First off, we would like to say a big mega-thanks to each player who purchased our first Premium Expansion, Wired Wrecks.
A new update just dropped, containing a bunch of balance changes to some of the cards that were released in Wired Wrecks. We also made some changes to KlustR Jr's miniturrets as well!
Please check out the changes below.
- Brainwash Gang & Raw Fury
Changelog
Characters
Klustr Jr.
Dither health reduced from 50 to 10
Dither sight distance reduced from 30 to 15
Dither max. damage reduced from 3-2-1 to 2-2-1
Dither fire rate reduced from 10 to 7
Banding health reduced from 50 to 10
Banding sight distance reduced from 30 to 15
Banding max. damage reduced from 3-2-1 to 2-2-1
Banding fire rate reduced from 10 to 7
Cards
Frozen Gun
Cost now doesn't depend on the level of the card.
Cost increased from 2 to 3
Time at min. level reduced from 6 to 1
Time at max. level reduced from 8 tp 3
Warp Room
Cost now doesn't depend on the level of the card.
Dr. MoleBOT
Health reduced from 50 to 20
Health recovered at min. level reduced from 4 to 1
Health recovered at max. level reduced from 8 to 5
Bug fixes
Added new song to Wired Wrecks workshop radio
Fixed: The Klustr Jr.'s Avatar is upscaled and does not fit into the border
Fixed: A second pair of hands and gun of player's character are visible in the starting point on a few maps
Fixed: Players with the same quest in 2 different quest groups can't end a match, getting a hard block
Fixed: There is a black, floating part on Klustr Jr's head when holding a weapon
Fixed: The player gets hard-locked while using a specific combo of cards
New DLC: Wired Wrecks is Now Available!
Howdy, Friendos!
Today is a big day! Our first Premium Expansion: Wired Wrecks is finally here, and we're super excited! This brand-new update brings a load of cool new stuff, including fresh skins for Moose Salto, Donnie B, Little Lars, and our newest buddy, KlustR Jr.
Plus, there are many other fun cosmetic items to check out.
Hold onto your bestie, because even if you haven't bought the DLC – KlustR Jr. and five new cards are available for free!
Check out last week's Buddy Bulletin for a deep dive into KlustR! https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1785150/view/3734104644162170235?l=english
Now, let's talk about Racco's Workshop, the hot new spot on Buddy’s Boulevard!
Racco is our new friendly neighborhood quest-giver and will be the one that provides you with all the new fancy gear! Be sure to visit them inside their workshop.
Changelog
New Character
Klustr Jr. - Start each round with Dither & Banding, your beloved miniturrets.
New Cards
Teleport Bomb - Teleport on impact Warp Room - Teleport wherever you want! Pyromania - Fire heals you! Dr. MoleBOT - It will heal all your wounds! Frozen Gun - Can't attack for a while!
2 new avatars, 10 new card backs, 5 new character skins, 11 new keychains
Changes
Swap Weapons: Weapons now maintain their ammo when swapped.
Bug fixes
Fixed: Rival trap cards are shown as white squares on the UI.
Fixed: The cars on the Gas Station's highway are disassembled and have visual glitches.
Fixed: The player is not affected by "Heartless" card's passive effect while in "Ice Block”.
Fixed: Some quests had numbers in their icons that didn't match the actual quest target number.
Fixed: "Mending Holes" & "This shirt needs some patches" quests couldn't be completed while using Akimbo.
Fixed: Baba's Laundromat's music can be heard in the background inside the restroom.
Fixed: Trains on Subway Station don't destroy Walls or Bouncy Walls.
Fixed: Card package and number of cards overlap for Ukrainian language in the Packs menu.
Fixed: "Pixel Vision" effect appears on match's end screen.
Fixed: Player is able to play Haru, without unlocking the character.
Fixed: Spamming the space bar key while opening packs can softlock the game.
Fixed: Flash bomb effect applies inconsistently.
Thanks for being part of the excitement, and we can't wait to see you dive into all the cool new content in Wired Wrecks!
