Chickens Madness news & patch notes

Glad to tell you that next Wednesday 9/9/2020 the game will be fully released here on steam, and at the same time will be released on the Xbox one store. A month later (or so) the game will be released on the Nintendo Switch eshop.

What does this mean for you as steam user?

The final game build will be release in that mentioned day, an update will be required at your side, which contains more new levels, almost zero bugs & indeed a ton of fun. Achievements, Steam chat presence, a ton of hidden Easter eggs, finalized Fair/Unfair mode, and many many more.. Many things been added since the last update, and thanks to the console port, it helped in adding those things/features & optimizations and helped in boosting the overall quality of the game. The tests been made by Microsoft teams and Nintendo teams, for sure did benefit the steam version as well, which is amazing!!! The game after-all using the same code/logic for all platforms except for minor per platform specific features, and Microsoft & Nintendo was running full testing on the game, which means many of the aspects you've in the steam build ran into a testing similar to the AAA games already!!

The game price will be changed (effective from this week) which means only the Early access users were able to get the game in the downsized price (1/2 the final price) which is fair for you/them, you did help the game & played it while it was broken, and it was fair to not ask you for a full price. That price change is not a new news, and was part of the early access description already.

There is now a DEMO!! Yes, i know you loved Chickens Madness, but i also want everyone who might not be able to buy the game or worried about putting their money in the game, to have a fair chance of trying some parties of the main game! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31276628/111c8ae9ed24766853dec73233e3306955a544e1.png

Does this mean the end of the Chickens?

No, no, and Of course not! Chickens as you might have noticed been my friends for the past 7-8 years, thinking about them every second and working in them every single day. There are a billion thing that i wanted to add in the game, and you asked to have, but the time & resources didn't allow me to put everything in Chickens Madness. It is great to take a break from the Chickens world (which I've already done between pre-release and the final game build secure time) and explore new grounds, but it is hard to leave my dear chickens behind. So be tuned for some chickens news/announcements in the following days of the full release. Your emails, comments and ideas that you shared with me during the early access phase (here, twitter, Facebook and Reddit) had a huge impact on me in changing my priorities 180 degree for my upcoming project... V.

It's been a while, and been long time since i took the decision to put the game in your hands in order to help me in making it a better game. Today i wanted to share some updates with you, without any content. I know you got used to get announcements/updates with a new game patch, but forgive me that time. While i was planning long time ago to make it a last minute announcement _for no specific reason_ but after many considerations, i did realize that you are the people who made this game stand still till this moment. May be it was developed here, at this tiny office, but your input, you messages, your nice videos on YouTube, your great comments, and your outstanding feedback is what made this game survive that long. Few years ago when the decision came to put the game in early access, it was already in development for 4-5 years, which is long enough to lose the passion for an indie game, but your support is what kept it running for even more years (couple of year or so). The game had a lot of changes, but fortunately still fun, hilarious and silly game to spend good time playing it with friends. And while there been content released frequently with the fixes, there are other content that was kept for the final release, and i can't wait to give this to you! I always kept going back and forth for the online topic, everyone said this game will succeed more and more when it utilize the online multiplayer mode (and i some how agree), but i never felt that this is the perfect fit. Chickens Madness was built around the feeling of playing with family and friends on a sofa, may be the PC is not the best platform for that, but it was the only available platform for such a tiny developer. And from day one, the menu never used "play now" or "let's party", but used the term "On Couch", in order to make it clear where the game came from...From the old gaming generation of playing on a golden age console with the family! Today, I'm glad to say that after being in development since ~2013, "Chickens Madness" finally going to be fully released this year!!! 🐣 🐥 🐔 🍗 🥚 And to triple the surprise, it is been in development for months for the powerful XboxOne & the cute NintendoSwitch!!!! Where this type of game really belongs, and will really shine... The game already running on those platforms, with nice performance, and fantastic quality that is fitting the top class engine used! But it need sometime to be unforgettable, and i'll make sure it takes all the needed care, to keep the game we built as fun as it is right now. That was the surprise i mentioned in the 2.1a release announcement post., by the way! All what i wanted to say in this post that: "Without you, this game would have never reach this level of polish, I would have never reach this line, you and the people who supported the development of the game, are the best in that world!" All the chickens and chicks in the game, loves you! And defiantly, there are even more great things happening right now, but all in time :) Last but not least, i had managed to make a 2.2a version, but decided not to release, as at that time there were a lot of stuff been stripped from the game code in order to work on some of the console release parts, and I'm afraid that 2.2a might end up with many broken features due to the heavy changes been made in the game during the past months. And for that, i did skip the 2.2a, and delayed the 2.1a to the time it was announced last month V. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31276628/b906cacda420c075e8feeeb03841cd83115dc1bb.png

Back again... There been a period of silence for quite sometime regarding the updates for Chickens Madness, but that was for a very strong reasons..There are a ton happening right now behind the screens for Chickens Madness, and for Vikong in general, and will discuss that on time. But here is the good thing,... finally managed to put together a once more a major update for the game.

What you expect after getting this update?

Well, not much,....But a lot in fact!

