Quadrablaze

Released: Dec 20, 2017
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Last updated: 12 Sep 2026, 22:41 GMT

Updates & announcements

20 posts

16 Jan 2024Developer post
Workshop Is Going Away
To help simplify the process of development I've decided to suspend the use of Workshop for Quadrablaze. There were some things I foresee causing issues in the future if I kept it going, such as custom ship file size limits and moderation. I don't have anything in place to limit
19 Sep 2023Developer post
Going free
First things first, I'm going to be making Quadrablaze free soon! What's the hold up? I'm still working on Update 7 when I have time. Between having a full-time job, another game project (or two), house/yard work, and other hobbies, my time is quite split. I still enjoy game deve
02 Sep 2021Developer post
Alpha 6.1e
Changes Feedback menu should now send a copy of your Player.log instead of output_log.txt with each submission Switched Rewired's input method to use SDL2 instead of RawInput in Unity An experimental GameGoal script was enabled, which was set to show that you've "won" after defea
Changes

Feedback menu should now send a copy of your Player.log instead of output_log.txt with each submission
Switched Rewired's input method to use SDL2 instead of RawInput in Unity
An experimental GameGoal script was enabled, which was set to show that you've "won" after defeating one boss, and is now disabled. Oops! It was only there for testing.
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23 Jul 2021Developer post
Update Alpha 6
Alpha 6 Changes Alpha 6.13-6.14 All ability upgrades now have 6 tiers each. Some abilities have been redone (ex. Respawn ability works on a timed cooldown instead of being a one-time use ability). Tier 4 Dasher enemies (the blue ones that teleport) have been made easier to deal w
Alpha 6
Changes

Alpha 6.13-6.14

All ability upgrades now have 6 tiers each. Some abilities have been redone (ex. Respawn ability works on a timed cooldown instead of being a one-time use ability).
Tier 4 Dasher enemies (the blue ones that teleport) have been made easier to deal with and should no longer damage you upon teleporting on top of you
Camera shake strength slider in the Game options tab
Bug fixes and internal enemy database storage change
Alpha 6.10-6.12

Removed difficulty options
New player/enemy movement physics
Multiplayer host can now kick other players out while in the lobby menu
Added prompt that shows when attempting to go back to the Main Menu during a round
Added a note in the Feedback Menu that usernames will uploaded when submitting bug/suggestions (username is included to give credit to the person uploading it)
Default controller Left Stick X axis was bound to the Ability Wheel for some reason (I bet a ghost did it)
Fixed the XP collection acting derpy
Fixed Dash ability movement
Other assorted fixes and additions
Alpha 6.09

Ability wheel and cooldown bar hotkey icons now properly reflect the correct hotkeys they are assigned to
Alpha 6.08

Fixed the SharpBody ability insta-killing the TriClone boss. It now checks if you're touching a boss's hit spots to do damage instead of their whole body.
Alpha 6.07

Fixed upgrades not being removed upon finishing the match
Health now goes up by 1 every 5 levels. (ex. Level 5 = 6 Health. Level 10 = 7 Health...)
Alpha 6.05

Main menu background
Projectile damage is now set (big oopsies!)
Title disappears immediately upon pressing a menu button
Note
The menu navigation on controller (and with keyboard arrow keys) may not function as intended. Sometimes buttons aren't automatically highlighted in some menus which prevents directional navigation. The mouse will be required in order to re-highlight the menu buttons. In some menus, pressing the menu cancel/back button on the controller (such as the B button on the Xbox controller) will cause you to change menus at unintended times such as when in prompts or dropdown sub-menus. I'll have to look into this later and fix the menu system.
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05 Dec 2020Developer post
Alpha 6.10-6.12 Updates
Changes All ability upgrades now have 6 tiers each. Some abilities have been redone (ex. Respawn ability works on a timed cooldown instead of being a one-time use ability). Tier 4 Dasher enemies (the blue ones that teleport) have been made easier to deal with and should no longer
Changes

