Online multiplayer now available with Remote Play Together!
Hi everyone!
Steam just added a new feature called "Remote Play Together" that will allow you to play local games, but online with friends!
You only need 2 things: the game (one person is enough) and a good Internet connection.
How to play with Remote Play Together?
Right click on a friend in your Steam friend list, and pick the "Invite to Remote Play Together" option, it's that easy. You'll be connected through the cloud to the same game, like if you were playing locally together.
However, the Remote Play Together feature is still in beta, and requires to be on the beta channel of Steam updates.
How to enable Steam beta?
Go to your Steam settings. In the Account tab, click on "Change" and opt-in for Beta participation. Steam will then restart and you should be good to go! It is also the occasion to see the new Library if you haven't seen it yet.
Have fun!
Update: achievements fixes
Howdy! We pushed a new update that should solve the issues some of you might have had with some achievements!
Let us know in the discussion board if you find any further issues with them and THANK YOU to those who reported these issues!
Blasting out of Early Access!
Howdy Bombslingers!
We're super happy to announce that Bombslinger is finally out of Early Access!
This has been a long road for us at Mode4 and we hope those who followed the game for a while are enjoying the improvements and new content!
And new players, are you enjoying Bombslinger?
Of course we're all-in to continue supporting the game based on your feedback! So let us know what you think in the forum!
HAPPY BOMBSLINGING!
UPDATE #15: RELEASE INCOMING!
Howdy Bombslingers!
As you may have seen on the news page, Bombslinger will leave Early Access on April 11th and be available on Xbox, Switch and here on Steam of course.
We're super excited not only for the release but also because we're adding the last slice of content to the game.
You'll need to get to end of the adventure to see it though!
This also means this will most likely be the last major update before the proper release.
This update is particularly PC-focused and aims to improve the controls' configuration and display.
Improved and fixed the keyboard controls configuration process.
Keyboard keys are now properly displayed in-game.
Improved UI readability on special items / detonator swapping icons.
Fixed bug where an item in the shop would be bought if unpausing the game in front of it.
Fixed bug where the detonator bomb would be spawned by golden chests when it was already equipped.
Fixed the fire patches rarely appearing on the entry point of room.
Fixed the chests sometimes spawning items on top of the chest itself.
Fixed the "swap items" option in the shops sometimes not working.
Fixed a bug where going in and out of a boss room after defeating a boss would not spawn the level end horse.
Fixed enemies rarely spawning on water in some rooms.
Fixed the Gold Bonus item price being set to 0.
Fixed the Horseshoe item not giving any luck when found in-game.
Fixed the size of the hearts in Last Man Standing being bigger for player 3.
Improvements to UI and game performance.
As always, let us know if you encounter bugs or have any comments!
HAPPY BOMBSLINGING!
UPDATE #14: WINTER UPDATE
Howdy Bombslingers!
It’s been a while, but we finally have a build of Bombslinger we’re happy with in terms of content.
On the updates menu this time
Improvements and fixes, waaaaay too many to list!
Multiplayer bots
Support for Simplified Chinese, Spanish, German, Dutch
Steam achievements and cloud saves
We’re keeping the last chunk of the game for the final release which will happen in the next couple of months.
Since it’s been a while since the last update, let us know if you spot something weird!
HAPPY BOMBSLINGING!
UPDATE #13! SUMMER BLAST UPDATE
Howdy!
We're hoping summer is treating you well!
Apologies for going dark for a while but we needed to dig in the game, rehaul everything we deemend "unworthy"and integrate all the "meta" progression in the adventure mode.
As a result the list of changes is just too long to post. Also, we...ehr.... did a poor job at writing it down as we went ^^.
Long story short, this update is all about
polishing the game (of course!)
adding all the loadout content: 32 items...
all linked to 29 achievements (not integrated with Steam yet)
polishing the rooms
improving the UI in the whole game
adding more items (Bomb kick!)
adding spanish and german language support
We still have a few months to go before the game is properly released and we'll use the time to:
Add multiplayer bots
Finish the final level boss set piece, bringing the game to content-full state
Integrate Steam achievements
Polish more
Fix the last pesky bugs (like those enemies-on-fire-patches, yup!)
HAPPY BOMBSLINGING!
Update #12: MEGA-UPDATE!
Howdy!
This update took a bit longer to get there but for good reason! It's the single biggest update we did to BOMBSLINGER!
The change list is pretty huge and covers things like procedural enemy generation, a new environment with new enemies, player stats, rehauled loaoud screen, better UI, more music tracks, and much more!