Content

The entire game content been reworked, not remade, but reworked and re-organized, and optimized in a better way. So while this mean there isn't any new content been added to the game, but...Well,...a more tiny game size...Yup!! that is happening once more..If you can recall an old update (Update #3 -- Build) the game managed to make it after a lot of hard work, from over 2 GB to almost half that size. But during the following updates in the past year, the game started to grow again few hundreds of megabytes due to the new content and parties. But that never been a satisfying note to take as a developer. So I did put in mind to take a pause, and re-consider a lot of things within Chickens Madness as a game project that has thousands of files, and that was mostly the core task for this update. The original goal was to take the game again back to the same size we ended up with during the update #3, but not long time since I started in that task, and my hopes changed to totally go beyond that goal, and now the orientation is to take the game to the smallest package size possible at the meantime! And try as much as possible to make it as small as possible for such a game that has a wide range of models, animations,...etc with high quality console/HD ready-assest. That will be super useful in load time, and in a smoother experience for the less capable computers. The outcome for that epic reworking task of the entire project files, was a total of near 850 MB zipped game file (the one uploaded to steam, and the one you download before it get unzipped to your common folder) instead of 1.4 GB from the last update (or instead of 1.2 GB from update #3) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31276628/36fd3deeaa094a46bdad140a068b20a6fe7526ae.png

Experience

There been as always some performance optimization tricks to implement in the game, where most of it won't affect you if you running on a beast PC, but that will be super useful for other players who have complains from using less powerful cards. The most important one to mention, is the running/racing party, this party for a long time been using a very naive method to render all the players into a single screen, which was a huge cause for a very noticeable low framerate during this party among the entire game parties. This implementation been re-worked, TOTALLY from scratch, and the game now having a very optimized way that can grantee a solid and stable high framerate while playing this racing party. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31276628/13c698ad0044de1cfc1c9135008226e34d95b607.png This previous screenshot is from the previous implementation that you were able to experience till the last update. You can see the "pixelation" at some areas of the screen, the very wide camera angle & the super dense-like green fog, all those technique was there to minimize the framerate issues in the method used to render the final composed splitscreen, and was not even enough to get good fps... {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31276628/001c37531a154a6c3c8be0e22879ae305a81d16d.png This is a screenshot form this update, you will notice a very clean quality that match the rest of the game. No dense thick fog and no pixelation at tires round edges, and overall super nice and sharp edges with a good color blend in the background that match the rest of the game...And after all that, a good framerate without a single drop! V.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31276628/ccf9697327c6a08c9fe9a92a993f5f78afac718e.gif With A Lucky Chicken, there are few bug fixes and enhancements, but the most important element in that update, is a brand new party in hands. This new party was carefully crafted as well, to balance between the core 3 elements I care about in the game (Fun, Mastery of Controls, and the Idea).

Egged Out

In Egged out, you've to be the last one to survive. The only ability available in that new party is the egg dropping, besides the jump of course. Dropping eggs however in that new party is being handled as shooting, each egg will be strong enough to kick other players out of the playground. You'll really need to try hard to master the ability of shooting eggs with a chicken butt in order to be the true king of that party! Below is a short video, with only one active player vs 3 none-connected players. Just to show how aiming works and how it can be a challenge even against static opponents. But with some dedication, it can be mastered! Don't hesitate to put that party in a "A Party of Choice" mode, and give it ago for enough time to get the grasp of it. V.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31276628/0bd4066631ad39b57b1846c9490bfbcb38eccc24.png Well! Did you think it will be a Halloween without some Spooky Chickens!!! Enjoy the event, have fun & get your treat!!! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31276628/1a43c43b840f31c37b9c2ba936bcf568e53f1a08.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31276628/59caa1d367d8befe8618c7db0ef1c9cfce77d268.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31276628/05f7e31667c29df049ea0f8ee345d099f0c355b6.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31276628/e412c09af781a320e1a3be483d7ff1f78ce0cdec.png V.

Yet another major Update! With 1.9a Vikong Fried Chickens Update, there were a lot of performance optimizations, more bugs been fixed, and some sort of new content! Let's dive in and see what's new in this package!

Parties

• The Playground The playground isn't actually a party, but it is a party! This seems like a puzzle, but let's explain it! Within the main menu, you probably used to see the button called "Know The Buttons" which always show a hint of the game inputs when you hover it with the mouse or controller (you can't press this button yet). If you don't know this already, then congrats!!! You knew something new about the game! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/febd90f18edff05fc1e471a2b8c74863a927cc2d.png Now here is the deal, for long time this button used to work as button, which means it can be pressed, but only for the developer builds, and never been shipped. Within this new update, the decision came to clean up the "Playground" map, which is what that button lead to, and ship it with the game!!!! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/13abd5a179cc4963926fe73b9455330b78e77dab.jpg So what is the playground? The playground is kind of a sandbox level, where you can do pretty much every thing the game can offer, all mechanics (almost all of them to be more accurate) are available in this map, some still not exist, while others been taken out from shipping to you in 1.9a, as they were either broken or work in specific hacky way. It was meant to be the place where mechanics gets tested, and also to make sure that a mechanic can work on multiple scenarios; like, can the bomb kill a chick? If I can kick a chicken, can I kick a chick? Perhaps kick an egg?...etc. Single player, two players or even more can join in the same map, enjoy the chaos and different scenarios the game can offer. This map is a place that was meant first place for testing mechanics, but also as a safe environment where you can get more familiar with the controller system with an infinite time, and infinite amount of re-spawning. And because there, you can really master the controller, its the reason it used to be hidden under the "Know The Buttons" menu section. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/1f43ae93cf425dbaa52c4bc1d2f9eac0a8e9b34c.gif You will notice that this map have extra custom inputs, which is explained on the map floor, and once more here:
  • (A) For Spawning or Re-Spawning.
  • (Y) To change the type of drop items .
  for longer version of the video, to know more about how it looks or feels, you can watch here: https://youtu.be/GlGp4_8vUUs

Fixes

While there were multiple fixes in this version, but the most annoying ones that been fixed were:

• The issue where the game audio never play, until you go to the option menu and re-apply audio setting.
• The issue where in 4 players, the 3rd and 4th players are randomly losing control until the entire game closed, and re-launched through steam again.

