- OBEY version 1.02 has been released! - 21 July 2020
Hi Everybody! I am happy to announce the latest update to OBEY! I've been working hard to get this game to a nice polished state. Here are some notable changes that have been added: Voting! In this update, a voting feature has been added. You can now initiate a VOTE for a number of things: * /voteRankingOff start vote to not rank the current match (this is so you can screw around on a ranked server without messing with your ranking, if you want) * /voteCycle start vote to cycle map * /voteCycle start vote to cycle to a specific map * /voteKick start vote to kick a player * /voteBan start vote to ban a player NOTE: these are all subject to permissions on the server, so a server admin can choose to allow or disallow these. See the playersCanVoteKickBan server setting in the serverSettings.txt. Vote for stuff! Friends-only Leaderboards! Another feature that has also been added is friends-o…
- Stats! Achievements! Leaderboard! - 26 May 2020
Hi everybody! OBEY's first post-release update is ready! Some of you may not know that OBEY 1.0 has been tracking many of your gameplay stats! Yes, your subversions, your epic wins, and your terrible terrible backstabbing corpse deliveries among many other things: Some on my screenshot here are '0', these will be properly tracked from the current release forward. The main menu screen will have some mini stats in the upper right hand corner, click on them to see your full stats like this. Leaderboard! You may have noticed that on the right there, there is a leaderboard! Yes, OBEY will now have RANKED SERVERS! Don't be intimidated though, as with every type of rating system ever devised, this one will have it's quirks. OBEY's rating system is a modification of the Elo System used by many chess ranking organizations. Think of it as a rough approximation of skill, as indicated by your Skill…
- OBEY leaves Early Access! - 12 May 2020
Wow, we're finally here. OBEY was in Steam Early access from May 21, 2015 to May 12, 2020. Five years. I took a look at the dates of the files in the build to see when the first ones were created. The first test build is dated November 12, 2013. The oldest file in the build is from April 1, 2013. It's been one hell of a long road! THANK YOU to all of you who have shared it with me throughout this winding path! ːhappybunnyː SO! What's NEW!? First of all, OBEY now has Steam Achievements! 18 to be precise. Post-release, there will be plenty more coming, too ːbunnywinkː ! Also, Steam will be tracking the statistics of your matches and shenanigans! Some other changes to this build include bug fixes and improvements to the spectator (See the changelist at the bottom of this post for all the details). Launch Week Tournament Schedule! For this week of the launch, you may have noticed, OBEY is i…
- May 12: OBEY Will Launch Fully Out of Early Access! - 5 May 2020
Hi Everyone! We’re nearly there! Just one week from now, OBEY will hit 1.0 and officially launch out of Early Access! Looking at the current steam page, it says that OBEY came onto Steam Early Access May 21, 2015. Fully FIVE years ago!! It's been a long road (and consider I had been coding it full time for a year prior to that to get it to the Early Access stage). A massive thank you to everyone that’s helped me get the game to this point! ːhappybunnyː and thank you for sticking with me. It's finally here! I mentioned this in the post before, but in case you missed it: In preparation for 1.0, I’ve lowered the standard price of the game to $7.99. The price of the OBEY 4-pack has also been lowered to $19.99, with both price drops permanently in effect. Please spread the word – the team I’m working with and I are doing everything we can to have the biggest launch possible, and we need the…
- OBEY coming out of Early Access! - 14 April 2020
Hi Everyone! Big announcement day – OBEY is launching fully out of Early Access next month! I’ll have an exact date for everyone soon. For now, the game has received its final update in Early Access before the last one that will bring the build to 1.0 – nearly five years after its initial launch on Steam, OBEY will be completed and available as a fully finished product. Alongside the update and as part of the preparation for 1.0 launch, I’ve lowered the standard price of the game to $7.99. The price of the OBEY 4-pack has also been lowered to $19.99, with both price drops permanently in effect as of today. I’m hoping this helps lower the barrier of entry for anyone interested in playing. If you haven’t already, jump on our Discord to chat with other players and get together for matches/tournaments! We’ll be collectively making a push over the next couple of months to populate servers in…
- BUNNY MADNESS - 18 March 2020
Hi Everyone! ːhappybunnyː I hope you are all staying safe and healthy from the Coronavirus! (Although, I am fairly sure I have it. Seriously.) Anyway, that just means having a cough and staying isolated for me, and more updates for YOU! (if you are worried, I'm alright: so far cough/sore throat/some crap in my chest have been very minor, and am otherwise in excellent health) So right now I am very happy to publish another update to OBEY! I am excited to report that we are getting very close to version 1.0! The major features I want to share are: Bunny VOIP whispering! This means bunnies can secretly speak to other nearby bunnies. But, of course, it can't be this simple. Robo, can counter this with sensors. Any whispering done within range of a sensor (either placed, carried, dormant - doesn't matter) will be intercepted and also heard by robo! It's probably best to stay away from them i…
