LOCKDOWN Protocol news & patch notes

NEW CUSTOMIZATIONS

Retro Skin

The Retro skin is available as part of the “Character” pack ! It contains a suit, head and two face designs.

Metal Customization

Added character metal customization, with 6 options ! One is available by default, while the 5 others are within the Contrast pack.

COLLISIONS

Fixed several collisions on large door corners. There were some inconsistencies and they should all have the exact same collisions now.

Fixed a thin gap between certain walls and menus in the restaurant area, that allowed items in unreachable areas.

A CELEBRATION OF LOVE

Yannick and Sofia are two players who met on LOCKDOWN Protocol and got married this year ! We are celebrating their union with a small easter egg.

OTHER

Switched the promotional Makeship panel, as the limited offer is no longer available.

Yukiwaru now officially owns the company Yukiwawa Corp. (named by the council against her will), that provides pencils to the entire space station. She also agreed to make them cheaper, so they now have a higher spawn chance.

Check out her Twitch channel :

FIXES

Fixed a potential rare crash when switching skin customization.

Weapons Rebalance

Increased the overall accuracy of the Rifle.

Decrease the overall accuracy of the SMG.

Microphone spatialization fix

Fixed a long time issue causing certain players' microphone to not initialize correctly and being heard globally instead of locally, independently per clients.

It can technically still happen, but the occurrence should be drastically lower.

This is hard to test on our side, so any report about this is welcome !

Christmas Decorations

Christmas decorations are no longer the default setting. You can still enable them at any time in the “map theme” section of your session settings !

Anticheat

Slightly increased our security regarding recent exploits.

Render Settings

Added the “camera room screens” setting : It lets you disable the camera room screens for extra performance on low end computers.

CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS

Christmas decorations are back !

The map is decorated with the holiday spirit, and delivery packages are replaced with presents to distribute.

This time, instead of being exclusively time limited, the Christmas theme is now a session setting, enabled by default during the holiday season !

NEW ITEMS AND CHANGES

Cookies and candy canes can now spawn around the map.

These new fragile items, as long as the existing mugs will break on impact.

The cookie will heal your target on frontal hit !

NEW SESSION SETTINGS

Map themes can now be selected to override the current seasonal event.

Each locked room now has a setting for their opening state : Locked, closed (opened with card) and already open !

SOUND CHANGES

New sounds have been added for breaking items.

This includes mugs, fishes and the new cookies and candy canes !

Increase the range of the sounds (by roughly 50%) from item hit, weapon shot and breaking items. BUG FIXES Players joining mid round no longer spawn dead in the garden.

BUG FIX Fixed slight shadow issues caused by the recent Tiphanie model changes.

NEW WEAPON : SMG

The SMG is a new heavy weapon available in heavy weapon crates !

CUSTOM SESSION PRESETS

You can now save session setting presets.

In the session customization menu, enter a name and click “save preset”, to save a new preset, and click on an existing one to load it.

You can have as many session presets as you want, as long as they all have a unique name. Saving with an existing name will override the previous preset.

BALANCE CHANGES AND NEW SESSION SETTINGS

You can now change the battery charge speed multiplier, ranging from 50% to 200%.

Rice bags now spawn regardless of the Pizzushi task presence in the match. So you can now make Pizzushi with friends no matter the available tasks !

The heavy weapon case is always available by default, instead of being 50/50 (this is still available in the settings).

The default setting for access cards is now 2 instead of 1 with 50% chances for a second (the available options remain unchanged).

CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION PRESET

You can now save up to 12 character customization presets !

Because of this change

NEW SUIT MATERIALS

Customize your character with 3 new materials : Leopard, Tiger and Plaid. They are included in the existing Contrast pack with no extra cost !

CHARACTER MODEL CHANGES FOR PATTERNS

Models were initially not planned for more than uniform colors, so you can see a lot of visible seams and ugly symmetry when using materials with patterns.

To prevent this, we are gradually changing models to avoid these issues, starting with Tiphanie !

You can expect the rest of the models to follow in future updates.

