Pummel Party news & patch notes

1.14.1i

Added

• Added Brazilian Portuguese localization.
• Updates have been made to the existing localization for other languages.

Fixed

• The Star Crown hat no longer glows in the dark in Searing Spotlights.
• Fixed the Leave button on the loading screen while reconnecting not working for controllers.
• Fixed long names overlapping in the minigame score UI when playing in teams mode.
• Fixed some controller navigation issues in the options menu.

1.14.1h

Added

• Added a setting to change the split screen direction when playing in splitscreen mode.
  • This setting will prioritise splitting the screen horizontally (current behaviour) or vertically (new).
  • This setting is found on the option menu's 'General' tab.

Changed

• When playing a minigame in splitscreen, the camera views have been moved up slightly so that the player scores no longer cover the views of the players at the bottom of the screen.
• The online chat window now closes if you unfocus it by clicking elsewhere on the screen.
• When playing on a board with fewer possible spaces for the goal chest to spawn than goal chests enabled in the ruleset, a chest can respawn on the same space it was claimed from.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue causing reconnecting players to timeout when being re-added at the start of the turn if they reconnected after closing and opening the game.
• Fixed pallets sometimes not being flingable in Forklift Fling when playing online.
• Fixed the minigame choices shown when using the present item being incorrect for players that had reconnected to the game after a disconnect.
• Fixed dead players in Sharky Swim being able to escape or collect beacons if they had died in certain locations.
• Fixed the position of the "Spectate" button prompt in Acidic Atoll when using splitscreen.

1.14.1g

Changed

• Text should be clearer and more consistent across the game.
• Some of the game's text has changed font/size.
• Updated some icons in various menus and minigames.
• Minor UI changes and improvements.

Fixed

• Fixed the online chat failing to open via the bound keyboard key when a controller is connected and providing input.
• Fixed a respawn point on The Rift map placing players too close to the edge.
• Reduced lag in Sandy Search.

1.14.1e

Changed

• Added a cooldown to prevent players from spamming the chat in online games.
• Added a maximum character limit to the online chat.
• Any actions in the "Options > Controls" menu that don't have a binding set when the game is started or a controller is connected will be reset to their default binding.
  • This fixes some of the new actions not being automatically bound to the correct buttons when updating from 1.14.0.

Fixed

• Fixed a bug causing saved games to fail to load correctly and cause heavy lag.
  • This also fixes reconnecting to any games affected by this bug, so reconnecting should be more reliable now.
• Fixed lag spikes caused by sending messages via the online chat window that contained certain characters.
• Fixed some players experiencing broken or missing bindings on some unbindable actions. E.g. the "Add AI" button in the lobby when using a controller.
• Fixed a softlock introduced in 1.14.1d that could occur when opening a goal chest in an online game.

1.14.1d

Fixed

• Fixed an error that would cause mods to fail to load if the mod texture cache could not be read.
• Fixed an issue when playing with fake chests.
  • The player who opened the real chest would continue to play their turn too soon, overlapping with the fake chests being placed back onto the board after the shuffle animation. This could cause the chest description UI to stay onscreen and potentially cause a softlock.

1.14.1c

Fixed

• Fixed mods not opening if they contain any files with a path longer than the Windows path length limit.
• Fixed the online chat window not stopping other inputs from affecting the game. For example, when the chat is open, typing will no longer cause things like the dice to be rolled, the map/inventory to open, the game to start from a lobby, etc.
• Fixed a visual issue with the lighting of the Pummel Awards Ceremony, where it would keep some of the lighting from the board map being played.

1.14.1b

Fixed

• Fixed missing controller glyphs for the PS5 DualSense controller.
• Fixed a freeze in the mod editor when trying to play or save a mod containing a weapon component.
• Reduced lag when explosion effects are playing in Mortar Mayhem.

1.14.1a

Fixed

• You can no longer load game save data from 1.14.0. This would cause various issues and was not intended to be possible.

