If you help our new game bloom, you'll get access to backer-exclusive rewards:
New merchandise, like a Petal 2 poster and Lilibri & Yosoti enamel pins!
Another chance to get the original Petal Crash poster and sticker sheets!
Backer-exclusive ingame titles and cosmetics to use online!
A spot in the credits, with an animated sprite to represent you!
If you're a tech millionaire you can make your fursona or whatever playable!
Petal Crash 2 is our biggest project yet, and we're going to need all the help we can to give it a strong start! I hope we'll be able to count on your support!
For Petal Crash's 3rd release anniversary, we have a very special announcement - a sequel, Petal Crash 2, is in development!
Keeping everything great and unique about Petal Crash, while polishing the mechanics to a perfect shine, Petal Crash 2 is set to refine and elevate our original arcade puzzler! After 3 years of seeing Petal Crash enjoyed by an active community, we're ready to take the next step!
Petal Crash 2 will feature:
New arcade-style graphics, with an aesthetic firmly planted in the Sega Saturn era!
Refined gameplay mechanics, smoothing over old 'corner case' problems with diagonal movement!
The return of all the original game modes - including the original story, with new, VN-like cutscenes!
A brand new adventure mode, featuring its own unique rules and mind-boggling special attacks!
Built-in online play in the game itself - and yes, it'll have rollback!
Petal Crash 2 will be running a crowdfunding campaign on BackerKit in early 2024, to help us get the game the rest of the way to an Early Access release that'll include the game's arcade and versus modes. This is Friend & Fairy's most ambitious project yet, and we hope we can count on your support!
Petal Crash Online v1.1 Released!
Petal Crash Online has updated to version 1.1! In addition to lots of polish additions and bugfixes, the game now has a few exciting new features:
A new setting for Board Walls lets each player put a pattern of unmovable walls on their board - each player can have a different pattern, so this can provide a fun challenge for expert players who want to be able to play with less experienced opponents on equal footing!
A brand new Rematch Screen lets players and spectators communicate between matches - negotiate the rules for your next game, or call dibs on the next match from a place in the stands!
The new Player List menu allows you to moderate your lobby, kicking or banning players you don't want in there anymore!
Petal Crash Online is now Steam Deck Compatible! Now you can enjoy online play on the go!
Special thanks to NovaSquirrel for putting in the work to get all these new features in!
Full changelog:
Miscellaneous changes - Game window can be resized at any time - Disconnecting and reconnecting from a server should clean up old state better - Better checking to make sure a server connect attempt actually worked - Fix a bug where controller d-pad presses were getting canceled out on menus
Gameplay changes - When a player disconnects during a match, a notice is sent to their opponent - New option to have the player's board on the right side of the screen instead, intended for touch controls - During a hit, battle bar flashes with the hitting player's color - Arrows on the battle bar should no longer go past the divider - Players can choose a wall pattern for their board to increase their difficulty - New rematch screen, allowing for chat between players and spectators between matches
Menu changes - Music chance slider can be dragged, if using mouse controls - Transition effects when going between menus - Scrolling limit on scroll lobby word pickers and custom blocks pickers - Fixed minor bugs on custom blocks screen - Fixed issue where players using custom palettes may not show up on the lobby list - Hold a click or tap on a picker to cycle through options - Be more consistent with colors on menus
Lobby changes: - Player lobby movement should look smoother - Players joining lobbies are put at a random position instead of the middle - Accepting a match now snaps a player into the correct position at the cabinet - Fixed problem with characters disappearing sometimes after going into the menu - New "player list" menu, allowing lobby owners to kick or ban other players, or make them the new lobby owner
Petal Crash Online updated to v1.0.2
Thank you so much for the wonderful launch! We've been watching people play and listening to feedback, and we're happy to bring you a little feature update to make matching with other players easier!
Increased lobby size from 10 to 16 to allow room for more spectators. There are still only 5 available cabinets per lobby.
Added optional name badges as a way to show others in a lobby why you're there. Current badges are Beginner (to help new players find each other), Spectator (for when you're looking respectfully), Tournament Organizer (so tournament players know who to listen to), and Competitive (for when you're done playing casual matches and you're out for blood).
Added the Social Options screen which allows for configuring badges, name hiding, and spectator hiding. This will automatically show once for everyone the first time you play this version and can be accessed later via the options menu.
Fixed a problem with Tilt Controls sometimes not letting you push if you have selected the four-button or WASD button scheme
We have more features and fixes planned for the future - stay tuned!
Online Update Sale - 30% off this weekend!
To celebrate the release of Petal Crash Online, the online play client for Petal Crash, we're putting the game on sale for 30% off this weekend!
Now's never been a better time to start playing - with a vibrant community of players on the Friend & Fairy Discord and frequent active lobbies, you'll always be able to find someone to Petal Crash with! And if you already own the game, the discount makes a great opportunity to gift it to your puzzle-loving pals!
The Petal Crash Online client comes bundled in with Petal Crash, so there's no extra steps to take - just click 'Play' in Steam, select 'Petal Crash Online', and get ready to take your puzzle skills across the globe! Long distance is no problem - with rollback netcode, even people on high latency connections can play Petal Crash with no input lag whatsoever!
Now's the time! Grab a friend and get Petal Crashing!!
Petal Crash Online is now on Steam!
It's time to Petal Crash around the world with Petal Crash Online, brought to you by NovaSquirrel and lastwing!
Petal Crash Online is a special game client built from the ground up to support online play, featuring rollback netcode for perfectly in-sync matches with no input delay. Hop into a lobby or make your own, and throw down in puzzle battles with players across the globe!
The Petal Crash Online client is bundled with the game on Steam as a free update - when you launch the game, you'll have the option to launch either the base game or Petal Crash Online. Currently, Petal Crash Online is only available on Windows and Linux, though there may be a Mac release in the future.
Petal Crash Online features all the gameplay modes of the base game, including Tug-of-war, Trash Attack, Clear Contest, and Co-op (complete with rankings!) - but it also features custom rules beyond those available in the board game, such as board size, number of block colors (up to 6!) and even game-changing "chaos options" such as pushable garbage blocks and "tilt controls".
Every character in Petal Crash is available in Petal Crash Online from the start, even the hidden and unlockable ones, and all characters feature a greatly expanded color palette and long list of costumes. Pick your favorite character, costume, and player color to give yourself an instantly recognizable signature look!
Communication in lobbies is handled by selecting from pre-made lobby phrases, letting you challenge players, negotiate rules, and even schedule meeting times for future sessions!
If there's nobody around, check out the Friend & Fairy Discord server - there's almost always someone willing to play if you ask, especially with new players!
It's been a whole year since Petal Crash has come out, and a wonderful community of supportive puzzle fans has sprung up around the game - I'm looking forward to seeing it grow and seeing what else the future of Petal Crash brings! Thank you so much for all your support!
