Welcome to the next era of Chat Champions -- the dawn of patch notes! Below are the (mostly complete unless I forgot something or deemed it too minor to write down which is highly likely) patch notes for version b2.53.
Everyone's save files, in-game statistics, and Steam achievements/statistics have been reset once again.
Bug Fixes
- added more checks to catch missed !join commands
- fixed chat commands/random chat messages counting as Battle Mod votes
- fixed random item drops giving players duplicate items
- fixed players errantly being granted Sub rewards
- when a player !raises more gold than is required for the Gold Shop Community Goals, the Twitch confirmation message now displays the correct amount donated instead of 0 or a negative number
- fixed the Gold Shop's Community Goal title not updating once a goal was completed
Combat
- players' movement speed may now be affected by which weapon they are holding
- War Hammer base movement speed and maximum movement speed reduced (1 > .5 and 3 > 2, respectively)
- War Axe base movement speed and maximum movement speed reduced (1 > .85 and 3 > 2.75, respectively)
Maps
New map added -- Arena
The Arena randomly chooses a smaller, symmetrical, pre-made layout to host the battle on. Currently, there are 10 layouts, with more coming.
Caverns
- added bats
Economy
- lowered the drop rates for more rare items
- lowered participation gold reward (100g > 50g)
- adjusted how level-up gold reward is given (from a flat 500g to 100g * level)
- increased cost of Gold Shop Community Goals (2,500g > 5,000g)
Cosmetics
- added Snoozer skin (10,000g)
- added Cupid skin (10,000g)
- !emotes now pop up as in-game messages
Battle Mods
- Blood Bounty mod has been changed (double XP for kills > earn increasing XP for kills) and renamed to Battle Scars
- added (new) Blood Bounty mod (earn increasing gold for kills)
- added Sudden Death mod (start at 1 HP and gain health over time)
- added Opposite Day mod (!heal makes you explode)
- added Hurlatron mod (gravity shifts every 5 seconds)
- added Haymakers mod (War Hammers and War Axes only)
Chat Commands
- added !skins, !hats, and !emotes commands which return player's inventories for those specific items
- if a player's skin, hat, or emote inventory equals or exceeds 10 items, that list will be truncated into individual inventory return commands (!skins, !hats, !emotes)
- !attack [target] now does the same as !target [target]
Options
- added toggle for all Twitch messages sent on the game's behalf
- added toggle for MVP Announcement in Twitch chat
- added toggle for random item drop notifications in chat
Other
- added a cooldown to the Gold Shop Community Goal completion to prevent goals from being completed twice accidentally
- added 'All's Fair In Love' achievement (players have healed one another 1,000 times)
- removed shadows while in Chroma Key mode (background/both) for cleaner key pulls
- changed healthbar colors while in Chroma Key mode to avoid key conflictions
- when chickens are in groups of five or more, they will flock together and swarm a nearby player
- fixed Flex$ logo being off-centered on certain displays
- adjusted the size of player Twitch avatars so they are less in the way