Hey all! Sorry for the delay with this update, been working on my next game (check it out here). This is a huge update though and I'm super excited to release it.

Capes are back!

Capes haven't been in the game for a while, but finally they're back
I've designed loads of awesome capes, including bringing back the super exclusive top 100 cape for the top 100 worldwide Paint Warfare players :) This is probably the rarest item in the game, and in general I want capes to be rare.

Potions

Introducing potions! Potions give you a special boost for a life and you can buy them in bundles of 10. For now theres's 3 potions in the game:

• Anti-gravity potion: - this one's mostly for fun, it makes you jump super high and feel like you're in space
• Regeneration potion: - gives you a slight health regeneration boost
• XP potion: - doubles your XP, stacks with the supporter double XP boost

Ability Upgrades

You can now upgrade most abilities to level 6 or 10 now. Upgrades include increasing the duration of the invisibility boost, dashing further, or making the grapple hook pull you more! Each upgrade is just a slight buff for now (but this may change in the future).

Balancing

[olist]

Nerfed the rocket launcher. Its reload speed is now double as long (5s instead of 2.5) [/olist]

Polish and bug fix

• Decreased game size to under 1GB
• Fixed bugs with maps
• Added a pop up advertising my upcoming game
• Changed the russian and english tutorial voice over to reflect auto sprint being on by default
• Fixed a bug that caused the UI for active invisibility/ half shield ability to not be visisble
• Fixed a bug that caused purchasing weapon skins to fail sometimes
• UI improvements
• Fixed a pricing issue with coins, basically the casket of coins is a better deal now
• You now get 25% more coins than before on sack, casket and chest of coins
• Fixed a bug that caused the under water area to be broken in the tutorial level

[ 2025-02-03 08:20:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

Paint Warfare was at PAX and SXSW Australia last week. I noticed a couple issues and bugs which I fixed over a couple updates :) 1.32.2

• Player effects are now disabled in first person
• Buffed all rocket jumping with explosives
• Fixed models in Mafia Island

1.32.3

• Fixed burst/palas gun model
• Fixed mine launcher model
• Fixed missing models in Dragon Valley
• Fixed a bug where the teleport orb was invisible
• Fixed microtransactions
• Fixed the game end leaderboard from being hidden in the Airfield map

1.32.4

• Can now double click in the armoury or cosmetics menu to equip/buy
• Added a pop up for capturing points in point capture mode
• Made the health bar bigger and clearer
• Added auto sprint
• Slide is now bound to shift by default and the walk key is control. If you played since before this update, your controls should be unaffected
• Improved a bug where asian translations would be simply white squares. This still exists but the game should be more usable now
• Fixed bugs with changing languages
• Implemented 1.32.2, 1.32.3 changes in macOS builds ---> so macOS now has all the fixes like everyone else

More updates soon... Thanks for playing

[ 2024-10-18 07:15:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Fixed bugs some people experienced with purchasing coins

[ 2024-09-24 20:29:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

I added a new kind of cosmetic called player trails/effects which look super awesome Fixes

• Lots of bug fixes to cosmetics menu
• Fixed a bug that allowed you to rejoin hunger games to respawn after you died
• Added fullscreen mode to options
• Other fixes and improvements

[ 2024-08-30 02:48:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello! The hunger games mode needed some love so that was the focus for this update.

Hunger Games Changes

• Made a huge completely new map for hunger games
• Added healing zones
• Buffed HP from 300 to 500
• Added hunger games to the map rotation so its easier to play
• Improved spectating

9 New Ranks

For a lot of the more experienced players, there's now a lot more for you to unlock! I've added 9 more ranks with 2 free hats and a lot of coins. Rank 29 is super hard to get to but if you do you'll finally be able to unlock the snowball machine gun in game! A splash damage machine gun.

Other Improvements

• Flamethrowers now leave fire FX on the ground
• Fixed freeze gun particle (was not spawning before)
• Buffed med kit heal size by x2
• For other players, when they use grapple hooks the rope will now follow the player instead of staying where the grapple was originally started
• Improved the huts in Mafia Island

[ 2024-08-26 01:41:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

Changes

• Buffed kingfisher at super close quarters
• Fixed rank up screen for new players
• Nerfed jetpack 15s --> 8s
• Fixed a missing building in airfield
• Fixed a bug with hats on the banana skin
• Fixed a bug where KOTH maps would show as FFA in map vote

[ 2024-08-12 13:09:54 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fixes:

• Fixed bugs that caused shadows and lighting to not render properly since 1.30.0
• Removed the AO setting in graphics settings. This option is now automatically turned off on lower graphics settings (like before) and uses a more optimized version on default graphics settings
• Lower graphics settings now use more optimized water
• Fixed a bug that caused the key bind tips (for beginners) to be broken
• Fixed a bug that caused weapons that are locked to be equippable
• Added butterflies (In castle map)
• Fixed leaderboard bug that prevented some top players from showing up in leaderboards

[ 2024-08-12 07:40:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

Heya

New Map: Palace!

Introducing palacea map set in the ruins of a billionaire's mansion.

New Gamemode: King Of the Hill

• Palace is the first map to be king of the hill
• It's basically FFA BUT
• There's a hot zone that gives you crazy amounts of points, and it changes location ever 45 seconds

Dunes Reworks

I've finally overhauled the OG map




Basically I've made it 1.5x bigger and added lots of new areas and 3 huge cranes you can climb. I'm super proud of it so check it out!

Reworked Movement

If you liked the new movement, you'll LOVE the new movement. There's 2 general changes in the way the movement works. 1. Added momentum Now every action you take, like dashing, grappling, using speed boosts/ramps builds momentum. Basically what this means is you can keep your super fast speed for a while instead of it instantly going away. Momentum is also used in slides now so your slide speed is based on how fast you were going before. 2. Reworked the abilities

• Buffed the dash duration and made it more consistent
• Completely overhauled the grapple hook. It's now a swing instead of pulling you towards a target (you can still grapple to the roof use it to build momentum). This differentiates it from jetpack more.
• The jetpack now slowly builds up speed instead of instantly making you fly. This means that if you're falling and you use it it will take a while to break your fall. Also if you use it long enough you can fly really fast up.
• Buffed jetpack duration 5s > 15s

Fixed Coin Purchasing

Buying coins has been broken for the past few updatesI've finally gotten around to fixing it. So uh yeah- I can finally make money from Paint Warfare xD Coins are also super cheap now :)

Other

• New ingame leaderboard that shows player's ranks
  
• A lot of new VFX
• New player respawn shield VFX
  
• New grapple rope visuals
• Added a hook to the end of the grapple rope
• Paint splatters last 4x longer and are bigger (they're also more optimised now)
• Added scorch marks after explosions
  
• Minor blizzard map improvements
• FPS and network optimisations
• New launch screen
• Fixed pink box on the Burst gun
• Fixed a bug that would cause the audio to be super low quality on Bluetooth headphones
• New map icons
• Fixed menu screen performance by removing 3D icons

[ 2024-08-12 01:11:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

Kingfisher Rework:

• Made the kingfisher barrel bigger so it looks more like a shotgun to new players
• It now has kickback so you can shoot it at your feet to jump up higher

New options:

• Added keybinds for weapon switching
• Added an option to disable/enable AO (shadows in the corners of objects)
• Added an option to enable motion blur
• Added an option to add a slight blur to your hands/when using sights (which I think looks nice)

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug where the ability/weapon equip menus were completely broken and nothing could be equipped
• Fixed a bug where joining a game by code would join the wrong game
• Reduced the brightness of Koto and other maps
• Fixed a bug where paint and kick splatters wouldn't show on top of some objects
• Fixed a bug where the removed snowball machine gun would leave pink boxes where it shot
• Fixed a bug where 3D icons wouldnt load in the cosmetics tab

[ 2024-07-05 07:29:20 CET ] [ Original post ]

New Menu

The Paint Warfare Menu hasn't changed much since the game released into early access in 2019. It had a lot of issueslike for example it wasn't clear to new users how to equip/unlock different guns and abilities. So I've spent a lot of time redesigning and organising everything better:




There's a lot more of course... Another cool change is that when there is a new game modifier, a short description of it pops up for a few seconds to help new players.

Equip 3 Guns At Once

Paint Warfare has rocket/grenade jumping (which is a really awesome mechanic) and I want this to be available to you no matter what your loadout is. So that's why I've created a new "Explosives" weapon class so you can switch between one of 3 weapons you have equiped. (NEW) Change Gun/Ability in Pause Menu

Reduced Coin Prices

• 300 coins [$3.99 USD ---> $0.99 USD]
• 1000 coins [$4.99 USD ---> $2.99 USD]
• 2300 coins [$9.99 USD] ---> 2500 coins [$5.99 USD]
• 5500 coins (NEW) [$11.99 USD]

You can now do more with your coins....

• Reduced the price of Abilities from 150 coins to 100 coins to make them easier to unlock without paying

Koto is now Team Deathmatch

Capture the flag wasn't very fun on Koto from testing so I've decided to make it a team deathmatch map. Hopefully this makes the map more popular as I think its super well suited for vertical movement. :)

Other

• Added bots option to custom games
• Fixed UI bug on AMD GPUs
• Reinvested a bunch of money into some new assetsadded a completely new water shader and birds on Mafia Island. The castle map also now has some ice on it
• Added a new cursor
• Added new screen VFX for burning, frozen and healing
• Player names are now based on Steam username
• Fixed issues with the keybind menu breaking and hidden UI
• Added a trampoline on the top of one of the towers in the castle map
• Other bug fixes and improvements

[ 2024-07-04 06:08:58 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug where the screen would keep tilting up when sprinting/getting kills
• Fixed various bugs on the new City Ruins map
• Buffed the black hole gun
• Nerfed the flare gun
• Improved the game chat filter to reduce false positives

[ 2023-12-03 01:50:35 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug where the coin sale and bundle were not purchasable
• Fixed a bug where the spoon was equippable in the ingame weapon selector

[ 2023-12-02 03:35:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey all, this is a super massive update I put together over the past week as a thank you to you guys for sticking around through the lack of updates in my exam. This update was released in two parts (but I'm writing this announcement now) so you may have already noticed some of the changes!

MAPS

City Ruins Map

Introducing a new Point Capture map!


Fight building to building on the most vertical map yet! Its based on the apocalyptic decaying ruins of a metropolis.

Map improvements

Improved all of the existing maps with some new stunning vegetation, flowers and bushes :)

WEAPONS

Flare Gun

Introducing the flare gun, a very powerful secondary explosive gun

• It has a slightly smaller blast radius than the launcher, but sets enemies on fire and has a faster fire rate
• It's also useful for grenade jumping! Shoot at your feet to get launched up, or jump and shoot at a wall to get launched sideways.

Black Hole Gun

• The black hole gun is also an explosive gun, but works pretty differently to the other explosives in the game
• Left click to fire a black hole, and right click after you've thrown it to freeze it wherever it is
• From there it will suck in and trap enemies. It can be escaped by running if you're not too close or grapple/dash
• After 5 seconds it explodes killing everyone in its radius, but be careful as it works on you too!
• Useful for protecting flags, bases or areas

Gun Reworks

Banana Gun

• You can now right click to rapid fire the banana gun (it's a lot less accurate at long range though

Freeze Gun

• Fixed a bug that caused the recoil to go crazy and make it un usable

Burst

• No more camera shake/recoil on this gun either

Mine launcher

• Now deals 2X more damage

ABILITIES

Voodoo Doll

This is an always active ability. When you are damaged, your opponent takes 22% of the damage they deal to you, which lends you the advantage in every gun fight :)

Ammo Kit

This ability works super similarly to the med-kit in that it's excellent in both free for all and team modes (and in fact you can equip both the med kit and ammo kit!).

• All allied players within its radius are granted a massive 1.5X fire rate and reload speed boost

NEW RANKING

You'll now rank faster because only a small proportion of players get to the final ranks and experience everything the game has to offer. There's now 20 ranks instead of 15 (with less XP per rank). - Your rank may change/increase this update based on the total amount of XP you have.

Other

• New winter menu and music
• New directional walk animations
• Improved Russian, Spanish and Portuguese translations significantly

Bugs and polish

• Strengthened the anti cheat measures
• Coop minigame renamed to co-op for clarity
• Added a tutorial for buying/equipping abilities
• Fixed a bug where every ability was unlocked in the respawning armoury
• The water gun/pressure washer stream now always faces forward
• Fixed a bug with the smoke/bubble grenade where throwing it at your feet midair would cause it to explode on your feet
• Fixed a bug with the costume (DLC) equipping in the armoury where it would get reset each time you loaded into the menu
• Fixed a bug that caused the fire and freeze gun effects to not be applied
• The maps shown in the map votes will now show up slightly more evenly

Holiday Coins Sale

Finally...one last note
To celebrate the holiday season, until next update I've dropped the prices of all coins by 60%, which means (if you really wanted to) you could unlock every weapon skin in the game right now for $6.40 ;) As always, enjoy the update & head on over to our discord server!

