Hope you all had a lovely holiday season! Going into 2018 we are going to be trying something new for Trapper's Delight. In an attempt to bring players together we are going to be organising a weekly Trapper's Delight playdate every Friday at 8 pm GMT. The plan is to meet on the Trapper's Delight Discord and start games from there.
So if you are interested in playing some online games of Trapper's Delight, head on over to the Discord channel and say hello!
Updated Chinese language strings - Thanks to community member 狼眼Wolfeye!
Fixed camera bug when first joining an online lobby
The game now supports Discord's "Ask to Join" feature. It is now possible to join your Discord friends playing a game by clicking "Ask to Join". A popup in-game will ask them to accept the request. If they accept, you can click "Join" in Discord and Trapper's Delight will automatically launch and drop you in their game!
Minor Patch 0.9.9.2 Released
Fixes and Updates
Fixes trap placing bug in Challenge mode where tiles can be "locked out" and traps can no longer be placed on that tile
Main menu visual tweaks
Trapper's Delight Goes Multilingual!
In exciting news, Trapper's Delight has now been localized into 5 new languages!
As of today, players all around the world can enjoy Trapper's Delight with the addition of the following languages:
Brazilian Portuguese
French
German
Simplified Chinese
Russian
If you are a native speaker of any of these languages and find any issues with the localization, please let me know! Come find me on the Trapper's Delight discord or post on the Steam forums with your comments.
With this addition, the game is bumped up to version 0.9.9.1, which includes a few new changes.
Change List
Added localization support for 5 new languages, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Simplified Chinese and Russian.
Added Language selection in the Options menu under "System"
Many minor UI improvements and tweaks to provide a consistent experience between languages
Added Discord Rich Presence support. While playing Trapper's Delight, game information is now displayed on Discord and it is also possible to invite players to your game through Discord. (Note: This is not currently on supported Mac OSX)
Trapper's Delight 0.99 Released
Hey everyone! It's new update day! This patch brings with it a whole load of new traps and tricks to play around with, so check it out. Update notes below...
New Traps
Puncher Trap This trap shoots out a giant novelty-sized boxing glove which punches players away. The counterpart for the grabber trap.
Mine A hidden explosive trap, this explodes just like the bomb trap when stepped on after a short delay. If you are quick to react it is possible to get out of the way, but as a hidden trap which explodes nearby traps this opens up some new possibilities.
Slow A hidden trap which works similarly to the freeze trap. When revealed it slows any player that steps on it for a few seconds, making any upcoming obstacles harder to get past.
Speed A visible floor tile which is the counterpart of the slow trap. Can be placed as an incentive to be the first to reach, as only one player can activate the speed powerup contained within. The first player to step on the tile will receive a temporary speed boost, potentially allowing them to get past obstacles (or just take themselves out faster!)
Projectile Shield Similar to the speed trap, this is a floor tile which grants a boon to the first player that steps over it. This player will be given a shield which will let them survive a projectile hit and will then fade away.
Clear Floor This can be used to will remove any trap from a floor tile and replace it with a safe zone. This safe zone cannot be built on but it will gradually fade back into a normal floor tile after a few turns. This tile will only be awarded when players are failing to beat a level.
Visible Flipper This is a minor rework with how flippers work. There is now a new variant which is a visible flipper variant which will appear alongside the hidden flipper trap. The flipper trap is renamed to “Hidden Flipper” and this new trap is just called “Flipper” trap.
Other Changes
Improved visuals for player elimination, players can now explode in a comical fashion depending on how they are eliminated
Improved visuals for the existing projectile traps
Improved UI for trap selection - traps now appear in a more consistent order
Improved UI for level selection - levels should now correctly appear in alphabetical order
Renamed "Ghost Bridge" to "Hidden Bridge" for consistency
Changed the name of the old "Flipper" trap to "Hidden Flipper"
Bug Fixes
Improved trap detonation code to fix issues where permanent holes can appear in the world
Improved grabber/puncher logic to work a lot more consistently, especially in online games
Many other small fixes
Quick progress update
Hello everyone!
I was hoping to get the next update out this week but a few major bugs are still kicking around that need fixing. Hoping to get this out as soon as possible though.
In the meantime, I do want to show something else that I have been looking to add in this new update. Along with all of the additions that I mentioned in the previous update, I have also been working with on placeable shield powerup tile!
Similar to the speed trap, this is a floor tile which grants a boon to the first player that steps over it. This player will be given a shield which will let them survive a projectile hit and will then fade away.
Stay tuned for more updates coming soon!
What’s coming next for Trapper’s Delight?
Work is continuing at a good pace for the next version of Trapper’s Delight and this will include a whole host of new traps to play around with. These are all still pretty early but I want to give you all a quick rundown on what is being worked on.
