New Cable Bot, Bot Spawners, Quest System and MORE! - Scrap Mechanic DevBlog 21 Review

Welcome to an episode of Scrap Mechanic News! The devs just released DevBlog 21 for Scrap Mechanic, so it's time to take a deep dive into what has been revealed and what it might mean for the future of Scrap Mechanic. Today we are looking at topics covering the new Cable Bot, bot spawners, creative mode update, and more!
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[@RyzzS8911]

Multiplayer wave based Tower-Defense would be a good use for the capsules, even using them on your side during the challenge

[@rsodrealm]

YOO THAT'S AWESOME

[@narwhalking2788]

Bot Tower Defense

[@HexJayBun]

Multiplayer monday idea right here

[@fillymcwinkenbob4234]

This should be a mode for challenge mode, build a defence and deal with consecutive waves of enemies

[@limehuzki]

i will definately build that but sadly no farmbots will be possible

[@mr.person5209]

Scrap Mechanic Devs: “We *added water to a few of the tiles* and a perimeter around the world border so you can race your friends.” Scrapman: *P A T H E T I C*

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

path-i-tic

[@RealPanzer999]

the devblog literally says: "we also added water to"!" some of the tiles "!"as well as a water border..." Scrapman: "looks like they took a slightly more lazy approach and just added a whole lot of water to the exterior..."

[@lechking941]

Hehhe the course of KZbin. Your perception skills are decressed by -20% as long as it's done on camera. But when not recording +15%.

[@RealPanzer999]

@@lechking941 so true

[@Drzbatz3849]

I was going to say the same thing as this

[@lillappy7520]

Hahaha ur said is true XD XD XD

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

When the update comes out, We need a co-op survival mode series with you, kAN, Durf and John,

[@TheZiiFamily]

And kosmo too And hank

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

@@TheZiiFamily hank ran away cuz scrapman didn’t let him date mank

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

@@TheZiiFamily remember, the more people, the more lag

[@j-j-jingles4797]

Yeah, but they already do multilayer Monday, and it be ages between each episode

[@tundra3252]

@@TheZiiFamily and maybe squiddy?

[@the_jono]

Make a multiplayer monday where the bot capsules are painted your colors, you build your piece of the arena, and then you have a bot war with each other.

[@trevorcompton9186]

Someone else commented this

[@dubl33_27]

The text in the quest box dialogue says "lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..." which is basically replacement text, dummy text, if you will

[@ihaveanunnecessarilylongus8945]

what if its in code?

[@skillzmcgee8013]

Minecraft: WE GOT A CAVE UPDATE COMING!!! ScrapMechanic: Hey we got a cave update coming, also you can have robot wars.

[@VixitheFolf]

Minecraft to counter: We got a cave update and you can hatch the dragon egg.

[@skillzmcgee8013]

@@VixitheFolf would kill for that honestly. :/

[@love_and_chaos_uwu4267]

Scrap mechanic: can i copy your homework

[@demetrioaguilar7434]

cable bots = termites

[@lechking941]

@@skillzmcgee8013 I fergot that a mod does that :P it turns the dragon egg into a proper egg to hatch.

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

Devs: *add survival mode water* Durf: my mod... *useless*

[@ICEDSummer]

Wat

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

@@ICEDSummer durf’s water mod was the most popular mod for water

[@ICEDSummer]

No your name

[@tatacraft791]

yes that is 100% true i dont know why i always do this

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

@@tatacraft791 ... Me neither

[@prasannapalla4189]

Imagine if scrap man literally met hank in creative mode and painted him in green colour

[@Zendard]

Scrapman: survival and creative make the whole game *sad challenge mode noises*

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

I think that was the biggest flop of the game

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

rip

[@Hlebuw3k]

did not mean to steal your comment

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

@@Hlebuw3k i was wondering about that

[@Zendard]

@@Hlebuw3k np

[@Hlebuw3k]

"And thats pretty much the whole game" sad challenge mode noises

[@funny_man8779]

Oh hi it’s you . The person who wanted the flying pancake

[@TheZiiFamily]

Did you get your flying pancake? “Yes” What did it cost? “Its edibility”

[@williamheath7823]

Apparently they are adding 10 more levels and a prize so it isn't too neglected compared to the other modes but it still the older brother of the scrap mechanic gamemodes

[@Ayahuuu]

Challenge mode is dead.

[@Dr0drakon]

What’s challenge mode?

