Rover Builder News

Hello everyone!

We are happy to be back today announcing some brand new updates added to Rover Builder for you! This update features challenging new levels and also more helpful tutorials for beginners, but here is the break down of what's new with this fresh update.

What's New?

- New grass shader, much more performant
- Refactored move tool in Rover editor (ability to move only selected parts, which wasn't possible before)
- New clone + rotate tools in Rover Editor
- New clone tool in Level Editor
- Updated rover building tutorial + menu tips for the first time players
- 8 new levels
- Performance boost for the official levels menu
- Several bug fixes



We love to see your amazing builds and also learn from creative tips so be sure to join our discord and share with the community.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/683770/Rover_Builder/

Hello everyone!

We are happy to be back today announcing some brand new updates added to Rover Builder for you! This update features challenging new levels and also more helpful tutorials for beginners, but here is the break down of what's new with this fresh update.

What's New?

- New grass shader, much more performant
- Refactored move tool in Rover editor (ability to move only selected parts, which wasn't possible before)
- New clone + rotate tools in Rover Editor
- New clone tool in Level Editor
- Updated rover building tutorial + menu tips for the first time players
- 8 new levels
- Performance boost for the official levels menu
- Several bug fixes



We love to see your amazing builds and also learn from creative tips so be sure to join our discord and share with the community.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/683770/Rover_Builder/

[h2]Hey all![/h2]

We’re very excited to announce that Rover Builder’s third major update is live right now! Update three brings a slew of new features, fixes, and levels. See below for a full breakdown!

[h3]Major additions/updates:[/h3]

• 6 brand new levels added
• A new sculptable sand object in the level editor + a cactus model and a new large rock model
• Track wheels + tracks: a new part that makes it possible to make tank-style vehicles. Tracks operate much better on sand compared to regular wheels
  
• A water gun: a new weapon that sprays water, suitable for close combat. Can pop incoming water balloons for defense purposes.
  
• Water rocket: a new tool/weapon. In rocket mode, it produces thrust (for a little while, it has limited fuel) and enables short hops and/or acceleration boosts. In weapon, mode acts as a single-use rocket launcher that will explode when hitting something.
• A duplicate tool for rover/level editors: Alt+drag now duplicates and moves the selection. In the rover editor Split/Join is renamed to Cut/Join and works with the C key (previously Alt)
  
• Move tool refactor: it's now possible to move only selected parts, compared to before when it always moved everything that's connected to the moving part.
  
• Steam achievements: There are now many achievements based on statistics about the gameplay. More will be added in future updates.
  

[h3]Minor updates/fixes:[/h3]

• Wheels now take their orientation based on the building area, not the beam it's attached to
  
• Level details now have info about the number of objects, vertices, etc.
  
• An objective text is now displayed at the beginning of each mission (in the top bar)
  
• Bug and performance fixes
  

Stay tuned for more huge updates planned by joining our discord group, share your builds, provide feedback, and pick up tips and tricks from the community!

Keep up to date with everything happening in Rover Builder over on our Twitter and our website.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/683770/Rover_Builder/

Hey everyone,

A small patch has been implemented with the following changes:

- Active mesh triangulation when moving faces/vertices
- Pressing Alt while moving faces/vertices or drawing elevation/grass objects will now snap to a global grid (easy geometric shapes etc). The grid step has been halved to make it more useful
- Camera toggle action added to the rovers
- When merging vertices by ctrl-snapping they will now be actually merged into 1 vertex instead of just being 2 vertices in the same location

Our next Rover tutorial will be with you soon. Till then, keep sharing your creations with us, we love to see them.

[h2]Hey Builders!
[/h2]
We are so happy to finally bring you the Rover Builder: Terraforma update. Check out the trailer with the new features below:

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We have already teased and showcased a bunch of new content you are getting with this patch - so we can't wait to see what you do with all these new tools at your disposal! The biggest edition is of course Level Editor - where you can build fully playable maps and missions from scratch - using all of the tools we used to create the missions that are already in-game. We also have a batch of new levels and missions available to play. Terraforma is our biggest update yet - so make sure to tag @RoverBuilder on Twitter so we can see all your new creations - go get building!

We plan to continually add to this list of new features as we continue in early access - with more editing and building options, more tools, parts and objects available to you. This is only the beginning.

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[h3]Level Editor [/h3]

• Move, Rotate and Scale tools. (work in both object and mesh edit modes)
  
• Global & Local toggle
  
• Object Edit mode (Select, Transform, Delete)
  
• Toggle: Static, Detachable, Breakable
  

[h3]Mesh Edit mode [/h3]

• Transform vertices and faces
  
• Vertex snapping (by pressing Ctrl while moving vertices)
  
• Extrude faces
  
• Loop Cut
  
• Sculpt grass height
  

[h3]Add Objects mode [/h3]

• Mission objects (Spawn boxes, pad, box, magnet box)
  
• Trees (pine, spruce, bush)
  
• Rocks (3 x regular, slab, stone ramp)
  
• Enemies (turret + tanks)
  
• Fences & bridges (fence, ramp, bridge)
  
• Props (pencil, eraser, sharpener, ruler, stapler, tape, cup)
  
• Build (nail, screw, angle)
  
• Toys (wooden toy blocks)
  
• Decorations (wall lamp, door, window, wall arrow, wall rectangle, arrow, rectangle)
  
• Misc (pillar)
  

[h3]Tools [/h3]

• Draw Elevation tool - extrusion tool for making flat, elevated plywood surfaces
  
• Draw grass tool + modification tools
  
• Night/Day slider
  
• "Always on" function - create automations
  
• "Level Editor" tag - by using this tag, makes designs available in level editor
  
• Undo/Redo actions
  
• Save/Load/Share level functions
  
• Level Settings: name, tags, description, goal, time limit, workshop sharing options
  

[h3]Quality of Life changes[/h3]

• Cannon joints are now a little bit stronger and don't break off as easily
  
• Pause screen now has "open in level editor" button for self made levels
  
• Mirroring now works based on the central unit, not the building area center
  
• Wheel placement direction is now based on the building area, not the beam orientation.
  
• Menu tab navigation now smoother
  
• Menu level/rover preview loading optimized
  
• Save button status indicators added when saving rovers/levels
  
• Fixed hinge rotation bug
  
• Fix mirror selection bug
  

As always, thank you for supporting us during Early Access - this is just update 2 of many - so we have plenty more content to come.