The v1.1 Update has dropped! Keep reading for the patch notes:

New Game Mechanic: Healing

Several of the following new weapons have new healing abilities, adding an unexplored layer of strategy to the game. Opting for a clutch ally heal may be more effective than doling out damage, depending on the current landscape.

24 New Weapons

New Weapon Set: Health Aura

Health Aura is the most standard of healing weapons. Upon use, it generates a healing aura around your tank, regenerating health for you and any tanks inside the aura. The healing aura is extra effective on allies, healing them for greater HP amounts. Be careful- enemies inside the aura heal too! Upgrade the weapon for a larger radius and more powerful effects.

Tier 1: Health Aura

Tier 2: Health Aura+

Tier 3: Health Aura++

Unlock Criteria: Unlocked by default

New Weapon Set: Confuser

Confuser plays tricks on enemy tanks causing them to shoot themselves. Protect your electronics- you don't want to be on the receiving end of this one.

Tier 1: Confuser

Tier 2: Super-Confuser

Tier 3: Mega-Confuser

Unlock Criteria: Unlocked at Star Level 2

New Weapon Set: CensorBar

CensorBar is sort of a mystery to us. We'd tell you what it does if we knew, but unfortunately it's been censored behind a pesky censor bar. All we know is that it packs a punch.

Tier 1: CensorBar

Tier 2: RestrictedBar

Tier 3: RedactedBar

Unlock Criteria: Unlocked in the Gear Shop

New Weapon Set: Health Potion

These Health Potions are specially formulated to maintain their efficacy even at the high pressures of a tank barrel. They're effective at delivering HP over long distances in projectile fashion.

Tier 1: Small Potion

Tier 2: Medium Potion

Tier 3: Large Potion

Tier 4: Huge Potion

Unlock Criteria: Unlocked by completing challenge: 'Medic'

New Weapon Set: Wanderer

Wanderer has a mind of its own- all you can do is guide it in the right direction. Land it where you please and then cross your fingers that it finds your target.

Tier 1: Wanderer

Tier 2: Double Wanderer

Tier 3: Triple Wanderer

Unlock Criteria: Unlocked by completing challenge: 'Daily Dominator'

New Weapon Set: Kiss

Plant a Kiss on your opponents to steal HP for yourself. It's kinda like reverse CPR.

Tier 1: Kiss

Tier 2: French Kiss

Tier 3: Smooch

Unlock Criteria: Unlocked in the Gear Shop

Weapon Set: CropDuster

Those of you who have beat our game CropDuster Supreme on Steam will know what this weapon is all about. We might have to add tank gas masks to the gear shop for safety.

Tier 1: CropDuster

Tier 2: NoxiousDuster

Tier 3: ToxicDuster

Unlock Criteria: Unlocked in the Gear Shop

New Weapon Set: PyroSlam

A tribute to our game PyroSlam on Steam. We all know that Table Tennis is the most dangerous of all sports... especially when the ball is on fire. I think this weapon captures that nicely.

Tier 1: PongSlam

Tier 2: PyroSlam

Unlock Criteria: Unlocked in the Gear Shop

Dogtags

Dogtags are collectible visual banners unlocked in a variety of ways. Each displays a unique design and can be equipped behind your name badge to be shown in all areas of the game. This update contains 101 Unique Dogtags- rep your favorite! Rarity ranges from Common to Legendary and is depicted by the Rarity Symbol on the dogtag.

Cosmetic Points

Cosmetic Points are a new in-game currency earned by completing Daily Challenges or purchased in the shop. They are used to unlock cosmetic items only- never anything that can give players an advantage or affect gameplay. ShellShock Live will never be 'Pay-2-Win', and we worked hard to make sure any optional purchases of cosmetic items can only benefit the community.

Daily Challenges

Each day, you're given 3 bonus challenges to complete. Challenges range from dealing damage and getting kills to landing specific skillshots and earning XP. Complete these challenges to earn Cosmetic Points, which are used to unlock various cosmetic items from the shop.

Daily Dogtag

Complete all 3 daily challenges to uncover your Daily Dogtag. From here, you have a choice of two options: [olist]

Unlock It- Like what you see? Unlock it from the shop using your previously banked Cosmetic Points.

