- UPDATE 2.35 - The First Update Since 2021... - 8 January 2025
Hello everyone! I hope everyone out there is having a great New Year so far and that whatever your 2024 was like, that 2025 blows it away in both good fortune but also in good times! My New Years resolution was to give my first 'child' on Steam, this good 'ol Rock 'N Roll some love, and that is where this update starts that off... * The tutorial still showed screenshots showing things like the "Level Complete!" screen and the "G.E.O.S. Gems" as well as the End Game screens that were from a version of Rock 'N Roll before it go overhauled over five years ago. All of those screenshots have now been updated to show what those aspects of the game look like in today's build. * Many aspects of the game were just out of place and moved far too fast due to a mistake made when I overhauled the game to be optimized and run about 50% faster. Much of this has now been resolved with this current upda…
- PRICE INCREASE FOR SIX ZAXTORGAMES NOTIFICATION - 10 May 2024
The six games listed above will be increasing in price on or around Monday, May 13th depending on when Steam approves the price changes submitted. These price increases are influenced by a number of factors including these six games haven't seen a price increase since 2022 or earlier. These are games that offer incredible value for their price even after the price increase, and also due to the inflation of almost everything the world over. While these price increases are only a dollar or two each, if you've been considering purchasing one of these six games, this weekend before the price increases would be a great time to grab them! Have a great weekend or day whenever you read this message! Sincerely, ZaxtorGameS .. (Solo Indie Game Developer)
- Price Increase Effective Immediately to $6.99 USD, Later to $7.99 USD - 8 July 2021
Getting the price right for this unique indie title has been tough. Rock 'N Roll has been priced as low as $2.99 and as high as $12.99. Eventually it will find a median price tag at which I'll keep it at for good, and $7.99 seems like more than a fair price and a great value for the amount of content it contains. Rock 'N Roll will first be increased just one dollar to $6.99 immediately, and then $7.99 USD in September. Remember to Rock 'N Roll once in a while. Too much heavy metal or too much soft rock isn't good for the soul. if you really wanna shake things up, you need to let loose and "Rock 'N Roll"! =) - ZaxtorGameS (Solo Indie Developer)
- UPDATE 2.32 - Small Fixes - 7 July 2021
Just a very small update that fixes some small problems with the game.. The main issue fixed was you should no longer get alarms to get moving faster when you're dead waiting to re-spawn a new ship. The depth of smaller asteroids should always appear in front of bigger rocks now as well. ..Nothing major, like I said, just a small update addressing minor details of the game.
- UPDATE 2.30 - Major Rotation Speed Increase + Better Thrust Controls! - 10 September 2020
This is a very small update but massive in terms of the better controls you should feel when playing the main mission mode of Rock 'N Roll. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfhaDkGaUz0&t=8s Rotation Speed has been increased to almost double the previous speed, so right from the start you'll likely notice a lot faster rotation speed of your ship. Remember that thrusting while rotating will help you rotate even faster as well as purchasing rotation upgrades to your ship at the Galactic Upgrade Station (G.U.S.) between waves of asteroids. Also, the thrust speeds have been lowered to help players have much more control over their movement speed. Remember that playing with a controller is still the optimal method to help you have more control over your thrust speed as you can better throttle your thrust with the right throttle button (R2). Hopefully these major changes will help players feel…
- UPDATE 2.26 - Fixed Tutorial Volume Levels, Bouncy Shots Power-Up... More! - 18 July 2020
Hello everyone. Just a small update here that fixed the volume levels on the tutorial so the volumes are based on what you set in the settings with the sliders. Also in this update is a fix to the bouncy shots power-up that somehow got broken in a previous update. You shots while using this power-up should now bounce off the edges of the screen and continue bouncing around until they hit an asteroid or an enemy as intended. I've also added a small visual flair when you pick up a G.E.O.S. gem or any power-up in this small update. Enjoy everyone!
