Foobar Zero news & patch notes

General changes

• Added summer event until Aug. 17

• Added new premium emote: Sunbathing

• Added a new weapon: Plasma Cannon

• Added "Random" in map selector, which will randomly give a map for the next match with the selected gamemode

• Fixed several collision issues on Soupbar, Crossways, Incinerator

• Added an option to preview a Spray even if it's not unlocked

• Optimized the way Kill remaining and Lead taken/lost are announced

• Fixed an issue where after a TD score and round reset, announcer would announce match remaining time incorrectly

• Fixed an issue where jumping would not interrupt an emote for the host player

• Fixed an issue where map intro was not playing on Soupbar when playing TDM

• Bots can now use Plasma Cannon and Bow. Several bots have received these weapons

• Fixed an issue where jumping landing quickly (e.g. jumping under something and hitting head) would not interrupt the jumping animation

The long awaited Chaser mode is here!

A strange portal has opened... a creature is emerging... a body of crystal with eyes of living fire. It has seized my mind. Now, I am bound to its crusade... I must hunt them all. The power it grants me... is irresistible.

Become the Hunter

Step into the role of the Chaser, an overpowered force unleashed on the map. Hunt down, and eliminate your targets with a terrifying new companion by your side. But your real enemy is the clock: you only have 60 seconds to do your job.

If it bleeds, it can be killed

Not the hunter this time? Show them you aren't easy prey. As a survivor, your goal is to stay alive, but landing hits on the Chaser is the only way to secure your victory.

Chaser is available in Quickplay and in Custom rooms too.

General changes

• Added new mode: Chaser

• Added new emotes: Slice throat and Scared

• Chaser is now available in Quickplay

• Added new daily missions for Chaser

• Added new daily missions to play on Soupbar and Skyscrapers

• Scoreboard is now properly sorted by score

• Sprinting after walljump now properly interrupts the motion

• Optimized some network code regarding to movement and sprinting

• Eliminated/eliminated by lines are now queued up, and shows at max 3 of them

• You can no longer walljump while doing important animations (e.g. skill and ultimate animations, attacks, etc)

• Added volume ducking for announcer (lowering other sounds while announcer is talking)

• Fixed some instances where wall slam animation was played at the end of a knockback, even though there wasnt a wall nearby

• Heavy Wrench input handling has been changed to be consistent with other melee weapons

• Optimized input handling for Energy blade, jump attack and the combo after that should go out faster than before

• Dead ally nameplates now disappear after 5 seconds

• Added animation for ally nameplates upon death

• Added new announcer voicelines for TDM and DM

• Fixed some issues with the Beanbag sitting interaction on Soupbar

• Improved rendering and network performance on Soupbar

• Improved collisions on Soupbar

• Made the undestructible barrels on Soupbar destructible

• Made the Menu table on Soupbar destructible

• Fixed some collision issues on Tunnels

• Fixed bots failing to navigate to the medkit at center on Incinerator

• Fixed an issue where checking info about a room would sometimes show negative time

• Fixed the number of assisting players not being limited for environmental kills

• When spectating, the camera should no longer go under the water on Soupbar

• When spectating, the spectated player's nameplate is no longer visible, however the name is shown on the bottom right corner

• When spectating, you can now look at players and their nameplates will appear

• TNT warning sound should be more consistent with high ping

General changes

• Fixed some misalignment on the redeem panel

• Added layer ordering to sprays, the spray that placed later will always be on top

• Added a new music track to Austral

• Polished the animation of Sprint jump

• Fixed some issues where Sprint jump animation did not get interrupted upon landing

• Fixed an issue where Sprint jump animation did not get interrupted when viewing other player

• Lowered the Walljump buffer from 0.2s to 0.1s

• Fixed some issues with sprinting, where the player would use multiple inputs at the same time

• Fixed "Jump interrupts sprint" option not applying after map change

• Another attempt to fix the seamless music

• Opening inventory in the main menu will now immediately open to loadout, instead of cosmetics

• Fixed some collision issues on Soupbar

• Game over scoreboard is now remembered by the game, so you can check the stats even if players left during the end screen

• Added some danger zone avoidance logic to bots

Experimental

• Added help description for Payload

• Fixed some line of sight issues with Energy Ball

• Fixed fountain sometimes not working on Garden

General changes

• Added spray system

• Added new item to premium shop: Name change

• Added new item to premium shop: Crystal shard bundle

• Jumping will no longer interrupt sprinting. Added a new option to revert to old function - this is an experimental change, and may be reverted in future patches

• Jump cooldown will now gradually increase to prevent excessive jumping. The lowest value will be much lower than previous, helping to execute some fast jump sequences, but will increase with each jump, and be slightly higher at the end that it currently is - this is an experimental change, and may be reverted in future patches

• Fixed an issue where knockback motion would get stuck if get hit during a dash attack (e.g. EB dash or Wrench special)

• Fixed pushing upwards a slope (e.g. with a bow or magnum) sometimes resulting in a longer than intended push