Content

Since the game went live into the early access, majority of the BGM(Background music) was placeholders to testify with the gameplay feel and the overall rhythm, and you probably used to hear some annoying type of watermark within the music every few seconds. This is not the case anymore, within this version, all been sorted, and the game got all the rights for the music, which means there is no more noisy watermark sounds across the experience! V.

Back again, with one of those updates that holds many changes, but unfortunately they are mostly under the hood!

Fixes

Multiple fixes been made within this version, in order to take the game to a better and better state. The most common issues that been fixed within A Chicken On Track includes:

• Escape button now functioning in all the menus, you won't have the scenario of being stuck in a menu without being able to go back!
• The party video display within parties menus, now working fine. Previously most of the time was stretched and look odd, and sometimes covering the text, that was annoying bug specially to see in YouTube videos.
• Players can't fall to an infinite dimension if go outside of the boundaries in the Basketball party.
• Mouse cursors not showing anymore as long as there is no active menu or input that requires it. It was annoying to see some people on YouTube making fun of the cursor still on screen while they are playing, personally don't see any problem in that, but have to respect their willing, so now it never shows unless you need it. Just like a Batman!!!!

Features

• Fair Mode That was the HUGE work that took quite sometime for this version. A lot of you been complaining about the game being unfair in terms of the score and balancing, and while this was not an issue at all, or in another word, that was made in purpose, and the game was meant to be harsh and unfair, to drive the winners to ego and the less scoring people to insanity, but finally started to edit the score balancing and patch it with the game builds. With that said, I didn't want to lose all the old work, there are many people still love the way the game punishing, so that new mode been wrapped into an entire new game mode called the "Fair Mode" which is enabled by default. For new comers & returning players, the game will always make sure to notify you with that at first! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/19277d8be1e1f519e06cc6527648182e5ebe8ad9.gif And you'll be always able to turn that mode On/Off from within the gameplay menu! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/f30b69647adf5edf2fdd7b08fe4e4eb91c66c096.png
• Cursor This isn't a huge improvement, but it means a lot to me and to every one who was playing games since the early 90th! A good game always have it's own mouse cursor that reflects it's identity, we all know that! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/f1e0610ba3b78312c3062ed6faeafc2cf241e8ac.gif

Core

The game engine been updated to the most recent version, all the SDKs that are used with the game been updated accordingly to the most recent version, which means a bit boost in the performance at all aspects, better visuals, less crashing situations on lower end computers, and much more! V.

Yes Yes, its a major update! This update contains new content, features, fixes and whatnot! Make sure to enjoy it, and report any bugs. Comments, requests and feedback are welcomed as always!

Parties

• Stage of Decay

Aaaand YUP!!!! a new party is here. Stage of Decay is another new party that is as well based on a new idea that was not presented yet in any of the previous Chickens Madness parties. The level is decaying, and obstacles are there, the decay is fast, and you can get a super-chicken-kick from your opponents, what could be more stressful! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/fda0d9236892d9066712229e35d60428bf9bf3da.gif

Fixes

There are several fixes been made within the series of 1.6a, and while this update was mainly targeting a new feature or parties, still within this new update there are some fixes, in order to make sure the experience getting more solid. The major annoying issues that been fixed within this build are:

• Rework most of the graphics options within the options screen. Now the game will be sure to not only correctly apply those settings, but every single option will be synced to your account in order to save your preferred setup.
• Fix the UI issue with all the sliders in the game, previously hovering a slider will show a square image, this been fixed, and the behavior of the sliders is consistent across the entire game UI

Features

There are two main features been added to this build, as listed below:

• VSync VSync is very important for PC players, it have always been one of my targeted settings changes I personally apply in any game before playing it. So decided to take the time and put it within our game option screen. https://youtu.be/9Ij3NZAWiPo
• Preview Parties When you try (yet) to choose a party from the selection screen to play it, you get into that long list of text, if you are not familir with the party names, you might get hard time in recoginizing the party you wanna play. And while the game already have the tutorial screen runs before each party, and contain a previw of the current party, decided to make a use of those nice fast-forwarded previews and display them at the main menu while picking a party to play! https://youtu.be/rgBPEuBSiYs

Core

The game engine have been upated to the most stable version available at this moment (while writing this worddddd), in order to make sure we get the win of the most recent optimizations and features. V.

Once more; an update within the 1.6 series. Still adding more to the overall package optimizations, and this could be the last iteration within the 1.6 branch! Also updated to the most recent engine version for better stability across all the available hardware and graphic cards. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/41a3d750295932b285b7a2733e9eeed0796862b0.png V.

Yet another minor patch for the 1.6a version (Yup! the fourth one). There were few bugs been fixed for the build, but most of the effort were going to some progress (can't be tested now at your end) on Mac & Linux compatibility (mostly shader changes for now to make sure visuals will be consistent at all systems) Which means, YES the game will support Mac and Linux at some point. Also made a Credits screen for my HUGE team of me! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/898b17eab0a92606fb291363a2d19364ad43cd2f.png V.

As title says, Vikong now have its own page on steam, don't forget to follow, there will be always more to come! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/47580a516a1bd9fdcf551959d503994ca196e016.png Note: the linking with the game page will take sometime to be official, you can use the link below for now! Click Me! V.

It is that crazy time of the year, the season for Steam Awards, don't forget, Chickens Madness always “Better with Friends” ! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/12d0cbd97f76391e6e4f7143094eab36dd88c4d0.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/91f537011acb8fbc1db91977875de09cda18d135.png V.

This is another quick minor update/patch for the 1.6a version. While it contains some bug fixing and some of the on going optimizations, which usually not adding to the game size. Or evn better sometimes when it reduces the final game size on disk. But you'll notice that the update size is quite large for a bug fixing update. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/41ba456ea75ef8ac9aab52a6ff5d669c82895a35.png The only thing I can mention right now, that those 35mb are for the new upcoming features. Yet you've no access directly to those future implementations, but it's worth it, and important to keep in the game from now on! Be tuned! V.

