As summer is fast approaching, we're excited to announce the Slapshot Heatwave event, sponsored by f'real! The event will take place during the months of June and July, here's what's happening:
- Players in the US will see f'real, the sponsor of this event, on the ice, in their locker room and during replays - Everyone that uses the code F'REAL in the in-game shop during the event will receive a free exclusive Milkshake Hat cosmetic - During the event, in-game currency gained is increased by 50% and stacks with other boosts such as premium - We'll be running Heatwave tournaments in July, through SPL in North America (300 USD), OSL in Oceania (200 AUD) and Team Serene in Europe (300 EUR). - Frequent giveaways will be held all throughout the event in our Discord for in-game items and currency
As with other in-game sponsors in the past, we will ensure that gameplay is not obstructed and adds value to the arenas. We're super excited for this event and hope you enjoy it!
Happy slapping! - Oddshot Games
Ranked Roadmap
Hey Slappers,
We've created a more comprehensible roadmap on where we are and what's left to do to release ranked.
There's a lot more completed things that influence ranked but listing them all would be a waste of space so I've opted to list the 3 most important ones. We're happy to listen to your feedback on the ones that are in researching or if you'd like to see something different for the features that are in progress/planned.
Thank you for your trust and expressing your wishes. We couldn't do this without you.
- The lobby owner in custom games can now kick players and move them to a team/spectators - Added a sensitivity slider for controller, with default being what it was before the update (maximum) - Added more of the new spectators, with a new setting so you can choose the density (how many you want) -- The spectators on/off setting has been reset to migrate to the new density setting
Cosmetics
- Added a fish bowl head cosmetic, a unibrow, twig, oil splat
Fixes
- Fixed the tutorial not completely working when not connected to the Slapshot Services - Fixed the 'anyone there' achievement queue time counter - Fixed the 'lead by example' achievement, if you are muted it now properly resets your progress - Fixed UI sizes for people with wider screens, the scaling now follows a screen's height rather than width - Fixed several game crashes related to IL2CPP and some third party libraries
Other
- As mentioned, we've dropped Nolt in favor of a channel in Discord. This is now reflected in links in the game as well. - The clubs system for esports broadcasters now supports a "key", which can be used to have multiple settings for the same team and still using the same acronyms. -- "key" would replace acronym in how you select the clubs through the command -- If no key is present, it uses the acronym as a fallback so configs made before this are backwards compatible - Prepared the game for an event starting June 1st. Stay tuned for that announcement!
Have fun! - Oddshot games
Bunch of new achievements!!
Smol update! We quadrupled the amount of achievements in the game based on your suggestions 😄
Also fixed achievement progress that counted in places it shouldn't and fixed quick chat activating while typing in chat
These aren't too difficult to get but we wanted a better baseline of achievements before getting to the more difficult ones 🏒
We fixed that one stupid puck bug (you know which one) (v0.60.1)
Rebound v0.60.1
We finally fixed that one puck physics bug
It no longer goes on its side for prolonged periods of time like it has a mind of its own. Fixing this bug has probably taken at least 3 years off my life expectancy.
Club override for livestreamers
Since we broke mods with the last update, I've decided to implement the functionality of a mod that was vital to esports livestreams. You can now use the 'clubs' command in the developer console (tilde) to change the color, name, logo and goal horns of different clubs. These can be customised in the game's data folder -> Slapshot_Data -> StreamableAssets -> clubs.json
The in-game scorebug will now automatically pick a contrasting color for the team name and score colors so they are visible at all times for each team independently.
API improvement
Added a region filter and more specifics to the matchmaking / queue information to the API. More details are in the documentation. Want access? Create a ticket in the #help channel in our Discord.
