SHED Next Fest patch: Faster turns, proper animations, happier guests

What a week we’ve had at Steam Next Fest so far, with 100s more signing up for the demo we’ve picked up on a couple of bugs that needed fixing ahead of release.

WAITING…….. WAITING……

Steam post imageSteam post imageSteam post image Playing an illegal move in multiplayer as a guest will no longer result in waiting….wating… as the game tries to send your move to the server > players > server > you. This delay was causing a 2-5 second delay in cards being played in multiplayer games.

We’ve been able to implement a really small gate that prevents clients from sending illegal moves to the server, significantly speeding up those pauses some have experienced in multiplayer.

ANIMATIONS

The code was reading some guests as non-human players, and decided it wasn’t worth playing the card deal, pick up, play, and burn animations.

Guests of multiplayer lobbies have now been deemed worthy by the code and will now get all of the in game animations.

This makes it easier to see when cards have been played/burned/picked up so you get a visual queue when it’s your turn.

We’re continuing to make these small quality of life improvements to SHED, particularly in multiplayer, so if you spot anything you think is a bug (pr something that can be improved) please let us know – either comment below or report a bug on our community discussion page.

SHED DEMO

If you’ve not had a chance to boot SHED up for a go yet, here’s some of the key demo features:

Single player game modes:

• Quick game against bots (up to 6 bots and 4 decks)

• Tier 1 of the Boss Bowl game mode (First 4 bosses)

• Tier 1 of the trials game mode (First 4 trials)

• Single player tournaments

Multiplayer game modes:

• Standard multiplayer game modes are available in the demo (up to 8 players and 4 decks per lobby).

Unlocks/rewards/achievements:

• 9 Steam/in-game achievements

• 21 common shop items

• 4 common decks

• 12 avatars

In-game currency rewards for playing games both on and offline (No in-game purchases, all credit in-game is earned in-game).

Players who play the demo will get a cosmetic reward in the main game on launch!

For the technical details, check out our demo launch post.