Another lite update here! While working on a brand new party that is based on some new mechanics (probably will be released within the next update) which makes it takes some more time to create, I decided to handle the request came from several players regarding adding a new game interface (menu) based on the BucketHeads party screenshot shared couple of weeks ago. And it was really worth it! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/a358488eeca7cc4e87c37996cee9847609ec77e5.png While working on this new menu, I decided to work a new small system to handle all those menus. So far the game can show you only one menu until I release a new one. So, the new system (which is still in progress) will be always shuffling between your menus gallery, so you gonna see all of them all the time! V.

Back again!!! I wanted to give this update a unique name, as all other Chickens Madness updates. But it is not worth it. While the entire update contains one new feature only, but that single feature was enough to take all the time in the world in opening different systems and go deep deep into the core of the game to change some parts that never been touched in years!

Gameplay

As I kept getting some feedback regarding the blood in the game, and it might be harsh sometime for a family experience, specially if the kids are very young. And sadly seen that on some YT videos that the full-of-blood parties getting skipped. So, a new gameplay option been added, which is called Enable Kids Mode, and as the name implies, this mode will adapt the game more for kids experience if one of the players or even all of them are kids. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/f640f86913ae279e3095519dec38add210e4736b.png So far, what this feature manipulates is the blood effects across the entire game. Regardless if they are caused to a chicken or a chick, or even regardless the reason (bomb, butt-bash, landmine,...etc.). In order to make this working, I decided to rework some parts of the spawning system, and bend it to work based on the new condition, and adding some new FX, Color handlers,...etc. to make sure any new conditions will be added later that can affects the spawning process can be handled easily in the future. Not to mention re-working most of the FX themselves to optimize them, as for example the group of FX used for a bomb, are different from the ones used for the mine, and different from the other ones used for butt-bash. Now all unified, and encapsulated into a single place, that can be called from any where in the game. So if in the future we got a different death cause, it will recycle and reuse the same functions and FX files. Technically Excited!!!!! So, this: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/339fe10ee0b60f9c2544f590a62aea5c26dd854e.gif Become that: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/09aadf4810c1eafbd3120194de5d3873d7a46823.gif And something very agrissive like this: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/af11d2555c0cd9d622778a213d1b9b3bcc82471e.gif Become colorful like that: https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/ccb678eb7f6c50dbbc9e361ea548c767598c6a87.gif Still going to add more gameplay experience adaption based on that option being enabled or disabled. Also thinking about making the color different every time for every blood splatter, so not only green-yellow color, but more of rainbow colorful environment! Let me know what do you think. Leave your comments and feedback below, in the discussions or simply by the email. V.

Yup! another weekly update is here, while it's been only 7 days since the last update, one person, one PC and few people to test, but a lot of the updates below are an outcome of the previous months of working!

Parties

Its been a while since last time I've added a new party. But this doesn't mean there weren't any parties in the make! A TON of party design & prototyping been in the progress;during this silence time, and all will be translated into playable bits one by one. I wanted to make sure to put the most funny ideas for you!

• Bucket Heads Yes!!!! a new party is here. Bucket Heads is a new party that is based on a new idea that not presented yet in any of the previous parties, which is the inverted controllers. With all the chickens having buckets on their heads, it is clearly not going to be easy challenge to race in that condition! The party experience is different, and been in the work for a long time in order to put it right. For a long time it used to support kicking and other times jumping, but the final decision came on just keep it navigation based, and put the challenge in the environment itself. While the challenge seems about controller only, but it is not! Everything in that party (even it looks nice) but it is against you! The way the camera move, the way the level been designed, the size and placement of the assets, the environment, the limitations of the chicken control system...!!! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/e94a5cc11556c2c1fb0a0d2de4bec066a0cfc84e.gif

Experience

There were several improvements been presented within this new build, thigs that won't break your experience, but will be better to have them while playing the game. Thigs such as:

• All the night time based parties used to have improper visuals. There were some updates been made in 1.5.1a hat didn't reflect well on those parties, and was hard to notice them without longer tests. Parties such as the basketball or putting eggs in the tires, now have better visuals and light quality. Below is a comparison between 1.5.1a and 1.6a to get an idea about what I mean. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/6eed7f59bda270900a9e54d76b8a252ecff2c199.png
• Your favorite pipes level, where you choose one of the four pipes to try your luck. In the past you used to get your chicken run to the chosen pipe. and every time you change your choice, the chicken will run away to the pipe to stay in the queue. Unfortunately due to the AI updates made within 1.5.1a this was not working anymore, and chickens would jump right away into the pipe after the count down, but they won't queue together near to the pipes entrance. This was fixed to work as it used to be, and that was a good chance to improve more on the AI!
• The landmines in the "Watch Your Steps" party distribution used to be chaotic, and sometimes makes it super impossible to pass them! Not to mention the issue where some players getting lucky that their mines are not totally hidden under the ground! The behavior of the way the mines spawning and moving down been changes, and they should be working now in a proper way that 100% fits the design.

Workflow

There were a slight update been made in the game settings (this section still gonna get a ton on improvements!). The new update was about allowing you to enable or disable the display of the party description. So how this is useful? Well..if you ask me about the best way to play a game, is to explore it. Yes after playing the entire game one time or more, you will have a clear idea. But for such a game where you always get new levels and new mechanics that are not a familiar face for you. You might would like to play in that way. Just exploring while being in challenge,. It's like putting all the toppings you like on your favorite food..! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/29164d4b9b3f557618b98b48de5faab1a6125605.png

Inputs

Starting from this version, there isn't any support for keyboard inputs. Previously only P1 used to be able to have a full control over the keyboard, which is not fair. And even worst that at some parties (such as the Pipes) when P1 used to input A,B,X or Y in the keyboard, they used to affect all other users. So in order to make things clear, consistent and friendly, I decided to clean up all the inputs, and re-define them I the game from scratch & cleaning up the entire game codebase from any keyboard inputs.

