We just released a hotfix for Sweet Surrender, which addresses some of the issues which players have been reporting since the release of the Melee Mayhem Update. These are focused primarily around the new melee content, but also a few general fixes.
Here is the full list of all the bugs which have been fixed:
The "Reach the Slums with only Melee Weapons" task will no longer reset if you've used a ranged weapon on a subsequent run
Movement during the loading screen between levels has been limited, stopping players from spawning away from the regular starting position
Vending machines have been adjusted so that larger weapons no longer clip into the vending machines
The item description and title of the regular and sticky grenade launcher has been fixed
The missing price of the heavy submachine gun has been fixed
We thank you all for reporting the issues you've encountered, which helps us out a lot when dealing with these bugs. We hope that we can continue to count on your support.
Cheers, Salmi Games
Update 8: Melee Mayhem - Reaper’s Legacy
Hello everyone,
We’re excited to release our Melee Mayhem Update, a massive weapon update for Sweet Surrender focused on Melee weapons and abilities.
Sweet Surrender is fundamentally a “shooter” but we’ve always wanted to make the full use of the combat possibilities and the physicality of our systems. Melee was always present (all the OG wrench players can attest) but was never a first class citizen. With our 8th Major Update, this is changing forever!
In our Melee Update we introduce:
Three new melee weapons: the Plasma Katana, the Throwing Daggers and the Electrostatic Spear
5 new lines of Upgrade Chips
A new dedicated Melee class, the eponymous Reaper
Melee Weapons
Coming with this update are three new, versatile melee weapons. Skewer your enemies from afar, or slice them up in close combat with these new additions to the game:
Plasma Katana
This beautiful reimagination of the classic Katana adds a new dimension to Melee combat. Get up close and personal with the robots. You can charge up the plasma blade field for a short time to deal extra damage and deflect projectiles!
Throwing Daggers
These beautiful daggers are perfect as a hybrid melee/range weapon. Daggers are imbued with the imprint of their owner and will always return automatically after being thrown.
You can deal additional poison damage by either throwing the daggers or performing surprise attacks on unsuspecting enemies.
Electrostatic Spear
This futuristic electrostatic spear is another great tool in the melee arsenal. When dual-wielded, its range is extended, giving you a wider radius of attack.
You can also shoot electromagnetic projectiles that damage and stun enemies, giving you a versatile weapon for both up close combat and ranged fighting.
Chips and Upgrades
We’ve introduced several new lines of chips to complement and reinforce melee builds. These include:
Melee Siphon: Heal when doing melee damage to enemies.
Gorilla Strength (3 tiers): Deal progressively more melee damage.
Killer Machine: Dealing damage with melee weapons increases your damage and makes you faster for 3 seconds.
Melee Slow-Motion: Slow Motion on doing melee attacks.
Hidden Uppercut: When you're undetected, you deal additional damage in melee combat.
We’re looking forward to seeing how players stack these chips together and with all the existing ones. Can’t wait for your builds!
New Reaper Class
We’re introducing a new class where you can flex your melee muscles. Tuned for intimate brawling, the Reaper class is the most proficient in close combat skills. We don’t want to reveal too much, just go and try it and let us know what you think.
Quality of Life
But that’s not all! We’ve been working closely with the community the last few months to get feedback on all aspects of the game. Off that feedback, we’ve made a ton of smaller changes and improvements since Update 7. We closed dozens of reported bugs. We’ve added and improved sound effects. We’ve improved the room generation and variety. We’ve tweaked enemy behavior, weapon effects and balancing.
Thank you for all your feedback and helping us make this the best VR shooter possible.
Roadmap and Next Steps
We’ll be back soon with more details on our roadmap and plans for the future but for now, we are focusing on a revamp of the boss system for our next update.
As we mentioned last time, we regularly run community polls and dev discussions with our Discord community. If you want to participate in future polls (and have a say in Sweet Surrender’s direction), get access to beta builds or just want to talk to us about the game, you can do so by joining our Discord.
We are always happy about everyone who joins and are very thankful for your feedback and support.
You can also check out our Public Roadmap, where you can get a better look at all the updates we've already released and what we have planned for the future.
As always, thank you for your support!
Cheers, Salmi Games
Full patch notes
We are currently aware that there is an issue with melee kills not being tracked by the reaper leaderboard. We are working on this issue and will be releasing a hotfix for it.