• Emotes no longer move forward the character during map intro (bunnyhop)

• Fixed an issue where the control would permantently be taken away by a confirm window, if it was closed by an external function - e.g. game over screen closing would close the leave confirmation window

• Minefield no longer spawns around spawn room

• Fixed an issue where if using Sentry Healer on spawn, it would not heal the user anymore

• Reconnecting after a disconnect during match now properly keeps TD score stat

• Fixed an issue where the game music would play in lobby for a short time

• Added some manual LODs for all the skirts - no more flashing from distance

• Added some manual LODs for faces

Bots

• Fixed bots detouring around spawn walls

• Tightened the are that is not navigable around lasers

• Fixed some navigation issues on Hypervenolate

• Fixed some walljump issues on Austral

Weapons

Rocket Fists

• Right click attack can now move up slopes

Heavy Wrench

• Right click attack can now move up slopes

• No longer goes through enemies (usually when jumped over them)

• No longer stops at first enemy - this also means that the stun is always in effect

• Fixed the alignment of the effects on jump attack and right click

HMG

• Fixed smoke sometimes not stopping on clients

Bow

• Added special falling animation

• Fixed an issue that caused incorrect aim direction when the player was moving during zoom

Experimental

• Incinerator TD has now bot support

• Updated the Mine Run map

General changes

• Changed FOV calculation mode, game should look reasonably better on Ultrawide screen

• Fixed an issue where some weapon skins did not show up on Game Over screen

• Fixed an issue where accessories did not show up on character portraits

• Fixed the "Buy" text overflowing the button in some languages on the event shop panel

• Fixed an issue where the player would show up on the "Enemy team" side on the Player management panel

• Fixed some collision issues on Crossways

• Fixed several issues with whisper

• Stygian Boots now cuts down the length of pants to prevent excessive clipping

• Long names will be scaled down on game over screen

• Fixed an issue where the character panel would show invalid skills, if no skills were equipped

• Added some protection logic against rooms disappearing randomly

• Reworked some parts of Hypervenolate

Bots

• Fixed some navigation issues on Crossways

• Added some a new walljump for bots, so the defender can move back to base faster

Event

• Adjusted Egg spawn locations, so it spawns in obstacles no more

• Fixed animation when picking up egg too fast after it spawns

• Fixed the disabled button color on event shop panel

Weapons and skills

• Fixed an issue where hitting a destructible object with melee sometimes did not play hit effect and sound

• Fixed an issue where melee hits would go through walls on Crossways and Skyline Station

Rocket Fists

• Jump attack now resolves when landing. Previously it was timed, and sometimes it did not hit enemies, when jumping from a greater height

• Releasing right mouse button will try to do special attack (previously it would only try on mouse down)

General changes

• Easter event added

• Added new customizations

• Added 2 new weapons: Bow and Uzi

• Added 2 new accessory slots: top of head and face. Previous accessories were divided into 3 categories

• Fixed a bug where you could not crit on the training dummy from specific angles

• Added sound effects to destructible objects on Austral

• Fixed the trigger box of touchdown point on Skyline Station

• Kill streak no longer carries over between matches and rounds

• Added options to change enemy and ally outline colors

• Fixed a bug where a message box would steal focus after it's closed

• Changed the scrollbar for ingame chat

• Fixed an issue where landing SFX and VFX were played multiple times during a pushback

• Adjusted the stats of each ranged weapon in the loadout panel (actual stats were not changed because of this)

• Fixed an issue where ally outlines are barely visible when setting Post Process quality to Medium or below

• Overtime text now disappears when the match is over, preventing several texts to overlap

Bots

• Fixed an issue where Devour did not work when used by a bot

Weapons and skills

We have rebalanced the falloff ranges for multiple weapons. The goal is to remove frustration from getting hit over huge distances, but still have situations where one weapon is better than the other.

SMG

• Reduced ammo count from 20 to 18

• Falloff range changed from 10-30 to 5-20

Assault Rifle

• Falloff range changed from 30-50 to 25-35

• Base damage increased from 9 to 10

Shotgun

• Reverted the last audio change

• Changed ammo count from 8 to 9

Magnum

• Push back from a hit now scales with the falloff. It does not push back when hit over the maximum falloff range

• Falloff range changed from 30-50 to 25-35

Power Katana

• Recovery time from charge attack can no longer be interrupted by skill

Energy Blade

• Jump attack hitbox height and length changes were reverted, but width stayed

• You can dodge or heavy attack sooner from jump attack

• Added the ability to use dash attack after a jump attack

• Fixed the alignment and increased visibility for light slash effects

Bind

• Reduced duration from 3s to 2s

• Reduced movement speed penalty from 50% to 30%

• VFX now fades out when the effect expires

• Rewritten the description

• Added charge count stat and fixed cooldown on the loadout panel

Remote Mine

• Added a new effect: After being on ground for 2 seconds, the Mine is empowered, increasing explosion range by 50% and push back distance by 50%

Tornado

• Added a marker when the enemy is charging up a Tornado, and it follows the path of the bullet until impact

• Added maximum lifetime to the bullet, it should no longer fly endlessly if falling below the level

TNT

• Fixed the warning marker having strange colors around it

• Fixed some placement issues

Come celebrate easter with us!

