What’s this? Another Secret Update?! Indeed!! This update is of the minor variant but it contains a lot of under the hood improvements we had to make in order to pave the road for 1.0! My goblin dad always used to say that you can’t build a skyscraper on a shaky foundation. Actually he didn’t really ever talk much but ANYHOO, we still have some fun stuff in this patch like a huge improvement to character customization! Read on further below for the full details!
Feature Highlight: Goblin Characters 2.0
Goblins have been improved! Now they feature mouths that move when you do!... Move your mouth, that is, by talking through voice chat! Yes! Your player goblin animates their mouth when you talk now!
Goblin eyes now feature pupils that look at different things, making them feel more alive!
The animation system for goblins has been completely reworked. Players now have more clean animations where upper and lower body animations can properly mix when for example running and grabbing items, or crouching and grabbing items. No more feet sliding on the ground.
New expanded animation sets for the goblins, like 8 directional crouching ( instead of the old 1 directional ).
Rewritten layouting system for items held and worn by goblins. You can now see gear attached to you in first person, and our cosmetics are also visible on your body in first person.
The different camera views ( first person, third person, spectate ) have gotten a general touch up making them feel more in line with each other and less janky.
Feature Highlight: Character Customization 2.0
You asked for it, we delivered! Character customization has been improved across the board!
Improved character customization menu
New customization slots; Eyes, Eye Lids, Horns, Torso, Legs, Feet and Accessory Slot 1 and 2!
Additional cosmetic options available such as new hair styles, torso, leg and feet options
Randomize button! Perfect for when you aren’t feeling creative or just want to see what sort of characters are possible
Presets! Save your creations in three available slots and quickly swap between characters
Share your creations by pressing CTRL-C in the Customization screen. Other people can then copy this text and press CTRL-V in the Customization screen to get that cosmetic setup!
Feature Highlight: Emote Wheel
Hold Middle Mouse Button to open up the Emote Wheel! Select between different emotes and express yourself!
Feature Highlight: Overfeeding
Feeding the King-Queen more food than required to survive will now net you extra rewards!
Three tiers of rewards are available. The reward chest will be presented to you after the feeding!
Enhancements
A fancy intro has been added to the start of the game, to give the players a better sense of what their purpose as a goblin is.
All ragdolls have been remade from the ground up and the physics have been tweaked for a better, more stable experience.
Being grabbed by the Knight should now be less janky due the rewritten physics and ragdoll code along with other bug fixes in the Knight code.
Corpses have been rewritten from scratch to make them less likely to do weird stuff, like jitter like crazy or duplicate.
Outline for goblin corpses and the Backpack has been greatly improved
Added custom positioning for all items in the game when they are on the backpack or on the item rack. They should now be placed less chaotically and look more organized.
New sound effects for various enemies
The Revive Altar has gotten a little love and now plays a visual effect along with a sound effect whenever someone is resurrected by it.
The Ward has also gotten a bit of love and now emits a droning sound and a light when near something that it has an effect on, and explodes in a violent fashion when a ghost ghost too close
Rewrote inventory system for enemies, making it more stable, and allowing us to do a lot more fun stuff with it in future patches.
… And many other under the hood improvements!
Changes
NPC Goblins around town have been updated with the new features and cosmetics.
NPC Goblins behaviours tweaked, and some bugs fixed, making them more dangerous foes, if you decide to attack them.
Which players are eaten by the King Queen when they haven’t gotten enough food is now decided by their distance from the King Queen.
Players standing in the feeding bowl will be eaten by the King Queen if they stand there by the time the King Queen starts eating.
Added Japanese localization.
Updated Enemies
Mouther: The endless chomper will now slow down and eat food that gets caught in its path
Fireflies: Speed and aggression has been tweaked to be less punishing
Ghost: Hiding spots now work against the ghost
Rogue: Less likely to get stunned from hits, making it a harder enemy in close quarters
Rats: Fixed bug where they could pick up more than 1 item at a time, and made various improvements to how they handle and drop items
Bug Fixes
Fixed various network bugs and optimized the amount of network messages synchronised between clients. Should give a smoother online experience.
Rats did not correctly network synchronize their eyes becoming enraged when attacked, this has been fixed and should now be visible by all players.
Fixed some sounds not correctly associated with the correct audio sliders in the game settings.
Fixed bug where items would in rare occasions fall through the bucket. This should now be properly fixed once and for all.
… And many other small fixes.