Project Sparrow

Art:

• [p]New concept art has been made, you'll be seeing this around our socials![/p]

• [p]Fixed void rift exit effect sometimes appearing in the wrong place + clean up[/p]
• [p]Void rift trail removed when the portal spawns[/p]
• [p]Increased Shadowform cooldown from 60 > 80s[/p]
• [p]Throwing knife can now be held and released rather than just thrown straight away[/p]
• [p]Added magical and physical stat types[/p]
• [p]Powershot is now a magical and physical ability, it now does 100 magical damage and a 100 physical damage. So for example, if you were magic immune you would only take the physical damage[/p]

New Utility Ability - Cloak of Shadows:

• [p]Become immune to physical and magical effects for 3 seconds. This includes stuns from lighting arrow & kicks. Cloak has the longest cooldown out of all utility options at 25 seconds. [/p]

Animations:

• [p]All first person animations have been replaced[/p]
• [p]New kick animation added for third person[/p]

Keybinds:

• [p]New inspect keybind added, defaulted to 'Y'[/p]

Audio:

• [p]Void Rift Enter[/p]
• [p]Void Rift Exit[/p]
• [p]Roll[/p]
• [p]Grapple[/p]
• [p]Loadout open[/p]
• [p]Loadout close[/p]

Maps:

• [p]New lighting, more pizazz, gone are the old dark days of Sanctum, welcome to the light mi amigos.[/p]

• [p]Reduced collision size on Kings Rest cylinder pillars[/p]

UI/UX:

• [p]Added visual indicator for health and shields[/p]
• [p]Improved readability of health, shields and names[/p]

Misc:

• [p]The grapple will now show coming from the players hand[/p]
• [p]Added partial controller support for use in the main menu[/p]
• [p]Ultimate keybind on controller now RB+LB by default[/p]
• [p]All actions are now bound on controller. Future improvements will come later down the line, such as changing binds in the settings and more customization.[/p]
• [p]Added more sensitivity pre-sets for controller (Godlike (++))[/p]
• [p]New default bow[/p]

Bug fixes:

• [p]Fixed spectator free-cam movement speed smoothness[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where the 'Change Loadout' hint would show all the time when being a spectator[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where the crosshair would show in spectator free-cam mode[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where the screen fading to black would get stuck for 10 seconds when a round ended when the zone had just closed [/p]
• [p]Fixed lighting glitch on zipline materials[/p]
• [p]Fixed not being able to wallclimb on a controller[/p]
• [p]Fixed inverted aim on controller only working if in aim down sights[/p]
• [p]Fixed not being able to use the loadout on a controller[/p]

Performance:

• [p]Improvements made to all maps, most notably Kings Rest and Sanctum[/p]
• [p]Reduced animation time on the game thread significantly[/p]

Gameplay:

• Increased initial slide impulse from 200 > 220
  
• Reduced braking deceleration when sliding from 140 > 120
  
• Increased void rift horizontal portal exit impulse from 1000 to 1250
  
• Air control increased after using a wallbounce increased from 150ms > 300ms
  
• Increased wallbounce hitbox from 45 > 50 units
  
• Void rift no longer cancels bow draw on exit
  
• Reduced base arrow count from 12 > 6
  
• Reduced arrow recharge time from 3.25s to 5s
  
• When hitting a headshot you gain a 5 second buff that increases the draw time of your next shot by 30%
  Added more player starts in all spawns to accommodate more players
  
• Throwing knife can no longer headshot
  
• Reduced parry daze time from 2.5s > 2s
  
• Moved shoulder hitboxes down slightly to stop blocking shots that should be headshots
  
• Character collision with other players is now disabled whilst on moving platforms
  

Custom games & spectating:

• Added LockOn keybind for spectating
  
• Added Toggle 3P keybind for spectating
  
• Added DropOff keybind for spectating
  
• No longer able to start a custom game with unassigned players
  
• Custom game settings now update for everyone in the lobby
  
• Custom game settings are now saved when returning to the lobby
  

Maps:

UI/UX:

• Added score points at the top of the screen to show how much you need to win the game
  
• Increased size of the roll indicator UI
  
• Improved roll indicator UI
  
• Loadout options now sorted by skill difficulty
  
• Improved scoreboard performance
  
• Scoreboard stats no longer rollback to where they were in an instant replay
  
• Scoreboard stats now update faster
  
• Added welcome screen popup
  
• Added FAQ button to menu
  
• Removed the loadout hint when in a replay or instant replay
  
• Updated loading screen image for Flagstone
  
• Updated loading screen image for the training range
  
• Updated loading screen image for Kings Rest
  
• Disabled deathmatch button whilst waiting for a response from the server so you don't accidently cancel searching for a game too fast
  

Bug fixes:

• Fixed a bug with spirit bombs/gates not showing correct state when joining a match that has already started
  
• Fixed a bug with other players on moving platforms looking laggy
  
• Fixed a bug where teams would swap sides more than once per round
  
• Fixed a bug where you could respawn on a moving platform if you had died on it
  
• Fixed a bug where you could climb whilst dazed
  
• Fixed a bug where roll timing UI was stuck on the screen
  
• Fixed a timing issue where you would see a quick glimpse of a killcam before a transition to the round ending replay
  
• Fixed the Hide HUD keybind not working
  
• Fixed a bug where having a spectator in a custom lobby would cause players to not spawn at the correct location
  
• Fixed a bug where you could spawn at the incorrect location
  
• Fixed a bug with the pocket dust effect dying/respawning
  
• Fixed an issue with custom games settings resetting when returning back to a lobby
  
• Fixed a bug being able to shoot through some meshes on sanctum
  
• Fixed a bug where you were unable to buy currency in the store
  

Here's how it works:

Start date and time:

• Start date & time NA: Saturday, March 29, 7:00 PM GMT
  
• Bracket NA: https://challonge.com/3xvvh33
  

• Start date & time EU Saturday, April 5, 1:00 PM GMT
  
• Bracket EU: https://challonge.com/h2vzdekm
  

• Max teams: 32
  
• Single elimination
  
• Rounds are best of 3
  
• Semi-finals and finals are best of 5
  
• Approx total time for the each tournament ~3 hours
  

Custom Games:

• Create a new custom lobby with a invite code
  
• Choose the map
  
• Choose the game mode
  
• Choose the region
  
• Enable or disable bots
  
• Arena mode supports 1v1 - 6v6
  

Leaderboards & Ranked:

Audio:

• Atmospheric winds
  
• Waterfalls and other water sounds
  
• Find match and match found sounds
  
• Footstep sounds for different surfaces
  

Maps:

Gameplay:

• Increased all special arrow cooldowns to 24s
  
• Reduced wallbounce to draw cooldown from 250ms > 200ms
  
• Changed default movement ability to Dash instead of Void Rift
  
• Increased Dash height gain from 250 > 300
  
• Increased zipline look Z direction boost multiplier from 30 > 35
  
• Increased zipline look X/Ydirection boost multiplier from 700 > 800
  
• Jumping out of a zipline now has the Z velocity capped the same as the X/Y
  
• Added an extra check to make sure you can't get stunned into the floor after being kicked
  
• Jumping out of a roll now gives a burst of 450 impulse speed if successfully time, otherwise its 45. Roll uses the new indicator shown in the UI/UX section at the bottom of the page. This should make it clear and easy to see if you're missing the timings!
  
• Roll now works better when using it in the air
  
• Improved hitbox on spirit bombs for projectiles (this unfortunately will make them hard to melee for now till a bug with melee and spirit bombs is fixed)
  
• All projectiles are now removed from the world at the start of each round
  
• Changed bot outline color to white from orange
  
• Bots can't no longer pickup mid buffs
  

Misc:

• Now able to buy in deathmatch when not in a buy zone
  
• Buff spawn sfx no longer uses occlusion
  

Gameplay Tips:

UI/UX:

• Added a new indicator on the HUD when using roll to show roll timing success or fail
  
• Changed parry and kick cooldown indicators similar to the ammo bar for now to reduce crosshair area clutter (this will be improved)
  
• Startup screen is now skippiable with mouse
  

Bug fixes:

• Fixed a bug where killcams would happen when you respawned if you died during a round ending replay was in progress
  
• Fixed a bug where the round score would be rewound in the round winning kill replay
  
• Fixed a bug where teams would swap sides more than once per round
  
• Fixed a bug where you could draw your bow whilst stunned
  
• Fixed a bug where Dazed and Poison VFX stayed on the player even after they died
  
• Fixed bug where you could cancel powershot with secondary fire cancel
  
• Fixed ultimates not showing blocked icon when stunned or dazed
  
• Fixed loading screen images not being loaded sometimes
  
• Fixed some text that wasn't localized
  
• Fixed a bug where changing the FOV slider didn't work until performing a FOV changing move action
  

Tutorial:

Localization:

Note:

• Using parry will activate a 500ms window where if you receive melee/kick damage you will knockback the player, deal 40 damage and daze them for 2.5s
  
• Parry has a 6 second cooldown
  
• Successfully parrying a player will reset your parry cooldown
  
• Parry is indicated by a blue effect on the player with a shield effect
  
• Shares the same key as interact
  

• Unable to use certain abilities
  
• Unable to slide or bhop
  
• Movement speed slowed by 75%
  
• Unable to draw bow
  

• Fix knockback not working on self when using explosive arrow in arena
  Increase bhop grace period from 67 > 100ms