- Price Drop All The Way Down To Just $6.99 USD - 14 November 2019
My fight to find the best price to offer Rock 'N Roll at continues... I feel that Rock 'N Roll offers fantastic value for any fan of relentless bullet hell shooters at $7. So I am cutting my current $12.99 price almost in half all way down to just $6.99 USD. If you don't own it and combine this price with my current "Buy any ZaxtorGameS you don't yet own at 50% off! Bundle offer, that cuts the price even further all the way down to just $3.50 USD! And considering the amount of content I've added since launch with well more than 100 updates to date, I strongly believe that Rock 'N Roll offers superb value and replay value now! Happy Holidays everyone!
- UPDATE 2.25 - Azsloth Has Arrived! - 20 October 2019
Update 2.25 has arrived, and Rock 'N Roll finally has a threat to motivate players to keep moving like I originally intended for Rock 'N Roll at launch more than two years ago! Just as the G.E.O.S. gems are your only chance to save the Earth from the impending doom and made up of life magic, Azsloth is made possible from a dark magic traveling from the Earth back to where you are in space. Hope has already been lost back on Earth by the majority of the population where crime, murder and chaos has run rampant. Most back home do not trust you to be able to save them, and their fears and lack of trust formed in the despair of their hearts helps form the deadliest threat you've ever faced in Rock 'N Roll! Azsloth represents the anger of the desperate and fearful billions of lives back on Earth who's spirits get angry when you don't stay motivated towards saving them. To them, positioning yo…
- Notice of Upcoming Price Increase to $12.99 USD - 6 September 2019
This is an important notice that as per previous mention, Rock 'N Roll will be increasing in Price to $12.99 USD. This is still lower than the previously mentioned price increase to $14.99 USD at the end of the summer announced months ago. This price increase is being made due to my firm belief that Rock 'N Roll remains one of the best Asteroids type action games available on Steam. I also believe that it holds a very strong replay value and that no two games will ever be exactly the same. I currently have over 200 hours of playtime myself, and that doesn't include all the testing and development time spent in the game. Over 100 updates since the launch of Rock 'N Roll more than two years ago have vastly improved this game since it launched and more content is planned as well. I lot of these updates have significantly improved the game and/or added game changing new content. Look for mo…
- UPDATE 2.21 - For the Love of Rock 'N Roll, Asteroid Shooting Gets Less Tedius & More Fun! - 20 July 2019
Hello everyone! I sat down and played Rock 'N Roll last night for the first time in a long time and it's amazing how much you learn as you developer other games. I've changed a few things and fixed a few annoying little problems with this update.. - The collision box of your bullets has been doubled to make hitting the small asteroids and asteroid chunks (when asteroids crumble) much easier and less tedious to hit. I had increased the collision box of the smallest chunks not long after Rock 'N Roll launched back in the summer of 2017, but now adding a bigger hitbox for your bullets just makes blasting the rocks much more enjoyable! - Increased the fire range of your standard bullets by 25%. Decreased the range of Rapid Fire bullets by 18%. Rapid Fire Bullets now have only a slightly longer ranger than your normal fire but still have a much faster rate of fire. - Changed the color of you…
- UPDATE 2.20 - Steam High Scores Are Now In The Game! Plus "Hard Rock Mode" Gets A Massive Overhaul! - 19 March 2019
The Hard Rock Mode finally gets an overhaul to not only how it looks, but also a massive overhaul to how it feels and plays for a more exciting and more fun game experience! Here's a look at the old UI compared to the new UI in the Hard Rock mode. A similar overhaul was made last summer to the main Mission Mode: https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F29389580%2F26f8d6a0109da3f80ea9a415e9c876dada4cc747.png Also in this update is a fully functional Steam high score list which allows you to see the current up-to-the-minute high scores right from the main game screen for both the main Mission Mode - OR - The Hard Rock mode! Mission Mode High Scores: https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F29389580%2Fa6601f98d0e25abdd214739a5573d2d7853e9b5a.png Hard Rock Mode High Scores: https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F293%25E2%2580%25A6
