Chat Champions closed beta update -- b2.53

Welcome to the next era of Chat Champions -- the dawn of patch notes! Below are the (mostly complete unless I forgot something or deemed it too minor to write down which is highly likely) patch notes for version b2.53.

Everyone's save files, in-game statistics, and Steam achievements/statistics have been reset once again.

Bug Fixes

• added more checks to catch missed !join commands

• fixed chat commands/random chat messages counting as Battle Mod votes

• fixed random item drops giving players duplicate items

• fixed players errantly being granted Sub rewards

• when a player !raises more gold than is required for the Gold Shop Community Goals, the Twitch confirmation message now displays the correct amount donated instead of 0 or a negative number

• fixed the Gold Shop's Community Goal title not updating once a goal was completed

Combat

• players' movement speed may now be affected by which weapon they are holding

• War Hammer base movement speed and maximum movement speed reduced (1 > .5 and 3 > 2, respectively)

• War Axe base movement speed and maximum movement speed reduced (1 > .85 and 3 > 2.75, respectively)

Maps

New map added -- Arena

The Arena randomly chooses a smaller, symmetrical, pre-made layout to host the battle on. Currently, there are 10 layouts, with more coming.

Caverns

• added bats

Economy

• lowered the drop rates for more rare items

• lowered participation gold reward (100g > 50g)

• adjusted how level-up gold reward is given (from a flat 500g to 100g * level)

• increased cost of Gold Shop Community Goals (2,500g > 5,000g)

Cosmetics

• added Snoozer skin (10,000g)

• added Cupid skin (10,000g)

• !emotes now pop up as in-game messages

Battle Mods

• Blood Bounty mod has been changed (double XP for kills > earn increasing XP for kills) and renamed to Battle Scars

• added (new) Blood Bounty mod (earn increasing gold for kills)

• added Sudden Death mod (start at 1 HP and gain health over time)

• added Opposite Day mod (!heal makes you explode)

• added Hurlatron mod (gravity shifts every 5 seconds)

• added Haymakers mod (War Hammers and War Axes only)

Chat Commands

• added !skins, !hats, and !emotes commands which return player's inventories for those specific items

• if a player's skin, hat, or emote inventory equals or exceeds 10 items, that list will be truncated into individual inventory return commands (!skins, !hats, !emotes)

• !attack [target] now does the same as !target [target]

Options

• added toggle for all Twitch messages sent on the game's behalf

• added toggle for MVP Announcement in Twitch chat

• added toggle for random item drop notifications in chat

Other

• added a cooldown to the Gold Shop Community Goal completion to prevent goals from being completed twice accidentally

• added 'All's Fair In Love' achievement (players have healed one another 1,000 times)

• removed shadows while in Chroma Key mode (background/both) for cleaner key pulls

• changed healthbar colors while in Chroma Key mode to avoid key conflictions

• when chickens are in groups of five or more, they will flock together and swarm a nearby player

• fixed Flex$ logo being off-centered on certain displays

• adjusted the size of player Twitch avatars so they are less in the way