New Levels, Power-Ups and Character Abilities Offer Endless Possibilities!
The unbelievably talented, compellingly unique and incredibly handsome Giant Fox team is working hard to bring Swing Striker’s new abilities and power-ups to life. We are going to be highlighting a few of these over the next few weeks so check back in for regular updates.
These new abilities we are going to highlight take time to develop in order to ensure they are the best for future players. We have grown as a team and through that have a new QA process to develop new ideas. Finding and knocking out bugs is a part of this process. Our development team has done a great job of clearing out the backlog and gearing towards the future with a new Demo version to be released soon!
This week we want to show you “The Golden Boot!” This giant golden clodhopper plows through your opponents and kicks the ball right where you want it. We love to consider mechanics for players that are easy to pick up but hard to master, and this is certainly one of them. Make sure to grab this power-up and guarantee yourself a victory before your friends do!
Our QA team has created this GIF to show you the perfect Golden Boot shot, but can you see the other abilities on display as well?
Swing Striker is Getting Bigger and Better!
Impatient to play? We hear you! Swing Striker’s development team has expanded in order to provide quality content at an even quicker pace. With this new approach, our team has been able to implement some new features which should create hours of exciting content for you all to play!
Some of our new features: - A longer single-player mode with awesome platforming levels and an intricate story - A DeathMatch Mode which is pure, glorious carnage and fun - Unique special character abilities - For example, Squidkicks can now #ShootDaBoot!
We really appreciate the feedback we’ve received from our Beta Testers and have released a brand new demo version that addresses many of the issues you brought to our attention! We will have more updates coming soon. We hope that you continue to play and tell us what you think during this exciting time in our development!
Join our Discord for the latest info about the game and to chat with us directly about your ideas on how we can improve Swing Striker! https://discord.com/invite/TMuEhveS3f
Who's the best at Swing Striker?
Hey G.Rounders! How's your week been? We've been busy squashing more bugs than we can count thanks to your help, keep 'em coming!
Btw, did you see us getting owned at our own game on Bram's stream last week? 😂 It was awesome to play against pro gamers. Just because we made the game it doesn't mean we're the best at it.. 😛 Check it out here if you missed it- https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1294554559?t=00h15m00s
But who is the best? Our team has been debating which of our devs is the best at Swing Striker? Who would win- engineers that built the game QA that's done hundreds of hours of testing, the designers that thought it up, or the artists that created the characters?
There's only one way to find out! A live-streamed developer tournament! It starts later today at 6 pm MST. Come on by our Twitch or Steam page to see it go all down live! https://www.twitch.tv/giantfoxstudios
See you there!
New Costumes and Some Bug Squashing
WOW, what an awesome week this has been! We've been reading through every review and watching all of the videos. Thank you so much for all of the amazing feedback given.
We're already making improvements to the game based on what you've said! A new build of Swing Striker just went live a few moments ago. Here's what's new! - Fixed most critical issues (there are still some issues if you play multiple matches in a row - Made it easier to unlock skins/costumes and they sync online now!
Here's what we're working on next: - Fixing remaining major bugs - Adding a rematch button for private online matches - Adding an option to play against a bot in competitive mode
If you run into any bugs while playing, please press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+B to report a bug to us right in-game and put it in your review over at the website. It's a HUGE help for us!
Also, there's a Swing Striker community game night on G.Round at 10am EST today- https://www.twitch.tv/gameroundco
A few of the developers will be there, so come by, chat with us, and see if you have what it takes to beat us at our own game!
The Beta Test is Finally Here!
Have you heard? We're running a beta test for Swing Striker!
You can play a demo of the game for free and leave us some feedback so we can improve it before launch. If we use your feedback to change the game, we'll include you in the credits! Win/win/win!
Sign up here- https://www.gameround.co/detail/223/comments-list/EN
We are BEYOND excited to hear what you think about the demo. Be sure to leave us feedback!
Happy swingin'!
Fox Box, Whaaat?!
Too busy to write a lot, but check out how sick our new Fox Box looks!
We've heard some feedback so far- "Looks cool but does it work?" PFFT. What is this, amateur hour? Of course it'll work! We literally just fixed the last critical issue an hour ago. We also added a whole bunch of awesome new features to Swing Striker! A new update should be available on Steam for anyone that's gotten an early key. But TBH, it's best on the Fox Box :p Here's a little peak inside...
Come check it out at Whaaat?! this weekend. Hope to see you there! - Giant Foxers
Live-drawing of a new character!
[previewyoutube="BOWZah6Oosc;leftthumb"]New characters don't just poof into existence you know! Watch our talented artist, Bryant LaMare, draw a new character from concept through completion. To the left is a video of him working on our first character, Basic B.
Swing Striker is a game all about intergalactic grappling-hook soccer, so we have no idea what Bryant will come up with for the next character!
