Rebound v0.50.0 is live
Gameplay
- Buffed recharge time of dash by ~30%
- Nerfed dizziness meter of controller by about half
General
- Added new arena Slapville to custom games
- Added quick chat (1, 2, 3, 4 or D-pad); rebindable
- Added a profanity filter toggle
- Added a ratelimit to chat so you can't spam as much
UI
- Added a subtle 'high latency' warning above 50 ping
- Made premium glow more legible
- Added a slider for chatbox opacity
- FPS display will poll over the last second to show a more legible and accurate number
Cosmetics
- Added fox mask, panda mask, frog backpack, frog gloves, cow backpack, goalie mask, fisher hat,
- Added too many variants to count (for when the variants system is introduced)
Fixes
- Fixed back item previews being blurry / low res
- Can now enter passwords to lobbies when the chat was open
- Fixed pressing escape during first time set-up would hide your mouse and leave you unable to continue
What's next
We're still working on the backhand rebalancing, Unity physics is proving to be a struggle to get right at the high pace and accuracy we need. We're also still putting in the efforts to make progress on the variants system, which will add a ton of free cosmetics to the cosmetics you already have (that's what the levels are for). We're also looking more into scaling our services properly and getting a better system for the leaderboards generation. Another little experiment we're working on is improved networking latency tricks, more on that soon if it works out.
Slapshot 1 sendoff
I just made an announcement in Discord about the Slapshot 1 sendoff.
TL;DR: The previous Slapshot game (NOT REBOUND) shutting down March 8th (tomorrow) 10PM CET/4PM ET
Lvestream an hour before at https://www.twitch.tv/erveon
Happy slapping!
- Erv