New version released: 0.2576

Version 0.2576 highlights

• Includes global lobby and room chat so you can talk to friends whilst waiting

• New UI layout and level art

  

• Updated visuals including this new hand-made stop-motion explosion!

  

• Many bug fixes and balancing tweaks

Details:

• Fixed pass-through bugs letting you climb out of the level

• Bombs and other pickups have less time to glance a platform before hitting a player and still doing damage

• KO player bomb drops have been rebalanced and timings adjusted depending on the number of KO'd players

• Spawn points are slightly jittered to prevent crazy bomb stacking

• Players can no longer join a full room

• Dialog popup and handling of network disconnects (this is an initial solution, in future we'll try rejoining the current game automatically)

• You can now jump whilst aiming with the mouse (!)

• Ticker log correctly identifies melee weapons

• Fixed broken portrait UI

• Fixed players not dying properly in the tractor level

• Fixed tutorial sprite icons

• Changed character selection method to use shoulder buttons/bumpers

• New rare [REDACTED] weapon

• Rooms now have a status badge making it easier to see when a game is ready to start or in progress

• New UI skin and more consistent input (still WIP)

• Lobby and room chat API additions

• Optimised input traffic by 3x

• Rooms can only exist once unless full, making it easier for one person to start a game

• New built-in room "Brawl Central" with randomised level selection that scales with the number of players

• Better death handling when falling off the tractor

We hope you enjoy!