- Roof Rage full release and Switch release - 16 October 2019
Hello everyone ! Re-sharpen your martial art skills in this retro brawler because it is finally time for the full release on Steam and launch day for Roof Rage on Switch. https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/roof-rage-switch/ I'm Jérémie, you know me as Early Melon, and I've been working on this title for 4 years now, Enrique aka @pentadrangle composed the OST. Back in 2017, we went to BIC festival to show the game for the first time and it surprisingly won 2 awards in Busan, South Korea, excellence in multiplayer and the esport sponsorship prize. from left to right, BIC organizer, Enrique and me Few months later, we organized a rewarded tournament at GStar with the sponsor, people loved it, it was a blast ! Exhilaration passed, I worked hard on the netcode, start beta testing, balancing, releasing the game on Early Access, adding content, polishing the UI and porting it to the Switch.…
- Arcade Update, an unlockable Boss journey. - 29 March 2019
Finally, it is out... the arcade mode. I'm excited to see this out, there is a lot of new things. The Arcade update adds an unlockable boss, by successfully winning the arcade mode on normal or hard difficulty without a loss. This update also include achievements, new portraits made by @the_esparon, and gameplay balance. https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/910198013938812623/C1873C093925BC0505FC36FECDFB8D8A3ADB5F7B/ New sprites for all yeah ! The update also include new tracks for the Pao's stage and Yamaha's stage still made by @pentadrangle https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/910198013938904704/37EDC9DB0DF470FB43ECB7E5BFD168C91C8159CD/ There are 14 achievements, one for each character to win the arcade mode, and one to unlock the boss. https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/910198013938885081/4D404A47639AE7979DD68E98CD75939282E9682D/ Balance or gameplay notes : - Fir…
- New Patch 0.8.8, balancing, knockbacks, fullscreen with resolution, online improvments and more - 25 January 2019
Hello everyone ! Here comes another update/patch to fix recent issue and the game wll be 25% OFF for a week. I'm working a lot on the arcade mode and I can't show that right now as it is still a work in progress. Here is just a part of the boss's stage, I don't want to show too much. https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/940591606267042280/8175872F193726E1061FA544DB95FFC9CA40CCDE/ But I do have a lot of other things that made the game more enjoyable available with this new update : Update patch 8.8 notes : - Fixed some crashes happening in the selection screen - Disabled keyboard debuging keys (sorry about that one) - Added resolutions to the fullscreen options, this can improve performance drastically for high resolution monitors. - Changed the way clang/small clashes works, now the speed of the character influence who is gonna win a clang (finish his stun before the other), the m…
- Winter sale and a new patch - 21 December 2018
Hello ! With winter sales going on, Roof Rage is 30% off (tell your friends !) , here comes a new patch to fix recent issues. Update patch 8.7 - Fixed the framerate droping to 1fps - Fixed the crashes during match - Changed the way to add cpu, now you add them directly inside the selection menu by pressing space or select. - You can now make a match with only cpus, if you like watching - Improved performance globally - Made the wavedash way more consistent - New Grab for Jin and Long - Changed some attacks, a lot of hitboxes and startup time or end lag for many attacks, you can see what's been done in this doc (text from me in green): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1ZrSRavvCO0dzqMWHxZanbL0v38wJsjTxJlEd9Bjlg/edit I'm still working on this so you guys can expect another update soon. This one is mostly to fix the framerate drops and other crashes. Best Early Melon
- Patch 8.6 crashes & bugs fixes, loading time and performance improvement - 12 December 2018
Hello everyone ! Sorry for players who experienced crashes or other issues with the game. This patch is here for you, I hope it fixes most of your problem. As always, it is hard to know if it fixed everyone's issue simply because it works on my end. But I checked with other players who had issues and it is good for them. Here is a recap of what was done. Update patch 8.6 - Improved loading time by a lot, divided launch time by 5 - Sounds are now streamed instead of cached, it means the memory usage is divided by ~3 - New soundtrack for The Jungle with its Showdown version - Fixed the bug when after rematch, soft platforms are broken and act like walls on edges. - Improved performance of the game - Fixed each stage low walls blocking issue - Lots of hitboxes balance patches - New Needle down aerial when off stage - Fixed couple of texture glitches - Potentially fixed the xinput limitatio…
- Yamaha patch, biggest update so far ! - 26 October 2018
Hello again, Thanks everyone for the long wait, it's been almost 2 months since the last big update. I've been busy as always and I'm really excited to show you what I've been working on. https://steamusercontent-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/940583359442867237/E1CBF8DF21A7AC032F325CD6AD9FCC4F9BE4810F/ Let's talk about the plan for Roof Rage in Early Access, where I want to go before the full release, what is in this update and what will be in the next. So we started at 8 characters when the game initially launched in EA, now we are at 12, my plan is to get to 14 for the full release. I already have one more character in progress who will be part of the arcade mode that we will discuss later in this annoucement. That's already a lot of work because I do this on my own, but as you can see we're getting there. New UI https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/940583359444843820/876890DE66E8084BADD12…