- UPDATE 2.17 - Gold Heart DLC Owners Can Change From Blue To Gold Ship With F9 Key - 15 March 2019
Update 2.17 fixes an issue with the recent Gold Heart Domestic Abuse DLC and everyone should now properly see their gold ship in the game. Keep in mind that the gold ship is not seen in the tutorial or in the Hard Rock mode, only in the main Mission Mode. If you own the Gold Heart DLC, you'll also now be able to simply press your F9 key to alternate between the gold ship and the standard blue ship. To make this transformation, just make sure you are on a standard level of asteroids in the Mission mode and that you are not hurt or green in color because you have the "Smasher" power up. You can be moving when you make the transformation with a press of your F9 key. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F29389580%2Fd6e40e7bcd2a5fce9ec0d40aefa98eca09b56f4b.png This update also sees a fix in the Monster Rock mode where the monster rock would awkwardly move up and ba…
- Price Reduction from $10.99 USD to just $5.99 USD on Monday, January 7, 2019 - 5 January 2019
After seeing a Christmas and New Years special discounted price, I've decided to offer Rock 'N Roll at a new much lower overall price tag of just $5.99 USD. This price change to $5.99 USD for Rock 'N Roll should be in effect on Monday, January 7, 2019. After a couple of months at the lower $5.99 price, I do plan on increasing the price up to $7.99 or $8.99 but not as high as the previous $10.99. Expect this median price sometime in late February or early March. Rock 'N Roll has been a very difficult indie game to price as I do believe that it offers plenty of value to fans of the market for this type of game to justify a $10 price tag, but I do want to offer a great value to everyone who purchases my first title here on Steam. It is a game that just doesn't seem to sell better even at a massively discounted rate, so I feel I need to set the price point at this very affordable point whic…
- UPDATE 2.16 - G.E.O.S. Gems Are No Longer Shattered By Zaxpoleon Dynamite! - 19 December 2018
Hello everyone, and if you are reading this new, super small change to the game in this update before the holidays, I want to personally wish you and your loved ones a very happy holiday season and new year! This update, as the title states is just a simple change to protect those valuable G.E.O.S. gems from being shattered if you accidentally fill your G.E.O.S. progression bar with a dynamite blast and spawn a G.E.O.S. gem. It could feel frustrating to make a very well placed dynamite that destroyed many asteroids only to see the the G.E.O.S. progression bar fill up and spawn a well earned G.E.O.S. gem that could save the Earth and have it immediately shattered! This has now been changed and G.E.O.S. gems are now invulnerable to Zaxpoleon dynamite explosions! Keep in mind that you still want to be careful with Zaxpoleon dynamite as you can still blow up yourself or your A55 kicker with…
- ** NOTICE OF PRICE INCREASE FROM $6.99 USD TO $10.99 USD EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY ** - 16 October 2018
Hello to everyone who reads this message... Since I initially launched this game as my first published indie game ever back in July of 2017, it has seen numerous price adjustments, some raising the price and a couple lowering the price. In the end however, when I take a look at other games that have the same type of gameplay and mechanics as Rock 'N Roll available on Steam, I firmly believe that no other game delivers this kind of experience. While a few other games might offer a little flashier graphics than Rock 'N Roll, no Asteroids type game offers the depth, the number of power-ups, or the number of updates to both content and balance that Rock N' Roll has seen since it launched more than a year ago. With over 100 updates now, few games on Steam, even AAA titles seen this level of dedication and hard work poured into them after they launch here. All it takes to see what you get for…
- UPDATE 2.15 - More Fixes Come, Mostly To the Monster Rock Boss Mode.. - 8 October 2018