Cosmetics
- Added a dark version of the Nana cosmetic - Added 3 different motorcycle helmets (one will be a patreon exclusive)
Fixes
- That puck thing lol - Brightened the outdoor night map a bit - Fixed the in-game scoreboard being squished or stretched for resolutions other than 1080p - Fixed leaving custom games giving a matchmaking penalty - Fixed the Discord jersey promo slider not showing up - Fixed spotlight in slap stadium not working after a goal was scored - Fixed the roof color of Slapville for spectators - Fixed the flame stick's highlights through geometry intersecting with itself
v0.60.0 Hotfixes
- Fixed clipping on the Slapville roof for people that have some ungodly high camera - Fixed spectator rotation on the table hockey map - Fixed floating ad placements on the table hockey map
New maps, less rating volatility (v0.60.0)
Rebound v0.60.0 is live!
NEW
- TWO NEW MAPS. Available in public rotation and custom games. You can switch to them in practice using the arena command in the console. (Tilde) -- A night version of the outdoor map -- A table hockey map - Spectators are more alive! They have been completely reworked from scratch for all arenas.
Matchmaking
- Addressed the volatility of the rating algorithm, making the placement matches not last as long and have more consistency.
Optimization
- Improved the performance of all arenas by quite a bit - Optimized the player and goals, refactored and cleaned up a bunch of game logic - Moved from Mono to C++ compilation (Note: This breaks current mods. Google 'IL2CPP modding' to find out how to fix them)
Bots
- Bots will now use the brake when getting bumped - Significant improvements have been made to goalkeeping - They will now challenge more aggressively in line with feedback - Bots will no longer stop playing if the puck is on the line but not in yet - Fixed some jittery movement with bots carrying the puck over longer distances - Bots will now be more aware of their stick placement when they don't have possession
Cosmetics
- Added white variants of the rebound and Patreon hats (both normal and backwards) - Added flame stick, techno stick, carbon slinger stick
Fixes
- Fixed goalie practice not spawning you at the net - Fixed UI scaling with resolution (4K etc should play a lot better now) - Fixed the 'no' button in the quit menu on keyboard and mouse input overlapping the yes button a bit - Fixed some shadow issues in the main menu
- Fixed an issue that caused team balancing to be bad in matchmaking - Tuned the matchmaking search algorithm to suit our new rating system better
Bot improvements
- Bots now challenge for the puck instead of chasing you
Arena
- Made the goal lights prettier
Cosmetics
- Added tribal set and purple variant of the shell - Added carbon slinger and techno stick as part of the Patreon vote
Other
- Added the ability to remove the password of a lobby or add one after it has been created (the lock button on the left) - Fixed some pop-ups waiting until the end of the game when they shouldn't (like after reporting someone)
GLHF
New rating system (v0.59.2)
Rebound v0.59.2 is live
New rating system
We've recreated the rating system from scratch based on feedback on the previous system. It now does not punish you as much for losing if you have teammates that are rated lower and does not reward you as much for getting carried. The new Slapshot Rating system is now based on a different algorithm that I have modified to work for team based games. (Glicko2 instead of TrueSkill).
We opted for a full reset because the system will place you in an appropriate skill bracket within the first 5 - 10 matches (much like placement matches). It will also give us proper insight into the bell curve of the new rating system to assign ranks to them.
Cosmetics
- Made fixes to the sword stick and bone stick - Added some dumb ass golden grills because Eli's been asking for them for a fucking year - Added a bunch of new mouths and eyes, a flame stick and stripes jersey
Other
- Controller navigation in menus now produces our super dank navigation sounds
Rebound v0.59.1
Rebound v0.59.1 is live
I stayed up all night working on these after launching yesterday's patch lol
Reworked leave penalties
The leave penalties has been turned into a strike system. When you leave a match, you will receive a strike that expires in 5 minutes. If you leave another match while you have a strike against you, you will receive a 5 minute matchmaking ban.
Fixed several bugs with the penalties: - Match cancelations will no longer incur a penalty - Leaving custom games will no longer trigger penalties
More custom game options
- Added a gravity setting - Added a game speed setting - Added a head bounciness setting
Increased amount of available presets
Premium users can now have up to 10 presets instead of 5.
Added a volume slider specifically for the new time warning sound
Some players didn't like it very much or thought it was too loud. The new slider can be found in audio settings.
Fixed cosmetic images rendering out of order in appearance and shop
Updating our Unity version caused it to shit itself. Fixed it with some performance improvements!