Hop on the game, collect Easter Eggs that spawn around the map, and complete missions to get even more!

Spend these Eggs in the Event shop, and get unique Easter themed items.

Bunny hop your way to victory!

Playing together is always better, playing Quickplay will double the mission progression earned in a match, and having 4 or more players in game will double the egg spawn rate.

Join our Discord server to find players to play with!

2 New weapons

We have added 2 brand new weapons: Uzi and Bow

Uzi is a medium range hitscan weapon, that deals constant damage. It has relatively tight spread, with a good aim, you should be able to mow down your enemies at ease!

Bow is a high precision weapon that excels at long range. Every arrow needs to be charged up, but deals high damage, and 100% precise!

General changes

• Updated spanish and french localization

• New overtime system for TD:

  • Overtime will trigger every time when the ball is not at center, regardless who has the lead

  • There is a new progress bar that shows overtime remaining time

  • If the losing team has the ball, or the team scores are equal, the overtime remaining time is reset to max and paused

  • Overtime is 30s long (this one can be reset or paused), and has a maximum duration of 5 minutes

  • We hope that with this change, action still can be finished by the winning side, but cannot delay the match for a long time, and the losing side can still score one, or decide they don't want it and reset (which will end the match)

• Fixed an issue where character change/select screens did not show weapon skins

• Fixed an issue where removing a skill from a loadout in a room would sometimes result in the skill not really being removed

Experimental modes

Payload

• Increased the range where it counts as pushing. Contest range is still the same range.

Experimental maps

Garden Hotel

• Removed bouncyness from couches

• Removed bouncyness from middle fountain

• Side fountains have a periodical bounce, every 5 seconds it shoots up the players standing on it.

• Added basic bot support

Cosmetics update

We are happy to announce that the premium items are here, so hop on the game, check out the new sets, weapon skins, and accessories! As always, we want to empashize that paid items do not, and will not ever provide any stat or other benefits, they are purely cosmetics. These are just the first items, we plan to add more choices gradually, but that doesn't mean we will neglect the normal currency items. We aim to keep a healthy balance between both categories. Therefore we've also added a new set and some new accessories to the in-game shop.

Balance changes

We have adjusted some weapons as well, to make them more balanced and fun to play (against).

First victim was Energy Blade. It's jump attack is a good and unique tool that we want to keep, but in the current state, it's way too spammable, and annoying. To keep the attack viable, we've increased the recovery duration for the jump attack, but to not make it too restrictive, we've added the ability to dodge and attack during recovery, but you cannot jump again, or dash. It was also too easy to hit and chain dash attacks, so we've reduced the speed and range of the dash, and also increased the knockback from heavy attack, so the enemy flies out of reach.

Next one is Rocket Fists. It is a good weapon, but had some overly restrictive moves that we looked at. Jump attack and right click attack both had too long recovery duration, so we made those quicker, and easier to chain, and also added the ability to dodge during recovery.

There are some other smaller balance changes, for full list, please check the Patch Notes.

Bot update

With this update, we've added a new difficulty options for bots: Auto. It is the default option for quickplay, and also for custom rooms, with the ability to change it to fixed difficulties.

With auto difficulty, bot difficulties will be adjusted to match each player's level. For now it's pretty rudimentary, it only considers player level. Low level players will get easy bots, then it gets harder as the players reach higher levels.

We have also changed the bots behaviour and difficulty scaling. Easy bots will get a bit easier, focus less on objectives, and be a lot worse with melees. Even harder bots will have longer reaction times, and make more mistakes.

Future

The game is still in the early state and it needs a lot more features and content. We plan to focus on that, not just cosmetics. As of late, we have experimented with some weapons and skills, got good feedback about them, so we will be focusing on bringing them to the live game, as well as making adjustments on the experimental Chaser and Payload game modes.

General changes

• Added new, premium items to the shop

• Added new, non-premium items to the shop

• Added the ability to buy premium currency (called Crystal Core), using secure Steam Wallet transaction

• All experimental weapons now have "Experimental: " in their name

• When spectating a match, auto spectate is now turned on by default. You can turn it off with the space key

• "Reset" voiceline has now different lines considering if the player has the ball or not

• When previewing a different character in lobby, weapons disabled by lobby rulesets are updated correctly

• Fixed an issue where the player could not log in, if they had too many items

• Attacks and other animations can no longer be interrupted by skills (like throwing a grenade)

• Player killing themselves with an environmental damage (like exploding barrel) will no longer result in a takedown announcement

• Reduced the overall motion blur amount

• Updated the currency icon

• Reduced the network bandwidth when replicating a lot of bullets

• Added Rooftop to practice mode

Weapons, Skills, Balance

• All explosives on maps now have damage falloff

Pipe on Austral

• Duration increased from 3s to 4s

• Damage per tick decreased from 10 to 7

• Range decreased by 50%

• Can now be properly damaged by AOE damage (like grenade)

Shotgun

• Removed the delay from the shoot sound

• Removed the delay from the shoot animation, it now shoots instantly

Energy blade

• Dash hitbox duration (the time where it can detect enemies hit) has been reduced from 0.8s to 0.4s

• Dash speed and distance has been reduced

• Knockback distance has been increased

• Jump attack animation has increased from 1.3s to 2s. It can be cancelled early with a heavy attack, or a dodge.

