It’s launch day for Scramble Knights Online, an action RPG “MMO-Lite” from our team here at Funktronic Labs. We built a nostalgic kingdom that captures the feeling of adventuring with your friends in the early, simpler days of online gaming. Scramble Knights Online is a day one XBOX Game Pass title!

Scramble Knights Online was not always a MMO – it started as a battle royale PvP game.

Every developer loves their game. Talk to an indie developer making a slot-machine roguelike or a senior-level designer on the latest AAA action game and you will hear their passion.

When I first joined Funktronic Labs, what I remember most was a development team who loved what they were making. Scramble Knights Royale (as it was called then) was a battle royale. It had old-school, top-down combat and you quested, slayed monsters, and looted dungeons while also fighting others in chaotic PvP.

It was nostalgic yet fresh. When we revealed it, the response was solid! Fans on social media immediately understood what we were going for. Then, we had our first public playtest. Players loved the world, exploration, and the sense of adventure. Something was connecting with them, but they were also frustrated with the battle royale elements. Lobbies had emptied out and a large streamer gave up after only a few minutes. “Maybe I’ll check it out some other time,” were their parting words. Commenters constantly said, “I’d play this if it wasn’t for the PvP.”

We went to work fixing the issues, but that feedback stayed with us.

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