Double Turn is celebrating it's 1 year on November 6th! One year ago we launched out of early access with the 1.0 release and to celebrate, Double Turn will be 50% off weekend long. Lace up and hop in the ring!
Double Turn is celebrating it's 1 year on November 6th! One year ago we launched out of early access with the 1.0 release and to celebrate, Double Turn will be 50% off weekend long. Lace up and hop in the ring!
This update includes a bunch of usability and accessibility improvements, including more granular audio options, adjustable screenshake intensity, and mid-match settings adjustment. Improvements Add options menu to pause menu during matches Leaderboards Add Steam Top 10 to all le
This update includes a bunch of usability and accessibility improvements, including more granular audio options, adjustable screenshake intensity, and mid-match settings adjustment.
Full history of patches available on the website: https://doubleturngame.com/patch-notes/
A small bugfix patch fixing some device connection issues. Bug fixes Fix bug where devices in player slots 2-4 are permanently disconnected when switching from Versus to Solo matches Allow Select and Guide buttons to be used instead of Start button for gamepads that do not have S
A small bugfix patch fixing some device connection issues.
Full history of patches available on the website: https://doubleturngame.com/patch-notes/
Excited to share this update, MAYHEM! This update is all about tables, ladders, and cages. It adds two new ways to play in versus and a new solo mode that finally adds hardcore gimmicks into the fray! What's new in 1.1 New Versus Mode: Mayhem New Versus Stadium: Extreme Brawl New
Excited to share this update, MAYHEM! This update is all about tables, ladders, and cages. It adds two new ways to play in versus and a new solo mode that finally adds hardcore gimmicks into the fray!
The Mayhem mode is a timed match where the stadium rotates between tables, ladders, and a cage every 30 seconds. It's a fun mixup of normal gameplay and is the first mode to add changing environment.
Extreme Brawl is the answer to "how many tables and ladders can I fit inside the stadium?". The answer is 7 and a cage. This arena variant is playable in all regular versus modes (except Mayhem) and even includes some hardcore fun outside of the ring cage thanks to some conspicuously placed ladders.
Finally, Hardcore Gauntlet is a new solo mode, the first to add hardcore variants. Hardcore gauntlet is similar to the traditional Gauntlet mode where you fight 3 opponents back-to-back. In this extreme mode however, you'll have to face each opponent in one of the main hardcore variants: tables, ladders, or steel cage.
In addition to those main new features, I've been able to fix and improve a few things.
You can find a list of all the changes as well as all past and future changes at the new patch notes home on the website: https://doubleturngame.com/patch-notes
I'm planning to spend some time making a few small and important but not-so-flashy improvements to usability and accessibility. The next few patches will likely be in this category. in particular I want to add more granular audio controls, some options for VFX like screenshake, and reworking the in-game leaderboards to finally show the steam scores.
After that I'm still ideating the next updates, so please share if you have feedback or want to see more of something! Drop into the steam forums to post in the bugs and feedback boards if you have any issues!
Small patch here with some bug fixes, usability improvements for profiles, and some fun holiday palettes! v1.0.5 Patch Notes New Palettes: New holiday themed palette for all characters Add profile selection and editing to Options/Controls menu Add profile deletion Add AI enable/d
Small patch here with some bug fixes, usability improvements for profiles, and some fun holiday palettes!
As usual you can find the full patch notes an all previous patch details on the Double Turn website.
Double Turn is also on sale now for 20% off during the Steam Winter Sale! Grab it for yourself or a friend until January 5th!
The full release of Double Turn is finally here! I'm excited to share this update that adds a significantly improved single player experience, integration with multiple Steam services, and a bunch of combat fixes. Check out our launch trailer and dive in to a match! What's new in
The full release of Double Turn is finally here! I'm excited to share this update that adds a significantly improved single player experience, integration with multiple Steam services, and a bunch of combat fixes. Check out our launch trailer and dive in to a match!
In addition to those main new features, I've been able to fix and improve a bunch of issues.
You can find a list of all the changes as well as all past and future changes at the new patch notes home on the website: https://doubleturngame.com/patch-notes
As a small team of 1 actively working on the game I'm sure there's bugs I've missed in testing so I'll likely put out a few bug fix patches as feedback rolls in in the next few days. Please drop into the steam forums to post in the bugs and feedback boards if you have any issues or would like to give feedback! There are also plenty of usability and accessibility improvements I want to make which will likely be the bulk of the functionality added now that the big 1.0 release is behind me.
