Second, we're coming at you with an update on May 20th!
Since we last chatted, we've had the game featured in some cool places. We were at PAX East in two tournaments: The Omegathon and The Next Level. The players took flopping narwhals VERY seriously, and tons of cool prizes were given! We also demoed the game at Ottawa Comiccon to over 38,000 attendees who needed way more space narwhal combat in their lives! Also, have you heard that we're coming to PS4 and PS3? Check out our new trailer, which includes some new levels coming in this update!
http://youtu.be/SJiJi7IwQEk
Lots of new content this time! You're going to love it so much that you'll want to marry the game if you haven't already. Check out the patch notes below:
New stuff!
New world: The chilly distant system called "Forsaken"!
3 new arenas: The High Ground (featured at The Next Level PAX East tournament), The Clash, and Moebius
New visual effects across the board
New arena visual detail - crystals in Asteroid X and moss in Neo Flopicron
UI updates, including a move of in-game score to bottom of screen (configurable in the options menu)
Balance/Fixes
Zones - bubbles act more like liquid now with a bit of resistance as you swim through them
Heart Throb - the heart throb now gradually slows down and becomes easier to catch the longer they have the heart
Arenas have been moved around a bit into different worlds
General bug fixes including fixed scoring for Team mode and Zones
New controllers supported where possible based on the surveys sent back
May 20th. Be there!
(Meaning be at home by your computer, preferably with some friends around.)
Game Update: STARWHAL version Beta 3 is up!
Hey everyone,
The update is aliiive! Drop whatever you're doing and come check it out immediately!!
Additions
2 new modes - Heart Throb and Zones
3 new levels - Modulus, Viscosity, Tarkus II
9 new costume pieces
A new world - Neo Flopicron, the ruined STARWHAL home planet
A new challenger approaches! E-sports commentator and all around baller, Day[9], joins the fray as a STARWHAL rider!
More controllers now supported - F510, Razer Sabertooth Elite, Pro Ex mini, and some Madcatz
Fixes/updates
Updates to correct some physics problems with players/objects getting stuck in walls or other players
Tunnels of Love and Wide Load moved to Neo Flopicron world
Classic increased size to be closer to the original demo version
Tweaked responsiveness of controls - turning speed is increased
Fixes to functionality and stability
Look at all those juicy features! The attentive among you will notice that we renamed the new world to a cooler name, and that there's an extra level. We tossed them in because we like you guys. :)
Sound off on the discussion boards to let us know what you think!
Content update coming March 10th!
Hey people,
Our first game content update is coming next week! Check out this action:
New millenium features!
2 new game modes - Zones and Heart Throb
A whole new world: Eden Surface
2 new levels
New costumes!
All you cool cats will now be able to play Zones and Heart Throb! For those of you didn't get to preview these game modes on the stream, here's the run down:
Zones Players rush in to claim control of the zones! Each zone is surrounded by an anti-gravity field, and when control of the zone switches to another player, it triggers a shockwave that blasts opponents away from the zone!
Heart Throb Players have to fight for their right to have a heart! Only one player has a heart, but anyone who manages to tusk it will take control of it and then need to engage evasive maneuvers to gain points!
We'll also be putting up various bug fixes. Thanks to everyone reporting issues on the discussion boards!
See you next week!
Game Update: STARWHAL version Beta 2 is up!
Hi friends,
We've gotten a ton of feedback in the community hub this week - thank you! Today we're putting up a patch to address a few things, namely controller support.
- Added more controller support (see below).
- Added sounds for banging into things and crossing tusks with other players.
- Renamed level "The Wall" to "Glacial Gate".
- Ice blocks are now slippery.
- Getting stuck in a transition after mode-select fixed.
- Fix for player select issues such as having two players the same color or not having proper teams.
- Fix for players moving wildly after pause.
- Player select screen UI upgrades.
Some controllers that should now be supported are:
- Rock Candy
- Afterglow
- Bigben
- Tron 360
- Razer Sabertooth
- QanBa fight stick
- Various Logitech controllers
- Some PS3 controller support with Motioninjoy, and without
- More Xbox 360 compatible controllers
If you find any problems with the game, please let us know. Happy flopping, everyone!
STARWHAL streaming on Twitch this Saturday!
Hey guys!
We're going to flop on over to Twitch for a Saturday afternoon STARWHAL stream! Come on down to hang out with us!
http://www.twitch.tv/breakfallgames
We're gonna play some STARWHAL (obviously) and likely call each other morons at some point. You may also get a sneak peak at some of the goodies that are in the works for our first update. Radical!
See y'all at 12:01pm EST, aka 12 noon!
(Anyone else have a hard time remembering if 12:00pm is noon or midnight? Just us, I guess.)