1.14.1

Added

Rejoining Online Games

• You can rejoin the last online game you were in if you are disconnected.
• When you disconnect from an online game, you will still be replaced by a bot as usual. If you reconnect to the game, you will take over from the bot at the start of the next turn to continue playing.
• A prompt will appear on the main menu asking if you'd like to rejoin.
  • A button will also appear in the multiplayer menu to reconnect if the prompt on the main menu expires.
• You can only rejoin a game within 20 minutes of disconnecting.
• You will still be offered to reconnect even after closing the game and re-opening it.

Improved Game Save/Load

• 'Minigame Only' games are now saved and can be loaded from the Load Save menu.
• Improved saving/loading of games played on modded boards.
  • If objects on the board are moved, rotated, scaled, destroyed, enabled/disabled, or colored, this will be remembered when re-loading a saved game.
  • Any board spaces or board space connections that were enabled/disabled will also be remembered and restored after loading a save.
• Improved saving/loading of built-in boards.
  • More data about the PummelTown Killer is saved/loaded.
  • The layout of the maze in Winterglow is now saved/loaded.
  • The direction of the board connections in The Rift are now saved/loaded.
  • The state of the walls that appear on Overgrowth are saved/loaded.

Faster Mod Loading

• Faster mod discovery at startup
  • The process of reading and loading basic data about which mods are installed when the game is first opened has been greatly sped up.
  • A new popup has been added at the bottom of the screen to show mod data being loaded, rather than the list that would appear on the right side of the screen.
    • Additionally, this new popup shows how many mods need to be loaded and the progress towards loading them.
• Improved load time when entering a game
  • A new system to cache texture data from mods has been added. This results in much faster mod loads for any mods that have been played before.
    • When loading a mod for the first time, it will take about as long as before.
    • When loading a mod that has been played before, expect a reduction in load times.
      • We've seen about a 50% reduction in load times on average for previously played mods, however, this will vary based on your hardware.
      • Let us know if you see a difference! (Remember, the time to load a mod for the first time after this update will still take about as long as before, but subsequent plays should be faster to load)
  • Reduced unnecessary memory usage of some mod loading steps. Some mods may see significant reductions in loading times.
  • Other minor improvements have been made so mods should load slightly faster on some systems.
• Added a new 'Workshop' tab to the options menu.
  • Here you can disable the new mod cache system if you don't want extra disk space to be used by mods. Mod loading times will be about as long as before this update with the cache disabled, so it's recommended to keep it enabled.
  • You can also delete the cache manually from this new screen.

Controls

• Input binding has been overhauled, separating the existing bindable inputs into several more granular options. You may need to re-map some of your controls from the 'Options -> Controls' menu if you have made changes from the default settings.
  • Previously most of the game's controls were bound to "Accept", "Cancel", "Action1" and "Action2". These have been replaced with more specific controls like "Hit Dice", "Jump", "Accelerate", etc. that can all be bound independently.
• The inputs have been split into the following categories:
  • Boardgame
  • User Interface
  • General Minigames
  • Driving Minigames
  • Airplane Minigames
  • Specific Minigames (Controls for Rockin Rhythm, Fractured Faces, Spooky Spikes and Mod minigames)
• The appearance of the controls screen in the options menu has been updated.
  • This screen should be easier to navigate with a controller.
  • This screen is now localized (excluding button and controller names).
• There are now controls to rotate pieces both clockwise and counterclockwise in Fractured Faces.
• When this update is released to the Nintendo Switch, it will be possible to play using a single Joy-Con held horizontally per player.

Cosmetics

• Added five new cosmetics.
  • Hats
    • Ninja Hood: Unlocked by the 'Dodge this' achievement.
    • Star Crown: Unlocked by the 'Seeing Stars' achievement.
  • Capes
    • Magma: Unlocked by the 'Floor is Lava' achievement.
    • Fog: Unlocked with crowns.
    • Obsidian: Unlocked with goblets.

