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Manic Miners is a free remake of LEGO® Rock Raiders being solo-developed by Baraklava. Development began in May 2019 and has continued since then! It features new content, countless improvements, and lots of surprises! Download the game down below for free or join the Discord to chat with other LEGO Rock Raiders and retro LEGO fans. If you have any questions about the game, check the FAQ as your question will mostly likely be answered or send me an email!
This fresh Rock Raiders experience brings customizable hotkeys, extensive Rock Raider customization, Buildings, Vehicles, terrifying Creatures, a Level Editor, an extensive scripting system, lava erosion, landslides, spiders, extensive Eye/Shoulder view, and an abundance of new details, animations and secrets not in the original game!
Manic Miners aims to be what could’ve been if the franchise continued and subsequently released a “Rock Raiders 2” or “Rock Raiders remastered”, but 20 years later. All in the spirit of 90’s Lego themes and games. While performance and fun gameplay is the most important, all assets in the game are also supposed to be of highest quality: The models, the textures, the music, the animations… you name it, it is on the list. This is of course limited by my own ability as this is my first game. If you want to contribute in any way, my DMs and email are always open for suggestions.
Among other things, one big advantage of the game is a native Level Editor where you can realize your craziest dream levels you had when you played the original game! Use the visual scripting to easily set up monster spawn points and advanced level scripting to do even more. There are also powerful terrain tools that let you shape the look of the level as you wish. There are no limits, and all you have to do when you’re done is send a single file to a friend. Dig in and see what you can create!
Alright, now I won’t hold you here for any longer! If you want to know more about the project in detail, head over to the FAQ!
Download links for Manic Miners:
Please head over to the Itch.io download page – There is only one download to choose from. You can report bugs and discuss the development on my Discord server! Please also note that currently, the focus is on providing a high-quality game. As such, performance is far from fully optimized. Performance improvements and optimization will be re-visited at a later date.
Contact
If you’d like to contact me for whatever reason, you can either send me a DM directly on Discord for a quick response (username: baraklava) or send an email to the project’s “business email”: rockraidersremake@gmail.com. I usually respond within a day.
Site last updated 2023-08-18.