[ 2023-11-30 09:43:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone, here's another big patch! Next update will be a pretty awesome content update. 1.28.3 Changelog:

• Localised coin pricing (coins are now cheaper/more reasonably priced for people in Australia, brittain, etc.)
• Added 3 new achievements
• New art for all achievements
• New streamer/recording options in settings!
  • You can now enable/disable ingame UI. All thats visible is a square crosshair which can be edited out by overlaying a white square with 50% opacity
  • You can now enable/disable player name tags
• Fixed the ingame global leaderboard
• Your place in the world is also now displayed in the stats in your profile
• Slight improvements to the armoury
• Fixed a bug where the controls options menu would open scrolled fully down
• Added a new translation system
• Added a cool new effect where the speed of the game slows down 8 seconds before it ends
• Fixed a bug where voting for the castle map wouldn't disable the buttons for voting for other maps
• Improved the DLC banner UI
• Fixed various UI bugs
• Fixed more out of map bugs in the castle map

[ 2023-11-16 06:08:20 CET ] [ Original post ]

1.28.1 Patch Notes

• You can now shoot through the fan columns in the castle map
• Fixed various Russian translations
• Fixed various out of map bugs in the Castle map
• The teleporter gun will now be less likely to be able to teleport you into walls
• Fixed shotgun spread patterns
• Fixed the random snapping of the AK when un scoping
• Fixed the recoil patterns of the AK while scoped
• Reworked player/camera animations to be less jarring
• The fans in the Castle map no longer cancel gliding
• Added 35 game tips to the connecting screen
• Fixed a bug on the mini gun where you wouldnt be able to aim straight down while recoiling
• Fixed the key binds menu
• Fixed the chat re-bind keybind
• Fixed the team re balancing logic so you will no longer be randomly switching teams when re spawning
• Made a nice UI to show the next gun in the gun game mini game

1.28.2 Patch Notes

• Fixed a bug where the shop timer for hats and skins would reset to 8 minutes every time you re opened the shop
• You can now buy any hat at any time in the armoury
• The hat section in the shop has been reworked, so that instead of being able to buy 1 hat per day, you get an offer for a 20% discount on a particular hat
• Aiming straight down with the launcher will now shoot down instead of exploding on your feet
• Walking up to a wall and shooting the launcher will no longer allow the launcher bullet to phase through the wall
• If you quit during the tutorial, you will now be given the option to replay the tutorial when you re open the game
• Fixed connection issues
• Improved the loading screens in between maps or menus
• Improved DLC selection screen
• Fixed the black screen bug
• Fixed bugs with coin buying where they would occasionally not be granted
• Improved english tutorial voice lines
• Completely overhauled the tutorial
• Added progress bars to both tutorials

[ 2023-11-08 23:55:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone! It's been a while since the last big update...and that's because I've been hard at work polishing up the game and implementing a bunch of really small features/ bug fixes It's time for another huge content update!

New Map: Castle

The screenshots really don't do this map justicethe amount of detail I put into this one is incredible :) Play Capture the Flag on two sides of the same castle! There's huge verticality, bridges, hideouts, and parts of some towers are even enterable! Other

• I've also bumped the number of maps in the map vote to 6 to accomadate

2 new Abilities

Hardened Bullet

This is a new always active passive ability

• The first bullet of the mag deals 1.5X damage. For example, the damage for the AK is something like [48, 23, 23, 23 etc]. For the shotgun pistol, one of the pellets is randomly chosen to do 1.5X damage
• Overall it's a pretty unique ability, there will be more abilities soon that modify game rules or centre around combat rather than movement. Let me know on the Paint Warfare Discord if you have ideas!

Med Kit

• This replaces the old 'Heal' ability with something that's also useful for cooperation team-based modes. If you bought the old heal ability, you'll have this automatically unlocked
• You can throw the medkit down to your feet (instantly drops) or anywhere you like
• It deals a small explosion where it drops where it heals 30HP for you/teammates in the radius
• It then heals 10HP every second for 8 seconds for you/teammates standing in the radius
• So essentially if you see one of your allies are low, you can throw the medkit at them and heal them :)

Overhauled: Glider

The glider has been due for an overhaul for ages, it's been hardly used because it was weak and it also wasn't very fun to use.

• Momentum: if you fly downwards for long/fast enough, you build up momentum in your glider which you can use to fly up really fast as well
• Buffed the overall speed of the glider
• Added wind SFX depending on the speed, and the camera now zooms slightly depending on how fast you're going
  

Overhauled: Radar

• The radar was very weak, so now on top of showing enemies through walls, it now displays directional arrows around your crosshair to reveal nearby enemies to you

Overhauled: Super Speed Boots

• Super speed boots now increase speed while midair as well

New Map Feature: Giant Fans

This was the suggestion of some of the members on our community Paint Warfare Discord Server. I've only added it to the new castle map for the time being.

Polish & Bug Fixes

• Reworked a lot of the code base to minimise bugs and speed up future development time
• Fixed the consistency of double jumpingsometimes double jumping would not always work
• Fixed the glider not activating correctly
• Fixed the equip buttons not updating in the respawn armoury when changing from primary -> secondary weapons
• New quality option: Max (increases shadow rendering distance and makes them look a lot nicer by smoothing them)
• Smaller bug fixes

[ 2023-09-25 08:02:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fixes

• Fixed performance issues
• New invert Y/X mouse options
• Organised keybinds menu
  
• New curated featured video feature to support Paint Warfare creators
  
• Fixed the grapple being "locked" respawn armoury
• Fixed a bug where the ingame pause/options menu would become broken and not show up
• Fixed some interactions in the menu so you can use the [esc] key to exit more menues

How to get your video featured

I feature quality videos I genuinely likethey can be in any language Paint Warfare supports and I'll show it to that game audience. Most likely I'll find it on youtube but if you've made something you're genuinely proud of, send it in the Discord server or email it to me and I'll check it out! alex@paintwarfare.com

Other news

I've been pretty busy doing a lot of freelance work and studying for exams recently so I apologise that the patches have been small incremental improvements. My goal is to get the game into a super polished, bug-free state at the moment so we can grow our player base and then I'll add features :) However, some exciting news is that I'll be dropping 1-2 new maps later this week

[ 2023-09-18 00:43:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fixed XP and Coin bug

• Fixed a critical bug some people experienced on the last update that prevented XP/coins from being earnt

Other changes

• Fixed tutorial loading/ respawn bugs/ polish
• Optimized game size
• Added an ingame FPS counter in game options
• Fixed a bug that would cause the match timer to break when loading
• Fixed a bug that caused the health bar to get stuck on a red colour
• Fixed a bug with Fast/Super fast graphics settings on Apple Silicon macs that caused a grey screen
• Fixed a visual bug that caused the in-match weapon switcher weapon to show up in the map
• Typing in chat while in the pause menu no longer triggers the button hotkeys
• Fixed a rendering bug that caused the Galaxy skin and Blaze skin to show up in the menu on the player (even if it wasn't unlocked)
• You can no longer shoot team mate turrets
• Fixed team rebalancing
• Added DirectX12 and Vulkan rendering support (Improves rendering performance on modern GPUs)

[ 2023-09-13 11:39:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

Changelog

• Reduced lag significantly - network usage reduced by 30-40%
• Fixed black screen bug
• Improved flamethrower VFX
• Fixed colliders in the Train Yard map
• Fixed the team rebalancing logic
• Improved chat filter
• Fixed minor bugs with juggernaut mode
• Optimised and fixed crashes caused by spamming the railgun

[ 2023-09-10 22:36:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Fixed a critical bug that caused the match timer to start on 10 seconds
• Improved various translations
• Fixed some crashes
• Various bug fixes and improvements

[ 2023-08-29 12:20:36 CET ] [ Original post ]

Improved language support

• Added support for 17 new languages
• Reworked the tutorial to be easier to understand on all languages
• New language switcher in options
• Added player nametag font support for all languages

Respawn Screen

• Fixed the profile picture display in the respawn screen
• The respawn screen now also shows the weapon used to kill you
• Nametags of players now properly face the respawn screen

Polish and bug fix

• When your teammates are damaged or heal in POINT/TDM/CTF, you will temporarily be able to see their health
• In POINT/TDM/CTF allies and enemies nametags will now be labeled "Ally" or "Enemy" to help new players and quickly distinguish between the two
• DLC buy buttons now display the localized pricing instead of USD
• Fixed the XP bar at the end of matches
• New credits screen
• You can now shoot through the glass in the Train Yard map
• Fixed strange behaviour when the game ends and you are in the respawn armoury
• Fixed the spamming of shoot and footstep SFX in the game end screen

[ 2023-08-27 23:52:44 CET ] [ Original post ]

Teams modes improvements (TDM, CFT, Point Capture)

• Teams now auto rebalance if the teams get too unfair
• Fixed visual bugs with your flag appearing as the enemy flag while respawning/enemy flag appearing as your flag
• Fixed a visual bug that could cause enemies to appear as allies the first time you spawn into a teams game

Better respawn screen

• Made a cleaner-looking respawning screen that now displays your enemy's Steam profile picture (if they have one) and their health

Bigger map votes

• Map vote size 4 --> 5

Kill streaks in chat

• Show off when you're on a roll and gang up on the top player

And more!

• Fixed a visual bug in the armoury that made 'no hat' appear as locked
  
• Various fixes and other improvements

[ 2023-08-10 01:43:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

I'm really excited for this update because this small feature will add so many more possibilities to how you play the game!

New Custom Games Options

(Almost) infinite ways to mess around with your game now, here's how to create a custom game:

Here are some cool ideas to get the ball rolling

Midget Warfare

• 2.5X movement speed
• 0.4X size

No jumping no abilities

• 3X Gravity
• 0.5X Jump force
• No abilities

Classic Paint Warfare

• 0.8X movement speed
• 2X Gravity modifier
• 2X Jump force modifier (these two combined make jumping quicker)
• 100 HP
• No abilities

Skill / Aim training

• 2X movement speed
• 3X Gravity modifier
• 3X Jump force modifier (these two combined make jumping quicker)
• No abilities
• Sniper only
• 0.7X player size
• 1.5X fire rate

Along with this change, custom games (if they're set to public) will now display in the map list. If you uncheck public it can only be joined with the code.

Bug Fix

• You now get XP in custom games
• More invisibility particles
• Fixed bugs with custom games from the last update
• Fixed a bug that caused burst weapons to resume bursting when switching back to them
• You can now see when players kick in third person
• Fixed health bar in hunger games spectate
• New menu music song
• Fixed a bug where the shoot sounds would keep playing while paused or the game ended

[ 2023-08-03 10:44:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

Changes:

• Fixed unlocking various achievements
• Fixed steam leaderboard & friends leaderboard
• Spoons no longer automatically fire
• Fixed bugs with oranges & kills exploits with turrets
• Fixed bugs with rocks in Blizzard
• Fixes to throwing the bubble grenade/ damage
• Invisibility particles are now more prominent
• Fixed the Radar ability

I'm currently preparing for my final exams so the update release schedule is slowed for the next month. Please bear with me

[ 2023-07-29 08:04:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

Added new ability: Half Shield

• This brand new ability protects you from the front from paintballs, kicks, spoons, you name it! Keep in mind you still take damage from behind :)

New Changes

• Added FOV slider
• More backups! Coins, all weapon skins and hats are now backed up so you will never lose them
• Buffed every weapon by 5-15% to increase TTK
• The player camera no longer looks around in the pause menu/options menu ingame
• Removed aim smoothing

[ 2023-07-21 12:27:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

Wassup gamers! Welcome back, this one brings a new map, improvements to the tutorial and some general polish steamhappy

Train Yard Map

[previewyoutube=zxuFKcwtDt4;full][/previewyoutube] Introducing a new mapTrain yard! This one is slightly smaller than the Koto map and is the first map to combine indoor combat in hallways with an open huge map where you can experience the movement to its fullest!

Better Ranking

Tutorial Improvements

It seemed the tutorial was valuable in teaching new players the movement, so I spent a lot of time this update improving it for new players

• Fixed bugs with the maps and double jumping
• Shortened the voice lines in the tutorial to make it more straightforward
• New UIs
• The second stage of the tutorial is now in the Mafia Island map to allow new players to experience the entirety of the game's movement

Improvements & Polish

• Camera shake can now be disabled in game options
• Clearer UI that you can't shoot teammates
• The bubble grenade and flamethrower now shows damage number popups when damaging enemies
• The game chat now remains visible in the game end and map vote screen
• Fixed a bug where both teams would keep getting points at the end of Point Capture games
• Made a new UI for picking up powerups/ drops from enemies when they die
• Make the hitbox for powerups larger
• Buffed the Akimbo pistols and pressure washer
• Fixed a bug that caused points to not be multiplied depending on your place in FFA

[ 2023-07-17 02:41:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

I wanted to make the game less buggy so I've went through and fixed a bunch of bugs you guys reported on our Discord server.

Changes:

• Fixed rock clipping exploits
• Explosives no longer damage teammates
• Teammates now properly show up as blue in Point Capture
• Added all the new weapons into the kill feed so they will display properly
• Added new change of language UI in options
• Fixed a bug that caused all the ranks to display at once in the profile
• Fixed Kingfisher SFX not playing
• Flamethrower now unlocks at Rank 1
• Oranges and explosives now destroy turrets
• Fixed a bug that caused explosives to explode multiple times, lagging the server
• Fixed loading issues & save issue
• The enemy that killed you is not highlighted through walls in the respawn screeen
• Added a player trail when dashing
• Added third-person tracers
• Fixed daily challenges
• The spoon is now the final gun in the gun game mode

[ 2023-07-14 08:47:00 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello people! Welcome back, this one brings a new gun, but most of the focus was brought to fixing some pressing issues and a bug that broke the game completely for a lot of people.

Fixed Game Breaking Bug

A couple of you encountered a bug where the game would become completely unplayable and no functionality would work.
The main menu with the "Dev" tag, coin and level counter broken
All maps stuck on "connecting" and not joining

• This bug is due to a corrupted save file. As the game grows, stuff like this can happen to people, so I've implemented a new save file recovery/backup system
  
• Also added a lot of redundancy in saving games and connecting which should avoid issues

New Gun: Flamethrower

I wanted to add some more beginner weapons, so this update I'm adding a flamethrower!
Similar to the freeze gun, it gives the enemy a debuff when you hit them, except instead of freezing the enemy in place, it sets them on fire, making them more visible and dealing 5 damage every 0.5s for 2.5s.

Rebalancing

AK (Snake)

• Buff: Increased accuracy
• Buff: Decreased the spray pattern intensity

Sniper

• Nerf: Lengthened reload time by 60%

Thundergn (Railgun)

• The thundergun no longer one-shots enemies (but deals devastating damage 150 > 100)
• Not only does it reflect, but now it both freezes your enemy in place and sets them on fire at the same time
• This paired with its use for movement makes it incredibly fun to use and sets it apart from the Sniper

Pressure Washer

• Buff: Increased damage by 15%

Jetpack Ability

• Buff: Increased duration by 2 seconds

Fixed Voice Chat

Voice chat wasn't getting a lot of use and I realised it was because it didn't work steamfacepalm

• Voice chat is now more reliable and works
• Voice chat volume auto adjusts to bring loud noises down and quiet speaking up

Weapon Skins Synced Between Devices

• Both hats and weapon skins now sync between devices via Steam cloud. If you had 2 different collections, it will now merge them.