Thanks again to everyone who played during Early Access and gave feedback. I hope new players and old can have a great experience and enjoy the full release!
Here it is, the final update of Early Access! Version v0.20: Patch Notes Here's what's new: Rework of signatures: faster but shorter dash, less heat lost on misses, less heat lost on loser Stuns on environmental moves: throwing from heights, striking from heights, throwing on tab
Here it is, the final update of Early Access!
Here's what's new:
I won't go into too much detail, as I've already done so in the past two updates: Combat Experiment #3 and Combat Experiment #2. The main difference from those updates is that when getting signatured, you will drop to 50% heat if you are above 50% heat. It's much simpler than what I originally outlined.
I disabled the updates from Combat Experiment #1 because they didn't feel like they added enough interesting gameplay, and the moves' effectiveness varied too much between characters. While I wanted to add some variety, the moves for each character were too varied in strength and usefulness. I feel like the Signature and Stuns updates add much more interesting opportunities.
This is the final update for Double Turn's Early Access. I have already started working on 1.0 update, where I'll be adding a Training mode (teaser here), more Steam integrations, and a rework of the AI.
Thanks to everyone played the game, gave feedback, reported bugs, and left reviews! I don't have a solid date yet for the full release but I will share once I know for sure!
A new combat experiment is available on the "next" beta channel (guide for setup here )! This update (v0.20.0-beta.3) changes and tweaks multiple parts of signatures to improve pacing. I wanted to rethink how signatures work, add some more counter-play, and address some of the fo
A new combat experiment is available on the "next" beta channel (guide for setup here)!
This update (v0.20.0-beta.3) changes and tweaks multiple parts of signatures to improve pacing.
I wanted to rethink how signatures work, add some more counter-play, and address some of the following issues:
Since the beginning of Double Turn, signatures always cost all of your heat you've built up when using the signature. This experiment changes this "heat cost" to punish missed signatures less and also allow for more comebacks.
Signatures
When signatured by someone else you will:
The amount of heat you keep after a fall is admittedly a little odd now. The main point is to not punish players who are behind, but also simultaneously encourage action when in a stalemate when both players have a full signature. I'll probably tweak these numbers more but right now I think it makes for a less frustrating experience when missing and also retaining some heat you built up after getting signatured.
To add a bit more counter-play and make signatures a bit more skill-based I made a few more tweaks to them:
The result is that the opponent has a slightly longer time to react to the move. Plus since it is faster and travels a shorter distance, you have to be a bit more accurate to hit the opponent, and less likely to accidentally hit them by chance since it was really easy to just spam it in the general direction of the opponent before.
The signature is still hard to read, although the increase startup time helped, so I plan to add some further visual effects to this to make it more clear. I want to improve the VFX for the signature as well as the dodge. Sorry no GIFs this time around, all the changes are numbers rebalancing, but I will make sure to include juicy GIFs on the next one!
As mentioned in the last post, these are experiments I may roll back and will very likely make major changes to even if I do keep them! They are also done with quick-and-dirty effects and art tweaks so there's some lacking animations and VFX while I experiment.
A new combat experiment is available on the "next" beta channel (guide for setup here )! This update (v0.20.0-beta.2) adds stuns to to various environment interactions in gimmick matches. Tables Throwing a character onto a table will stun them, leaving them vulnerable to subseque
A new combat experiment is available on the "next" beta channel (guide for setup here)!
This update (v0.20.0-beta.2) adds stuns to to various environment interactions in gimmick matches.
Throwing a character onto a table will stun them, leaving them vulnerable to subsequent attacks. This should add some fun variety to tables matches, and setup for some devastating blows.
In addition, striking downward into a player on a table will stun them after the table breaks, regardless of if they were stunned or not. This makes the table breaking feel much more satisfying, and also adds a lot more risk to playing on the platforms.
The changes to ladders and scaffolds will work nearly identically to each other, except that ladder effects only work off the top of the ladder.