- Tournaments! Trophies! - 18 December 2019
The newest version of OBEY is RELEASED! v.46 Tournaments! Auto-tournaments have been added! These will now run weekly and monthly on official servers. Placing 1st-3rd in these tournaments earns permanent trophies. Trophies are markings that show next to your name in all future matches! Winning 1st in the monthly tournament will earn you a unique 1st place trophy! Running tournaments without trophies on your own servers is now possible too (of course), as well as the ability to run a 'off-the-books' tournament without mod privileges by way of the /tourney command which simply prints out the tallied scores of the past x matches for you. type /info in any server if you want to know if and when the next tournament will be run there! NOTE: If you think you will care about trophies you earn (and not lose them if you reinstall OBEY or if your hard drive gets lost/stolen/fried), you may want to…
- OBEY is back in development! - 25 November 2019
Hi All!!! For those of you following OBEY today, thank you for sticking with me ːhappybunnyː Up until now, I have kept a low profile that I have begun full time dev on OBEY again. But now that you all know, I will say that it is with the intention to wrap up OBEY and finally put out version 1! For me personally, this is a big deal: I have had this project going on in some form in my life since 2002! This latest release involves fixes and improvements to the score tracking system so that it's very easy to track scores if you want to run a tournament, or see scores of past rounds. Also, I added a finalized screen to honor the winners of the round! Here is the official change list: v .45r0 * added "round has ended" screen with winners of end of round scoreboard. * added server now saves/loads past game scores into a text file latestRoundRecords.json * added "shutDownAfterNumHours" server s…
- OBEY Easter Sale! - 31 March 2018
OBEY 34% off sale for Easter Weekend! https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F7883660%2F7a27f4d78e186943b467f2458af91f6226943e05.jpg OBEY is on sale for under $10 through April 7th at 10:00am Pacific -- for those enjoying an extended holiday weekend, or in the middle of Spring Break, it's a great time to jump (back) in and run a few rounds with friends in a multiplayer experience unlike any other out there!
- OBEY Easter Sale! - 31 March 2018
OBEY 34% off sale for Easter Weekend! https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F7883660%2F7a27f4d78e186943b467f2458af91f6226943e05.jpg OBEY is on sale for under $10 through April 7th at 10:00am Pacific -- for those enjoying an extended holiday weekend, or in the middle of Spring Break, it's a great time to jump (back) in and run a few rounds with friends in a multiplayer experience unlike any other out there!
- OBEY adds "Watchtowers"! - 4 March 2017
Something has been missing in OBEY: a viable way to win as a snitch! Enter the watchtower! Watchtowers are a way that robo can reliably pay a snitch to stay put and watch for attackers. It simply drops the given autopay every 37 seconds. So now there is a way for a snitch to earn a reliable income, and possibly win if he plays his hand right. NOTE to newer players: Sometimes new players get frustrated when a a different player plays as a snitch, making it seemingly impossible to subvert. There are ways to counter a snitch: Obtain a pointer before making a break for it. If the snitch sees you and starts pointing you out, make your own arrows in wrong places to throw robo off. Subvert from behind or the side of robo, grabbing items on your way to climb robo and drop down in front of the door for an instant subvert Trick robo into thinking that the snitch is about to win, and get him to ki…
- OBEY adds "Watchtowers"! - 4 March 2017
Something has been missing in OBEY: a viable way to win as a snitch! Enter the watchtower! Watchtowers are a way that robo can reliably pay a snitch to stay put and watch for attackers. It simply drops the given autopay every 37 seconds. So now there is a way for a snitch to earn a reliable income, and possibly win if he plays his hand right. NOTE to newer players: Sometimes new players get frustrated when a a different player plays as a snitch, making it seemingly impossible to subvert. There are ways to counter a snitch: Obtain a pointer before making a break for it. If the snitch sees you and starts pointing you out, make your own arrows in wrong places to throw robo off. Subvert from behind or the side of robo, grabbing items on your way to climb robo and drop down in front of the door for an instant subvert Trick robo into thinking that the snitch is about to win, and get him to ki…
- OBEY 33% off for one week! - 30 January 2017
Hi! Do you have friends that you always wanted to play OBEY with, but they just don't have the game? Well, now's the time! Tell them to grab it now, because it's only going to be on sale for a week!
