Happy Holidays everyone. Lerika (the artist on maps like Theme Park and Ski Resort) made this little postcard for you all :)
This has been a phenomenal year for SpeedRunners, so we decided to pull up some worldwide leaderboards in Ranked, and give some fame to the best players!
Here is the TOP10 of SpeedRunners Ranked Players Worldwide!
1. Taters - 44,575 points
2. trafalgar - 36,390 points
3. Roland - 32,490 points
4. Mario47 - 32,395 points
5. lesswill - 31,945 points
6. dipu - 30,810 points
7. WRU - 30,330 points
8. dams95100 - 29,175 points
9. Space_Pup - 28,190 points
10. DistinctMadness - 28,130 points
Congratulations and stay speedy!
(If you guys haven't yet accepted Lisa's friend invite, make sure you do, here is her profile link. We might just be sending something your way.)
On behalf of DoubleDutch and tinyBuild, a wholehearted THANK YOU for your support and Happy Holidays!
If you're interested in a longer read, here's a sort of 2014 summary
Launched the Level Editor
Launched Ranked
Made Massive Map Updates
Made Spikes Non-Lethal (later added option to make them lethal so the pro-players don't murder us)
Thought about making boxes lethal
Added the first character expansion introducing the most awesome character of them all (obviously the Falcon)
Figured out how to efficiently create new characters by using a mixture of 2D animation and 3D modeling
Added In-Game Chat
Added Mid-Game Joining
Added the Fireball
Started doing livestreams
Started to realize we all suck at SpeedRunners when playing against pro players
Showcased the game at a ton of events, realized we should do tournaments during those events
Added slope grinding (c) Casper
Added the Youtuber pack
Added tons of options to the game
Significantly improved stability of everything (c) Gert-Jan
Added the Scout
Raised $20k for cancer research
Added Salem and Skullduggery
Revamped the Checkpoint System
Launched the Workshop Contest
Added Swift Peaks (new map)
Added Freeze Ray Item
Wrote this announcementPS Who's going to PAX South?