All ability upgrades now have 6 tiers each. Some abilities have been redone (ex. Respawn ability works on a timed cooldown instead of being a one-time use ability).
Tier 4 Dasher enemies (the blue ones that teleport) have been made easier to deal with and should no longer damage you upon teleporting on top of you
Camera shake strength slider in the Game options tab
Bug fixes and internal enemy database storage change
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14 Aug 2020Developer post
Alpha 6.09 Update
Changes Alpha 6.09 Ability wheel and cooldown bar hotkey icons now properly reflect the correct hotkeys they are assigned to Alpha 6.08 Fixed the SharpBody ability insta-killing the TriClone boss. It now checks if you're touching a boss's hit spots to do damage instead of their w
Changes

Alpha 6.09

Ability wheel and cooldown bar hotkey icons now properly reflect the correct hotkeys they are assigned to
Alpha 6.08

Fixed the SharpBody ability insta-killing the TriClone boss. It now checks if you're touching a boss's hit spots to do damage instead of their whole body.
Alpha 6.07

Fixed upgrades not being removed upon finishing the match
Health now goes up by 1 every 5 levels. (ex. Level 5 = 6 Health. Level 10 = 7 Health...)
Alpha 6.05

Main menu background
Projectile damage is now set (big oopsies!)
Title disappears immediately upon pressing a menu button
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26 Jun 2019Developer post
Update Alpha 5.22
It's finally ready. Can still use some bug fixes here and there, but the most important part is that you can play Quadrablaze with friends! Multiplayer Features Host a Peer2Peer lobby with privacy options Invite friends from within the game (opens up Steam overlay) Search for pub
It's finally ready. Can still use some bug fixes here and there, but the most important part is that you can play Quadrablaze with friends!
Multiplayer Features

Host a Peer2Peer lobby with privacy options
Invite friends from within the game (opens up Steam overlay)
Search for public lobbies (only shows lobbies with the same game version)
Automatically syncs custom ships and colors
Quick Match tries to find any available match or starts up a new lobby
Known Issues

Starting a second round may result in extra bugs. When one enemy bug starts, it generally snowballs and breaks other unrelated enemies. If you find that enemies don't act quite right, you may have to restart the game.
Deformer (enemy that drains your shields) animations may not play on clientside but will look fine for host
Higher tier Exploder (red enemy with blaze ability) can be instantly destroyed when running into them. Gotta disable that later.
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17 Mar 2019Developer post
Keep up to date
If you want to find out more about what's going on with the game, head over to these places. They're where I usually end up posting what I'm working on! YounGen Tech - Discord Server Trello Twitter Facebook
17 Mar 2019Developer post
More multiplayer progress #3
This may be the second-to-last update before I take it out of the multiplayer_test beta branch. Afterwards I'll start working on more abilities and weapons. Also more enemies will be added afterwards. Changes New internal ability/weapon code to make it easier to create new ones!
This may be the second-to-last update before I take it out of the multiplayer_test beta branch. Afterwards I'll start working on more abilities and weapons. Also more enemies will be added afterwards.
Changes

New internal ability/weapon code to make it easier to create new ones!
The red explosive enemies now do damage to anything nearby instead of just who touched them
Enemies spawn in random locations around the arena instead of in a clockwise loop
Free Trinity boss spawns outside of the arena
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01 Jan 2019Developer post
More multiplayer progress #2
Another step further to completing the multiplayer side of the game. Of course, more game features will be added afterwards and bugs will still be present. Multiplayer features added to the multiplayer_testing beta branch Lobby searching Lobby privacy settings Spectate players af
Another step further to completing the multiplayer side of the game. Of course, more game features will be added afterwards and bugs will still be present.
Multiplayer features added to the multiplayer_testing beta branch

Lobby searching
Lobby privacy settings
Spectate players after you die
Game quits back to the lobby after everyone is dead (possible bugs added here)
Nametags above players' ships
Made adjustments to how custom ships are uploaded and imported. It now uses json to store data instead of xml.
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10 Jul 2018Developer post
Multiplayer Progress and Steam Invites
Looking into getting Steam Invites working to replace having to connect with an IP and port. In my experience, connecting via IP and port has always been a hit-or-miss thing to use. Sometimes it works flawlessly and other times you have to fiddle with opening ports or using Hamac
13 Feb 2018Developer post
More multiplayer progress
Slowly but surely making progress getting things working with online mutliplayer. There's still a long ways to go. So far there's... Player spawn sync Projectile sync Player level, upgrade, xp and skill point sync Some of those things still need to be fixed even more so that they
Slowly but surely making progress getting things working with online mutliplayer. There's still a long ways to go. So far there's...

