SquadBlast
New Playtest October 28th!
We are finally ready to announce that we are expanding our playtests to North America! 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 Invite your overseas friends! This Friday, the servers will go live at 4 PM (UTC)/ 9 AM (PDT).
With the start of our promotional activities, we're also expecting a lot of new players - and new community members! Please, welcome them and support them at the start of their SquadBlast journey!
We're also releasing a big update with A LOT of new features and improvements. Sorry for being silent for so long - we were overwhelmed by cooking it in our development kitchen. But now I can assure you that you will smell this sweet and spicy aroma once you launch SquadBlast. Or even if you look through the patch notes.
⚠️ IMPORTANT:
The upcoming update will change the progression and matchmaking systems in the game. We will perform players' profile reset to ensure they are correctly applied. With a new progression system rolling out, you can expect even more guns, rewards, and ways to unlock new content.
🛠️ TECHNICAL MAINTENANCE:
The server will go offline for technical maintenance on Friday, October 28, at 1 PM UTC. We expect it to be finished at 4 PM UTC. It is a necessary preparation for the upcoming update release.
Patch Notes for update 0.7.2 will be published soon!
See you! GET HYYYYYPED!
Patch Notes 0.7.1 - September 30, 2022
Today our UltraHorse kitchen is full of freshly-cooked content updates. You can definitely feel the smell of flaming hot spices... and tea?! Oh, that was unexpected!
Check out the complete list of updates, folks!
🔸 [NEW] CONQUEST: LONDON UNDERGROUND
An exclusive preview of a new map for the Conquest mode is available in Custom Games. And this one is huge - it has three points to capture and hold!
Remember that the visuals are not final and will be updated closer to the map release date. Also, don't forget to share your feedback with us. It is crucial for further map improvements.
Keep a close eye on the announcements! From time to time, we will organize playtest sessions with the developers to play the new map together. Don't miss this chance!
🔸 [NEW] +2 LEVELS OF MASTERY FOR EACH HERO
Every hero has two more levels to progress and unlocks a new gun by reaching level 7.
🔸 [NEW] (SHOTGUN) FRENZY
Unlock: Level 7 Hantu Mastery
This Rimfire shotgun fires impact-exploding pellets in a wide pattern.
Rimfire specializes in traditional designs but sometimes market pressure shows. The Frenzy shotgun is one such try to maximize shareholder value with new technologies.
🔸 [NEW] (SMG) CHOLLA
Unlock: Level 7 Dash Mastery
This weapon works similarly to a Gauss gun, and uses Erythrium-enhanced magnetism to hurl penetrating projectiles at enemies.
🔸 [NEW] (ROCKET LAUNCHER) TRIDENT
Unlock: Level 7 Arx Mastery
This triple-barrelled rocket launcher can fire all three barrels simultaneously.
"More Is Better" might not be the most original marketing line, but it's worked well enough for Almerk. Trident has helped the company launch its bid for Eastern markets and erode the position of the Zhang operations.
🔸 [NEW] (ROCKET LAUNCHER) AVALANCHE
Unlock: Level 7 Paavo Mastery
This rocket delivery system from Pistola Olivari covers the battlefield with a series of explosions.
This weapon is a rather weird experiment for Pistola Olivari, since the company rarely wanders into the territory of explosive weapons. However, Avalanche has its fanbase, and it's been rumored that the company is establishing a dedicated department for rocket and grenade launchers.
🔸 [NEW] (ASSAULT RIFLE) TWIN TWELVE
Unlock: Level 7 Nigel Mastery
These Bobby Jack customized firearms are the most popular automatic rifles among crowd control squads.
Its unusual pattern of fire might throw off some, but on the battlefield, the Twin Twelve has proven itself time and time again. Bobby Jack himself does not particularly like this gun, though. He felt it was a gimmicky innovation pressed upon him by shareholders when he was still in the mainstream gun business.
🔸 [NEW] (SMG) Specht
Unlock: Level 7 Sonny Mastery
Featuring German quality and reliability, the Specht will pepper your enemies relentlessly with small caliber bullets.