Others

• Fixed achievements and the global leaderboard. It was broken last update.
• New invisibility ability model in the Armoury
• Buying a hat or a gun skin in the shop now automatically refills it with another
• Removed some monetization like the bundle. I want to focus on gameplay
• Improved debuff UI
• Shortened match times to just over 6 minutes
• Improved scrolling in the Options menu, Map select & Profile
• Fixed a bug that caused the armoury to get stuck when ranking up
• More stylized (and hopefully nicer looking) pressure washer water beam
  

[ 2023-07-13 17:05:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Fixed a bug where the weapon skin select UI (in the main armory) would not be visible to some players

[ 2023-07-11 03:50:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fixes

• The Mine Launcher and Freeze gun wouldn't equip properly because they were swapped. This is now fixed
• Fixed some buttons not playing the new SFX

AK Balance Changes

• The AK fire rate has been reduced (11 > 9 shots / s), but the damage has increased (11 > 16 damage), overall its time to kill is now noticeably faster (1.24s > 1s) and you have to land less shots correctly to kill making tap firing more viable
• Changed recoil pattern, I want this to be the most "classic" feeling gun, similar to other FPS games like Valorant or CSGO
• Using sights now negates the recoil pattern entirely, making the AK a very solid choice for both close-range and long range
• Decreased random inaccuracy while aiming so its just as accurate as the sniper

I hope the AK sees more use as a result of these changes

Shop / DLC Changes

Thank you to everyone who bought the weapon skin + hat bundle early, we raised about 60 bucks which has helped me buy some new assets and tools to bring more maps and content out to you faster. Unfortunately, it was cannibalizing the sales of coins so I've bumped the small bundle price to $3 (from $1) and big one to $6 (from $4). It's still a steal of a deal tho

• $3 bundle 2.26x value (compared to $4 of coins) & you can choose your rewards
• $6 bundle 4.44x value

[ 2023-07-09 04:54:15 CET ] [ Original post ]

Aloha! Ya'll loved the last content update, but it was time to do some quick quality of life work on the game to polish up the small details

Swap Weapons In Game

Y'all asked, I delivered. Hot tip: use /die in chat to respawn and quickly change weapons

Player Chat Bubbles

I thought this would be a funny idea for comedic value/ memes. Anything you type in the chat will now display above your head in a little bubble

Streamlined UI and User Experience

Most of my work this update has actually been around streamlining the process for new players (so you guys can get more full lobbies)

• Removed the in-game tutorial
  • The reason for this is because 99% of the people who download Paint Warfare already know how to play an FPS game and want to jump straight into a game as quickly as possible instead of enduring a 10 minute tutorial
  • Instead I'm favouring a quicker learn-as-you-go approach, teaching new players abilities, sliding, sprinting and climbing through relevant tooltips as you play the game. We'll see how this goes!
• Made the initial menus a breeze
  • The system language is now automatically detected and the game is set to that language (but there still will be a language selector)
  • Simplified initial menus & improved their design
  • The nickname of new players now defaults to their Steam nickname
  • All of the menu buttons are now available immediately to new members originally I didn't want to overwhelm new players with a load of menus, so I hid stuff like the global leaderboard, quit button (lmao) and shop, but it confused new players more than it helped

Stuff that affects you

• Better button SFX
• 300% faster startup time
• Improvements to various UIs and menus
• Better map loading splash screens

Other

• If you had issues with your game (like it being stuck on rank 1 , 1,500 coins, not joining games etc.) this is now fixed
• Point capture SFX
• Reworked the /help command
• Side ingame HUD for equipped weapons
• Icons to display more info on Abilities in the armoury
• New icon for weapons that support an alt fire in the armoury
• Buffed the AK
• The Bubble grenade will no longer show up in gun game
• Optimised the bubble grenade significantly now runs 400% faster
• New screen effect when frozen by freeze gun
• The death first person spectation of players in Hunger Games now also goes up and down as they look up and down
• New systems to prevent corrupted save files
• Patched some out of map exploits

[ 2023-07-08 15:06:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

Howdy gamers! Welcome back, I've had this one planned for a while and I'm so hyped to release this update to y'all steamhappy

NEW MAP: Airfield

Introducing Paint Warfare's most intricate and biggest map based on an abandoned military air base!

NEW GAME MODE: Point Capture

This game mode has been planned for months and it's probably one of my favourite modes in the game right nowup there with Capture the Flag.

• You get put in one of two teams
• You rush to take control of as many points as possible with your teams and try hold them at once
• The more bases you hold, the more points you gain. If the enemy even partially tries to uncapture your base, you stop getting points from it

Koto Changes

The Koto map didn't see many players, and it was unsuited for FFA as I originally designed it with Capture the Flag in mind. Over the next couple updates, I want to put more focus on Team modes and playing with friends, and we needed some more maps in the Team based modes.

• Shrunk and reworked the Koto map slightly, reduced the number of trees and vegetation for visibility
• The Koto map has been removed from FFA and it is now Capture the Flag (which I feel suits it better)

Bubble Grenade Changes

If you missed it, last update I made the bubble grenade do tick damage in its radius (~10 damage/second) I've made some more changes to it in this update to make it more useful

• It will now damage bots in the coop minigame
• It no longer deals damage to team mates

[ 2023-07-04 12:38:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey hey hey! Here's a quick patch based on your feedback over the past few days steamhappy

Bubble grenade rework

The bubble grenade deals tick damage in a small radius (shown above)! Changes:

• Decreased bubble grenade size by 30%, the bubbles are denser now however, which makes it more useful as a smokescreen
• Enemies entering a bubble grenade smoke take 10 damage per second

Weapon buffs

Some weapons weren't seeing as much use as I'd hoped, so I've made some buffs Changes:

• Minigun is now 30% more accurate
• Increased Frenzy mag size (12 > 18)
• Increased ACR damage (25 > 50)
• Increased Banana Gun damage (37 > 60)
• Increased Launcher blast radius (8 > 11)

Other

• Fixed the AK scope
• Increased footstep volume
• Sped up ranking significantly, especially in later ranks
• You can now preview hats and skins in the coins shop, and made various other improvements. Coins and DLC purchases are how I pay for server costs, so I improved the user experience of those who choose support the game <3

Enjoy the update!

[ 2023-07-01 10:08:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

I play the game for a couple of hours after each update and release hotfixes where necessary

Fixes & Improvements

• Redesigned weapon skin sprites
• Improved spawn points in the new map
• Buffed the pressure washer gun range
• Fixed a bug that caused custom games to reboot the game if the new map was selected
• Reverted changes to the bubble grenade, however buffed the duration

[ 2023-06-27 13:38:42 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey hey hey! I'm finally back to Paint Warfare and I'm excited to announce the first map to Paint Warfare in over a month Mafia Island, the amount of time and work that went into this one is insane, and I'm so excited to unveil it to you guys. There's also a DDay map coming up, but I'm not quite ready to unveil it yet, join our discord server to get sneak peeks on it though steamhappy

NEW MAP: Mafia City

Watch the trailer here

https://youtu.be/xdFibwAVM70




Introducing Mafia Island, one of the most ambitious maps I've made yet (aside from Koto) that tries to take advantage of Paint Warfare's movement in a stunning and intricately made map. A huge amount of work went into making this one and I really hope you guys enjoy!

Unfold to reveal some dev screenshots of how I made the map :)

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Making the mansion floor plan and importing it
A cool lighthouse for verticality

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Blizzard Improvements

I've made blizzard slightly larger with some more cover, props and a cool bunker

Customisation

A lot of you have been asking on the discord for more weapon skins, so I've put together 8 new skins including the first skin for the Palas (Burst rifle)

Polish + Bug Fix

Most notable bugs fixed:

• Fixed a bug that caused the map to go black
• Fixed a bug that caused the game to become unplayable after exiting the pause screen
• Fixed the game failing to connect and having to reload multiple times in the main menu
• Fixed a bug that caused the game to show 'defeat' in Capture the Flag, even in the case of a draw or a win
• Fixed a lot of issues with saving to prevent lost progress etc.

Most notable changes

• 4 maps will now show in the map votes instead of 3
• Buffed bubble grenade > visibility will be heavily reduced while in the bubble grenade
• Buffed invisibility ability (1.5s > 2s)
• Added momentum-based sprinting. The longer you sprint, the faster you will go, up to about 150% the regular sprint speed

Other

• The walk animation will no longer play while zoomed in on weapons like the AK, ACR or Freeze Gun
• Fixed visual bugs with the in-game XP boost, it will also no longer overlap with debuffs such as invisibility, damage buffs, freeze etc.

[ 2023-06-27 11:59:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

Welcome back everyone! It's been a busy few weeks for meI've been caught up in examsbut I've put together a super exciting update that I think you guys will enjoy. From next update onwards we'll be going back to the traditional massive updates like a few months ago :)

Freeze Gun

With the conventional (and not so conventional) FPS gun types already added to Paint Warfare, future guns will have some kind of debuff or really unique quirk that sets them apart, such as:

• Ability blocker
• Freeze your enemy
• You regenerate health from your enemy
• The more you charge it the more damage you deal

Obviously, these kinds of guns will take a bit longer to develop, so this update I'm super hyped to announce the freeze gun. It's honestly a thrill to use [olist]

Shoots a rapid 3-shot burst

Has aim down sights

Each hit deals 12 damage and freezes your enemy in place for 1.5 seconds

It's best to pair it with some kind of other gun, I really like using it with the banana gun, or using it to close the distance and finish enemies off with the kingfisher.

Also great for getting assists [/olist]

Bugfix and Other Improvements

• Huge optimisations150% increased FPS on Dunes, Dragon Valley and Blizzard, 200% increased FPS on Anubis
• Reduced ping
  
• Fixed stickers bugmore guns now support stickers
• Double XP (from Supporter Pack) and 3X XP boosts (from Shop) now stack together to give you a 6X XP boost, new UI
• Increased Radar duration
• Explosives AoE visualisation
• New reload animations for the Gas Gun and ACR
• Improvements to the usability of ADSno more animation while walking and using sights
• Other fixes and improvements

[ 2023-06-20 00:23:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey supporters! This update is super exciting and I think you guys will love this one!

(1.) Locator Ability

Credit to quax from our discord for this idea!
Added a new secondary ability that reveals the positions of all enemies for 4 seconds.

• Unlimited uses
• Recharges on an 8s timer

(2.) More players

Over the past few months, we've had complains that there's not enough players. I hear y'all loud and clear so now you should see up to 2X more players in lobbies. [olist]

Removed the region select. This is a temporary change, over the next few weeks all games will happen on either EU or US for that week

Removed MMR-based matchmaking. I've done some work on the AK and other beginner weapons to make sure they're easy to use even for new players. [/olist]

(3.) Voice chat

This feature HAS at one point been in the game, but it was underdeveloped so now I'm re-releasing it with significant improvements.

• You can now change your selected microphone, and your selected microphone will persist in your save file
• Voice chat can be toggled on/off
• Voice chat keybind can now be changed
• Upgraded voice chat servers to handle the bandwidth

I feel like this feature will make playing with friends so much more fun! Enjoy!

(4.) Fixes & Improvements

• Added first-person hand animations
• Added a new option for adjusting UI scale
• Added a loader UI for timed ability
• When you have reached a limit for the number of turrets, the UI will become red
• Fixed smoke grenade and orange grenades getting stuck when switching weapons
• The randomiser power-up will now randomise both abilities
• Added a screen for initialising the voice over
• The starting tutorial is now skippable
• Fixed translations
• Pausing the menu music will now persist between game sessions
• New pop up for 3 hour XP boosts
• Added more contrast to health text to make it more readable
• Fixed bugs with a number of daily challenges
• Improved map ambience sounds
• Added new menu music
• Buttons in the armoury now toggle

(5.) Balancing

• Increased invisibility duration (2s > 3s)

Enjoy the update! Head over to our discord to partake in tournaments, report bugs of offer ideas!

[ 2023-06-05 03:44:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey all! I've spent the past few weeks thoroughly testing and ironing out bugs in the game, the patch is finally out and I'm super excited to talk about some of the new changes...

(1.) Invisibility Ability Balancing

I've heard a few reports of people unhappy with the invisibility ability, so I've made the following changes:

• The invisibility ability now leaves a trail of particles. This will make it so you can still be hit while invisible, but it'll still throw off your enemy and give you well needed relief
• Fixed a bug that caused you to stay invisible permanently after using invisibility

(2.) Sights (Zoom) Improvements for the ACR and AK

• Fixed a bug that caused sights on the ACR and AK not to zoom in properly
• Buffed AK zoom (1.5x > 2.8x)
• Buffed ACR zoom (3x > 4x)
• The AK will now be more accurate while zoomed in (2x), slightly reduced accuracy while not zoomed in (~10%)

(3.) Hunger Games

This game mode needed some love so I've added the following changes.

• 6X XP in hunger games
• Added a players left counter to hunger games
• Added a proper UI for when the round ended and restarting hunger games

(4.) NEW GAME SERVERS!!!

• Added US/EU server selection

(5.) All Other Improvements:

• Fixed a bug that stopped you from picking up items from chests at close distance
• Fixed a bug that made the pick up pop up linger even after picking up a gun from a chest
• Added bindable keybinds for kick, chat, and opening chests
• Improved reliability of syncing for match timers
• Fixed a bug that caused it to display "Game ended" when joining a game
• Fixed bugs with map vote
• Added a pre loading screen before the main menu
• Improved the ammo HUD
  
• You can now tell if enemies are aiming up and down
• Fixed a bug that allowed you to kill a person multiple times with explosives
• Fixed a bug that caused a black screen on low settings when running on Apple Silicon devices
• Fixed sticky mines sometimes not exploding
• Fixed a bug that caused the speed of the dash ability to be affected by your game frame rate
• Fixed Russian and German translations
• Added a new shader to the arms during the spawn invincibility
• Sticky mines can no longer be shot through the floor
• Fixed connection issues in the menu
• The tutorial is now skippable
• Fixed a bug that caused random costumes to be equipped when launching the game
• Removed camera jiggle when swapping weapons
• Sights on the AK now improve accuracy
• The chat now dims when not in use

[ 2023-05-28 14:30:58 CET ] [ Original post ]

I'm so hyped up to release Paint Warfare merch!