Music

A new soundtrack been added to the game!! you could recognize it from the latest "Release Your Madness" trailer. V.

Back again! If you noticed, this update still holding the same name from the previous update "SmallerChickenBox", as it is not an entire new update, but it is an extension for the previous update. So what been changed since last time, to ask your launcher to download an update "roughly" 450MB?!!!

Performance

• Updated the Engine to the latest stable version.
• Updated the steam SDK and update the steam integration layer used with the game engine.
• Update the navigation (for AI) integration. Now you shall not find chicks stuck anymore with no response.
• Reworked some of the collisions in the maps, so you can get more accurate collision detection with the environment (this is an on going tweak, and will work on more of it in the coming versions).

Bugfixing

• Fixed latency issue that occurs with some controllers that are not Xbox360/Xbox1
• Fixed some of the causes for the issue where the chicken stuck in the kicking pose while doing the super kick.

New Content

• Added new different main menu, now there are total of 4, they are not dynamically changing yet, but they will do at some point. The new menu was meant to give the game a different look, not to complete the menus system. The new menu is based on the party "Watch your Steps".

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/80ae2ced85e2610923427b8db65df4f2131dcf63.png V.

Check this out!!!!! in the past few weeks, I've been working in putting together a new video for Chickens Madness using some of the great Let's play footages found on youtube. As you can watch the video right away here on steam, you can also watch it on the youtube channel (yes, made a youtube channel as well!) https://youtu.be/kVW7yyuX5nk This video is type of a thank you for everyone playing the game, and for those great channels for their contribution on showing the game to more and more awesome players! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/2e570e22ea30f63ebff65efab50074ac900a9066.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/02d4332f3c06e414810fc0f2f333391e0c778132.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/83ad0176b1cff3dc8feab732788f529bff6fda5e.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/f24f50319e544a5558124f6d2ff92066b2fb4a66.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/a570e80d426051bf424136a61e2f91c924a995aa.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/9964249d946f3ea65d590a7ffaad648a930b37f1.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/4a71f29a896b0045d485f466776b4cda99416a6b.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/9350e3a47aad1a1a8840011be20ff770912b9e73.png V.

With 1.5 all goes to the performance, while the game getting bigger, I wanted to set some standards for it, wanted to make sure that the game is not going to end up as 15 GB game, at the same time the performance have to keep as much stable as possible. With a lot been done behind the scenes, I'm glad to announce the major changes in that version:

Performance

• The full game size now been downsized by 50%! Same game, same visuals (if not better and more vivid quality), but a lot smaller!
• There are a ton of shaders/materials (aka what define the shapes you seeing) been recreated in a more GPU friendly way, which means you shall not see some surfaces with a checkerboard while playing (unless it was intended).
• The game performance been optimized to be as stable as possible on 60 fps on the average (in the requirements section of the store page) computers.
• Updated the engine to the most recent version, which includes more performance optimizations and visuals treats, which required some gameplay items to be updates. With the coming game releases there will be more graphics options implemented to give you more control over the new implemented rendering techniques

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/1904b06d68015c3c5de5cd0f45aa43c5357f2697.png V.

This update of Chickens Madness not only called Rice Stuffed, but actually the game executable is really rice stuffed with a ton of things. It's been a while (approx. a month) since the last update, so with this update the focus was not to fix bugs, or bringing normal required/essential features. But also to bring you some new experience. I was about to name it the GDC update,...but naaaah,...Rice works a lot better. Here are the notes for this update:

Parties

A set of 3 new parties came into 1.4a. The new parties not relying on any old idea, or agameplay. Those are the 3 new parties:

• A Way Out It is better to be described as a "maze" party. Yet there isn't any maze party within Chickens Madness. This new party randomly pick an exit, so the exit won't be the same every time. The one reaches first, takes all the score.. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/877808aed4fa4818e52d7c86f5e405f54242b28a.gif
• Now You See it Only one way can lead to the end, every player stars in a different starting point. But all the four paths have only one valid end. Some ends are dead ends. But going faster into the right path is not only the challenge here, those paths are made of glass, which makes it hard to see and decide. The one reached first will press the "BIG BUTTON" that will eliminate everyone else. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/d8c87c5df7104c2338e4024bb163e1c0f5a0d69f.gif
• Watch Your Steps You are in a mine field, have to reach the center. Every player starts in a random corner of the level, and the mines are always distributed randomly. So, no chance to have the same strategy working again. You have 10 seconds to recognize and remember the locations of the mines that are blocking your way, because after those 10 seconds, all the mines will go under the ground. In this party the controller vibration is a huge help for you, the controller vibrates in two levels, the low level means you are getting close to a mine, the higher level of vibration means you really getting super close to bomb that mine! So... watch your steps! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/f5bdce30b31b726c53989c8299652da0f4a8589f.gif

