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Fixed: - ai rocket replay sounds / fx - landing sound replay replication - manually deleted save game file detection - random crashed (corrupted textures) GLHF! - Jonno squirrelmageddongame.com
Fixed:
- ai rocket replay sounds / fx
- landing sound replay replication
- manually deleted save game file detection
- random crashed (corrupted textures)
GLHF!
- Jonno
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Just a quick patch to fix character blink on camera move
Just a quick patch to fix character blink on camera move
I've moved to Linux... so expect more fixes for the platform over time. Fixed: Weapon LOD - no more borked low polt meshes for weapons on Linux! NOTE: performance FPS is not great on Linux and will be seeing what I can do to improve things and add more options to disable shadows
I've moved to Linux... so expect more fixes for the platform over time.
Fixed: Weapon LOD - no more borked low polt meshes for weapons on Linux!
NOTE: performance FPS is not great on Linux and will be seeing what I can do to improve things and add more options to disable shadows etc.
Patch Notes: FIXED: most of the buggy barrels MAP FIX: Training Gauntlet new stairs squirrel navigation SQUIRREL SFX: generic object hit volume 1/2 UFOs and squirrel abductions... lol. Intel and lore pickups coming soon! Don't let them distract you... GLHF! - Jono
Don't let them distract you...
GLHF!
- Jono
It's that time of the year when all the killer mutant squirrels come out to play. Get yourself topside and grab those bags of candied squirrel giblets for The Hive! Trick or treat the Grim Reaper and get your name on the only leader board that matters... anymore... lol jokes. The
It's that time of the year when all the killer mutant squirrels come out to play. Get yourself topside and grab those bags of candied squirrel giblets for The Hive!
Trick or treat the Grim Reaper and get your name on the only leader board that matters... anymore... lol jokes.
The built in mission replay system is now active on the DEMO... slow motion laughs for the squirrel brain insane guaranteed!
GLHF!
This is a big update with a lot of under the hood tweaking including Multiplayer optimisations, map fog and replay system updates, squirrel FX, world mutations and and quite a few bug fixes... New intel: The Brethren Book of Ratatoskr. Chapter 1: verses 1-7 are waiting to be foun
This is a big update with a lot of under the hood tweaking including Multiplayer optimisations, map fog and replay system updates, squirrel FX, world mutations and and quite a few bug fixes...
New intel: The Brethren Book of Ratatoskr. Chapter 1: verses 1-7 are waiting to be found... you can read the lore on the website [CAUTION SPOILERS!]: https://squirrelmageddongame.com/lore/
Stress Tester I've also added a new map under Special Events for some fun. How many Squirrels can your CPU handle without killing framerates...? My rig: only 35-40 squirrels :_(
I'm still working 2 other jobs at the moment to make ends meet, but every spare moment I have is thinking about and working on Squirrelmageddon! Thanks everyone who's following my crazy little game!
I'm still working on integrating new Hive Simulation mechanics and the Factions DLC... just need more time. It won't happen overnight... but it will happen! >D
GLHF!
- Jono
AI CONCEPT ART: 'The Experiments Continued'
I've reworked the moveable object system for better persistence and replication to replay systems. Some long standing issues with quad bikes and player controlled squirrels also fixed up. Patch Notes: - FIX: exploding moveable barrels replay - FIX: more robust moveable stacking -
I've reworked the moveable object system for better persistence and replication to replay systems. Some long standing issues with quad bikes and player controlled squirrels also fixed up.
- FIX: exploding moveable barrels replay
- FIX: more robust moveable stacking
- FIX: squirrel glider no longer loses altitude suddenly
- FIX: replay HUD stays hidden on random replay
- FIX: enemy rocket flyby sound replay
- FIX: squirrel mutant fur bug showing wrong fur color
- FIX: some quad bike issues
- FIX: more replay FX / SFX replication fixes
- FIX: Wheel & Deal skill applies $ correctly
- REPLAY: HUD replay bar size reduced
- MAP: Summer Squirrels Returns. Large map with2 achievement missions.
I'm still having fun playing and have reset all my achievements to make sure 100% of them are still valid given all the changes over the years.
Live to Squirrel,
Squirrel to Live,
Live to Die!
GLHF!
- Jono
These just had to be fixed up and new stuff added. I built this game in reverse... lol. Characters now have a starting class skill! (2 new skills added). Noteworthy Patch Notes: GAME OPTIONS: unlock all maps toggle added STARTING SKILLS: each character begins with 1 starting skil
These just had to be fixed up and new stuff added. I built this game in reverse... lol. Characters now have a starting class skill! (2 new skills added).