Buy here:

https://paintwarfare.com/ We've finally got a super high-quality supplier that's also reasonably priced. The socks and hoodies are super warm and toasty. I've only got a couple of each item for now, so order now :)

Buy here:

https://paintwarfare.com/

[ 2023-05-08 00:11:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

(1.) NEW WEAPONS + WEAPONS REBALANCING

PRESSURE WASHER

Intruducing the pressure washer! This modified pressure washer shoots paint and deals constant tick damage as long as your crosshair is on your enemy. It's a lot of fun to use and fairly powerful once you get the hang of it.

AKIMBO PISTOLS

This one's been really well requested... it shoots in bursts of 2 and deals very heavy and accurate damage (but is a bit slow)

STICKY MINE LAUNCHER

A few updates back when I was adding the teleporter, I was playing around with the idea of a mine launcher. I really liked the idea, so this update I'm introducing the mine gun!

• It's fully automatic
• 6 mine barrel
• Mines stick to walls or other players
• Explode after 1s
• Excellent in tight spaces

AK IMPROVEMENTS

• I've added a sight to the AK (increases accuracy)

GAS GUN REWORK

The current version of the gas gun wasn't true to my original vision for the gun, or to how you guys probably expected it to work. It only did damage in a straight line and was really inaccurate. So to make it feel more like 'gas', I've made some improvements.

• It now damages over an area (sort of like a shotgun)
• I've buffed the damages over distance, though it still will do most damage when you're close to the enemy

WEAPON REBALANCING

• It felt like you died too fast, so I've rebalanced all the weapons so you effectively have ~ 2x more health
• I also noticed that you'd get shot a lot from behind (which isn't fun), so I made some improvements to make it clearer when you get hurt (see: Polish and bug fix below)

(2.) RANKING CHANGES

• You'll now rank up faster, added 3 more ranks

(3.) GAMEPLAY IMPROVEMTS

ABILITY OVERHAUL

As many of you pointed out, having only one ability equipped at once was king of limiting, so I've reworked the ability system this update.

• Theres now two ability classes: passive and active
• Active abilities are those that recharge on kills, such as the dash, turret or invisibility, and passive abilities are ones that are always charged, like the jetpack, grapple hook, speed boots etc.
• You'll now be able to equip both at once, which should allow for more combinations and even better movement

MOVEMENT IMPROVEMENTS

• Jumping felt too 'airy', so I made some improvements to jumping and the fall speed
• You can fall to the ground faster by holding your slide key (ctrl)

(4.) HUNGER GAMES REWORK

Thank you for your feedback on the hunger games mode last update! I've made some improvements to the mode in line with your ideas.

• The game is now more of an elimination, when you die, you'll now be able to spectate other players until there's only one player left and the game restarts

Above: the new spectator mode I've also made the following fixes:

• Improved the gun picking up in Hunger Games
• Fixed the hunger games spawn cam
• Fixed out-of-map bugs on the Island map

Hunger Games will also have the new guns added in this update!

Polish and bug fix

• The Health bar now flashes red to make it clear when you're getting hit
• Changed the colour of the damage direction indicator to red
• Fixed a bug that caused the poison gun sound to play continuously non-stop for other players
• Fixed armoury weapons order to match their unlock order in ranks
• New banana gun shoot SFX
• Removed capture the cow mode
• Added icons for the base location in Capture the Flag
• Fixed a bug that caused you to be placed in a separate lobby from everyone else if you were max rank

[ 2023-05-07 23:46:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello again! Here's this week's mega content update :)

(1.) HUNGER GAMES + TROPICAL ISLAND MAP

I've added a new hunger games mode! Here's how it works

• Everyone starts with a spoon
• You can open chests to get other guns
• There are no abilities or modifiers
• If you die you just respawn, and there's no time limit. I did this because I don't think it'd be fun waiting for everyone else to die, and because people die really fast in this game. I'm open to suggestions though if you'd like some kind of 'elimination' kind of gameplay!

(2.) ARMOURY IMPROVEMENTS

In the armoury, unique gun modifiers are now displayed as an icon beneath the weapon description

(3.) NO PLAYERS IMPROVEMENTS

From now on, when there are no other players in a map, explosive bots will spawn while you wait for more players to join.

(4.) BUG FIXES

• Fixed the same map being listed multiple times in the custom games menu
• The text on the ability UI now reflects the keybinding you have for that ability
• Fixed some other out-of-bounds glitches
• The ability randomiser powerup should no longer clip into the ground

[ 2023-04-30 13:02:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello again! I'm working on making the game more friendly for beginners, so the past few updates have been centred around polish and incremental improvements. Here's the key features new in this update:

(1.) COW MODIFIER

I've brought back the capture the cow minigame... this time to FFA!
Here's how it works:

• One player starts with the cow
• When holding the cow, you heal 15 HP every 2 seconds, making you a TANK
• If the player holding the cow is killed, it is transferred to the killer immediately, and they now hold the cow

Sounds pretty stupid, but it's fun to play

(2.) KILL ASSISTS

It could get frustrating having your kill stolen by others and you wouldn't get anything for it. Now if you damaged another player, and they were then later killed by another player, you will get an assist (your crosshair will turn blue) and you will get 5 points.

• Assists also display in the Profile and ingame leaderboard now

(3.) CAPTURE THE FLAG IMPROVEMENTS

• If the enemy dies with your flag, you can now touch the dropped flag to return it to your base

(4.) POLISH AND EXPLOIT FIXES

• Right clicking now explodes the orange instantly
• Fixed a bug with power-ups not working
• Got 6 people from our discord community to narrate the tutorial to their language!
• Fixed dashing out of the map, and beneath the floor
• When you rank up, the "Armoury" button now goes to the weapon you just unlocked
• Fixed map player counters in the map select
• Improved the menu tutorial
• Fixed a bug with the invisibility timer UI not showing
• Fixed issues with the map vote
• Fixed bug with team colors in Teams/ CTF
• Fixed translations being clipped off in foreign languages
• Improved the shop

[ 2023-04-24 12:39:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello again! I'm working on making the game more friendly for beginners, so the past few updates have been centred around polish and incremental improvements. Here's the key features new in this update:

(1.) MAP VOTES // GAME TIMERS

Match timers have now been reintroduced in FFA. This will solve two problems:

• The only map with players always being dunes, and maps like Spoon Factory or Anubis being empty
• Most people will now play in the same match, but we'll be able to cycle through different maps

(Above), the new 'recommended map' UI in the map selector, which shows you the map with the most players

(2.) POWERUPS

On death, players now have a 25% change of dropping a random power-up. This should encourage people to move around the map more! Power-ups include:

• Ability recharge
• Weapon fire rate & reload boost
• Heal
• Ability randomiser

(3.) NEW CHALLENGES

• Added 6 new daily challenges for y'all. Enjoy!

(4.) TRANSLATIONS

• I've been playing around with Google Translate and GPT4, all text in the game COMPLETELY translated to other languages
• If you'd be willing to be the narrator the tutorial in your language (~3-4 minutes of lines), DM me on discord and I can gift you coins and DLCs for free as a thank you!

(5.) DASH CHANGES // EXPLOIT FIX

Over the past month, I've heard your reports of out-of-map/ inside object glitches with the dash. This along with being killed by the 'World' is now fixed. I've also made some improvements to the dash

• Dashing is now more consistent you no longer dash further in the air than you do on the ground
• You dash a bit slower, but further now; this is in response to people asking it to be nerfed

I haven't seen many people using the Grapple, honestly, I'd recommend using it if you're reading this

(6.) NEW KILL SFX // UI

I've heard your feedback on the SFX, and I've put together some killer new sounds for killstreaks. Also, the UI for kill streaks now goes up to 10 (X) and the sound goes up to 15.

BUG FIX

• If I listed the number of bugs I fixed, this report would realistically be twice as long, here are the 2 main things
• Your weapon skins are now synced in third person for others to see
• Fixed a spinning bug when plugging in a controller.

[ 2023-04-11 11:21:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey! It's still peak exam time for me, but I thought I'd come out with a pretty big bugfix update for y'all.

Health Rebalance

It felt like you die too fast from automatic guns so I've made some balance changes:

• Health increased 100 > 150
• Spoon damage nerfed (3-4 hits now) 200 dmg > 50 dmg

Snipers and railguns are still one shot.

Report System

I don't understand why some people cheat, it literally makes the game less fun for you by removing skill. There's now a ban and report system. Bans are irreversible. Falsely reporting players will get you banned also.

Bug fixes

• Fixed Capture the Flag
• Fixed a crazy shotgun and ACR bug that caused the sound to play rapidly
• Added tracers to the minigun
• Ingame playtime tracking fixed
• Bush, tree and dodge skins are now fixed in teams (didn't display colours previously)
• Fixed bugs with the coop minigame
• The gun you're up to in gun game now persists between rounds
• Round length increased (45s > 120s)
• Fixed a bug that caused the leaderboard to reload each time you respawned
• Added a preview of your gun + skin + hat in the menu :)
• More clear damage FX
• Added more translations. Daily challenges are now translated.
• Fixed a bug that turned maps black
• Fixed stickers
• Improved the tutorial & translated
• Fixed a bug with equipping gun skins in the armoury
• More armoury QoL improvements
• Fixed a bug where you could shoot with invincibility
• Network fixes

[ 2023-04-02 01:27:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

This is the first of a two part update in the second part I'll be adding weapon inspect animations and some more game modes (potentially)

Weapon Skins

I've heard your feedback and a lot of you seemed to want the ability to customise your guns!

My friend Juan and I have been putting together 9 new gun skins over the past week. There's:

• Galaxy Set (AK, Kingfisher)
• Futuristic Set (Kingfisher, Frenzy, Sniper)
• Scrolling Rainbow Set (Kingfisher, AK, Frenzy, Sniper)

Of course, the slate carbon fibre gun wrap skins still also work

• AK
• ACR
• Launcher
• Frenzy
• Banana gun
• Sniper

It's now possible to toggle skins with a new UI in the armoury

3 New minigames

Added 3 new minigames to all free-for-all maps!

Gun game

Each kill = new gun Start off with a frenzy, and work your way up to a poison gun and the no longer unlockable Snowball Machine Gun!

Infinite abilities

All your abilities are infinite in this game mode. This means infinite heals, jetpack, dashes, etc.

Coop

Work to eliminate explosive bots that spawn around the map! The more players in a lobby, the more bots are spawned. Great for XP as well :)

Other

• Various fixes and improvements

[ 2023-03-16 11:39:28 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused the fire sound to keep playing if you sprinted
• Lag optimisation
• Fixed the jetpack
• Improved the glider SFX

[ 2023-03-11 10:51:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

This update's focus was to add as much new content as possible, improve translations and polish up the game. Enjoy!

Gas Gun (Rank 13)

Everything is legal in Paint Warfare. This is why I've introduced the gas gun.

• Deals tick damage
• Damage decreases with distance from the enemy
• Generous amount of ammo

Overall its a very powerful weapon, but it's only good at close range and requires a lot of tracking to keep your crosshair over your enemy.

Armoury Improvements

I've cleaned up the armoury and improved the usability of hats and costumes.

• Buying hats has been moved to the shop
• Select hats by dragging the hat options at the bottom
• Added 3 new hats

FREE Daily Coins: New Shop UI

• You now get 10 coins daily on top of daily challenges
• You can now purchase a 3-hour XP boost with coins. This stacks with the supporter boost and the 2x XP game mode

Glider

Added a new ability: the glider

• If you've ever played Minecraft it feels fairly similar to that
• Double press space to fly
• You can climb slowly by looking up
• Point the glider down to pick up speed

Translations

Improved all translations. The game is now fully translated to

• Polish
• Russian
• Spanish
• French
• Dutch
• German

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the out-of-bounds glitch
• Fixed a bug with costumes
• Network and performance improvements

[ 2023-03-07 05:40:59 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello again! This update I wanted to focus on adding some new unique weapons & polishing up the gameplay. There are a number of fixes and changes in this update so it's worth reading through :)

New Weapons

TELEPORTER

Introducing the teleporter! Fire a cosmic orb with left-click, and right-click at any time to teleport to it. This gun should open up some awesome new gameplay opportunities, especially in terms of movement and strategy. Unlocks at rank 11.

BURST

Sturdy and reliable; knock out enemies with Paint Warfare's first burst weapon! Pre-unlocked for everyone.

RAILGUN CHANGES

• Increased the fire rate of the railgun to be faster than the sniper
• Increased the knockback of the railgun (this can be a good thing)
• Added a slight charge delay before firing the railgun to make it more challenging to use

Overall, if you have it unlocked, I've differentiated the rail gun more from the sniper, and it'll now give you an advantage over the sniper provided you are able to master it.

Butter Smooth Connection

I've done a lot of optimisation to the net code, so the game uses ~60% less bandwidth now.

What this means is

• Lower ping
• Less lag, disconnects and stuttering

QoL and Polish

• Gun type is now displayed in the killfeed
• DOUBLE YOUR FPS: On macs or high-resolution monitors with this new resolution option
  
• Added some more names to the credits

Bug fixes

• Fixed an exploit where you could switch to your secondary in spoon only
• Improved the syncing of gunshot sounds (like the minigun)
• Removed floor is lava from all FFA maps; it will now only be available in team deathmatch
• New SFX for lava
• Above lava respawn points during the floor is lava game mode
• Fixed team spawns in Factory
• Fixed player counters in the menu

[ 2023-02-26 11:12:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone. Thanks for reporting connection bugs with yesterday's patch, these should all be fixed now.

Connection Fixes

• Fixed players stuttering and freezing
• Fixed a bug that caused the game to lose connection to the server, where shooting would not work
• Various other improvements

Note

• There will now be a slight delay when eliminating enemies, this is normal while I'm reworking the prediction system

Other Improvements

• The buttons in the map select will now click
• Visual improvements to the rank-up screen
• Tutorial level improvements

Thank you for your patience! Head to our discord server if you have any suggestions or questions. Enjoy the update!