- Brainwash Gang & Raw Fury
Buddy’s Bulletin: XVIII, October 6th
Hello Friends,
It's Friday, and you know what that means – the weekend's just around the corner! And guess what else? Wired Wrecks is dropping next Tuesday, October 10th! This is a big deal for us – it's our very first Premium Expansion, and we really hope y’all like it.
For a sneak peek, check out our dear friends Karen and Anton duke it out with the new content right here or on Friends vs Friends' store page.
But let's not forget the real stars of the show – you, our incredible community of supporters. Your valuable feedback and your passionate involvement is what make this possible!
So, save the date, clear your schedule, and get ready to dive into Wired Wrecks next Tuesday. It's a celebration of our shared journey, and we couldn't have done it without your incredible support.
Thank you for being part of our incredible adventure!
Special Shoutouts
We also want to give a major shoutout to our friends at Brainwash Gang, their brand-new trailer for Laika: Aged Through Blood is now here, please take a look below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6ftuCoaa1s
Reveal of the Week
Introducing KlustR Jr.
KlustR Jr. is intelligent and resourceful, yet clumsy and comical. They refab and repair tamagochis, circuit boards, and small robotics from spare parts. They even designed and built their own state-of-the-art prosthetic leg from materials they stole from the lab they grew up in! But that's not all, they're into some wild stuff too, like messing around with teleportation and time travel experiments.
Say hello to my little friends.... Dither & Banding.
Each round you play with KlustR, you start with their beloved mini turrets, Dither & Banding. Dither absolutely loooooves dying for you, and Banding HATES it!
Community Spotlight
This is an absolutely sick piece made by Avery! If you like what you see, check out their website here!
Mayor’s Message
Hey folks, it's me. The Mayor of Friendtown.
I can't even begin to tell you how hyped I am for Wired Wrecks releasing next Tuesday! It's gonna be an absolute blast! I've been trying to set an alarm to remember the big day, but my phone has this strange habit of disassembling itself and misplacing crucial components. Strange, huh?
Anyhoo, please keep an eye out for Wired Wrecks, launching on Tuesday, October 10th!
- The Mayor of Friendtown
Server Maintanence
Hello friends,
We just wanted to give you a heads up that we're gonna be doing some maintenance on our online service.
It's happening tomorrow, Thursday, October 5, from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM (CEST).
If everything goes smoothly, we might end up finishing earlier than we planned, but we won't be sending out any fancy notices if that happens.
So, during this time, our online service will be taking a little break and won't be available. We know it's a bummer, and we're sorry for any hassle this might cause.
Thanks for your understanding!
- Brainwash Gang & Raw Fury
Buddy's Bulletin September 29th - What was that card from last week?
Howdy Friends,
It's Friday! Friday! Gotta get down on Friday! Friday! Did we mention it's Friday? Because it is and that means it's time for another Buddy's Bulletin!
It also means it's time to reveal what that mystery card was you saw last week. Ooooooo...
Reveals of the Week
So what is going on here? Well, I can say you're all pretty astute, quick and clever and got the idea pretty sharpish.
Because this is called the Warp Room Card!
Someone plays the card, you'll see a really fancy looking ol' TV show up on the map and it will take you to a far off dimension the other side of Friendtown.
Or somewhere else entirely. I've no idea to be honest...
You just jump into the Warp Room and that will last the entire round. Pretty trippy, right?
But the first two to get it right were Snake_Boy and OnionKnight! Congrats you two, let us know how to get in touch or reach out to someone on the team and we'll make sure you get a code for the game. Yay!
Community Spotlight
It looks like some of you are already getting into the Spooky Season! And I'm not for one minute suggesting we've got something planned...but we've totally got something planned. More news on that soon...
Anyway, look at this quacking piece of art from BarneyRooster18 on Twitter.
Thank you for sharing all your fan art with us. If you've been making some for Friends vs Friends, why not submit it to the fan art category here? We've seen some fantastic pieces out there and some surely worthy winners.
Mayor’s Message
Hey folks, it's me. The Mayor of Friendtown.