Imagine a mad titanium woodpecker that lands on your kevlar and just starts punching small holes rapidly until there is no armor left. That's Specht, an SMG used by law enforcement all across Europe.
🔸 [NEW] (SNIPER RIFLE) SVAROG
Unlock: Level 7 Laika Mastery
Rain fire and death from afar with this incendiary semi-automatic sniper rifle, lovingly nicknamed Bacon Maker by some.
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🔸 [NEW] CHAT MUTE
You can now mute players in text chat. Click on the nickname in the chat, press the Mute button, and you won't see any messages from this person anymore.
🔹 [VISUAL] Kelvin (Sniper Rifle) - Visual Upgrade
Kelvin now has a brand new visual. Prepare to be frozen!
🔹 [UPDATE] Movement - One-way platforms
Improved interactions with one-way platforms. Your heroes won't hit them with their heads now, and auto-climbing works better and is more precise.
🔹 [UPDATE] Matchmaking - Queue timer
Maximum matchmaking wait time is reduced to 1 minute.
🔹 [UPDATE] Battle Achievements
We've updated battle achievements related to multiple kills performed in a short period. They're now double-, triple-, and quadra eliminations!
🐞 BUGFIXES:
- Fixed gamepad cursor behavior. Now it correctly sticks to interactive objects and changes size accordingly.
- When you scroll lists like Friends or Replays with a gamepad they don't shake anymore.
- Quest panel won't disappear from the Main Menu screen when you are in a Party.
- You won't get Saviour battle achievement anymore when you save yourself.
Patch Notes 0.7.1 - September 30, 2022
Today our UltraHorse kitchen is full of freshly-cooked content updates. You can definitely feel the smell of flaming hot spices... and tea?! Oh, that was unexpected!
Check out the complete list of updates, folks!
🔸 [NEW] CONQUEST: LONDON UNDERGROUND
An exclusive preview of a new map for the Conquest mode is available in Custom Games. And this one is huge - it has three points to capture and hold!
Remember that the visuals are not final and will be updated closer to the map release date. Also, don't forget to share your feedback with us. It is crucial for further map improvements.
Keep a close eye on the announcements! From time to time, we will organize playtest sessions with the developers to play the new map together. Don't miss this chance!
🔸 [NEW] +2 LEVELS OF MASTERY FOR EACH HERO
Every hero has two more levels to progress and unlocks a new gun by reaching level 7.
🔸 [NEW] (SHOTGUN) FRENZY
Unlock: Level 7 Hantu Mastery
This Rimfire shotgun fires impact-exploding pellets in a wide pattern.
Rimfire specializes in traditional designs but sometimes market pressure shows. The Frenzy shotgun is one such try to maximize shareholder value with new technologies.
🔸 [NEW] (SMG) CHOLLA
Unlock: Level 7 Dash Mastery
This weapon works similarly to a Gauss gun, and uses Erythrium-enhanced magnetism to hurl penetrating projectiles at enemies.
🔸 [NEW] (ROCKET LAUNCHER) TRIDENT
Unlock: Level 7 Arx Mastery
This triple-barrelled rocket launcher can fire all three barrels simultaneously.
"More Is Better" might not be the most original marketing line, but it's worked well enough for Almerk. Trident has helped the company launch its bid for Eastern markets and erode the position of the Zhang operations.
🔸 [NEW] (ROCKET LAUNCHER) AVALANCHE
Unlock: Level 7 Paavo Mastery
This rocket delivery system from Pistola Olivari covers the battlefield with a series of explosions.
This weapon is a rather weird experiment for Pistola Olivari, since the company rarely wanders into the territory of explosive weapons. However, Avalanche has its fanbase, and it's been rumored that the company is establishing a dedicated department for rocket and grenade launchers.
🔸 [NEW] (ASSAULT RIFLE) TWIN TWELVE
Unlock: Level 7 Nigel Mastery
These Bobby Jack customized firearms are the most popular automatic rifles among crowd control squads.
