- Introduced new experimental Sports Map - Infinity Ring: Two teams face each other to disassemble the shell of a ball to make it fit in the team goal post
- Fixed a bug in the Bot AI for Smash mode where the Seals would stop facing the blocks and charging
- Improved readability of UI text in Survival mode
Sumo Seals
Update Notes for Nov 16 2022
Update Notes for Nov 1 2022
- Bots in VS modes are now more aggressive and will use items against the player
- Bots in Survival mode will now actively seek Goop entities to eliminate
- Bots in Smash mode will now try to smash the closest blocks to them
- Bots in Control mode will prioritize stomping the floor to gain more control instead of attacking the player
- Bots in Pinball mode will now try to keep the ball(s) in the play area
- Clam Trap bug where the trap location is offset upon activation has been fixed
- Hermit Crab bug where the player was unable to push them back in sports mode has been fixed
Happy Halloween!
In preparation for Halloween I have added a variety of cosmetics options for the Seals!
I have also made a bunch of gameplay tweaks and fixes from the first week of Early Access:
- The Hot Pepper powerup has been overhauled. Instead of having to charge while the item is in use, you will now automatically ram into anything in front of you.
- Double Jump activation window has been increased
- FX was missing when Seals perform a strong charge. That has now been fixed.
- Seal Pups in Survival mode are now heavier and will not fly off into the sunset when you charge into them by accident.
- Fanning charge sound does not get stuck into infinite loop if charged into or stomped anymore.
- Collision reinforced in Sealoon map.
Update Notes for Oct 24th 2022
- Added default presets for Switch Pro Controller
- Updated French Localization
- Reinforced collision in the Bento Level so that the puck does not get teleported outside the map
Sumo Seals Now Released In Early Access!
While I am glad that it has reached the current state it's in and is a blast to play with friends, my mission here is not done. Sumo Seals definitely has potential to be more. But this is a journey I would like to take you, the community, along for as I will need your help to determine what I should be focusing on until its full release.
I am eternally thankful to everyone who has helped me reached this stage. It has been a really challenging journey so far and this would never have been possible without you. You know who you are!
Thank you,
Victor
Update Notes for Oct 16
- Fleshed out Practice Area
- Implemented more pushback on successful hit
Update Notes for Oct 16th
- Two new maps
- Powerups tweaked to be more powerful
- Gameplay rebalancing
- Further localization support
Update Notes for September 29
- Added heart glasses
- Added Froggie headgear
- Tweaked pushback to seals
- Enlarged Bento Map
- Tightened play area in Overflow Map
- Simplified Shader
- Fixed Don in Survival mode so he takes in any interactable in exchange for food for the pups
- Updated localization strings
- Added auto multiball in pinball mode for 1P+ modes
Update Notes for September 9 2022
- Reduced multi jump into double jump and increased cooldown
- Fixed collision errors in Last Stand Map
- Ice cubes now respawn in Iceberg Map
- Fixed bug where score in Puck mode would not track properly if in a team
- Reduced jump sfx volume
- Shortened default round time for Control Mode
Update Notes for September 6th
- Added UI Improvements
- Fixed a bug that would allow a solo player to launch 2P+ playlists
- Fixed a bug that allowed the player to shuffle pick maps that are not compatible with the party settings
- Survival mode tweaks
- Fixed a bug that would make the control mappings not accessible via the pause menu
- Fixed controller settings not being saved if user configured