Improvements
Three new weapons
New Reaper class with progression and achievements
5 new chip lines with melee-focused upgrades
Fixed various issues with the final boss and made it overall more responsive
Added a confirmation window when you press the exit button to avoid players accidentally quitting the game
Various improvements to room layouts and enemy placement
Security turrets will now power down instead of explode when killed by a melee attack
Improved the laser mines to be better at hitting the player
Improved the pathfinding and aiming of the guardian bot
Added a short message from the tunnel robot to the homebase to better explain its functionality
Improved the climbing of ladders
Various new and improved sound effects
Bug fixes
Fixed issues with the leech grenade not working properly
Fixed a bug, where enemies were healing without any heal pads nearby
Fixed a visual issue when shooting enemies with the health siphon chip
Fixed an issue, where chip slots would be unusable if equipping chips in the homebase
The effects of the rage kit will no longer stay active indefinitely when using multiple in a row
Fixed an issue with the bridges in the sewers becoming unresponsive
Fixed various issues with controllers continuously vibrating after using a two handed weapon
Body parts and weapons of enemies destroyed in the homebase are no longer intractable
Fixed an issue where enemies killed by explosive barrels would not count as “killed by an explosion”
Fixed various issues with items in the inventory disappearing when pausing the game
Fixed an issue with the target in the homebase showing damage numbers twice
Fixed an issue where ziplines would not play their respective sound effect
Class progression for healing hp no longer increases when using health siphon while at full hp
Fixed an issue with the UI in the victory screen after defeating the end boss as lunatic
Enemies no longer play their sound effects after dying
Melee Preview #3 - Electrostatic Spear
In our final preview of our upcoming Melee Update, we’re introducing the new Electrostatic Spear. Remember, you can preview the Melee Update in the Beta branch RIGHT NOW.
Close up:
Electrostatic Spear
Extended:
Full showcase:
This futuristic electrostatic spear is another great tool in the melee arsenal. When dual-wielded, its range is extended, giving you a wider radius of attack.
You can also shoot electromagnetic projectiles that damage and stun enemies, giving you a versatile weapon for both up close combat and ranged fighting.
Beta Preview - How to Access
You can check out the new Electrostatic Spear and the rest of our upcoming Melee Update in our Beta branch (select Sweet Surrender in your library > Properties > Betas > Select Beta branch from dropdown list.)
In our Discord you can access private discussions with other Beta testers and stay up to date on each new update. We hope you will join us and share your feedback.
Cheers, Salmi Games
Melee Preview #2
Welcome to another preview of our upcoming Melee Update. We just published a fresh build, which you can try out RIGHT NOW in the Beta branch.
Today we will introduce our new melee weapon, the Throwing Daggers but first, here are our latest patch notes for the new Beta build.
Thanks to your continuous feedback and bug reports we could reproduce another bunch of annoying bugs and fix them. These include:
improvements and fixes for the melee weapons ⚔️
EMP Spear shouldn't disappear all of a sudden anymore
robots that lose all their hp should stay dead now 🤖
Turrets shouldn't explode anymore when you touch them gently with your melee weapons 🧨
An Annoying Bug!
We also tried to fix all the issues regarding the unlocks of our new melee class, the Reaper. We could fix most of the bugs, but there is one specific report that the task "Reach slums only with melee weapons" resets after starting a new round. We have not yet found the cause of this bug and ask for your help with this. If you experience this bug, please include as many details as possible in the bug report (and also include the logs). You can find these in the options (Options => Beta) but you have to enable it beforehand.
Throwing Daggers
These beautiful daggers are perfect as a hybrid melee/range weapon. Daggers are imbued with the imprint of their owner and will always return automatically after being thrown.
You can deal additional poison damage by either throwing the daggers or performing surprise attacks on unsuspecting enemies.
Beta Preview - How to Access
You can check out the new Throwing Daggers and the rest of our upcoming Melee Update in our Beta branch (select Sweet Surrender in your library > Properties > Betas > Select Beta branch from dropdown list.)
In our Discord you can access private discussions with other Beta testers and stay up to date on each new update. We hope you will join us and share your feedback.
Cheers, Salmi Games
Melee Update - Beta Preview 2
We're excited to announce a new udate for the melee update beta. Thanks to all the feedback and bugreports of our testers, we could identify and fix a lot of bugs and did some tweaks and changes to the melee weapons, so that melee combat feels better in general.