Changed

• Opening the pause menu while in a local/offline game now pauses the game, rather than allowing the game to continue playing in the background.
• When starting a game with mod minigames enabled in the ruleset, only the mod minigames that will be played during that game will be loaded.
  • For example if you're playing a 10-turn game, only up to 10 mod minigames will be loaded (previously it would load all available mod minigames enabled in the ruleset).
  • This reduces the time spent loading mods when entering a game with many mod minigames enabled in the ruleset.
• Updated the appearance and design of the in-game chat for online games.
  • You can now see past messages by scrolling the in-game chat.
• Board item descriptions have been updated to be more useful (English only).
• Some minigame instructions have been reworded for clarity (English only).
• Minigame improvements:
  • Footstep particles now play correctly on all relevant minigames.
  • Improved car and plane sounds so they fade in/out instead of starting abruptly.
  • Improvements to Rotor Race and Daring Dogfight game-feel.
  • Added more boost rings to Rotor Race.
  • Added effects when completing the puzzle in Fractured Faces.
  • Minor visual changes to some other minigames.
• (Mod Editor) If given a Transform component as a target, the 'Set Color' Action will now color any prop components on that object.

Fixed

• Reduced unnecessary memory allocation when loading textures from mods.
• Fixed many minor issues with mod loading and subscribing/unsubscribing to mods in-game.
• Dropdowns in the options menu are now easier to use with a controller.
• Fixed a lag spike when changing pages in the loadout and unlock screens.
• Fixed a loss of input that required a game restart when changing the "Use XInput" toggle in the options menu.
• Fixed a case that would cause a desync between the host and client when a random choice was encountered in a mod action (such as a Move To Space action with multiple target spaces).
• Fixed players briefly teleporting before they respawned between rounds in some minigames.
• Fixed pixelation of players in the lobby and minigame-only screen on high-resolution monitors.

1.14.0d

Changed

• Added a loading spinner that appears when searching for lobbies.
• There is now a three-second cooldown to the 'Refresh' button when searching for nearby lobbies.

Fixed

• Fixed weapon cache giving the wrong items after it has been claimed at least once if you had items disabled in the ruleset.
• Fixed players sometimes clipping through the floor or being set to a different Y position when returning to the board after the mid-game Pummel Awards.
• Fixed a case where teleporting multiple players at once in mod boards could end up with players overlapping.
• Fixed a specific Key space on the Rival Arena board that wouldn't give keys when landed on.
• Reverted a change to the scale/resolution of the cosmic cape material in the mod editor.

1.14.0c

Changed

• Points awarded from certain minigames are now awarded in multiples of 10 instead of powers of 2.
  • The power of 2 scoring was used with teams to avoid the situation where a team would not place first even though someone in the team placed first in the minigame.
  • With points now using multiples of 10, it is possible for a team to not place first even if a member of the team is the first to complete the minigame objective. It is now up to all players on the team to contribute enough points by completing the minigame objective before players on other teams to ensure their team wins.

Fixed

• Fixed players incorrectly being given extra copies of the last item they had won from a previous minigame when they didn't actually win anything in the most recent minigame.
• You can no longer use the Arcade Machine against teammates when friendly fire is enabled in the ruleset.
• Fixes to the gold particles that follow the shortest path to the goal chest:
  • The particles will now include 'Jump'-type connections when finding the shortest path, and they will travel across a 'Jump' connection.
  • The particles will now stop at a teleport connection if it is the best path, rather than ignoring it and continuing down a worse or longer path.
  • The particles should no longer get caught in a loop instead of following a valid path to the goal chest.
• Disabled a debugging layer that was left on in some minigames causing colored boxes to appear around players when using a controller.
• Improved error handling for corrupted save data.

1.14.0b

Fixed

• Fixed the Hardhat cosmetic not appearing in the Hats tab of the unlocks screen.
• Fixed Reaper spaces that were covered by either the chest or weapons cache showing as unclaimed instead of using the color of the player who had claimed that space.
• Fixed some players, when using a controller, not being able to press L/R to set a different hat, cape or color in the lobby slot appearance menu.
• Fixed a situation where in an offline game, local players would be named the host player's name plus a number, instead of "Player" and a number as was shown in the lobby.
• (Mods) Fixed the Spawn Effect action not working with the advanced target set to a Transform. This would cause a softlock in board mods.
• (Minigame Mods) Player scores will no longer go negative if they exceed the maximum value of 32767.

1.14.0

Cosmetics and Loadouts

New Cosmetics

Loadouts

Teams!