[ 2023-02-19 01:08:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Fixed a bug when launching the game

[ 2023-02-17 22:10:22 CET ] [ Original post ]

Yo! I'm still working on marketing this week, but I've put together a small regular patch to fix some bugs.

Bug fix

• Fixed a bug that caused disconnection issues when leaving a map
• Fixed other connection issues
• Fixed a bug that caused the cape to remain visible while using the invisibility ability

Polish

• Respawn cam is now synced to your position when you died
• Improvements to the profile menu

Balance

• Increased ability price (100 > 150)
• Enemy players now have an outline, changed the colours to make them more visible
• Decreased the probability of floor is lava and beach balls game modes

[ 2023-02-17 08:46:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

Polish

• Made movement smoother
• Added a new kill bonus in CTF if you get a kill while holding the flag
• If you own a cape it will now be previewed on the costumes in the armoury
• More audio feedback and SFX

Bug fix

• Fixed bugs with capes
• Fixed a point-scoring bug in CTF
• Fixed the copy room code button in custom games
• Fixed the replay button at the end of CTF and Teams games
• Fixed connection issues on the Koto map
• Fixed issues with the player counts in the map selector
• Fixed the join button displaying player counts for the wrong map
• Fixed an armoury bug preventing costumes from being swapped
• Locked CTF until rank 4
• Fixed a bug where the menu would be unusable after a bug

Balance

• In CTF, abilities such as the Dash, Invisibility and Turret will now recharge on capturing the flag
• For the next week, XP on CTF will be doubled

[ 2023-02-12 09:23:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Fixed flags in CTF

[ 2023-02-09 14:22:16 CET ] [ Original post ]

Welcome back! It's been a while since I've brought you guys some new gamemodes, so I'm proud to introduce Capture the Flag! Along with a new map designed explicitly around it There won't be an update next week as I'll be directing my efforts to marketing Paint Warfare.

Capture the Flag

Race against your opponent to capture as many flags from the enemy into your base in 15 minutes! Honestly, I prefer this game mode over the traditional FFA, so I'm incredibly hyped to announce it in this new update.

Anubis Map

Face off among the gods in this gorgeous new Egyptian-inspired map! With heaps of cover and multiple routes to the other flag, this map is perfect for the new game mode.

New Tutorial

The old tutorial missed a lot of key tips for improving with the movement, so I've been working with a new Japanese voice actor to revamp the existing tutorial.



This change probably won't affect a lot of the existing players, but if you'd like to redo the new tutorial, type /tutorial while in game.

Other

• UI improvements
• Squashed some bugs
• Banned some cheaters
• Removed XP in custom games

Feedback is welcome!

[ 2023-02-09 13:31:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Fixed a bug that caused the turret to fire extremely fast
• Speed boost sounds are now synced over the network
• Fixed various connection issues

[ 2023-01-28 02:10:33 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello! Apologies for the delays with this update. I'm pleased to affirm that the development of this game is still in overdrive. Let me know in the discord if you have any feedback/ suggestions!

NEW MAP Koto

I'll let these new screenshots speak for themselves... Explore Paint Warfare's biggest and most vertical map yet, which truly challenges your knowledge of the movement.

Developer Note: Hyperspeed Boosts

With extremely fast movement at Paint Warfare's core, I've added these super speed boosts around every map to speed up gameplay. In our closed testing so far, these have been insanely fun and I'm so excited to introduce them to you guys :)

Banana's Winter Challenge (Battle Pass 1)

We want to grow Paint Warfare. For that we need money & for the game to be profitable. I will use these funds: [olist]

For advertising to grow our player base

To be able to work full-time & hire people for the project [/olist]

I've introduced a new winter battle pass, complete with 13 rewards.

• 2 full COSTUMES
• Paint Warfare's first CAPE
• Some absolutely awesome hats
• 600 coins
• 10+ hours & $20 worth of bonus content

Enjoy!

Custom Game Improvements

I know a lot of you love to play with your friends, so I've made some improvements to (private) custom games.

• Added match timer option
• Added spoon only mode option
• Added sniper only override option
• Added double HP option
• You can now have bots in private lobbies
• Private lobbies will no longer give you XP
• Shortened room code length

NEW ABILITY Invisibility

Added a requested 2s invisibility ability!

Polish and Game Improvements

• Added back spoon only mode to FFA
  
• Added 'floor is lave' to FFA
• Increased map height. Changed map border on most maps (hemisphere > cylinder)
• Better Armoury UI & improvements
• Merged the US & EU servers into just 'us-east' for the time being. This will increase player counts, and most of you guys seem to be somewhere near that vicinity.
• Fixed flickering in Dragon Valley
• Fixed a rank bug in the profile
• Fixed an issue with hats part of the Supporter Pack & Dino DLCs

[ 2023-01-27 14:15:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

Turret Balancing

• Decreased turret fire rate (2 > 1)
• Lowered damage (10 > 7)
• Capped the maximum number of turrets per player to 2

Sniper Balancing

The full accuracy noscope feature on the sniper felt like something that distinguished the sniper from snipers in other games. I've buffed the accuracy of the sniper when its unscoped.

Other

• Removed the match timer on all FFA maps
• Lowered fog on blizzard

[ 2023-01-20 22:34:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello! Thank you everyone for reporting the bugs in yesterday's release. I put together a quick patch today covering all of the bugs you guys encountered. Let me know on the discord if you find any more!

Gamemodes

• Fixed an issue preventing games from restarting
• Fixed infinite loops of game over
• Fixed the match timer displaying absurdly high amounts. All maps now have 15-minute games
• Fixed an issue where first place would be placed second in FFA games

Turrets

I've thoroughly retested the turrets. Fixed 3 major issues

• Fixed turret targeting (it was targeting the furthest player instead of the closest)
• Fixed turret accidentally hitting/ damaging its owner
• Fixed a turret kill giving all other players in the lobby points

Other

• The sniper scope should now work correctly on Apple Silicon based macs
• Fixed graphics quality continuously resetting
• Fixed minor bugs in the armoury
• Fixed 'V' accidentally toggling voice chat
  
• Hard capped the number of bots per map at 1 (there were previously more in Factory). For full transparency, these are used when there are huge dips in players (night time) in both the EU and US regions to make the game more fun.

Thank you everyone for your patience and support. Report more bugs if you find them! See you next week :)

[ 2023-01-20 11:16:22 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello! From this point on, I'm making weekly mega updates. Let me know in the discord if you have any feedback/ suggestions!

Paint Warfare With Friends!

The top-voted feature this week was for more systems to play with friends.

• Since introducing MMR-based matchmaking, I unintentionally made it difficult to play with your friends. You can now directly join your friend's games [olist]
• Esc > Get Lobby Code
  
• Copy the code & send it over to your friend
  
• They can paste it in here ^ :) [/olist]
  
• Added private lobbies

Huge Gamemode Improvements

I've made some huge improvements to both Teams & FFA

FFA

• Added match timers
• Added a game-end leaderboard & a score bonus multiplier based on the final standings

Teams

• Added match timers
• Huge polish & QoL improvements to the mode
• Added a game-end leaderboard and win/lose

Turret Ability

I made a new ability that makes you rethink the way you play.

With this ability, you can place up to 3 paintball turrets at once, but you have to get a kill before placing each one. The turrets can be destroyed by enemies with one shot. All of your turrets are destroyed if you die. I'm excited to see how this will open up new gameplay opportunities with people hiding turrets in funny places, dropping turrets from the sky, or taking control of entire sectors of the map in Team Deathmatch.

Other

• Improved explosion VFX
• Fixed broken tutorial
• Added 2 new daily challenges
• Fixed green menu on low settings
• Fixed out of bounds map bug on blizzard
• Pre-unlocked the dash ability for everyone
• Minor menu fixes & improvements

[ 2023-01-19 10:31:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey all! Sorry about the delay with this update, there's been a lot of smaller features I've been putting together :)

New Abilities!

I've added 3 new abilities.

• Super speed boots
• Heal
• Jetpack

To prevent this from getting overwhelming in combination with the existing abilities, there's now a new ability equip/unlock system.

New Ranking, Currency & Daily Challenges

I've been rethinking the way ranking should work in the game; grinding rank can be repetitive, so I've introduced a set of 10 daily challenges (more coming soon). I've also changed the key system to coins to accommodate for the new changes and future changes I have planned. Your keys will be converted to coins (with a free bonus for being a player before this update)

Feedback on Bots

Thank you for your feedback on the bots. I agree they weren't ideal. As we're growing our community & player base, they're no longer necessary so I'm removing them. The only chance you'll see a bot in this update is when there are no players.

QoL

I've been focused on QoL this update and some huge new content updates are planned for later this month.

• Keybinds
• Sniper aim sensitivity slider
• Improved rank related UI
• Huge gun rebalancing, added inaccuracy the sniper when not aimed
• Added a kick (F)
• Added paint splatter (thanks for the suggestion)
• Improved the verticality in the maps
  
• Added US servers, with a region select if you want to play with friends on a different region
• MMR-based matchmaking
• Added a double-jump
• Improved the respawning screen
• Added a leaderboard in respawn

[ 2023-01-13 06:38:33 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey!

New Minigames | FACTORY MAP ONLY

I added three new HUGE gamemodes to spice things up. They're exclusive to the factory map so we can increase the player counts there for now :)

Capture the Cow

Take control and capture the holy cow with your team in this game mode, to regenerate health as you hold it!

Mines

Push around mines and drop them on your enemies to explode them!

Floor is lava

The classic game; now in Factory :)

Team Deathmatch

I've made some huge changes to team deathmatch to make it more enjoyable for you all

• 'Blue' team is now your teammates
  
• Scoring is now based on kills
  
• You can now see your teammates through walls

Gunplay

To help add more depth to the gunplay, I've added a new procedural recoil system with unique recoil patterns for

• AK (Snake)
• Frenzy
• Minigun

This should make using these weapons more enjoyable and balance them out a bit.

QoL

• Improved UIs
• Bug fixes
• New disconnection screen
• Patch notes
• Sped up match joining speed ~200%
• So much more!

Thank you for reading through! Enjoy the update and head over to our official discord community if you've got feedback, would like to see inside development updates or want to join in on tournaments! *<:) Toodles! banana.

[ 2022-11-06 03:35:20 CET ] [ Original post ]

Yo! I'm aiming to get rid of as many bugs as possible over the coming weeks :)

Bugfix

• macOS build fixes
• Fixed a bug that caused the (removed) map vote to sometimes pop up
• The match timer will no longer run in the background
• The camera will now face the player that eliminated you as intended
• Fixed a bug that caused the Railgun to be lit up constantly
• Polish to the 'Global Leaderboard' and 'Map Select' tabs of the main menu
• Removed beta 'Drift' maps from the game. Still working on adding it back soon though :)
• Fixed gamemode desync issues
• Fixed the spoon weapon gaining 5-10 kills at once on occasion
• Fixed version text around the game displaying the wrong version
• Fixed the main menu join button being stuck on "connecting" when there were no players
• Patched some connection issues

Balancing

Railgun

The railgun felt underpowered in comparison to the sniper, so I buffed its distinct features to give it some advantage

• Launch back force from the rail gun increased 1,000 > 2,000
• Fire rate increased (10%)

Frenzy

The frenzy could outclass the AK in some situations and felt overpowered at times. So it was necessary to make it less accurate at further ranges.

• Accuracy decreased (40%)

Minigun

The minigun has a strong foothold in taking out large groups of enemies, which is the intention; however a lot of you felt that it took too long to spin up

• Decreased spin-up time (18%)

Thank you for reading through! Enjoy the update and head over to our official discord community if you've got feedback, would like to see inside development updates or want to join in on tournaments! *<:) Knock yourselves out lmao banana.

[ 2022-10-19 09:19:26 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hiya! Here's a quick bugfix patch :3

Bugfix

• ACR Fixes
• Fixed bug where you could switch to the same weapon (playing animation) over and over
• Removed 0 character width names
• 'Opening pause menu, opening options then pressing escape gives you full control of the game with pause menu open' - FIXED
• Clearer pause/typing indicator
• Removed map vote/ countdown
• Added an indicator to see bots through walls

Thank you for reading through! Enjoy the update and head over to our official discord community if you've got feedback, would like to see inside development updates or want to join in on tournaments! *<:) Knock yourselves out lmao banana.

[ 2022-10-13 11:39:48 CET ] [ Original post ]

Minigun ;)

• Introducing the Minigun! a rapid-fire machine gun that unlocks at rank 4! Deal heavier damage than the AK, with 125 rounds at the cost of a small charge-up.

• Also added some new damage text indicators... let me know what you think!

Map Votes

• I heard playing on the same maps was getting a little repetitive for y'all, so I made a new map vote every 10 minutes.

Let me know on the discord though if you think this needs adjusting :)

Global Leaderboad!!!

• Added a sick new global & steam friends leaderbead, scores are the total number of kills you have in total across all games.

*^ Here are the top 20 people in the first day*

UFO

On October 30th, Paint Warfare will be invaded by Jeff Bezos' Amazon delivery drones, armed with deadly railguns.
• Join our discord server to take part in a huge upcoming UFO boss fight over the coming weeks as part of the spooky season!

*Here's a sneak peek :0*

Polish

• New Paint Warfare font for menus
• Better steam banner (credit: pabs from our discord)
• Spooky Halloween Stuff
• Added a torture chamber to the bottom of the tutorial
• M1 mac fixes

Enjoy the update and head over to our official discord community if you've got feedback, would like to see inside development updates or want to join in on tournaments! *<:) Toodles! banana.

[ 2022-10-10 07:38:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hiya! I'm currently doing exams so this one is a little on the smaller sidehere are some well requested features :3

New Tutorial

• Tutorial improvements
• Sensitivity slider range increased 2X > 3X
• Added a new UI ingame to show when you rank up
• Reload indicator for the launcher
• Removed bullet tracers

Thank you for reading through! Enjoy the update and head over to our official discord community if you've got feedback, would like to see inside development updates or want to join in on tournaments! *<:) Toodles! banana.

[ 2022-09-03 09:31:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

Howdy! I've returned, I'm currently doing exams so this one is a little on the smaller side I'll be making updates on a more consistent basis now though :3

New Tutorial

I noticed a very large chunk of new players (45%) would quit the game in the tutorial, so obviously we needed some improvements...

