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Steam
Genre: Shooter, Indie, Arcade

Shores of Plunder

Patch Notes - Early Access Build 1.1.0
Update the engine to Unreal Engine 5.4!

Unreal Engine 5.4 comes with a variety of optimizations, improvements and new features compared to the previous engine used for Shores of Plunder, which was 5.2.

Stay tuned for some big updates on the horizon!

Also the project was renamed from STE (which was the prototype name) to SoP, if you're having issues launching the game please update to the newest version since Steam is now instructed to launch SoP.exe

Patch Notes - Early Access Build 1.0.8
Offline play has been implemented. When the player is not connected to Steam or the internet then they have the option to play offline.

Progress is saved locally but offline progress will be replaced by online progress the next time the player connects to the internet or their steam account.

Patch Notes - Early Access Build 1.0.7

ADJUSTED



  • blocking can now interrupt the player's melee attack, allowing for instant feedback
  • made some adjustments to the gamepad inputs for combos, drinking rum to restore health, and digging for treasure


BUG FIXES



  • fixed some missing character menu options for offline play

Patch Notes - Early Access Build 1.0.6

ADJUSTED



  • can only pick up dropped ammo if player ammo isn't full
  • variety of small tweaks to friends menu and main menu
  • made menus more gamepad-friendly



BUG FIXES



  • fixed menu navigation with gamepad for main menu
  • fixed bug where tapping the combo button excessively locked the player in the targeting state

Patch Notes - Early Access Build 1.0.5

ADDED



  • close combat detection for characters who use root motion attacks
  • enemies now have a chance to drop ammo
  • added out of ammo HUD notification
  • added beach balls to lobby map


ADJUSTED



  • tweaked triggers for primary and heavy attacks
  • adjusted Ching Shih's chain of attacks
  • adjusted HUD notifications for bomb

Patch Notes - Early Access Build 1.0.4

ADDED



  • explosive ammo, the heavy attack with a gun equipped now launches a powerful explosive bullet


ADJUSTED



  • rum drinking ability refresh no longer plays while in the middle of other tasks such as falling, swimming, attacking, etc.

Patch Notes - Early Access Build 1.0.3

ADDED



  • new ammo mechanic! guns now require ammo, ammo can be found throughout the map but may be changed to a drop by enemies.


ADJUSTED



  • each character now has their own unique max health, max carry limit, max ammo limit, and max run speed.
  • adjusted each character's damage amount to account for the updated health. This should favour different play styles such as glass cannons, tank builds, and balanced.
  • increased damage of bullets

Patch Notes - Early Access Build 1.0.2

ADDED



  • added friends list input to controls menu
  • added coin and energy drops to spawned enemies in lobby map
  • added skeleton captain to monster spawner in lobby map


FIXED



  • fixed health widget cosmetic bug when respawning with new character, health value did not match new character type until damage or heal event was called
  • fixed cosmetic bug where using equip ranged and equip melee weapons were not updating meshes to clients
  • fixed falling animation not properly playing on client

Patch Notes - Early Access Build 1.0.1

ADDED


Friends List



  • Players can now join friend's games from the main menu (the friend's lobby must be set to either public or private to join a session)
  • Players can send party invites from the lobby map (the player's lobby must be set to either public or private in order to invite a friend to a session)

Main Menu Additions



  • Players can now set the server mode directly from the main menu when hosting a game

New Taskbar Icon



ADJUSTED



  • adjusted weight to banana cannon ammo, was too floaty before
  • adjusted Anne Bonny's attack direction, uses camera direction to drive direction of attacks


FIXED



  • birds now fly away from players
  • first tutorial actor should properly hide for clients when joining a friend's game

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT MULTIPLAYER
IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT MULTIPLAYER

I have noticed several refunds with comments about how it appears to some users that multiplayer is not working. It is important to note that it is definitely working but it is now clear to me that player's are not understanding how the matchmaking system works and how server settings are adjusted. This is a design issue, not a user issue, and I will correct it asap.

I will be publishing an update as soon as possible which will add a new option to the main menu to give the player the opportunity to toggle it between closed, private and public before hosting or attempting to join a game.

In order to currently invite friends to your game or open it to the public you must interact with the book in the captain's quarters in the lobby map, there is an in game marker called "server status" to direct the player. If the server is set to closed then no-one can join the game, closed is the default setting.

Lastly, invites are currently managed using the steam overlay, you can invite and join friends games who has opened their servers to private or public. I will be adding an in-game menu in the near future.

I apologize for the design flaw but please know that multiplayer does in fact work and I am working on an update to make the process easier.
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