• Jump attack hitbox has been decreased. It can now be jumped over in some cases

• We've also reduced the hitbox, and increased the animation duration for the jump attack, but added the ability to be able to dodge out of it, roughly at the same timing as it was before.

Energy blade has been dominating the game lately, not for the good reasons. With these changes, we want to ensure that just holding right click, you cannot chain it infinitely, thanks to increased knockback distance, and reduced dash distance. We've also reduced the duration where it registers hits, so it will now be harder to do the full 3 tick of damage from dash, if you do it from afar.

Heavy Wrench

• Right click impact hitbox has been reduced from 1.5m to 1m

Rocket Fists

• Jump attack and Right click attack can now be interrupted quicker with another attack, or a dodge

• Fixed a bug where players could jump attack after getting hit with a Fists right click attack

• Players can now dodge out after getting hit by Fist right click attack, and it will execute a liberation dodge (with no additional SP cost)

Power Katana

• Getting interrupted during an attack will now properly stop the movement too - it used to slide forward with no animation

Bots

Added a new difficulty option to room settings: Auto. This will automatically set each bot's difficulty to match each player's level. This setting will now be the default for quickplay and custom rooms, but owners can change it to a fixed difficulty.

We've also reworked the behaviour of the bots on many levels. Easy bots should be easier now, bots should use melees now a lot worse, have longer reaction times, and make more mistakes on all difficulty levels.

Bots also are not that focused on scoring on lower levels, so you should not see bots just running past cross-eyed defenders in an easy match anymore.

• Fixed an issue where Defenders on Team A would go outside of their base to a random position

• Fixed bots not be able to reset the ball on Crossways, and just standing still

• Fixed bots not be able to reset the ball on Tunnels, and just standing still near the energy wall

• Easy bots no longer shake their mouse violently, while roughly keeping the same accuracy

• Added new community bots

Experimental

Energy ball

• It now has proper kill feed icon

Shuriken

• Fixed a bug where if you die while it's flying, it would keep spining on your dead body

• Changed the animation so the shuriken flies out quicker, and can execute another action sooner

Bow

• Fixed various bugs with the skill

• Charge, skill duration, remaining arrow count is now shown on the crosshair

• Skill cooldown increased from 8s to 12s

• Skill arrow damage reduced from 60% to 50%

• Using skill no longer uses zoomed mouse sensitivity

Plasma Cannon

• Explosions now have damage falloff, depending on the distance from the explosion epicenter to the damaged player

Uzi

• Reload duration decreased from 3.3s to 3s

• Reload event is moved to a later time (the time when you can cancel and still have the reload completed)

Shield Weapon

• Basic attacks come out faster, move faster, and can be chained faster

• Hitting an enemy with basic attack will now stop the movement (similar to Katana) instead of sliding off them

• Increased hitboxes for basic attacks

• Increased hitbox for heavy attack

Chaser game mode

• Fixed target marker not disappearing after target death in some cases

• Fixed target marker not disappearing after Chaser has died, or left the match

• Fixed an issue where spectators would see the game in FPS during the first round

• Own score is not shown if player is spectator

Incinerator TD map

• It has now its own icon

General changes

• Loadout panel no longer scrolls back to top when something changes (like selling an item)

• Fixed issues with music

• Added new community bots

• Added at least one ranged weapon to all bots

• Mouse sensitivity can now be set to below 0.1 value manually

• Fixed an issue where Personal Shield appeared on dead bodies

• Switching teams during gameplay now properly changes team colored effects

• Assisting player count is now limited to 2

Balance

• Devour Heals only half amount (10) on assist

Experimental modes

Chaser

• Chasers have different targets, and target kill count is limited to 3

• Chasers no longer share score, but get assist

• Targets are randomly assigned, and expire after 15 seconds. After that a new target is selected

• Changed the target marker to something more visible (it's still a placeholder)

• HP scaling reduced when the second chaser is introduced

Payload

• Molotov fire now falls through the payload

Experimental weapons and skills

Uzi

• Updated idle and reload animations

New experimental weapon: Plasma Cannon

Bow

• Adjusted hit detection

• Adjusted damage falloff

• Adjusted damage when not fully charged

• Charge time reduced from 0.75 to 0.5

• No longer knocks back or crits when not fully charged

• Base damage increased from 35 to 40

• Critical damage multiplier reduced from 2x to 1.5x

• Added a skill (default on E) which makes it possible to rapid shoot 6 arrows for a short duration

Shuriken

• Now slides off of surfaces, if the impact angle is low

• Added sound effects

Energy ball

• Added charge up effect

Hello everyone! A few months has passed since we've released into Early Access, and we've wanted to update you all on our progress and plans!

