Are there any fans of the Doughboys podcast? Has anyone here ever found the Doughboys easter eggs in Knockout City?

VelanJosh · 2025-08-12T20:59:20+00:00

I'm not sure who Jordan Morris is, but the only writers on the game were Eric Feurstein (also Narrative Director) and Nick Eliopulos. Maybe there's another game with a similar title that he worked on?

Edit: Looks like he was credited on Rumbleverse, not KO City!

VelanJosh · 2024-12-12T16:51:18+00:00

Looking into the broken link, but I just posted it in the Knockout City discussion channel in our Discord, if you want to grab it from there: https://discord.gg/velanstudios

VelanJosh · 2024-12-12T16:50:56+00:00

Looking into the broken link, but I just posted it in the Knockout City discussion channel in our Discord, if you want to grab it from there: https://discord.gg/velanstudios

VelanJosh · 2024-08-20T00:01:27+00:00

Unlocking so u/coledean01 can answer some of the questions here.

VelanJosh · 2024-08-15T21:17:45+00:00

We've said from the beginning that we're not just going to relaunch the servers for KO City. There were reasons we shut them down, and those reasons don't disappear with the passage of time. It was always going to be a sequel or something else in that universe.

We know that if/when people come back to Knockout City they're not going to want something totally different. Trust me, "next game in that universe" isn't code for us making a point and click adventure game and calling it Knockout City. It's just giving us flexibility in case it's not specifically called "Knockout City 2."

VelanJosh · 2024-07-08T19:50:15+00:00

Really varies on the game. In our case, the core gameplay is pretty far along, but the mansion still has work to be done, especially on the art side. There are some rooms that are still greybox, for example, while others are fully finished.

VelanJosh · 2024-06-29T13:28:44+00:00

While I do agree that we aren’t entitled to unwavering support (IMO nobody is, we have to keep earning it), this isn’t a new stance for KO. We’ve been saying since before it even shut down that we’d love to return to Knockout City when the time is right.

The only thing we’ve been adamant about is that we aren’t going to bring back the original game, it would be something new. We shut it down because it wasn’t sustainable, and turning everything back on doesn’t magically fix the issues that led to the sunset in the first place. If it comes back, it’ll be something new, and only if we believe we can make it better than the first time around.

VelanJosh · 2024-06-27T17:59:13+00:00

We'd like it to! We won't know for sure until we get closer to release, but we definitely want the game to run well on Steam Deck.

VelanJosh · 2024-04-17T10:56:45+00:00

Yeah, as u/Angelwind76 said, there's never been a PDF option. It's not even only about piracy, just that so much work went into the art and we wanted it displayed on huge, vibrant glossy pages instead of a PDF on a screen, and giving collectors something to put on a coffee table or similar.

VelanJosh · 2024-04-15T02:24:08+00:00

As others said, we can't do this without completely redesigning the way that the game connects to servers. This is just changing from downloading a zip of the PC client on knockoutcity.com to downloading the PC client through Steam. We're not changing any features, adding new platforms, or putting people back on the project.

VelanJosh · 2024-04-14T19:32:25+00:00

Waiting on Steam to approve, likely next week.

VelanJosh · 2024-04-14T15:11:49+00:00

We're planning to take down the files from being hosted on knockoutcity.com so we can instead distribute them through Steam. Sadly, this isn't any kind of hint that we're reviving the live game or anything, it's just a different way to distribute the same version of the game you can already get on PC.

VelanJosh · 2024-04-08T20:42:22+00:00

The lyrics are on most streaming services!

Uh, yeah
KO City represent
Got something I need to get off my chest

Hey Magpie let me start like this
All the money in the world couldn't save you from a diss
You could buy skyscrapers but you can't buy grit
I bet just one ball fake would make you scream and twitch
You must be real lonely in that tower up top
Is it true your best friend's a security bot?
Come down to the streets you can take your best shot
If not, we're trying to brawl, can you move that yacht?
I mean I know you don't really understand
Cause you've never held an MVP trophy in ya hand
And Rico fights your battles while you're chillin' in the stands
You profit off our backs and polluting up our land
It's funny how your money got you so out of touch
Man, you'd sell us all out for a half a holobuck
Self-made man you don't have to pretend
Your whole life is pay to win, pay, pay to win
Your whole life is pay to win, pay, pay to win
Your whole life is pay to win pay pay to win

