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Name

 Balloonatics 

 

Developer

 BitCutter Studios Inc. 

 

Publisher

 BitCutter Studios Inc. 

 

Tags

 Indie 

 Strategy 

 

Simulation 

 

Singleplayer 

 

Multiplayer 

 

 Early Access 

Release

 2018-02-13 

 

Steam

 € £ $ / % 

 

News

 21 

 

Controls

 Keyboard 

 

 Mouse 

 

Players online

 0 

 

Steam Rating

 n/a 

Steam store

 https://store.steampowered.com/app/744600 

 

SteamSpy

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Owners

 0 .. 20,000 +/-  

 

Players - Since release

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Players - Last 2 weeks

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Average playtime (forever)

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 0 

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 0 

Public Linux depots

 Balloonatics Linux [1.69 G] 




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Patch 4



Bots are on the way, but first we wanted to implement some changes to gameplay that we have been developing with our community of players. It was important for us to get these changes in before finishing bots.

Gameplay Changes


  • Shooting While Driving - Players can now grab and use weapons, throw items, and load/shoot the slingshot, all while driving.
  • Weapon Rack - There is now a rack in the player's basket to hold collected weapons, making it easier to grab weapons while driving. Players are now limited to 3 items at a time. This results in weapons being used more frequently, less stockpiling, and overall much faster and fluent gameplay.
  • Basket Sizes - Baskets are no longer sized to your play space in VR. All baskets are the same and allow for both standing and room scale VR play. Everything is reachable and feels much better in VR.
  • New Tutorial - We have created a new tutorial to help new and existing players better understand these new gameplay features.
  • Slingshot Loading - Slingshot can be quick-loaded/unloaded with the weapon you are carrying or with a spike ball from your ball rack in non-VR. Items can be dropped onto slingshot to load in VR, and grabbed again to unload.


Weapons

  • Darwin's weapon now locks onto a target before you fire. Look at a target with your laser eye, and once it locks on you can fire your missile and it will chase down the target.
  • Klause's ice now melts faster when freezing fans.
  • All exploadable weapons now have an improved splash damage algorithm. This includes Darwins Missile, Merves Banana Bombs, Bazooka and Air Mines.
  • Saws now have a trail when shot, making it easier to see where they go.
  • Weapons that have ammo will be dropped once empty, immediately freeing up your weapon rack slot.


Controller Support and Rebinding

  • Full Controller Support with editable bindings
  • Editable key bindings when using keyboard/mouse


General Improvements

  • UI Basket screen buttons animated on hover.
  • UI sliders in VR now improved and match controllers pointer position as you drag.
  • Projectile shooting and item throwing physics accuracy improved.
  • Scoreboard improved (consistent layout and team colors)
  • Local settings now take priority over steam cloud settings.
  • VR players now positioned correctly when driving.


Removal of 32-Bit Support

According to the Steam hardware reports for Balloonatics, every single player is running a 64-bit operating system. With that in mind, we've decided to remove 32-bit support for the game and release only 64-bit builds. This will speed up our testing and release process and allow us to make 64-bit specific performance optimizations. If there is any interest we may consider adding 32-bit support back as we get closer to leaving early access.


We'd love your feedback on these changes. Visit our steam community or join us on discord: https://discord.gg/9g94UV


[ 2018-08-10 00:11:02 CET ] [ Original post ]