Male character!

For years we've developed the game featuring only the female character. It was necessary to first get the foundation of the game down before we could afford dealing with working on another character.

But now, lets take a look at the very first iteration of the MALE character!

It's design is not set in stone yet, we are still working on it's structure and details. Our aim is to make him masculine and muscular to a degree, but still pair up with the female character as well.

We can't say when it will be released, just that it will come during Early Access. Making a character requires tons of work, not only we have to make equal amount of customizations, but animations and voices aswell, while still updating the game and working on other features.

Chaser

Another frequently asked game mode is Chaser! We have some plans for it, we've also ran some tests with our community. As things currently stand, we have a good core rules for the game mode, we still have to balance it, figure out scoring - so it feels fair to all participants - and work on the user experience side of the mode. That means UI, visual effects and sounds. This mode has became a priority, because we want to provide some more relaxed and casual mode for those who are just starting out, not a big fan of TD, and even for those who just want take a rest from carrying the ball and take it easy for a bit.

Weapons and skills

We want to release new weapons and skills to give more variety and choice for the players. We have started working on new experimental weapons, one of which we've already tried in a playtest not so long ago.

We will make a placeholder version, where we can test the gameplay of the weapon or skill before committing to it. Try a several times with our community, collect feedback, and decide which weapon fits the game the best, then we start working on the visuals and sounds, while still doing playtest rounds to perfect the balance, so it doesn't ruin the game when we release it.

If you're interested in that kind of testing, join discord, and keep an eye out for playtest announcements!

Weapons we have in plans:

• Uzi: A mid range weapon, similar to SMG, with higher ammo capacity, tighter spread, but lower damage.

• Railgun: A mid range weapon with high precision and charged attacks. Each shot can be charged up for maximum damage and even knocks back on max charge. It has max charge duration, and low ammo count.

• Plasma cannon: Shoots projectiles that explode on contact. The projectiles fall off hard, so by default it doesnt fly far, but you can charge up attacks to shoot further. Charging up does not change damage, only the distance travelled.

• Assault shield: A shield used as melee weapon. It has a light combo sequence and a heavy attack that deals damage in area and knocks back enemies. Jump attack can be aimed, and moves down diagonally, dealing damage in area. Can deflect one melee attack.

Events

We plan to do more events, some smaller, some bigger. We are making a common event system, that allows us to make simpler events faster. We plan to eventually have at least one event every two months, with some bigger, more defined events (like summer, winter, easter, etc.). The current PvP Fest event is the first iteration of this.

Cosmetics

We'll update the game regularly with new sets and cosmetic pieces, as well as introducing paid cosmetics (paid items won't provide any benefit or have stat attached to it). As we try to decide the expected quality and uniqueness of the paid cosmetics, please don't hesitate to share your feedback on them!

Thank you for your support, and hope you stay with us on our journey to 1.0 release!

General changes

• Added PvP Fest event

• Updated Spanish localisation

• You can no longer sell unique weapon skins

Experimental

Chaser

• Fixed a bug where there was a second chaser selected at 8 players (there should be two above 8 players)

Uzi

• Damage reduced from 12 to 10

• Reload time increased from 2s to 3.3s

Foobar Zero will be participating in Steam PvP Fest!

This game is all about PvP, so get in there, and beat some friends! There will also be an in-game mini event, where you can get a unique beanie, just from playing the game! Check out the in-game event description for information, found in the home page of the main menu.

• You will receive one mission each day.

• Completing a mission will reward you 1 PvP Token, and generate 1-3 new missions.

• You can complete 10 missions each day at max.

• There are some exclusive rewards which are not available outside of this event. These may become available in store at a later date, or as a different variation.

Try out different weapons and skills. You don't need to buy weapons and skills in this game, they will automatically be unlocked after you reach the required level. You can check, and equip these items in the Main menu -> inventory -> Loadout tab.

Each character can have 3 weapons, and 3 skills (passive-active-ultimate). Character slots unlock at certain levels.

Try out different weapon and skill combinations to find the best for you. Make different setups for different gamemodes, or different roles (e.g. attacker and defender). You can switch character during a match at any time.

Jump into the game as quickly as possible using the Quick play function, reachable from Main menu -> Play. It will find you already opened rooms, or make you a new one, if you don't fit anything. Quickplay is restricted to EU and NA, however, if you're outside of these regions, you can still host a custom room, and play with anyone who have good connection to you.

Make your own custom rooms, with custom settings and specific maps, from Main menu -> Play -> Lobbies tab. Here you can browse other custom rooms, join them, or press create, to make your own. You have full control on when to start the game, when to switch map, and you can even make password protected rooms, where you can play only with friends.

By default, bots are enabled for every room, but you can disable them via the "Options" button in the Room creator panel. Bots have 3 difficulties, if you want a harder challenge. Bots will only fill out empty spaces, and they get kicked out, if a player joins.

