Streets of Rogue 2 - Devlog 2: Creating an Open Word Solo 🗺️

[@StreetsofRogue2]

Wishlist Streets of Rogue 2 on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2165810/Streets_of_Rogue_2/

[@Salmonboyo]

The fact there's an official KZbin channel for SOR2 now makes me incredibly more excited for the games release. Can't wait for a release date!

[@vulnoryx]

I wish this game to become a huge success! I just cant wait to play this game

[@ataraxia7439]

Please don’t feel any rush. Thank you for sharing stuff like this. I feel like the first game and eventually this one will be the type to inspire a lot of ppl to want to make their own so it’s really cool for you to share this.

[@richiebee33]

Game dev here. Thanks so much for this in-depth look into your processes! Your point about systems like this taking longer and being more complicated than folks think can't be stressed enough. I appreciate you sharing your dev knowledge and can't wait to play the game!

[@WillWoods-sn9rp]

Streets of Rogue has been one of my favorite games, I'm so excited for a sequel. I love open world games and I can't wait to see what you do with this. Much love Matt!

[@NedInYaHead]

9:25 rivers going through cities like in London or the city levels in SoR would allow for some fun stuff like bridges and situations where the player or perhaps mafia members can push people in. It also makes sense as irl cities are often built *around* a river. Regardless, I can't wait to explore the world of SoR2! Good luck with the final sprint of development to the finish line and release!

[@TheRopiak]

Random fact, but my wife is very hard of hearing and while most auto subtitles are decent, they are never 100% accurate and it's frustrating to her knowing it doesn't match. So, she appreciates anyone that makes their own subtitles like you do. great dev logs!

[@Stephen-zc6gg]

Can't wait to play it!

[@danielholley6829]

"If you hate building things *or have no talent*..." Thanks, Matt for seeing me for who I really am! All seriousness, first Dev Log I've ever genuinely watched and I am so incredibly stoked for this game. Absolutely phenomenal work!

[@tuna5305]

18:52 Maybe along with a potential reference to the first game? Rivers connecting some of the lakes would also be nice to see if you're planning to add boats.

[@Bajoli86]

Most important things for games like this: what types of luxury can you earn for yourself? Sick weapons, Ferrari's , Tesla's, very cool large selfbuild villa, helicopters, private jets, sexclubs etc. And what types of generated quest will be there. For instance there is a criminal looking questguy standing somewhere, you talk with him and a random quest is given. Some of them are bread and butter quests like rob a bank. 5 out of a hundred times you get a very sick quest: rob a laboratory from an extremely dangerous virus and deliver it to your questgiver. However on your way to the questgiver your car gets destroyed and the virus got out. You run away from the virus cloud but when you come there later the entire city is dead.

[@mateuscristian9818]

Não vejo a hora dessa maravilha ser lançada.

[@mrberyyseimith5294]

Wish you all the luck in the world man 🙏

[@kinglyoko6683]

Dude, you did not have to do all of this to create a commercially successful sequel to Streets of Rogue. But the fact that you are trying to push yourself to the limits shows that you have a great level of pride in your work, and really value trying to give your fans the best product your vision and skills can produce. That's hard enough when you've got a whole team at your disposal, but you're doing this all on your own. I know the release state will have its problems, like all games do, but have confidence in yourself that all will turn out well if you keep working at it. These videos showing your dev process have moved me from simply wishlisting your game to making it an immediate purchase once full release happens!

[@alarmy5211]

for every day i have to wait for this masterpiece of a game, i will wait one day!

[@AvectaInteractive]

I'm so excited, I don't really want to watch the Devlogs so I can go in and be surprised by everything... but it's so tempting!

[@skullking6017]

It's great that there's an official YT channel for this game now! I loved the first one and I've been playing it since before the Steam days. Thank you for sharing your work with us. It's super cool to see the development of this game and I hope you make more devlogs. I'm looking forward to seeing more about the world generation for the dungeons and whatnot. I can't wait to play this game! With that said, definitely take as long as you need. This game is going to be so much fun!

[@ilovesonic]

This is super interesting, I love this! If you read this, I definitely think the game should lean into non-objective goals. I think you’ve managed to nail what makes roleplaying so fun in SoR 1, so I would love to just spend time roleplaying without worrying about the main goal so much!

[@ramenettout6507]

So pumped for sor2 and about finding this channel! I think trains joining the bigger cities together would be rly cool!

[@Graphomite]

I second that. Trains would be a great inclusion.

[@therupoe]

this was very open and cool of you! loved the first game and can’t wait for the sequel!

[@serpenticide_555]

Thank you for keeping splitscreen. I understand with some games, there's hardware limitations. However, really wish there was more games with it.

[@tannerlindy2887]

Launch it in early access so i can give you my money already 😂

[@GamzMaster]

I agree!!!!!!

[@avros008]

Let them finish it

[@lukex1337]

No thanks.

[@Zizaco]

Let him cook

[@polyvishap]

Well aren't you in luck, @tannerlindy2887

[@Dilzik]

We loved the first game and look forward to covering it

[@President-UwU]

Man the effort you put into this is so awesome. Whether the game is great or not, just the passion alone is going to make this so unique. I’m assuming it’ll be amazing.

