Hey everyone!

New Shadow Rotation

Changes

• Reworked Stalker a bit, she now always crawls and has a third ability! Climbing gets clunky sometimes, we'll be tuning it over time.
  
• Stalker web now makes bears stuck in them show through walls!
  
• My illiterate self wrote wan't in the hint section.... Fixed!
  
• "Fixed" where the hints would get clipped by different resolutions.
  
• Spray paints now align to the sprayer.
  
• Moved shadow selection layer to the top.
  
• Fixed the bear face doing weird stuff when you looked up.
  
• Fixed pool of light not letting you in from beneath it.
  
• Reworked chat system from scratch.
  
• You can now preview Spray Paints
  
• You can now preview Victory Songs
  
• Moved Spray paint preview to the right
  
• Added Finland flag cape
  
• Added Dutch flag cape
  
• Added Philippines flag cape
  
• Added Mongolian flag cape
  
• Removed Steam audio to make reading logs easier
  
• Temporarily added a LOG output for when a player disconnects from a server to help read Log files easier
  
• Added a validity check to a few things that weren't protected.
  
• After being pm'd "Nerf terror you nerd" I have buffed him by 1.3%
  
• I won 20 bucks from some chumps in poker, their teacher was pissed.
  

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DLC Information

I forgot to announce Shadow rotation!

Change List

The rest of the stuff!

• Enabled 30+ items to be unlocked by free users.
  
• Added 4 new hats!
  
• Added 1 new ridiculous body color!
  
• Added 15 new chat colors!
  
• Added 14 new capes (if your country isn't there, let us know and we'll add it!)
  
• Added 3 new spray paints!
  
• Added 3 new victory songs!
  
• Added a star on Shadowpedia.
  
• Added the ability to mute people from the Tab Menu
  
• Added a crown in tab to show who is the host.
  
• Added a custom particle for a Shadow Bears respawn.
  
• Added Unreal Engines copyright that we forgot before, sorry Epic!
  
• Added an intro to shadow spawning, simple, but prevents instant tagging!
  
• Host no longer gets kicked for being AFK, instead will be moved to spectator and given a point penalty.
  
• Muting now removes previous messages.
  
• Added more ways to get points!
  
• Added score tracker on top right for you and the top player!
  
• Shifted point messages to top right!
  
• Added a penalty to points for falling off!
  
• Added a level cap at 150, each content patch from here on will raise the cap. If you're above this already, we will just keep you at your level.
  
• Added the final XP nerf starting 125
  
• Added a pak signature to detect if it's been tampered with
  
• Optimized a ton of networking stuff!
  
• Added a "bubble" around shadow bears to compensate for latency.
  
• Due to popular request, new players now have to play the tutorial before they can play a match.
  
• To stroke our Ego, it now plays an audio cue when a developer joins a match.
  
• Fixed a bug where bears played their fall sound twice.
  
• Fixed a bug where the "Press F" indicator wouldn't go away.
  
• Fixed an exploit that allowed bears to jump into the Light Pool from beneath
  
• Moved F1 key to bottom of screen
  
• Made dialog box take focus when it pops up.
  
• Clamped maximum Gamma input
  
• Fixed projectiles for both Imperator and Terror
  
• Fixed a few spots that the watcher was getting out of the map, there are a couple others that will get fixed when we find them!
  
• Pushed Light Bearers logo behind server browser
  
• Brightened the hole in Plagued Sewers
  
• Fixed a bug that was making it not load your volume settings properly
  
• Randomly capitalized some words in the changelist, ah well, it's too late to fix them!
  
• Added a few secret bugs for you to find, we'll call them easter egg features! Let me know in our discord if you find them! They're totally intentional, uh huh!
  
• Stuck my whole hand into a block of Jello...Wiggly!
  

Hey everyone!

New Shadow rotation

Change List

• Decreased turn away cooldown to 7 seconds from 10 seconds
  
• Decreased teleport cooldown to 20 seconds from 30 seconds
  
• Increased strength of Turn Away ability by 40%
  

• Made regions always show up with server names
  
• Added EU to region list
  
• Replaced ping numbers with ping images
  
• Replaced checker for Shadow Portals to show
  
• Adjusted Tutorial a bit
  
• Added Tag for Moderators and for Cliffy (he's our special buddy)
  
• Added leaning information in Shadowpedia
  
• Placed a fix in for exceeding character limit for host options
  
• Clamped server name length in tab chat
  
• Fixed a few spelling errors
  
• Found out C'thulu is not trademarked... so you know ːsteamhappyːplans!
  
• Reworked system to keep track of if a host closes the server to make sure you get your earned experience!
  
• Did other things too but I forgot to write them down >.<
  
• Ate a whole pizza by myself!
  

Hey everyone!

Biggest Adjustment is the new Favored host setting

• Light Bears cannot be seen through walls by the shadow
  
• Bears have player names above their heads
  
• The falling penalty is reduced by half
  
• When a Light Bear escapes through the Pool of Light, it will cleanse a Shadow Bear instead of waiting until the last Light Bear escapes
  

• Light Bears can be seen through walls if they are not crouching
  
• Fall penalty is normal
  
• No names above anyone's head
  
• Shadow Bears will only be Cleansed if no Light Bears remain after one escapes.
  

Change List

• Added a system to store experience from a match if the host quits
  
• Added a V-Sync option
  
• Added an AFK tracker
  
• Added a pop-up message for new players to do the tutorial
  
• Added the Shadowpedia (this will grow over time in both content and quality)
  
• Added a Muting System (type //mute playername to mute them, //unmute playername to unmute them)
  
• Added more words to the censor list
  
• Added a black outline to text to make it easier to read in all environments
  
• Added input box for mouse sensitivity
  
• Added a check when a Light Bear leaves to prevent no Light Bears remaining for Pool of Light
  
• Made chat messages more rich allowing for future upgrades and possible image support
  
• Gave Scoring a higher priority for network transfer.
  