General changes

• You can no longer TD after game over

• You can dodge out from CC faster

• Fixed some cases where downloading steam avatar failed

• Fixed character orientation getting locked after a knockback (hopefully)

• Fixed rooms sometimes become uneditable and lose it's settings (hopefully)

• Bots now take a little more time to take action after a stagger

• Fixed an issue where a bot would sprint in place in some cases

• Fixed some music issues

• Updated the splash screen sound

Experimental

Payload

• Staying on payload now gives 20% speed to the payload, with a max of 60%

• Fixed some payload location issues (payload appearing at different places than it should be)

Chaser

• Above 8 players, there will be 2 chasers selected per round

General changes

• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused unneccessary server corrections (teleporting client)

• Fixed an issue when the client received a server correction during walljump or knockback, it got stuck in flying mode

• Fixed an issue where the Training shoes were not available in the shop

• Added a 80 character limit to room names

• Adjusted and fixed the spawnable object (e.g. wall, mine) blocking limit around energy walls

• Unique items (acquired from events) are no longer sellable

• Sprinting in air will now prevent you from doing jump attack (it will do normal attacks instead)

• Bots with no swords will no longer spawn in sword only games

• Short ponytail (and baseball cap version) will have a firmer side bangs (less movement on them)

• Bots should no longer get stuck when trying to fall down from an edge

• Removed the extra motion blur while sprinting

• You can now execute any actions during Liberating Dodge except attacking and skill. Liberating dodge is executed by dodging while under a control effect (stun, knockback, stagger)

Music and sound

• Increased the volume of the music transition sound

• Fixed an issue where music would sometimes play transition out effect, then fade back the same track

• Fixed an issue where combat music would play in lobby after a match

• Tornado SFX is now correctly marked as effect (so the effect volume slider affects it)

• Fixed an issue where Energy Blade impact sound was played in 2D

• Trimmed the start of the music on every map to match the action better

Interface

• Added Spanish translation (Credits to 8NBit!)

• Added new loading screens made by Clockwork Studios!

• Loading screens are now aligned to center, instead of stretching out

• There is now an icon flashing when a skill come off cooldown

Experimental

• Added new gamemode: Payload This mode is not available for the general public for now. Please check out Discord when there is a playtest of this mode is!

• Added new maps. These maps are only available during playtest!

We have released a new update which contains new, custom made music tracks, some new customizations, referral system and chinese localisation. Let's dive into the details!

The referral system

Invite your friends and get the unique Lost Android set! Every player has a unique referral code. Give this code to another player, and when they use it, and reach level 15, you receive a recruitment point. Get enough points to receive rewards. Using a referral code also grants you one point.

New customizations

We are still filling up the shop with the basic set pieces, so you can look stylish while dying! This patch we've added baggy clothes, baseball hat, and short ponytail.

This is an ongoing work, as we want plenty of clothes and accessories for players to choose from when the game launches in 1.0!

We've also reduced the price on recolors and some basic pieces.

Future

As for the future, we want to improve the beginner experience. We are planning to make beginner rooms, so we can seggragate new players from old timers, but this can always be turned off. We plan to add further explanations and tutorials for game mechanics, and improve UI intuitivity. We are also working on adding more customizations.

Apart from that, we are also experimenting with new game modes, that should be more familiar to newer players.

For more detailed patch log, click here: Patch log

We hope you have fun in the game, and wish you happy holidays!

General changes

• Added new equipment: Baggy clothes, Baseball cap, Short ponytail

• Equipment recolors now costs the same as the base item

• Price categories of some equipments have changed

• Fixed the coffee mug having collision on Skyscrapers lobby

• Fixed an issue where you could still hear sounds while on loading screen

• Added client position correction if the client was too far away from the server position. This should prevent heavy desync, but should still be responsive, even with higher ms.

• Fixed an issue where sometimes region was set to None for a room

• When assisting an elimination, the announcer will no longer say "critical kill" and such things

• Fixed a bug where map intro was not fast forwarded in case of late join on a quickplay server

• Equipping a cloth will no longer start the expiration instantly, only after the first match, so you can experiment in your inventory, without losing the item

• Fixed some issues with the Snowball, Chicken and Point animations

• Added more community bots

• Added ball pickup and score tasks to daily missions pool

• Added Legendary Patrons to credits

• Lowered the volume of character combat sounds

Interface

• Updated localisations

• Added new Chinese localisation (Credits to Cicada!)

• Added some sfx to the login screen

• News panel in the main menu will switch pages automatically from now on

• You can now check your missions on the room browser panel too

• Tab menu player count now only shows real players

• Fixed various padding and scaling issues

Weapons and balance

General:

• Pressing jump and then attack too fast with a melee weapon would sometimes result in attacking in air, rather that doing a jump attack. This was remedied, it should be more responsive now.

• Dodging out from an impairment (stun, knockback) will now result in a liberation dodge. During a liberation dodge, you cannot be impaired again, but you also cannot interrupt this dodge.