GAME OPTIONS: unlock all maps toggle added
STARTING SKILLS: each character begins with 1 starting skill and 2 skill points to spend
NEW TRAINING AVAILABLE: Triage (medkit effectiveness) and Wheel & Deal (better prices)
REPLAY: explosion and barrel replication fixes
REPLAY: fix crashing due to barrel state inconsistency
REPLAYS: rescue character SOS audio fixed
GAMEPLAY: player turrets no longer damage player
SQUIRREL: death squeek replication fix
BARRELS: replication / replay issues fixed
UI: fixed pickup had disappearing
REPLAYS: fixed 'reverse camera' bug
FIXED: stuck squirrel crash!
FX: explosions are more transparent which reduces flash bang blindness when caught in an explosion
PHYSICS FIX: right click aim/auto stand up no longer gets stuck on moveable crates
PHYSICS FIX? - squirrel corpse launch a little more subdued with the odd crazy launch for laughs!
Still working out the full lore for all the factions... stay tuned for details as they emerge.
GLHF!
- Yellow no longer stuck at spawn - map tweaks
- Yellow no longer stuck at spawn
- map tweaks
I saw a vampire squirrel the other day... to celebrate I've unlocked all maps and missions! They spawn around threat level 5-6 - I forget which - lol. The State of the Squirrel So, it's been half a year since my last patch release, but I have been busy working hard when I can on
I saw a vampire squirrel the other day... to celebrate I've unlocked all maps and missions! They spawn around threat level 5-6 - I forget which - lol.
So, it's been half a year since my last patch release, but I have been busy working hard when I can on what my wife now calls (after 5 years) 'that stupid squirrel game'... blessed are the wives and family of solo game devs cursed with a passion that only another solo game dev with an insane gameworld to escape to could understand... Why squirrels, why this game - why me? LoL There is still a ways to go before the final 'vision' is realised... but it's getting there! Another 10 years solo and maybe I can free myself of the Curse of Ratatosk!
So have made a ton of updates and a lot of repairs, mainly to the mission replay system 0.2x is just sublime sometimes). So the replays are much more robust now, with better replication of events to the recording. The camera sometimes still tweaks out on auto replay and reverses direction (meh). There is a button to fix it (until I can work out a more permanent solution). Weapons are also tuned up / balanced and some general UI fixes mainly in buttons and the HIVE menus.
UI Buttons Overhaul - better..
VIDEO SETTING: added Fog Toggle. I like it without the fog personally...
OPTIMISATION: AI Rocket rails and explosions no longer tank framerates on complex maps! NEW GAMEPLAY: statue pickups effects added (increase player speed / reduce threat / slow squirrels etc)
NEW GAMEPLAY: loot crates spawn more types of weapons + ammo + health
NEW GAMEPLAY: I have been adding random spawning of items to maps
IMPROVED: ads/scope/aim (still tweaking)
WEAPON UPDATE: Burst SMG now fully auto
WEAPON UPDATE: Hip Fire + spread re-added
FIX: character select screen "wait 1 day" button not advancing day
FIX: TPS aim crosshair
FIX: 'free look' weapon fire
FIX: game over save remaining deployables on continue
FIX [hopefully] : cinematic camera moves in reverse
FIX: weapon training progress bar
FIX: freelook cross hair visibility issues
FIX: replay glider
FIX: moveable crate collision
FIX: merchant last base weapon sell error UI
FIX: Brethren TPAI orb weapon
FIX: body pickup mesh disappearing
REPLAY: fix manager delete / stuck UI
REPLAY: delete all button
REPLAY: fix more sound / fx replication issues on replays
REPLAY: replay name now has play length in seconds
MAPS: tweaks / flashlight intensity
FX: laser rifle muzzle fire
MAP FIX: Elite Escape - water electrocution now working
MAP UPDATE: Squirrel Town - water barrels and down pipes added
GRAPHICS: add 'enable fog' checkbox
GRAPHICS REMOVED: cell shading - it would not work with forward rendering optimisation
LOBBY UI: added map name and threat level to mission summary
FINAL PREP: UI updates
IN GAME HUD: final prep shown bottom left
GAMEPLAY: no switching weapons while reloading (crosshair bug fix)
And soooo much more...
Connect on X: @SBGamesHive42
Stay squirrely and I'll see ya top-side!
- The Other Jono
What a long strange trip it's been:
I have reverted to the FXAA anti-aliasing method which has doubled frame the rate on some maps on older cards! I can now run the game at 4K on my AMD RX580! The REPLAY system has been getting some TLC as well with endless random replay option and sound replication fixes. More wor
I have reverted to the FXAA anti-aliasing method which has doubled frame the rate on some maps on older cards! I can now run the game at 4K on my AMD RX580!
