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April PC UpdateApr 19, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone, Thank you for your ongoing patience while we address player feedback, add requested features, and, of course, continue to fix bugs. The major changes in this patch are that you can now manually level up your companions. There are now auto-assign buttons for each companion on level-up, following the same auto-level profiles that they had at launch. Just like when leveling up your player character, if don't go to a companion's character sheet, that companion will stay at a lower level until leveled up. We've also added an Agility check when fleeing random encounters on the overworld map. If you are not successful, your party enters combat in the 'Ambushed' status, suffering a -50% penalty to initiative for that battle. Next up, there are now stat restrictions for the higher-tier weapons. You will need to increase your characters' Shooting Mastery or Melee Mastery skills to higher ranks in order to be able to equip the +1, +2 or +3 variants (for example, SR98 +1 requires shooting Mastery 25+, Cleaver +2 requires Melee Mastery 50+, etc). The full list of changes is below, split up into general and spoiler notes. This is just our first step in improving Broken Roads - something we are committed to doing until it satisfies your expectations. We will update again with more details on the May patch, which will be considerably larger and on top of many more combat encounters, will also be more focused on the companions, Moral Compass, narrative. We hope you enjoy these new changes and fixes. - The team at Drop Bear Bytes BROKEN ROADS 1.1 PATCH NOTES Added a feature to allow manually leveling up your companions. Made many improvements to the random encounters in Chapter 3 Added a feature to the overworld that lets you flee based on cumulative party agility vs cumulative enemy agility and start a battle with 50% initiative if you fail. Added stat restrictions to different weapon types (for example, SR98 +1 requires shooting Mastery 25+, Cleaver +2 requires Melee Mastery 50+, etc). Added an additional origin story combat encounter in Kokeby Waystation. Added VO for Mad, Mick, Angela, and Sean. Various mixing adjustments for Animal and Ambience SFX. Fixed a line in the intro cinematic having text that doesn't match VO. Improved localisation and added some missing UI text (more to be included in an upcoming hotfix) Polished many animations and gestures throughout the game. Adjusted many waypoints and interactables in many scenes to only require the player (rather than waiting for the entire party to stand in formation). WARNING: MID AND LATE-GAME SPOILERS INCLUDED IN THE PATCH NOTES BELOW THIS POINT: Players can now (Lie) to Hunter about actually killing the Ripper when handing in evidence for the bounty as well as lie that they were going to hand in the Ripper for the bounty to John and whoever is arguing with him. Players can now offer to Ben and Katherine to give the Ripper's necklace to Hunter to pretend they killed the Ripper for their safet...What's next? Post-Launch RoadmapApr 13, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsThis launch has been a rough one. We’re glad so many people have enjoyed playing the game. We’ve loved watching the streams, engaging with you all and hearing about your positive experience with Broken Roads. But we know that, overall, we’ve fallen short of player expectations in some key areas and in many ways we’ve not delivered the quality game we had hoped to ship, so we’re changing that. Our work on Broken Roads is far from over. We have taken the criticism on board. There’s a lot we can improve and a lot we can outright redo because it just isn’t good enough. On top of fixing bugs and issues with quest logic, we’ve also been gathering feedback on the main areas we need to refine. You want more freedom from the early game. You connected with the companions you met, but wish they had more depth and more to say along the way, and you want to level them up yourselves as you go. We greatly underestimated how much combat players expected during the origin stories. You want more features such as being able to click on the map to move the party. Moral or ethical moments that could have been far more interesting lack depth. Translations need to be improved. Combat needs a lot of work. We’re on it. We have a short term roadmap that begins with what we’re delivering by the end of next week, a May patch goal that aims to flesh out some areas of the game where players have felt they wanted to see more, and we’re busy working on a longer-term list of improvements that all address your most commonly reported issues and areas where Broken Roads is falling short. Thank you for your continued support and interest in Broken Roads, and for caring enough to comment and report issues. We welcome all feedback and suggestions, be it on forums or our official Discord, and are getting to work from Monday. She’ll be right. Craig Ritchie Game Director {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38613301/0fd5590b908c36d8b9305742ff610bf507b76573.png PLAY NOW: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1403440/Broken_Roads/ That's all for today, ‘ol cobber! Follow Broken Roads to stay updated and don't forget, your choices are the key. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38613301/031a7785e83b6339edcab2accaa6f99a19f808b8.png SOCIAL: DISCORD | TWITTER | YOUTUBE | WIKI - The Drop Bear Bytes team🔥 HOTFIX - 1.40.7Apr 12, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone! It's been a crazy 48 hours at Drop Bear Bytes since we launched Broken Roads, we've received a lot of feedback, suggestions, and reported bugs with translation and a range of other QoL improvements needed to make all of your experience better. We appreciate some of you may also have been disappointed with Broken Roads for a range of different reasons such as the lack of combat, companion interjections, and many more. However, we wanted to let you all know that we hear you, understand your frustrations, and that we're not going anywhere. Everything from the Steam reviews and discussion board has all been noted down for the development team and we will be making more improvements to Broken Roads in the coming weeks and a roadmap of when to expect these improvements so stay tuned. Here are some improvements and fixes we've added WARNING: MILD EARLY- AND MID-GAME SPOILERS INCLUDED IN THE PATCH NOTES: Retreat tutorial added to Orkney Heights Barter Crew Combat Players spawn closer to their objective in Orkney Heights Fixed an issue where "PlayerState.CharacterName" showed in a dialogue in Russian translation Improved the size of the helmet and its interaction point in Orkney Heights to improve the Barter Crew origin story Fixed an unselectable tent interaction point in Orkney Heights Added additional SFX to the menus and other parts of the UI Made it clearer where the camel cart is during the Barter Crew origin story by having the camera pan to it Added more VO to Frida Lamm at the start of the Barter Crew origin story Fixed some enemies not resetting their health and loot in random encounters Fixed an issue where you couldn't tell Sean that Bitey was comfortable before getting Bitey unstuck. Unchecked a few erroneous cyclopedia highlights (eg tool) that were coming up in dialogue in the wrong context. Fixed Mad's interaction point in Merredin so you stand next to her Solved an issue where some objectives were not updating correctly when freeing Connor while the Scott Measure quest is active Thank you to everyone who has supported us this far and for letting us know what we need to do to create a better experience for you all. That's all for today! Follow Broken Roads to stay updated and don't forget, your choices are the key. SOCIAL: DISCORD | TWITTER | YOUTUBE | WIKI - The Drop Bear Bytes teamBROKEN ROADS IS OUT NOW! 🔥Apr 10, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHappy Broken Roads Day! We finally hit that release button on the backend of Steam! Thank you everyone for your interest in Broken Roads and your support in getting us here today. You have helped tremendously with identifying bugs during our closed playtests, feedback on translations, quest polish, item and combat balancing, all improving the gameplay experience, and now the release of our game! It's taken us more than 5 years to reach this point - we started as a small team with a big idea and now it's finally arrived. There have been a number of bumps in the road to get Broken Roads ready and we appreciate everyone's patience... but now we are so happy everyone is finally getting to play it! To celebrate the launch of Broken Roads, we will offer a 10% discount for a limited time! So make sure you pick it up today. There's also a Digital Deluxe Edition at a reduced price, combining the game, a 68-page artbook and the full OST of more than 50 tracks. Watch our launch trailer: We're always happy to hear from our community, so should you experience any bugs or have feedback for the team, please let us know over on Discord! PLAY NOW: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1403440/Broken_Roads/ That's all for today, ‘ol cobber! Follow Broken Roads to stay updated and don't forget, your choices are the key. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38613301/031a7785e83b6339edcab2accaa6f99a19f808b8.png SOCIAL: DISCORD | TWITTER | YOUTUBE | WIKI - The Drop Bear Bytes teamBroken Roads review - a Fallout-inspired RPG flopApr 10, 2024 - PCGamesNWe always return to the apocalypse. For decades, and over nearly as many years of videogames, stories set in the aftermath of a world-destroying cataclysm have captivated audiences. Most of them share the same scoured setting, survivors scrabbling for resources and fighting off bandits, and explore a familiar concept: namely, how do our personal values and social ideals hold up in the most extreme situations imaginable? The latest comes from Broken Roads, Drop Bear Bytes' debut release. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Broken Roads, the new Fallout-style CRPG game, has just been delayed This Fallout 2 style CRPG lets you play as an Aussie gunslinger Fallout 2 and Disco Elysium combine in gorgeous new CRPG coming soon Broken Roads review: this Fallout-style RPG is Vegemite and (some) magicApr 10, 2024 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunDrop Bear Bytes, the studio behind post-apocalyptic RPG Broken Roads, are named after Australia’s deadliest creature. The Drop Bear might look like a normal koala, but they’re actually dangerous predators, fond of jumping from trees to maul unsuspecting chumps who forget to take adequate precautions, like urinating on themselves. Really, the story is a wind-up the aussies like to blag tourists with. If it looks like a koala, it’s