This is an experimental change, might get rolled back, if it proves to be worse than before.

Energy blade:

• Reduced the action queue during jump attack. Pressing left click now only queues up if the character is already landed

Heavy wrench:

• Reduced the action queue during jump attack and special attack. Pressing left click now only queues up if the character is already landed

Power Katana:

• Movement no longer stops when reaching an enemy. It still pauses, but if the enemy gets out of range, the movement continues.

• Moved the stagger from first hit to second, since second hit usually cancelled out the stagger.

• Increased recovery time from second hit. This is because stagger was moved to second hit, so we can afford a little bit pause there.

• Fixed some LOD issues

Assault Rifle:

• Fixed the Assault Rifle's shooting positions, sometimes it shot through walls, other times it collided, even though it shouldn't have

• Added a new controls option, that disables the directional sprinting

• Fixed the end screen character positions on Skyscrapers

• Fixed some collision issues on Skyscrapers

• Fixed some geometry issues on Skyscrapers

• Fixed spawn positions when playing TDM on Skyscrapers

• Fixed flickering on the tabbed menus (e.g. emote list setup)

• Fixed scrollbar graphics on server info panel

• "Match starting" text no longer prevents clicking on panels below it

• You can no longer open scoreboard in Shooting Range

• Fixed collision issues with snowball emote

• Added countdown for overtime

Power Katana

• Removed stagger from 2nd and 3rd hit

• Shortened the time between 3rd and 4th hit

• Increased the time after 4th hit

The day has finally come, on December 4th of 2025 we have published our game as Early Access. We are very proud of our work that we put into it during the lengthy 8 years of development. You can now play the game anytime with anyone without any restrictions! This version of the game has 3 gamemodes, 8 finished maps, 10 weapons and 19 skills. But this is just the beginning , let me share with you the plan we are trying to achieve.

More of everything

So what are we trying to add to the game during the early access? More of everything. We have created the core DNA for the game but it has limited content.

We plan to spice up the gameplay with new gamemodes, maps, weapons and skills. If you have participated in the playtests you may have tried some of the upcoming gamemodes, like chaser and capture, but there are more plans on the drawing table. Of course, new gamemodes will require new maps too, so expect new maps for the new gamemodes and the old ones too. New weapons and skills are mandatory to keep the game alive so expect some of them too.

We plan on upgrading and expanding on the looks too. First of all: the male character. This will be a huge task for us, it will not only require a new model, but new animations and a bunch of cosmetics for it too. Expect new sets of clothing for both of the characters, exotic looks for weapons and maybe skills too! More emotes and voicelines can appear too, maybe part of some events.

The road to 1.0

Did you just say events? Yes, we are planning to do multiple events per year to make the game feel exciting and alive. And that is not just before the 1.0, we plan on keeping making events long after the 1.0 release.

On the road to 1.0 we will pass multiple milestones that will mean game updates. We won't keep the new features for ourselves until release, if it is finished, it will appear in an update. Most of these updates will contain what you just read in the section above.

Are we there yet?

No. But when will this magical 1.0 happen? Good question. As we are not a game developer company, we don't have strict pipelines. It will take more than a year, that is guaranteed. One thing we can promise: we won't stop developing the game, it won't be fast, but we can reach it eventually. I hope you will come with us on this journey.

I love free games

So this game is free? In this economy?

Yes the game is free, and we don't plan to change this ever. However you are right, this is a multiplayer game, so we need to pay for servers and such. That's why we are planning to add some epic cosmetics to the game that you can buy with real money. But strictly no pay to win, these will be cosmetics purely. Can’t promise that we won't create some skins that you can't resist though.

If you want to support us financially before that, we are starting a Patreon. We will be very grateful for anyone who donates us anything.

How can I help?

Are you a fan of the game and want to help make the game flourish?

There are a few ways:

• Leave a review on Steam, this helps us tremendously

• We will still need playtesters for the new features, if you are interested in the development join our Discord server.

• Support us on Patreon to keep the servers alive.

• We are looking for enthusiastic people that can localize the game to their native language. Join the Discord server for more info.

• Tell your friends! We don’t have a huge budget to do extravagant marketing, and there may be people out there who would love to play the game, just don’t know about it.

Big hug for everyone

We are so happy that we reached this goal, come play the game, and you may meet with us ingame. Expect a big /hug!

The time is now, Early Access is out! Jump in and play now!

What's here?

The game will now be online, playable any time. No more account wipes, no more closed rooms, no more playtest-only gameplay. It's here, and you can play it!

Quickplay is also here to stay, at least for a while. It is something that costs a lot of money, so we will see how much use they are, but at least it will be on in the major regions - EU and US for now. If you can't see the Quickplay tab in the play menu, that means that there are no servers in your region. We will monitor how many players play from which region, and choose servers accordingly, so if you want them in your region, reach out to us!

Quickplay currently does not have matchmaking, it's a function that just throws players together in a room, and rotates maps after each match. That means you can play multiple matches with the same people, or you can leave, and find a different one.