Throwing a wrestler off of the top of a ladder or scaffold onto the ring, turnbuckle, or out of the ring, will stun them. Also diving off of those platforms onto someone with a downward strike will stun them. This will hopefully make for some more interesting aerial play.
On the whole all the stuns last 3 seconds, and leave the player lying on the ground. I'll likely tweak this number a bit but so far it feels like a decent balance. It allows for setup of really fun to execute moves and combos, without being too detrimental to the opponent. It also adds some extra variety and intrigue to the gimmick matches.
As mentioned in the last post, these are experiments I may roll back and will very likely make major changes to even if I do keep them! They are also done with quick-and-dirty effects and art tweaks so there's some lacking animations and VFX while I experiment.
Here's the first of a few experiment patches, available on the "next" beta channel (guide for setup here )! As mentioned in the last post, these are experiments I may roll back and will very likely make major changes to even if I do keep them! They are also done with quick-and-di
Here's the first of a few experiment patches, available on the "next" beta channel (guide for setup here)! As mentioned in the last post, these are experiments I may roll back and will very likely make major changes to even if I do keep them! They are also done with quick-and-dirty effects and art tweaks so there's some lacking animations and VFX while I experiment.
This particular update (v0.20.0-beta.1) introduces some new moves and passive abilities, one for each character.
The Brawler's Bare Knuckles ability allows him to charge a punch. Tap left/right while on the ground at the same time as striking to start a charged strike. The longer you hold the charge, the more heat you'll gain. However, you'll be vulnerable while charging!
The High Flyer's Cruiserweight ability allows her to double jump. Simply tap the jump button again while midair to jump a second time!
The Striker's Stiff Strikes ability makes it so she can still gain some heat when opponents block her strikes.
The Showman's Powerhouse ability allows him to carry an opponent after a successful grab, and walk around before throwing the opponent. Tap the grab button again while holding to toss the other wrestler. Be careful! You're vulnerable in this state so in 3-4 player matches someone can easily strike you out of it.
Quick update here! I've released a new patch that includes some minor AI improvements and updates to Solo modes. Additionally, I've added some new guides and a new Bug & Support forum I'd like to highlight. v0.19.1 Patch Notes Decrease AI difficulty Add more variety in AI act
Quick update here! I've released a new patch that includes some minor AI improvements and updates to Solo modes. Additionally, I've added some new guides and a new Bug & Support forum I'd like to highlight.
Hopefully the AI is a little easier to fight, less aggressive and the response times aren't inhumanly fast. Like mentioned in the last update, this won't be the final AI, just some small tweaks to make the AI less difficult but also less repetitive. Battle Royal is still pretty difficult to survive all 20 opponents (it's a marathon of a challenge mode), but it should be much more doable to get further into the fight and even beat. I made no changes to Gauntlet structure since it's regular matches just back-to-back, the AI behavior changes alone should be enough!
I've added a separate discussion board in the Steam forums dedicated to bug reporting and support. Please post there if you have any issues! I've also added a pinned post for controller support where I've linked to a testing tool that will help track down device compatibility issues.
I also added some guides to the community hub as well. Hopefully that'll help get people started with the basics and setup until a proper training or tutorial mode is ready!
Hopefully this patch as well as the guides help getting started!
For this next update I will be doing a lot of combat balancing on various different aspects of the game. I feel like it makes sense to put it out in drips as I rebalance each area, but since I may experiment and rollback changes I don't want to do that all on the main store version. If you'd like to keep up-to-date with all those changes you can subscribe to the public "next" beta branch (you can find a guide for that in the community hub)! I'll make small patch notes as I go but fair warning these will be rougher updates and probably not heavily bug tested.
A final note: Outside of bug fixes, the next update will be the last one for Early Access, as I will focus the rest of my development efforts on prepping the game for launch and will be introducing all those launch features with a big 1.0 update.
At long last, I'm happy to finally say that we have alternate character palettes! Version 0.19 aka "Olympic Slam" brings palette swaps, player profiles, and a whole pile of UI and UX improvements in the menus and controls customizations. Version v0.19: Patch Notes Alternate chara
At long last, I'm happy to finally say that we have alternate character palettes! Version 0.19 aka "Olympic Slam" brings palette swaps, player profiles, and a whole pile of UI and UX improvements in the menus and controls customizations.
