Schwarzerblitz v1.3 is out now!
After several beta iterations, I'm proud to announce that Schwarzerblitz v1.3 is out! This update brings all the improvements from the endless-beta branch into the main game, including the following major changes:
New content
- New character: Sir Rattlebone, from Duels of Fortune, joins the battle as a guest character, with one additional costume ("Chez Mick") and his own stage, Kingsland Graveyard!
- New character: Leo Fizeau, the character designed by Berks - who won Schwarzerblitz Indievo2020 - joins the roster as a playable character, with one additional costume ("Super Sentai")!
- New stage: "Kingsland Graveyard", the home stage of Sir Rattlebone!
- New stage: "After Hours", the heart of a closed night club with a hallucinating janitor sharkman who is just imagining the fighters on stage!
- New stage: "Parsec Arena", a homage to Parsec, the middleware we used for running Schwarzerblitz tournaments online!
- New trials: Leo, Rattlebone and Random got their own moveset trials!
- New arcade ending: Random got their own arcade ending!
- New costume: Quarantined Rapport 2 Johnson, as a homage to the QR2 tournament!
- New costume: "Unpaid Bills" janitor Shaz
- Additional fan-arts in the game's gallery!
Bug fixes
- Fixed bug that caused losing due to health bar draining in story mode (during one specific fight) not to trigger a KO sequence.
- Fixed a very dangerous bug that caused the AI performances to be hardware-dependent (see this previous announcement). Now the AI is standardized among machines and should offer a more consistent experience to all players.
- Fixed a bug that caused Paper Doll not to trigger against certain specific attacks.
Moveset tweaks
- Random's moveset has been expanded to allow for more combo creativity.
- Wally's moveset has been reworked to address feedback about his zoning tools, in a way that makes him take more risks, but increasing his up-close reward.
- Small fixes to frame data for some characters.
Open source engine upgraded
The source code of the engine on GitHub has been upgraded to reflect the current version (minus the Steam libraries due to licensing). Feel free to play with it if you are curious about what makes Schwarzerblitz "tick"!
Is this all?
For now, yes, but feel free to reach out to the official Discord server in case of additional feedback and bug reports! And, as always, RIDE THE LIGHTNING!
* Sir Rattlebone is a character by Cosmic Hat Games, copyright (c) 2018-2020 - all rights reserved