[@Nishye501]

“The underground is going to be a big thing” Like Minecraft caves and cliffs?

[@KITTKATT-O]

.

[@dragon47mobile82]

2 big updates for 2 big games

[@Nishye501]

@@dragon47mobile82 yep!

[@apoc-chan]

@@Nishye501 yep!

[@lifeononeweel3008]

@@KITTKATT-O what

[@filippopagani8092]

I've got so much hype for chapter 2, although we all know what we really want from the next update: WEDGE BLOCKS IN SURVIVAL

[@ckinggaming5bucketmadness766]

I’m working on a space station project,if this update comes out during the time I’m working on it,Ima need a whole new creative map,luckily I’m saving different parts and sections,and am thinking of welding all the parts together after building them separately,rather than building it all as one thing

[@joeymuscarella6358]

If they put this in survival then you should put painted tape bots as sentry turrets at your base.

[@Tarkov-me2nn]

HECK yeah! Silver fish in Scrap Mechanic to?!

[@lilianafriedman7694]

Scrapmacanic minecraft but rtx is on

[@Cookiekopter]

We will create an army of Henks

[@tempestrage257]

*hank, atleast get it right 🤦‍♂️🙄

[@Mazren_]

@@tempestrage257 chill out, you know what they mean and it was just a mistake

[@SapioiT]

A propeller would also be nice, to be like a scrap thruster, using a lot less fuel and giving a lot less thrust, but still very efficient on boats, regardless of if above water or below water. Imagine using the paint gun to get bots to fight eachother, instead of fighting you. Now the paint tool will truly be a paint gun. The creation blueprint idea of yours is really good, and along the lines of what I was thinking, as well. Maybe even show the not-placed-yet blocks as ghost blocks, barely visible (transparency) and blue, and the blocks which you need to build which are touching the already-placed blocks as red half-transparent ghost blocks. And maybe an option to have a red pulsing for the blocks which are placed and are different than the blocks in the blueprint, but turning it off will mean we can replace metal with wood and thick pipes with thin pipes and big wheels with small wheels without the whole creation flashing before our eyes.

[@maxwellgulyas6444]

I see, we now have no problem finding Hank now :) Minecraft: Gets cave update Scrap Mechanic: Y: Same

[@maxwellgulyas6444]

I would not be shocked if Scrapman put his logo in the background on his title screen

[@derpyduck264]

I actually think you could genuinely utilize those new cable bots as a tool. Assuming that the caves work similarly to warehouses in the aspect of using elevators that keep anything on it spawned in, (also assuming they don't despawn instantly upon leaving their cave) you could probably make a "jar" of sorts to hold them. This also assumes that they cannot simply cut through literally every block in the game. But if this isn't the case, the best use would be lumberjacking. It wouldn't be as hard or unreliable as controller systems, and wouldn't be nearly as complex as piston engines for using sawblades. You would just have them hack away at it. Then, everything is dropped into a kill chamber to be reset, and you grab more of them to load in next time you have more wood. They would chop down any amount of wood into the smallest form (unrefined, though) and once you've killed the cable bots, you simply unload the wood and store it wherever you like. Just remember the railing, or they will crawl right out.

[@ckinggaming5bucketmadness766]

5:51 I’m imagining a ridiculously long hallway the just has the floor come up and block entry at night ,and like the floor has more metal under it than you would’ve thought,and also defenses could come out the front and floor of the base

[@ufukbasci6412]

6:30 that is not a problem because when you are away from your base, the raid won't start either, and when you get close to your base, the bots will spawn at the exact same time that the timer and your base defenses are loaded, so bots won't be able to do any damage because by the time they get to your base, your defenses will already be active.

[@josevst7274]

I have an idea for the bot cpsules: You could Create a sort of battlefield with hazards and obstacles, and a point counting mechanism hooked up to the a machine containing capsules, You can activate the button at any time, and depending on how many points were counted(Gained by waiting), and what type of bot you selected, a differen amount of bots is released on the field, and your points are cleared. The game is played with two players on each side of the battlefield, and each players spawnable bots are coloured, so they will only fight enemy bots. The winner of the game is whoever can coordinate their bot army to destroy the other players base or core or something. Maybe one could even have designated areas in their own base, where they are allowed to help their bots via hammers or activated traps, though that might be difficult to do since we dont know how hostility to players will work...

