- Updated "4 controllers required" splash screen to "2 or 4 controllers required".
Mowin' & Throwin'
HOT FIX August 31, 2018
RELEASE NOTES August 30, 2018
- New 1 versus 1 mode!!!
- Gnome Village 1v1 map
- Turf Warfare 1v1 map
- Gnomehenge 1v1 map
- A Lawn Way Down 1v1 map
- 1v1 and 2v2 selection popup
- 1v1 Lawn Select menu
- 1v1 Gnome Select menu
- End of game popup message that says “[Team Color] Wins!” or “Tie!”
- Upgraded Unreal Engine to 4.20
- Temporarily disabled menu control for all players to fix related game breaking bugs
[H1]Bug Fixes[/H1]
- Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash when a gnome is hit in the face with a rock while riding a mower
- Fixed a bug where the game would occasionally freeze when playing in Woodland Retreat
- Fixed a bug that caused controllers to rumble uncontrollably when playing in Woodland Retreat
- Fixed a bug that would sometimes prevent players from picking up items that are on the elevator in Woodland Retreat
- Fixed a bug that occasionally would prevent Fertilizer bags from planting after stunning a gnome
[H1]Known Bugs/Issues[/H1]
- Gnomes who get knocked off a mower can occasionally get knocked back far away from the mower after landing on the ground
- Rocks that plant on the stationary border of the rotating fence section of
- Gnomie-Go-Round spin with the rotating fence
- Aim arch and retical jitters when aiming at the moving platforms in Seas the Day
- Grass bags and Fertilizer can bounce off the moving platforms in Seas the Day
- Rocks and Fertilizers randomly bounce off the breakable tiles in A Lawn Way Down
- Gnomes can get stuck in the rotating fence in Gnomie-Go-Round
Items sometimes don’t follow the aim arch after throwing the item while the gnome is standing with a ledge or fence behind them - Grass does not grow from fertilizers when they land near the center fence on the blue team’s lawn in Seas the Day
- Rocks that land on the ground after spawning from a care package that was broken via thrown object can no longer be picked up
- Menu control for ‘everyone’ does not work in all menus
- Weird visuals issues with the rock after it breaks
RELEASE NOTES August 23, 2018
- Added an icon below the care package to help indicate where its going to land
- New music! Gnomehenge has a custom soundtrack
- Balanced music and sound effects for Gnome Village and Gnomehenge
- Added a popup to remind players that changing the Vsync settings requires a game restart
- Gnomes no longer respawn in the same spot as their teammate
- Added some gameplay items to the first time gamma adjustment screen
- Updated the controller required splash screen to say that 4 controllers are required
- Updated the grass bag icon in all our menus
- Add controller instruction banner to the Credits menu
- Added a controller page in the How to Play menu
- Small balance adjustments to the item drop system
- Reduced game download size
[H1]Bug Fixes[/H1]
- Fixed a bug where blue gnomes cannot grow grass while shooting grass bags from tank mode onto the right edge of the red team’s lawn
- Fixed a bug where gnomes could dismount the mower and land on top of the braziers in jungle rumble
- Fixed a seam in Jungle Rumble that was visible when playing in lower resolution settings
- Fixed a bug where the SFX from the rotating fence in Gnomie-Go-Round would still play in the end game trophy screen
- Fixed a bug where thrown items could clip through the gate in the fence in Gnomie-Go-Round
- Fixed a bug where the mower out of gas SFX would keep playing on the end game trophy screen
- Fixed two bugs related to the breakable tiles in A Lawn Way Down
Mower would break a tile instantly when driving over it diagonally
Mower would sometimes break a tile instantly when driving straight across the tile - Fixed a bug where the mower would lock up on an edge in A Lawn Way Down and slide back and forth along the edge on its own
- Fixed a seam in A Lawn Way Down
- Fixed a bug that prevented the Fertilizer from despawning if it landed outside of a level
- Fixed a bug where players who were stunned while holding a gas can could no longer pick the gas can up again
- Fixed a bug where players could not pick up gas cans if they were thrown on top of the moving islands in Seas the Day
- Fixed a bug that caused the gnome animation to break on the the Woodland Retreat Elevator
- Fixed a bug that caused items to unexpectedly launch in a random direction if a player tries to pick up an item just before a care package lands on top of them
- Fixed a bug that caused Fertilizer bags to unexpectedly launch in a random direction after it lands on the ground caused by someone breaking its care package via a thrown item
[H1]Known Bugs/Issues[/H1]
- Game crashes when a gnome is hit in the face with a rock while riding a mower. Specifically, this only happens on our minimum spec testing machine. If you encounter this bug, we would love to know your hardware so we find what is causing this bug!