We’re so excited to announce our LOCKDOWN Protocol plushies, it feels incredible to see a real-life object from our game ! For a limited time from November 28th to December 28th, get your hands on the LOCKDOWN Protocol plushie on Makeship.com ! For the Black Friday, get 10% off any order above $100 until December 2nd !

NEW WEAPON : SHOTGUN

The shotgun is a new automatic weapon that fires devastating pellets at close range ! The weapon can spawn in the heavy crate. Now that multiple weapons can spawn in the heavy crate, you can decide which ones can spawn, with a new dedicated session setting ! LOSERFRUIT KICKSTARTER SKIN

Enjoy additional customization with the new Loserfruit skin set. This skin has been designed for one of our community members, as thanks for their massive contribution on our Kickstarter campaign ! The set contains two body variants, two head variants and a new suit light pattern ! As always, the skin comes with no extra cost in the “Character” cosmetic DLC ! GET YOUR MAKESHIP PLUSHIE FOR A LIMITED TIME !

We’re so excited to announce our LOCKDOWN Protocol plushies, it feels incredible to see a real-life object from our game ! For a limited time, get your LOCKDOWN Protocol plushie on makeship.com ! See the plushie detailed post here : https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2780980/view/499465242293567879 We also added plushies in the lobby to ensure you don’t miss it :3 BALANCE CHANGES

Increased battery recharge speed. With all other previous balance changes, the recharge time felt a bit out of place and broke the flow of the game. BUG FIXES Fixed the Discord QR in the lobby, redirecting to an expired invitation link. Fixed several texts not being properely formated. Fixed the visor menu indicator, appearing on your dead body. Fixed several spelling and translation mistakes (some that have been reported are still unchanged, but are on our list to be fixed !)

BUG FIXES Fixed issue with the default keybind when starting from a fresh save.

TWITCH DROP

As mentioned in the previous announcement, we’re having issues managing the Twitch drop rewards, so we are instead, turning it into a globally available free cosmetic.

CONTROLS

Fixed a bug where any key left empty in the controls, would be reset to default and erase previously set bind for the default key, when starting the game or joining a session.

Changed the sensitivity slider max value from 10 to 20. You can still manually input the value you want, above the slider max value.

INTERFACE

Fixed bugged persisting text on the upper left corner of the interface.

GENERAL BUG FIXES

Fixed sound path finding issues in the pizzushi restaurant.

COLLISIONS

Fixed museum exit door frame collisions.

Fixed missing collisions of the consoles in the museum entrance.

Fixed missing collisions on the Quera flower pot in the museum.

Fixed missing collisions of the consoles in the museum entrance.

Fixed missing collisions on Yokasiri &AriesAkana terrarium.

TRANSLATION

Fixed kyscharf’s name being misspelled in the museum, sorry D:

PORTUGUESE

Fixed portuguese language not properly loading.

FRENCH

Fixed “straffer” missing a “s” in the keybinds.

Fixed spelling mistakes in the Kickstarter museum section.

Hello everyone, after more than a year in early access, we are happy to say that we finally reached a point where we implemented all planned features, and we are satisfied enough to call the game “1.0” in its current state. This is not a big update in itself, but it is a huge milestone we reached after many hours of work, thanks to your previous feedback. For any returning, or simply curious new player, we prepared a big recap that summarize all additions and changes since the initial release in July 2024 :

We also prepared a post regarding the future plans of our team. We made a quick announcement that rapidly mentioned this, but there was a lot of misunderstanding, so we are making a detailed post with all the information you need :

SUMMARY

• MUSEUM

• LOCALIZATION

• VISUAL AND SOUND OVERHAULS

• STEAM CARD, BADGES AND MORE

• BETA BRANCH

• OTHER

• BUG FIXES

MUSEUM

There now is a museum in the lobby area, featuring a proper tribute to the Kickstarter contributors, a rapid presentation of our dev team, and a section dedicated to the community, including contest winners, streamers and more ! (That last part is currently very empty but will be updated over time).