Changelist
Weapon Improvements
Fixes to the progression of the Reaper (unlocks now progress more reliably)
tweaked and added new sounds
more particle effects
improvements and fixes to existing rooms
the Reaper now has own unique gloves
There are still some issues we are working on, but we still wanted to give you a more stable version with the updated weapons, so you can give us more feedback on them. If you encounter an issue, feel free to report even if you did report the same issue before already.
Thanks for your help in this and enjoy playing with the new melee weapons.
Play the beta of our upcoming melee update. We did various fixes and weapon improvements to make melee combat feel a lot better.
Cheers, Salmi Games
Melee Update Preview - Plasma Katana
We're excited to announce our upcoming Melee Update! You can preview it NOW in the Beta Branch (more details at the bottom of this post).
Melee combat has been the #1 community-requested improvement to Sweet Surrender and we are excited to deliver a comprehensive melee-focused update. We’re in the final stages of playtesting and balancing this update.
To kick things off, we want to share some details on our new melee weapons: the Plasma Katana
Plasma Katana
This beautiful re-imagination of the classic Katana adds a new dimension to Melee combat. Get up close and personal with the robots. You can charge up the plasma field for a short time to deal extra damage and deflect projectiles!
Beta Preview - How to Access
You can check out the new Plasma Katana and the rest of our Melee Update RIGHT NOW in our Beta branch: select Sweet Surrender in your library > Properties > Betas > Select Beta branch from dropdown list.
We encourage you to join our Discord where you can access private discussions with other Beta testers and stay up to date on each new update.
We hope you’ll try out the new beta update and share your feedback with us. The whole team is really looking forward to this update!
Cheers, Salmi Games
Update 7 - Hotfix
Hello everyone,
We just released a small hotfix for Sweet Surrenders latest update, addressing some of the most pressing issues, which some players have experienced. These include:
Issues with players spawning incorrectly at the start of levels
Fixes to the sewer ladders and adding ladders where they were needed
Adjustments to the items and enemies in the shooting range
Updates to enemy pathfinding
There will be a full list of patch notes below.
We are always thankful for your feedback and greatly appreciate any issues you report.
Cheers, Salmi Games
Full Patch Notes:
Fixed an issue where hologram enemies in the shooting range would sometimes drop upgrade chips
Fixed an issue that would cause the game to not load into levels when playing with LIV
Added ladders to some sewer rooms, which had pits players couldn’t escape from otherwise
Adjusted the acid grenade and removed the liquid acid grenade due to unintended behavior
Fixed an issue with players becoming stuck behind ladders when playing with the teleport falldown type
Fixed an issue that would allow players to take chips out of the homebase collection
Adjusted the skyboxes in some slum rooms to avoid players grappling out of bounds
Improved the pathfinding on the spider bomb bots around teleporter pads
Adjusted the spider gunner bot to better protect its weak spot while not vulnerable
Fixed an issue with teleporting over gaps while playing with the teleport falldown type
Fixed an issue with the level elevator getting stuck at the end of the industrial level
Adjusted some of the unlock requirements for grenadier class upgrades
Fixed an issue with controller bindings for Windows Mixed Reality
Fixed an issue where the trickshot chip would not work with some weapons
Fixed a bug that would incorrectly display the “empty” text next to full antidotes
Fixed an issue that had spider bots becoming stuck in the air after shooting them
Fixed an issue with some sewer rooms spawning chest in the acid pools, but no wheel to lower the acid
Improved the pathfinding on enemies, which were recently spawned by the spider bot hives
Fixed an issue with chip descriptions becoming visible while climbing ladders
Fixed an issue with weapon / item tooltips remaining on screen after gifting them to the tunnel digger robot
Fixed some issues with the German translation of the game
Fixed an issue with medkit stations sometimes not opening
Update 7: Into the Sewers
Hello everyone,
Sweet Surrender's 7th major update is finally released! Many of you already had the chance to get an early look at the new changes with the beta release. We got a lot of feedback from you and are happy with how many participated.
Heading Into The Sewers
With our "Into the Sewers" update, we have added (as some of you may already have guessed) the sewer district to the game! This new, hidden area covers the tunnels and pits below the mines and slums and will allow for an alternate route up the megacity. Some of the new features found in the sewers include:
A whole new district with many different rooms and new, interactable elements to discover
Tons of acid-themed mechanics; Burn away your enemies healthbars, while avoiding the corrosive environmental hazards
New enemy types, found exclusively in this new district
New upgrade chips and grenades to interact with the new acid mechanics
The sewers also feature a bunch of new visuals with surface light gleaming through ceiling grates and pools of acid ominously bubbling below you as you make your way through the tunnels.