• Improved map layout
• Hired a German voice actor to make the tutorial more entertaining
• Added keybind GUI

Apple Silicon

Did some project upgrades, I haven't been able to test it fully but the game should (hopefully) now also run on M1

Other Major Changes

• Return of jukebox feature in the menu
• Fixed a bug that allowed you to equip weapons/ items you hadn't unlocked yet
• Smoother frames in the main menu
• Fixed a bug that would cause the Railgun's ray to desync/ persist after switching weapons

Soon :)

Here are some well-requested features that will be coming following this release

• Keybinding

Thank you for reading through! Enjoy the update and head over to our official discord community if you've got feedback, would like to see inside development updates or want to join in on tournaments! *<:) Toodles! banana.

[ 2022-08-28 04:01:28 CET ] [ Original post ]

Ima try to drop these huge updates on a monthly basis now :)

The Thundergun

Introducing the Thundergun! a new reflective rail gun dropped into Paint Warfare from an alien warship. It fires an instantaneous, green reflective light beam that one-shots any enemy in its path (fires slower than the sniper).

Map Improvements

I saw some of y'all try hide in the bushes on Blizzard, but they were too small so I made them larger. It'd be fun to see how this improves gameplay :)

Polish

• New immersive ambient track for all maps
• 4 new achievements
• Increased the size of hit direction indicator
• Improved explosives gunplay & added subtle camera shake
• Bubble grenade fixes
• More feedback when getting hit
• Double XP/ supporter boost now displays near points in the kill text to reduce confusion
• Definitely no new easter eggs

Soon :)

Here are some well-requested features that will be coming following this release

• M1 mac support
• Keybinding

Thank you for reading through! Enjoy the update and head over to our official discord community if you've got feedback, would like to see inside development updates or want to join in on tournaments! *<:) Toodles! banana.

[ 2022-07-31 05:20:55 CET ] [ Original post ]

There were some minor issues with the game, so here's one more patch to add polish :)

Fixes + Changes

• Linked the YouTube and Discord Server in the main menu (thanks for Goose for the suggestion)
• Fixed a bug that caused all of the ranks to display at once in the profile
• Fixed a bug that caused player team colors to sync from the Team Deathmatch Mode to FFA
• Fixed an issue that caused the Viking Helmet, Anime Headband and Holy Headgear to be pre-unlocked

Balance

• ACR scope animation is now 35% faster
• The beach ball game mode (Dunes, Dragon Valley) now summons 3 beach balls instead of one

Recent Devlog :)

[previewyoutube=FBlir__b3lk;full][/previewyoutube] Thanks for reading through and supporting Paint Warfare! Head to our official discord community if you've got feedback or want to join in on our tests! *<:) Toodles! banana ;)

[ 2022-07-11 07:47:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

I've just dropped the cost of the supporter bundle to $3.5 for the duration of the steam summer sale (July 7) and added some cool new features :)

• [NEW] Free carbon-fibre weapon wrap for AK, Falcon, ACR, Launcher, Frenzy and Banana Gun

You'll also get a huge bundle of skins and customisations ingame, faster ranking and all future supporter features, while supporting the development costs of Paint Warfare [previewyoutube=dhhsA9-KJ30;full][/previewyoutube] Take a look at the DLC page for more info here.
Thanks for reading through, Enjoy!

[ 2022-07-05 09:24:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

Critical Fix

• Fixed an occasional game-breaking bug that caused one person joining to spawn hundreds of characters

Other Fixes

• Fixed hats on the distinguished dino skin
• Fixed falcon in third person
• Fixed a bug that prevented people from equipping hats on the default skin
• Hats now save between swapping costumes in the armoury

Thanks for reading through and supporting Paint Warfare! Head to our official discord community if you've got feedback or want to join in on our tests! *<:) Toodles! banana ;)

[ 2022-07-02 03:46:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

Howdy reader! This update took longer than some of the other major updates, but I'm so hyped to finally release it for y'all to try out B:)

Huge Map Improvements!

I've improved the playability of the maps with visual improvements & new natural aspects, which will improve the hiding spots and playability in the maps.

Gun Stickers :)

With the help of y'all from our discord server we came up with 15 unique weapon stickers (unlocked for free) for you all to customise your weapons with :) These also stack with stickers from the Bananas Supporter Pack DLC btw

Supporter Improvements

I've added the well-requested option for you all to swap out the bean costumes you own In your armoury, instead of manually enabling/disabling DLCs through Steam
+ If you've got the supporter pack, you'll now get this snazzy black carbon fibre wrap for the Snake, Falcon, Launcher, ACR, Frenzy and Banana Gun unlocked. [previewyoutube=S60CA4M0F1s;full][/previewyoutube]

Team Deathmatch Mode!

I'm running a demo of a WiP version of a team deathmatch mode in the new factory map. The features of this are relatively rudimentary right now, so this is a little more like an open beta B:)

New Hats + Ranks :D

I've heard some of you have racked up millions of Paint Warfare XP, so I've added two more ranks each with their own hat Rank 13

• Kinky Cat Headband

Rank 14

• Holy Headwear Hat

Distinguished Dino Costume

I've put together this snazzy-looking dino costume (which comes with a free fire effect that you can equip on your head as a gift) The DLC supports the development costs of Paint Warfare

UPCOMING TOURNAMENT Minecraft Village Map

We're hosting this awesome Paint Warfare team deathmatch tournament in this Minecraft village map, I put together the players on the winning team will get free Distinguished Dino DLC keys to claim or give away to friends ;) [previewyoutube=DMZ_tCK16PQ;full][/previewyoutube] If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, join our discord with the link below for more info.

Other Notable Changes:

• Sprinting movement increased by 10%
• UI Improvements
• Increased the world border sizes on the Dragon Valley and Spoon Factory maps to ensure that you won't get stuck or hit your head on the roof as often
• Raised the roof of the Spoon Factory Map
• Improved sound design
• New menu and joining music by Vern Carson!
• A new ingame jukebox feature where you can play tunes while playing
• Fixed macOS build

Thank you for reading through! Enjoy the update and head over to our official discord community if you've got feedback, would like to see inside development updates or want to join in on tournaments! *<:) Toodles! banana.

[ 2022-06-29 08:10:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

Changes

• Added a mic select setting in the options menu
• More voice chat fixes
• New music
• Fixed another bug that caused players to be unnamed

Thanks for reading through and supporting me in making this awesome game! Enjoy the update and head over to our official discord community if you've got feedback or want to join in on our tests! *<:) Toodles! banana ;)

[ 2022-05-04 06:41:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

Voice Chat + Better Servers

The Paint Warfare voice chat was working about 1/10th of the time last Paint Warfare build, and there were reports of people being randomly kicked from games. I needed to patch that lmao.

• Larger bandwidth on voice chat and gameplay servers
• The 'Voice Chat' setting in options now displays your current mic when you hover over it (ingame only)
• When speaking (holding V), the mic icon in the bottom right corner will now have an audio visualisation so you can see if voice chat is working
• Voice chat volume is now automatically increased/decreased to make sure everyone is audible

Other

• Improved UI responsiveness and sound design
• Added my friend g0d to the game credits for designing some cool upcoming hats!
• Added a groovy new joining tune made by my friend Vern Carson
• Better looking stickers on supporter guns
• Huge content update coming soon B:)

Thanks for reading through and supporting me in making this awesome game! Enjoy the update and head over to our official discord community if you've got feedback or want to join in on our tests! *<:) Toodles! banana ;)

[ 2022-04-30 12:11:42 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey! Welcome to another fancy patch! Thanks for all the support recently, I appreciate it. Onto the patch notes :DD

Bug Fixes :p

• Fixed a bug that caused you to remain scoped if you switched from a scoped weapon
• Fixed an [strike]issue[/strike] feature with an easter egg that caused it to play really loud copyrighted music in Factory
• Fixed a tag bug
• Maps will load faster & no longer get stuck while loading in rare cases

Other

You can now change your skin tone even if you don't have the supporter pack. I just need enough funding to cover server and dev costs, and I think you all should just get that for free :)

[ 2022-04-19 09:08:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

Yo! B:) I've been on spring break, & so I patched all the known bugs and added some needed polish to the game. I'd like to thank you all for the support, constant bug reports, feedback and content you've all been putting out! Anyways, here are the patch notes:

Bugfixes

• The map select menu now properly shows player counts
• Fixed a bug that caused the chat to be spammed when killing bots
• Fixed a typo in a joining message
• Fixed a bug that caused you to remain scoped if you switched weapons from the sniper while scoped
• Fixed an issue that caused the player to clip through some walls
• Fixed an issue that caused the game to break when the save file was corrupted (from a BSOD or crash mid-game)
• Fixed a bug that caused really loud music to play when leaving games (oops)

Map Improvements

Factory

The ceilings of the spoon factory map are taller now to allow for cleaner movement. Also added more cover and some cool details :)

Other:

• Improved FPS on the Dunes map by 5-10%
• Improved FPS on the Dragon Valley map by 4-7%
• Added more spawn points to the Spoon Factory map

SFX

I've teamed up with my friend Vern Carson to make some awesome new SFX for the game! Here's whats new this patch:

• Improved AK + Frenzy reload sounds
• New bubble grenade sounds
• Audio feedback for sliding :)

Grapple Changes

• Grapple hooks now sync over the network

Cloud Save

• Your save files are now synced over the Steam cloud! (Works cross-platform too)

Lmaoo all these fixes make it seem like the game is so buggy the game should be (almost) bug-free this patch. Thanks for reading through! Enjoy the update and head over to our official discord community if you've got feedback or want to join in on tests! *<:) Toodles! banana ;)

[ 2022-04-13 12:20:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

Howdy! I wanted to add heaps of new content for this update. I hope yall enjoy it :D

Abandoned Factory Map??

I just finished a sweet-looking indoor abandoned factory map still a wip, but it should offer unique gameplay to all the others with super close quarters combat *<:)

ACR

Just dropped the ACR! It's the first semi-auto in the game with crazy high damage and a 3x zoom aim down sight

Rank 13

Apparently yall are total grinders so I added a new rank w/ the ACR and this snazzy viking helmet

Other

• Improved tutorial
• Made third person hands camo
• New kill text when eliminating people
• Skin tone customisation for owners of supporter pack
• You can now play music in the menu after pausing it
• More launcher nerfs
• Polish & bugfix

Thanks for reading through! Enjoy the update and head over to our official discord community if you've got feedback or want to join in on tests! *<:) Toodles! banana.

[ 2022-04-08 23:12:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

I've been secretly dropping some lil mini patches recently so here's the official changelog :)

VFX Updates!

Made some new particles for kills, splashing around, bots, etc.



^^^ Here's what that looks like
Also set this tree in Dragon Valley on fire

Misc

• New UI to display people who are currently speaking & you can now speak while respawning :)
  
• Made the menu a little more lively with some of my favourite tunes from my friends Vern Carson, Helixarius and Dalux
• Game credits (Options > Credits)
• Nerfed rocket launcher damage
• Smoother menu animations & a new splash screen
• EU SERVERS (lower ping)

glizzy costume lmao

Also I forgot to announce this but I dropped this very snazzy looking glizzy costume for Paint Warfare, designed by my friend glizzydev.

Coming Soon/ Roadmap

I'm working on a new semi-auto paintball rifle with 3x zoom on aim down sights & a new rank with a sick Viking helmet. I've got exams this week, but both are coming super soon ;) Thanks for reading through! If you like what you see, check out our official discord community! *<:) Toodles! banana.

[ 2022-04-02 10:46:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

Howdy! Here's an update I've been working on in the background for a while with some big movement changes and other cool stuff. Next update will be even bigger ;)

Grappling

I've balanced the grapple to a point where it's fun to use. There's some new UI for grappling too :D

Better Sliding :o

Previously there wasn't much feedback for sliding & it felt underpowered. You now slide at 2x your sprint speed and your view lowers slightly when sliding. You can still use crouch to quickly fall to ground

Dragon Valley 2.0 + Other Map Improvements

I added more cover in Dragon Valley, and expanded the world border in the dunes map to add more play area

^ New red walls add cover behind the tunnel and make the map feel better
^ Added this crate/tunnel down the right side, so there are now 3 covered paths up/down the main mountain

* These are minor changes, but make the map feel a lot better to play on

New Languages

• German
• French
• Polish
• More coming soon..

Thanks for reading through! If you like what you see, check out our official discord community! *<:) Toodles! banana.

[ 2022-03-22 08:28:23 CET ] [ Original post ]

Aloha! Here's part 2 of the patch released last week, that tackles some bugs and gameplay issues you all found in the release. :D

Gameplay:

I wanted to make some changes to the gameplay, specifically to the spawn invulnerability and the gamemode functionality.

• Spawn invulnerability now lasts longer (3s ---> 3.5s), but is deactivated immediately once you fire

I hope this will encourage players using the invulnerability for its intended use (pushing out of spawn areas into combat) while not making it overpowered.

• Added a new UI that displays gamemode changes & gamemode length reduced (60s ---> 35s)

Quality of Life:

I've added some of your suggestions and added the following quality of life improvements

• Added a map select when you press 'join game' in the menu (you can still quick join a random active room by just pressing return/enter)
• Loading music will no longer play while respawning
• Gamemode change UI
• New respawn music + easter eggs? :)

Balance/Bugfix:

• Respawn time decreased (5s ---> 3s)
• Fixed the game hanging on loading screens
• Fixed a bug causing players to be unnamed
• Solved an issue causing the cursor to be hidden at times where it shouldn't

Known Issues:

• No way to exit spectator mode at the moment

Thanks heaps for reading through! If you like what you see, check out our official discord community! *<:) Laters! banana.

[ 2022-03-17 21:27:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey! I just wanted to thank everyone for the huge amount of support recently, the game has totally blown up and I'm so thankful for you all *<:) Here's the first of 2-3 small patches that'll be coming over the next few weeks targeting bugs and cheaters. Please update to continue to be able to play with other players.