LOCALIZATION

Added support for several languages ! On the first game launch (after the update), it should automatically set to your Steam language if available. You can change the language at any moment in your settings.

The Steam page has also been updated accordingly. Languages include : 

• English

• Simplified chinese

• Russian

• Spanish

• Portuguese

• German

• Japanese

• French

If you see any translation mistakes, make sure to submit it in the bug report section of our Discord server ! Link here : https://discord.com/channels/1182320434482511892/1431658700245958719 VISUALS AND SOUNDS OVERHAULS

Many pizzushi related items got a visual overall, which include unique model per plant topping, new order menu and plate, new design with animations for the fish dispenser and new sounds for the rice dispenser !

The tablet received a new design and interface, including shortcuts to various menus and tutorials for the basics. We also updated the minimap to fit the map changes that happened over the game development !

Slightly changed the Power and Pressure panels to remove unnecessary text.

The container received a new animation when gathering plants. STEAM CARDS, BADGES AND MORE

Added Steam cards and badges support to LOCKDOWN Protocol, allowing you to earn Steam level and cool profile background and emoticons ! Steam emoticons, animated avatar, avatar profile frame and profile backgrounds by cocorhi ! Steam cards by Pixelorei ! BETA BRANCH

Now that the game is officially in 1.0.0, we are adding a public beta branch to ensure new features are mostly bug free on the main game. You can access it on Steam by right clicking the game > Properties… > Betas > Beta Participation > select “PUBLIC BETA”. OTHER

All players settings have been reset, to welcome a new cleaner save system.

Ajusted the PC task visually to be a bit more comprehensive, and easier on our side, to translate.

Added a visual indicator for playing being in their pause menu. With the removal of many features from the tablet, it became necessary to tell what a player is doing. Banned 41 more cheaters. BUG FIXES

Fixed ghosts light not pulsing when a player speaks.

Fixed Cleo square patch being named “Default”.

Fixed the unintended ability to make “dummy” samples from rice containers in the sample machine.

Fixed Pizzushi having collisions in the player's hands, which turned them into unintentional riot shields (I love riot shields but this is not what Pizzushi are meant to be).

Fixed ESC key not being registered correctly to close the menu after using a text box.

Fixed the “quit tutorial” button in the menu, which used to restart instead.

Fixed multiple sound collisions issues.

Fixed shadow collision on character to better interact with the charm lighting.

Hello everyone ! Version 1.0.0 of LOCKDOWN Protocol released today. This update is mostly small secondary features and polish, but marks the end of early access, which is a big milestone for us ! (See patchnote here : ). This update marks a big change in our priorities, so in this post we will talk about our general plans for the future, what you can expect for LOCKDOWN Protocol, and from our team and future projects. OUR PLANS First of all, we are moving our main focus to a new game project. While most of our time from now on will be focused on our next project, it doesn’t mean a full stop of LOCKDOWN Protocol development. In this post, we will discuss what you can expect for the future of LOCKDOWN Protocol, and our next project. LOCKDOWN PROTOCOL To be clear, LOCKDOWN Protocol is mostly in a finished state. You can expect updates but nothing big. We are making a list of what you can and cannot expect, split in three categories : 

• What will happen

• What could happen

• What won’t happen

What is guaranteed : This is the list of what you can be mostly sure about.

• Bug fixes following 1.0.0

• Public beta branch to ensure future updates are as bug free as possible.

• More session settings

• More cosmetics

What you could (maybe) expect : This is the list of stuff we have in mind, but is absolutely not guaranteed. There are the things we might work on in the future, just to give you an idea : 

• Small seasonal events

• Items in the lobby

• More languages

• New weapons and other non-task items

• More musics

• More contests

What you cannot expect : This is the list of stuff that is completely out of our plans. And will most likely never happen.

• New maps

• Integrated mod support (more are still welcome, we simply don’t have the time and resources to implement and maintain official integrated mod support through the Steam workshop. If you’re a modder, feel free to ask questions in the modding channel of our Discord server : https://discord.com/channels/1182320434482511892/1273072674079510549 ).