[@JonasPolsky]

had this wishlisted for a minute, keep up the good work

[@Jks88]

Never heard about this game, absolutely love this video. I hope you would dive deeper in the technical lvl of things in future videos. Good dev _b

[@jjurksztowicz]

As someone who has done PCG for 15 years, it's incredibly fascinating, and frustrating. Validating that the procedurally generated content is actually navigable is really hard, and if you do it wrong you can generate levels that are impossible to finish. Plus it's one of the few computations that actually needs low level optimizations. I love it!

[@xx-hy4uy]

Counting the days for this game to come out. I no-lifed the shit out of the first one. Please, give us this game!!

[@harrytaylor1295]

Im so glad this came up in my suggestions, I remember playing streets of rouge on a friends laptop but forgot the name of it.

[@PyroTech03]

SoR was one of the first games I played with my son, he loved running around and trying to unlock characters and the missions just going in the toilet lol. We're looking forward to SoR2!

[@nekit_mem]

W dev, love you! have been playing for a long time and loved it. The soundtrack, the world, the possibilities, the fun, sudden death because of traps, loved it every minute and second man. Now can't wait to put my hands on to SoR2! But, please, don't feel any rush as it was mentioned in the comments. Take your time. I believe that what you are cooking now will be a masterpiece. Once again, thank you for the first SoR! Luv u!

[@ThrobbGoblin]

The REAL impressive feat is that you've made a Blue Snowball sound great.

[@BFG-rr9cv]

I can't wait anymore! I need some new gameplay footage!

[@boostalexwoot2738]

A lot of cool new stuff to look at here, even from the last video a month prior. I can't wait to see what you show us next.

[@jk6006]

awesome i cannot wait till it comes out street rogue one was awesome. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK DEVS

[@nitnatsnoK]

These devlogs are amazing, really interesting to see how everything works!

[@TheRopiak]

I love the explanation of the algos. also.

[@Snas2430]

Streets of Rogue 2 and Stoneshard are the main games that fuel my life recently via devlogs and I am itchin to play the finished versions 😭😭😭

[@pallas-and-her-pals]

i truly believe this game is going to turn out fantastic, and the amount of effort you've put into the world generation (at least so far) is frankly impressive. i honestly think this game is going to come out incredible, if not better than the original Streets of Rogue

[@zuzemann]

i absolutely loved the first game and this one lines up with my interests even more, i believe this will be GOTY material

[@KatalistProductionsKozzySasha]

Loved the first game, excited to try the 2nd.

[@thatsmaik]

Hey thanks for this insight! Looks really fun already. One suggestion: the thing with the river looking weird flowing around the city might just be a problem of the generation order. I would try generating the rivers first and than add villages and cities. It would be also more in line with reality (cities historically naturally grow next to a water source, not the other way around). Probably enough for a more natural looking city placement. Anyway keep it up :)

[@_d7om]

احب الجزء الأول وهذا الجزء يبدو رائع 🤍 تحياتي من السعودية

[@RossThels]

Have you considered wave function collapse for your city generation? You can generate the area - roads etc - place "mandatory" builds like the police station ( to ensure numbers are adhered to ) and then simply code the rules of the remaining cells. Would allow for elements like "I am a cell surrounded by other buildings - so likelihood I'm a park" etc.

[@jabz1582]

This game is gonna go bananas

[@cozmocozminsky3811]

Great video, looooove proc-gen content in games, thats a wishlist!

[@sarahlynn7807]

Can't wait!

[@Graphomite]

Can't wait to play as the oil barrel class.

[@percinatto]

Game of the year for sure

[@benjoe1993]

Awesome stuff! Would be interested in how you store changes to the environment.

[@Boone227]

I got a question, will the game have more interactive stuff? Like being able to seat on couches, turn on the tv or serve people at a cafeteria if you work there? Also, maybe this is just my opinion but since the world its gonna have more persistance it would be cool if each NPC on the world had a random name, just so you can identify people you've seen before

[@XistenceX1]

I loved SOR 1, heavily underrated. I personally believe SOR2 has the ability to go insanely big, though a secondary community line would help immensely. Segue into the next question, will there be a modding API or something similar? It could elevate this already stellar game to a certified classic.

[@6mrmeeker6]

streets of rouge city builder spinoff confirmed jokes aside, dungeon delving already looks like a lot of fun

[@hawkgamedev]

just wow, I admire your talent great looking game.

[@jiro4559]

he has an artist

[@squatchhammer7215]

I like the idea of military base being a giant gumball machine.

[@thehipsterking2184]

Good job man! Game looks dope!

[@bludclone]

fascinatorizing

[@tomorourke6885]

Petitioning for playable red barrel

[@EnchikO]

Rly nice pixelated graphics. 👌

[@Phagocytosis]

Very interesting stuff! Will you only be using handcrafted chunks, or will you include some sort of procedural generation at that level, as well?

[@DeadRabbitCanDance]

Awesome game!

[@MatrixAwpington]

Can we get a playable oil barrel Easter egg to fulfill our wishes of rolling around the open world?

