The RoboCo demo makes an encore in the Yogscast Tiny Teams Festival on Steam

Wisconsin, United States — It’s time to dust off your wrenches and soldering irons again, because Filament Games are rolling out the RoboCo demo for an encore today on Steam as part of the Yogscast Tiny Teams Festival. Already the recipient of multiple industry rewards, RoboCo was last playable during the Steam Summer Game Festival. It was a hit with players, giving aspiring engineers of all ages a chance to build a remote controlled robot waiter in the first of many planned scenarios - a humble first step in a grand mission to solve the problems of all squishy, hapless humans.

Players will soon have the opportunity to return to the restaurant floor and deliver sandwiches in style, or maybe just catapult them across the room in the rough direction of the customers. Whatever gets the job done is good enough, although more exacting engineers can crack open the casing and fine-tune every component inside their machines. While designed to be simple and accessible, RoboCo gives players the tools to create marvelously complex contraptions, and the freedom to experiment.

The demo will be available from 5pm GMT on Sunday, August 9th until the same time on Monday, August 17th. Plenty of time to refine your designs in the restaurant scenario, or explore the sandbox laboratory map. Test how your robot handles on conveyor belts, in zero gravity, or just run wild in the (highly breakable) staff break room. Maybe there’s even some easter eggs to uncover, if you can construct the right robot to search for them.

The RoboCo demo offers just a small taste of the full game. There are many more challenges planned by the game’s Early Access debut in early 2021. An enormous number of additional construction components are also in development, ready to be put through their paces by players. The full game will be playable using a VR headset and touch controllers, letting the most advanced of robot engineers immerse themselves in this wobbly cartoon universe and see their mechanical marvels taking shape.

Factsheet

• Build any robot you can imagine, wire up the controls to your keyboard and cut loose.

• Keep it simple with pre-built components or engineer your own precision parts.

• Use gears and cogs to manage torque, or just slap twenty powered wheels on the chassis.

• Optional VR support for major headsets (Oculus Rift, Valve Index, HTC Vive, etc.) coming soon.

RoboCo is launching into Steam Early Access early 2021. Follow the game on Steam and mail the media contact below for updates on alpha and beta testing events in the interim.

Read more about RoboCo at its official page here, and find press assets and screenshots here.

The game can be wishlisted and demo downloaded via its Steam store page here. Preview code is available on request.

About RoboCo

RoboCo is a wholesome sandbox game about designing and building robots to serve the needs of squishy, hapless humans in the world of tomorrow. Assemble bots piece by piece, rigging each creation with motors, gears, and customizable wireless controls in order to conquer tricky, open-ended challenge courses where the solutions are as varied as your engineering ingenuity. A PC-first, VR-compatible release inspired by makerspace programs and robotics organizations, RoboCo aims to ignite player interest in STEM fields by offering players the tools to unleash their problem solving skills and creative potential.