Multiplayer improvements patch, with a big ol' sale to celebrate!
Big 50% off sale! We are pushing an update to improve the flow of multiplayer games, particularly the lobbies. Previously, it wasn't necessarily clear when a round would be beginning. There's now a helpful timer, as well as a fancy new alarm clock by the starting bell (you know, the bell that lets the host start the game) that will let you add some extra time to the countdown, in case you are waiting for a few extra people to join.
Here is a list of the new stuff. As you can see, most of it is for multiplayer. Grab some friends and play a few rounds. Maybe you'll see us in there!
Main screen and pause menu UI now scale better when using alternative screen dimensions
Fixed menu items being clicked during photosensitivity warning screen
Upgrade multiplayer selection screen to look better and be more readable
Fixed multiplayer co-op issue where the host has no unlocked levels
Fixed a Steam Deck issue for joining multiplayer with a private room code
Fixed Steam Deck language rendering issue
Fixed multiplayer description overlaps
Adjusted multiplayer battle royale auto-timer
Fixed some minor geometry and reflection probe issues in multiplayer lobby
Fixed missing colliders in multiplayer lobby
Cleaned and tidied away the holiday decorations in multiplayer lobby
As mentioned above, we'll also be online, playing the battle royale multiplayer mode a bunch this week. Hope to see you around.
Big sale! Plus, Holiday Decorations return to Multiplayer for the Winter season!
Happy holidays! We spruced up the place just in time for your arrival. The multiplayer lobby has regained its festive sheen, just in time for its launch anniversary!
Winter Cosmetics Are Back!
Have you unlocked all of the cosmetics? Even the festive ones?!
Observe how good they look in this magnificent gif:
We're on sale!
Two can play for the price of one (four can play for the price of two!) with our handy-dandy 50% discount. Group therapy is always more affordable, but this is a great deal. Hop into multiplayer today, and resize your friends in our chaotic race to the finish.
Superliminal is 50% off as part of the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase weekend!
We're thrilled and honored to be included in the inaugural Cerebral Puzzle Showcase (try saying that ten times in a row - an entire cerebral puzzle on its own). The weekend is hosted by Draknek & Friends, running until May 23rd, and will feature lots of fun games that love to wrinkle your noggin.
In celebration of this mind-expanding suite of 100+ games, Superliminal is on 50% discount.
Enjoy, and maybe we'll see you in a multiplayer round or two!
Steam Deck! Multiplayer on macOS and Linux + Content Update + Midweek Madness
Happy New Year! Today we're bringing some new bits and pieces to our multiplayer mode, and we're so pleased to tell you that our multiplayer mode is now live on macOS and Linux! Just in time for the launch of the Steam Deck, which runs Superliminal great, as you can see below:
Midweek Madness
Speaking of which, this week is a great time to pick up Superliminal. The game will be on sale this week as part of Steam's Midweek Madness promo. Bring a friend! Buy a Deck! Play with your friends! Play with strangers!
As for the new content, here is the breakdown:
Content Update
New Rooms
We're adding two new rooms to the Battle Royale multiplayer mode.
New Cosmetics
We had some silly ideas for cosmetics for multiplayer, and here they are:
Beans
Coffee Mug
Lampshade
The holidays are over in the Lobby - maybe it comes back next year?
Co-Op launch + Holiday Update for Multiplayer
Happy holidays! We got you some presents to celebrate.
Announcing Co-Op Mode
We are proud to announce the launch of co-operative mode! You can now play through the entire game, end to end, with up to 3 other friends (4 total).
Start a game via the Multiplayer menu, and invite your friends to gain new perspectives through the mind-bending wonder-therapy of Superliminal.
Battle Royale updates
New Rooms
We’ve added five completely new puzzle rooms:
Ballpit
Revolve
TowerClimb
Escher
ClimbProMax
Here's a brief glimpse of how they look!
New Powerup
We’ve also added a new power-up:
Invisibility
Winner-seeking soda cans will now follow you to the ends of the earth.
New Cosmetics
There are a whole host of new cosmetics, including some holiday themed ones! Enjoy this montage below:
General Improvements
It's Christmas time in the Lobby. Snow technology activates!
