Steam News29 September 20259mo ago

Demo major update! Multiplayer is now available

Multiplayer mayhem! After a really successful multiplayer playtest, you can now host and join games in the demo too! Get your squad ready and go defend Larebor from its enemies!

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addedMultiplayer mayhem!After a really successful multiplayer playtest, you can now host and join games in the demo too! Get your squad ready and go defend Larebor from its enemies!

changedDistance indicatorsOur Airship's incredible landcrew has updated all of our planes to be able to gauge the distance from the detected planes, and you will be able to see it next to the name of the pilot! This is incredibly useful to decide whether or not to shoot that missile (the answer is always yes!).

changedRebalanced planes"No plan survives the first contact with the enemy" is a great quote that we live for. And the planes were balanced from small amounts of testing. After opening the game to player interaction, the planes proved to work nice, but one of them (I'm looking at you Blowgun) was a little too overpowered.

changedRebalanced planesChanges were made so the Blowgun and the Buccaneer keep their unique feeling and roles, but making sure that none of them has the upper hand in a fight.

addedUse your ears!The sounds have been reworked to help players locate things on their surroundings, adding reverb to certain sounds and changing the way they interact with the environment. A background sound effect was added, and now players will hear a sound when their guns are reloaded.

fixedSquashing some bugsDuring the development of the multiplayer, a lot of bugs were detected and fixed. Here's a short list of some of the bugs that were eradicated:

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addedAfter a really successful multiplayer playtest, you can now host and join games in the demo too! Get your squad ready and go defend Larebor from its enemies!

changedOur Airship's incredible landcrew has updated all of our planes to be able to gauge the distance from the detected planes, and you will be able to see it next to the name of the pilot! This is incredibly useful to decide whether or not to shoot that missile (the answer is always yes!).

changed"No plan survives the first contact with the enemy" is a great quote that we live for. And the planes were balanced from small amounts of testing. After opening the game to player interaction, the planes proved to work nice, but one of them (I'm looking at you Blowgun) was a little too overpowered.

changedChanges were made so the Blowgun and the Buccaneer keep their unique feeling and roles, but making sure that none of them has the upper hand in a fight.

addedThe sounds have been reworked to help players locate things on their surroundings, adding reverb to certain sounds and changing the way they interact with the environment. A background sound effect was added, and now players will hear a sound when their guns are reloaded.

Multiplayer mayhem!

After a really successful multiplayer playtest, you can now host and join games in the demo too! Get your squad ready and go defend Larebor from its enemies!

Distance indicators

Our Airship's incredible landcrew has updated all of our planes to be able to gauge the distance from the detected planes, and you will be able to see it next to the name of the pilot! This is incredibly useful to decide whether or not to shoot that missile (the answer is always yes!).

Rebalanced planes

"No plan survives the first contact with the enemy" is a great quote that we live for. And the planes were balanced from small amounts of testing. After opening the game to player interaction, the planes proved to work nice, but one of them (I'm looking at you Blowgun) was a little too overpowered.

Changes were made so the Blowgun and the Buccaneer keep their unique feeling and roles, but making sure that none of them has the upper hand in a fight.

Use your ears!

The sounds have been reworked to help players locate things on their surroundings, adding reverb to certain sounds and changing the way they interact with the environment. A background sound effect was added, and now players will hear a sound when their guns are reloaded.

Squashing some bugs

During the development of the multiplayer, a lot of bugs were detected and fixed. Here's a short list of some of the bugs that were eradicated:

Paused end-match screen: there was a bug that caused the timer on the end-match screen to continue ticking even when the game was paused.
Multiple kill feed entriessometimes, when an aircraft was taken down with excessive damage, multiple kill feed items would be added to the GUI.
Camera recenter: the camera was not being properly reset after respawn.
Ghost smoke trails: some smoke trails were not correctly placed, making it so the smoke came out of thin air.
And lots of multiplayer bugs that were fixed before releasing the playtest!

Try the new demo update now and tell us what you think on the Discord! Your feedback makes Sky Aces fly higher!

Join the Sky Aces Discord Server: https://discord.gg/PjfKZHPTMn

Thanks for playing the demo, and good hunting, pilots!

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