too to chat!

We wish them all the best and hope you enjoy the community they're building together!

Hello!

Clone Drone is being featured in the Steam Fighting Sale. We are celebrating this by live streaming the game for 3 hours starting at 5pm GMT / 12pm EST on Saturday 14th!



Josh will be playing the Battle Royale, Duels and some single player so if you'd like to battle against one of the team, make sure you join us!

- Josh, Community Manager at Doborog