[@FlooferLand]

4:04 For anyone wondering what the text in the quest thing is, it's a paragraph of Lorem Ipsum, which is used as placeholder text everywhere (doesn't actually mean anything) You can see "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet." if you zoom in on it.

[@Vassilmcjohnson]

Wow that was really cool

[@beastlymace2214]

wow that was really cool

[@thelegendarynoob7956]

Good job 𝘽𝙊𝙉𝙀𝙍 That was really cool

[@thedude4039]

@@thelegendarynoob7956 wow that was really cool.

[@funny_man8779]

Wow that was really cool

[@Nishye501]

11:40: suspenseful scene: ad: immediately after that:SNEESE

[@KITTKATT-O]

I got sneese pills

[@_Z_D]

When the update arrives Make a multiplayer Monday where u build castles with defenses, and you’ll put troops (bots) of ur color to fight kAN, j0nbane and moonbo!

[@ienjoyoranges]

*Ominous music* ScrapMan: Sneezes KZbin: ok this seems like a good place for an add

[@stormwallwarrior6095]

You should do a new series when the update comes out like the medieval fantasy world series, but with 2 or more faction of bots fighting each other. Or you could even do a video/series where you go in multiplayer and try to destroy each other's castles and stuff. I really hope you see this and keep up the good work!!!

[@semigodprogrammer]

11:50 "How many tape bots does it take do destroy THE BIG RED BOT"

[@Sportkid-wi7zw]

I haven't ever seen anyone as excited and happy when reading changelogs/devblogs, etc. It truly makes my day :) In the morning I watch your vids while I eat breakfast and it really makes my day feel so much easier.

[@takimicha7291]

5:30 you could turn your base lights on at night and back off when the sun rises. Cool concept! 11:30 You can paint hank so that you know which bot is hank (except only in creative)!

[@ckinggaming5bucketmadness766]

14:22 I actually thought,imagine building a big underground cube base,those guys would be like a pest,they would probably enter they base by biting through it and then you would just have to find it and kill it.

[@imaginaryfriend5464]

4:05 That blurred quest text definitely looks like a placeholder text "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur elit"... :)

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

Devs: *dev blog* Scrapman: all i have to do is look at pictures and read, easy upload :)

[@thunderwolf5103]

I figured out why the cable clippers were underground, once the bots went rouge they were set to damage and disrupt underground communication networks!

[@crispylasagna]

Multiplayer Monday Idea! (Using the new bot capsules) Everyone builds a base defense out of cardboard to defend a castle then they link two defenses together so they face each other and place bots, painted so they fight each other, and see who’s bots can survive the longest.

[@BrianJ1962]

Soo looking forward to this update, now - especially that menu world editor! I suspect your first one will be your channel logo, ScrapMan - lol - and I would expect that ;-) XD

[@sidezerk9790]

by the creative mode update i hope to see a BOT Wars Series, where you guys make vehicles that harvest wood and rocks and then you have like 10 mins to go harvest as much materials as you can (but you cant use your hammer only saws and drills) When the timer ends you go back and trade the materials for bot capsules where you're gonna set a price for each type of bot and then after trading you go to an arena and let the BOT Wars begin!

[@Franktamas]

MM idea after the update: 2v2 Fort battle, every team build a fort with traps and stuff. The attacking team places down bots (you can limit the number of bots), the defending team activates traps, or use the hammer or spudgun. Winner is the one whos fort takes longer the destroy. [In the middle if the fort there should be something the bots agro toward, and if it gets destroyed the bots win. ]

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

13:20 no one wants to build a door

[@j-train13]

it did say in the dev blog that they were adding water "to some of the tiles, AS WELL AS a border around the map" so I assume we will get water inside the map and not just around it.

[@stevepittman3770]

8:43 - I heard you read the bit that said water will be included in some tiles.

