Fling to the Finish
The Fling Winter Season is complete...
As well as marking the end of the event, this update includes some minor bug fixes and level design improvements to the second level, Kooky's Canyon.
Our team had an amazing break this holiday and are excited to deliver our biggest change to the game in the next update!
Team SplitSide
Patch Notes
Additions
1. Team Snowman victory skin.
Improvements
1. In Kooky's Canyon, the road platforms in the last half of the level have been made wider so that they're less punishing to new players who just played the tutorial.
Bug fixes
1. Fixed a few minor bugs with the new Loony Lanes level that was introduced last update.
Holiday update: Christmas & Bowling!
Loony Lanes has you sliding down bowling lanes of the 70s and 80s. You’ll have to transition from the slippery lanes lit by neon lights to the dark, treacherous, mechanical under-workings of the bowling alley operation. This level is fully featured with every game mode!
The core of the Holiday season will be a community competition between Team Jolly and Team Snowman. Choose a team, receive your team skins, and compete in Matchmaking races. Whichever team has the most wins at the end of the season will receive a special skin of their team mascot.
We’re so excited for you to play our Brand New Level and compete to be the victor of the Holiday Season!
Team SplitSide
Levels
- A brand new level: Loony Lanes
Race Abilities
- That’s Shocking! Electrify your opponents with a surge of static electricity that gives them a ZAP at the most inopportune times!
- Stick Pulse! Give yourself the power to send out a shockwave every time you stick! Use it to blast away your opponents or defend yourself from pestering obstacles!
Holiday Community Competition
Team Jolly
- 1 Character: Jolly Jingle
- 4 alternative skins
Team Snowman
- 1 Character: Snowman
- 4 alternative skins
General Game Patch Notes
Bugs
- The visuals showing you were your rope is when obscured by objects have returned
- The colors of your character’s stick goo is now properly synced across the internet
- A team that has the laser ability can no longer be cut by other lasers
This Years Steam Awards
We would like to submit Fling to the Finish for your consideration, specifically in the categories "Most Innovative Gameplay", "Better With Friends", and "Best Game You Suck At". Getting nominated for any of these awards would be super cool, so please give us a shot! Also, while you're fulfilling your 4 tasks for the rewards, please consider leaving an honest review for Fling!
On another note, we wanted to thank everyone who has played Fling to the Finish over the past few months. Being able to watch so many people play the game, find cool speedrunning tricks, and find crazy exploits we had no idea existed has been a blast. We are truly thankful for everyone who has given our game a chance and had a good time playing, it means the world to us.
Best Regards!
Fling to the Finish Tournament!
This Sunday, November 21 we’re hosting a global Fling to the Finish tournament in partnership with The Gaming Stadium! Over 50 teams of streamers will bounce, roll, and fling their way to the finish line in a variety of 2 vs 2 obstacle course races, to crown themselves KINGS OF FLING, BEST BALLS, and/or THE BOUNCIEST OF THEM ALL!
Join us in the Gaming Stadium Twitch chat during the event, as we’ll be giving away codes for FREE copies of Fling to the Finish and a few other Daedalic titles to lucky viewers.
The high energy tournament event will start at 11 am PST / 2 pm EST / 8 pm CET. You can follow all the chaotic flinging action at twitch.tv/thegamingstadium, with the shoutcasting talents of EuroEclipse and KegShouts.
The tournament will feature 7 wacky obstacle course maps from the game:
- Kooky's Canyon
- Haunted Highway
- Fling Park
- Clam's Casino
- Pinball Panic
- Wet Willy's Waterpark
- Worms in Space
Fling to the Finish is a cute and wacky co-op racing game where teammates twist and turn their way through tricky obstacle courses, all while tethered together by a stretchy elastic rope. Dodge surprise enemy attacks, and try to reach the finish line without getting too tangled!
Patch Notes
De-Spookify Patch
Team Calavera raced valiantly but ultimately Team Jack-O-Lantern came out on top! When members of Team Jack-O-Lantern update to this latest version and start the game they will receive an exclusive skin. Enjoy!
Because the Halloween Season has come to end the levels are no longer spookified. But as a special surprise to mark the end of the season... there is a brand new level: Haunted Highway!
Haunted Highway might be one of our best looking levels yet. Our goal for the level was for it be one of the easiest levels in the game while still providing a lot of challenging nuances when trying to race fast against the clock. That way it will help round out the difficulty curve at the beginning of the game while providing a great competitive track for race mode. We'll see you on the Haunted Highway!
Team SplitSide
Patch Notes
New Content Added
- New Level "Haunted Highway" with 4 campaign modes and 1 race mode
- 3 new Haunted Skins (1 for each character - Candy, Slime and Appleworm)
- 1 exclusive community event winner skin for team Jack-O'-Lantern
Bug fixes
- Character Select - Fixed bug where some unlocked skins would not show up while selecting characters and skins
Spooky Halloween Event!
