Developer posts and news about this game.
This is a small hotfix release to fix bugs with leaderboard functionality. Fixed occasional incorrect leaderboard viewing data Fixed occasional crash issue when flipping through pages of a leaderboard Fixed occasional incorrect response or no response when submitting a leaderboar
Another update is here for BlastZone 2! (v.1.38.6.0) This update adds New ParticleDetail/ParticleDensity detail options, along with other technical improvements to the underlying engine. Full details are below: Converted the existing "Particle Detail" setting to "Particle Density
A new update has been released for BlastZone 2! (v.1.38.5.0) This update improves multithreading performance and thread prioritization. It also fixes a few online multiplayer bugs. Full details are below: Improved thread parallelism in many areas of the game Improves performance
A new update has been released for BlastZone 2! (v.1.38.4.0) This update greatly improves motion fluidity by improving internal thread timing, and improved frame time consistency. This update also adds a new “MT Sound Cycle Rate” option that allows for selecting between several c
A new update has been released for BlastZone 2! (v.1.38.3.0) This update improves the cave environment shaders, keyboard and mouse latency, and compressed texture memory consumption and loading times on game startup. Full details are below: Big improvements to all the cave enviro
A hotfix update has been released for v1.38.2.0 of BlastZone 2. Improved how data is managed between game threads, also improving multithreading efficiency Updated many shaders for the OpenGL 3.0 and 4.6 renderers to fix potential graphics driver compatibility issues
A new update has been released for BlastZone 2! (v.1.38.2.0) This update improves gamepad handling, fixes the exploder shot animation for the demo version, makes a few improvements to config file parsing using a new format, and updates a few libraries. Full details are below: Rew
A new update has been released for BlastZone 2! (v.1.38.1.1) This update makes improvements to muzzle flashes, particles, loading bars, and optimizes a few systems. Full details are below: Added gradient effects to the startup loading bar and the leaderboard score submission prog
Announcing my new game project, Axial Rift! This game uses the groundbreaking voxel rifting mechanic to combine isometric adventure with side scrolling platforming in the same game world! Slice the world at any point, in any direction into sidescrolling sections; creating entirel
A new update has been released for BlastZone 2! (v.1.38.1.0) This update improves player weapon firing rates across all frame rates. Previously, low frame rates would have slow or irregular player weapon firing rates. The issue was most noticeable around 20-30 fps, but also had a
A new update has been released for BlastZone 2! (v.1.38.0.0) This update improves motion fluidity for all objects in the game, including the player, enemies, bosses, projectiles, terrain, and more! This also makes the game feel more snappy and responsive while the frame rate is f
A new update has been released for BlastZone 2! (v1.37.2.1) This update fixes a potential crash bug for CPUs that support the FMA3 optimized code path, as well as an optimization for that code path that results in a ~1% gain in overall performance. This update also prioritizes hi
A new update has been released for BlastZone 2! (v1.37.2.0) This significantly improves vertex transfer performance for several areas of the game. This includes all particles, bullets, HUD elements, menus, text, clouds, water, beams, and more. This results in better overall perfo
A new update has been released for BlastZone 2! (v1.37.1.0) This upgrades the particle system to support a 2-pass approach to particle rendering. What this means is, most particle effects now share a unified alpha channel, and separate the alpha render pass from the color render
A new update has been released for BlastZone 2! (v1.37.0.0) Substantial upgrades have been made to the OpenAL sound system for this update. This includes 3D positional sound sources, tracking object movement for attached sounds, and remastered sound assets that are compatible wit
A new update has been released for BlastZone 2. (v1.36.3.0) This update adds high frequency update support! This means, even if the game is running at 60fps, the game input and simulation could be running at up to 200hz. This allows for the responsiveness of a high refresh rate d
A new update has been released for BlastZone 2! (v1.36.2.0) This update focuses on multithreading improvements, and a few performance improvements. This includes reduced frame hitches, up to 10-25% particle system performance gains from improved memory bandwidth efficiency, and a
This is a small update that makes the following changes: -Cleaned up a few unused data files -Added particle aux thread runtime readouts for the ingame debug display
A new update has been released for BlastZone 2! (v1.36.1.1) This update makes several improvements to the 2nd person shooter sequence in Mission Mode Area 5, including fixing enemy bullet bugs, and fixed effect alignment and timing. This gives an overall more polished sequence as
A new update has been released for BlastZone 2! (v1.36.1.0) This update adds several technical improvements to the engine. This includes improved, more accurate and consistent physics across any frame rate. There are also a few improvements to frame time consistency, reducing fra