The REPLAY system has been getting some TLC as well with endless random replay option and sound replication fixes. More work to do and the biggest glaring bug at the moment is with the Glider Deploy system... one day I will work it out ;)
Have a safe and fun holiday season, stay squirrelie and GLHF!
- Jono
And the inevitable... Hotfixes FIX: ADS crouch camera offset bug FIX: Ultra kill spawns FIX: Jihadi squirrels grenade on back visibility bug FIX: Lobby mission map name bug BUTTON SFX: show mutation no thunder NEXT PATCH: Some feedback saying the TPS auto ADS should return to def
And the inevitable...
Some feedback saying the TPS auto ADS should return to default disabled + being 'optional enable default aim ADS' in settings. I will add this to Gameplay Options in the next patch!
GLHF!
- The other Jono
The weapons system has been overhauled and better tuned for ADS arcade action! Weapon Patch Notes ADS / IRON SIGHT firing is FIXED! (more tuning ASAP) WEAPON AIM ADS / IRON SIGHT in both Third and First Person BULLET SPREAD has been REMOVED (except shotgun weapons) CROSSHAIRS rep
The weapons system has been overhauled and better tuned for ADS arcade action!
NOTE: there are issues with some weapon models + sniper weapon scopes need an overhaul as well. I always seem to break the skeletal mesh when trying to edit the models in Blender... so am going to try using Unreal 5.5 with the experimental skeletal mesh editing tools to see if I can fix things with those tools and backport to UE4.
NOTE: Multiplayer testing has been limited and will be patched up ASAP as issues logged!
TEMPORARILY DISABLED:
Skill Respec - the new weapon proficiency system munted things, so have disabled this until I can patch in a fix.
A lot of Quality of Life changes in my to do list, along with mutations balancing.
Squirrelmageddon! is always evolving... hope you all like the new update, and thanks everyone for your continued support for the insanity!
GLHF!!
Patch Notes NEW: Weapon Training - assign skill point to gain 1 level (once only per weapon) NEW: Characters start with 2 Skill Points to spend SPECIAL EVENT: Halloween Map GLHF!
GLHF!
PATCH NOTES: - NEW: Enemy Laser Turret: targets player (destroy to get some scrap) - WEAPONS: improved crouch / aiming in FP mode (overhaul ADS all weapons) - NEW: chipped Player Squirrels can now attack other squirrels and score points - FIXES: improved replay system stability -
- NEW: Enemy Laser Turret: targets player (destroy to get some scrap)
- WEAPONS: improved crouch / aiming in FP mode (overhaul ADS all weapons)
- NEW: chipped Player Squirrels can now attack other squirrels and score points
- FIXES: improved replay system stability
- NEW: insane difficulty 'collect asset' objective (recover dead items)
- FIX: unable to rescue character on locked map (special mission added)
- general tidy / tweaks / mission text / map fixes and changes
- MAP: new Checkpoint Squirrelie map (in works)
I am slowly moving all large map missions onto smaller / tighter maps. Map making takes ages but will be rolling these out as soon as I can!
GLHF!
- Jono
I've added a Cel Shader to the Video Options + mission runs are recorded for replay (access from staging area menu) Players can turn off replay recording if you don't have SSD or experience performance issues. The replay system is very basic and glitchy (working on solutions when
I've added a Cel Shader to the Video Options + mission runs are recorded for replay (access from staging area menu)
Players can turn off replay recording if you don't have SSD or experience performance issues.
The replay system is very basic and glitchy (working on solutions when I can) - but it's just fun sometimes to watch the crazy action in Slo-mo and replay those high score runs...
Some big colour changes:
- all squirrels brighter / easier to see
- all fog removed (performance and 'darkness reigns')
- all blood should now be purple (for streamers and my Chinese players)
Tons of other improvements and fixes:
- more difficult enemy TPAI behaviour
- UI/UX updates
- FX improvements
- Textures and reflections
Once the new systems have 'settled' in a bit more will run a video of new features.
GLHF! Stay Squirrelie!
Patch Notes - NEW: game Option (enable Box Crosshair) - NEW: refund mods / retrain skills! - UI: map / mission select (view all maps in game) - UI: game over screen panel animations (reduces clutter) - FIX: crash when destroyed barrels / objects not being found (fixes NAME_none c
- NEW: game Option (enable Box Crosshair)
- NEW: refund mods / retrain skills!
- UI: map / mission select (view all maps in game)
- UI: game over screen panel animations (reduces clutter)
- FIX: crash when destroyed barrels / objects not being found (fixes NAME_none crash)
- BALANCE: auto shotgun fire rate increased / projectile count reduced
- FIX: AI spawn collision / spawn stuck
- FIX: squirrel pacify state
- FIX: extraction compass
- FIX: player HUD objective map title font
- FIX: rescue hologram weapon visibility
- FIX: quad Bike front lights
- FIX: kitchen crafting sty checks
New experimental map added to Special Events - some special events added to MISSION ZONES
GLHF!
