More destruction
We've made several models fully destructible. No more giant shelves leftovers in the levels. Smash it all. Medium sized items were also added that allow bigger havoc to be made faster.
Party Level Reworked
Party mode has been there since early versions of StressOut and it hasn't seen much improvements since. This update changes this.
Our goal with party mode is to give you a level where you go from nothing to fully upgraded destruction machine while giving you bits and pieces of different levels. It's intended so you can challenge your friends. It has a separate upgrade system, starts with mini tutorial in the shop and scales up to large scale building destruction.
Level 11 Reworked
Before Level 11 served as a demo for building destruction, but it didn't play that well. Now we extended it with new buildings and new items. Hopefully making it more interesting.
New Destructible Buildings System
Before buildings were made of 2 parts: Hard solid blocks and glass floors that were easily breakable. Since we also added medium sized items in the game this update it felt like they were missing a purpose, so we re-worked the destructible system in a way that every item has its place now.
This new system also comes with performance improvements and we can now put up to 5x more buildings in a level.
Online Leaderboards
So far the leaderboards were accessible only from the game after you finished a level. Today we are introducing StressOut.net/leaderboards where you can check the current standings.
Keep in mind that new records and top places are being automatically posted in our Discord server. Come to StressOut Discord to join the discussion.
Improvements
- Heavier items are shot first - very useful when different sized objects make different damage (breaking glass just became easier)
- Throwing items is way easier now and should work more consistently, and you should be able to throw things further
- Combo Indicator added
Smaller tweaks
- Locomotion Movement speed increased
- New pulling feeling & speed (makes it easier to shoot sideways)
- Tools and Weapons weights and shooting powers adjusted
- Major building destruction optimizations
Bug fixes
- Game lagged when you shot a car
- 10+ other smaller bugs fixed
- Pulling stops working randomly has finally been fixed!