[@steeljawX]

Scrapman opening a huge can of meme worms: " I don't know how digging will function." Me: "Well Scrapman, function really doesn't matter, what does matter is-" "-We are basically dwarves and we will be digging holes." (Take it away, Internets!!!) We get to get zerg rushed now? Oh boy! I really would like a repeating quest or a new trader that will take all of these circuit boards and give me component kits for them. I can find circuit boards so often they might as well be growing on trees, but their actual crafting use is only so little. Component kits are needed to not only build just about anything with an output reading or signal, but also to upgrade things; but they're so rare, I'd have better luck finding a flourishing rose bush in the middle of a desert tundra. BUT!!!! I would not be entirely against us being able to suddenly be able to craft our own version of the cable bot. Something like a "scrap bot". A mix-match of parts that more or less look like the cable bot, but will roam around a certain area you place it down at and it will attack everything except you (including WOKs). It's not the best design, but upgrading it could improve its speed, attack, and learning (what to and not to attack). Underground bases.....This has just engaged a new gear set in my head going. So when it comes to map tiles, we have only known them to reach in relative positive and negative X and Y and a positive Z. Now we're going down or a negative Z direction. Will this be a new map tile all on its own or will map tiles be the 2D square boundaries and everything with the 3D space of that 2D boundary is the tile? Like can we create watering systems where we have a pump up in a lake or river and directly connect it to a water sprayer underground or will it be a "different tile" and be too far to connect?

[@W1K___]

1 farm bot vs 20 hay bots Who can survive the farm bot the longest Who can survive the most waves of x Who can pen the most wocs Capsule video ideas

[@irgiefarras2159]

'i don't know if thats gonna be their attack or not' introducing the cable bots!

[@hexagonium5798]

I just read the Devblog a few hours ago and then waited until Scrapman released a video on it. :)

[@itsbombervr8611]

12:10 how about a Multiplayer Monday game where you have an arena, and you have to build a vehicle that will survive the longest against waves of bots!

[@senpai_mangue6141]

just got back from watching "jurassic world" after 3 years of not watching it! it still made me tear up due to the sad parts of people dying but it brings me back

[@EchoNovemberDelter]

And...?

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

update: this was the last devblog before axolot went silent

[@EanSeki]

Multiplayer monday idea. Assign each bot a point value, set up a grid to place them on and remove a wall to have two teams of bots battle it out.

[@creativenametxt2960]

Quest most likely says: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur ultricies neque et lacus tempus cursus. Sed et lacinia est, vel lacinia nisl...

[@MisteurCraft]

I noticed couple of month after the survival release that there were some XML files that contains dialogs in the game folders. I'm assuming this was in the pipe before the release and they kept those to reduce the future update size. Don't remember what this was though, but you guys can check it out!

[@edde1715]

Multiplayer Monday idea: there will be a map, and you have to place the bots, and the side that wins gets a point or something.

[@brandondevore5577]

Super exited for menu screen customization

[@pi_3223]

That is a great idea! 10:50

[@alvesvaren]

The text blurred in the phone call starts with "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet," as far as I can see (usual placeholder text)

[@captainsnekk]

When update comes out do a challenge where you have to drill to a wall of rocks and after every wall there are robots that get more dangerous after each wall.

[@captainsnekk]

Pls

[@TheZiiFamily]

@@captainsnekk good idea

[@incognitocito6460]

Would be cool if the cable bots could take control of player made vehicles

[@stevewest5397]

They're trying to recreate one of the greatest moments in gaming history: The introduction of the Flood in Halo 1.

[@monatp1]

They could use the tutorial block on survival as a way to build workshop creations, by creating a "hologram" for the workshop build you want, just like the photo on the devblog!

[@Geninacra]

In the image underground with the clippers, you forgot to mention the new lightsource.

[@madeline9712]

Hello Scrapman! Your Awesome! You got me into Scrap Mechanics And Trail makers! Keep up the good content!

[@Hardonium]

10:52 this is SO COOL! :D

[@tropicalbytsanity7845]

Episode 31 of asking scrapman too do a mega multiplayer monday with all of his friends in scrapmechanic

[@flintytheraccbold]

you could use the clock as a warning device in a car to tell you to start heading back to your farm to be prepared

[@nichomarlo2000]

u can add water to your tiles in the tile editor and im pretty sure it says there are some pre built water tiles :)

[@loaf2056]

Man I'm so so excited for these updates

[@Dragonorder18]

Maybe that tutorial device might also be designed later to become a Blueprint tool later, where they can bring creative mode blueprints into the game? Who knows.

[@Robododobobo]

When you do the dev logs I always understand it wayyyyy more :)

[@Gleeebus]

did they add the boss or any of those things and also keep up the good work i have a headache and ive been binge watching your survival series for a long time the the quote "always bring a toilet" never gets old

[@lolcat3698]

For the phone thingy, I think it's gonna be something you craft, but also something like the logbook that you don't have to store in your inventory

[@steampunk9722]

Definitely involve the community

[@mistrmayo]

Minecraft: silverfish! Scrap Mechanic: Cable bots! Me: déjà vu I think I’ve heard of this thing before

[@mitigationnation]

When I saw the tutorial block, I thought it was blueprints. This is something I would love for them to add in survival. The ability to save builds but require the player to place block by block to learn how it works.

