Brawlhalla Patch 2.0!

This is it everyone! The last patch before we go into Open Beta next week. We’ve added 8 Players in custom lobbies, (we recommend Brawlball, it’s amazing with 8 people) a new mechanic called Gravity Canceling, new music, and a bunch of other things. Don’t forget to tell everyone you know that Open Beta is just around the corner!

8 Player Brawlhalla!

• You can now set the maximum players allowed in your custom online games to anywhere between 2 and 8 (yes, eight) players!

• There are also some new, silly, big versions of old maps to enjoy with 5-8 players in custom online: Big Twilight Grove, Big Titan's End, and Big Thundergard Stadium!

• The spectate lobby does not yet support showing more than 4 players, so if there are 4 or more players in the room but a spectator can still join, it will show the 4th slot as empty.The level roulette at the end of the level select phase also still only shows up to 4 votes, but trust us, every vote is counted.

Gravity Canceling and Dodge Changes

Gravity cancels are now in the game! A gravity cancel is a new mechanic. It can be performed by spot dodging first and then canceling its duration with a grounded attack. Gravity canceling can be done with any spot dodge, air or grounded, any time you have your dodge available. Because of this change we’ve made a few adjustments to the spot dodge to make this easier to perform. In our playtests we had a lot of fun with gravity cancels, but we’re not expecting it to take over the game. Standard styles of play are still very viable, and gravity cancels will take a fair amount of skill to be useful. Good luck and have fun!

• Extended spot dodge duration to 24 frames.

• You have to wait 2 ticks after spot dodging before a gravity cancel is possible.

• Gravity cancels enforce the air dodge cooldown even if grounded.

• You can turn out of your spot dodge for down and neutral gravity canceled attacks.

• Signatures have been adjusted to prevent signature hits through hard edge corners.

New Music!

• New intro music when you start the game!

• Main theme lasts until your first game starts and then transitions to the subtle stuff.

Community Requests

• Moved the small soft platforms on Great Hall outwards a tad to make the map more comfortable.

• Camera no longer cares about items in games with more than 2 players, and the camera does a better job of making sure that respawning players can see where they will be dropped (this was mostly an issue on Great Hall, but has been applied everywhere).

• Increased the surface area of the platform tops in Brawlhaven, Grumpy Temple, Kings Pass, and Thundergard Stadium for clarity (visual change only).

• Dodging in the same direction of an item will not provide dodge forgiveness immunity. Ex: Dodging away from a throw means you will be immediately vulnerable to a weapon thrown directly at you.

• Brought down jump velocity off the wall slightly.

• Adjusted the air turning penalty so that it isn't as harsh for slower characters (Should be more evenly applied).

• Air turning penalty lowered slightly and adjusted so that coming back from a hit isn't as hard.

UI/Art

• As the leader, you can now edit your server location and set your privacy level in matchmaking lobbies. You can also