Alternative character palettes was something that was requested by many, and I'm glad to finally have it in the game. With a small cast of four characters, I hope having a bit of flair and variety to the alternative palettes will add some fun personality to each match played. Each character has 8 palettes: the standard palette, 3 basic color swaps, 3 entirely new palettes, and a "Ruin Crew" palette.
For those curious, Ruin Crew is an old story idea I dug up from the depths of Double Turn's early design history. In the world of GCPW, it's a rebellious heel faction that has many members and wears black shirts with white logo. A truly revolutionary idea to bring to a wrestling promotion! The Ruin Crew palette is a simple all black or black/white color change for all characters' clothing but I think it adds a great look to them all.
To swap palettes, you can press X on gamepads or P on keyboard. This is also the first time I've included character names in the game! While each of the characters normally go by their archetype name "Brawler", "Striker", etc, the default palette for each character are those characters actual names in GCPW! Another story nugget I dug out of my design bag :)
The new Player Profiles allows you to save a profile with a name up to 8 characters. Each profile can save a custom binding for gamepad and a custom binding for keyboard. This allows for each player that plays on your game locally and on Remote Play Together to have their own settings saved, making it easy to jump back into games with the same people.
Note that old custom controls bindings will no longer be usable, so if you already have custom bindings, you'll have to redo them with a profile! And you'll need to make a profile to save custom controls, if not they will be lost when the game is closed.
As part of the work to get profiles and palettes into the game I also took it as an opportunity to improve the menu UI and controller customization, as I needed to rework many parts of the character select screen to accommodate the new features. Not only was I able to tackle a lot of bugs (full list on trello) but I also got brand new keyboard button images in the UI, started showing the correct button mappings depending on the device in a lot more places, and completely rethought and simplified how you edit custom controls.
I'm coming down to the last few things I want to complete to hit that v1.0 milestone.
First, I'm working on a small patch to fix some AI issues, as the current state of single player is far too difficult, while also being far too repetitive once you learn the AI patterns. The AI difficulty has been a complaint since the first early access build was launched. This won't be a huge lift and I plan to do a bit more work on the AI before launch, but I just want to prevent players from jumping into single player and immediately jobbing to the AI. Hopefully a small patch with some tweaks will fix alleviate that poor experience. You can already find a first version of that build on the "next" beta branch in Steam (macOS and Windows only) and I hope to clean that up and release it very soon.
After that I have a series of combat improvements regarding signatures, gimmick matches, and character-specific traits I want to try out. I'm not sure if those will be quick small updates in succession or one larger rebalance like I did in June's core combat update. I'll have that figured out and communicate my plan in the next patch with the AI improvements.
Beyond that, all I have left are planned 1.0 launch features! For a full list you can check out the Trello roadmap.
Really excited about this new update that includes some core combat rebalancing, QOL improvements, and a new Versus mode called Scramble! This is v0.18! Version v0.18: Patch Notes A quick rundown of this update: Core Combat rebalance including more heat for strikes and blocks, re
Really excited about this new update that includes some core combat rebalancing, QOL improvements, and a new Versus mode called Scramble! This is v0.18!
A quick rundown of this update:
Under Versus, there is now a new mode called "Scramble"! This is the first new mode since launching on early access, so I'm excited to finally share something new.
Here's how it works:
You can play it with 2-4 players. Try it locally or with Remote Play Together and let me know what you think!
I've been able to really nail down what I want to get done before a full launch, but also what isn't in scope. As I mentioned in the last update, one of the things I wanted to do is really focus on what I want to see in the final game and stick to that, so I don't get wildly out of scope and can't deliver on an experience that I'm happy with.
Here's the hits of what's to come:
For a full list you can check out the Trello roadmap.
It's been far too long since my last update! Let's start with a quick rundown of the newly released update, v0.17 aka "Moonsault". Version v0.17: Patch Notes A quick rundown of this update: Removal of online mode (more on that below) Better PS4 controller support Audio settings m
It's been far too long since my last update! Let's start with a quick rundown of the newly released update, v0.17 aka "Moonsault".
A quick rundown of this update:
Double Turn launched on Early Access two years ago, and it was honestly more than I could handle at the time. I took some time to develop Double Turn full time and bring it to Early Access. After some bug fix patches and one minor update, I had to go back to freelancing full time, and later to getting a new full time job. I thought I'd be able to put our more regular updates working on it part time, but ultimately I failed to actually do Early Access the right way.
