Lab Rats 2 v0.9.1 Release
Lab Rats 2 v0.9.1 is live and available to everyone! Get it here!
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2018-09-27 06:54:17 +0000 UTC View Post
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It's Alive! HA HA HAAAA!
I feel the need to put this down in writing: the code I wrote today was not good code. I wrote in my last update that I was just about ready to abandon the shader based approach to animation, but that...
2018-09-26 06:08:15 +0000 UTC View PostBug Fixing and Prototyping!
With the release of v0.9.0 I have been hard at work tracking down and crushing bugs, but I've also found some time to play around with new features and effects that may make their way into Lab Rats 2 ...
2018-09-24 02:21:59 +0000 UTC View Postv0.9.0 Crash Patch
There were a few major crash bugs that showed up in v0.9.0 since it was posted last night. I tracked down all of the crashes reported, fixed them, and uploaded the fixed version of v0.9.0 in it's plac...
2018-09-21 07:32:15 +0000 UTC View PostLab Rats 2 v0.9.0 Release
v0.9.0 is live for $5 patrons, get it here!
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2018-09-20 04:45:59 +0000 UTC View Postv0.9.0 Release Date and New Character Poses
I was away for the weekend, which gave me a chance to leave my computer rendering out a brand new character pose that will be added in v0.9. The pose is another general standing pose, and will be part...
2018-09-17 06:04:21 +0000 UTC View PostClothing Designer Redesign!
When the I first added dynamic colouring for clothing into Lab Rats 2 I put together a quick menu of eight preset colours that the player could select from. At the time I intended to expand it to allo...
2018-09-15 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostClothing Display Improvements
Tonight I was able to leverage the improvements I made to the clothing display code a few nights ago and fix some long standing visual bugs/strangeness!
Clothing images are all made in Daz 3D, rende...
2018-09-12 07:01:57 +0000 UTC View PostPerformance Gains and Code Refactoring
Good news to everyone who was running into general slowdowns and unresponsiveness in Lab Rats 2! Yesterday and today I focused on refactoring two major sections of old code and have had great success ...
2018-09-09 05:49:20 +0000 UTC View PostImproving Display Code and other Additions
Over the last two days I have added a set of six new goals, two for each goal category. Next up I plan to take a look at business policies and expand the number of options available as well as review ...
2018-09-08 06:03:58 +0000 UTC View Postv.9 Writing Progress
Work on v0.9 has been going well the last few days. Two brand new crises have been added to the game, both quite large and with multiple paths depending on employee corruption. Additionally the old br...
2018-09-05 05:09:09 +0000 UTC View PostLR 2 Development Roadmap Update
The last development roadmap went out just after the completion of v0.5.1 (If you're curious what was in it you can find it 2018-09-02 08:28:20 +0000 UTC View Post
LR2 v0.8.1 Hotfix Script
Update: The hotfix for v0.8.1 has been applied and is now included in the main download version of the game. You can find those download links 2018-08-30 07:11:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Lab Rats 2 v0.8.1 is Live!
Download it here!
PC (Windows and Linux): Lab Rats 2 v0.8.1-PC 2018-08-28 06:40:39 +0000 UTC View Post
v0.8 Bug Fixing Continues
v0.8.0 is out in the field and getting a thorough shakedown by patrons right now - it's clear that I was a little tired when I wrote some sections of code. I've fixed up a couple of bugs related to th...
2018-08-24 05:23:29 +0000 UTC View PostLab Rats 2 v0.8.0 is Live!
Get it here!
PC (Windows and Linux): Lab Rats 2 v0.8.0-PC
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2018-08-21 08:45:18 +0000 UTC View Postv0.8 Release Date
Work has been underway for v0.8 for a number of weeks now and most of the major goals for the update have been completed. Stephanie as a character has been introduced, along with the new head research...
2018-08-17 07:41:43 +0000 UTC View PostGoals System and Character Sheet Update
The last couple of days I have been working on the new character goals system. That system provides the main character with experience to spend on their stats, which meant the character sheet needed a...
2018-08-14 08:49:45 +0000 UTC View PostAdding a Leveling System
A character advancement system is arguably one of the most important parts of an RPG. Skyrim, for example, has hundreds of different character styles you can try before you become a stealth archer. I'...
2018-08-12 04:31:55 +0000 UTC View PostMore Writing Progress!
Work continues on writing content for v0.8 with the head researcher role storyline events finished off. There are three distinct events that you can trigger, each of which requires increasing corrupti...
2018-08-10 06:13:57 +0000 UTC View PostGame Design: Choice and False Choice
I'm writing up some unique events for the Head Researcher role that will be introduced in v0.8, and some of these events include important choices for the player to make. This got me thinking about th...
2018-08-05 05:57:08 +0000 UTC View PostNew Serum Trait Tooltip and Serum Design UI
A couple of nights ago I reworked the serum trait tooltips and the serum design UI to be a little more well laid out and informative. Serum traits now have three major pieces of information: Their pos...
2018-08-04 08:21:13 +0000 UTC View PostMenu Cleanup and Getting Back to Writing
Lab Rats 2 is finally at a state where I'm able to start writing some nice, large chunks of content to add into it. Shifting back into content writing mode is taking some getting use to. When I'm work...
2018-08-02 04:38:12 +0000 UTC View PostAdding Roles - v0.8 Progress Update
One of the main goals for v0.8 is the addition of "roles" - specialised, semi-unique tags that characters can have that unlock new responsibilities, effects, and dialogue. Over the last two days I hav...
2018-07-29 07:11:35 +0000 UTC View PostRelease: Lab Rats 2 v0.7.1
v0.7.1 is finished! Get it here:
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... 2018-07-26 05:32:33 +0000 UTC View PostMinor Release Delay for v0.7.1
Hey everyone, some quick news about the release of v0.7.1. Due to a last minute change to my schedule I will not be able to have the public update uploaded and posted today. It will instead be posted ...
2018-07-25 03:16:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe Importance of Refactoring
Last night I sat down and did one of the least interesting but most important things you can do in software development - I refactored a section of code. Since I like writing little essays about the d...
2018-07-22 06:18:32 +0000 UTC View PostBugfixing and Prototyping Week
v0.7 is now out for the standard week of patron bug testing, which as usually means it's time for prototyping week! In addition to fixing up bugs that are found in the new version of the game I will b...
2018-07-20 09:04:14 +0000 UTC View PostLab Rats 2 v0.7.0 is Live and Available to Patrons!
v0.7.0 is live! Get it here!
PC(Windows and Linux): Lab Rats 2 v0.7.0-PC
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2018-07-18 04:01:38 +0000 UTC View PostLab Rats 2 v0.7.0 Release Date
After a few more days of work I'm almost done with everything on my list of things to do to call v0.7.0 finished, which means I can announce it's release date! v0.7.0 will be released in two days on t...
2018-07-16 08:12:54 +0000 UTC View Post