just a koala. But it’s this sort of character, inspired by love for Australia’s unique landscape, culture and good-natured mick-taking, that forms the heart of the best bits in Broken Roads. I say ‘best bits’, but I should probably say ‘the only bits that I actually enjoyed’, unfortunately. Bombs wiped out 80% of Australia’s population, and left the remaining nail-hard Nancys and tough Tobiases to fend for themselves in a world short of resources, but shockingly plentiful in both guns and pre-made Vegemite sarnies. You’ll pick one of four character classes - I went with ‘Jackaroo’ (cattle hand), because it was called ‘Jackaroo’ - before tackling a short tutorial section. You'll then be thrust into some events, where you’ll meet the rest of your starting party and kick off the game proper. Read more Global Release Times 🔥Apr 9, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHey there mate! We can't wait to release Broken Roads to all of you tomorrow 🔥 Here is a world map of when you can finally play on PC and consoles. Thank you everyone for your interest in Broken Roads and your support in getting us here. It's taken us more than 5 years to reach this point {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38613301/fa7f17941613439dc975bd60a5456ea2756a4de8.jpg We're always happy to hear from our community, so should you experience any bugs or have feedback for the team, please let us know over on Discord! WISHLIST NOW: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38613301/cc168f7742d6533d30e0813ac20342095f3daf7f.png That's all for today, ‘ol cobber! Follow Broken Roads to stay updated and don't forget, your choices are the key. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38613301/031a7785e83b6339edcab2accaa6f99a19f808b8.png SOCIAL: DISCORD | TWITTER | YOUTUBE | WIKI - The Drop Bear Bytes teamTriple-i Initiative is here! 🔥Mar 28, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsOi, mate! Broken Roads is part of the Triple-i Initiative Join us on April 10th, at 10 am PT for 45 minutes of reveals, announcements & trailers 🔥 Check out Triple-i Initiative below: https://iii-initiative.com/ https://twitter.com/iii_initiative https://www.twitch.tv/iii_initiative https://www.youtube.com/@iii_initiative https://space.bilibili.com/3546638813497663 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38613301/3b073521a316b58a82ba7a4223f80a80bc82f579.gif WISHLIST NOW: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1403440/Broken_Roads/ That's all for today, ‘ol cobber! Follow Broken Roads to stay updated and don't forget, your choices are the key. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38613301/031a7785e83b6339edcab2accaa6f99a19f808b8.png SOCIAL: DISCORD | TWITTER | YOUTUBE | WIKI - The Drop Bear Bytes teamOrigin Story Trailer - Surveyor 🔎Mar 28, 2024 - Community Announcements"You love the thrill of discovering places that fell off the maps or finding the towns that have sprung up since the fall. It’s almost as good as getting paid when you tell some new client what you’ve found." The wide-open places call to you. They always have. You spent nights under the stars as a child, your parents teaching you about constellations, the plants, the animals. The first time you learned how to use a compass, you were hooked. You took off from home young to explore the trackless wastes. It was only a happy accident that you discovered you could make some serious coin by telling people what you found. The world is a treasure waiting to be found. You're just the fella to reveal its secrets. Attribute bonuses: Awareness +1, Intelligence +1 Starting skills: Vigilance +10, Punt +5 WISHLIST NOW: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1403440/Broken_Roads/ That's all for today, ‘ol cobber! Follow Broken Roads to stay updated and don't forget, your choices are the key. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38613301/031a7785e83b6339edcab2accaa6f99a19f808b8.png SOCIAL: DISCORD | TWITTER | YOUTUBE | WIKI - The Drop Bear Bytes teamAussie CRPG Broken Roads has new release date after last year's sudden delayMar 21, 2024 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunIn November last year, the Australian post-apocalyptic CRPG Broken Roads was abruptly delayed mere days before it was meant to come out. Review code had even been sent out to press. But it was clear that the game needed more time in the oven, as developers Drop Bear Bytes acknowledged they needed "additional polish time and QA manpower" to test the "thousands of permutations" available in its deeply decision-driven storyline. Happily, that polish time has now come to an end, as the devs have today announced a fresh release date of April 10th. Read more 🔥 NEW REVEAL - RELEASE DATE! 🔥Mar 21, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsWe're happy to announce the release date of Broken Roads! It's the moment you've all been waiting for! It's been a long journey for Broken Roads but we will finally be releasing across all platforms - PC, PS5 | PS4 & Xbox One | Series X & S. With Nintendo Switch coming later on. Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices in Broken Roads across the post-apocalyptic Australian outback. Begin your unforgettable journey on April 10th, 2024. Watch the trailer here: WISHLIST NOW https://store.steampowered.com/app/1403440/Broken_Roads/ That's all for today, ‘ol cobber! Follow Broken Roads to stay updated and don't forget, your choices are the key. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38613301/031a7785e83b6339edcab2accaa6f99a19f808b8.png SOCIAL: DISCORD | TWITTER | YOUTUBE | WIKI - The Drop Bear Bytes teamOrigin Story Trailer - Barter Crew 💰Mar 14, 2024 - Community Announcements"You learned to haggle with the best of them when you were knee-high to a quokka, and by the time you were a teen, you decided that maybe it was time to make your way." You spent your earliest years riding the back of a barter crew's wagon, travelling all across Western Australia, from Boddington to Bonnie Rock. You've seen thousands of deals go down. You've got a head for numbers, an eye for trade, and a tongue keen for speech. Nothing makes you happier than driving a hard bargain. It's been a hell of a ride. You get your way, you'll hunt down every opportunity in Australia. Attribute bonuses: Charisma +1, Resolve +1 Starting skills: Leadership +10, Biology +5 WISHLIST & PLAY THE DEMO NOW: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1403440/Broken_Roads/ That's all for today, ‘ol cobber! Follow Broken Roads to stay updated and don't forget, your choices are the key. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38613301/031a7785e83b6339edcab2accaa6f99a19f808b8.png SOCIAL: DISCORD | TWITTER | YOUTUBE | WIKI - The Drop Bear Bytes teamOrigin Story Trailer - Jackaroo 🦘Feb 29, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsIntroducing the Jackaroo Origin Story "You’ve been on the go since, looking for a new place to settle down. You thought you might have found it in Brookton. Maybe you could see out your days there." You were a lost pup. Your parents ditched you at a remote station when you were an infant. The manager brought you in, the station hands took to you, and you became a kind of mascot to them. You grew up with tools, and can fix most simple machines. You learned how to read an animal, care for its injuries, and put it to work. They taught you to hunt, giving you the skills to survive just about anywhere. Attribute bonuses: Resolve +1, Strength +1 Starting skills: Tinker +10, Biology +5 WISHLIST & PLAY THE DEMO NOW: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1403440/Broken_Roads/ That's all for today, ‘ol cobber! Follow Broken Roads to stay updated and don't forget, your choices are the key. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38613301/031a7785e83b6339edcab2accaa6f99a19f808b8.png SOCIAL: DISCORD | TWITTER | YOUTUBE | WIKI - The Drop Bear Bytes teamYour Moral Compass...Feb 1, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHey everyone! Today we're taking a closer look into our Moral Compass feature. The Moral Compass is Broken Roads’ unique take on morality and alignment. It allows the characters’ morality to shift based on the player’s actions and decisions gradually. Before starting your post-apocalyptic adventure you will be asked a series of questions about different scenarios you might encounter while on your journey in the land down under. Now answer them honestly because once you do, you'll notice 4 different traits. These are the four distinct moral philosophies in Broken Roads... Humanist - "Each person’s dignity matters most" I choose all meaning and thus what matters, but what is inalienable is that every person has worth. Benefit: This character gains bonuses when supporting allies. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38613301/c2389bb3b990a6a0b06372d4b51ba418dbb01459.png Utilitarian - "Everyone’s happiness combined matters most" The greatest good for the greatest number Benefit: This character gains bonuses when supporting the weakest ally. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38613301/24bbdac5f5ebce7a024c1f0aa7b04ef1f59c5963.png Machiavellian - "My team/group matters most" The ends justify the means. Benefit and Restriction: This character can perform any action in combat regardless of harm to allies but does not gain any bonuses. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38613301/b8be6c3f6908ae10cff9abdee804b11c7a654c28.png Nihilist - "I matter most" Nothing matters, and that doesn't bother me. Benefit: This character gains bonuses when supporting themselves. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38613301/6edfa8466ddcc6bcc754d6182988dcf66b7125af.png What path will you take in Broken Roads? WISHLIST & PLAY THE DEMO NOW: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1403440/Broken_Roads/ That's all for today, ‘ol cobber! Follow Broken Roads to stay updated and don't forget, your choices are the key. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38613301/031a7785e83b6339edcab2accaa6f99a19f808b8.png SOCIAL: DISCORD | TWITTER | YOUTUBE | WIKI - The Drop Bear Bytes teamVersus Evil Winter Sale Going on Now!Dec 21, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsThe Versus Evil Winter Sale is now live on Steam! Get up to 90% off! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38029657/0f62716f27c9410b7fb01fcab9289feb03970243.jpg As we head into 2024, let's have a bit of a retrospective, shall we? 2023 marks 10 years since Versus Evil was founded, and we've built quite the portfolio over the last decade. We look back on early titles such as Yaga, Cardpocalypse, and Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire; we look back on recent notable titles such as First Class Trouble, Eville, and UnMetal; and now, we look forward to our upcoming slate of new releases such as Lil' Guardsman, Tamarak Trail, and Broken Roads. Whether you've been playing our games the day we started or are now just joining the fun, thank you for being on this journey with us. We're forever grateful. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1403440/Broken_Roads/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1924360/Lil_Guardsman/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1591220/Tamarak_Trail/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1989320/Monolith_Requiem_of_the_Ancients/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1220170/Eville/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/953880/First_Class_Trouble/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/560130/Pillars_of_Eternity_II_Deadfire/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1203710/UnMetal/Versus Evil Autumn Sale Going on Now!Nov 21, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsThe Versus Evil Autumn Sale is now live on Steam! Get up to 90% off! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/38029657/0f62716f27c9410b7fb01fcab9289feb03970243.jpg While you're browsing our catalog, why not check out our slate of upcoming titles if you haven't already: Broken Roads is a narrative-driven RPG that brings exploration, strategic turn-based combat and meaningful philosophical choices to an all-new Australian post-apocalyptic setting. In Lil' Guardsman, imagine you're a 12-year-old, suddenly in charge of the guard shed at the castle gate, where you decide if elves, goblins and 100+ other characters should be admitted. It's a wonderful combination of deduction, narrative and puzzle games. Tamarak Trail is a deck-building roguelike where you'll use a customizable dice set as you battle through randomly generated trails full of loot, mysteries, and danger to protect inhabitants from the evil that has corrupted the trail. Last, but certainly not least, introducing our most recently announced title, Monolith: Requiem of the Ancients! Journey across Gliese, a mystical world under threat by dark forces in this vibrant, action RPG. With the power of the Runic Swarm in your hands, crush the minions of evil on your path to fulfill your destiny and become the planet's savior. If you're discovering our games for the first time or missed past sales, now's the perfect time to get in! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1403440/Broken_Roads/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1924360/Lil_Guardsman/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1591220/Tamarak_Trail/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1989320/Monolith_Requiem_of_the_Ancients/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1220170/Eville/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/953880/First_Class_Trouble/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/560130/Pillars_of_Eternity_II_Deadfire/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1203710/UnMetal/Broken Roads, the new Fallout-style CRPG game, has just been delayedNov 9, 2023 - PCGamesNFallout 5 is a ways off. With Starfield in the bag, and Elder Scrolls 6 seemingly its next project, we're unlikely to see a return of Bethesda's apocalyptic RPG for at least a few years. In the meantime, Broken Roads seems like the perfect substitute. Mixing the isometric, wasteland exploration of Fallout 2, the character-driven drama of Disco Elysium, a little of Frostpunk's brutal survival systems, and the aesthetics of Mad Max, the new CRPG game is absolutely one to watch. Unfortunately, developer Drop Bear Bytes confirms it's just been delayed. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This Fallout 2 style CRPG lets you play as an Aussie gunslinger Fallout 2 and Disco Elysium combine in gorgeous new CRPG coming soon Broken Roads Delayed Until Early 2024Nov 8, 2023 - Community Announcementshttps://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1093285565564203108/1171967326111940656/BrokenRoads_Nov2023_message.png?ex=655e9aa0&is=654c25a0&hm=d8832528518507cba1f2d1b85b5f60bcf41035af55045c14bb369064f76d6443&=&width=810&height=872 Hired Gun Origin StoryNov 1, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsWe're kicking off a new mini-series of trailers for the playable origin stories, starting with Hired Gun! Broken Roads features four origin stories each with their own unique attributes, starting skills, and reputation around the world which changes how certain characters interact with you. Check out our first Origin Story trailer here: Expect more trailers coming soon! And if you’re wondering ‘hey Drop Bear Bytes, where’s your October update?', we’ve been non-stop busy making the game, adding polish, fixing bugs, closing out quests, wrapping up loose ends, recording videos, conducting media interviews, playtesting the game, and so on. There’s your update - now let us get back to it! - The Drop Bear Bytes teamThis Fallout 2 style CRPG lets you play as an Aussie gunslingerNov 1, 2023 - PCGamesNBroken Roads, an Australian CRPG in the spirit of Fallout 2, is arriving later this month. To give players a taste of what awaits them in this dusty, post-apocalyptic outback, developer Drop Bear Bytes is putting out videos detailing the game's four character origins, beginning with the hired gun. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Fallout 2 and Disco Elysium combine in gorgeous new CRPG coming soon
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