Cheaters:

There's been reports of a pretty large number of cheaters, which is normal as games get bigger. I'll prioritise patching out big exploits as soon as I find them, I'm a solo dev though, so this will obviously take some time. Can't really go into specifics onto some of the changes I've made this update, but I hope you will all run into fewer cheaters from now on.

Servers:

There's been some crazy player counts recently, which were causing issues with gameplay & being kicked/unable to join

• Bought some bigger servers (old ones were maxing out)
• Increased the size of the match leaderboard (8 ---> 12 players)
• Improved matchmaking to help spread out players into the different maps (use /j, /blizzard and /dunes to swap maps still)

I'll be rolling out new regions and a map select in future patches.

Bugfix:

• Updated chat filter
• Fixed bug that caused keys to disappear
• You can no longer join the tutorial level and kill new players
• Launcher explosion radius reduced (11m ---> 9m), lethal radius reduced (4m ---> 3m)
• Explosives no longer explode multiple times
• Chat cooldown to help counter spamming
• Quality of life improvements

[ 2022-03-11 13:40:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

Howdy! This update is a little on the smaller side, but brings some well-needed improvements before the game comes out of early access :)

Balancing/ Gameplay

• Removed the grapple (g) while I work on mechanics to make it better work better with the existing movement
• Voice chat loudness is no longer based on the distance from the source

It's important for each of the movement mechanics to have unique use cases & it felt as though the grapple replaced all other movement (climb, dash, orange jump, fall, etc.) I'm working on balancing the grapple at the moment, either by using a cooldown or by making some mechanic that makes you more vulnerable while grappling.
[^^ testing grapple cooldown]

Bugfix

• The Snake (AK) will now be the same colour (orange) on all maps. Fixed a bug that caused a tiny yellow bell to fly off the gun when you spawn
• Fixed bug that caused the cursor to be hidden when returning to the menu
• Damage dealt stat will now display correctly when respawning

Other

• The AFK kick timer has been increased (2 ---> 8 minutes)

Thanks heaps for reading through! If you like what you see, check out our official discord community! *<:) Laters! banana.

[ 2022-02-19 00:52:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

Howdy! This update adds a crazy amount of new mechanics, polish, progression/economy improvements and content that I'm so excited to finally release to you all! Basically, after this version is fully tested & some other minor polish changes are added, the game will come out of early access. :)

Bubble Grenade!

This weapon has sort of silently been in the works for many updates now, and it's finally polished enough to be part of this release! The bubble grenade creates a smoke barrier and unlocks at rank 11 :)

Hats + Progression Updates

The current progression with just tags felt limited, so I've added some cool looking hats that you can unlock!
There's also been a few changes to the progression and ranking

• coins have been replaced with unlock keys (automatically exchanged)
• 5 new ranks to grind through with some wayyy cooler rewards incase you're into that B:)

Improved Movement

I've added 2 new movement mechanics

• slide [ctrl or q]
• grapple hook [g]

Overall I think they add a lot more depth to the gameplay, the grapple hook isn't synced over third person yet, though I'm working on that currently. [previewyoutube=kCdKzVdDrN4;full][/previewyoutube] [^^^ movement section: 2:37 - 2:54]

Notable Changes ;-;

• SFX and Music sliders (finally)
• Client side prediction (less lag, enemies die instantly on your screen)
• New tutorial level that teaches important gameplay mechanics (access with /tutorial in chat)
• You can now rotate and move weapons in the armoury using RMB and LMB to inspect
  
• Fixed kingfisher flying exploit
• Other minor fixes/polish probably forgot lmao

Paint Warfare: Captain Banana Supporter DLC

Quite a few of you out there have been asking for a way to support Paint Warfare and the work I do as a game developer, which I really appreciate! :P Paint Warfare is free, so I don't (currently) make any money from it. I want to work on the game beyond it being just a passion project though so I've released a DLC with some really cool ingame content that I designed for anyone who chooses to contribute to my work <3

Anyways, thanks heaps for reading through and thank you so much for the feedback and support recently. If you fancy what I do here, check out our official discord community! :D Toodles! banana.

[ 2022-02-05 07:25:28 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey people! i've been pretty tied up with exams, videos and commissions as of late, so this month's update is a little on the smaller side. Nevertheless though, strap in and prepare to find out all about the cool new features you're getting! ;)

*Proximity Voice Chat* >:D

I've been playing a lot of Crab Game recently (it's a sick multiplayer flip of Squid Game on steam, so check it out!), having a lot of fun with the proximity chat mechanic, which I knew would be totally fire in Paint Warfare. So proximity voice chat is in the game now, so you all can get some funny clips, or just totally roast the muck out of each other in your lobby. >:O
Obviously there's the option to mute everyone in the settings, an option for automatic voice chat (instead of just push to talk) is on its way too.

New Servers + Ping Counter:

There's been some reports of slow servers and huuuge ping spikes (specifically when playing from na), so I've moved the main server to Japan, (from Singapore), which is a lot faster from testing. Keep in mind that there's a huge amount of systems already in place that minimise the effect that ping has on gameplay in most cases, so even a ping of 200ms is totally unnoticeable in Paint Warfare.

Bugfix/Polish:

• The game no longer plays music in between switching maps
• Time played is now recorded correctly
• Changes to the colour palette the game and UI is slightly more vibrant now
• Damaging enemies with explosives and not eliminating them no longer plays the kill animation
• I'm currently looking into an issue where the game bricks if the save file becomes corrupted (super extremely rare)
• Other minor things *<:)

Anyways, cheers for all the support as of late, it really means a lot and is truly keeping the game alive. If you fancy what I do here, check out our official discord community! B:) Toodles! banana.

[ 2021-11-13 10:56:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

0.9.1_b fixes a few minor bugs and adds more polish (credit to mandar1jn for reporting!)

Polish + Balance:

• Fixed a rendering bug that caused boxes to flicker on lower settings
• Joining a match in the new map will now properly display as "Match: Dragon Valley" in the menu
• Damaging enemies with the respawn invincibility no longer plays the kill animation
• Disabling details now disables slightly fewer objects
• Some optimisations ~8% fps boost

New content and mechanics are coming soon... Happy playing, banana.

[ 2021-10-02 08:47:45 CET ] [ Original post ]

The new update brings crazy amounts of new content, unlockables (like tags, weapons and even more achievements) and some more polish/bugfixes based on your feedback. After a lil bit of closed testing, Paint Warfare is back, and there's even more planned for the future of the game!

New Dragon Valley Map:

A new, well requested Japanese inspired map is here! The new map is a bit smaller than Dunes or Blizzard but offers really interesting combat with dash spots that launch you across the map, a tunnel and a lake that makes you completely invulnerable to fire from above.


I've also polished up the existing maps to be on par with the brand new map, adding a few more secret hidden easter eggs ;)

Unlockables!

Something I've felt was missing from the rework compared to the legacy version of Paint Warfare was a real form of progression ingame. So in 0.9.0 I've brought 2 new forms of progression to complement each other, being (a) the rank/account levelling system and (b) a new ingame currency that you get from ranking up.

What can I unlock?

• more guns
• coloured nametags
• new characters + abilities (coming next update!)

^^ the new profile tab with ranks and coloured tags! And obviously just for fun I've added a few more Steam achievements for you guys to try and unlock :O

Banana Gun ;)

There's now a revolver in the game! Inspired by the dev himself, it 2 shots any enemy, shoots relatively fast and is something in between the sniper and frenzy. Here it is in action!

Polish/Bugfixes:

There's been wayyy more polish and smaller changes than I can (realistically) list here so here's a quick rundown of a few more notable changes

• Gamemodes can no longer repeat and last 60s instead of just 45, you can now also swap gamemodes by typing /gm in chat!
• Fixed bugs that caused props in the map to glitch or disappear, other people's movement is now much smoother
• Damage and points summary in the respawn screen
• Definitely no new easter eggs at all ;)

Anyways, thanks heaps for reading through and thank you so much for the feedback and support recently. If you fancy what I do here, check out our official discord community! B:) Laters, banana.

[ 2021-09-28 10:31:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

0.8_b2 adds adds more polish in the game :)

Major Updates:

• added achievements (more coming soon)

Polish + Balance:

• transitions between maps and menus
• made the ui more consistent in some places
• added a spectator and cinematic spectator (activated through using /s or /cs)
• new greasy mayo setting which improves fps by around 20%
• minimum fps cap is now 20
• renamed the 'double xp' gamemode to 'double points'
• nerfed the launcher fire rate
• made the dash a bit louder
• no new easter eggs at all :>

New unlockable content, game modes, and achievements also coming soon.. Cheers, banana

[ 2021-06-15 09:41:08 CET ] [ Original post ]

0.8_b adds a huge amount of content, polish and well-needed bug fixes to the the game :D

Major Updates:

• new 'minigame modes that cycle every 45s - giant beach balls (dunes only) - infinite dashes - double xp - orange only - spoon only - more coming soon..
• new spoon weapon
• added a dash to the movement that can be controlled with your movement keys and recharges with each kill
• improved UI and fancy animated kill indicators

Polish + Balance:

• white hitmarkers
• fixed issues with bots getting stuck, reduced bot invincibility to 2s and added a slight delay before they explode
• the launcher now has infinite ammo again, but its fire rate has been reduced by 33%
• you can now use C, Q and Z to fall to the ground
• added more join messages and messages to the chat when a player is switching maps
• you can now knock back explosives with paintballs and other explosives
• smoothed explosive animation
• a bit of optimisation
• improved the accuracy of the chat filter and whitelisted words like cracked and sucks that were blocked as a result of a bug
• damage of explosives now drops off with how far away the source was
• bot invulnerability reduced from 3s to 2s
• improved the range or the rocket launcher
• bots now have a slight delay before exploding so that its now possible to kill them with melee weapons

Bugfix:

• you can now shoot through your feet/head
• getting killed by a bot will now properly display in the killfeed as being killed by a bot

Anyways I really hope you guys enjoy the release! Thanks for all the support and feedback recently and for sticking around :) Cheers, banana

[ 2021-06-08 21:57:44 CET ] [ Original post ]

0.6.2 addresses critical issues in the last version like cheaters and fixes a few bugs.

Changelog:

major changes

brand new profile tab you can now track stats like time playing, damage taken, kill/deaths and more! anti-cheat and afk measures that can kick or ban you if you modify the game

balance

ammo of the launcher has been reduced from 5 to 4

polish & bugfix

minor UI changes fixed a bug that caused the camera to clip through objects fixed a bug that made shots at 45 degrees not register correctly adjustments to the chat filter

[ 2021-03-13 07:55:20 CET ] [ Original post ]

The goal of the Paint Warfare rework was to fix a lot of the underlying issues with the old Paint Warfare and to shape the game into something that was unique to anything any other FPS game has to offer currently After a bunch of closed testing, and a short public beta on itch.io, Paint Warfare is back on Steam! :)

Combat Changes:

The old Paint Warfare combat was really slow and unoriginal. Now, nearly every single mechanic encourages incredibly fast-paced play and rushing in on your opponents My favourite mechanic is the health "stealing" which rewards you health for kills and replaces the old auth health regen that encouraged people to hide away once losing health. This mechanic makes it so satisfying to clutch kills on low health

Other cool mechanics that I won't go into:

• Respawn invulnerability (rush opponents/revenge)
• Grenade jumping (difficult to pull of but incredibly fun lol)
• Faster time to kills
• Removal of terrible mechanics that encouraged the opposite of what I'm trying to achieve xD

This overall makes the game feel so incredibly unique.

Better Maps:

The new maps are better designed than the old Paint Warfare's offerings. They offer more cover around the map, and places to shelter against people grenade jumping and turning into an "areal strike unit" (yes that's a thing). Anyways, although there are only 2 right now, there are more coming..

Polish and Less Bugs:

Do I need to say more? Anyways I really hope you guys enjoy the rerelease! So far the feedback from you guys has been really incredible, so thanks for sticking around :) Cheers, banana.

[ 2021-02-23 08:46:23 CET ] [ Original post ]

[previewyoutube=cMBRTnUcs4o;full][/previewyoutube]

[ 2020-12-19 09:09:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey guys! Over the next few months, I will be completely overhauling the game in order to address some core issues and bugs with the game in response to recent reviews. This rework will bring with it:

• Improvements to combat, maps, modes and movement, to bring more depth
• Improved multiplayer bots/some form of singleplayer
• Fixes to major issues with the project (it's over a year old!) which will make it easier for me to add content faster and without creating bugs
• Improved visuals and UI redesigns
• Weapons that more creatively use the paintball theme
• Controller support

Such a rework will obviously take some time to be able to be finished and thoroughly tested, though if you are interested in helping us with testing or feedback, please join our discord server discord server! Cheers, Mini.

[ 2020-10-10 11:43:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

Paint Warfare is now Free To Play, making it easier than ever to play with and invite friends! Bigger and better updates are in the workings. Cheers, Mini

[ 2020-09-02 07:05:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

After long and careful consideration, I've decided to make Paint Warfare a Free to Play game. Due to dwindling players over the past few months, we believe that Free to Play will help you guys enjoy the game with friends and will bring more players overall to our small community. We're also going to roll out a few other new features, to reach a greater base of players, including more languages, controller support and more optimisations! Cheers, Mini

[ 2020-08-19 22:12:44 CET ] [ Original post ]

After a month of both open and closed beta testing on the discord server, weve nailed down most of the major bugs found in 1.7 and 1.7.2. Along with that, some well-needed overhauls reworks, and polish work have finally been completed!

Maps:

The older 3x3km blizzard and archipelago maps have been completely replaced with new closer range Dunes and Mudslide maps! The main reason we have decided to put forward this change was simply due to the large amount of distance needed to be covered by foot with the removal of vehicles from the game. These new maps provide unique gameplay possibilities; the Dunes map is more open while the Mudslide map is filled with cover. Further, minor changes have been made to the Factory and Wetlands maps to provide more cover.

Movement:

1.8 provides much more responsive and faster paced movement, with more polish given to the B-hopping (bunny hopping), Grenade jumping and climbing mechanics in the game. Air control has also been added which allows the player some control when jumping.

