Chessplosion's dungeon update is out! Chessplosion now contains Dungeon mode, a new roguelike-inspired single player mode where you explore randomized dungeons to defeat enemies and collect weapons and upgrades. Several new level hazards and bomb upgrades were created for this game mode.
It also contains 12 new battle stages and 4 new tennis stages, which can be played both online and offline, and a few new extra challenges in the Extras menu. There are also three new translations: Simplified Chinese, Russian and Korean.
Here are the full patch notes for update v2702:
Dungeon: Added Dungeon mode!
Adventure: Added new level hazards from Dungeon mode to worlds 3, 6 and 7 of Adventure mode. These can be disabled using the Adventure Hazards option in the Game options menu.
Battle: Added 12 new battle stages, bringing the total battle stage count up to 24.
Tennis: Added 4 new tennis stages, bringing the total tennis stage count up to 8.
Extras: Added EX Boss Rush, Speedrun Challenge, and EX Speedrun Challenge.
Translations: Added Simplified Chinese, Russian and Korean translations.
General: Added five new achievements for Dungeon mode. Note that for now, you do not have to get these new Dungeon achievements to unlock the Grandblaster achievement.
This update has been a long time in the making. Hope you have fun!
Lobby Improvements Update (v2626)
A new update to Chessplosion's online play is out! You can now choose specific stages and change settings in online lobbies, and there's now an instant rematch option in online matchmaking.
Here are the full patch notes for update v2626:
Battle: KO'd players are now drawn behind all living players.
Online Lobbies: You can now change your character color without leaving a lobby.
Online Lobbies: The 'Ready' button now has a checkbox to show if you're ready or not.
Online Lobbies: The lobby owner now has an Edit Lobby button that lets them edit the lobby's settings (such as the game mode and player count) without having to make a new lobby from scratch.
Online Lobbies: You can now vote for which stage you want to play on, instead of all lobby matches being on a random stage. More details: When a game starts, it randomly chooses one of the players' voted stages. You can either vote for a specific stage, or vote for Random Select if you want to play on a random stage from the game's entire pool of 12 stages, or abstain from voting if you just want to let the other players choose which stage to play on.
Online Matchmaking: At the end of a matchmaking game, you now have the option to instantly rematch against the same opponent.
Now that this update is out, I'm focusing on the new single player game mode. It's bigger than any of Chessplosion's other post-launch updates and I can't wait to see what people think of it. I'm aiming to finish it in late January or early February but hopefully I'll be able to share more info about it before then.
Thanks again for supporting Chessplosion. Have fun in the new lobbies!
Team Lobbies Update (v2598)
Chessplosion's online lobbies now let you play 2v2 team matches! You can choose which team to play on if you want to team up with a friend or run a 2v2 tournament, or you can be randomly assigned to a team instead.
That's the only thing that changed in update v2598. There are a few more small online changes I would like to make over the holidays if I have more time, but after that I plan on finishing up Chessplosion's upcoming new singleplayer mode.
Enjoy playing Chessplosion over the holidays! I'll leave you with a screenshot of a team lobby:
Update Notes v2591
Quick hotfix update:
Online: the public lobby list now correctly shows whether or not sudden death is enabled in each lobby.
