Patch Notes: Beta v 1.2.0

Kasper and Friends Quest for the Cause

• We are teaming up with www.kasperandfriends.com for their American Cancer Society charity drive.

• We added a weapon skin, The Cure Seeker, to the in game store for a limited time.

• The Cure Seeker will only be available for purchase from 12/12/14 through 01/02/15.

• We will give all of our proceeds from The Cure Seeker to Kasper and Friends Quest for the Cause!

New Map

• Stadium is now in and ready to fight on.

• Let's get ready to rummmmmmble!

Single Player Tournament

• Lots of fun improvements to our Arcade Mode.

• Arcade Mode now called Single Player Tournament.

• Win condition now based on 3 Lives instead of Timed.

• Arcade Mode scoreboard has been updated with more recent artwork and now give a better break down of the scoring system.

• Updated tournament UI to include models of each contestant and transitions between each stage.

• Trophy awarded per character for tournament placement.

• Stars awarded per character for tournament score.

Community Request

• Increased time server will wait to prioritize full groups instead of groups with bots.

• New soft platform in the middle of Brawlhaven to improve gameplay.

• Improved bot pathing through soft platforms.

Powers

• AdjustedUnarmed Quick NeutralReduced Force.

• Lance Air Heavy: No longer cancels when hitting the wall.

• AdjustedSword Quick NeutralReduced Damage and Force.
• AdjustedSword Air Side QuickSlightly reduced Force on first hit.
• AdjustedHammer Quick NeutralReduced Damage and Force.

• Hammer Down Quick: You can now jump immediately out of this move, making follow-ups possible. Should improve Hammer's performance in 1v1.

• AdjustedHammer Side HeavyReduced hit window duration.
• AdjustedSpear Down HeavyIncreased Minimum Charge Time. Reduced Force.
• AdjustedGnash Heavy Rock SlamIncreased Force. Power is now a multihit while descending to improve carrying targets into the final hit.

• Scarlet Boiling Point: Hit box better matches the steam cloud, and tails off in power at the end of the attack.

Gameplay

• Default colors for Blue Team lightened to increase visibility.

• You can now set a score to win in Timed mode.

• Item spawning now adjusts to the number of active players in Lives mode.

Art

• New painted background and platforms for Fjord map.

• New painted platforms for Grumpy Temple map.

UI

• The level icon displays that are visible during the level voting phase have been updated to match the new artwork for the levels they represent.

• The adjustable custom game settings can now wrap around. Time now moves in increments of 1 minute and damage ratio moves in increments of 0.25.

Performance

• Attempted fix for the startup crash.

• Improved client-side memory management for online games.

• Fixed a client memory leak that caused frame drops and generally lowered performance.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where other players' costumes would appear transparent if you did not own them in the Character Select Screen.

• Fixed bug causing Mallhalla purchase feedback animations to sometimes not play when the purchase confirmation window first opens.

• Fixed a bug where players were not showing the KO effect on the last life in Lives modes.

• Fixed a bug where bots could rapidly alternate directions in place.

• Fixed bug that could cause characters to get flipped when using an ability near the top of the wall.

• Fixed bug where sometimes the controller would stop being active after a game was over.

• Fixed bug where looping sounds could get stuck until the client was restarted after online play.

• Fixed an issue where the Sword's Quick Air Side