• When playing in teams mode, all goblets, keys and items collected are shared between members of the same team.
• All minigames have been updated to support team mode. This includes combined points scoring, a new UI to show each team's score, and an updated results screen.
• With teams mode, the Pummel Awards are decided per team rather than per player. The Minigame-Only game mode also groups players as teams when awarding points.
• Friendly fire against teammates is disabled by default (so you can't ride a rocket into your teammates, or kill them in Barn Brawl for instance) but this can be changed through a new general ruleset option if you'd like things to be a bit more chaotic.

Minigames

New Minigame: Forklift Fling

• Drive your forklift around a warehouse and fling pallets of goods into your basket to earn points. Watch out though, as other players can fling you into the air too! The player with the most points when time's up wins.

New Minigame: Risky Rubberbands

• In this skill/timing-based minigame, the goal is to be the first to make your watermelon explode by wrapping it in rubber bands! Release the rubber bands as close to the center of your watermelon as you can to earn more points. Earn enough points and your melon will explode, leaving you victorious (and covered in melon juice).

Minigame Updates

Animal Arithmetic
• Other combinations of animals riding other animals will appear to distract you from the one you're meant to be counting.
• The color of the fur on the animals you're counting is no longer fixed, so make sure to count all combinations of animals regardless of their fur color!
• These changes make this minigame slightly more challenging, requiring a bit more focus to get a perfect score.
Memory Menu
• When you complete the ingredient request, you can continue to move and try to fill out the request more than once for more points.
• You can now punch other players and ingredients.
  • Punching other players stuns them briefly.
  • Punching ingredients will destroy them and force a new ingredient to appear after a short time. You can use this to re-roll ingredients to try to get more of what you need for the current request.
• Other minor changes including larger pictures of the ingredients to collect, and a higher chance of useful ingredients appearing.
Morphing Maze
• You now drop 3 keys when hit by another player. This makes the game more interesting when most of the keys have been collected.
Teams changes
• Minigames can behave slightly differently when played in teams mode. Here are the differences and changes:
  • All: You can't hurt, hit, stun, etc. your teammates (unless friendly fire is on).
  • Billiard Battle: All sunk balls from the same team go to a combined score.
  • Bouncing Balls: Play in a larger arena. Players on the same team share a goal.
  • Bounding Blocks: You can walk on any tiles claimed by you or your teammates.
  • Crown Capture: You can pass the crown to your teammate by punching them (they won't be stunned).
  • Elemental Escalation: Players on the same team will create the same element type beneath them.
  • Grifting Gifts: Teammates share a single goal to fill with presents.
  • Sharky Swim: All players on one team become sharks. When there are multiple sharks, there are more fake players.
  • Thunderous Trench: All players on one team become lightning holders. The floor takes as many lightning strikes to destroy as there are lightning holders.

Additional Patch Notes

Added

Main Menu Background
• Added a new main menu background.
• Added a new General option to set which main menu background to use, so you can choose to go back and use an older main menu background if you'd like.
Cosmetics
• Added the "None" hat. Use this if you don't want to wear a hat.
User Interface
• Added loadout selection to the Appearance menu in the lobby.
• Added the number of minigame-only points earned to the post-minigame results screen.
• Added a counter that appears whenever you earn a goblet to show how many goblets you have available to be spent on unlocking cosmetics.
• Added a counter to the minigame results screen when you earn a crown to show how many crowns you have available to be spent on unlocking cosmetics.
• Added a button to the join game screen to take you to a new sub-forum on the Steam Discussion Forum for finding others to play with online.
Mod Editor
• Added the ability to test board and minigame mods using teams.
• Added two new minigame mod settings to let you either disable points from appearing in the UI, or hide individual player points when playing in teams, only keeping the combined team score visible.
• Added a minigame mod setting to disable player nametags.

