Slapshot: Rebound
Performance hotfix
We've also enabled an extra variant for the Futuristic helmet :)
Gameplay change, party matchmaking & more
Rebound v0.70.1 is now live
Small patch, big impact.
Gameplay - Removed the catch-up mechanic
After weeks of testing with various levels of players, we've decided to remove this mechanic to better reward more skilled and coordinated gameplay. This mechanic used to let you go over the max speed if you have been skating in a straight line. This was originally intended to give defenders a chance to catch up again if they had been outplayed, but as the game and meta evolved, it was no longer beneficial and hindered good gameplay. The change will allow people that have outplayed an opponent more room to make a pass or shot. It will encourage better team positioning both for offense and defence.
Matchmaking - Special case for parties
We have optimized the in-match balancing for games where 1 party of two players is present. Before, it would put the party on a team and then alternate adding players to a team sorted by their skill rating as normal. This broke in this scenario and caused many suboptimal matches. This case is now handled separately and will go through every possible team option and pick the one with the lowest difference in rating between the teams.
Cosmetics
Added May's Patreon cosmetics: Ladybug wings, bee outfit, bird wings.
Fixes
- Optimized some legacy player input code on the server for faster/better input handling (read: less lag, better accuracy)
- Party indicators will now show up at the end game scoreboard too
- Fixed hairstyle sometimes not showing up in cosmetic previews
- Made several performance improvements to the UI
GLHF
The Oddshot Games team
Bundles UI rework (Performance)
Another small patch, this time to improve performance in the bundles UI.
Because it was previewing so many cosmetics at once, some PCs couldn't keep up.
The UI now only shows the full bundle itself.
You can still see the individual cosmetics when clicking on the bundle to go to its details.
I've also found a free performance improvement for all UI with a scrollbar which is in this patch too.
GLHF
Oddshot Games
v0.70.0 Performance Hotfixes
v0.70.0 HOTFIXES
Performance
- Fixed a memory leak caused by cosmetic preview textures not properly being released
- Improved memory usage for cosmetic loading and unloading
Fixes
- Fixed team indicator not showing on slapstation / colosseum for some people
- Fixed bundles not correctly previewing hairstyles
- Fixed the iron helmet clipping with hair
GLHF
Oddshot Games
Addressing MTX, backfill improvements, party indicators and more!
Rebound v0.70.0 is now live! 🏒
Matchmaking
Tweaked backfill to be less strict. We've been monitoring the change from last patch and are putting it on a middle-ground.
This means you're more likely to get a backfill but it will still take skill range into account properly and have a hard cap.
Slapshop Bundles
Added bundles to the shop. We've polled this featured in Discord and you overwhelmingly voted yes!
- A new tab called Bundles was added to shop
- Bundles are a collection of cosmetics you can purchase using Pux. They can be outfits or other related cosmetics.
- Bundles are not on rotation, they will always be available in the shop.
- If you already own one or more items in a bundle, it will subtract the cost of those items from the bundle.
- A 10% Pux discount is applied to all bundles (except when there is only 1 item remaining).
- Unless a cosmetic in a bundle has the 'Exclusive' rarity, it will still be featured in the normal shop rotation
Purchasing Pux
With the introduction of bundles, there will be more things that cost more than the smallest Pux package.
We never want to force people to purchase more Pux than they need, so we added a way to buy a custom amount of Pux.
In the Pux purchasing menu, we added an interface where you can put in the exact amount of Pux you want to buy.
This will calculate the cost for the Pux and allow you to buy only that amount.
Prices are calculated based on the ratio between the Pux in a package, applying the same ratio to their prices.
E.g. With 12 500 Pux = $4.99 and 27 200 Pux = $9.99, 20 000 Pux will cost $7.55
Slapstation Arena
- Created several performance improvements for the Slapstation map
- Fixed goal spotlights in Slapstation not showing correctly
- Added Slapstation to the public map rotation (matchmaking games)
Quality of Life
- Added an indicator in matchmade games to show which players are in a party (yellow line to the left of their name).
- Added new loading screens (from the community competition!)
- Added new tips to the loading screen
Cosmetics
- Added beret, trenchcoat and earrings for Patreon
- Added Kazxi's jersey and Frowny Puck
Fixes
- Made a bunch of fixes related to the cosmetics preview UI (invisible heads etc)
- The shop stick previews will now use the currently equipped stick colors to avoid confusion
GLHF,
The Oddshot Games team
New arena, sliders!, more matchmaking stuff
Rebound v0.69.1 is now live! 🏒
Matchmaking
- Improved the in-match balancing. Teams should now be more evenly balanced rating wise.
- Fixed a bug that caused backfill to fill in high rated players causing a big skill gap in the match.
- You will no longer be backfilled into a match you have left (But we still highly discourage leaving. Forfeit is an option).