Its unusual pattern of fire might throw off some, but on the battlefield, the Twin Twelve has proven itself time and time again. Bobby Jack himself does not particularly like this gun, though. He felt it was a gimmicky innovation pressed upon him by shareholders when he was still in the mainstream gun business.
🔸 [NEW] (SMG) Specht
Unlock: Level 7 Sonny Mastery
Featuring German quality and reliability, the Specht will pepper your enemies relentlessly with small caliber bullets.
Imagine a mad titanium woodpecker that lands on your kevlar and just starts punching small holes rapidly until there is no armor left. That's Specht, an SMG used by law enforcement all across Europe.
🔸 [NEW] (SNIPER RIFLE) SVAROG
Unlock: Level 7 Laika Mastery
Rain fire and death from afar with this incendiary semi-automatic sniper rifle, lovingly nicknamed Bacon Maker by some.
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🔸 [NEW] CHAT MUTE
You can now mute players in text chat. Click on the nickname in the chat, press the Mute button, and you won't see any messages from this person anymore.
🔹 [VISUAL] Kelvin (Sniper Rifle) - Visual Upgrade
Kelvin now has a brand new visual. Prepare to be frozen!
🔹 [UPDATE] Movement - One-way platforms
Improved interactions with one-way platforms. Your heroes won't hit them with their heads now, and auto-climbing works better and is more precise.
🔹 [UPDATE] Matchmaking - Queue timer
Maximum matchmaking wait time is reduced to 1 minute.
🔹 [UPDATE] Battle Achievements
We've updated battle achievements related to multiple kills performed in a short period. They're now double-, triple-, and quadra eliminations!
🐞 BUGFIXES:
- Fixed gamepad cursor behavior. Now it correctly sticks to interactive objects and changes size accordingly.
- When you scroll lists like Friends or Replays with a gamepad they don't shake anymore.
- Quest panel won't disappear from the Main Menu screen when you are in a Party.
- You won't get Saviour battle achievement anymore when you save yourself.
Patch Notes 0.7.0 - September 22, 2022
Attention, Fighters!
This one contains some changes to the battle flow, QoL improvements, and bugfixes.
And next week, we will release another one focused on the new content for higher mastery levels. Make sure you achieved its maximum this week to unlock new guns earlier!
🔸 [NEW] BATTLE SYSTEM - EXTREME MEASURES
Introducing Extreme Measures system that dynamically adjusts the difficulty of matches. For new players struggling with their first steps, some additional game bonuses are granted after respawning to level the playing field.
This system is based on the death streak. Every time player dies, his death streak is increased by 1. Whenever a player kills an enemy, his death streak becomes 0. Up to 4 levels of Extreme Measures grades might be applied to each player depending on his death streak values.
Extreme Measures affect Armor, Ammo and may also apply additional HP if there are too many deaths in a row.
Dash has never been one for half-measures: "When we enter the battlefield, it's only because we know we will win. We have to. Sometimes extreme measures are necessary."
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🔹 [UPDATE] Party Size increased
The party limit is 4 players once again.
🔹 [UPDATE] Friend list improvements
Added + button to the Friends List to make the whole process of party creation even smoother. Press it to invite your friend to your party instantly.
🔹 [UPDATE] Post-battle intermission loading
Decreased the timer for the post-battle intermission to be automatically skipped from 10 to 7 seconds.
🔹 [UPDATE] Discord invitations
When you close the game for the first time, you will be invited to join our Discord server.
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🐞BUGFIXES:
- There was a bug where if your party consisted of 2 players, you kept getting Hakone map over and over again. It's fixed now.
- Player selection on the scoreboard is fixed, so you can mute them in voice chat.
- Steam keys sharing option is available right from the start of the Playtest.
Patch Notes 0.7.0 - September 22, 2022
Attention, Fighters!
This one contains some changes to the battle flow, QoL improvements, and bugfixes.
And next week, we will release another one focused on the new content for higher mastery levels. Make sure you achieved its maximum this week to unlock new guns earlier!
🔸 [NEW] BATTLE SYSTEM - EXTREME MEASURES
Introducing Extreme Measures system that dynamically adjusts the difficulty of matches. For new players struggling with their first steps, some additional game bonuses are granted after respawning to level the playing field.