Changed

Cosmetics
• Multiple players can now wear the same hat at the same time.
• Bots will no longer use cosmetics that you haven't unlocked yet.
• Some of the existing hats are now unlockable, so new players will be required to unlock them using goblets or crowns. Anyone with any unlocks or who has ever earned at least 1 trophy before this update will already have these existing hats unlocked.
• Updated the size and fit of some hats to reduce clipping issues.
User Interface
• Most of the game's icons have been updated to a consistent style.
• Updated the UI for each player in a lobby, showing more of the player and reducing the space taken up by the buttons.
• Cosmetics are now sorted alphabetically in the lobby when scrolling through them.
• Player nametags in-game now fade in/out instead of appearing/hiding instantly.
• Updated the score display for players in minigames.
  • The score counter is now hidden if it isn't used by the minigame (e.g. Slippery Sprint).
  • A skull icon is displayed over a player's portrait when they are killed.
  • A checkered flag icon appears beside players who have finished the minigame objective on minigames that can be finished.
  • Health bars have been added to all minigames that use health. Some minigames previously used score as health and these have been updated to use the health bar instead.
• Onscreen text now shows player colors more accurately.
• Localized and updated the UI and message that is displayed when a player is disconnected from an online game.
• Minor UI updates to various menus.
Gameplay
• Updated the appearance of the Tactical Cactus Disguise item when held.
• Summoning Staff bunnies are now tinted the color of the player who summoned them.
• Multiple Summoning Staff Bunnies are now able to exist simultaneously. Each player can still only summon and own a single bunny at a time however.
• Improved third-person camera controls when playing with a controller. This is the third-person, over-the-shoulder camera used in minigames such as Acidic Atoll, Barn Brawl, etc.
  • The camera now accelerates slightly when it starts moving, allowing precise movements and adjustments through small flicks.
  • The camera spins faster after holding a direction for long enough, allowing the camera to do larger turns faster.
  • Overall, it should feel easier to aim with and control more intuitively.
Minor minigame changes
• In Rockin Rhythm, you now lose your combo if you let a note pass by without being hit, in addition to hitting the wrong input for that note as usual.
• In Grifting Gifts, the trees are now decorated using the color of the player that owns them.
• In Sharky Swim, escaped players will always place higher than the shark, and the shark will always place higher than players who were killed or failed to escape in time.
• In Bullet Barrage, you can now see blue projectiles appearing from further away, rather than having them appear instantly at the edge of the stage.
• Bullet Barrage no longer ends when only one player remains. It now continues until the last player has died, or time has run out.
Mods
• Minigame mods are now disabled by default in your rulesets. To play a minigame mod after subscribing, you'll also need to go into your ruleset and enable it.
• Mods that are temporarily downloaded by joining an online lobby that's using mods you aren't subscribed to are now unloaded when leaving the lobby or disconnecting from the game. You'll no longer see these mods in your ruleset or board selection when entering a subsequent lobby.
Mod Editor
• The number of points given out by the "Set Placement" action has been increased. If your mod relied on each finished player being given some multiple of 100 points, see the wiki page for the new values.

Fixed

• Stopped the online chat box from opening in online lobbies while typing T into a ruleset or player name.
• Fixed some other keyboard keys performing unintended actions while typing player names.
• In Bouncing Balls, you no longer score points for letting balls of your own color enter your own goal.
• When loading a saved game, the weapon cache will no longer respawn if it was already collected.
• When loading a saved game, the effects of the Nuke Barrel item will remain on any affected players.
• Fixed the mouse cursor staying invisible for clients after disconnecting if the host ended the game on certain minigames that lock and hide the mouse cursor.
• (Mod Editor) The 'Drop Keys' action can no longer cause a player to drop more keys than they have.
• (Mod Editor) Randomness of mod actions (e.g. the item given by a Give Item Action) is now per-action rather than per-event. So many identical actions using randomness in a single event will no longer all give the same outcome.

1.13.4f

Added

• Added a button to clone a ruleset, creating a new ruleset with the same settings.
• (Mod Editor) Actions within the Logic Component's "Hit" and "Weapon Hit" triggers can now target the 'Activator'. That's the object that hit or shot the logic trigger.
• (Mod Editor) Added support for importing .mp3 and .ogg audio files for use in mods.

Changed

• The Default ruleset can no longer be directly edited.
• Updated the appearance of the ruleset menu slightly.
• Rulesets are now sorted alphabetically (excluding the Default ruleset, which is always first).
• Board Modifier descriptions are now shown at the top of the ruleset menu when hovering over their ruleset option.

