Hi everyone!
The Blindspot Games team has been working very hard since our last Closed Beta Playtest in June. Our 3rd Closed Beta starts tomorrow at 1PM EST from July 11th to 16th.
Since then, we’ve removed the tutorial and added “Bootcamp”, gave the PanO arena a makeover with new sponsor banners and a jumbotron, localized The Hexadome en Français, and more!
Here are the latest Patch Notes:
🎮 Gameplay mechanics
BOOTCAMP
- Removed the tutorial and added Bootcamp.
- Includes lorified elements such as dialogues between champions and a new name for the players (you’re officially coaches)!
- Added Sibylla as a companion to guide you through Bootcamp.
- New way to engage players with progressive missions.
BONUS EFFECT:
- Replaced Lunah’s bonus effect with “Apply Marked to the target” – it used to be “Deal 1 damage”.
ACTION POINT:
- When receiving an action point, it’ll now only refill if there’s room in the action point bars. Previously, you could gain an action point even if you had 2 remaining. Now when no action point is used, the gain is not applicable.
DOWNED:
- Replaced “Wounded” / “Knocked Out” with “Downed”.
SKILL RESULT PREVIEW:
- Added a skill result preview on top of a Champion to indicate if an attack, actions, and disengage is the following: Guaranteed, Easy, Fair, Hard, Very Hard, Impossible.
🖌️ UI
- ROLLS: removed roll visuals to make the game simpler and less overwhelming for new players. All information is available in the event log and tool-tips.
- EVENT LOG: added multiple details on stats and gameplay.
- TOOL TIPS: added multiple fixes to improve visual placements with other boxes nearby.
- BOOTCAMP: added visual elements in Bootcamp.
- END TURN: added a new green End Turn button that’s interactable when you’re done with your action(s).
💬 Localization
- The Hexadome is now playable en Français! 🥐
- To switch languages, go in Settings -> Interface -> Language and switch it to French
🎨 Visuals
ARENA:
- Added sponsor banners.
- Added jumbotron with new champion visuals.
- Added highlight effect to all of the champions’ holograms.
- Added details to blockers.
- Added frames around sponsor screens.
- 8-BALL: added his Ultimate animation and tweaked his animation for blocking.
- LUNAH: tweaked combat idle, tweaked Shot animation, and the transitions between idle and combat idle.
- LAXMEE: shortened her Debuffer animation and tweaked her idle pose.
- HEXXER: tweaked timing on her animations for Contender, Vade Retro, and Gotcha.
- MAXIMUS: added a new victory animation and tweaked his downed animation.
- GATA: tweaked her reviving and Misdirection animations.
- END TURN: added animation to end turn button.
- END OF ROUND: Added new cutscene for each round.
- END OF MATCH: added new cutscene for end of match with “Victory” or “Defeat” cutscenes.
- SPONSOR: added new sponsor reward animation when they’re unlocked (WIP).
- BOOTCAMP: added new background image and new champions’ artwork.
- MAIN MENU: added new homepage background image.
- CHAMPIONS’ PAGE: added new background image.
- SEASON REWARDS: added new rewards for this season – new avatar and banner.
🧗 Progression
- Added a new visual for Account Level. When you progress per season, all of those ranks will add up to the number beside your Season's title.
- Added a section in “Career” called “Locker”, where you can customize your avatar, name, and card background.
🎶 Sound
- HEXXER: added SFX for her ultimate and when she’s down.
- 8BALL: added SFX when he’s down.
- LUNAH: added SFX for her ultimate and when she’s down.
- LAXMEE: added SFX for her ultimate.
- BOOTCAMP: added music to this new menu and added music when the champions’ are speaking.
- ARENA: added new mix MUS and tweaked crowd SFX.
🐛 Fixes
- Fixed other minor bugs.
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