PATCH SUMMARY Soldier armour added, 2 new suit mods, tons of bug fixes, multiplayer improvements + I've added some new game-loop features, including cooking, crafting, and praying + TPAI enemy AI reworked! These new systems tie together everything really well... giving purpose to
Soldier armour added, 2 new suit mods, tons of bug fixes, multiplayer improvements + I've added some new game-loop features, including cooking, crafting, and praying + TPAI enemy AI reworked! These new systems tie together everything really well... giving purpose to items, and allowing players to tune their experience in different ways.
Switched authoritative movement to Client - and bang! 80% lag + client weapon accuracy fixed!
IMPORTANT: I have de-coupled most campaign cross saves to avoid data issues when returning to single player. Multiplayer / Co-op is a bit more of a stand alone 'playground' experience for now.
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Chef can now prepare meals! Meals are used in the new 'final prep' stage (below) to buff the player character before the next mission. Who can resists a juicy squirrel burger or a mouth watering squirreleroni pizza?
Why salvage steel, plastics and electronics? To make stuff of course! Players can now craft items such as traps, grenades, mines etc... More items coming ASAP...!!! (flares / bait / traps / ammo types / weapon mods, health packs)
This is a new lobby pre-mission stage. What will you do just before you head out on what may be your final mission? Here are your options:
LAST MEAL:
Buff the player character with foodstuffs. (health / speed etc)
PRAY TO RATATOSK:
Leave tithings which affect mission parameters. (reduce mutation / pacify / reduce map threat level / + more to come!)
VISIT FACTION (under development)
This is a big addition I'm working on... each character will belong to a faction... that faction will have a hidden mission objective on offer and may also supply a special weapon, item or change mission parameters... It's a huge task so may take me awhile!
New armour system added (finally). Soldiers can now take a few more hits before health is damaged. A new suit mod allows for more armour layers to be added. TPAI now have a chance to drop Armour Shards which are immediately nano-welded to your suit. Armour currently does NOT affect move speed.
New suit upgrade that auto heals... if you are into tiny robots coursing through your veins rather than popping pills, this mod should do the trick. Expensive...
Characters now start with a level boost in their specialised starting weapon.
You can now use ammo packs and health kits on demand using [1][2] hotkeys. Hotkeys for deployables are now shown on the HUD. In multiplayer ammo and meds are dropped on the ground.
I've given the primary attack a quick visual indicator and increased attack power. Player squirrels can now attack TPAI, other squirrels and other Players aggressively... and kill them.
The upgraded squirrel chips allow squirrels to earn XP / Points. Quad pickups not yet active - working on it. I will be expanding the player squirrel capabilities when I get some more time... GOAL: ninja squirrels / squirrel abilities / mounted weapons / deployables etc...
I finally found the time to fix up the quad bike handling a bit. The quad bike has been re-added to the single player game on most top-side maps. With time the quad bike will be more integrated into level design... Next is to get a proper kinetic character model riding the quad bike!
I have been improving my game dev skills and have fixed / improved the game heaps over the last few months! Other noteworthy changes are:
Now that Steam has allowed games to include AI content, I have re-added / updated the LORE INTRODUCTION to Squirrelmageddon! It still amazes me what the latest generations of AI can do now.
As a solo-developer with no funds to hire additional talent, AI helps me with the things I can't do well 'enough' = graphic design / art... I am now able to put in 'inspired / prompted placeholders' where I feel it would 'substantially' improve the game experience.
- UI / QOL improvements
- more squirrel mutations
- more tithing and meal effects
- more items and meal recipes
- more fixes for multiplayer!
Until then, stay squirrely people and I'll see ya top-side!
- Jono
Tons of updates / fixes! Full details in a really long post soon! - Added crafting, cooking, eating and praying - Map updates / fixes / cleanup - Multiplayer fixes (still a little buggy - still working on it) GLHF!
Tons of updates / fixes! Full details in a really long post soon!
- Added crafting, cooking, eating and praying
- Map updates / fixes / cleanup
- Multiplayer fixes (still a little buggy - still working on it)
GLHF!
I have been working on the Infected TPAI faction androids with some improvements in movement and behaviour. I am currently experimenting with hit reaction on the skeletal mesh... will see if anything makes it into the next patch! v1.07.598 PATCH NOTES LEADERBOARDS - fixed some is
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I have been working on the Infected TPAI faction androids with some improvements in movement and behaviour. I am currently experimenting with hit reaction on the skeletal mesh... will see if anything makes it into the next patch!
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GLHF and I'll see ya top-side!
- Jono
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