Game servers
- Worked with individual data centres to improve latency for a lot of players (this is a continuous process and will keep happening)
- Continued out work on various performance improvements for game servers
- Improved our game server logging to catch issues much quicker
Arenas
- Added a new arena: Slapstation
- Improved the look of goals including the netting and net physics
- Improved the arena colors for the top of the boards (they will now reflect the team colors more accurately)
- Improved the look of the plexi glass
Quality of Life
- New settings have been added to resize and move the stamina & dizziness bars
Match stats
- Turnovers and takeaways are now calculated more accurately (this was already live with a hotfix earlier this month)
Cosmetics
- Added old school gloves, stick and jersey
Fixes
- Fixed a rare issue where the goal netting would clip (visual only)
- Fixed an issue where some spectators were spawning in each other (gross)
- Fixed the backfill bug mentioned in the matchmaking section
Happy slapping,
The Oddshot Games team
Matchmaking++, performance++, custom game exp, and more!
Rebound v0.69.0 is now live! 🏒 😏
Matchmaking
- Improved solo queue experience. Parties are now less likely to get in unbalanced matches.
-- Added a hard cap to the search band for parties, searches will be closer to the group's skill rating
-- Higher rated parties are way less likely to be matched vs lower rated solo queue players
- Stricter matchmaking at the start of game search. You're less likely to instantly have a match but have better overall match balance
This is part of a series of matchmaking changes that we have been making and will continue making.
Please provide us with feedback on your matches and their balance!
Quality of Life
- Added a toggle for the ice skate lines that fade in over time during a match.
- Custom game player limits are now based on people playing and not on spectating.
- Small geometry changes to the locker room. The hallway entrance is now an arch rather than a rectangle.
- Custom games now give experience towards cosmetics to unlock variants
Performance
- Optimized the player join process on the server side, fixing the bad spikes that happen when someone joins
- Optimized general game server performance to provide more stability (more coming in this category)
In-game ads
- Moved the ad placements that were on the floor behind the rinks to a display to fit the arenas better
- Removed the ad placements that looked out of place
- Made ad placements more uniform across arenas (e.g. colosseum has the same placements as slap stadium now)
-- We've paid a lot of attention to make sure they fit the theme of the arena. We're happy to hear your feedback!
Cosmetics
- Completed the Wireframe set (body, head, gloves)
- Added Heat LED, Heart Arrow, Heart Wings
- Added locker room decorations for valentines (will be activated closer to valentines)
- Added a valentine themed trophy back item for valentine tournament winners (more info in your region's league Discord soon)
Fixes
- Fixed the tutorial goalie not having a face. (Sorry for any emotional scars incurred)
- Fixed the arena name in the match results on the website and the JSONs
- Fixed the measured goal line being too far into the goal, goals should be pixel accurate now
- Fixed the sand on the colosseum map not transitioning correctly
- Fixed an issue that rarely caused server crashes and made everyone disconnect (there's a different issue still out there, we’re working on this)
- Removed fall damage
GLHF,
Oddshot Games
Fixed jersey numbers
We launched a quick ghost patch (no version change) to fix the jersey numbers. We accidentally messed them up during the patch earlier this week but this fixes it! Thanks for pointing this out and for not yelling too much :-))
GLHF
The Oddshot Team
Matchmaking improvements, quality of life, performance
Rebound v0.68.1 is now live! 🏒
Matchmaking
- Backfill will no longer trigger during or after a successful forfeit vote
- New player ratings now work differently and will be matched at a lower rank (more info below)
Quality of Life
- Added an audio slider specifically for the goal horns
- In offline bot matches, the mercy rule will no longer be triggered
- Added a reset button for the custom quick chat
Performance
- Optimized the player character models for better performance
Cosmetics
- Added cosmetics: Icy stick, icy jersey, tail, butter knife stick, Mjolnir stick
- Reworked the iron hat cosmetic
Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the camera smoothing kept resetting
More info on the matchmaking changes
The starting rating of players will be lower compared to the average rating to increase the average first-match win rate. This should do a few things:
- It will make it less likely that people at higher ranks queue into new players
- New players should be matched up with people more equal in skill to them from the active player pool
- New players will start out at the equivalent of a low Silver 2 rather than mid Silver 3
This doesn't address all of the issues people are having with the matchmaking and more changes are planned but we hope this is a good start. We'll be monitoring the impact of the change.
Good luck, have fun.
- The Oddshot Team
Your Slapshot Year in Review
Slapshot: Rebound - Your Year in Review!
It's been a year full of slapping and shotting. How much exactly? See for yourself!
Go to https://slapshot.gg/review to find out how to generate your year in review. The feature is available until January 7th, 2023.
We made a video showcasing them too!
Winter sale!
Premium is 30% off for the Steam winter sale! Now's a great time to pick it up if you haven't already.
We've also recently added camera presets and custom quick chat to premium on top of the existing benefits. 👀
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1485570/Slapshot_Rebound_Premium_Lifetime/
Happy holidays!
We're taking a small break until the new year so support may be slower but I'm always here for emergencies.
Wishing everyone very happy holidays and a cozy conclusion to 2022.
Here's my year in review. Feel free to post yours too :)