There are also custom rooms. These are player hosted ones, so you have all the power in your own room. So even if there are no servers in your region, you can still play lag-free with other players in your own room.

Is it christmas?

Yes it is! There is an event starting with Early Access release, where you can get exclusive skin and emote rewards! All you have to do is play matches and open chests!

The event will be available until January 5th.

What's next?

More work for us, what else?

We will working on adding new content. First priority is to add more customization options - more sets, individual pieces, accessories.

We will also be working on adding some new weapons and skills, since we are not yet content with the amount that's in the game yet. We need more firepower!!!

After these, we will start working on one of the most requested and anticipated feature: Male character. Yes, it's coming. It will be a lot of work for us, we have to create a base model, redo all the animations, add the same amount of customizations as the female has... So it will take a while.

There may or may not be some time spent procastinating by creating new maps or even game modes instead of following the plan, but we hope you'll forgive us!

What can we do to help?

The best thing you can do is to play the game. Make it alive, be kind to new people, encourage them to stay. This is a hard game in a hard genre, so if you could help those who just joined, you will have future players to play with.

Tell your friends, your neighbour, your dog about the game. If you have a friend circle, or you're a content creator, streamer, anyone with some audience, if you could share even a little bit from the game, that would help us greatly.

We've also opened a Patreon, if that's your preferred way to support. There is no monetization at the moment in-game, so keeping up the servers comes out from our pockets currently. Any kind of donation is appreciated. We do not offer much as Patreon rewards, it's just a donation, not a transaction.

Thank you all for the long journey, and hope to see you in game!

Good news! Foobar Zero is coming to early access at Dec. 4th!

We are very excited for this release, as this will allow players to play any time, without constraints!

Your account will carry over from the demo version, and with the release, the demo app will retire.

During Early Access, we will be gathering feedback from the players, as well as work on stability, performance, and content.

Our goal is to release more maps, skills, weapons, a more casual game mode, and tons of customization.

We will also start working on male character - this was always in plans, but players has expressed the need for it, so we have decided to prioritize it over other content.

Thank you for all your support, and hope to see you in-game!

Steam Next Fest is here!

Enjoy non-stop battles for a whole week! The game will be fully open during the Steam Next Fest, which means you can open your own rooms, join others, or just use quick play for a worry free experience!

During this time, there will be a 200% XP boost, so you can get to a level fast, where you can try out all the weapons and skills. You don't need to buy them in this game, they will automatically be unlocked after you reach the required level. You can check, and equip these items in the Main menu -> inventory -> Loadout tab.

Each character can have 3 weapons, and 3 skills (passive-active-ultimate). Character slots unlock at certain levels.

Try out different weapon and skill combinations to find the best for you. Make different setups for different gamemodes, or different roles (e.g. attacker and defender). You can switch character during a match at any time.

There is also a celebrational event in place, where you get special missions each day. Completing them will net you NEXT Coins, which you can exchange for rewards in the event shop.

• You will receive one mission each day

• Completing a mission will reward you 1 Next Coin, and generate 1-3 new missions

• You can complete 10 missions each day at max

• There are some exclusive rewards which are not available outside of this event. They may become available at a later date, or as a different variation

Jump into the game as quickly as possible using the Quick play function, reachable from Main menu -> Play. It will find you already opened rooms, or make you a new one, if you don't fit anything. Quickplay is restricted to EU and NA, however, if you're outside of these regions, you can still host a custom room, and play with anyone who have good connection to you.

Make your own custom rooms, with custom settings and specific maps, from Main menu -> Play -> Lobbies tab. Here you can browse other custom rooms, join them, or press create, to make your own. You have full control on when to start the game, when to switch map, and you can even make password protected rooms, where you can play only with friends.

By default, bots are enabled for every room, but you can disable them via the "Options" button in the Room creator panel. Bots have 3 difficulties, if you want a harder challenge. Bots will only fill out empty spaces, and they get kicked out, if a player joins.

Foobar Zero is going to participate in Steam Next Fest (Oct 13th to 20th)!

We want to reward those who've stuck around with us during the beta, so we've decided to make a pre-fest event! Every weekend before Next Fest, the servers will open for a day. Additionaly, we will host playtests more frequently during this time, so you can try out the game with us!

If you reach certain levels before the Next Fest launches, you will receive rewards when the game launches.

We are so grateful for every one of you!

We are very excited to announce that Foobar Zero will be participating in Steam TPS Fest 2025!

During this week, the servers will be open and you can jump in to the game at any time! If you don't find a room, there is also bot support, so don't be shy, open up a room, and maybe someone will join!

To participate, press Request access on the playtest app:

Join our Discord server to find people to play with, and provide feedback for the developers!

Join Discord

We are exhibiting Foobar Zero at the local Comic Con this weekend!

To celebrate we are opening the servers for 2 days, where you can play freely! Lately we have been adding a lot of exciting features, like bot support, spectators, ping system, additional character customizations and more!

Join our Discord server to find people to play with, and share your thoughts about the game!

If you're interested, click the Request Access button to participate in the playtest!