Fixed

• (Mod Editor) Fixed the 'Damage Player' action not removing a player's Cactus if "Drop Keys" wasn't enabled.
• (Mod Editor) Fixed an instance of a bug causing keyboard input to stop working sometimes after deleting objects.
• (Mod Editor) Fixed the 'Set Placement' action not working on any rounds after the first in multi-round minigames.

1.13.4d

Changed

• Random Pummel Awards challenges are now far more likely to be unique, rather than being a duplicate of another challenge.
• When bots use the Arcade Challenge item, they will now target the player with the lowest number of trophies/goblets.
• The joysticks and buttons of the Arcade Challange item now match the colors of the players using it.
• Updated the Arcade Challenge item's "Paddles" minigame:
  • The ball now reaches a higher maximum speed.
  • The possible angles that the ball can bounce at when hit have been adjusted to give more precise control.

Fixed

• Fixed a game softlock after the mid-game Pummel Awards ceremony if you had no minigames in the ruleset.
• Fixed rulesets occasionally failing to be deleted, causing them to reappear when the game is restarted.
• Fixed broken localizations for the "You Escaped!", "You were caught!" and "Try Again!" text in Pummel Prison and Foggy Fall.
• Fixed player nametags not disappearing in Spooky Spikes when players fell off the stage.
• Reduced the size of player nametags on Word Wars.

Fixed

• Fixed the General ruleset options not updating correctly when changed in online lobbies.
• Fixed adding/removing Pummel Award Challenges not updating correctly in online lobbies.
• Stopped the mid-game pummel awards from removing players' equipped cactus suits.
• Stopped the News button from overlapping with other UI.
• You can once again play bot-only games.
• Minor visual fixes for some minigames.

1.13.4

Added

New Ruleset Options

• Added random Pummel Award challenges to the ruleset!
  • When creating challenges, you can have the game choose the Pummel Award criteria randomly between the available options each time you play.
  • Per challenge, the game can choose randomly between Most/Least, any of the 6 statistics, and Mid/End-game Pummel Awards.
    • If randomising the award statistic, you can choose which of the six can be randomly selected. This is useful if you only want the game to randomly pick between three of the six statistics for example.
  • Not everything has to be random; you can choose to only randomise part of the challenge. E.g. You can randomise 'Most'/'Least' but keep it fixed to 'Minigames Won'.
• Added the ability to play any map with a custom number of trophy chests.
  • Play with up to 8 trophy chests at once!
  • This can be found in the General section while editing a ruleset.
• You can now choose the number of keys needed to open the trophy chest, along with how many keys players will begin the game with.
  • Choose from a set of values ranging from 0 to 150 keys.
  • These options can be found in the General section while editing a ruleset.
• Added a new board modifier: 'Randomize Chest Cost'.
  • Every time a chest is placed on the board it will have a random cost to open. This cost will vary between 5 and 80 keys.
  • When used in conjunction with the 'Fake Chests' modifier, all three chests will have the same cost, but the cost will change each time the correct chest is collected and the chests are shuffled.

General

• Added text above trophy chests on the board to show how many keys are required to open them.
• Added player nametags.
  • Helps to identify players in-game.
  • Names show up above players and/or below the score UI in minigames depending on the current mode and minigame.
  • Nametags can be disabled from the options menu.
• Added a news section to the main menu.
  • Patch notes and other information will appear here.

Mod Editor

• Added 'On Round End' player event trigger.
  • Players can now run a set of actions at the end of every minigame round.
• Added 'Round Start' and 'Round End' event triggers to the Logic component when used in minigame mods.
  • This allows any logic components to run a set of actions on round start/end.
  • The actions will only run if the logic component is enabled. One possible use for this is to enable a different logic component on each round, allowing for different things to happen based on which round it is.
• Added player nametag settings for minigame mods.
  • When making a minigame mod you can choose between three nametag types:
    • Screen Space: Nametags that remain at a constant size on-screen and are always visible.
    • World Space: Nametags that use a size based on distance but are always visible.
    • True World Space: Nametags that use a size based on distance and can be hidden behind objects in the world.
  • The default value is 'True World Space' and this will be used with all existing mods. Minigame mod creators, feel free to update your mods to use one of the other nametag types if it suits the minigame better via 'Minigame Settings > Player Settings > Name Tags'.

