Developer posts and news about this game.
A lot of small fixes and slight game-balance changes. Pixelation error fixed that was present for some graphics on some hardware Auto-shooting cannons added for supercharged rocks Supercharged slime-ray replaced with lava-arrows Lava got a visual update and is now issuing on the
Unknown controllers will now be calibrated on startup and via settings Hot-plugging controllers now works as well Demo-Videos replaced with real gameplay Visual improvements Higher performance overall - should run much faster on slow machines
Improved performance, framerate should be about 30% higher now Optimised for resolutions above HD, so it scales perfectly to multiples of the original resolution or displays black borders around the maximum resolution (no messy scaling of pixels anymore)
Quite some graphics and effects were replaced with better animations and images One gameplay change: Players can now again have minus points. This prevents players with 0 points to suicide and get full health with that. Other than that just minor changes and fixes
Some mentioned controller problems have been fixed - there was a problem with the controller-configuration which had to be removed for the while being - you control per default layout now. (You might need to configure your controllers in the Steam controller settings.) - other th
Fixed some minor bugs resulting from the port to the latest Unity version.
Manic Archers was updated to the latest Unity version which means it should run faster and more stable on most machines.
The last bugfix did still include some XControl libraries which under certain cirmcumstances still led to memory leaks on Windows machines. These libraries are now completely removed and the game should run much more stable on Windows. Minor gameplay improvements were made as wel
This update fixes a bug which made the game crash under certain circumstances when using X-Box controllers (or compatibles) in the Windows version. The crashes were happening often and are fixed with this update.
This update contains bug-fixes: Many potential causes for crashes have been fixed, Manic Archers should run much more stable now Issues with sound volume settings were fixed, attract videos and some single sounds now play at the correct volume
Fixed ice spikes freezing the owner Reduced wolf health so the powerup becomes less dominant
Further performance improvements and polishing.
First big update after release - major performance improvement Some powerups now cause a much higher combo count Ultra health mode - this mode is lifting Manic Archers out of the one-hit-kill zone Beginner mode with only 5 powerups - this mode changes gameplay drastically The amo
A lot of reasons for crashes have been routed out after long-term testing Controllers being plugged in or out during the game should be fine now Bonus: Big catapult arrows now stay on the field and are destroyable
Fixes of several bugs surfacing after long-term testing which occasionally could lead to crashes. The game should be much more stable now especially in matches over several hours.
Fixing the last fixes... should be final by now. Especially updated the combo-system and display Powerups are now only collectible when on ground Fixed powerups not disappearing on collection in some cases Many more fixes & improvements
If there are no more bugs popping up in the extended testing phase, this might be the final version to publish. New intro animation Fixed "Catch the chicken"-mode, scoring works again now Added attract mode videos to the intro screen Many smaller fixes & improvements
The last bugs are fixed, new intro screen, everything polished. This might be it and we are well in time. Nevertheless this version will be tested for a while until the variants for consoles (PS5, Xbox and Switch) will be built. New game intro, randomly day or night mode Tendrils
Manic Archers is in the last testing phase and many smaller issues were found and fixed. There might be a few more smaller updates delivering fixes that might pop up. Keyboard input for Join Game Menu fixed Teams can be set again for AI players New player indicators (toggle via s
We are currently testing the game intensively to locate and eventually fix the last bugs. The game should be finalized very soon and after another testing phase official publishing should take place. Apart from that we are planning to do some more artworks to support more intense