Quickmatch now allows you to join games-in-progress. This means you can get matched quicker (quick-match, see?), and better yet, you earn bonus Dreamcoins™ for doing so!
Global power-ups are now announced by your favorite Standard Operating Protocol, too.
Complete 3 rounds (a full session) in order to see the snazzy new parking lot ending hallway - complete with luxurious elevator accommodations for all successful patients. And Popcorn! Taste The Promise.
Scoring changes
Great news! Dreamcoins™ are now earned based on the highest concurrent patients-per-room. More coins! Start saving for that shiny knight cosmetic. Alongside all of this new stuff, we’ve performed a ton of overall art polish and gameplay streamlining to all existing puzzle rooms, including dozens of gameplay variations and randomizations, and some quality-of-life improvements, such as reducing room repetition per session.
Nominate Superliminal for 'Labor of Love' in this year's Steam Awards
Last year, we were honored (and honestly? Blown away) to be nominated as finalists for Most Innovative Gameplay in the Steam Awards. Since then, we've continually updated Superliminal with new features and improvements, including the recent addition of our new Multiplayer Mode.
Each update has always been free for all players, both existing and new.
If you like what we're doing, please consider nominating us this year for Labor of Love.
Thanks, and happy holidays!
Region merge
Multiplayer fix
Continued improvements to region merging - player no longer needs to manually choose a region in order to find or join rooms
Multiplayer Week One Update
Last week's multiplayer update was an incredible success. Thanks everyone for playing and helping us learn what needed some extra TLC. Here is our first post-release update. See you in Group Therapy!
Single Player
Fix - Blueprint activates correctly in Dollhouse
Fix - Chess piece (queen) in Labyrinth not projecting correctly
Multiplayer
All-New Puzzle Room: Dome Projection
Region selector - Play with your international friends, at long last! Change your region in the top-left of the Multiplayer screen, allowing you to join games in other regions. Three regions: Asia, Europe, US. Automatic will choose the best region for your current connection.
Lobby will auto-launch the game when it has enough players and is public
New objects in Lobby
Reset To Checkpoint button in Pause Screen. If you ever get stuck, you can also get un-stuck, too.
Clearer visual treatment for objects you cannot grab
Better cosmetic panel and Win screens
Reliability fix for the Portal-To-First-Place powerup
Improved art and lighting in following puzzle rooms: Buttons and Cubes, Ledge, Climb, Duck Chaos, Grab Lots of Objects, Lobby
Ledge room is more challenging. Intentionally.
Room randomizations improved
Less likely to see the same rooms
Cosmetic: Mustache 2 wiggles
Removed cubes from possible randomizations in Whitespace Stairs room
Bottomless pit technology
Powerup changes
Anti-Gravity and Shrink powerups indicate who triggered them
Fixes and improvements to the Duck Bucket powerup
Slight up/down control for the Anti Gravity powerup
Sound bug for Evil Soda Can powerup
Exciting changes to Clone Shield powerup
Exciting changes to Clone Shield powerup
Exciting changes to Clone Shield powerup
The Group Therapy Update
Group Therapy
Feel the joy and frustration of puzzle-solving with up to 12 friends in a series of frantic obstacle courses. This experimental “battle royale” mode is available starting today to everyone who owns Superliminal and will remain through the holiday season. Maybe longer? We'll see how it goes!
Out today: 'Group Therapy' - A Free Multiplayer Update to Superliminal + 50% off
We're excited to announce today's release of a full free multiplayer update for Superliminal and our biggest discount ever --50% off-- to celebrate our launch anniversary!
Trailer
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Group Therapy
Feel the joy and frustration of puzzle-solving with up to 12 friends in a series of frantic obstacle courses. This experimental “battle royale” mode is available starting today to everyone who owns Superliminal and will remain through the holiday season. Maybe longer? We'll see how it goes!
This seasonal update offers a fun—and frankly surreal—spin on the forced perspective puzzles from the main game. Multiplayer pits players against each other in a randomly-generated sequence of rooms full of obscure obstacles in a race to the end, under the watchful eye of the Standard Orientation Protocol. Just look for the exit signs. Oh, and watch out for the ducks...
50% Off Until Nov 12
We're also running a celebratory 50% discount from today through November 12th, making it only $9.99 USD—our steepest discount ever!