• Added the 'Stop Rocket from entering' option on the Board Space component.
  • This option will force players to dismount the rocket skewer before passing over the board space in a game. Useful if your board relies on players triggering an 'On Player Passing' event.
  • This option is only available when the board space type is set to 'Custom'.
• The 'Give Trophy' action can now give multiple trophies at once.
• Added the 'Remove Trophy' action.
  • Board-related events can remove a given number of trophies from players using this action.
• New board settings
  • Added a board setting to set the number of chests that will be spawned on the map.
    • The default is 1, but it can be set as high as 8.
    • Will be overridden by players' rulesets.
  • Added support for setting a custom position for the 'Fake Chests' modifier's initial chest shuffle animation.
    • This can be found under 'Board Settings > Board Details > Custom Chest Shuffle Position'
    • Enter an x,y,z position for the chests to be centered on. A gizmo will appear in the scene view while the board settings are shown in the inspector window.
    • Without enabling this new setting, fake chests will continue to shuffle above a graveyard space as they always have on custom boards.

Changed

• Updated the appearance of board space connections to include the connection direction on most boards. This makes the available paths around boards more clear.
• Rebalanced the Pummel Prison escape spaces.
  • Players who pass over the escape spaces are no longer given a trophy. They receive 10 keys instead.
  • Players can still get a trophy by landing exactly on the space, as was the initial behaviour before 1.13.0.
• Made the healthbar that is shown near the player's score in some minigames wider.
• Swapped the position of the trophies/goblets and keys in the scoreboard UI when playing a board game.
• Updated the UI in the friend invite screen slightly.
• Increased UI navigation speed when holding an input on a controller (e.g. holding up or down to scroll through rulesets with a controller is much faster).

Fixed

• Fixed the listed controls being incorrect for some minigames when using a controller.
• Fixed UI control being lost in several places while using a controller in a multiplayer lobby when not the lobby host.
• Improved controller support on the Steam friend invite screen.
• Fixed some cases of text appearing in English when playing with another language.
• Fixed a softlock when obtaining the game-winning trophy via a 'Give Trophy' mod action.
• Fixed an incorrect delay being calculated when chaining multiple overlapping 'Damage Player' or 'Give Trophy' actions in a single list of mod actions, causing the game to pause for an excessive amount of time.
• Fixed bots never spending items on custom popup choices in mod boards.
• Fixed weapon trails in mod minigames visually going through walls.
• Different types of goals (Normal chest, Fake chest, Pummeltown cage) now once again use the correct icon and name when being interacted with.
• Fixed the Twitch TV hat static remaining visible while the player is stuck inside a present.
• Fixed a softlock when loading into a game if multiple mods failed to load.
• Mod editor Hierarchy bugs
  • You can no longer drag objects outside of the prefab hierarchy when editing a prefab.
  • Dragging an unselected object to move/parent it in the hierarchy now works correctly when you have another object(s) selected.
  • Dragging an object onto another to parent it no longer selects the parent object; the original object selection is now maintained.

Added

• Added a new loading screen with progress indicators when loading into a game.
  • Displays the current loading step to give a better idea of what is being loaded.
  • The game no longer freezes for a long time while loading into a game.
• Added visuals and sound for falling into the water on Slippery Sprint.

Changed

• Improved game loading logic to improve loading times for online games.
• Improved mod loading times when entering a game.
• Improved resolution settings
  • The resolution setting has been separated from the refresh rate.
    • A separate Refresh Rate option has been included.
  • Display options only appear when they are valid. For example, "Max Frame Rate" no longer appears while vSync is enabled, as those options cannot be used at the same time.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue that caused non-host players to occasionally load more minigame mods than needed when entering a game.
• Non-host players now correctly see how many players have finished loading when entering a game.
• Fixed an issue when trying to import broken .obj files in the mod editor.
• Fixed players who tie for a minigame placement not being shuffled correctly.
• Fixed a crash when creating prefabs or materials in the mod editor in some circumstances.
• Fixed board mods failing to open in the mod editor in some circumstances.
• Fixed overlapping UI header text in some aspect ratios and languages.
• Fixed the displayed controller input for 'Accelerate' in Rusty Racers.

