Get malleable with The Squishy Update! Introducing a brand new biome to explore, the start of our Winter Event, and more!
Features
New Biome: The Aurelian Depths! - Introducing the Aurelian Depths; a bioluminescent third-layer biome where strange crystal minerals grow in every crevice, and where jellyfish of all kinds bloom in the viscous pink waters.
- 9 NEW Enemy Types! - From power-disrupting jellyfish to rock-burrowing worms, the Aurelian Depths is host to a wide variety of strange and dangerous new wildlife to discover.
- NEW Boss - The Ephyra! - A massive new boss awaits your crew at the bottom of the Aurelian Depths, filled to the brim with electric power...
- NEW Mysterious Water Effects - There's something strange about the water down here. Some say a person could breathe it as if it were air.
Bot Replacement Crates! - No longer will your team have to fret when a crew member drops out early, for they will be swiftly replaced via our Bot Crate Delivery system! A crate containing a handy Bot will appear in their place, awaiting to be broken open and freed with a good smack.
Winter Event
The Winter Event is Live!
- 5 Special Cosmetics!
- Gifting Sugarplum Fairies!
- Rabid Rat Foes!
Tis the season for giving, and no one likes giving more than the mysterious and most-likely-a-figment-of-your-imagination Sugarplum Fairies, who have taken it upon themselves to visit people around the world bearing Gifts!
Be wary before opening these Gifts, however. While some Gifts contain great wealth or even one of the legendary Nutcracker Heads, some contain filthy, ravenous Rats to punish the naughty.
The Sugarplum Fairies will vanish back into humans' collective imagination January 4th.
Bug Fixes
-Fixed a bug causing bots to get stuck in caves after being revived
-Fixed a bug where the main power console could "zap" indefinitely after an EMP
-Fixed null references in alert arrow following behavior causing mild slowdowns
-Fixed a bug causing midgame joining players to have invisible walls inside their caves
-Fixed bugs which could cause midgame joining to function poorly on repeat tries
Balance
-Barnacle grabber now has 20% less health
-Players holding a battery will drop it on death
-Players can now click to throw the battery they're holding
-Alerts for help from other players now only appear for 10 seconds
Community
Coming to us from amechami, a reminder of the danger posed by throwing insults.
::: Player of the Month ::::
December's Player of the Month is none other than our friendly neighborhood mod, ChildishRambino!
ChildishRambino has been around since the early days, going as far back as the April Update, and has been an avid supporter and community leader ever since. Between his countless efforts to spread the game to everyone and anyone, by talking about it with various streamers and content creators, and his great sense of humor and always-friendly demeanor, ChildishRambino has done more than enough to earn his title as Player of the Month, and we're only sorry it took this long to give him the recognition he deserves.
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Update Announcement: January
Now would be a good time to go ahead and explain our plans to everyone regarding January's Update. Namely, that there will be no official Update in January, but instead, several Community Competitions to kick off the new year!
We're doing this for a few reasons:
1. Having no update in January will give us the extra time we need/desire to help make our Anniversary Update (Feb. 8th will mark a year since launch) the best it can possibly be! We have big plans for February's update, and we would love for it to go as smoothly as possible.
2. We've been on a roughly 2-week update schedule (counting events, crate updates, etc.) for almost a year now, and while the experience has been amazing, our small dev team could use some time to relax with family for the holidays before jumping back into a full schedule.
On that note, if you guys have any ideas for what kinds of community-driven competitions, challenges, or contests you'd like to see, let us know in the comments or forums!