- Nisassa Update, a new Ninja character, a new stage and a new online system. - 3 September 2018
In today big announcement, we have a new character and a new stage plus tons of new things and fixes. First let me introduce Nisassa : https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/948459872557189786/D34C98C4F750698B64C2E0F9BA5D617F67719FCA/ Nisassa is a highly skilled assassin-for-hire, as well as the younger sister of Jin, she charges a hefty price for her service. She tends to rely on stealth and counter-attacks more than directly engaging an opponent. https://steamusercontent-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/948459872557253442/3159FA32F6DAC18ACDBA5D77C803217768ABA992/ And yes she has a bow and can teleport to her thrown arrow, the arrow carries the opponent for a bit when it hits. If her arrow takes a hit, Nisassa automatically teleports there and take the hit. We also introduce a new system for online matchmaking, now you can create a lobby and continue to play the game locally while waiting. You c…
- Pakaw Update - 10 August 2018
Here comes a new challenger ! This is the second big update to the game, we introduce Pakaw, our Muay Thai boxer. With this update, the game will be 50% OFF FOR A WEEK ! Starting 10th August 10am pacific time. https://steamusercontent-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/955213082859474632/F99644A5920D41D5AA7AD893BC0458326A93B159/ He has a unique play style, heavy on the ground, fighting with a combination of hard punches and knee strikes. His stage is a ring with bouncing ropes on both side, a new way to create combos. https://steamusercontent-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/955213082859443139/152458E40DA22767C46A040B62DBCA76E5695AFB/ The game now has 10 characters and 10 stages. https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/955213082859494979/577586E2C7AC4AC973542ED5AB18BE38EA0B5F53/ This update also include a beta ranked match & leaderboard. It means that any match online will be ranked for now, it is based on an ELO…
- Nawi Update, new character, new stage and online desync fixes. v.0.8.0 - 20 July 2018
Hello everyone Here comes a new challenger ! https://steamusercontent-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/924811883709393579/AA2D8CAFF8F2FAD115AFF4DAED993C7DE9BA186D/ I present you Nawi, the new character and her stage. She has long legs, using capoeira techniques and has 2 grabs, one's midair. https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/924811883709412701/6CC4EF464964D31DF8B8912143EAF2A6132B644A/ We worked on this update for the last 2 weeks, we were able to fix a lot of issues online (desync) and also a lot of frame locked online. I hope you guys can enjoy some game online now without facing too much issues or lag and start creating more tournaments. Thanks to this, replays are also working better and are less likely to stop. Other things in this update : - Now players can't push each others anymore (part of the online fix) - Each character's normal attacks have a faster startup, it makes the game feel…
- New Build v0.7.5 - 14 June 2018
General This version fixed most importantly the bug related to the showdown filter. Now all the stages have a handmade showdown version. There should be no more black screen or weird glitch here. https://steamusercontent-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/912423900261424206/BBADE35BEC521C903415E7159200FA07DE892A8E/ Balance update : - Hoon got his diag down air buffed - Thyra, Punk and Long got nerfed a little on the same Spike : Diag down air. - Reduced the time of the average stun for every hit. Aerial from 50 to 40 frames. Ground from 40 to 35 frames. - Reduced a bit the time of hit freeze, from 20 to 15 frames. The game should feel a bit faster. Menu update : - Change selection is now first in the podium menu - Rematch is second. Fix : - Punk down Tilt leading to death if falling off stage. - Thyra falling from dojo slopes after a rematch. - Removed some options in the podium after a replay.
- Update build 0.7.4 - 11 June 2018
Hello everyone, I'm sorry this is the first time I announce an update here but I have been updating the game a few times already since the release to fix critical issues. Some of the bugs are still not fixed, like crashing during the startup, and I'm still looking at how to fix those issues. In this update though, I've made navigation with keyboard a lot more simple, because so many of you complained about that. Before you could remap your keyboard keys and mess up the navigation in the menu with it and on top of that the default keys were not ideal at all. So now, the keyboard navigation in the menu is static : - up, down to navigate - left, right, to change settings - Enter to confirm or to add a keyboard player in the selection menu - Escape to go back or unselect your character - F1 to toggle fullscreen - Tab to switch team - no more use of the Space Bar because it was conflicting.…
- Super Best Friends testing Roof Rage for the first time - 26 May 2018
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- Roof Rage puts Smash, Samurai Gunn and martial arts movies in a blender - 25 May 2018
Any kind of competitive multiplayer game walks the narrowest of tightropes. Maintaining balance, pace and visual readability is a challenge few smaller studios can pull off, but I reckon Roof Rage from indie outfit Early Melon might be in with a chance, with a blend of familiar elements served up with its own distinct style. It’s due out this June, and there’s a debut trailer full of brutal pixel charm within. (more…)