OUR NEXT PROJECT Regarding our next project, as you can expect we have nothing to share at such an early stage, but you can expect us to talk about it here on Steam and our Discord server when we have something to share ! If you don’t want to miss any of that, you can follow our social medias : 

• Discord : https://discord.com/invite/lockdown-protocol 

• X :  https://x.com/PlayLockdownP

•  Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/playlockdownprotocol/

This post is a summary of all updates, since initial release. If you are reading this, you are very likely a new or returning player ! This is a very quick summary so if you want more details, we recommend checking the corresponding patch notes (which are available on steam), but this should help you get a general idea. 0.1.0 to 0.1.31 : 

Lots of gameplay rebalance, added tutorials and QoL changes, early character customization and many bug fixes.

• Added Public/Hidden/Private setting for sessions

• Added video tutorials for tasks

• Rebalanced combat and added in-game item stats

• Rebalanced multiple tasks

• Added music players

• Added a basic tutorial for new players

• Rebalanced overall movement and stamina cost

• Fixed several textures bugs

• Fixed several bugged collisions

• Added session presets to make the game easier to learn

• Added simple character customization

• Fixed a lot of bug

• Added the color “purple” and locked color to one per player

0.2.0 to 0.2.2 : 

Added gun crates, gameplay rebalance, new cosmetic options.

• Revisited the surveillance area

• Added gun crates

• Rebalanced guns

• Added new cosmetics

• Rebalanced tasks

0.3.0 to 0.3.1 : 

Rebalanced weapons and crates, added many cosmetic options and temporary christmas decorations.

• Rebalanced weapons crates

• Added patches and charms as cosmetic options

• Added purchasable cosmetic packs for additional customization.

• Introduced cosmetics for our Kickstarter backers (thank you !)

• Added temporary christmas decorations

0.4.0 to 0.4.3 : Engine update, big code and other technical changes, hiding spots rebalance.

• Updated the game from Unreal Engine 5.2 to 5.5, for stability

• Rewrite of a big portion of the code 

• Reviewed the entire render and workflow of the environment, for performance

• Rebalanced place where you could hide items

• Fixed a bunch of bugged collisions

• Renamed the “power” task (previously “alimentation”)

0.5.0 to 0.5.2 : 

Rebalanced sounds dynamic, added alarms and rebalanced hind spots.

• Readjusted all the sound dynamic and ranges

• Added alarms

• Readjusted places where you can hide items, and made them visually more clear

• Fixed a bunch of collisions (again)

0.6.0 to 0.6.3 : 

Added eye blink, snap throw, fish slap and fixed many collisions.

• Added the eye blink mechanic

• Added the ability to snap item into machine slot with a throw for super cool skill shots

• Added the ability to slap fishes on people’s backs

• Fixed a bunch of collisions (yet again)

0.7.0 to 0.7.2 : 

Added defibrillators and easter eggs, rebalanced weapons.

• Added defibrillators in the medical, which let you revive people when fully charged with batteries

• Rebalanced weapons

• Added (literal) easter eggs as rare spawn on the map, and usable as charms

0.8.0 to 0.8.1 : Added a new room, key cards, new items, visually revamped the C4, changed eggs spawn and fixed many bugs. 

• Added locked door, that need access card to be opened

• Added the Machine Supply room (locked with card), that contain extra battery charged and supplies

• Added items fit the new rooms

• Visually revamped the C4

• Readjusted easter eggs spawn, to be rare and hidden in cool places

• Fixed many bugs

0.9.0 to 0.9.2 : 

Revamped the medical area, added two new rooms, new items, new model for the defibrillator, a community art in-game and many bug and collision fixes.

• Revamped the medical area

• Added new model and animations for the defibrillator

• Added two new locked rooms (Research Corridor and Emergency Room, which provide extra supplies and passages through the map

• Added items matching the two new rooms

• Added community art by Kyscharf in the Restaurant area

• Fixed bugs and collisions

0.10.0 to 0.10.2 : 

Added new cosmetics options and summer decorations.