- OBEY 33% off for one week! - 30 January 2017
Hi! Do you have friends that you always wanted to play OBEY with, but they just don't have the game? Well, now's the time! Tell them to grab it now, because it's only going to be on sale for a week!
- OBEY = popular - 23 January 2017
To any old hands who don't know yet, jacksepticeye (a big youtuber) made an awesome video while playing OBEY. The servers are now filled with players! https://youtu.be/pq2-eWnNA7o To all our new players: a big welcome! :happybunny: (Please do help each other learn as it is a known issue that the tutorial is not adequate.) If you need help or find bugs, please do post in the forums: I read all posts. The wiki also has a ton of tips and info on how to :cent::cent::cent:. Meanwhile - I been working on the next update, which will include a special provision to make 'snitching' a more viable game strategy (I don't want to give it away exactly what it is, though! ^_^). Have fun! :bunnywink:
- OBEY = popular - 23 January 2017
To any old hands who don't know yet, jacksepticeye (a big youtuber) made an awesome video while playing OBEY. The servers are now filled with players! https://youtu.be/pq2-eWnNA7o To all our new players: a big welcome! ːhappybunnyː (Please do help each other learn as it is a known issue that the tutorial is not adequate.) If you need help or find bugs, please do post in the forums: I read all posts. The wiki also has a ton of tips and info on how to ːcentːːcentːːcentː. Meanwhile - I been working on the next update, which will include a special provision to make 'snitching' a more viable game strategy (I don't want to give it away exactly what it is, though! ^_^). Have fun! ːbunnywinkː
- Big Update!! - 23 December 2016
Hey everybody :happybunny: !! So some big updates are just in! Both the dropship code and the way sounds are handled in OBEY have been largely rewritten: The main dropship change is that it no longer relies on the 30 second mark. IT CAN NOW LITERALLY BE CRASHED AT ANY TIME! Yes, it is even possible to crash it just before it lands as it hovers over the drop area (this is very difficult to do, though). Take a look below: The dropship monitor shows 3 things: - the time until drop - the chance of a normal delivery - the "weight imbalance" To be able to crash at any moment, the dropship 'rolls a dice' every 2 seconds to see if it should crash. The "weight imbalance" shows the chance to crash each tick. The 'chance of normal delivery' is that chance, calculated over how many ticks are left until landing. Another big change to the dropship is that what the robot buys now spawns behind this ar…
- Big Update!! - 23 December 2016
Hey everybody ːhappybunnyː !! So some big updates are just in! Both the dropship code and the way sounds are handled in OBEY have been largely rewritten: The main dropship change is that it no longer relies on the 30 second mark. IT CAN NOW LITERALLY BE CRASHED AT ANY TIME! Yes, it is even possible to crash it just before it lands as it hovers over the drop area (this is very difficult to do, though). Take a look below: The dropship monitor shows 3 things: - the time until drop - the chance of a normal delivery - the "weight imbalance" To be able to crash at any moment, the dropship 'rolls a dice' every 2 seconds to see if it should crash. The "weight imbalance" shows the chance to crash each tick. The 'chance of normal delivery' is that chance, calculated over how many ticks are left until landing. Another big change to the dropship is that what the robot buys now spawns behind this ar…
- OBEY adds Steam Cards, Badges, Backgrounds, Emoticons! - 17 June 2016
Hi Everybody! Just wanted to let you know that as of today, playing OBEY will now grant collectible OBEY Steam cards to your Inventory! Matching a set of OBEY cards can be used to craft OBEY badges, emoticons, and backgrounds. Creating them required the completion of 55 individual art assets :bunnywow: :warned: I made them all myself, just for YOU! check em out: enjoy :happybunny: -dez :cent:
- OBEY adds Steam Cards, Badges, Backgrounds, Emoticons! - 17 June 2016
Hi Everybody! Just wanted to let you know that as of today, playing OBEY will now grant collectible OBEY Steam cards to your Inventory! Matching a set of OBEY cards can be used to craft OBEY badges, emoticons, and backgrounds. Creating them required the completion of 55 individual art assets ːbunnywowː ːwarnedː I made them all myself, just for YOU! check em out: enjoy ːhappybunnyː -dez ːcentː
