TLDR:
- Inventions should be awesome and help you build what you want quickly
- In the current invention system, they sometimes do that
- With R2 rolling out, we are going back to the fundamentals - what do creators need inventions to do? We’re building the system based on your feedback and needs
- We’ve rolled out first set of changes
- For now, all R2 inventions are open source - we’re sharing what we build, hope you will too, and we’re looking at the fundamentals of how this should work in future
Rooms 2.0 Inventions are leveling up! You’re now able to publish your R2 Inventions to the store and we’ve added some extra features - like updating and versioning. For now - all R2 Inventions are free and “open source” and you’ll be able to edit, re-save, and re-publish any R2 Invention you download from Rec Room or other creators.
Updating Existing Inventions & Version Control
Sometimes you just need to tweak or improve something you’ve already done. Select the stuff you want and look for “update invention” in the quick action menu to save that group as a new version of an existing invention. You can have up to 50 versions of every invention and can switch which version you’ll spawn next by choosing “Active Version” on the Invention Details page.
Publishing R2 Inventions
Hitting the “Publish” button on the Invention Details page of an Invention will publish the most recent version on the store. Don’t worry, your early WIPs are safely hidden, this won’t publish older versions.
Inventions containing Beta content cannot be published. Similar to R1 Inventions, deleting an Invention that you’ve published will remove it from the store, but will not revoke it from anyone who has already downloaded it.
Updating Published Inventions
Found a bug you want to fix in a published invention? If you’ve updated your Invention since it was published, you can use “Publish Update” to add the newest version to the existing store listing. Anybody who downloads your Invention (or has downloaded it already!) will have access to every version that you’ve published. Inventions already placed in rooms by other creators do not automatically update. They will need to delete the older version and place the new one. This prevents a bunch of moderation and room stability concerns. Published versions will appear in the version list as whole numbers (1, 2, 3) while unpublished versions will be listed for the author as incremental steps between. (0.3, 1.24, 2.9)
R2 Inventions in the Store
Published Inventions can be found under the “Rooms 2 Inventions” section in the store. If you’re in a Rooms 2 room, you’ll see the “Rooms 2 Inventions” section and a new “Made by RecRoom” section, where we’ll be sharing assets made by us near the top. If you’re in a Rooms 1 room, you’ll still be able to find the Rooms 2 Invention carousel, but it will be at the bottom of the list.
What’s coming next?
Over the next few weeks, you can expect to see more R2 invention improvements roll out. First up will be custom tagging so your published inventions can be found more easily when creators search.
And most excitingly, we’re working on allowing Rec Room Studio content in R2 inventions. Initially, compatible Studio content will include meshes, textures, VFX, studio functions, and audio. And we’ll be expanding to include other types of content over time. You’ll start to see Studio content in R2 inventions in the Made by Rec Room carousel in the next few weeks before we roll it out to all of you. While you’re waiting for full access, we’d love for you to incorporate those Made by Rec Room Inventions into better, cooler, more exciting stuff, and share your creations with the world!
We think R2 inventions have a lot of potential to make creation easier for you. Tell us what you think below and what more you’d like to see! Or hang out with us in the Creator Hub Discord Inventions channel
