RODINA

Monthly Archives: July 2014

Rodina available on Steam!

A very exciting and pivotal day for Elliptic Games- Rodina is officially available for purchase on Steam! You can also try the demo, or download the Rodina soundtrack as a DLC!

For existing customers: Steam keys are coming soon. Everyone who donates up to the Buffet tier ($15) or above will receive a Steam key. That includes those who are currently in the Appetizer tier who bump their donations up. BUT it may take a little while to get those keys out. I’ll post again once the system comes online!

Rodina will remain for sale here on the site, and I will continue to do votes and offer picture credits to those who decide to donate at the appropriate levels. I’m not 100% sure how it’s all going to fit in with Steam, but hopefully things won’t change too much.

Thank you to everyone who helped get Rodina to this point! My greatest hope is that Rodina is successful enough that I can worry less about business stuff for a while and focus 100% on development. If that happens, it’s because of all of you!

Thank you!

Rodina Has Been Greenlit!!!

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What an amazing time! Rodina has been Greenlit to be released on Steam! All in all it took something like 27 days to get all the way to #50. I couldn’t have done it without the support of the community!

I’m not sure how quickly I will be able to get the game on Steam. I want to focus on getting Rodina 1.1.1 out since I haven’t been giving it enough attention with all of the craziness. But I intend to get Rodina on Steam ASAP…

One thing I’ve heard asked a lot: what about people who’ve already bought the game? My intention is to allow anyone who has bought (or will buy) the game at the base price of $15 (the Buffet Tier) will get their very own Steam Key. I wouldn’t leave you guys behind!

At the same time, I also intend to always distribute a standalone version of the game here on the site, for those of you not on Steam.

Thanks again, everyone! Here’s to a new chapter in Rodina’s bright future!!!

Greenlight Update + OMSI Demo

The Rodina Greenlight campaign is going full steam ahead! Rodina is currently at #51, which will hopefully mean that I am in a good position to be Greenlit in the next batch. Keep your fingers crossed for me, and please keep spreading the word to help Rodina finish strong!

I also have a little treat that some longtime fans of Rodina might enjoy. I’m releasing the Rodina demo that I gave at OMSI (Oregon Museum and Science and Industry) in April 2013!

(The demo is best played with an XBox Controller!)

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Folks may remember me posting about this event last year. It was the very first time Rodina had ever been seen in public. It was a great opportunity to crunch for a mini-release, and to watch people play the game before the actual release. At the time, many Rodina fans asked to see the demo, so now at long last you can try it out!

This demo shouldn’t be interesting to most players- I present it mostly as a relic of Rodina’s pre-release development. The OMSI Demo was 8 months before Rodina’s release date, and it was very rough. I thought it might be interesting for people to see what the game looked like back then. It’s surprising for me to go back to it and realize just how much changed in those 8 short months! 2013 was a very busy year!

PS: The Rodina 1.1.1 update is going well too! I’ll have more news about that sometime after the next Greenlight batch is announced!