Experience

• New game modes. Now you just not hit play, and play the same maps at the same or random order. This version features the intro to the modes system, you can find 3 main on-couch modes:
  • Party Warty You can go through the parties one by one in a random order (the default on-couch mode).
  • Playlist You can make your own playlist. There is anew playlist editor been added to the game, it allow you to build (1 playlist) that you can use. The playlist saved and you can play it anytime. Also synced with the cloud between all your clients. Soon will allow for creation of several playlists. But for now 1 shall be good.
  • Single Party Do you have a favorite party? Then you can choose it, and keep playing it time after another.
  https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/a0c619f5400dd8b497a4e97df1fddd4d52a35230.png
• It was ridiculous seeing (+0) at the results screen in case a participant didn't score anything. so it got replaced with a sad face...no more none sense +0!
• The controller buttons mapping in the description screen at the beginning of each party, got reworked again, as it was made in a rush, and you will notice that the text on the buttons not always the same, it is going to adapt and fit the skill/situation of the party. A good example the X button where in some parties it is for "Drop" while in other parties it is for "Handle". So it is still modular system, but got more flexibility. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/e44ab46d62073dfe28980935e51e49a4969156dd.png
• A new handles been added to the game sequence, in order to allow for music fading in some parties. So music not starting or ending suddenly. You will notice it more in the new parties.
• Vibrations in the past had a major issue, where triggering vibrations for one player would vibrate all other players, this been fixed from the fact that there is a whole new gameplay relying on the controller's vibration as a gameplay mechanic of the new party (Watch Your Steps).
• Added new in game camera type, this new one seems to be stationary, but the way it works, it takes 4 point, and use them to make a frame for the camera. The points usually set to the corners of the map. This new type been added specifically to give solid experience for the new party (Watch Your Steps).
• More variations on the blood generated by death or killing others.
• Made some new assets for the UI, mostly could be seen in the options screen, for sliders, buttons and checkboxes.
• The Football party now showing the teaming during the match, it is one step forward into making this party amazing, now it is easier and clearer to know the teams. More to be added into this party in the coming updates. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/0f78bc0d3605ade63171b7d118197af6dc4f1a51.png
• Night themed menu.

Workflow

• Any updates in the graphics settings from the options menu, will be not only applied locally, but will be saved in a local file, synced with the cloud across all your steam clients. so make your favorite settings, and it goes with you anywhere.
• New tutorials/description videos for the new parties.
• New Audio Options screen within the game options, where you can control the Music and SFX. Those values will be loaded right away, saved to local file, and synced to the cloud. More to be added into this section soon.
• New Gameplay Options screen where you can do update the players names, or even disable showing the names within the results screen. Those values will be loaded right away, saved to local file, and synced to the cloud. More to be added into this section soon.
• An in progress playlist editor, you can use it, and you can build your own playlist, it allow adding, moving and deleting. And your new playlist will always be synced with the cloud. You can access it from the main menu. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/384ff0056a07a681c5215127e47e4ac5f12089e5.png

Inputs

• The chickens controller now have no Keyboard inputs at all. Previously you would have tried to move via keyboard, and you would have figured out that chickens can't move in all directions; but can jump. To avoid any miss understanding, and not to confuse people in thinking that 2 or 4 players can share the keyboard (which is insane) the decision came to remove the keyboard form the chicken movement system.
• The results screen now have one new option, which is play again (Y) button. So, if you didn't get enough of that party yet, then you can play it again. This option is valid in all the game modes except the "Single Party" mode, where it is basically the same party keeps running in a loop. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/b265a4c0a9b9b939c4015b6bc8812c4c73201845.png
• Pressing "Back" mistakenly in the controller was a big issue for lots of you, as it used to directly go to the main menu. Now the back button pauses the game and triggers a menu that have some options for you, which give you the chance to really decide if you want to go to the main menu or just unpause and keep playing. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/869b1acda9b14ba3cb07f1d984c845f13a0ec9fc.png
• Inputs now should be disabled totally where it have to be disabled. For example in the intro notice screen, during tutorial, during party counter,...etch. If an input shall not work in those cases, it won't work.
• There is always chance to go back while in the menus by pressing (B), and it is displayed on the screen lower right corner. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/7c2ea8ad6d63aaefa94fc00cf13e7afcbf8126ab.png

Performance

• The code of the experimental VR been removed from the game (not really removed, moved to it's own branch of the project, so it become easier to bring it back in the future when needed). Which reduce some of the unnecessary logic execution. Not only that, but also the *.dll files for the VR platform won't be shipped anymore within the game, which save some MB (~50 mb).
• Fix some issues with the graphics options screen, where the game was crashing sometimes on applying new settings. Also the values now start with 1 not 0.

Note

The menus and UI is more of mouse friendly thatn controller. Better to navigate through the menus using mouse. V.

This update of Chickens Madness not only called Rice Stuffed, but actually the game executable is really rice stuffed with a ton of things. It's been a while (approx. a month) since the last update, so with this update the focus was not to fix bugs, or bringing normal required/essential features. But also to bring you some new experience. I was about to name it the GDC update,...but naaaah,...Rice works a lot better. Here are the notes for this update:

Parties

A set of 3 new parties came into 1.4a. The new parties not relying on any old idea, or agameplay. Those are the 3 new parties:

• A Way Out It is better to be described as a "maze" party. Yet there isn't any maze party within Chickens Madness. This new party randomly pick an exit, so the exit won't be the same every time. The one reaches first, takes all the score.. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/877808aed4fa4818e52d7c86f5e405f54242b28a.gif
• Now You See it Only one way can lead to the end, every player stars in a different starting point. But all the four paths have only one valid end. Some ends are dead ends. But going faster into the right path is not only the challenge here, those paths are made of glass, which makes it hard to see and decide. The one reached first will press the "BIG BUTTON" that will eliminate everyone else. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/d8c87c5df7104c2338e4024bb163e1c0f5a0d69f.gif
• Watch Your Steps You are in a mine field, have to reach the center. Every player starts in a random corner of the level, and the mines are always distributed randomly. So, no chance to have the same strategy working again. You have 10 seconds to recognize and remember the locations of the mines that are blocking your way, because after those 10 seconds, all the mines will go under the ground. In this party the controller vibration is a huge help for you, the controller vibrates in two levels, the low level means you are getting close to a mine, the higher level of vibration means you really getting super close to bomb that mine! So... watch your steps! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/f5bdce30b31b726c53989c8299652da0f4a8589f.gif

