Clone Drone in the Danger Zone News

Thanks everyone who participated in our first Workshop Playtest event!
We played through a whooping 39 levels, and had a ton of fun!

Here are the 9 levels that will be added to the official Last Bot Standing rotation until the next playtest:



Hollowedcommander creates a visually striking experience in the darkness of the abyss!
Don't step across the red lines!



Calling all pirates!
Just kidding, pirates can't play multiplayer, or access this super fun level. :)
When the cannons fired I knew we needed to add it.



The atmosphere of Mother Tree is really cool!
You can practically feel the damp fog condensing on your metal face as you jump across its branches.



It may look simple, but as soon as we tried it everyone had a ton of fun!
Cleverly framed upgrade drops make this level really entertaining.



Like a hall of mirrors that suddenly appears in an action film, the hall of laser tag takes you on a trip! The view from the upgrade boxes is great!



A cozy valley full of trees and ramps!
Jumping among the foliage is a lot of fun.



Experience the intense blue of the Space Arena!
A great place to die!



Space Royale offers a cool take on the interior of a space ship!
A good warmup for Chapter 4. :)



There was something really cool about this level. The wheel feels solid and the fight for upgrade drops is fun!



There are of course a ton of other cool levels in the workshop that we didn't add this time around. You can find them under the Last Bot Standing tag in the workshop!



We're doing this again!!!
Next playtest takes place Fri Nov 30 at 10am PST

Theme: Glorious Light
We want to see glorious levels, that shine with light!
What exactly that means is up to you. :)

Participate simply by uploading your Last Bot Standing level to the workshop, and don't forget to check out our helpful guide if you haven't yet!




After our players quickly identified a number of issues with the new levels we've taken a pass at fixing some of them:

• Forrest in the Mountains / Space Royale: Widened the final zone!
  
• Mother tree: No longer makes you fall to your death on spawning.
  
• Green Plain Ruins / Molten Wheel: Added a tasteful skybox!
  
• All levels: Added author names to level previews!
  
• Added back official levels to the mix since people missed them.
  

Thanks everyone for your feedback! This is the first time we've tried something like this, so still figuring out the best way to do it. :)

Update: The event is now over, thanks everyone for joining!

Today we're playtesting Last Bot Standing levels from the Steam Workshop with everyone (more info).

Play the game during the event, and you'll automatically be playtesting new levels!

And you can watch Erik streaming playing and picking the levels on Twitch:

https://www.twitch.tv/doborog

See you there!

We are about to try something new!

Tomorrow we'll be holding a live play test of the coolest looking Last Bot Standing levels in the workshop!

Based on your feedback we'll then add the very strongest levels to the game for a limited time.

Playtest time: 10am PST - Saturday Nov 17

Here's how to participate:

• Play the game! - During the playtest we're overriding the current level globally for all players. It should make for an entertaining time. :)
  
• Watch the stream! - We'll be streaming live at twitch.tv/doborog! Hang out and tell us what you think of each level!
  
• Make a level! - Make a cool Last Bot Standing level and maybe we'll try it!
  

Wondering how to make a great level? Check out our new guide!
It has a wealth of information for all skill levels!



What do you think makes for a great Last Bot Standing level?
Let us know in the comments! :)

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We just released a cheeky update!

Introducing...

Surprise! We were fixing a laser bug this update, so we figured, why not make a challenge that uses it! Practice your laser skills with 10 fresh laser-forward levels.



Will you earn the new laser challenge trophy?





Some of you were asking if you could make and play your own Last Bot Standing multiplayer levels. Now you can!!

With a single click, your work in progress level is on a dedicated multiplayer server and ready to play-test. We now wish this was in every game's level editor!



Once you're happy with your level, upload it to the Steam Workshop. People can then use your levels in...



Create your own private Last Bot Standing matches with up to 15 of your closest friends. Download some new levels from the workshop and try them out!



Don't have any friends to try out new level with? Join our...



You may notice a new countdown at the top of the game.



We're going to get everyone together and test out some of the latest Steam Workshop levels on a Twitch stream together. The first one will be at Saturday November 17th at 10am PST. Load up your game then to try the community-created levels we're testing!



What's better than ultimately futile human combat? Memorable ultimately futile human combat!

Now when you win a public match with more than 5 players in it, your new Win Counter will go up. Once you reach a certain number of wins, your Transport Bot will automatically be upgraded to a new, more intimidating model.



You may notice this includes a macho mustache garbage bot. Are you happy, cogitoergosum?! Look what you've made us do.



As part of testing the new ability to play-test Last Bot Standing workshop levels, we've added a new map to the public Last Bot Standing rotation called Rising Tide.



As lava rises up, the level's combat surface grows progressively smaller. Kill your opponents before you drown in lava!

• We added a Setting to select an override region for matchmaking. Hope this helps those of you who were having trouble pinging regions, or couldn't find enough matches in your own region. Let us know!
  
• We added a news widget so you can see what our latest updates have been (like... this one!!) You may also notice some cute little buttons right below there, including one to some Clone Drone merch from Design By Humans. Fresh.
  

There's so much we want to do next, we're going to parallelize the next bit of development!

• Erik will begin work on Chapter FOURRRRRRRR! No firm release date for it yet, but we will share info once we start in on it! We're make sure to share some teasers along the way. We've got some fun plans for it!!
  
• Brian will continue upgrading our multiplayer server and matchmaking system to support a US-West region!
  

Don't forget to come join our play test on Saturday November 17th at 10am PST! Add it to your calendar, and see you next update!