A Warp Room Card, eh? Well, that doesn't sound the least bit horrifying or scary to me. Nope. I actually think that sounds kinda fun.
I mean, it's a quiet place for me to do my work. No disturbances. No knocks on the door or urgent faxes to respond to. Nobody else, but me, a very brightly shining TV set, and a very purpley looking room.
Doesn't this just look wonderful...
Alright, I admit it. It's horrifying. It's actually making me think more and more about the spooky season and that it's just around the corner. Not that I'm scared or anything like that, no way. Your Mayor isn't scared of anything. I've got a will of steeee...AHHHHH SOMETHING JUST CRAWLED ALL OVER MY DESK!
Gotta go. Uh, you can see yourself out right? Until next time, this has been MEEEEE and AHHHH you know the rest...
- The Mayor of Friendtown
Balance Update
Hello Friends,
We've just dropped another balance update that fine-tunes some of the cards and weapons in the game. Plus, we've made some tweaks to our buddy, Little Lars!
This is a server-side update, so no need to download anything.
Please peek at the changes below
- Brainwash Gang and Raw Fury
Changelog
Characters
Little Lars "Thick Coat" Explosion resistance increased from -0.4 to -0.5
Cards
Draw cards Cost increased from 2 to 3
Draw rivals cards Cost increased from 3 to 4
Lottery draw Cost increased from 1 to 2
Start hot potato Cost increased from 1 to 2
Mirror Card Cost decreased from 3 to 2
Slow Reload Time at min. level reduced from -0.4 to -0.3 Time at max. level reduced from -0.5 tp -0.4
MedKit Health recovered at min. level reduced from 85 to 75 Health recovered at max. level reduced from 100 to 90
Karrotov Damage at min. level increased from 4 to 5 Damage at max. level increased from 6 to 7
Weapons
Katana Damage at min. level increased from 35 to 40 Damage at max. level increased from 40 to 45
PunchR
Damage at min level reduced from 25-50 to 15-40 Damage at max level reduced from 30-60 to 20-50
Buddy’s Bulletin: XVI, September 22nd
Happy Friendly Friday,
Hope you're having a blast! We're on a high after an incredible free weekend and we're so glad you could join us for the festivities.
We smashed our concurrent playerbase, are back up to Very Positive in Reviews and have been featured all over Steam. It's a good time to be in Friendtown ya'll.
Thank you to everyone who played, who told their Friends and took the time to check us out. Some of you generous souls even gifted Friends vs Friends to others, you are the best!
Now we're just a few short weeks away from Wired Wrecks, our first Premium Expansion, and we've got a little bit more news to share with you on one of the upcoming cards coming to the game.
Reveals of the Week
So, the eagle-eyed among ya may have noticed one of the new cards coming to the game from our latest trailer. KlustR Jr is a dab-hand with a teleport grenade which lets them appear at the exact spot where the grenade is thrown. Perfect for a good ol' fashioned sneak attack, amiright?
But here's something else coming soon that's not quite so easy to explain.
We're not going to tell you what this is or how it works. But the first with the best / closest guess will win a copy of the game. You just have to leave your comment below this post to enter.
The fan art has been pouring in and we've loved seeing the care and attention to detail you put into your creations.
This week we're going to do something a little different though, and shine a spotlight on a video from Snailgaming.
Someone who has spent an astonishing 280 hours playing to find, what they believe, is the best deck in Friends vs Friends.
Take a look at this video and let us know if you agree with their choices!
Mayor’s Message
Hey folks, it's me. The Mayor of Friendtown.
What was that picture all about? I've never seen anything quite like it and let me tell you, I've seen some sights and have been here a long time. Well, not that long, I'm not that old. Or am I? Oh, I do lose track these days.
The Free Weekend took a bit out of me, I must admit. I met so many people, saw so much action and even played a few hands myself. But I had a great time and I hope you did too.
And the best part is, there's still so much to come with Racco's Workshop opening up around here very soon. I've already seen a few drones whizzing around over my head. Perhaps sometime soon I'll get to pilot one? Who's going to refuse the Mayor of Friendtown after all...