Player spawn sync
Projectile sync
Player level, upgrade, xp and skill point sync
Some of those things still need to be fixed even more so that they properly handle what happens on a newly joining player's game when there's already a game in progress. I still need to think about whether or not players should even be able to join while the game is in progress.
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13 Feb 2018Developer post
More multiplayer progress
Slowly but surely making progress getting things working with online mutliplayer. There's still a long ways to go. So far there's... Player spawn sync Projectile sync Player level, upgrade, xp and skill point sync Some of those things still need to be fixed even more so that they
Slowly but surely making progress getting things working with online mutliplayer. There's still a long ways to go. So far there's...

Player spawn sync
Projectile sync
Player level, upgrade, xp and skill point sync
Some of those things still need to be fixed even more so that they properly handle what happens on a newly joining player's game when there's already a game in progress. I still need to think about whether or not players should even be able to join while the game is in progress.
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15 Jan 2018Developer post
Quadrablaze in an IndieGala Bundle
Get Quadrablaze in the IndieGala Monday Motivation Bundle. Get it before it ends in 14 days!
15 Jan 2018Developer post
Quadrablaze in an IndieGala Bundle
Get Quadrablaze in the IndieGala Monday Motivation Bundle. Get it before it ends in 14 days!
23 Dec 2017Developer post
Update Alpha 4.10
Changes Added a hotkey to open the Feedback panel at almost any time If the SteamAPI isn't able to initialize, it'll retry a few times. If it still fails, the game will close. (If you have Steam open and are unable to play the game, I'm not entirely sure why it doesn't work)
Changes

Added a hotkey to open the Feedback panel at almost any time
If the SteamAPI isn't able to initialize, it'll retry a few times. If it still fails, the game will close. (If you have Steam open and are unable to play the game, I'm not entirely sure why it doesn't work)
Original post
23 Dec 2017Developer post
Update Alpha 4.10
Changes Added a hotkey to open the Feedback panel at almost any time If the SteamAPI isn't able to initialize, it'll retry a few times. If it still fails, the game will close. (If you have Steam open and are unable to play the game, I'm not entirely sure why it doesn't work)
Changes

Added a hotkey to open the Feedback panel at almost any time
If the SteamAPI isn't able to initialize, it'll retry a few times. If it still fails, the game will close. (If you have Steam open and are unable to play the game, I'm not entirely sure why it doesn't work)
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21 Dec 2017Developer post
Update Alpha 4.9
Changes Fixed color picker accept and cancel buttons Increased the text limit for the feedback description Known Issues UI Elements being highlighted and unclickable after changing menus Music not starting on the game's first run Future Changes Open feedback panel using a hotkey
Changes

Fixed color picker accept and cancel buttons
Increased the text limit for the feedback description
Known Issues

UI Elements being highlighted and unclickable after changing menus
Music not starting on the game's first run
Future Changes

Open feedback panel using a hotkey
Original post
21 Dec 2017Developer post
Update Alpha 4.9
Changes Fixed color picker accept and cancel buttons Increased the text limit for the feedback description Known Issues UI Elements being highlighted and unclickable after changing menus Music not starting on the game's first run Future Changes Open feedback panel using a hotkey
Changes

Fixed color picker accept and cancel buttons
Increased the text limit for the feedback description
Known Issues

UI Elements being highlighted and unclickable after changing menus
Music not starting on the game's first run
Future Changes

Open feedback panel using a hotkey
Original post
01 Dec 2017Developer post
Current Status Update
Right now the game is being tested in sort of a closed alpha/beta to work out as many bugs and errors as possible. The focus right now is on the custom ships and the Steam Workshop. So far everything works as intended. You can import and upload your own ships to the workshop. Sub

Updates & announcements

What's the hold up?

Update 7

For current users

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Alpha 6

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Note

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