Experience

• New game modes. Now you just not hit play, and play the same maps at the same or random order. This version features the intro to the modes system, you can find 3 main on-couch modes:
  • Party Warty You can go through the parties one by one in a random order (the default on-couch mode).
  • Playlist You can make your own playlist. There is anew playlist editor been added to the game, it allow you to build (1 playlist) that you can use. The playlist saved and you can play it anytime. Also synced with the cloud between all your clients. Soon will allow for creation of several playlists. But for now 1 shall be good.
  • Single Party Do you have a favorite party? Then you can choose it, and keep playing it time after another.
  https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/a0c619f5400dd8b497a4e97df1fddd4d52a35230.png
• It was ridiculous seeing (+0) at the results screen in case a participant didn't score anything. so it got replaced with a sad face...no more none sense +0!
• The controller buttons mapping in the description screen at the beginning of each party, got reworked again, as it was made in a rush, and you will notice that the text on the buttons not always the same, it is going to adapt and fit the skill/situation of the party. A good example the X button where in some parties it is for "Drop" while in other parties it is for "Handle". So it is still modular system, but got more flexibility. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/e44ab46d62073dfe28980935e51e49a4969156dd.png
• A new handles been added to the game sequence, in order to allow for music fading in some parties. So music not starting or ending suddenly. You will notice it more in the new parties.
• Vibrations in the past had a major issue, where triggering vibrations for one player would vibrate all other players, this been fixed from the fact that there is a whole new gameplay relying on the controller's vibration as a gameplay mechanic of the new party (Watch Your Steps).
• Added new in game camera type, this new one seems to be stationary, but the way it works, it takes 4 point, and use them to make a frame for the camera. The points usually set to the corners of the map. This new type been added specifically to give solid experience for the new party (Watch Your Steps).
• More variations on the blood generated by death or killing others.
• Made some new assets for the UI, mostly could be seen in the options screen, for sliders, buttons and checkboxes.
• The Football party now showing the teaming during the match, it is one step forward into making this party amazing, now it is easier and clearer to know the teams. More to be added into this party in the coming updates. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/0f78bc0d3605ade63171b7d118197af6dc4f1a51.png
• Night themed menu.

Workflow

• Any updates in the graphics settings from the options menu, will be not only applied locally, but will be saved in a local file, synced with the cloud across all your steam clients. so make your favorite settings, and it goes with you anywhere.
• New tutorials/description videos for the new parties.
• New Audio Options screen within the game options, where you can control the Music and SFX. Those values will be loaded right away, saved to local file, and synced to the cloud. More to be added into this section soon.
• New Gameplay Options screen where you can do update the players names, or even disable showing the names within the results screen. Those values will be loaded right away, saved to local file, and synced to the cloud. More to be added into this section soon.
• An in progress playlist editor, you can use it, and you can build your own playlist, it allow adding, moving and deleting. And your new playlist will always be synced with the cloud. You can access it from the main menu. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/384ff0056a07a681c5215127e47e4ac5f12089e5.png

Inputs

• The chickens controller now have no Keyboard inputs at all. Previously you would have tried to move via keyboard, and you would have figured out that chickens can't move in all directions; but can jump. To avoid any miss understanding, and not to confuse people in thinking that 2 or 4 players can share the keyboard (which is insane) the decision came to remove the keyboard form the chicken movement system.
• The results screen now have one new option, which is play again (Y) button. So, if you didn't get enough of that party yet, then you can play it again. This option is valid in all the game modes except the "Single Party" mode, where it is basically the same party keeps running in a loop. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/b265a4c0a9b9b939c4015b6bc8812c4c73201845.png
• Pressing "Back" mistakenly in the controller was a big issue for lots of you, as it used to directly go to the main menu. Now the back button pauses the game and triggers a menu that have some options for you, which give you the chance to really decide if you want to go to the main menu or just unpause and keep playing. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/869b1acda9b14ba3cb07f1d984c845f13a0ec9fc.png
• Inputs now should be disabled totally where it have to be disabled. For example in the intro notice screen, during tutorial, during party counter,...etch. If an input shall not work in those cases, it won't work.
• There is always chance to go back while in the menus by pressing (B), and it is displayed on the screen lower right corner. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/7c2ea8ad6d63aaefa94fc00cf13e7afcbf8126ab.png

Performance

• The code of the experimental VR been removed from the game (not really removed, moved to it's own branch of the project, so it become easier to bring it back in the future when needed). Which reduce some of the unnecessary logic execution. Not only that, but also the *.dll files for the VR platform won't be shipped anymore within the game, which save some MB (~50 mb).
• Fix some issues with the graphics options screen, where the game was crashing sometimes on applying new settings. Also the values now start with 1 not 0.

Note

The menus and UI is more of mouse friendly thatn controller. Better to navigate through the menus using mouse. V.

Wanted to share that short announcement with you, now there is a functional Twitter account and Facebook page, this way it will be easier for you to follow up the development, quickly know about the small announcements, and at the same time share more of your thoughts, videos, content and opinions; in a wider range. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/a2fbd21a0267583d7086b990be53e293cbc1044d.png Of course steam has it's forums, reviews, videos, screenshots...etc. But those are not super efficient in terms of being in touch. For example, I have to delay the release of the coming update due to the "sudden" plan of attending GDC18 (the Game Developers Conference 2018), and at the same time this is not really worth posting an announcement on steam, as I would like to keep the announcements here all about releases and updates. But it would have been easier to let you know this in a Tweet or a Facebook post. https://twitter.com/VikongGames https://www.facebook.com/VikongGames/ So, kindly make sure to follow those accounts, to be always aware of the development process during the Early Access. 1.4 is gonna be FULL of updates ;) V.