• Fixed Shadow selection menu going away without spawning you first.
  
• Placed an authentication check on cleanse to prevent double cleanse bug
  
• Placed a check for "Has this player been kicked from this server" on friend invites (you cheeky people)
  
• Slowed down spectator camera back to its normal non-hyper-as-f*ck self
  
• Adjusted base brightness for capes
  
• Fixed capes not turning the proper evil color on corruption
  
• Fixed lightning spewing out of peoples heads when a player joins late
  
• Fixed rebinding movement keys making you go forward and right ( NOT ONE STEP BACK COMRADES)
  
• Host has to be level 15 or own the DLC in order to kick players (to prevent new host bullying players)
  
• Fixed outer wall collision in the Scary Cemetery level.
  
• Moved the pumpkin players were getting stuck in, in the Scary Cemetery level.
  
• Fixed a hole the Shadow could get stuck in, in Hellscape
  
• Realized my goldfish is basically a fish astronaut
  
• Bought a new goldfish after a critical failure on a re-entry test
  

Quick little hotfix to fix a few problems that couldn't wait until the weekly patch.

• Fixed the jump portal crystal spamming the deactivation sound
  
• Jump portal now properly ignores shadow bears
  
• Adjusted map names during map voting to stay in their box
  
• Changed sensitivity to be a slider (will add an input box this week for it as well)
  
• Now properly shows the name of the person you're spectating
  
• Disabled background image for hiding
  
• Exposed movement keys so that Azerty users can change their keys
  
• Fixed tutorial not showing ending camera
  
• Got the floor plan for the local bank as a Plan B option... just in case
  

Spooky Time!

Free Users Shadow Rotation

Changes

• New spooky map!
  
• 4 New Hats (1 of which free users can access!)!
  
• 2 New Victory Decos!
  
• 1 New Spraypaint!
  
• 1 New Victory Song!
  
• Legion's hit box reduced to half it's size.
  
• Removed ability to kick DEVs from games (you cheeky people).
  
• Raised spawning locations of Oculus' ultimate.
  
• Reworked mouse sensitivity
  
• You now get points for Guarding a bear that's turning.
  
• You now get extra points for saving a bear that's almost fully turned.
  
• Closed off collision in Forgotten Ruins.
  
• Made bears' bodies disappear once they've reached the Light Pool.
  
• Added a sound for the Jump Portals (Enabled/Disabled/Used).
  
• Added Nether Portals to each level that had high points that were out of reach from the Shadow.
  
• Added extra collision in Hellscape to fix some spots that the Shadow was getting stuck in.
  
• Added Particle FX for the Jump Portal.
  
• Added Particle FX for escaping through the Light Pool.
  
• Philosophized about existential caffeine related problems.
  
• Checked my bank account to see if I could buy a Wingstop franchise yet.
  

Changes

• Fixed a weird collision spot in Yule Town
  
• Fixed a bug where hiding spots and interactive objects were not showing the proper keybinding
  
• Fixed a bad spawn point in Hellscape that was preventing teleporting after save
  
• Settings screen is fully scale-able and should work 99.99% of the time with weird resolutions (we tested this a bunch with weird resolutions, let us know if it breaks for you)
  
• Kicking a player will now prevent them from rejoining you
  
• Removed the ability to move or taunt during shadow waiting screen
  
• Made back button in host game menu close the host game menu
  
• Chat no longer gets erased when the game state changes
  
• Adjusted netcode to give high priority to tagging/saving
  
• Adjusted netcode to give high priority to escaping through the light pool
  
• Reworked the projectile from Oculus Malus to be smoother on high latency clients
  
• Reworked the projectile from Imperator to be smoother on high latency clients
  
• Reworked the projectile from Terror to be smoother on high latency clients
  
• Added a camera check tick to help fight camera breaking bug
  
• Disabled particles from steps while crouched (no more blinding snow)
  
• Oculus Malus' shadow bolts move slower but fire sooner
  
• Players are now notified if the host closes the lobby properly (doesn't detect if the host force closes the game yet)
  
• Added a 15 second delay once 2 players are detected before round starts
  
• Added a transition screen between maps
  
• Added a toggled crouch button (default is C, can be changed though)
  
• Added hints to the shadow waiting screen
  
• Wrote a change list
  
• Did 5 push-ups
  

First and foremost

Second major thing

Last major thing

Minor Fixes

• Now properly displays a message when shadow isn't selected in time
  
• Now properly displays a message when shadow quits
  
• Sound mixes are reset when the player returns to the lobby
  
• Fixed the spelling of "refrigerator" (sorry guys i'm illiterate)
  
• Scaled down settings menu so it should fit in small resolutions
  
• Fixed "Get to the pool of light" sound not being affected by volume reduction
  
• Disabled falling noise when the player is being corrupted
  
• Removed the ability to try and kick yourself from the lobby (you silly people)
  
• Fixed the spelling for "Quality" in settings (I tried to see if my spelling would catch on.... it didn't... it's fine)
  
• Fixed a host seeing the "You were kicked" after kicking a player
  
• Fixed dialog boxes ganging up on the player and not leaving after you click ok once ( Dialog gangs are a serious issue plaguing players since the late
  90s)
  
• Added art for Shadow Bears ability
  
• Adjusted spawn code (haven't tested with a full server yet)
  
• Fixed a floor you could walk through in Yule Town
  

Adjustments