This system is based on the death streak. Every time player dies, his death streak is increased by 1. Whenever a player kills an enemy, his death streak becomes 0. Up to 4 levels of Extreme Measures grades might be applied to each player depending on his death streak values.
Extreme Measures affect Armor, Ammo and may also apply additional HP if there are too many deaths in a row.
Dash has never been one for half-measures: "When we enter the battlefield, it's only because we know we will win. We have to. Sometimes extreme measures are necessary."
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🔹 [UPDATE] Party Size increased
The party limit is 4 players once again.
🔹 [UPDATE] Friend list improvements
Added + button to the Friends List to make the whole process of party creation even smoother. Press it to invite your friend to your party instantly.
🔹 [UPDATE] Post-battle intermission loading
Decreased the timer for the post-battle intermission to be automatically skipped from 10 to 7 seconds.
🔹 [UPDATE] Discord invitations
When you close the game for the first time, you will be invited to join our Discord server.
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🐞BUGFIXES:
- There was a bug where if your party consisted of 2 players, you kept getting Hakone map over and over again. It's fixed now.
- Player selection on the scoreboard is fixed, so you can mute them in voice chat.
- Steam keys sharing option is available right from the start of the Playtest.
Two Weeks European Playtest September 22 - October 9
Welcome to our biggest playtest yet! SquadBlast is going to be available 24/7 for two whole weeks from September 22nd till October 9th!
We’ve made a bunch of improvements, invited more players to join this time, and we’ll be releasing a big update next week with more content to explore and unlock.
Don’t forget to check out our Discord server and participate in the activities we’ve prepared for you there. Invite your friends and play together, and stay tuned for special play sessions with developers!
That’s it for now... Have fun!
Two Weeks European Playtest September 22 - October 9
Welcome to our biggest playtest yet! SquadBlast is going to be available 24/7 for two whole weeks from September 22nd till October 9th!
We’ve made a bunch of improvements, invited more players to join this time, and we’ll be releasing a big update next week with more content to explore and unlock.
Don’t forget to check out our Discord server and participate in the activities we’ve prepared for you there. Invite your friends and play together, and stay tuned for special play sessions with developers!
That’s it for now... Have fun!
SquadBlast is at the EGX London!
Visit our booth, play some battles, and have a chat with the developers! Or prepare for some exciting news here tomorrow.
Just kidding. YOU CAN DO BOTH!
See you tomorrow, folks!
SquadBlast is at the EGX London!
Visit our booth, play some battles, and have a chat with the developers! Or prepare for some exciting news here tomorrow.
Just kidding. YOU CAN DO BOTH!
See you tomorrow, folks!
Patch Notes 0.6.5 - September 16, 2022
Thanks for sharing your feedback, Fighters! While we're still in the process of discussion related to the heroes and weapons, we are happy to share some bug fixes and exciting updates with you!
🔸[NEW] INVITE A FRIEND
Every player now gets three Steam keys to invite friends and play together. Look for the Invite button in the Main Menu, copy keys and share them however you like!
🔹 [UPDATE] Custom Lobby - Infinite Timer
There is now an infinite timer for Custom Lobbies. Now if you set 0 as your desired time limit, it will allow you to play without any time limits at all for as long as you want or win conditions are met.
🔹[UPDATE] Environment Elimination Timer
There was a discussion about that last weekend, and we decided to tune this mechanic a bit. The time for the environment elimination to be assigned to the player was reduced from 15 seconds to 8.
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🐞 BUGFIXES:
- If you pick up ammo and a Super weapon simultaneously, the bullets counter in the HUD will work properly from now on.
- The custom lobbies screen isn't scrolled to the bottom by default anymore.
- Payload speed multipliers are now correctly applied when several players are standing on one simultaneously. It should be twice as fast now.
- The Global chat tab is now called Global as it used to be, not Tab Name.
- When you are in a Party, the quest panel can now correctly be expanded by clicking the minimized widget.
- Valor data is now properly synced between different screens and is shown correctly on the Leaderboards.