• Added two new characters to the existing cosmetic packs

• Added temporary summer decorations

0.11.0 : 

New room, gun reload station and new items.

• Changed the armory into a new locked room

• Added a reload station for guns in the armory

• Added new items fitting the the new areas and offices

0.12.0 to 0.12.5 : 

New menu, social QoL changes and extra session settings, gameplay balance and new cosmetic options.

• Completely revamped the menu

• Added the ability to name your lobby

• Added multiple social QoL features, including better ban list management

• Added extra session customization settings

• Rebalanced locked rooms content

• Added better skin color customization

0.13.0 to 0.13.2 : 

Increased player limit !

• Increased the player limit from 8 to 16

• Added session setting to allow duplicate player colors

0.14.0 to 0.14.4 : 

Lobby area redesign, big character customization revamp, more session customization settings, gameplay rebalance.

• Big redesign of the lobby area

• Added deeper character customization, that include : better control on how you set colors on your suit, hair and eye colors

• Added even more session customization settings 

• Slight rebalance of the player movement and other aspects of the gameplay

• Added the ability to show/hide HUD to take cool screenshots !

0.15.0 to 0.15.3 : 

Heavy crate, big guns, weapon rebalance banned cheaters and report button.

• Added heavy crates in the armory, containing a very big gun

• Rebalanced all weapons, with the intention of giving more room the the social deduction aspect

• Banned a bunch of cheater, and added an in-game “report” button

0.16.0 : 

Halloween cosmetics.

• Added a bunch of halloween cosmetics

1.0.0 : See 1.0.0 patchnote : 

UPDATE 0.16.0

HALLOWEEN COSMETICS

For Halloween, we are bringing 12 new cosmetic options in the Character and Holidays packs, with no extra cost !

CHARACTERS PACK

Welcome Cleo which comes with two head variants, a new face and her own patches and charm !

HOLIDAYS PACK

Show your spooky side with these two new suit materials and 3 new charms !

As we mentioned in the announcements on our Discord server, this wil be the last update (excluding hotfixes) before the 1.0.0 version in November. Join it for more information if you are not already there !

UPDATE 0.15.0 As mentioned in patch 0.14.4, a game breaking bug made us push some changes that were intended for this update, and will be listed in this patch as well. These are not the only changes, so take a look even if you read the previous patch notes ! HEAVY WEAPON CRATE A new type of crate has been added to the armory, containing new larger weapons. When available (50% chance), the crate requires an access card (a second one after opening the room) and will always contain an empty weapon, that needs to be charged. Currently, it can only contain the rifle, but you can expect more to come in the future, that will randomly rotate inside the crate in each game. The rifle spawn can be disabled within session settings. NEW WEAPON - RIFLE Welcome the rifle, a new weapon that exclusively drops in the new armory crate. This weapon has a strong fire power, but cannot be hidden in your bag and always spawn empty ! If you witnessed the weapons from illegitimate means before this update, be aware that it was an unfinished version and it has received both visual and balance changes since then. WEAPONS REBALANCE Some of this was mentioned in patch notes 0.14.4, but we are still adding it there to centralise the notes, and rephrased certain parts. We reajusted most weapons to bring more opportunity for defense and escape. The goal is to leave more space for the social aspect, while still rewarding good execution of assassination plans under the right opportunities : RANGED - Readjusted health/stamina damage proportion on the revolver and pistol. - Readjusted recoil behavior and recovery of the revolver and pistol, to make sustained long ranged shots harder to land. - Increased accuracy of the first shot of the revolver and pistol. - Reduced body damage and increased headshot damage and knockback of the Shorty. This should reduce the ease of oneshot, while still being possible with a good shot at the appropriate range. MELEE - Increased stamina cost of most melee weapons to further punish missed attacks and reward self control. - Increased knockback of all melee attacks (except access card) to make escape out of a duel much easier. - Reduced most frontal damage to promote and reward planned assassination. - Knife : Reduced attack speed and increased the cast time of attacks, to make it more skillful. Reduced stun and increased knockback. This is still a deadly weapon but requires good execution and planning to confirm a kill. The knife also got new animations ! BANNED CHEATERS AND REPORT BUTTON We tested the ban system long enough to confirm it works properly, so we will start banning known cheaters from the game to hopefully make the game more enjoyable for everyone ! In this patch, we are permanently banning 240 cheaters from the game. We cannot provide a proper anti-cheat, but we hope banning cheaters will deter most of them from trying and increase the average quality of your games. If you witness a cheater, we highly encourage you to report them, using the “Report a player” button in the “Game” menu. This will redirect you to the proper channel in our Discord server, where you can create a ticket to report a player. Make sure you provide evidence of what you claim, otherwise we won’t be able to do anything. OTHER Reverted summer changes on the fishes and dragon. BUG FIXES Fixed certain plants sticking out of the glass around the big rock in the lobby room. Fixed various spelling mistakes in the new lobby panels. Fixed the player list not always updating properly when another player joins.