Actually, my family...They never listen to me....
But anyway, that's been me, the Mayor of Friendtown. And you're reading the Mayor's Message.
- The Mayor of Friendtown
Check out our Friend's game, out now!
Howdy Friends,
So you all know how cool Friendtown is, that it's the place to be and has been mighty busy these past few weeks. But we want to tell you about another cool place that's also about to be a very sweet tourist destination.
We're talking about Moonstone Island, a cozy, friendly world which has just opened up today on Steam!
Part of the wider Raw Fury family, we've got more in common than you might think. For one thing, they looooove cards in Moonstone Island. Seriously, they've got all sorts of fancy, colourful decks going on. And you can put together some really cool combinations on the field of battle.
Their community is an inclusive and diverse space, reflecting LGBTQ+ members of the Studio Supersoft team, just as Friends vs Friends does for the Brainwash Gang.
We even had Sunshine Animation work on both of our trailers. And what a fantastic job they did too.
Do yourself a favour, pack a bag (maybe two) and go exploring in Moonstone Island. Then come back and let us know how you got on. Just don't try mix-and-matching the cards, who knows what kind of weird multiversal sorcery that might conjure up.
And don't forget Friday's Buddy's Bulletin. We've got more news on Wired Wrecks to share!
- Brainwash Gang, on behalf of Studio Supersoft. Happy Launch Day, Friends <3
Game Update 1.1.11
Hello Friends,
First off, a huge shoutout to everyone who joined in on the Free Weekend fun! We really hope you had a blast playing, and maybe even made a new friend or two!
Now, let's dive into an update that includes several bug fixes. Please have a look at the details below.
Changelog
Changes:
Explosions revisited: to ensure consistency, explosion damage now is dealt in segments of its radius (This means max damage on the first third of its radius, mid damage on the second, minimum damage on the final third).
Bug fixes:
Fixed: Phantom bullet's tracers appear after katana strikes
Fixed: Heart from Heartless does not receive damage
Fixed: The Back Button in "Open Packs" window becomes unusable after certain actions
Fixed: The collision on the CA-Turret's barrel enables a player to clip into objects
Fixed: Camera shakes while walking on uneven surfaces on Gas Station
Fixed: Several metal objects are missing metal sound on Gas Station
Fixed: In 2v2 matches, the Hot Potato card will give one copy to each rival
Fixed: Player can scroll up and down in the Booster Pack opening window
Fixed: The "Completion Bonus" text overlaps with the timer in the Quest Window
Fixed: "A gift from your friend Smii7Y!" text does not fit into the message border in Japanese language
Fixed: The BFF rank icon is misplaced in the Rank Information window
Fixed: Rank and nickname of second player in the group overlap with each other
Fixed: The HP number under the player's nickname does not wrap up
Fixed: The "Rematch cancelled" text overlaps during the victory screen
Fixed: The text overruns or truncates, when joining the Subway Station map during the map loading screen
Fixed: The "Equipped/Not Equipped" text overlaps with the "Copies to level up" text in the card information menu
Fixed: The "Stay here" text overlaps with the button prompt when saving a deck
Fixed: UI does not show other player's rank while in the group
Fixed: The text to "Join or Create" party overlaps in multiple languages in "Private Match" and "Play with Bots" menus
Fixed: The text overlaps due not enough line spacing when returning from the Friend Menu
Fixed: "Poison Bullets" and "Vampire Bullets" sounds play while using Punch-R
Fixed: "Poison Bullets" VFX are excessive and off centered in third person
Fixed: Kaboomber turret does not shoot the opponent
Fixed: Player does not have to be in ice cream truck to unlock "Galaxy Gelato" achievement
Fixed: "PPE Required" achievement cannot be completed if player gets hit by Sniper Akimbo
Fixed: A server malfunction can cause players to lose their current rank progress
Buddy’s Bulletin: XV, September 15th
Howdy Friends,
How are you enjoying the Free Weekend? It's been so great to see Friendtown fill up with new faces, read your Friends vs Friends reviews and hear your excitement for all the updates and changes. Be sure to keep leaving us your reviews, take some time to try out the game and, maybe if you like what you see, consider picking it up. It's never been cheaper and there's never been a better time to play.