We hope you enjoy discovering all the new content in the sewers. As mentioned they are a hidden area, so you might need to explore a bit to find them. But as long as you have a look around in the mines and slums, we are sure you will find your way into the sewers
Make sure to also check out our trailer for the update:
Community Requested Features
We've also implemented some of the most requested features we have gotten from you. These primarily include:
Save & Quit functionality; You can now pause your runs by using the panels at the beginning of every level
Cloud Saves
LIV Support (PC only)
As you may have noticed we also had some community polls on our discord. We want to use these to see what you guys would like to see most in the game in the next updates. Our current plan is to focus more on boss type enemies and an overhaul to melee combat, but we can't say anything specific yet.
As per usual, this update also comes with tons of improvements and bugfixes. These include many issues that were reported by you guys and we are always happy to get your feedback on these.
Improvements
Added option to save & quit during a run
Added unlockable chip collection in the homebase
Added unlockable holo grenades in the homebase
Improved sending of debug logs (includes more general info, keyboard to write a quick note to the developers)
Low health sound only beeps for a short period, improved visualization of low health
Adjusted submachine guns (to improve their handling)
Reworked turret spider bot
Reworked bomb spider bot
Improved visuals of weapon containers in homebase
Added cloud saves
Reworked shotguns
Added new sounds to weapons and new area
Plants
You can now call the elevator at the final boss back down if you fall off the top
Added LIV support on Steam
Improved Korean translation
Improved teleport movement (prevent teleport down abyss)
Bug Fixes
Fixed elevator showing green arrow upwards without going up; improved responsiveness of physical button
Fixed rare issue that guns could disappear when being dropped within a tunnel (including being dropped into your holster)
Fixed heal stim going back into the slot in a faulty way when picked up and quickly released from a slot
Fixed rare bug that allowed you to process to the next level when dying while on the level
Fixed final boss drifting off when being stunned
Various fixes to room layouts
Fixed an issue with the chinese translation remaining on screen when switching languages
Fixed a bug with holo-grenades using wrong materials
Clicking the class icon now properly starts your run as that class
Fixed an issue with skyscrapers flickering in the modern city
Fixed an issue with enemies and weapons not properly unlocking in the homebase
Fixed an issue with explosive barrels sometimes not exploding properly
Fixed a bug with class unlocks progressing in the homebase
Various fixes to achievement unlocks
Various UI fixes
If you want to participate in future polls, get access to beta builds or just want to talk to us about the game, you can do so by joining our discord. We are always happy about everyone who joins and are very thankful for your feedback.
You can also check out our public roadmap for the game, where you can get a better look at all the updates we've already released and what we have planned for the future.
Cheers, Salmi Games
Update 7: Beta Preview
Hey everyone,
We are happy to announce that Sweet Surrender’s beta branch is now updated with a preview of our next major update: Into the Sewers! You can take a first look at our completely new district and all the new content that hides within. Here are some of the new features you can expect to find in the Sewers:
New acid themed mechanics; Burn through your enemies or protect yourself from their corrosive attacks
A completely new district spread across two hidden levels
New grenade and chip types, revolving around the new acid features
New enemy types, which you will only encounter in this secret area
We also introduced a couple of quality-of-life features requested by the community:
Save and Quit (at the start of each level you can now save and quit the game to continue at a later point)
Cloud Saves
LIV support
Since this is only the beta preview of the update, everything is still subject to change. However it should still give you a good idea on what the final release will look like and you can already try out all the new features.
We look forward to your feedback!
Sweet Surrender will also join the Steam VR Fest Sale! If you’ve been interested in the game or want to gift it to someone, then this will be your chance, as Sweet Surrender will be 25% off for the first time ever.
We hope you’ll try out the new beta update and share your feedback with us. We are always happy to hear what our fans think and you can chat with us on our Salmi Games Discord Server: discord.gg/salmigames
Cheers, Salmi Games
Update 6.1 - Progression Hotfix
Hello friends,
We're back with our first hotfix for Update 6 to address an issue that blocked some players from making class-based progression.
If you're still having issues, please let us know.
Thank you all for playing the game and helping us to continue to make it better. Have fun shooting robots!