• Increased stamina cost of all weapons to further punish missed attacks and reward self control.
• Increased knockback of all attacks, to make escape out of a duel much easier.
• Reduced frontal damage to promote and reward planned assassination.
• Reduced attack speed and increased the cast time of knife attack, to make it more skillful. This is still a deadly weapon, but requires good execution and planning to confirm a kill.
• Reduced body damage and increased the knockback of the Shorty, to make it a more defensive weapon without being a guaranteed one shot.

UPDATE 0.14.0 NEW LOBBY DESIGN The lobby area has been reworked with a new design and better guidance for new players, to start their first session with the help of wall panels ! The back area has been opened into a corridor to welcome future additions. CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION REVAMP Express yourself with the new character customization system ! MATERIALS Additionally to the suit and head model, you can now choose various materials to use wherever you want ! Pastel colors on Tiphanie ? Dark colors on Theodore ? Or even a mix of both ! Mix and match materials to create your unique style ! All the content of the Contrast DLC has been converted into materials, to be usable on any model ! The A/B/C/D variants of the Default and Tiphanie suits have also been removed, since all of them are achievable with the new materials system ! For now, options are only combinations of the pre-existing stuff because the system is brand new, but you can expect more materials to be released in the future ! EYES AND HAIR COLOR You can now change your eyes and hair color, separately from the player color ! The pink hair previously exclusive to Tiphanie with the pink color equipped is now part of the already existing Contrast DLC, alongside 13 new hair colors and 9 eyes colors !

NEW SESSION SETTING Players spawn location : Choose between a grouped spawn around the central tree (current and default) or a sparse spawn across the map ! GAMEPLAY The player’s slowing effect when stepping over small obstacles and landing from a fall is now more impactful. EGG CHARMS CHANGES All egg charms have been combined into a single charm, using the player color (which includes 5 new colors), and moved to the Holidays DLC. This was always intended to be the case, but would have been weird in the context of release with that pack being “Winter” at the time, so we made them temporarily free instead of waiting for the next year. You can expect all future seasonal content like this, to be added in that same DLC. OTHER Optimized several meshes and materials across the map. Readjusted glass material and reflections across the map. BUG FIXES Fixed Kickstarter skin being available at tier 4 instead of 3. We apologize for that ! Added back missing lamps and lanterns in the center area, including the collisions.

DUPLICATE PLAYER COLORS AND PLAYERS LIMIT

You can now allow duplicate player colors in your Lobby. This will be indicated by a logo next to the session name.

Enabling this option also lets you increase the player limit to 16 !

These settings have to be enabled before lobby creation.

It’s difficult for our small team to properly test the game with 16 players, so please make sure to report any issue happening there, especially related to microphones. Thank you in advance !

NEW SESSION SETTINGS

Alarms can now be disabled, with 2 fuses, or will all fuses.

Access card spawn can range from 0 to 3, with 50% increments.

The gun reload station can be disabled, random or enabled.

Both medical and emergency defibrillators can be disabled or enabled with various levels of charge.