Several little problems with Monster Rock were fixed in this update including... - Fixed an issue that caused an upgraded a55 turret to get stuck in the electrical monster rock shrinking beam - Fixed an issue that would cause using dynamite on the monster rock to change a realistic monster rock to a hand drawn rock - Fixed an issue that would cause the monster rock to not take correct damage from a dynamite blast. This now works as intended. - Nerfed the A55 turret when shooting the VDS as the A55 was simply way too powerful against the VDS. The upgraded a55 will now properly hunt down the VDS but it will take it about four times as long to do similar damage to the VDS as before. - You'll now score points for both shooting the monster rock towards the VDS and for healing the earth from damage with a health icon pickup in the Monster Rock boss mode - Successfully destroying the monster r…
- UPDATE 2.14 - All Cheats Explained To Help Newer Players AND Fixes To Some Minor Issues in the Monster Rock Mode! - 7 October 2018
In this update, I've fixed a couple of issues that would only occur while in the Monster Rock mode seen here: https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F29389580%2F8fc31ba0d4af38184947317fa0e7648f850ad4cc.png In the Monster Rock Mode, your ship will be blue if healthy and red in color if you are damaged as in the asteroid blasting normal mode. Also, because of the ability to pick up health to heal the Earth with in this mode, if you are blue (healthy) when you pick up a health delivery, you will turn purple in color to show that you are both healthy and have a health delivery you can take to Earth to help deal some of its damage. If you pick up a health delivery for Earth while injured or if you are purple in color which is healthy and take damage from a smaller rock, you will turn pink in color to reflect that you are both damaged and have a health deliver for Ear…
- UPDATE 2.13 - Brand New Photo Realistic Asteroids Added As an "Option" To Rock 'N Roll! - 17 June 2018
With this update, I've actually went out and found real rocks near my home, took pictures of them, uploaded them to my computer, and edited them to look like realistic or at least slightly believable looking asteroids! https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F29389580%2Fc74d93f017e27d9c050f78080192e5c855a59a09.png With asking people what they thought about the new look of the asteroids in Rock 'N Roll after I added them to this game, I found that the feedback I received was very split. Some liked the new look and thought it greatly improved the overall look and feel of the game while others much preferred my standard hand dawn asteroids. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F29389580%2F62ebf5a622f1be87e24a8647e1c1512ba3dab359.png So the only logical conclusion was to give YOU the player an option in the game! YOU get to decide what you…
- Updated DEMO is out with Recently Added "Monster Rock!" and "Earth Protect!" Content! - 15 June 2018
The Rock 'N Roll Demo has been updated so that anyone looking at playing this game before buying can give all the new content up to date a try. Everything works just as it does in the real version, shortcuts to play the new content.. and all. - The Demo has floating DEMO words over most of the game screens, but it doesn't affect gameplay. - Most the Steam achievements have been removed from the Demo, as well as the ability to have your high scores uploaded to Steam. - You now start with 2 lives in the Demo main mission (as opposed to just a single life in the previous demo. There is also no time limitation to the Hard Rock mode as in the previous demo, so play as much as you want for FREE! - Extra lives CANNOT be obtained by any means in the demo (power-ups or point rewards) Want to play the newest content "Monster Rock!" or "Earth Protect!" from this FREE demo? ..No problem! From the m…
- UPDATE 2.12 - Introducing the All New "Earth Protect!" Bonus Round! How Many Points Can You Rack Up? - 14 June 2018
Last weekend, I launched "Monster Rock" to Rock 'N Roll to give players another challenging yet fun end level battle in this game... https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F29389580%2Fff433e47bcd9966f25f5417c7db77b0507ec22f8.png And now, I am pleased to say a whole new end-level bonus round has been coded and added to Rock 'N Roll! I call this new mode "Earth Protect!" and while it's all about blasting asteroids again, this time things work a little different. Once you start the Earth Protect mode, you'll quickly see that you can no longer fly around wherever you desire, but instead rotate around the Earth in an orbit. Simply rotate clockwise or counter clockwise and blast the incoming asteroids before they smack the Earth! You'll see how many asteroids at it's usual location in the UI and the trick here is simply keeping Earth as healthy as you can before the r…