Combat:

The combat systems from 1.7 have been completely overhauled with the 1.8 update. One of the main issues that our players found with combat pre 1.7 was how the game punished the player when being low on health. This has now been removed with the damaged effect now being more subtle. Further, auto-health regeneration has been put into place, though as to not render the med-kit useless with this mechanic, the regeneration lacks the ability to regenerate shield, and the med-kit now has a shorter cool down. In order to make combat more interesting, the bazooka will now be able to damage the player if used at too close of a range. This is both in part to balance the bazooka and encourage the use of secondary or primary weapons at these ranges. Bugs with the crosshair have also now been fixed, and you are now also able to hold grenades in your hand and only throw it when you let go of the mouse. New SFX have also been introduced for the weapons to better fit a paintball theme.

Matchmaking, AI and Spectator:

Seperate buttons have been added for each map in order to make it easier to join a preferred room. Further, rooms are now capped at 8 players, and should extra players join, they would be sent to another room. To assist with a lack of players at times, a basic AI has been added while a player is waiting for other players to join a room. This will encourage players to wait for others to join rather than quitting the game. This AI will not damage the players, but will earn the player XP when killed. A new spectator mode has been added and the ability to hide UI in game has been added to assist people who would like to record gameplay without UI.

Other major changes:

Environment:

• Environment particles
• Added unique reverb presets to each map
• Added lens flare to sunny maps

Movement:

• Added ability to step up on platforms
• Removed vehicles
• Fixed flying ragdolls

Weapons:

• Removed Uzi
• Fixed a bug that prevented bazookas and grenades from dealing damage
• Increased grenade jump force

UI:

• Brand new menu UIs
• Removed redundant parts of old menus

Other:

• Improved chat moderation system
• Shortened the launching sequence
• New preloader

[ 2020-07-20 03:53:05 CET ] [ Original post ]

Following some feedback and some suggestions, I've released 1.7.2, fixing some smaller issues, cleaning up the UI, previewing the upcoming singleplayer mode, and more!

Features:

• New Dunes map
• Singleplayer Gun Game mode
• New crosshairs
• Clearer UI
• Credits
• Other fixes and balancing

[previewyoutube=fGAmOAh-34A;full][/previewyoutube] Happy painting!

[ 2020-03-08 09:35:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

Paint Warfare 1.7.1 was a 2 part update fixing critical issues and bugs found in 1.7.0.

Changes;

• New unique music for the Blizzard, Archipelago and Factory
• Changes to the way music is played when loading a map
• Updated menu music
• Ping counters in the menu now display 'connecting' when a connection is not yet established
• Added rocket jumping
• Definitely no new easter eggs

Fixes:

• Fixed missing textures found in the player model in the plane
• Fixed a bug that prevented the plane from shooting
• Respawn fixes in the LMS mode
• Fixed a bug that prevented vehicles from being destroyed
• Fixed kill-feed syncing issues
• Fixed healing and auto-heling

Balancing:

• Reduced bazooka damage to a maximum of 100hp, depending on the distance from the explosion
• Reduced the ammo for the bazooka from 6 to 5
• The med-kit cooldown has been reduced from 5 seconds to 3
• The med-kit is now infinite and heals 20hp per use
• Bumped up grenade count; depending on which type of grenade you have equipped, you now have 2-5 bonus grenades
• Increased M240B damage to 14hp / hit
• Reduced the force of grenades when grenade jumping

[ 2020-03-02 08:48:36 CET ] [ Original post ]

Paint Warfare 1.7.0 has been a trek; it's been a 3-month project, the most development time ever put into a release after 1.0. We've had countless new people come and go, helping make this update possible, and I'm finally happy to announce that the 1.7.0 update is now public on Steam! [previewyoutube=jYSWUjsloQw;full][/previewyoutube]

Movement:

Movement has been overhauled, it's now much smoother and more responsive. Crouching bugs have been patched and animations have been overhauled, and network usage has been optimised

Maps:

The old 2x2km Tornado and Blizzard maps have been completely replaced with 2 completely new 3x3km maps fit-out with trucks and fighter planes. The new maps also feature a spawn select, so you can tactically choose your favourite spawn and get right into the action. An LMS mode has also been introduced into the factory map, along with various optimisation and lighting changes

Combat:

An entire new weapon class has also been introduced, with 4 new grenade types now in the game. Med-kits have received a massive buff, and a new auto-heal timer has now been introduced, so you will automatically regenerate health after not taking damage for a few seconds. Grenade jumping has also been added, along with a void, so you don't fly too high. All bugs with the old team deathmatch system have been fixed, and nametags have been removed in FFA. Paint splatters and bullet delays have now also been added.

UIs and Menus:

Added a new music player in the menu, overhauled the matchmaking UI and added UI SFX. Better post-processing has been added to menu UIs that is also able to be adjusted in the quality settings.

Smaller Changes:

• Kill-feed now displays 'FFA Started' on FFA maps
• Removed the SFX option
• Fixed some building colliders
• Impoved the chat censoring system to minimise false blocking
• Fixed a bug that prevented tanks from shooting
• Fixed wetlands spawn
• You will no longer automatically enter vehicles by walking up to them
• Optimised maps
• Fixed flickering issues on Wetlands
• Re-scaled buildings and props to fit the player size
• Fixed a bug that caused the Chiappa to be invisible
• Added custom skyboxes

[ 2020-02-22 01:34:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

We're holding the final 1.7.0 open beta in our discord server. Feel free to join in and be part of the gameplay for our new trailer! The test will be hosted on via a link so won't matter whether you have the game or not. :) [previewyoutube=rWKqtSqA5OE;full][/previewyoutube] "1.7.0 has been a trek. It's been a 3-month project, the longest development time ever put into an update after 1.0. We've had people helping out with the project come and go, though development has been going strong. There's been countless stages of testing (some more successful than others), from private 1v1s, closed betas and now the open beta this Saturday. All funds earnt from the last 2 months past release have been put directly back into the game, whether it be licensing music, SFX and render farms for rendering the shorts. Paint Warfare has been one of my biggest projects yet, and I'd like to thank the community for still sticking with me and being so supportive, as I know the past builds recently have been a bit rough and buggy recently. Hope you guys enjoy the build :)" - From our discord

[ 2020-02-07 11:30:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey all! Sorry for all the radio silence this month while we've been testing an perfecting Paint Warfare 1.7.0 (yes that's right, 1.7.0).
We've been busy stress testing the game, so when the build releases, I won't have to consistently release small patches to fix up tiny bugs and me and a few other people have been hard at work creating brand new features and content, such as planes, new maps (read about them here), grenades, and much more! [previewyoutube=kE5uQTNClNc;full][/previewyoutube]

Testing:

Just a day ago, we had a massive closed beta on our discord where a small group of testers were selected to try out an early version of the build. Although it might have not went as smoothly as we'd hoped, we'd eventually gotten everything fixed and running, and overall the test was a success! [previewyoutube=vs1r1y-K_Qg;full][/previewyoutube]

Release:

Although we don't have a fixed release date yet, I'm aiming to get the build ready by early to mid February with a few follow up content and events planned for later that month! Like to apply for closed testing or be notified of other news, sales and content related to the game? Join the discord!

[ 2020-01-26 04:13:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

1.7.0 will be one of the biggest updates to the game, bringing forth massive changes, fixes and content overhauls! For the past 2 months, I've been secretly working on 2 new 4x4km (yes that's right) maps for Paint Warfare, to replace 2 of the 4 existing maps already in the game!
These maps will feature a spawn select screen, new areas, brand new vehicles and more! The new Archipelago map will replace the old Tornado map, and a brand new Blizzard map (with a completely new layout and custom models) will replace the old map, with a massively larger fighting area.

New Maps Trailer:

[previewyoutube=ihcqvB8tNJk;full][/previewyoutube] Like to learn more and participate in closed betas? Join our official discord and apply to be a tester! Join now!

[ 2020-01-26 03:59:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

Sketch a monster or two for the 8.0 co-op update and get a free game key for paint warfare or my other games!

How it works:

[olist]

Sketch some monsters / enemies and post them in the #contest-submissions channel in our discord before the 24th of December

We'll hold a community vote (vote for as many as you like)

4-6 winners will be chosen and the top monsters will be added to the game [/olist]

Rewards:

1st

2 paint warfare keys or 1 paint warfare key + all itch keys

2nd

1 paint warfare key and a choice of any of my itch games

3rd-4th

free paint warfare key

5th-6th

key for any of my itch games Since I'll be slowly shifting paint warfare's focus away from realism, you can make any monster you like. Feel free to check out some of the examples below!

[ 2019-12-19 01:13:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

7.0 will be the biggest and greatest update to the game! I'll be working on a lot of new content, maps and features for this new build of the game.
Firstly I'd like to mention about some of the problems / issues brought up by the community that we'd like to address in this update.

• Not enough players online, making the game unplayable
• Players take too many hits to kill
• Not enough customisations for characters and skins
• You can level up to the max level in a few days
• There isn't any story / the game doesn't make sense: a paintball fight in a tornado with tanks and bazookas?
• Not enough explosions
• Lots of bugs

These are just some of the main key points brought up by the community, and I'll do my best to gradually address these (especially the bugs) in the upcoming builds. From this I've decided to split up some of these points into 2 massive updates (7.0 and 8.0), each coming out in the upcoming few months.

7.0:

• Campaign
• Weapon upgrades
• New weapons (including new explosives)
• Bug fixes

8.0:

• Co-op
• Player customisation
• Intro sequence
• Possibly air vehicles (will be teasing these before 7.0)

May have spoilt a bit much, though if you'd like to learn more and get more in-depth news and teasers on this, feel free to check out our discord server

[ 2019-12-17 05:30:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

This update features a completely reworked footsteps system, with 170 different SFX for different surfaces, a fresh menu, balancing, matchmaking fixes, optimisations and more!

Features

• Reworked footstep system, with over 170 new SFX for different surfaces
• Reload SFX for the Chiappa Double Eagle, Beretta, MAT-49, UZI and Bazooka
• Fixes to team deathmatch and matchmaking bugs
• Added paint splatter to walls
• Slight balancing changes, including med-kit buffs
• Leave messages and automatic reconnection when the connection is lost
• Refreshed main menu
• Changes to SFX when underwater
• Unique music when loading each map
• Particle optimisations (40% better particle performance)
• Other changes and fixes

Hope you guys enjoy this final update before the release of 7.0 (devlog coming soon), with campaign, new maps, explosives and more!
Feel free to check out our discord for tests, news, giveaways and more: https://discord.gg/DZmS57b

[ 2019-12-15 03:01:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

6.0.1 fixes a ton of bugs (especially vehicle bugs), buffed and balanced vehicles, updated (and added) a bunch of sound fx, and polished a bunch of features implemented in 6.0.

Full list of changes / fixes:

• Updated / removed solid colour textures from some vehicles
• Decreased amount of vehicles per map by ~50%
• Changed vehicle entering to be the same across both water and land vehicles
• Fixed a bug where a player would only be disabled locally when entering vehicles
• Fixed a bug where vehicles could bug out if already entered
• Buffed vehicle health
• Made vehicles indestructable unless there is a player inside as to prevent people from gaining points by blowing up empty vehicles
• Made tanks default to first person view to help with aiming
• Synced tank turret rotation over network
• Fixed issues preventing vehicle UI from updating correctly
• Decreased boat sound range
• Fixed some ambient sound effects (especially the wetlands one)
• Fixed an issue where the user could select an insanely low screen resolution
• Improved some animations
• Med-kit now heals health before shield
• Fixed a bug where that caused a team death-match game with 2 players to be on the same team when joining / respawning
• Changed damage FX, removed blur and blood loss effects
• Added new shell casings to TOZ
• Added casing sounds
• Added hit sounds

As you can see a bunch of issues have been addressed, including some changes not mentioned here. Another smaller patch is also coming soon addressing the a smaller amount of other less noticeable balancing / bugfixes before the 7.0 update coming early 2020.

[ 2019-12-08 20:42:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey all! Me and a few other people have been testing the new build recently, and we've come across a few minor issues, though the general feedback overall has been really positive. I'd like to seriously thank anyone who's purchased the game at this stage and left feedback on how I could improve. I've combined all this feedback and will be making changes to the game for 6.1...
First off I'd like to talk about some changes and fixes I'd like to make for the 6.0.1 mini update:

• The player will be properly disabled over the network when entering and exiting vehicles
• Med-kits will heal health first rather than shield
• You will only gain points by destroying vehicles if there is someone in them (prevents people from farming points by destroying vehicles)
• Footsteps will be silent / a lot quieter when crouching
• Destroying a vehicle will no longer appear in the killfeed unless there was a player in that vehicle
• You will be able to use tanks in a first person mode so you can aim

These changes will be effective from the 6.0.1 update coming out later this week. Next up, I'll be adding controller support, keybinds and possibly russian language support for 6.1 Check out the discord for more updates, tests and developments! steamhappy

[ 2019-12-02 21:23:08 CET ] [ Original post ]

Paint Warfare is a low-poly casual multiplayer FPS with large scale maps. team and FFA combat, fun and unique weapons, vehicles and much more!

Features of this update:

6.0 brings many massive improvements and features to the table, including vehicles, unique secondary weapons, and a brand new 2x2km tornado map!

• Ground and water vehicles unique to each map. Wetlands features RHIBs and both the Blizzard and Tornado maps focus on tanks, trucks and armoured cars
• New cutscenes! The Tornado and Wetlands map now have an epic animation when spawning
• New tornado map! Cooked up a fresh new map with brand new models and textures, just make sure to not get sucked in!
• Crouching! You asked, we listened. You can now crouch to get into those tiny spaces and buildings
• New secondary weapons. Made 4 unique secondary weapons to replace the previous system. I'll be sure to add more if this new system works out!
• Med-Kit! You can finally heal yourself with a single use med-kit (equippable in the armoury) instead of a bazooka.
• New ways to score! Get mini in-game achievements that increase your score at the end of the round. Some achievements include: base capture, double kill, medic and roadkill
• Security improvements and more. We've had some reports of cheating in the past, so we've upped our security. Data is now encrypted, and the game is now protected from running outside of Steam
• A lot more!

Hope y'all enjoy this massive new update! Don't forget to check out our discord for more news, chat and tests (https://discord.gg/DZmS57b)

[ 2019-12-01 20:00:14 CET ] [ Original post ]