- Game freezes occasionally when playing in Woodland Retreat
- Controllers can rumble uncontrollably when playing in Woodland Retreat
- Gnomes who get knocked off a mower can occasionally get knocked back away from the mower after landing on the ground
- Rocks that plant on the stationary border of the rotating fence section of Gnomie-Go-Round spin with the rotating fence
- Aim arch and retical jitters when aiming at the moving platforms in Seas the Day
- Grass bags and Fertilizer can bounce of the moving platforms in Seas the Day
- Gnomes can get stuck in the rotating fence in Gnomie-Go-Round
- Fertilizer bags will not plant after stunning a gnome occasionally
- Items sometimes don’t follow the aim arch after throwing the item while the gnome is standing with a ledge or fence behind them
- Sometimes players cannot pick up items that are on the elevator in Woodland Retreat
- Grass does not grow from fertilizers when they land near the center fence on the blue team’s lawn in Seas the Day
- Rocks that land on the ground after spawning from a care package that was broken via thrown object can no longer be picked up
- Menu control for ‘everyone’ does not work in all menus
Mowin' & Throwin' will be at PAX West Aug 31 - Sep 3, 2018
Don’t forget to hang out with fellow Gnomies on our Discord server and fined friends to play online with using Parsec
Mowin' & Throwin' at RTX Austin 2018
We put together a highlight reel HERE! of some of the reactions we got at RTX Austin 2018
Hang out with fellow Gnomies on our Discord server and fined friends to play online with using Parsec
BETA Ends July 24th! Thank You Testers!
Greetings BETA Gnomies!
On behalf of all the developers at House Pixel Games, thank you for your continued feedback and support! Since we began our BETA program in January, we received emails from 4,894 potential testers. We sent out 1,447 BETA keys and had an active tester pool of 531! During that time we fully squashed 301 bugs!
As we make our final preparations for early access, we have stopped accepting applications for the BETA. The BETA program will end on July 24th; existing BETA keys will function until that date.
To show our immense gratitude, we’ve decided to giveaway some FREE copies of the FULL RELEASE version of Mowin’ & Throwin’. We’ll be sending details about the giveaway by email next week. Stay tuned!
Our release build has been approved by the fine folks at Valve! Getting excited for the 26th!
Happy Friday!
Mowin' & Throwin' Comes to Early Access July 26th!
The dev team is proud to announce that Mowin' & Throwin' will be available through Steam Early Access on July 26th.
Thanks to all of our friends, backers, and fans for your continued support and encouragement. We've worked diligently over the past year to provide you with the definitive 2 vs. 2 local multiplayer party game experience.
This is just the beginning! We have big plans in the works to make Mowin' & Throwin' more accessible and polished during EA and we want you to be a part of it. Stay tuned!
Please add us to your wish list and help us spread the word to the small but devoted local multiplayer crowd! If you're a local multiplayer steamer or know someone who is, we'd love to connect. Please reach out by email to contact@housepixelgames.com
Welcome to the Jungle UPDATE! Mowin' Our Way to OPEN BETA!
We're pleased to bring you version .48 of Mowin' & Throwin'
Highlights
Level 8: Jungle Rumble with some very cool art courtesy of our art team!
*Hit the Totem! You won't regret it, but the other team might......
You may notice something cool happens at the end of each match now :) :(
We also included a whole slew of bug fixes and behind the scenes improvements to our item dropping system. See the full release notes HERE!
With this update, we're officially in OPEN Beta! If you haven't signed up yet,
there is still time!
We're on track to launch on Early Access in late July! Stay tuned next week for an update on the details!
Happy Friday!
Closed Beta Update! FOUR New Lawns to Mow!
The devs of House Pixel Games are excited to share with our testing community four, count em FOUR, new lawn levels! We will continue to polish the visuals and tweak the gameplay balance in our remaining months of development. To do that we need your feedback!
Click HERE to see the complete release notes. Steam may claim this link is malicious, but I assure you it is not.
New Lawns!
Gnomie-Go-Round
Players use buttons to rotate the center piece of their lawn to change the lawn's layout. Players trigger the buttons by walking or mowing over them. Players can also sabotage their neighbor's lawn by throwing items at their neighbor's button to change the layout when they least expect it.
A Lawn Way Down
This map features breakable tiles that crumble when Gnomes and Mowers move over them and break when they move off them. Thrown items can also break these tiles, making the level fun to sabotage your neighbor's ability to move around the lawn. Any object on top of a breakable tile when it breaks will fall into the foggy abyss below. Gnomes and Mowers re-spawn and are parachuted back in the game after a few seconds.
Lagoon Lawn
Each team’s lawn consists of a mainland and a stationary island which are temporarily connected by a floating island that rotates around the stationary island. Players that fall or are knocked into the water by thrown objects will respawn after a few seconds.
Tug-of-Chore
Each lawn has three areas connected by bridges. The bridges are controlled by a massive button in the center which changes color when hit by an object. When the button is blue, the bridges on the blue team’s lawn can be crossed but the red team’s bridges cannot and vice versa.
Enjoy!
Mowin' & Throwin' Highlights at PAX East!
Mowin' & Throwin' was honored to be featured in Round 2 of the Omegathon!
You can see footage courtesy of Twitch HERE! Be sure to start at the 6 hour 24 minute mark.
Special Thanks to Travis Eriksen at Child's Play for organizing this amazing four day event!
We also had over 3,700 Closed Beta Signups! We'll be sending our a fresh round of Steam keys later this week!
Check out this interview on the history of Mowin' & Throwin' from the PAX East floor from our Producer Marc Mixon and Creative Director Guy Cockrum courtesy of Nerd Immersion!
Saving the best for last! We had visits from several publishers who expressed interest in Mowin' & Throwin' !
Exciting things are on the horizon friends! Stay tuned!