Steam News18 May 201511y ago

r40: XP System, New Characters, Price Increase

Biggest SpeedRunners Update To Date Today we released r40, the biggest SpeedRunners content update to date. The discussion about this update has been going on for months on the forums.

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What changed

0 fixes6 additions2 changes0 removals

Maps
UI and audio
Gameplay
Balance

addedRanked is now locked for new playersWe also didn't want players to join ranked without understand the game's mechanics in-depth, and learning the maps. Add the increasing amount of designed characters, and we had a problem. The solution was to create an XP System. Now new players will start off with most of the content locked, including weapons, characters, and maps. Ranked will also be locked until Level 5.

addedYou level up and unlock content graduallyAs you level up, you will unlock all this content, and more. The idea is to have a full story unfold as you level up, told through comic books. These will come in later. Today's update is a first pass on the XP System, so things may get tweaked. Existing players who want to try to level up from Level 0 now can erase their progress in the options menu. Don't worry though, there's plenty of new stuff added to the game.

addedNot the full update logNew loading screen lines

addedNot the full update logAdded Romanian translation

addedNot the full update logAdded like 50 new characters if you count alternate colors

addedNot the full update logAdded an XP system

SpeedRunners changes

addedWe also didn't want players to join ranked without understand the game's mechanics in-depth, and learning the maps. Add the increasing amount of designed characters, and we had a problem. The solution was to create an XP System. Now new players will start off with most of the content locked, including weapons, characters, and maps. Ranked will also be locked until Level 5.

addedAs you level up, you will unlock all this content, and more. The idea is to have a full story unfold as you level up, told through comic books. These will come in later. Today's update is a first pass on the XP System, so things may get tweaked. Existing players who want to try to level up from Level 0 now can erase their progress in the options menu. Don't worry though, there's plenty of new stuff added to the game.

addedNew loading screen lines

addedAdded Romanian translation

addedAdded like 50 new characters if you count alternate colors

Biggest SpeedRunners Update To Date

Today we released r40, the biggest SpeedRunners content update to date. The discussion about this update has been going on for months on the forums. We felt like SpeedRunners was missing long-term goals, and was getting overwhelming with the amount of content.

Ranked is now locked for new players

We also didn't want players to join ranked without understand the game's mechanics in-depth, and learning the maps. Add the increasing amount of designed characters, and we had a problem. The solution was to create an XP System. Now new players will start off with most of the content locked, including weapons, characters, and maps. Ranked will also be locked until Level 5.

You level up and unlock content gradually

As you level up, you will unlock all this content, and more. The idea is to have a full story unfold as you level up, told through comic books. These will come in later. Today's update is a first pass on the XP System, so things may get tweaked. Existing players who want to try to level up from Level 0 now can erase their progress in the options menu. Don't worry though, there's plenty of new stuff added to the game.

Not the full update log

New loading screen lines
Added Romanian translation
Bug fixes
Added like 50 new characters if you count alternate colors
Added an XP system
There's more stuff for you to discover yourself

Price Increase Coming June 1st

In line with this huge content update, we will also be increasing the price of SpeedRunners to $14.99 on June 1st.

XP Progression Needs Your Feedback!

Please give us feedback on the progression of unlocks. These are things we need to tweak as we go.

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Steam News / 18 May 2015

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