Hats and Hand Grenades
Update 2022.1.28 - Optimizations and bug fixes
- Fixed a bug the caused the camera to be pulled in the wrong direction when throwing a grenade during online play
- Optimized code related to drawing surfaces
- Optimized some animated backgrounds to reduce texture page size
- Fixed a bug that caused peers in online lobbies to have one too many grenades
- Fixed a bug that caused hats to be mismatched when one or more players in the lobby owns the DLC
Please keep the feedback coming, and thanks for playing!
Update 2023.1.28 - Optimizations and bug fixes
- Fixed a bug the caused the camera to be pulled in the wrong direction when throwing a grenade during online play
- Optimized code related to drawing surfaces
- Optimized some animated backgrounds to reduce texture page size
- Fixed a bug that caused peers in online lobbies to have one too many grenades
- Fixed a bug that caused hats to be mismatched when one or more players in the lobby owns the DLC
Please keep the feedback coming, and thanks for playing!
Update 2023.1.20 - King of the Hat update, camera fix
- In King of the Hat mode, arrows now point to hats equipped by off-screen players. This makes it harder for people to hide on the map with a hat until the timer runs out.
- Fixed a camera issue that caused the camera to be pulled toward all grenade explosions instead of just those of local players
- Fixed some pathfinding issues
Thanks for playing!
Update 2022.1.4 - 8 directional movement, mouse grenade aiming overhaul
- 8-directional movement: You can now move diagonally!
- Overhauled grenade aiming with mouse. Aiming with a mouse is much more intuitive---the reticle follows your cursor. Previously, mouse movements emulated joystick movements, which was awkward.
Lastly, I fixed a bug that caused all menus in the lobby room to be deselected when a bot is added.
Thanks for your support and feedback!
Update 12.17.2022 - Mixed online and local multiplayer
For example, two people on one PC can play with four people on another PC. Any combination of up to six PCs and players works. How many games do that?!
This is the first patch since leaving early access, so it also includes a bunch of bug fixes and quality of life updates:
- Simplified movement along vertical walls. When moving vertically along a slanted wall, you just need to hold up or down. No more spamming left and up or right and down! (As shown in gif below).
- Hat synchronization is fixed in King of the Hat and Capture the Hat modes. All players will now see the same hat.
- The camera now zooms in slower than it zooms out for a steadier experience.
- Fixed a bug/crash that occurred when a player entered the lobby menu, preventing some players from joining.
- Fixed the in-game scoreboard so it shows the correct team score while players are respawning.
- Various other bug and crash fixes
Keep the feedback coming, and thanks for playing!
1.0 is here! DLC too!
In addition to a new free level and hat in the base game, you can now get the all-new Capture the Hat DLC! The paid Hats and Hand Grenade expansion includes:
- New "Capture the Hat" mode
- 5 more levels
- 5 more hats
- 5 more music tracks
Support the developer and get the DLC here.
Patch notes:
- Camera improvements
- End game scoreboard shows "score" column
- Grenade explosions can now kill multiple enemies
- Color corrections
- Tutorial tweaks
- Improved player animations
- Lowered default volume
- New input in lobby menu for removing bots
- Improved bot adding
- Color corrections on sprites
- "+1" sprite appears when player scores
- Improved in-game scoreboard design
- Changed tutorial music
- Updated menus for DLC players
- Camera-related crash fix
- Updated title menu logo for DLC players
Thanks for your support!
1.0 and DLC out this Friday!
Free players will get new content, too! The 1.0 update includes a new level, hat, and music track! Not to mention tons of bug fixes, balance improvements, and quality of life updates.
More details to come on release day. Thank you for all your support over the last year of early access!
Patch 4.24.2022 - Quality of life update
- Fixed disappearing hat bug
- Fixed disappearing grenade bug
- Fixed hat trajectory when shot off head
- Players can only see their own grenade aiming reticle when playing online
- Gun aim and grenade radius lines are more visible
- Fixed main menu input bug that prevented players from progressing by pressing "A" on controller
- Various crash fixes
- Grenade reticles no longer fly off screen if their user is killed
- Camera moves faster between respawns
- Improved camera movement and zooming
- Fixed mismatched hats bug between online players in King of the Hat mode
- Fixed melee hitboxes
- Better hat synchronization between online players
- Players can only see their teammates names pop up when playing online
Thanks for playing!
Update 4.18.22 - Public lobbies, new level, new hat, and more
In addition to public lobbies, this update includes:
- A new level, the Crevasse
- New music track to accompany the new level
- New hat, the Viking Helmet
- Various bug and crash fixes
Thanks for playing!
Update 3.21.22
The biggest update yet to Hats and Hand Grenades is out now!
In the new King of the Hat mode, you must wear hats to earn points over time. There's a limited number of hats on the stage. The first team to earn enough points wins.
Players can now vote between Deathmatch (classic) and King of the Hat in the lobby menu.
In addition to the new mode, this update also includes:
- New "Undersea" level
- Two new in-game music tracks
- Camera improvements
- Various bug and crash fixes
- Changed music format to ogg
- Hat pickup indicators no longer appear for bots
- Hats fly further when shot off
- Adjusted lobby timeout rules to prevent some unnecessary timeouts when playing online
- Fixed melee jank when attacking horizontally
- Various UI and visual tweaks
Thanks for playing!