Wanted to share that short announcement with you, now there is a functional Twitter account and Facebook page, this way it will be easier for you to follow up the development, quickly know about the small announcements, and at the same time share more of your thoughts, videos, content and opinions; in a wider range. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/a2fbd21a0267583d7086b990be53e293cbc1044d.png Of course steam has it's forums, reviews, videos, screenshots...etc. But those are not super efficient in terms of being in touch. For example, I have to delay the release of the coming update due to the "sudden" plan of attending GDC18 (the Game Developers Conference 2018), and at the same time this is not really worth posting an announcement on steam, as I would like to keep the announcements here all about releases and updates. But it would have been easier to let you know this in a Tweet or a Facebook post. https://twitter.com/VikongGames https://www.facebook.com/VikongGames/ So, kindly make sure to follow those accounts, to be always aware of the development process during the Early Access. 1.4 is gonna be FULL of updates ;) V.

With the first update for Chickens Madness, we were trying to cover the most critical issues you face, and at the same time add more to the gameplay experience in order to make it more fun, fluid and easy. And above all, make that update happen within a week! Here are the notes for that update:

Inputs

• Party inputs in the tutorial! Yaaay, now before each party you not only able to see a short quick clip showing the gameplay with a short description. But also you can see what inputs (buttons or skills) are available in that party. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/2510d7f1ab9ef9a30c4761c7135358cc7bd3707b.png
• The chicken controller got some clean up to avoid more of the losing control scenarios.
• Support for a wide range of controllers and gamepads, not exclusive to XBox controllers anymore! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/1ce03f54e67f406588db51635d7f72d1746af726.png

Parties

• In "Connect Poop" party, you won't get stuck anymore, poop now center it's own tot he tile, and you get better feedback on what tile you going to fill. A tile will never be filled twice again!
• In running party (where screen split), if player 3 and player 4 not exist, the game views will accommodate to fill the screen. (Thanks Zangox for the proposal)
• In bombers party, if a chicken spawned above boxes, it won't stuck anymore. In a later update we might work on preventing chickens from spawning above boxes.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/fd093b581179ba873263211b23837d7987f65faa.png

Experience

• In most of the parties, if chickens can go behind obstacles (walls, rocks, boxes) you'll be able to keep on tracking them.
• The same tracking feature above applied to the interactive items (bomb, football, crown,...etc).

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/d6859cc2df4b6cda15c4f5cf122821eb4c4d98ae.png

Workflow

• Newer steam integration, you'll notice now your username and avatar loaded at the top corner of the screen.
• Better performance for the menus display (reworked most of the UI to be MVC)
• The options menu now unlocked, you can go there to set some Graphics settings, and apply it right away without restarting the game. More to that sub-menu to come with the next update. Also mouse controlling been supported in order to allow for easy usage in this menu, until the controller support sliders in the coming update. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/32710b975e3b7021d9844074b829c8d30fa53d76.png

The games used to have online mode 2 years ago. We locked it and stopped working on in order to make the game local only and focus in making it a great local experience. But seems our inbox will be exploded with messages if we didn't bring the online back. As a matter of fact; the new steam integration been added in order to bring back the on the online mode again from the old code branch. Good news we are on track, and we did some progress in such short time, so don't panic if you saw some online menus exist and disabled, it is experimental for now. Let's see how things go!!! V.

With the first update for Chickens Madness, we were trying to cover the most critical issues you face, and at the same time add more to the gameplay experience in order to make it more fun, fluid and easy. And above all, make that update happen within a week! Here are the notes for that update:

Inputs

• Party inputs in the tutorial! Yaaay, now before each party you not only able to see a short quick clip showing the gameplay with a short description. But also you can see what inputs (buttons or skills) are available in that party. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/2510d7f1ab9ef9a30c4761c7135358cc7bd3707b.png
• The chicken controller got some clean up to avoid more of the losing control scenarios.
• Support for a wide range of controllers and gamepads, not exclusive to XBox controllers anymore! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/1ce03f54e67f406588db51635d7f72d1746af726.png

Parties

• In "Connect Poop" party, you won't get stuck anymore, poop now center it's own tot he tile, and you get better feedback on what tile you going to fill. A tile will never be filled twice again!
• In running party (where screen split), if player 3 and player 4 not exist, the game views will accommodate to fill the screen. (Thanks Zangox for the proposal)
• In bombers party, if a chicken spawned above boxes, it won't stuck anymore. In a later update we might work on preventing chickens from spawning above boxes.

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/fd093b581179ba873263211b23837d7987f65faa.png

Experience

• In most of the parties, if chickens can go behind obstacles (walls, rocks, boxes) you'll be able to keep on tracking them.
• The same tracking feature above applied to the interactive items (bomb, football, crown,...etc).

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/d6859cc2df4b6cda15c4f5cf122821eb4c4d98ae.png

Workflow

• Newer steam integration, you'll notice now your username and avatar loaded at the top corner of the screen.
• Better performance for the menus display (reworked most of the UI to be MVC)
• The options menu now unlocked, you can go there to set some Graphics settings, and apply it right away without restarting the game. More to that sub-menu to come with the next update. Also mouse controlling been supported in order to allow for easy usage in this menu, until the controller support sliders in the coming update. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31276628/32710b975e3b7021d9844074b829c8d30fa53d76.png

The games used to have online mode 2 years ago. We locked it and stopped working on in order to make the game local only and focus in making it a great local experience. But seems our inbox will be exploded with messages if we didn't bring the online back. As a matter of fact; the new steam integration been added in order to bring back the on the online mode again from the old code branch. Good news we are on track, and we did some progress in such short time, so don't panic if you saw some online menus exist and disabled, it is experimental for now. Let's see how things go!!! V.