Robot Rumble 2 - Dev Diary: Danielle!

Roboteers, stand by!

Hey, hi, hello everybody! It is I, the newest (and probably the worst) addition to the dev team, Danielle! App developer by day, game developer by night (when I’m not stuck playing games myself!) I joined the dev team about two months ago as a UX/UI programmer and designer. But I’ve taken it upon myself to do a whole lot more than that! I’m super excited to work on Robot Rumble 2!

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What am I going to bring to the table?

Like I said, I got onboard as a UX/UI programmer, but I’ve taken it upon myself to do a little more than just that. As you’ve probably noticed while playing the game, there’s… some funny but also questionable interactions going on in the game. Without getting into the nitty gritty of it, it’s a bit messy.

Robot Rumble 2 has seen a lot of developers over the years, there’s a bit of technical debt that we as a dev team have to go through. As we speak I’ve been busy redoing a lot of the code in a way that’s more maintainable, easier to understand and more in line with the standards of C# programming (and Unity in general). I’m also planning on incorporating engine upgrades down the line that will bring us tools to make the game perform a LOT better!

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What does that mean for upcoming updates?

For now we’re still working on new features for the game parallel to all the codebase changes. In the future we want to also make the game more accessible to newer players! Even if you have no idea what a Primal Power X238/50 does (and honestly, neither do I), we want to make it so the game has enough tools to teach you what each part does. We do have a vision on what we would like that to look like (cough cough KSP cough cough).

Along with the onboarding changes, we also want to add in a new UI that feels a lot more intuitive to use, isn’t just plain black text on a white plane and feels more in line with how you’d imagine a robot battle-sim to look! Keep a lookout on updates heading into the new year!

Thank you so much for trusting me enough to be a part of your wonderful community and to the ones that have been supporting RR2 throughout the years! 

Danielle

Robot Rumble 2

https://discord.gg/RobotRumble2

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