#worbital

Just like that, another year has passed. How has it been for you? Us TJR folk have remained mostly under the radar. Much like the year before, 2021 has been busy with subcontracting and working to keep Team Jolly Roger going into the future. We are hopeful that a new TJR-original game project is just over the horizon and that the folks in our community will be as excited as we are to see what it will be.

Once again, we are moving into the new year with optimism and wish you happy holidays! The pandemic is still raging on, so stay safe and take good care of those around you. And remember to have fun as much as you can! ☃️🎆

Meanwhile, Steam (as well as Nintendo eShop, Xbox and PlayStation Store) are having their seasonal sale in the upcoming weeks. It’s a great chance to try some of our games you haven’t gotten a chance to play yet 👀 https://store.steampowered.com/app/761910/Worbital/ 

https://store.steampowered.com/app/650220/Interplanetary_Enhanced_Edition/

Wow, 2020 - what a year! All kinds of things have been happening around the world, but here at TJR it has been quiet, which you’ve probably noticed. 

Over the past year, we had to switch almost entirely to outsourcing work to keep the studio going. This has been our job for the better part of 2020. We are still uncertain as to what the next year will bring, but we are looking forward to getting into a new TJR project as soon as we are able to. We hope you’ll stick around for it! In the meantime, we want to thank you for staying with us and to welcome all the new players that have been joining our community recently - we hope that you’ll have a good time with us. 

The clock is ticking away, counting down the last days of 2019. Holidays are right on the horizon! 

We are immensely grateful to all of you for playing and cheering Worbital (as well as our other games: Interplanetary, Mushroom Crusher Extreme) on through this year. We kicked 2019 off with launching Worbital on Steam. Although we were very excited about letting our game out into the world, the launch wasn’t as spectacular as we hoped for. Still, we did our best to support Worbital, and hoping to continue doing so in 2020. We’re also happy to welcome the lovers of cosmic chaos who joined us on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch! Thank you all for joining us, for sticking around, for being patient. As we are heading into the new year (new decade really, wow!), we will continue working to get more players into Worbital and will be looking forward to any exciting new projects 2020s will bring.

From all of TJR, wherever in the world you are, whatever your reasons are to be jolly this season: Happy Holidays! And Happy 2020!

Worbital – Launch Trailer | PS4

With the shifting gravity on your side, aim your cannons, blast your enemies and enjoy the fireworks. Worbital is a (more…)

Jubilation! As announced last week, Worbital is now available for PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. At the moment, cross-platform multiplayer works for PC and Switch players. 

Earlier this week, we released an update for the PC version, including some new weapons and fixes. Right now, Worbital is available to play for free on Steam, until October 20th 1:00pm PT.

There are a lot of new players joining Worbital this weekend and we’re thrilled to welcome all of you! Our official Discord server is open for everyone looking for a match or just to chat about Worbital, life, and stuff… Come on in: https://discord.gg/teamjollyroger  You can also follow us on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.

Here comes the much anticipated fourth Worbital content update! And boy, do we have some stuff for you.

First and foremost, we did our best to fix the most essential bugs and issues that have been reported over the last months. Network issues, weapon bugs, visuals, balance - we fixed a whole bunch. Hopefully, this will make matches a lot smoother for many players.

Second - and most exciting, we added new weapons! Each of the factions gets one: Partycle Ball (Celestials), Bouncer (Lucid) and Waste Missile (Terrene).

See the full changelog for today’s update at the end of this announcement.

Consoles & Free Steam Weekend

As we’ve announced earlier, this Friday we are launching Worbital on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. At launch, cross-platform multiplayer will be functional for PC and Switch players. We’re also continuing work to connect players from the other platforms as well. The more the merrier!

In order to add yet more action for the coming days, Worbital has been approved for a free weekend on Steam! This will undoubtedly bring about a swarm of new players, in addition to the console folk. Gather your friends for some planet-busting action, starting Oct. 17th at 10:00am, lasting until Oct. 20th 1:00pm (PT). That’s about it. What do you think of the new weapons? Let us know in the comments, on Twitter, Facebook or on our official Discord server.

Happy blasting!

Worbital 1.10.6638 - October 16th, 2019

Features

New Weapons 

Waste Missile (Terrene): Chuck your hazardous waste into space! Causes a toxic cloud on impact and temporarily prevents building on the damaged sector. 

Bouncer (Lucid): Generates a thick cloud of concentrantrated toxic sludge that bounces back projectiles that hit it.

Partycle Ball (Celestials): A very cool, celebratory laser show!

Fixes

Mist Dispersion should no longer occasionally trigger its smokescreen or flash freeze multiple times 

Sub-Zero Drone and Solaronite Gun flares shot through the ice sun in Fire & Ice no longer award the achievement "The Ice Age!" 

Solaronite gun now uses proper fragments when shooting through the normal sun 

Fixed an edge case where game would freeze when match rules disabled planet derailment and planets with a moon get destroyed, which would cause the moons to derail 

Fixed multiple issues related to controller disconnecting 

Fixed issues with AI’s usage of Gun Gun, Lasers and other timing-critical weapons 

Fixed the AI to better take the planet movement into account when targeting Wave Cannon 

Fixed controller disconnect not returning to the correct state if dialogue screen was open 

Fixed controller navigation issues in the main menu 

Fixed issues caused by two players joining a match at the same time 

Fixed issues caused by players disconnecting during loading screen 

Fixed autosizing of various input fields and popups 

Fixes to cosmetics menu functionality 

Minor fixes to local play input handling 

Major AI performance optimizations 

Gravity calculation optimizations 

Major performance improvements 

Various minor bug fixes 

Minor text fixes

Adjustments

Added additional particle effects to planet damage 

Added a new highlight to planet selection UI when new planets are colonized 

World Rammer now applies a short planet speed boost when hitting a planet that's already derailed 