You may have also seen that we gave you a glimpse into the future yesterday with Wired Wrecks. We're going to dedicate today's bulletin to answering your questions about what's happening this October, how you can get hold of our first Premium Expansion, and why it's going to be the greatest thing to ever happen to Friendtown. Since opening, of course.
Reveals of the Week
Let's break this down for you...
What is Wired Wrecks?
Why, it's the first of two Premium Expansions confirmed for release in 2023 for Friends vs Friends.
How much will it cost?
For now, it's only included as part of the Friends vs Friends Deluxe Edition. which is bundled alongside Premium Expansion 2. We are also looking into selling this seperately ahead of launch.
Wired Wrecks will be releasing in early October. We'll have a final release date for you VERY SOON!
What's included in Wired Wrecks?
Within the Premium Expansion, you'll get the following
10 Card Backs
10 Hama (Key) Chains
5 New Skins
Are KlustR Jr. and the 5 new cards also included?
The new character and cards will be made available as part of a free update (for everyone who owns Friends vs Friends) around the launch of Wired Wrecks. You do not need to pay to play as KlustR Jr or use the new cards.
Wait, the new character will be free?
Yep! Although if you do pick up Wired Wrecks, you'll get 2 additional skins for KlustR Jr to give him some slightly different looks.
How about the Hyena, they look really cool.
Racco is super cool and you can find out a whoooole lot more about them in Wired Wrecks. Invites are open to their Workshop.
What's happening with Premium Expansion 2?
That's also due to release in 2023. We're not quite ready to talk about this one yet but let's just say you can expect similar (and also VERY different) things to Wired Wrecks.
Oh, and how are those console releases cooking?
They're cooking!
Hope we answered everything! But if we didn't, just let us know below and we'll be sure to reply.
Community Spotlight
We're already getting fanart for KlustR Jr. Our newest Friend seems to have won over many hearts and we're so excited to share them with you.
Thanks for sketching this midofox96 from our Discord.
Thank you for sharing all your fan art with us. If you've been making some for Friends vs Friends, why not submit it to the fan art category here? We've seen some fantastic pieces out there and some surely worthy winners.
Special Shoutouts
We've got two very special shoutouts we want to make in today's Bulletin.
Firstly, we're super grateful for the support from the Moonstone Island team yesterday as they gave our Free Weekend a massive push across their networks. Thank you so much for connecting with us and telling the world about what's happening in Friendtown. You won't want to miss Moonstone Island when it releases on Steam next week, September 20! Especially since they also love some deck-building action.
Secondly, if you're loving Friends vs Friends and everything the Brainwash Gang are getting up to, then check out Laika: Aged Through Blood, a Western-Inspired Motorvania that you might spot some references to in Friends vs Friends. You've never explored a post-apocalyptic wasteland quite like this before.
Sorry I can't stop for long, this Free Weekend is certainly keeping me on my toes. Everyone's asking for free drinks. Free food. Heck, I've had people asking if they can stay at my place for free. You know, I'd probably let them if they bring me my favourite packet of crisps but that would sort of be defeating the point of 'free' wouldn't it....
It's been so nice connecting with so many wonderful people, some discovering Friendtown for the first time, others coming back for a return visit. We hope you'll stick around and stay with us.
I'd also encourage each and every one of you reading this to tell just one friend about the Free Weekend. Share the love far and wide and let's really take over this...'Steam' place. Whatever that is.
Oh, and if you have stopped by and checked out Friends vs Friends, do take some time to leave us a review. It really helps us to grow, develop and expand, and let's us know what we're getting right. And equally, what we're getting wrong.
Right, better get back to it. Someone's currently moving their sofa into my house and looks like a weekend's supply of munchies. Perhaps if they're willing to share?
That's been me, the Mayor of Friendtown. And you're reading the Mayor's Message.