[@rexgrant3957]

I’m so excited for the multiplayer Monday videos with all of the new content for creative mode.

[@cristianrangel]

When you're zoomed out on the blurred quest text, it seems a little easier to make out. It looks to me like Lorem ipsum text, so the actual quests themselves are probably not fleshed out yet.

[@briang287]

Iam sooo excited about this update!! I can't wait I may have to time travel just to get to update time

[@happysentences9721]

Me: *saw enemy capsule* Also me:"HANK CAN BE IN CREATIVE MODE!?"

[@Wildkirblet]

when you get a covid ad right when scrap man sneezes

[@thomasanstee1159]

The text on the quest page is just the regular "Lorem ipsum" placeholder text ;) "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit..." etc etc

[@D-Samurai]

In the tile editor there's the survival props but they dont work yet

[@paladingeorge6098]

Now that a solid base for survival is out, it seems Axolot are now working at their full creative potential! I sooooo look forward to enemy capsules, lol, like spawn eggs from minecraft but cooler. In another note, even though its a creative mode element I like to think that this is reflective of the way bots were transported in the Scrap universe. I like it because the idea of transporting bots inside of capsules has a child like whimsy to it that is reminiscent of when I use to love capsule toys...

[@dunklematerie3990]

Multiplayer mondays are gonna be alot more fun now :D

[@thefaulnt3562]

I think they will add creation saving in survival. It might even be part of the next devlog. Because if build something to mine rocks in creative how would you get that perfect vehicle in survival mode.

[@Novastarsss]

I think there is going to be a develop this month hopefully because this one and the one before it were 2 months apart

[@masterblastoise]

iirc devs have said that there's going to be a mining island or something like that, so it'll probably be a rabbit hole area like the warehouses.

[@thorvo9287]

The bot spawners would be cool for MM. you build your own terrain or castle f.e. and let your bots fight it out with your enemies bots

[@theguruofdisappointment9993]

Multiplayer monday idea:have a combination of robot capsule and make your combination of robot fight with the opponents combination of robots

[@phamnhatnam7431]

If we can dig, definitely we will have some kinds of race or competition in multiplayer Monday:))

[@lukaslesnjakpelko5087]

Bot idea: Radio Bot Same health as tapebots, deals melee damage only, when the player is spotted the Bot alerts other bots of your position. Not only do bots know where you are exactly, but they become deadlier: bosses require more spuds and have a bigger explosion radius, tapebots become very accurate and deal 60 damage instead of 55, Totebots can stun the player with the electrical wire, haybot attacks deal bleeding damage.

[@planken203]

so the last devblog showed chilli peppers, and i was wondering what they were for. then it hit me. its gonna be a flamethrower or blowtorch. its a hot pepper, so it only makes sense

[@doriosoaytario834]

i would love a multiplayer monday just like you did on trailmaker where you need to survive a wave of bot with your vehicule

[@jh5kl]

so caves, costumizable menu and TABS update. fantastic

[@theredvelvetyfox8814]

I haven't played scrap mechanic in quite a while, I will definitely be keeping an eye on the updates now

[@purplebandit7958]

I think they'll be able to cut the connections to the seats and engine from connection tool

[@spacewalk3046]

My favorite parts of the devblog are: 1. Mining 2. Water in creative (i still don't know if water is going to work as an asset cuz now it only visualizes in the tile creation menu) 3. the quest system 4. the bot capsules 5. the quest system, clock and the crawl bot thing lemme know if i missed anything

[@virusbob6974]

one answer to what you said *inhale* MULTIPLAYER ROBOT DEFEND AND RAID BATTLES so basically you can choose wherever you want to build your base and also you can customize your base at anytime but only when your getting raided as you need to prep for the raid and finally choose your color build towers and also theres a bot like the small green bots that you have to keep safe and if thats dead the ramaining soldiers need to be elimanated and once there elimated you lose and random hostile bases will be scattered all around the map thereits done

[@stunnnsemeraldalt]

I read this the day he recorded this. I can't wait for creative mode to have all this new stuff!