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Rover Builder - Major Update Out Now!



There's never been a better moment to jump back into Rover Builder! The first of five massive updates to the vehicle building simulator drops today containing new levels, improvements and bug fixes.

[h2]So What Exactly Is Featured In Update One?[/h2]

  • New and improved rover editor with new components including cannons, magnets, solar panels and more!

  • 12 brand new levels, designed, curated and tailored to take advantage of Rover Builder's new components and materials.

  • Brand new rover sharing section allows you to download and share custom-made rovers with the Rover Builder community around the world.

  • New tutorial mode provides newcomers the ability to learn how to create your first rover.

  • Bug fixes to help with game stability.




[h2]Engineer, Problem Solve, Destroy - Overcome.[/h2]

In Rover Builder, you will be tasked with solving increasingly challenging missions. From retrieve and return collection missions, to traversing difficult terrain and combatting AI enemies, you'll need to make sure the Rover's you build are up to the challenge!

Rover Editor makes the building process easy with three levels of creation:

  • Central Unit - the core supplying power to your rover, if parts lose connection, or the central unit takes damage, your rover will become ineffective

  • Materials - create the structure for your build, containing wooden beams, hydraulics, springs, tracks and more

  • Parts & Components - kit out your rover to face any challenge, add wheels, weapons, tools, weights and more that can be controlled with custom keystroke programming




[h2]Have Total Freedom Over Your Environment [/h2]

Create custom levels in the hard surface 3D modelling Level Editor! Sculpt your landscape with mesh editing mode, add trees, rocks, grass and then implement your challenges using the likes of magnets, turrets and props in object edit mode!

Level Editor also includes:

  • Day/Night slider to create dark and light levels.

  • Draw Elevation tool for easy raised or sunken surface creation.

  • Custom Stage Rules including rover parts, time limits, goals and more.

  • Level sharing.

  • NPC Rovers with automatic aiming and shooting.

  • and lots more!


We will be bringing 5 huge updates to revolutionise Rover Builder in the lead up to launch. Early access players will gain access to each update as they are released, adding tons of new features, parts and abilities!



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

Update One of Rover Builder is out now!

Rover Builder - Don't Miss 50% Off Sale!



[h3]Don't miss grabbing a copy of Rover Builder for 50% off! [/h3]

There's never been a more perfect time to purchase the heavily customizable vehicle building simulator as it prepares for its first of five major updates!

Unleash your creativity - from solving increasingly challenging puzzles, to engineering impressive automobiles from buggies & trucks; to carts and rockets using an impressive array of parts, materials and machinery.





[h3]What will you build?
[/h3]

Rover Builder discount will be applied at 10am PST (6pm BST), so make sure you don't miss out!



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

Rover Builder - Don't Miss 50% Off Sale!



[h3]Don't miss grabbing a copy of Rover Builder for 50% off! [/h3]

There's never been a more perfect time to purchase the heavily customizable vehicle building simulator as it prepares for its first of five major updates!

Unleash your creativity - from solving increasingly challenging puzzles, to engineering impressive automobiles from buggies & trucks; to carts and rockets using an impressive array of parts, materials and machinery.





[h3]What will you build?
[/h3]

Rover Builder discount will be applied at 10am PST (6pm BST), so make sure you don't miss out!



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

Rover Builder - 2021 Update

To the Rover Builder community:

We know we have been quiet for a while, but we have some exciting news for you all today. We are pleased to announce that Rover Builder is back! We'll be working together with our new publishing partner PQube to bring you a new, reborn Rover Builder.

We appreciate everyone who already purchased and enjoyed the game, and for all the feedback you gave us; we thank you for your patience and support. We have been working hard, listening to your comments, and overhauling many aspects of the game. Over the next 6-12 months we will be rolling out multiple early-access gameplay updates that have been dramatically improved since our initial release.



Some of the new features to get excited for include:
- Cannons and AI enemies
- Building, editing and sharing your own levels
- Sharing and downloading community made rovers
- New rover materials and parts, including tank tracks
- Overhauled keystroke system with a centralised UI

Please join us over on our Official Twitter and Discord to keep in the loop about our upcoming updates throughout development of Rover Builder.

For now, have a sneak peak below from the upcoming build of of the game, coming April 2021.

Rover Builder Update - Plate material, new tutorial

We just shipped an update! Here’s what’s new:

There’s a new Plate material! Basically it’s sheets of (breakable) material that you can build from existing steel beams. It attaches to the middle of the beam, and breaks apart if one or more connections fail. The broken pieces vanish after 10 seconds. You can make all kinds of stuff with it: cart floors, scoops, bridge vehicles, decorations etc. Get creative!

There’s now a completely new tutorial that’s not a single video with narration. Instead it’s a slideshow of auto-repeating short clips with texts that you can navigate as you like. The tutorial guides the player through building a rover with a rotating scoop. The tutorial is displayed in the top corner so that you can build along while the tutorial is playing! Unfortunately we made the new tutorial before adding the plate material so it’s missing from there :P Oh well.

Other fixes:
    The steel parts (beams, plates) now have considerably less friction against the ground to improve stability
    Fixed a bug where pressing O while writing the name of the rover in the Gallery opened the options menu (if a part was selected)
    A couple other bug fixes