Developer posts and news about this game.
Music!! No longer are the games going to be silent! The current system has a unique song for each map, it may change in the future. Lift & Acceleration Cannon Sounds The lift and acceleration cannons got some nice punchy sound effects! Bots Can Use Lifts Been working on this
Winter Map Visuals Every map has been given a winter/holiday look! Enjoy! Speed Boost Sound Speed boosting will now result in a fancy new sound effect. Score Update Animation Score increasing will now result in a fun little animation of the score text. It seemed to work perfectly
HUD elements will be properly cleared if a player is forced to spectators. Added background to server list. Added "No Servers Found" text if no servers are found. Made the scores bigger and added stroke to the text. Added score to the spectator HUD Added scores to replays Set an
New Knife Fire System The fire system has been overhauled. The knife movement has been smoothed on clients. Prior to this update the knife would jitter considerably on clients but now it's buttery smooth. General Changes Removed mini map. People weren't really using it and it fel
Balloon Blast will be going free to play May 1st! Thanks to everyone who purchased Balloon Blast! For you, you'll be getting a unique in game skin as a token of my appreciation. Hope to see you all out there! -Leland <3
UI Fixed some duplicating UI bugs across clients There's still some issues of UIs getting stuck on screen. Now if you press escape it will clear all HUD elements Bots Fixed a bug that would cause bots to not be able to path to spawn
Made the console available in the main menu. Access the console by pressing "/" Some more groundwork for a future update. Had to push to Steam to test some stuff Updates are going to get a little slower and smaller for a bit while I work on this bigger update that's upcoming. -Le
Spawn Blueprint Created a blueprint for spawn points. This shouldn't effect gameplay (as long as I didn't break anything) but will allow me to more quickly add the spawns to new maps It may also be useful for a super secret update... Stay tuned A More "Modular" Text Chat Again sh
Hints! I've noticed quite a few players not using their abilities A new hint system is now in the game. It will prompt key presses for speed boosts and debris drops More will be added later like for firing. I jut wanted these two released as quickly as possible since they're your
Replays... Again Seems like this always needs improving Fixed a bug that was sometimes causing 2 replays to be recorded per game Changed the naming convention of replays to make a little more sense. "#_'mapName'_'playerName'" Host Settings Screen The host settings window has been
Replays Fixed a bug that was causing slow motion speeds in replays even after selecting other speeds Replays now consistently show the selected balloon scale Double Point Zones This shouldn't effect gameplay (as long as I didn't break anything) The double point zone spawn system
Fixed sound attenuation for balloon refill It was originally broadcasting the sound from way too far Balloon inflation animation Fixed a bug where the balloons weren't inflating consistently across all maps Fixed a bug that caused a weird jitter at the start of the animation on c
New Map! New map not really themed at the moment, open to suggestions Bot support Acceleration Cannon Model There's finally a proper model for the acceleration cannon! No longer just a plain plane Values have been tweaked a bit mostly to suit the new map A new particle system for
I've started very early work on a new map for Balloon Blast. It is tough as just one developer while having just started a new full time job to work on Balloon Blast but I am trying. Please if you have suggestions either make a post here, leave me feedback on my website or use th
Holiday decorations Every map has had a winter makeover. New game variant! A new game mode variant has been added to the host selection screen. A "King Of The Hill" type mode. You only get points by being the double point zone and by having a balloon. Balloon physics! Your balloo
-Fixes Player list now hides properly when moved to spectators Spectators can now use "Add Friend" and "Profile" options in player list If a player joins mid game they will be moved to spectators All muted players are now saved so they will be muted forever until unmuted -Voice c
-Main menu lock fix Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause the main menu to lock up and be unable to edit text boxes or scroll. -Respawn arrow fix Fixed a bug that would sometimes create the arrow UI on all clients. -Double text chat fix Fixed a bug that would create a duplicate
-Bot bug fix -There was a bug causing an infinite loop that would stop bots from being able to exit spawn. It's finally fixed. -Bot hops -Started working on systems that will allow the bots to jump between certain points. It's very early, they can only do it between the main plat
-Text chat You can access text chat by pressing enter. Send your ggs and very cheerful messages to everyone in the lobby! -A.I will now check if target is invincible before firing Before this update bots would frequently fire at your balloon while you were still invincible causin
I've been working hard the past couple weeks to implement A.I into Balloon Blast. In the host options menu you can add or remove bots for each team. Currently there's no limit to the amount of bots you can add... Let's just not get too carried away. They're ideal for balancing th