Things like item drops, leveing upgrades and snake oil potions have been greatly improved upon!
Plus, fixes-fixes-fixes and rooms-rooms-rooms!
Full change list below!
HAPPY BOMBSLINGING!
CHANGE LOG
Enemies are now procedurally generated in rooms
A new Mountain level with new enemies (no new boss, that's a surprise for later)
Rehauled how the items on the level up screen are picked
Many new rooms and new level presets
New chest types
New music tracks by Ashton Morris (Menu & Black Woods & Game Over)
Player stats are now visible on the loadout screen, with a preview of each item's effect
Player stats are now visible on the pause menu
Stats are now unit-based (0->5)
Meat now restores 3 hearts
When near a indestructible chest with no key at hand, bombs can still be placed
Restored the sad music loop in the burnt ranch room
Enemies can now drop items
Snake Oil potions have been rehauled
Localized some missing text (probably some is still missing?)
Some UI juiciness improvements
The spirit bar shrinks/increases according to its max value
Refactored how the whole item rarity is handled ingame
Made the luck stat affect item rarity
New sounds and improvements to existing ones
Player stats can now be viewed on the Pause screen
Improved the Level Up notification popup
Fixed some annoying sound mixing issues
Fixed a bug with the profile clearing now working properly
Fixed a 0-heart situation bug that blocked the controls
Fixed a bug where the abilities and the consumables would use the same button
UPDATE #11: Better controls and more!
Howdy!
We’re demoing Bombslinger at EGX Rezzed in London this week! We’re super happy to be there and we figured an update and a short sale would be a good way to celebrate!
If you're in London, come and say hi!
This updated improves the controls based on the feedback you guys have been providing us with. There's still a little bit of work there but we think we're close!
Enjoy the update and let us know what you think!
HAPPY BOMBSLINGING!
CHANGE LOG
Improved the controls to make the Bombslinger less likely to stick to a wall
Greatly improved the Golddigger boss
Bosses have health bars now
Added a "spirit low" feedback when trying to use an item and...spirit is low
Fixed visual sorting issues on El Skullo boss
Further fixes to enemies behaviors
Fixed the Speed bonus item not being pickable more than one time
Removed a room that would cause random crashes
Bug fixes!
UPDATE #10: Lots of stuff!
Howdy!
Update number 10! It's a chunky one! We've been polishing and optimizing the game lately, improving the handling of the items and giving the audio some love. We also added a consumable item slot to allow the Bombslinger to carry more stuff around.
We feel this update marks a good increase in the overall level of polish. Two more weeks of polish ahead before moving on to finishing the production of the last big chunk of content, achievements and so on.
Enjoy the update and let us know what you think!
And if you're in London at the end of the month, come and meet us at
EGX Rezzed.
HAPPY BOMBSLINGING!
CHANGE LOG
We gave the music some love
Optimized the memory footprint and made everything smoother
Improved some enemies' behavior
Added a consumable item slot and turned some items into consumables
Improved and cleaned the in-game UI
When picking up an item, an item description is displayed
The level-up screen must now be triggered manually (ESC it you play with the keyboard)
Enemies have a chance of dropping an item
Fixed/improved some items drop rates and distribution
Those corns are shakin' baby!
Fixed a few typos
Tweaked the camera shake to make it less wobbly
Menu screen transition are now cleaner (better fading, etc.)
Multiplayer battles now have flame down and bomb down items
Fixes, fixes, fixes (and probably a few new bugs ^^)
UPDATE #9: MULTIPLAYER ACT II
Howdy!
We took these last few weeks to rehaul the multiplayer component of the game and make it a much more enjoyable experience!
Hopefully you'll find way more polished, stable and feature-rich. We're voluntarily keeping it simple in terms of games modes with an Quake-inspired deathmatch mode and a classic Last man standing one.
We also heavily reduced the memory usage of the game. Let us know if you encounter performance issues!
We're moving back to working on the single player adventure in the upcoming weeks and we'll be showcasing the game at EGX Rezzed in London in April.
HAPPY BOMBSLINGING!
CHANGE LOG
Multiplayer battles have been overhauled for a better all-round experience, including sudden death, soft blocks repopulation, support for draw cases and timer.
Massive memory usage reduction.
Removed the watermelon icon as it could be misinterpreted as a racial stereotype we were not aware of (thanks Sam Kaplan!). We still do love Watermelons though.
Improved and debugged the controls configuration window.
(in a previous mini-update) Fixed a bug where some work in progress translation would go active based on the OS language (thanks Patschge!).
Fixed two bugs (!) that lead to a 0-heart and invulnerability situation.
