CPU players no longer shoot projectiles behind themselves; they only aim at characters ahead of them
Small adjustments have been made to a few boost pads in Space Base Speedway to make a wall rolling section more consistent for the small characters
A few platforms in Terminal Road are now slightly bigger to make it a bit easier
Fixes & improvements
Fixed certain characters slowing down a lot when holding towards a wall they are climbing right after getting an upwards boost
Slight performance optimizations (most notably in split-screen multiplayer)
Fixed squishing animations being slightly affected by framerate
Fixed an oversight where the game wouldn't tell you when you've unlocked the secret extra mode for time trials
Misc
Slightly shortened certain unlock messages
The title screen now says v1.0.3 in the bottom right; please make sure you have the same version as your friends if you want to play online with them
As usual, if anyone finds any other bugs or issues, please let me know and I'll be happy to help.
Update Notes For February 2nd, 2023
Reduced the rate at which CPU players shoot projectiles when on casual difficulty
Fixed the secret unlockable option for time trials mode always showing as 'On' when grand prix difficulty was set to medium, even when it was actually off internally
The title screen now shows 'v1.0.2' in the bottom right; if you want to play online with friends, please make sure you all have the same version
If there are any other bugs or issues that I've missed, please let me know and I'll do my best to fix them!
Release Day!
FurBalls Racing is finally out! ːsteamhappyː
If anyone has questions regarding the game or finds any bugs, please let me know and I'll be happy to help!
I hope you all enjoy! ːsteamthumbsupː
New Panic Inducing Game Mechanics!
Here's the biggest update since the first demo release - featuring new game mechanics, better visuals, and smarter CPU players! Check out the video for an in-depth look at the new mechanics!
Projectiles now try to home in on opponents, and give the targeted player a warning
Projectiles can be held around the player to block other projectiles (or attack other players) at the temporary cost of top speed
Added more food pickups in certain stages
Improved several textures and materials, some of which now have sub surface scattering
Updated all flags to use Unity's cloth system
Added more objects to most stages (trees, rocks, snowmen, etc.)
Various AI adjustments: instead of just being faster when set to fierce, CPU players can now take various shortcuts and spinboost more often, so they're more intelligent and fair
Casual and medium AI difficulties have also been tweaked to be more consistent across the different stages (before, they were really good at a certain stage, and really bad at another)
Redone all staff ghosts: expert ghosts are a little easier than before
Songs now have seamless loop points in all stages and the main menu
Added simple stage title intros
Added more signs to the tutorial to explain the new projectile mechanics
Improved performance of a few scriptshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEW0CNc94zA
Have fun!
Free Demo Update!
Hi everyone!
For today's update, almost all of the changes are the results of useful feedback, so thanks to everyone who gave their opinions or uploaded videos of their gameplay!
Besides quality of life changes, one big focus of this update was on improving the spin drifting mechanic. It's been tweaked to be easier to use and to understand, and the signs in the tutorial have been updated to explain it better.
However, most of the work time these past couple months was actually spent on something not in the demo, and not listed below: online multiplayer, which will now make it in to the final, full game! Specific details about it will have to wait until later.
Now for the demo's changelog:
New additions:
Graphics and sound options can now be changed from the pause menu
Added new camera sensitivity options to the pause menu
Grand Prix races now keep track of your total time and show it at the end
Cameras now have colliders and try to avoid clipping through the environment
Improvements:
Adjusted spin drifting to be easier (especially for gamepad users)
Adjusted and added signs in the tutorial to help clarify how spin drifting and boosting works
Reduced respawn delay time (it's now 1.2 seconds when it used to be roughly 2 seconds)
Reduced knockback and hitstun taken from poop projectiles
Updated Unity engine version from 2019 LTS to 2021 LTS
Improved fur shader
Increased the vertical look range for both keyboard + mouse users and gamepad users
Separated vertical look from zooming in, which now has its own input explained in the tutorial (holding the 'Y' button for gamepad users and scrolling the mouse wheel for keyboard + mouse users)
The default camera sensitivity for keyboard + mouse users is much lower than before
Fixes:
Fixed lag caused by the dynamic snow when lots of characters and objects were deforming it simultaneously
Fixed CPU players in the tutorial only shooting projectiles at the player and not at each other
Fixed camera stutter when looking up or down with keyboard + mouse controls (especially on low end computers)
Fixed minor camera stutter that sometimes occurred when boosting
Fixed incorrectly aligned meshes on CPU players in the tutorial
Fixed main menu UI scaling incorrectly when using an ultra-wide aspect ratio
Many other minor tweaks and fixes
There are also a few changes previously released in another update that were not given an official changelog at the time. The biggest of those changes are as follows:
Revamped background environments
Added rank suffixes ('1st' instead of '1', '2nd' instead of '2', etc.)
If you find any bugs or issues, or have any other feedback you want to share, please feel free to let me know!
FurBalls Racing - Beta Demo Release
The free demo is out now! So what does it have?
The tutorial level, where other FurBalls try to show you all the mechanics you'll need to know
Six playable characters, each one having unique properties
The first cup, the Fuzzy Cup, which includes the first four stages of the game
Grand Prix mode, where you can face a bunch of CPU players to try to earn that fuzzy trophy
Time Trials mode, which includes two levels of staff ghosts per stage, so eight staff ghosts to beat in total! Good luck if you try to beat the expert ghosts :)
Four different tiers of medals you can earn for every stage, depending on how fast you are. Try to get all gold medals, or if you're fast enough, all platinum medals!
Support for four players in split screen for both Grand Prix AND Time Trials
A surprisingly high skill ceiling for the more competitive players
