Hey everyone! Today were excited to announce that Besiege Console is now available on Playstation 4 & 5! Physical copies for the Japanese region are also available for purchase and they look awesome! Its always been a dream of ours to see Besiege in physical form and now its finally happened. :) [previewyoutube=v4q4Z3Tc84s;full][/previewyoutube] We also wanted to take this opportunity to briefly talk about some of the things coming up in Besieges 10 year Anniversary update! The main focus of the anniversary update for us, is on revitalizing parts of the original game, adding new challenges and implementing content we feel the Besieges longstanding community will enjoy. Return of the Original Sandbox Many of you old school Besiege players will remember the games original sandbox level, which was very popular among builders for testing their machines. When the new sandbox map was added, the original was retired due to its dated appearance and (we felt) wasnt at all fit for purpose. We were surprised, however, to see so many fans of the game disappointed by this decision.
So, with that in mind, for Besieges 10th year anniversary, were bringing the old girl out of retirement! With completely new visuals, the sandbox has been rebuilt in a way that captures the levels original feel but is better scaled to handle the kinds of machines players build these days, with an improved layout and a bit of an expansion as well. We hope this remaster lives up to your nostalgia of the original!
Scoreboard System Besiege has always had a basic readout that tells you how long it took you to complete a level, but weve gone way beyond that now and implemented a new Scoreboarding system that shows you how well youve performed relative to other players! There are now 3 stats that your level completion is measured on: - Damage Taken - Time Taken - Block Total Damage & Time taken should be self-explanatory, the less damage or time you take in simulation, the better your scores are! Block total is a more complicated metric, where each block in Besiege is assigned a point value (with more powerful blocks having a higher point value). The total value of all the blocks you use in simulation is added together, to give you your Block Total score. The lower your score is, the better youve done and the further up the leaderboards youll be placed.
Hovering over your score shows you how your best scores compare to other players and where you sit in the rankings. Next to each of your scores youll see a little visualization called a histogram, which displays where your scores have fallen compared with what all other players have achieved. To add a little extra spice to the competition, we have submitted our own scores to the leaderboards as Spiderling Devs, can you beat us? More to come.. Were also cooking up some other surprises for this update, but we dont want to give it all away just yet, so stay tuned! ;) The Anniversary Update will release late January or early February.
Thats all for now, we hope youre excited about whats coming and were looking forward to seeing you get stuck into it! Cheers, Von