Hello! A small hotfix coming in for the previous update. Some more exciting news coming soon!
Changes/ Fixes:
Main menu correctly handles network disconnects.
Network error message is more useful.
Tutorial deflection step torpedo now damages the player.
Myles
'Never Alone' Update Released
Hi! I'm very excited to release Turpedo's first major update "Never Alone"!
Single-Player
Meet Dori, Cousteau, El Draque, Prince Dakkar & Neptune! There's some competition in the water with 5 new bots, each a step up in difficulty.
5 New Mutations
These new mutations are unlocked as you defeat the bots in singleplayer.
Friendly Sealife - As a friend of fish, sealife no longer attacks you.
Stun Bubble - Your deflection bubble can now stun players for a few seconds.
Greased Guns - Your torpedoes now bounce off debris.
Dead Weight - Your harpoons stick into players, slowing and pulling them down.
Darts - A new torpedo type.
Various tweaks and bug fixes.
Torpedoes are now only 'armed' after a set distance & time. Making it much harder to accidentally destroy yourself. This does not apply when a torpedo hits a player.
Mine clusters are removed between rounds - fixing an issue where mine clusters from a previous round could damage players.
Airshield is now far more effective at pushing debris out of the way.
Camera shake has been reduced - especially for large mine explosions.
'Hoard' game mode renamed to 'Plunder'.
Abysall fish no longer does impact damage to players - this was never intended.
Wreck spawning should now spawn players together.
Tentacles can now be stunned.
Harpoon shrapnel now occurs when hitting players.
Less damage from shrapnel.
A number of fixes to text wrapping - especially for Spanish.
Reduced delay in ui displaying in some situations.
Developer Plays - Test Run
Some deep-sea duels! A short test run of the store page live stream - more news coming soon!
Patch Notes 01/12/22 Hotfix
Hello! A small hotfix coming in for the previous update. Some more exciting news coming soon!
Changes/ Fixes:
Tutorial objectives not being destroyable - making it impossible to complete the tutorial.
HammerHead mutation not resetting after the game.
Torpedoes having a longer activation delay than intended.
Conversations not initiating at the beginning of rounds.
Speech bubbles not showing at the end of rounds.
Minor performance improvements.
Myles
Quality Of Life Update Released!
Ahoy! The first quality of life update is now available. The focus of this update has been to improve the experience for new players by improving clarity in the tutorial & hoard game mode.
Release Notes
Tutorial Overhaul
- Tutorial steps now require the player to press the corresponding key to proceed with the tutorial. - Added additional tutorial steps explaining nucleons & sealife. - Improved legibility of tips. - Throbbing effect on tip button prompts.
Hoard Mode UI/ Game Legibility
- Hoard mode scoreboard overhaul. - Team Nucleon growths in hoard mode are now coloured to the team. - Hoard mode collection areas are now team coloured.
Hoard Mode UI/ Game Legibility
- Wreck level is now randomized each time you play. - Gibs from destroyed doors now sync across the network. - Placeholder art replaced on remaining wreck sections.
Various Improvements & Fixes
- Flavour text to beginning of rounds. - Improvements to barracuda dodging. - Fix for player hit ui stuck during mutations. - Fix for occasional freeze at end of match. - Minor optimisations. - Improved legibility of deflection ability availability. - Various networking bugfixes & improvements. - Improved hit detection on sealife for clients.
Quality Of Life & Development Update
Ahoy Deep Sea Divers! Short update on work being done on the game currently.
Quality Of Life Update
I've noticed some people misunderstanding the tutorial and the Hoard game mode. These improvements will hopefully address this and make the experience for new players smoother.
Reworked hoard game mode UI & adding explicit colouring of nucleon growths. This will hopefully make it clearer what the objective is and who is winning.
Tutorial clarity pass making it clear what buttons to press to proceed. No more getting stuck in tutorials!
Game mode flavour text added to beginning of rounds - reinforcing the game modes objective.
You can expect this update to be live within the week.
Survival Game Mode
A frequently requested feature has been a single player & cooperative survival game mode. Whilst this was out of the scope of the initial release it's something I really wanted to try out. I'll have more details to share in the coming weeks.
Demo Availability
The demo has been live since February - I really appreciate everyone who has tried it out. Keeping it up to date with the retail version takes time. Right now I need to focus on improving the base game so I'll be taking the demo offline. I hope to bring it back in the future!
Good hunting! Myles
Patch Notes 17/09/22 Hotfix
Hello! Thanks to everyone that's been playing Turpedo, it's been fantastic to see people enjoying the game. There's some bigger fixes coming soon - most importantly improved tutorial instructions and adding some flavour text to the game mode starting round. But before then I wanted to get out a quick update,
Changes/ Fixes:
Dash movement has been split into a separate tutorial step to help clear up what's required of the player to progress.
Having the language set to Spanish no longer causes the tutorial to break.
Fixes for UI disappearing.
Myles
Turpedo is Now Available!
Turpedo is now available on Steam! To mark the occasion I've done a new trailer showing some "Wreck" game mode gameplay.
Thanks to all of you that played the demo, the full release includes the "Wreck" game mode where you fight your way through a collapsing ship wreck whilst avoiding the grasps of giant saws!
See you in the depths!
Steam Next Fest, Demo & New Trailer!
To celebrate taking part in Steam Next Fest and the release of the demo I've put together a new trailer showcasing more action, different game modes & 4 player chaos. [previewyoutube="v9BW2I5DVmc;full"] The demo is fully functional bar one game mode that I'll soon be teasing for the final release. Hope you enjoy and feel free to leave feedback and suggestions!
