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Steam News6 February 201610y ago

Update #13 - New Character! Grimlock, The Crab Captain

Dark sails have risen over the horizon, and with it the Crab Captain has emerged! Grimlock swings into battle today as the 5th playable character in Skyhook!

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What changed

6 fixes4 additions4 changes0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Fixes
  • Maps
addedDark sails have risen over the horizon, and with it the Crab Captain has emerged! Grimlock swings into battle today as the 5th playable character in Skyhook! You’ll have to unlock him in order to hook your friends with his big meaty claws! You can now connect Skyhook with your twitch account and play against your viewers while streaming! Fight bots named after viewers and allow the chat to vote for what powerups everyone gets! Here's a short video of what that looks like! https://youtu.be/v2kQ43Aq-ms
changedChangesCamera will now track a player’s goal if they have the ball and are near their own goal.
changedChangesImprovements to camera tracking, zooming, and shaking.
changedChangesImproved most UI alerts and gameplay huds.
addedChangesAdded fancy new doodads to the main menu.
addedChangesAdded support to use the Space key when customizing input.

Skyhook changes

addedDark sails have risen over the horizon, and with it the Crab Captain has emerged! Grimlock swings into battle today as the 5th playable character in Skyhook! You’ll have to unlock him in order to hook your friends with his big meaty claws! You can now connect Skyhook with your twitch account and play against your viewers while streaming! Fight bots named after viewers and allow the chat to vote for what powerups everyone gets! Here's a short video of what that looks like! https://youtu.be/v2kQ43Aq-ms
changedCamera will now track a player’s goal if they have the ball and are near their own goal.
changedImprovements to camera tracking, zooming, and shaking.
changedImproved most UI alerts and gameplay huds.
addedAdded fancy new doodads to the main menu.

Dark sails have risen over the horizon, and with it the Crab Captain has emerged! Grimlock swings into battle today as the 5th playable character in Skyhook! You’ll have to unlock him in order to hook your friends with his big meaty claws! You can now connect Skyhook with your twitch account and play against your viewers while streaming! Fight bots named after viewers and allow the chat to vote for what powerups everyone gets! Here's a short video of what that looks like! https://youtu.be/v2kQ43Aq-ms

Changes

  • Camera will now track a player’s goal if they have the ball and are near their own goal.

  • Improvements to camera tracking, zooming, and shaking.

  • Improved most UI alerts and gameplay huds.

  • Added fancy new doodads to the main menu.

  • Added support to use the Space key when customizing input.

  • Added fx on melee kills

  • Melee button will now fire mounts if you don’t have a ball or other item held.

Fixes

  • Fixed bug with team tokens not auto selecting previous teams when returning to menu.

  • Fixed bug with skyball not reappearing after falling off the stage.

  • Fixed bug with the wrong player getting the winner trophy.

  • Fixed bug with ball getting stuck when pass target dies.

  • Fixed bug with game over panels showing wrong player icon when match ends with mirror powerup activated.

I'm so excited to finally unveal the 5th character in Skyhook and give him to you guys! As always let me know what you think in the Steam Discussion boards , or tweet me @waseqazi! -Qazi P.S. If you don't know already, Grimlock was developed live during my daily twitch streams! I stream Mon-Fri at 2pm EST at twitch.tv/qazitv . Come join to see how Skyhook is made!

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Steam News / 6 February 2016

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