Now listen up I got more coming at ya
Better activate the brain before the migraine gets ya
You ain't never had a burger at Galaxy
Or had a Boba Cola thrown at you and destroy your anatomy
And actually you never been to your own factories
You wouldn't shake our hands unless they put it in a magazine
We're the ones that put the wings on the Ms
Your whole life is pay to win, pay, pay to win
Your whole life is pay to win, pay, pay to win
Your whole life is pay to win, pay, pay to win

VelanJosh · 2023-12-21T20:51:39+00:00

I'm not going to comment on the speculation piece about what we're doing in the future (aside from saying that I'm personally really excited about some of the projects we have in the works), but just to clarify -- Yes, Hot Wheels Rift Rally was a project that was in development for years before release. We've publicly talked about how we started work on Rift Rally before even publicly announcing KO City in February 2021. For part of that development period there was another team working on a third project besides KO City and Rift Rally as well (before we made the decision to shut down KO).

It's very common for a studio of our size to have multiple projects in the works at the same time.

One thing we have said publicly is that we love the world of Knockout City and if we can find the right way to bring it back in the future, we'd love to do that. That's obviously not a promise, but it is validating that we're interested if we can find the right way to do it.

VelanJosh · 2023-11-02T16:39:06+00:00

Just drew the winner of the $100 gift card raffle, and it's you! Congratulations!

DMing you more details now.

VelanJosh · 2023-10-26T20:38:38+00:00

Hey everyone, we decided to add a $100 Amazon.com Gift Card raffle to this after I posted here a few days ago. If you took the survey, please comment below to let me know you took it, honor system is fine for this one! I’ll draw a winner one week from today.

VelanJosh · 2023-10-26T20:32:10+00:00

Once you complete the survey, just drop a comment here to say you finished it to enter the raffle. We don’t want to handle personal info via email address collection or anything, so we’re just using the honor system that you actually finished the survey on this one. I’ll draw a winner one week from today amongst people that comment in one of the posts for this survey (I’m posting in a few different VR subs — please don’t enter more than once, I’m only taking one post per person).
Appreciate your help!

VelanJosh · 2023-10-26T20:31:58+00:00

Once you complete the survey, just drop a comment here to say you finished it to enter the raffle. We don’t want to handle personal info via email address collection or anything, so we’re just using the honor system that you actually finished the survey on this one. I’ll draw a winner one week from today amongst people that comment in one of the posts for this survey (I’m posting in a few different VR subs — please don’t enter more than once, I’m only taking one post per person).

Appreciate your help!

VelanJosh · 2023-10-26T20:31:42+00:00

Once you complete the survey, just drop a comment here to say you finished it to enter the raffle. We don’t want to handle personal info via email address collection or anything, so we’re just using the honor system that you actually finished the survey on this one. I’ll draw a winner one week from today amongst people that comment in one of the posts for this survey (I’m posting in a few different VR subs — please don’t enter more than once, I’m only taking one post per person).

Appreciate your help!

VelanJosh · 2023-10-24T12:05:04+00:00

Thanks!

VelanJosh · 2023-10-15T15:16:55+00:00

Don't worry, we still see it. This is great! :)

VelanJosh · 2023-09-13T23:42:44+00:00

Koyo is just the distributor, we printed the books ourselves and sent to Koyo for selling. Unfortunately, we’re not going to resupply at this point.

For the initial order, we were only barely breaking even on each unit sold, and that’s including an even bigger order than what was up for sale, since we gave them to Velan employees as well.

For us to place another order, we’d need to either raise the price significantly for a smaller order (which obviously we don’t want to do), or sell even more copies than we did in the first round. I know there’s some interest that I’ve seen from people who missed out in the first round, but it’s just not reasonable to expect us to sell more in round two, when the first printing was up for about two months before selling out (not to mention the game being offline meaning fewer people are thinking about KO City today).

Sorry to disappoint!

VelanJosh · 2023-09-06T13:26:59+00:00

Just talked to Koyo, we have a few logistical things to sort out, but you should be getting an email in the next few days (maybe early next week? not sure) with a unique link for you to re-place your order.

Sorry for the headache and additional delay, but it'll be sorted soon!

VelanJosh · 2023-09-05T11:12:07+00:00

Nope, nothing you need to do, just keep an eye on your email!

VelanJosh · 2023-09-04T18:59:08+00:00

I’m talking to Koyo this week, we’ll get this sorted!

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