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Developer:
Codeglue
Based in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Release date:
19 October, 2016

Platforms:
Steam
Windows 10
iOS
Xbox 360

Website:
rocketriot.com

Regular Price:

Description

Get ready for Rocket Riot™, an action-packed, side-scrolling, 8-bit shooter where the rockets and the fun never stops!. With over 200 levels and over 300 characters, blowing things up has just reached a new level of awesome!

Rocket Riot™ packs hundreds of zany characters, aggressive mini-bosses, tons of tough bosses and crazy visual effects into one rocket package! Obliterate your friends with multiplayer challenges, or achieve a personal best in the single player campaign. In this awesomely 8-bit styled game, blast your way through the environment or hide behind it, battling the strangest enemies you will ever encounter.

Uncover wacky power-ups, navigate through completely destructible environments, or burrow into different areas of the map for surprise attacks. Destroyed objects regenerate, keeping the action fast-paced. But time doesn’t heal all wounds!

History

Past

Xbox 360
Rocket Riot™ was first released on June 17, 2009 on the Xbox 360 as one of the first XBLA games developed using C#. The game was co-developed by Codeglue and Coin-op Interactive and THQ was responsible for publishing. This original release of the game has 80 single player missions and 4 online multiplayer modes against up to 8 players on Xbox LIVE.

Mobile phones
A year later, on 11 October, 2010, we released Rocket Riot on Microsoft's new mobile OS called Windows Phone 7. The game was a launch title for this new platform and Microsoft Studios was responsible for publishing the game. Fast forward another year. With the help of het Gamefonds (gamefund) we were able to create an iOS version of Rocket Riot. The game was published by publishing house Chillingo on 10 November, 2011. For this iOS version we were lucky to collaborate with Dutch graffitti artists Eelco van den Berg (http://www.eelcovandenberg.com) and Luuk Bode (http://www.luukbode.com), who both created some stunning looking bonus levels.

Windows 8
On 26 October, 2012 we released another version of Rocket Riot with Microsoft Studios, dubbed Rocket Riot 3D. Again, the game was a launch title for a new Microsoft platform, this time Windows 8. This version of Rocket Riot was launched with many additional level packs and support for stereoscopic 3D.

Rocket Riot 3D got two big DLC updates after launch of the game. In this first update two new level packs were added to the game : Space Expedition and Dream World! The second update was an even bigger update. Players got a new soundtrack, new stories, 72 new challenging levels and 102 new enemies, all available from 4 themed level packs : Movie Madness, Pixel Continuum, Arts and Crafts and Bananamania!

In 2014, Rocket Riot was removed from the Windows 8 Store and from the Windows Phone Store by Microsoft Studios. They took a step back and gave us the opportunity to publish the game ourselves from now, something we wanted for a long time.

Present

The latest platforms Rocket Riot was released on are Steam and Windows 10. This version of Rocket Riot is based on the Windows 8 version and will take advantage of all the features of Steam and the new Windows 10 platform (UWP).

Features

• Engage in over 200 single player missions, set in distinctly stylized worlds!
• Unlock over 300 characters! Zombies vs. robots! Rocket-propelled bananas! Pirates vs. meese…uh…multiple moose
• Test your strength and accuracy against tons of bosses… and mini bosses too.
• Classic Rocket Riot™ levels with awesome new stories, characters and visual effects.
• 20 crazy power-ups: some helpful, some funny… all explosive.
• Colorful 8-bit style visuals with a splash of modern artistic flair, now in stereoscopic 3D.
• Maps constantly change by regenerating after they’re destroyed. But time doesn’t heal all wounds!
• Use mouse/keyboard controls, or Controller.

Funding

GAME_FUNDING

Rocket Riot Credits

Peter de Jong
Production

JP Vaughan
Production

Danny Perez Santana
Production

Sara Romero Doreste
Marketing

Tom Rutjens
Art

Wytze Kamp
Game Design

Maurice Sibrandi
Programming

Niels Uiterwijk
Programming

Kevin Bansberg
Programming

Rik Beyen
Programming

Rens van Mierlo
Programming

Davey van den Berg
Programming

Tom Jansen
Programming

Contact

Mail
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