Adjusted and disabled many controller vibration triggers for better compatibility 

Adjusted camera speeds to be snappier on controller

Balance

Easy AI is now easier 

Impossible AI is now slightly more impossible 

Increased Chaos Engine chance to derail and rerail, while decreasing boost chance 

Decreased player planet soil endurance 

Increased Spreadcannon charge time 

Increased Shotcannon charge time

Increased Celestials Orbit Boost charge time 

Decreased Nuclear Plant cooldown multiplier 

Decreased level 3 Coilgun fragment damage 

Decreased Celestials Spike HP 

Increased Celestials Spike core damage 

Decreased Burst Missiles build limit 

Plasma Cannon targeting can now be angled 

Decreased Plasma Cannon soil damage 

Increased Shield Defense charge time 

Increased Gravimetric Shield charge time 

Increased Fragmenter fragment soil damage 

Decreased Fragmenter HP 

Increased Glacier charge time 

Increased Glacier freeze aoe 

Increased Glacier structure damage 

Increased Glacier core damage 

Increased Celestial Solaronite Gun build duration 

Increased Celestial Solaronite Gun cooldown 

Increased Celestial Solaronite Gun structure damage 

Increased Celestial Solaronite Gun flare amount 

Decreased Celestial Solaronite Gun flare structure damage 

Decreased Celestial Solaronite Gun flare soil damage 

Decreased Celestial Solaronite Gun flare lifespan 

Increased Gatling Cannon soil damage 

Decreased Gun Gun build duration 

Increased Gun Gun's range 

Increased Flamethrower range 

Decreased Sub-Zero Drone charge time 

Decreased Sub-Zero Drone structure aoe 

Decreased Sub-Zero Drone lifespan, so that they now consistently hit 4 times

Decreased Sub-Zero Drone fund generation

Increased Sub-Zero Drone projectile's freeze aoe

Increased Short Circuit Beam charge time

Decreased Short Circuit Beam HP 

Decreased Missile Scrambler effect radius

Increased Missile Control Ship build duration

Increased Missile Control Ship damage

Increased Missile Control Ship default missile damage

Decreased Missile Control Ship effect radius

Increased Sentry Capsule HP

Increased World Rammer structure damage

Increased World Rammer ramming power

Increased World Rammer core damage     

Increased Colonizer colonizing speed at levels 1 & 2

Increased Colonizer colonizing bonus from firing a second one

Decreased Cataclysm volcano projectile damage

Decreased Cataclysm volcano projectile soil damage 

Decreased Cataclysm volcano projectile structure aoe 

Decreased Dreadnought machinegun structure damage 

Decreased Dreadnought machinegun soil damage 

Decreased Fusion Cannon fragment damage 

Decreased Fusion Cannon fragment aoe 

Decreased Fusion Cannon structure aoe 

Decreased Fusion Cannon soil damage 

Decreased Fusion Cannon core damage 

Decreased Solar Laser charge time 

Decreased Rocket Barrage structure damage 

Decreased Rocket Barrage soil damage 

Decreased Photon Missile soil damage 

Decreased Photon Missile structure aoe 

Decreased Photon Missile core damage 

Increased Solar Plant’s Charge Multiplier 

Decreased Celestial Solar Plant Cost 

Increased Celestials Orbit Boost build cost 

Decreased Hurt Amplifier build cost

Decreased Orbital Destabilizer build cost

  Decreased Overcharger build cost 

Decreased Cryogenesis build cost 

Decreased Chaos Engine build cost 

Increased Cataclysm build duration 

Increased Star Drive build duration 

Decreased Moonburst build duration 

Decreased Mist Dispersion build duration 

Decreased Chaos Engine build duration 

Increased Orbit Boost tier cost 

Increased Solaronite Gun tier cost 

Increased Asteroid Diversion tier cost 

Increased Star Drive tier cost 

Decreased Fragmenter tier cost 

Decreased Sentry Capsule tier cost 

Decreased Nuclear Missile tier cost 

The time has come to expand our base and set foot on other platforms. Strap in, we’re heading for PS4, Xbox One and Switch on October 18th!

Worbital on Consoles

For the last few months, things have been quiet with Worbital, and for a reason. From the very beginning, we knew that Worbital would eventually land on consoles and we’ve been open about it. Of course, getting the ports ready took more time than we estimated. Now, all of that is behind us and we’re proud to announce that Worbital is finally coming to PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch next week, October 18th. What does this mean for the existing and the new players?

Most notably, it means more players online. At launch, cross-platform multiplayer will allow Switch and PC players to get worbed together, hopefully making the online lobby more crowded. We’re working to expand the scope of cross-platform multiplayer to other consoles as well, hoping to gather as many players as possible into one big pool.

We’re also hoping that more people will be joining our Discord server for matchmaking and just casual chattery!

Update for the PC Version

You might think: “Wow, that sounds great! But what about the PC version? Anything new for us?”. Yes. Absolutely. Next week, we’ll be rolling out a content update. Expect new weapons as well as fixes. Here’s a little teaser of what’s coming:

Worbital Price Drop

Lastly, starting today, Worbital is shedding some of its price. Now that it’s been well over half a year since the original release, it seems fitting to try a lower price, so here we are. Hopefully, this brings Worbital to the hands of more players! Starting today, Worbital is $12.99/€12.99 on Steam. The same price will apply to the PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch versions.