Secret Ponchos
Last Update Before Our Big Early Access Announcement
We'll be in a Twitch Stream discussing what's coming in the big May 27 June 02 update. Other than the already mentioned Season Zero, we've got something up our sleeves you new players might like!
Come join us for some 3v3 fun and some Q&A!
10:30 am PST / 1:30 pm EST
http://twitch.tv/secretponchos
Summary of Patch Notes for April 11 - May 24
Since our announced Early Access return/refocus at the beginning of April we've been busy with weekly updates (every Saturday morning). We've discussed many of the updates here and there or one-on-one with many of you, but decided it was about time we posted a list of all the major updates, features, etc. in one spot. Below is a summary of the fixes, features and enhancements we've added to Secret Ponchos over the last 6 weeks.
• New maps: The Mines and Plaza
• Seasonal Leaderboards Added
• Online Chat Added to lobbies and in-game
• Matchmaking Improvements
- lobby “merging" to prevent duplicate hung lobbies and get games started
- added stability to friend chaining
- experimental rematch feature (still in progress)*
• Game Mode Optimization
- compression of 2v2 and 4v4 modes to new 3v3 mode
- addition of new Mode Vote / Map Vote features to Pre-Game lobby
- continued streamlining and improvements to game mode options (Solo / Multiplayer, etc)
- addition of "Random” Mode Vote and Map Vote options
• Lobby populates before mode chosen to reduce number of unfilled lobbies
• Add friends from Pre-Game (simply select the player to add them - UI on-screen instructions still needed)
• Switching character within Practice Mode (activate via in-game menu)
• Key-binding for Mouse Keyboard added
As many of you may have heard, we have a lot of exciting news coming over the next week, including the date of the official launch of Season Zero sometime in the next 5-10 days.
Weekly updates will continue and we're super excited to show you guys what we've been working on. More information about Season Zero, an upcoming appearance by a certain Outlaw, and what else we have planned, is just around the corner.
Thanks!
Weekly Update Lands + Find Out What's Coming MAY 27 on our Stream!
The big news though is that we will be in a Twitch Stream discussing what's coming in the big May 27 update. SEASON ZERO starts, an Outlaw not yet in the game is about to make an appearance, and more!
Come join us for some 3v3 fun and some exciting news!
10:30 am PST / 1:30 pm EST
http://twitch.tv/secretponchos
Weekly Update + Stream: Discover Our Plans for The HUGE Season 0 EA Launch
Come join us for some 3v3 and our announcement about an announcement!
10:30 am PST / 1:30 pm EST
twitch.tv/secretponchos
Matchmaking Improvements Drop in 2 hours on our Twitch Stream
10:30 am PST
twitch.tv/secretponchos
In this update we've streamlined the Game Type and Mode Selection for an improved matchmaking experience.
Hope to see you there.
Significant Upgrades to Chat & Improvements to Matchmaking in Today's Patch
Stop by our stream for some 3v3 fun with us devs and Q&A!
http://Twitch.tv/secretponchos
**Remeber to restart your game/Steam to get the update.
Update Landing Tomorrow (Saturday April 11) – In-Game Chat, Matchmaking Improvements & More
- massive improvements to matchmaking
- in-game chat (experimental - much more to come to this feature)
- fixes to find friends menu
- and more!
Come by the stream play some 3v3's and talk to the dev team about these changes and our plans for the future!
Saturday, 10:30 am PST
twitch.tv/secretponchos
Grab Your Holsters, ‘Cause Secret Ponchos is Back on Early Access This Saturday!
The Switchblade Monkeys team is happy to announce that we’re charging full force into PC development with you, our Early Access community! We’re jump starting the process with a huge update to Secret Ponchos that we've been working on behind the scenes, and it launches this Saturday!
We want to thank you for your patience while we’ve been focused on getting the PS4 version launched. We are a super small team and we needed to apply all of our energy to meeting that challenging deliverable, so your patience helped us out a lot. Now that our attention is back on driving towards the exciting PC launch, we want to give the PC community something special. Rather than just doing a straight port, we are excited to go full out with an enhanced version of Secret Ponchos for the PC and to use Early Access as a launching ground for new features and content!
WHAT'S BEING UPDATED SATURDAY?
All the fixes from the PS4 version
This Secret Ponchos patch dropping Saturday has over 500 fixes to gameplay mechanics and balancing, and includes a ton of new features that went into getting the PS4 game where it is today. It even has two new maps!
New experimental PC development!
In addition to PS4 parity, (aside from DLC content which will not be present until PC launch) we've been developing an expanded feature set for Secret Ponchos on PC. This version will showcase features that are still in development which we think is the perfect treat (and challenge) for our Early Access supporters. With your help we can perfect these new features to take the game to the next level!
The Monkeys have big plans for adding bold new features over the course of the next few weeks. To start things off, we want to send an invitation to our community to participate with us in our very special “Update Launch” Twitch stream.
Secret Ponchos Saturdays!
We are taking a different approach with Early Access by giving our community a direct, real-time communication pathway to the development team. Each Saturday will be "Secret Ponchos Saturday" when we roll out a new patch with weekly fixes and highlight new features in development. These patches will kick off with a weekly Twitch stream. Our goal with the stream is to introduce the new content, and to have the opportunity for open discussion with you, our community, about the patches.
SEE YOU SATURDAY!
Thanks again for your patience. It’s time to get the community back together! The Switchblade Monkeys team is very excited to be back sharing the saddle with our Early Access community for the truly iterative development that Early Access is perfect for as we push towards the enhanced PC version of this wild shooter we’ve built together. To participate, simply fire up Secret Ponchos on Saturday (it will update through Steam automatically) and join us in our stream to let us know what you think.
Details:
Saturday, April 04
10:30 AM PST / 1:30 PM EST
Twitch.tv/secretponchos
A Special Twitch Stream Saturday!
Get ready for a very special Twitch stream!
We'd like to invite everyone from our PC Community to our Twitch stream this Saturday for the live action debut of The Wolf. We'll also be showing off the second of our two new maps: Mexitown and taking any and all questions about what we have planned for PC now that our focus is realigned!
And as if that wasn't enough we'll be doing some special prize giveaways - including a signed art print by Jose Lopez himself and a chance to win one of our awesome T's! What better way to show our love for you all on Valentines Day than with some awesome giveaways?
Saturday, February 14
10:30 am PST
Twitch.tv/SecretPonchos
Spread the word and see you there!
- The Switchblade Monkeys Team
Very Special Saturday Twitch Stream Tomorrow!
Saturday, February 7
10:30 am PST
Twitch.tv/SecretPonchos
Come see what's in store! We'll be doing Q&A and giving out some prizes as well!