While disappointing in terms of falling short of my promises to myself and those who were interested in the game, I've had a lot of time to re-evaluate the scope and why I made Double Turn to begin with. Part of why I wasn't able to keep up with updates was because I bit off more than I could chew with the features of the game. Going forward, I plan on honing the focus on what I really want this game to be and actually finishing it. A fun, fast-paced local multiplayer wrestling game. That means cutting features and narrowing scope to what really matters.
Originally I never planned to include online. A few months before launching the Early Access, I spent a week or so hacking on getting it to work. Miraculously it did... mostly. While it wasn't perfect, it was further than I thought I could take it, and I decided to take the risk and invest on improving that online prototype. By the time I got to Early Access, I also tried implementing Steam P2P, and that failed so poorly I had to rollback to my slower but reliable original online code a few days after launching Early Access.
Trying to support online without previous online networking experience - but more specifically, in a game that wasn't built to support online from the ground up - was a stressful effort. Every time I wanted to work on the game, I ended up not doing it because I needed to fix online bugs or had to think about how combat changes would effect online. Working on local multiplayer meant also working on online multiplayer.
Even though I have shut down online as a core experience in Double Turn, I believe that Remote Play Together is a superior alternative. Since Remote Play Together came out, it's become clear to me that the best way to provide some sort of online experience in Double Turn is to focus on the local experience and let Steam take care of being the online "couch".
While "native" online has the potential to be better, Remote Play Together is honestly faster and more reliable than my original online implementation. Not only that, but it means you can play Double Turn gimmick matches that I couldn't originally support in online, as well as 3-4 player matches. It also means only one player needs to own the game to host, meaning you can share the game with friends without them needing to buy it. To me, this is the best case scenario for Double Turn. I can focus on making a good local experience, and Remote Play Together handles the rest for those who want to play online.
I have a list of feedback I've gone through from the lovely people who played Double Turn since it came out as well as my own list of improvements. I want to focus on exploring those improvements and making the game as good as I can. And hopefully, to a followup update that's weeks away not months!
Finally at long last, v0.16.0 aka The Controls Update, the first decent sized update has arrived! This update is loving dubbed "Leaping Lariat" internally (yes, every minor release is named after different wrestling maneuver). The Controls Update includes Steam Controller support
Finally at long last, v0.16.0 aka The Controls Update, the first decent sized update has arrived! This update is loving dubbed "Leaping Lariat" internally (yes, every minor release is named after different wrestling maneuver). The Controls Update includes Steam Controller support and in-game control bindings for keyboards and non-Steam gamepads.
First off I'd like to apologize for the lack up updates up to this point. After getting out a ton of bug fix patches right after launch, I wanted to focus on getting this bigger update finished. In the process I ran into some unforeseen issues, some scheduling problems due to some of my freelance work, topped off with a general burnout from the tedious nature of this update. This update is not flashy, and most players might not even touch the Steam Controller support or customize their controls at all! But it was desperately needed.
One of the major reasons it took so long was that it's a ground up rewrite of the input code. This was useful to make custom bindings go more smoothly and necessary for Steam Controller support. Since player input touches everything from the menus to the online play, it meant careful work with lots and lots of testing and re-testing.
The other reason was because during my work on this update, the game development tools I built the game with (HaxeFlixel and OpenFL) had some significant releases so I took some time to upgrade those. This means I'll be able to take advantage of much more up to date features I wasn't able to before as well as day one get some nice bug fixes.
Features:
Improvements:
Keyboard and Gamepad configs can be edited by going to "Options" menu then "Controls" and joining with a device. You can also hit pause in a match and edit them from "View Controls" in the pause overlay. Currently only Player 1 will save and load when you close/open the game. Players 2-4 will be saved until the player leaves or the game is shut down. Steam Controller bindings need to be managed in Steam's input manager, and cannot be edited in-game.
My immediate focus is bug fixes, I have a few minor bugs related to the controller customization things I want to iron out that didn't make it into this release. After that all of my effort will be into a really fun update for combat. I've compiled a ton of feedback and have a few areas of focus to improve combat. In general this means: more environmental effects for non-standard stages, character-specific special moves, some general combat balancing, and improved hit feedback and vfx. I'll keep this update fairly streamlined to make sure I can ship it much quicker than I could v0.16.0!