The core of the season will be a community competition between Team Calavera and Team Jack-o'-lantern. Choose a team, receive your team skins, and compete in Matchmaking races. Whichever team has the most wins at the end of the season will receive a special skin of their team mascot.
But beware, the Fling levels have been spookified! Lurking in the shadows are the remains of the undead waiting to grab unexpected Flingers. Keep an eye out for enchanted Witch Brooms to fly over obstacles and soar farther into the race.
We’re so excited for you to play our Halloween themed levels and compete to be the victor of the Halloween Season!
Team SplitSide
Halloween Community Competition
Team Sugar Skull
- 1 Character: Sugar Skull
- 4 alternative skins
Team Jack-o’-lantern
- 1 Character: Jack-o’-lantern
- 4 alternative skins
Levels
- 9 levels have Halloween decorations, moody lighting, and spooky fog.
- All levels have additional Undead Traps to hinder teams and Witch Brooms to help teams that aren’t in first place.
General Game Patch Notes
Improvements
- Quality of Life Improvement: When using the mouse to control a character, the virtual mouse joystick re-centers on respawning to avoid “automatic” movement as soon as team respawns
Bugs
- Multiple bug fixes to prevent teams from disconnecting while matchmaking.
- Fixed: Keybinds screen which was completely broken in a previous update is now fixed and works as expected. Note: In some instances the first rebound key after getting to the keybinds settings screen may have to be bound twice to update the UI properly. We’re still investigating this.
New Content Update: Bomb Run
We have been very busy in recent days, not just tackling the feedback you were handing us after our Early Access release, but working on the first real Content Update coming your way! Additional to bug fixes as usual, we have added two new unlockable characters with two additional skins to the game. There is also a new Game Mode as well, unlockable in the campaign: Bomb Run!
Check out the Patch Notes for more Information!
Improvements
New unlockable content added:
Bomb Run Campaign Gamemode
- By default, both Bomb Run and Coin Frenzy unlock together when the player goes through UFO Race or Duck Hunt at least once.
- For players who already have Coin Frenzy unlocked in some or all levels from a previous build, Bomb Run will be automatically unlocked for those levels.
New Characters:
- TV - 1 character + 2 additional skins
- Car - 1 character + 2 additional skins
Total new unlockables = 6
Gamemodes that can be failed (currently only Bomb Run) will show the leaderboards screen with a few
- There will be a notification that the player failed the gamemode
- For hosts (or in offline mode) the restart button will be selected by default
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a Bug where players in an online private race or online campaign mode would sometimes get disconnected after playing at least 3 races or campaign levels, with the "matchmaking 3 races over" popup shown to them.
We have a Demo now!
Firstly, we’ve made some changes to how matchmaking works to ensure you find people to play with quicker than ever! (Pro tip: We also have an official Discord). Secondly, we made some accessibility tweaks to the ducks in Pharaoh's Freeway and Worms in Space maps to make them less frustrating and more rewarding to play!
Last but not least, there is now a Timed Demo available on Steam, where you can play for 30 minutes with your friends or solo before deciding on the purchase.
This is it for now, stay tuned for our future updates and keep flinging!
Difficulty Patch - Tweaks to Balancing and Accessibility
We’ve made improvements to various levels in the game to make them less frustrating, as well as rebalancing how often the Balloon and Spring Jump abilities appear to make the game more fair while still keeping it fun for players in all positions of the race!
You will also require less ducks to progress through the Campaign mode, with Silver and Bronze Duck tiers having a higher time limit making the campaign mode more accessible, while retaining the satisfaction of getting a Gold Duck.
See the full changes below:
Notes
Online Multiplayer can no longer be disabled in the Privacy Policy or Settings menu.
Balancing
- Made multiple level design improvements to Winding Woods, Worms in Space, Pharaoh’s Freeway, Fling Park, and Sunny Heights to make them more fun and less frustrating.
- Reduced the amount of Ducks needed to unlock new levels in Campaign mode.
- Increased the time required to receive Silver and Bronze ducks in all the Campaign gamemodes.
- Decreased the likelihood the Balloon ability is given when a team is close to the first place team.
- Increased the likelihood the Spring Jump ability is given.
Improvements
- Mushroom bouncers now push the team in the air much more consistently.
- Teams now spawn into the race lined up in a row rather than clumped up in a ball.
Bug Fixes
- A player’s client is less likely to timeout and get stuck on the Matchmaking screen. If it still times out, then matchmaking will restart.
- Fixed a bug where players couldn’t leave the Matchmaking screen.
- Fixed a bug where some rows in the Leaderboard screen will be missing.
- Fixed a bug where teams can Fling an infinite amount of times in the air in some areas within some levels.