Content - New item: Grapple Hook. Grabs terrain, other players, and pickups. Balance - Rebalanced pickup spawn times and quantities across all maps. In general, Health pickups are identical. Armor pickups are less plentiful but restore more. - Removed items from Item Boxes: Armor Shard, Goo Grenades, Ink Rocket, Ammo Box - Completely rebalanced item distribution across kill deltas - Simplified a number of items that previously added/removed Armor Stacks. Now exclusively granted by Item Boxes, and removed from killstreaks. Features - Improved bots. Fixed a number of major bugs, and improved their logic for selecting what kind of pickup to gather - Added name tags to lobby mannequins - Pregame flyaround cutscenes now loop instead of sticking on a black screen at the end - Added demo version branding to main menu - Implemented demo content blocks (these will be lifted for internal versions after Demo One is stable) - Added a match feed event for shutting down a kill streak - Improved the place indicator with a larger size, new visuals, and sound effects - Added a second place indicator for team-shared-score modes, showing the overall position of your team. - New models for a number of existing items like the Heavy Gear and Ultimate Upgrade.

Content

• New item: Goo Grenades
• New item: Remote C4
• New item: Pickup Portal
• New item: Paint Grenade
• New item: Burst Bubble
• New item: Armor Vacuum
• New item: EOD Heavy Suit
• New item: Power Armor
• New item: Weather Machine
• (Two additional Items, the Grapple Hook and Bounty Note, are present in the test range. These will be implemented in a future update.)

• Power Saw weapon:
  • Removed small knockback impulse from projectile impact
• Rocket Pistol weapon:
  • RPM 120>100
  • Radius 100>125
  • Base projectile damage 50>35
• Incinerator weapon:
  • New alternate function: Alt-fire launches a projectile with minimal damage and high knockback.
• Mine Launcher weapon:
  • RPM 65>120
• Machine Gun weapon:
  • Turret mode base damage 24>18

• Spray Can item:
  • Range 1000>750 (this actually makes it more reliable at close range)
• Bowling Bomb item:
  • Impact damage 25>20 (full damage combo goes from 100 to 95)
• Steel Trap item:
  • "Set" damage 100>75, "throw" damage 50>35
• Phase Watch item:
  • Invincibility duration 7>5s
• Mutator Barrel stage hazard:
  • Increased the velocity Barrels are pushed by instances of basic damage
• "Painted" generic effect now briefly covers your center field of view
  • This effect fades much quicker than the overall peripheral vision effects
• "Electrified" generic effect damage vulnerability 50%>35%
• "Gravity" generic effect (from Pickup Portal and Explosive mutator barrel effect) now adds a 20% damage vulnerability for it's short duration
• "Hacked" generic effect:
  • Reduces max armor by 50%
  • Prevents item usage

• A popup has been added to the crosshair HUD indicating when the player is swap-locked or item-locked.
• Icons have been added to damage popups indicating a precision hit and whether the damage is higher or lower than normal, taking all factors into consideration

Classical Caliber Combat Contest is the 'kart racer of arena shooters', developed and published by Secret Handshake Interactive. We are preparing to release a free demo version of the game, complete with singleplayer and multiplayer gameplay, containing a carefully crafted selection of the full game's content. On May 22nd, players will get access to the limited demo version of C4, which they can play offline against bots or online against platform friends. This version contains a curated set of the full game's weapons, maps, modes, modifiers, and NPC bots. Fan favorite elements such as the Rocket Launcher and Radiation Rifle will make an appearance, as well as rising stars such as the Shell Compactor. Battle on the classic Playhouse arena, or mix it up with the strategic, randomized Contest mode. To keep up to date with the development of C4, join our Discord! You can further support development by becoming a Patreon supporter. Secret Handshake Interactive is brought to you by players like you. Thank you.