Bank It- Skip the dogtag and bank a 5 Cosmetic Point reward. Save up for a tag that really catches your eye. [/olist]

MiniGames

Sick of dying early and waiting for the round to finish? Spin up a minigame on a translucent popup to kill time while spectating. Who knows- maybe you'll even get an achievement out of the deal.

PongShock

ShellShock Live fans from the Flash days will remember this classic. What it may lack in originality, it makes up for with such a cool name. Use the Up/Down arrow keys to move your paddle. Play to 7 against the computer. Beat Easy to advance to Medium, etc.

Tank Headlights and Taillights

We've added two full new sets of tank parts. Light up the terrain before you with one of several styles.

Game News Popup

The News Popup on the main menu lets us communicate in-game to all players between updates. This is part of an effort to be more active in the community with better communication about the game and the roadmap looking forward.

5 New Challenges

New Challenge: Time Killer

Beat the 'PongShock' minigame on Hard mode. Reward XP: +200xp Additional Reward: Unique Dogtag

New Challenge: Medic

Heal allies 25 times. Reward XP: +250xp Additional Reward: Unique Dogtag

New Challenge: Weekday Warrior

Complete and claim 5 daily challenges. Reward XP: +50xp Additional Reward: Unique Dogtag

New Challenge: Daily Dominator

Complete and claim 50 daily challenges. Reward XP: +500xp Additional Reward: Unique Dogtag Additional Reward: 'Wanderer' Weapon

New Challenge: Doggone-It

Unlock 5 Daily Dogtags. Reward XP: +100xp Additional Reward: Unique Dogtag

New Game Option: Choose your Starting Weapon Count

Looking to level-up a specific weapon or need one to complete a challenge? Crank up the starting weapon count for better selection. Want to limit weapons in the match for a unique twist? Go right ahead! Increasing Starting Weapon count slightly reduces XP multiplier for obvious reasons.

New Game Mod: Cage Match

Cage Match raises the side bumpers by 300%, leading to some truly chaotic gameplay.

Progress Screen Upgrade

The Hub Progress Screen has been updated to include all unlockables in the game. Progress bar categories now include:

• Weapons
• Tank Upgrades
• Tank Parts
• Maps
• Themes
• Challenges
• Missions
• Victory Tunes
• Dogtags

Wind in the Firing Range

You asked for it, and we delivered. Practice your aim in all scenarios for optimal play. Firing Range Wind Options:

• None
• Low
• Medium
• High

Wind on Game Listing

Games that have wind enabled now display a wind icon in the server list.

Numbered Portals

Multiple sets of portals on the screen? They're now numbered to help distinguish pairs.

Resolution Settings

Resolution and Fullscreen Options are now found in the in-game settings instead of in a pre-game launcher. This is cleaner, and it helps us achieve full controller support and possible future Steam Deck support.

Sprite Quality

We've sharpened textures and sprites used throughout the game for better visual quality. You'll notice this most on small sprites like Weapon or Item Icons.

Two New Audio Tracks

The ShellShock Live soundtrack gets two epic new songs.

Performance Improvements

Updated the Unity Engine a couple generations for better performance, efficiency, and stability. ShellShock Live now runs as a 64-bit executable for further performance and memory improvements.

And More...

We can't fit everything we added to v1.1 in this post, but here are a few more notes:

• New Ranked Game Option that can now be disabled to stop matches from affecting your Elo Skill Rating
• Skill Ratings no longer reset after reaching too high of a level
• Fortify no longer stalls your turn in all-shot mode
• Fortify & Overcharge are no longer found in crates
• Main Menu Chat in the Settings disables the global chat on the main menu
• The Unlock Screen is now displayed whenever you unlock a weapon- including from the shop
• Gamepads no longer rumble when the 'Gamepad' setting is turned off in Settings
• Fixed issue where players couldn't join games with negative gears

*EDIT* The CropDuster and PyroSlam weapons were originally intended to be bonuses for owners of the respective games on Steam, this didn't fit in line with keeping all weapons earnable in-game. These weapons are now available in the Gear Shop. :) Thank you for your continued support. As always, please report any bugs you find, and I'll see you in-game!

[ 2023-03-31 16:51:33 CET ] [ Original post ]