Hey all,
Thank you all for the amazing support you've given us since Descenders launched in May. We're here with the first real content update. The number 1 requested feature was 'I want to be able to play career with my friends' so that's exactly what we're introducing today. We've also seen that a number of people in the community have started hosting their own tournaments so we made a few improvements to spectator mode to accommodate for that a bit better as well.
That's not all however, this little update comes with some new items to unlock; Discord user Kingkrautz has been making some awesome gear based on nations and we're happy to include his gear officially in the game. Redeem code: 'NATIONS' and see if your country is there. If not it might be included in a next update.
Next update? Yes, we're still working on more to bring to Descenders. We are looking into workshop support so that people can download awesome custom maps through Steam. Another thing that's in the works is this BIG environment (16 times as big as a standard terrain) with lots of exploring. Stay tuned!
Much love,
RageSquid & No More Robots
Changes:
- Multiplayer Career: - The 'Casual' option in the Game Modes menu has been renamed to 'Multiplayer'. The lobby now defaults to a career session but a casual session without health and unlocks is still available in the lobby settings. - Unlocks can be earned in this multiplayer mode. The rarity of the unlock is based on the average rep of all the players in the room. - When a player runs out of health they're forced to spectate until the rest of the group finds and finishes a Medic camp. This brings back the knocked out players in the following level.
- New unlocks: - Added several new items of all rarities to unlock. This includes several items created by our lovely community members over on Discord <3
- Spectate quality of life changes: - You're now able to start a lobby as a spectator. - Spectators can now see the leaderboards in the post-game screen. - Seed list games are now treated as a single session, scores no longer reset after each level.
- Misc: - Sponsor office leave team button moved so it isn't pressed accidentally as easy. - Drastically lowered the multiplayer network traffic. - Lobby browser now shows which rooms are locked or password protected. - Inactivity timer in multiplayer session down to 90 seconds from 120 seconds. - The 'Descenders' track by T&Sugah added to the pool of songs used when the shuffle option is toggled on. - Bugfix: Team can now be left using the controller/keyboard in the sponsor office. - Bugfix: Volcano environment is now accessible in multiplayer sessions. - Bugfix: No longer able to pause/leave the game during the multiplayer level start countdown.