Improvements:

• Added unranked multiplayer mode. You have a separate, hidden ELO for unranked matchmaking which does not affect your ranked ELO or position on the leaderboards. Because our playerbase is small right now, ranked and unranked players will be matched together. The ranked player’s position on the leaderboards will change based on a win/loss while the unranked player’s leaderboard position will be unaffected. This is only temporary, once we have more people online we’ll separate ranked and unranked completely. Unranked should give people the opportunity to try out different strategies without sacrificing leaderboard position.
  
• Added blind matchmaking. To prevent match dodging, you will not know who your opponent is until the match starts.
  
• Added in game chat, press ‘t’ to talk to your opponent during the game and match results screen. Commands supported are /mute and /unmute.
  
• Added quit button on main menu.
  
• Adjusted ELO gain and drop rates (k-factor) to be a bit less for players who have played more games

Fixes:

• Fixed accelerators and building platforms able to erroneously capture two mines at once on seaside and forest
  
• Bank now retargets if you already own the building it’s pointing to.
  
• Fix bug where selling a bank on gold mine would yield 7 extra gold.
  
• Drill tower shots now kill demolishers
  
• Fixed a couple more de-sync cases

Tuning:

• Reduced Laser cooldown to 14 from 18
  
• Reduced Mountain Maker cost to 50 from 55
  
• Changed King power to start with the shield off and every 30 seconds one shield ring is added, stacking up to 3 times.
  
• Decreased Minionette’s frost power cooldown to 25 seconds from 30 seconds
  
• Minonette’s power now activates only when you stop moving, rather than on first contact
  
• Increased Cannon Tower cost to 45 from 40
  
• Adjusted hitbox on drill tower to be taller
  
• Reset cooldown on target building when the bribe is completed

Fixes:

• Fixed crash on campaign missions and final boss
  
• Fixed crash when older versions were getting matched with newer version
  
• Fixed issue where players on the gamepad could start a match without choosing all their buildings
  
• Fixed rare crash on surrendering and rare crash on settings menu with exotic input devices
  
• Make quick match sound and battle ready sound play through normal sfx volume setting
  
• Fix Sourthern Coast so that red and blue have the same amount of build spots.
  
• Fix the Southern Coast to not allow for odd balloon placement after capturing diamond mine
  
• Fix bug where territory balloons can be built in buried diamond mines
  
• Fix forest map where it wasn’t clear territory balloon would access two mines at once
  

Improvements:

• Added a timer for game time
  
• The names of both players in battle is now shown at the bottom of the screen
  

Tuning:

• Reduced repair center repair rates to 10/14/18 from 13/15/18
  
• Reduced repair center life to 15/20/25 from 20/22/25
  
• Increased repair center cooldown to 25 from 24
  
• Changed repair center costs to 45/45/60 from 45/50/70
  
• Decreased shield cooldown from 33 to 30
  
• Increased speed of frost shot
  
• Reduced initial cost of frost tower to 50 from 60
  
• Reduced initial cost of laser tower to 55 from 60
  

• Fixed a multitude of cases where an online multiplayer match could become de-synced
  
• Fixed a case were both players would start on red side, causing strange behavior
  
• Fixed bug where after 120 seconds, blue player would gain a small autogold advantage over red player
  
• Fixed bug where it was possible for demolishers from different players to become ‘stuck’ to each other
  
• Fixed issue where player build version was not sent over in some cases
  
• Fixed bugs where drills could freeze in the air after hitting shields
  
• Fixed another case of the zombie lobby
  
• Fixed leaderboard scrolling
  

• Moved Skirmish and Local Multiplayer out to main menu. Not technically a new feature since Cannon Brawl has always had local multiplayer vs a friend/AI, but now it’s more visible.
  
• Build menu always starts on first option, to help with muscle memory selection
  
• Changed Seaside 2 such that the top diamond mine is now in a valley shape
  
• You can now skip XP countdown with spacebar
  

• Fixed crash at end of game if it couldn’t upload stats
  
• Fixed crash if your desktop resolution was 1366x768
  
• More crash fixes in campaign, local multiplayer, and with a few buildings
  
• If Cannon Brawl crashes on load, if you run it again it will automatically switch to ‘old graphics card mode’.
  
• Fixed crash if you had a sound device disabled
  
• Fix volume increasing on settings UI menu after closing it
  

• Made it less likely to get matched against the same person if they drop out before the battle begins
  
• Attempt fix on issue where it was possible to join a ‘zombie lobby’ in which you were matched with someone who was in a lobby but no longer playing.
  
• Drills can now pop territory balloons consistently
  
• Fixed issue where upgrading during a bribe switch your target to the enemy HQ rather than the intended target.
  
• Added a sound effect to notify you when a game has started
  
• Warhead can now be repaired in the air by the prince and repair center
  

• Drill Tower life increased from 12/15/20 to 15/20/25
  
• Decreased missile tower life from 20/25/30 to 15/20/25
  

Fixes:

• Fixed crashes on main menu and in various campaign missions
  
  
• Fixed settings related crashes
  
  
• Quitting the game mid match now counts as a surrender and will self destruct the HQ of the person who surrendered. The victorious player will gain ELO, the surrendering player will lose elo. If you hard disconnect by closing the game or unplugging your internet connection, this will still count as a surrender for you and a victory for the other player.
  
  
• Fixed xp points being awarded strangely in Friend Invite mode
  
  
• Fixed issue where Minionette and the build platform were sometimes not unlocked after beating the campaign
  
  
• Added the option to select which input device Cannon Brawl uses for gamepads. For those of you having trouble with using the keyboard during gameplay, go to Settings and change Gamepad 1 and Gamepad 2 to either “none” or the device you want to use as a gamepad.
  
  
• Fixed bug where missiles were not downgraded when passing through shields
  
  
• Fixed bug where scoring the exact time on a campaign mission wouldn’t give you the medal
  

Tuning:

• Accelerator no longer increases the gold rate of Banks and Mine
  
  
• HQ takes 50% less fall damage
  
  
• Increased King’s shield recharge from 10s to 15s and fixed a bug where it could recharge in 1s