Puncher Trap
This trap is basically a reverse grabber trap which pushes players away. As part of this update, a lot of work has gone into improving the grabber/puncher trap logic so these traps will also be a lot more consistent in online games going forward.
Mine
A trap intended as a hidden super trap, this explodes just like the bomb trap when stepped on after a short delay. If you are quick to react it is possible to get out of the way, but as a hidden trap which explodes nearby traps this opens up some new possibilities.
Slow
A hidden trap which works similarly to the freeze trap. When revealed it slows any player that steps on it for a few seconds, making any upcoming obstacles harder to get past.
Speed
A visible floor tile which is the counterpart of the slow trap. Can be placed as an incentive to be the first to reach, as only one player can activate the speed powerup contained within. The first player to step on the tile will receive a temporary speed boost, potentially allowing them to get past obstacles (or just take themselves out faster!)
Clear Floor
One of the main issues that has come up is that there aren't enough ways to make levels easier without exploding large chunks of the level with bombs. So for this next version, there will be a new trap which will remove any trap from a floor tile and replace it with a safe zone. This safe zone cannot be built on but it will gradually fade back into a normal floor tile after a few turns. This tile will only be awarded when players are failing to beat a level.
Visible Flipper
This is a minor rework with how flippers work. There is now a new variant which is a visible flipper variant which will appear alongside the hidden flipper trap. The flipper trap is renamed to “Hidden Flipper” and this new trap is just called “Flipper” trap.
Along with all of these new traps and tiles, there will be a whole host of fixes and improvements coming in the next update. So stay tuned for this!
Minor Bugfix Patch Released
Fixed Trap colours not being correct when joining a game in progress
Fixed an issue that could mean that joining a game in progress resulted in old traps that have been removed being spawned
Fixes to trap floor colours for players joining a game in progress
Fixed UI issues where the player count on the ready up button wasn't correct so it would fill up incorrectly
Fixed traps being able to be placed simultaneously if two players try and place traps in the same place which could result in incorrect behaviour
Fixed projectiles sometimes not being spawned correctly for players joining a game in progress
Fixed players being spawned incorrectly if a player joined a game while it was transitioning between lobby and game
Fixed late joiners not seeing correct positioning of saw blades sometimes
Added an overlay to players when joining an online game in progress
Revamped the Level Editor level select page interface, adding duplicate and delete level buttons
0.9.8 Patch Notes - Challenge Mode Out Now
Hello everyone!
Today is new patch day! This new patch brings with it a brand new game mode - Challenges!
This is a brand new game mode which lets you test your trapping skills against a 40 specifically designed challenge levels. In these levels you will have to use your platforming skills and clever trap placement to get to the goal. Each level has three stars to collect, one for completing the level, another for collecting all of the coins and a final challenge for beating the target goal time. In total there are 120 challenges to complete!
The challenge mode also brings with it three new “Guard” enemy characters, who will be doing their best to stop you completing these new challenges!
Each of these three guard types has their own unique behaviour, and they are all affected by traps, providing a new unique puzzle element to the game. So you will be able to put your thinking hat on to work out how to get past them using well placed traps, or use quick reactions to shift around them.
It is also now possible create your own challenge levels with the in-game level editor and share them on the Steam Workshop.
Full patch notes below:
Challenge Mode
- 40 New Challenge Levels!
- 3 enemy guard types for singleplayer challenge levels
- Level editor and Steam Workshop support for challenge mode
- Full workshop support for challenge levels
- 2 unlockable hats for completing challenge mode
- New achievements for challenge mode
Gameplay Changes
- Added a "give up" button that causes your character to fall over in shame. Defaults to "B" button on gamepads and "G" key on a keyboard.
- Added extra level information to the pause screen
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a few value syncing issues for some minor score results in online games
- Few minor UI tweaks
- Fixed a potential error caused by players leaving games which would break projectiles for that game
Singleplayer Challenge Mode Coming Soon
Hello everyone!
The next major update to Trapper's Delight is coming soon and with it comes a whole new set of Singleplayer Challenges! This is a brand new game mode which lets you test your trapping skills against a 40 specifically designed challenge levels. In these levels you will have to use your platforming skills and clever trap placement to get to the goal. Each level has three stars to collect, one for completing the level, another for collecting all of the coins and a final challenge for beating the target goal time. In total there are 120 challenges to complete!
The challenge mode also brings with it three new “Guard” enemy characters, who will be doing their best to stop you completing these new challenges!
Each of these three guard types has their own unique behaviour, and they are all affected by traps, providing a new unique puzzle element to the game. So you will be able to put your thinking hat on to work out how to get past them using well placed traps, or use quick reactions to shift around them.
What’s more, you will be all be able to create your own challenge levels with the in-game level editor and share them on the Steam Workshop. So you will be able to create all kinds of new elaborate singleplayer labyrinths!
I’m hoping to get this patch out coming in the next week or so provided no major new issues crop up. Until then, safe trapping!
