Hey guys! This patch took a little longer to get out than I wanted, so thanks for bearing with me. I鈥檓 still learning a lot about the game development process, so I鈥檝e been trying to take things a bit slowly and carefully. There were some issues with the way I was validating cosmetics, so it turns out to be lucky that it took me a little bit longer, since if I had released this late last week, there鈥檚 a good chance it would have exploded immediately. There鈥檚 still a good chance it will explode right now. I really hope that doesn鈥檛 happen!
This patch includes initial support for cosmetics. I think they look pretty great! I wouldn鈥檛 exactly consider myself an artist, but I鈥檓 really pleased with how they turned out. I hope you guys like them too! Right now, this is not available on native quest; that is, you can see other people wearing the cosmetics, but you won鈥檛 be able to buy them yourself. There are some technical limitations behind this, namely that right now, I can鈥檛 directly sell add ons for money on App Labs. I don鈥檛 want to create a parallel account system in order to support that, since I鈥檇 need to build out a way to create a separate account, validate your purchase, and hook it up to your Quest somehow, none of which I already know how to do (so I鈥檇 need to learn), and this would take a huge amount of time and effort, which I鈥檇 rather spend working on the game directly. I鈥檓 hoping this will become possible sooner rather than later, so I really appreciate your patience.
There鈥檚 also a bunch of QOL changes in this update, like push to talk/push to mute, a little speaker icon next to your name when you鈥檙e talking, a new queue, ways to join matches with your friends, and more. For details, please read all the patch notes. Basically, with this patch I鈥檓 hoping that I can keep working on a lot of the rough edges currently in the game. I want to make it a more smooth process for people to play the game the way they want, including trying to make it easier for good players to play against other good players, and everyone to be able to play with their friends more easily.
As for what鈥檚 next, now that the App Labs version is out, I鈥檓 hoping that it will be easier for me to do some more consistent, smaller patches, since it should be much less of a pain in the butt to get the game updated. Right now, I鈥檓 working on some more granular reporting (so you can be more specific as to whether your report is about someone being bigoted, or cheating, or harassing certain players, or griefing lobbies, things like that), so it isn鈥檛 one big catch-all. I鈥檓 also working on a new canyon map that鈥檚 going to focus more on wall jumps, I鈥檓 really excited for it and I think it鈥檒l be super cool.
All that said, I have one bad piece of news. I鈥檓 unfortunately currently stuck in a hotel in quarantine. I鈥檝e had a pretty big family issue crop up, and while I don鈥檛 want to get into details for personal reasons, I thought it would only be fair to let you guys know that it鈥檚 going to impact my ability to get stuff out. I brought everything I need to keep working on the game, so I鈥檓 still going to be doing that, but I thought I鈥檇 let you guys know because it鈥檚 going to slow me down. I really appreciate all the support you鈥檝e given me so far in terms of playing and sharing the game, and I鈥檓 really excited about the future of the game, but at the end of the day family comes first. I鈥檓 hoping everything turns out ok and things can get back to normal soon. Thanks for your understanding, and I hope you enjoy the patch!
-initial support for cosmetics! currently, the DLC is only available on steam. i can't sell any dlc yet on quest, so people playing there will have to wait. i appreciate your patience on this, i'm working on it!
-revamped the computer. now you change tabs with an up and down button on the left side of the keyboard
-added a new group tab. this will let you join pub matches together with other players. while in a private room, gather everyone you want to join together next to the computer. then, choose either the forest or cave map with the option buttons. then press enter, and you'll all be brought into a new room together.
-added a new queue, competitive, for people looking for more of a challenge. go to the computer, go to the queue tab, then press option 2 to select it! by default, players start in the default queue. you can go back to it by selecting option 1
-added an icon on the scoreboard that appears next to the name of someone when they're talking, this should make it easier to figure out who's speaking at any given time
-added push to talk/push to mute options for the mic
-added a new upper room for the cosmetics. it includes a mirror so you can marvel at your new look. flashy!
-fixed the slow fall bug that happened if you used smooth locomotion and constantly rotated as you fell
-updated the Photon integration, hopefully this will fix some issues where people are having trouble connecting when they're behind certain types of networks
-added a new path to the mines from the crystal cavern in the cave level. there should now be a more natural transition from the two areas available. i might do a similar thing on the opposite side of the cave, please let me know what you think
-fixed an issue where if you disconnected ungracefully, like through being afk or getting kicked by photon because your connection was unstable, you could no longer join any rooms. now even if that happens, you should be able to join a room like normal
-fixed an issue where your account wouldn't authenticate correctly on the back end. this was causing problems with reports, they should now be much more consistent
-added some background checks that should make rooms more stable and make it more difficult for them to end up in a state where nobody could get tagged and the round wouldn't end