[@StreetsofRogue2]

Haha can't promise that:)

[@alarmy5211]

@@StreetsofRogue2 im gonna warn you now, they WILL make it a reality if you don't. there's no stopping the barrels

[@mrtrex123]

cant wait :)

[@WeeGeeX]

Im sim roguelike gta - respect the hustle.

[@kamealex]

This is insane. U sure you got two kids and a job? 'Cause that's my exact scenario and I can't imagine how could I make even the tiniest chunk of this project by myself.

[@Codethe_Road]

This is amazin'..

[@TherealTenmanI]

On your final (brown) note. Only include a digestive system if it adds to the game. Can I make an industrial ahem... farm... to turn it into Fud for money? Can use this primordial pre-manufacture Fud as a throwing weapon that is nonsensically buffed if thrown as a gorilla. Make it funny not weird. Players will make the factory and make it weird... On the less brown aspects of NPC digestion. Intake. How simulated do you want the price of Fud? Scurvy? Variety mood debuffs? Nutritional lineage degredation of stature? Above all, I want a system that is fun. Followed by playable. Followed by funny. Followed by sensical. This is not the order for many other players. As a player and wannabe dev, the balance is within feature quantity and quality. Add a good feature to an otherwise perfect game reduces its player side fun. I truly wish you the best figuring out what you want to put in. And educating us viewers on the way there.

[@gustavonomegrande]

Da Bro won the surname lottery.

[@haiweihe8737]

instead of lakes being absolute obstacles, it would be cool if they have high cost and it would generate bridges over them instead

[@KostikKostikovich]

Даже не думал что у сор2 есть свой канал

[@CrayonMechant]

Bridges would add a lot I think

[@Darth_Tyjo]

Please make some sort of mode where everyone is barrels

[@nieGRAMotny]

What about if you just generated rivers before towns and cities so it don't have to avoid certain squares

[@felix34ever1]

How indepth are the AI? do they need food (or pretend to by going out to eat or something) or do they just kinda vibe like the first game?

[@wolfpox]

Can you have a dog that follows you fights by your side?

[@SuperZeve]

Just found Streets of Rouge 1, but wonder if it's worth buying it. Is this game going to come out soon, and how much will it be? Since SOR1 is on sale I was tempted to pick it up, but now I don't know.

[@aliquis2022]

The title of the video is misspelled. It says "word" rather than "world".

[@yasinachekzai2567]

Is going for Steam Deck verification anywhere on your to-do list as well? Or will you only think about that, once the game's finished?

[@lopsidedpolygon]

can anyone with experience modding the first game tell me how difficult it might be to make a warhammer 40k conversion? like a proceedural hive city or whatever?

[@imyellow5436]

any early access date yet?

[@imyellow5436]

maybe a beta

[@StreetsofRogue2]

We'll let you all know

[@AdrianNarkoman]

nice

[@zerg391]

😂😂😂

[@TherealTenmanI]

Playable class: explosive barrel. Please make it so.

[@kriss12loverap]

This should launch on ps vita ❤❤❤❤

[@ryushogun9890]

Finally a good looking game after years of generic and political appeal games, this looks as smooth as Terraria. I'm not a fan of the Dwarf Fortress-ish style but this seems not to have the problems I dislike in DF so might be a good game, I'm keeping an eye on this one.

[@ForLegalReasonsThisIsAJoke1]

I'm excited for this, but whenever I hear "procedurally generated world" I immediately think the world is going to be soulless.

[@Negative-1000]

One question,is this going to be realeased on Xbox. Please

[@StreetsofRogue2]

At some point - most probably! Closer to the 1.0 version launch, tho

[@Negative-1000]

Oh my god thank you.

[@kingcandymanz]

lemeeeeee playyyy

[@BrianHallmond]

I wonder how much it would cost to pay someone to make a map that generates like this. Like a small island with 4 biomes and one town in the centre.

[@joshuakendygomes296]

Open Word

[@Crayzo_A.s.]

Shopkeeper Streets of Rogue

[@generalhorsecok7331]

Gaming?

[@harrysarso]

are you making only american cities?

[@JustWhyFFS]

Hopefully the person doing the coding isn't the same one writing the titles for the videos. May have a few [ERROR]'s lol

[@EnricoUniverse]

GOTY easily, pls fix typo in title

[@Valtharr]

...what typo?

[@EnricoUniverse]

@@Valtharr look again

[@rayum486]

If a town/city loses it food supply, NPCs should starve.

[@POpcoRN2220]

launch it right now

[@raiden6852]

I wanna have a job buy house marry a wife and have kids in game🗿 , complete second life you can do whatever you want making the game very Replayable

[@raiden6852]

Maybe street of rogue 3 🥴

[@enemigoconlanzadewarioland3653]

I'm still mildly annoyed that the animals look like generic pixel art animals and don't fit with the humans (and gorilla)

[@theteutonicorder9158]

How is the representation in your game? The original game didn't really showcase any diversity other than CIS-Hetero normative things. I'm excited for the game, but also kinda hesitant that this game will just be continuing excluding a big portion of your fanbase! P.S. Wrestler for life!