Also, given that this update took way longer than I had planned and I lagged behind some bug fixes, I pushed back my plans to do Player Profiles until a bit later. The groundwork is there for them with this update, so once I get a few more features in, I'll tackle that. That will include saving controller configs that you can reload at any time and profiles for local players, allowing your friends to make a profile and have their configs ready to go the next time they play with you in those Player 2-4 slots.
Hey everyone! The first few weeks of Double Turn's Early Access have wrapped up, and I'm starting to switch gears from mostly fixing issues and putting out fires to starting to build new stuff! Obviously there will continue to be issues to fix and feedback to gather but all the h
Hey everyone!
The first few weeks of Double Turn's Early Access have wrapped up, and I'm starting to switch gears from mostly fixing issues and putting out fires to starting to build new stuff! Obviously there will continue to be issues to fix and feedback to gather but all the high priority post-launch hotfixes have gone out.
The latest patch went out, and includes some solo/AI balance issues and crash fixes. You can these, other issues, and previous patches on our roadmap.
- Prevent strikes from hitting multiple AI opponents at once
- Fix AI getting stuck at ropes
- Reduce Battle Royal difficulty by increasing all timers by 5 seconds
- Fix memory bloat problems related to the hit vfx causing crashes for some users
- Fix periodic crash when leaving online menu state
I'm making good progress on the custom controller bindings and better controller support overall. Right now I have a mostly complete build supporting Steam Controller, and in-game binding configs coming shortly after that. The goal is to have a live build with this update in the next 2-3 weeks in mid-May. I will also likely put this on a beta branch so people can try it before its done, later this week or early next week.
The other update that's planned is some balancing of combat and a few experiments in character-specific "specials" and "passives". Basically the idea is to break the current "all characters play the same" mold with minor differences in play and heat bonuses for certain characters when they do certain things. I had planned on doing something like this, and we've had some discussion on the Discord. Test version of this will also come out on a beta branch in May. This will involve some ongoing testing and balancing so I'll likely stay on a beta branch for a bit, and go live after custom controls comes out.
In case you missed it, Chris Denker aka DenkOps made a video playing Double Turn! Even through all the "Day 1" bugs and early access roughness, it was very fun to watch, so I'm super psyched he played it. If you see any other videos or streams, please let us know! And if you want anyone to cover Double Turn also let us know.
Thats it for now. If you haven't yet, please join the Discord! As we grow I'd like to organize some tournaments, and for now at least get people doing some ad-hoc matchmaking. The more we grow the community the better the game gets!
Excited to share that we pressed the big green launch button and Double Turn is now available on Steam Early Access! We're really excited to have people jump on board, play, and start gathering feedback and ideas from the community. As an early access release and with a team as s
Excited to share that we pressed the big green launch button and Double Turn is now available on Steam Early Access! We're really excited to have people jump on board, play, and start gathering feedback and ideas from the community.
As an early access release and with a team as small as ours, there will likely be bugs, issues, and problems. We're going to try to address issues as soon as possible and we hope you can keep in mind that we'll do the best we can as soon as we can! If you're not ready to buy into the game until its finished and fully released, thats totally fine. Just wishlist and you'll get an update when we get out of early access, hopefully in a few months. For those of you that do want to get involved now and help us out: Thank you so much! And welcome!
We recommend everyone join our Discord! There we'll be hanging out and you can ask questions, talk to other players, pitch ideas, and hook up for online matches. Given the small size of our player base currently, this is the best place to make sure you have people to play against if you want to play online. Just jump into the "#matchmaking" channel and send a message! We'll also organize tournaments and other community events you can take part in.
Our ongoing goal throughout early access is to polish the game and fine tune the combat with the help and feedback from all our players. We also have some larger goals and features we plan to add, so we'll keep that information up on our Roadmap Trello Board.
We plan to do smaller weekly patches every week on Mondays to fix bugs and make minor tweaks, although I'm sure we'll miss one here and there. We'll post details about those updates on the steam announcements page. Larger updates will happen every few weeks. You can read more about our plans in the info cards on the roadmap!