Removed

• Resolutions that result in the UI being cut off on the left and right sides are no longer supported and will not show as available resolutions ingame.
  • This includes all resolutions with an aspect ratio taller than 4:3.
  • If your resolution was affected by this, it will be reset with this update.
  • If you play on a vertical monitor where none of the previously available resolution options are supported anymore, a new set of 4:3 and 16:9 resolutions will be available that fit the monitor's width.

• Fix loading screen animation when second game is loaded.
• Fix 'Magma Mages' controls.

• Fixed crash on Steam Deck when loading minigames.
• Fixed incorrect controller button icons on Steam Deck.
• Fixed a crash with the rocket skewer item in some situations.
• Minor UI changes to the loading screen.

1.13.0

Board Mod Feature Update

Added

• Added a new trigger to the Board Space Event Component, the 'On Player Pass' trigger.
  • This trigger runs a set of actions as the player passes over the board space. The player doesn't need to end their turn on the board space for the actions to run.
• Board space connections can be enabled/disabled while the board is being played.
  • You can disable a connection in the editor using the inspector.
  • You can enable/disable/toggle a connection at playtime using the new 'Set Connection Active' action.
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• New action: Display Popup
  • Displays a custom popup, similar to the one when you reach a trophy chest or land on a recruit space.
  • You can set the speaker name, speaker image, popup text and buttons that will be displayed on the popup.
  • You can use up to four custom choice buttons, in addition to a general "close" button (which you can also set your custom text for) that will simply close the popup.
  • Buttons can be set to require a payment to be pressed, similar to how the popup for the chest requires 40 keys to open the chest.
    • You can make the player spend keys, health, trophies or an item per popup choice. Choices can also have no cost.
  • Buttons can run a set of actions when pressed. They can even trigger other 'Display Popup' actions, allowing multiple popups to be chained!
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• New action: Set Connection Active
  • Allows connections between board spaces to be enabled/disabled/toggled.
  • If all outgoing connections from a board space are disabled, one will be enabled at random to avoid creating a dead-end.
• New action: Set Board Space Active
  • Board spaces can be Enabled/Disabled/Toggled at runtime.
  • When a board space is disabled, it will act like a pathing space; players will freely walk through where it was and the space itself will be invisible.
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• The Logic component is now supported in board mods.
  • This allows creators to perform basic actions such as moving, enabling/disabling and destroying objects and spawning prefabs in boards.
  • Note: It doesn't have access to any actions that affect the gameboard as these can only be used from custom space events (On Player Land, On Player Pass).
• Added a new board connection type: Jumping
  • The player will visibly jump between the two spaces. Use this to make the player jump to distant or elevated board spaces where it doesn't make sense to make the player walk.
    • If riding a rocket, the rocket will fly between the two spaces.
    • The Bunny from the Dark Summoning Staff can also jump between spaces connected by the Jump connection type.
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  • Added buttons in the mod editor on each component and action to quickly open the corresponding wiki page.
  • Added a new board preset to the mod editor that can be selected when creating a new mod. It is called “Advanced Board” and includes examples of how to build some advanced features in boards including:
    • An item shop.
    • An elevator.
    • A path that costs keys to take.
    • A pair of paths that swap which is available each time a player takes one of them.
    • An intersection that chooses the taken path randomly.
    • How you could use the logic component in a board mod.

Changed

• The gizmos for board space goal position now show whenever the space(s) is/are selected. All selected board spaces show their goal chest position gizmo (if the goal can spawn at that space).
• Actions are now grouped by category in the action editor window.
• Added a breadcrumb trail to the top of the action editor window to let you know what action on what object you're editing the actions of. This is especially useful when editing sub-actions for the Display Popup action.
• Connections between board spaces will show different colours for different connection types:
  • White for walking
  • Cyan for teleporting
  • Orange for jumping
  • Grey for disabled connections
• Improved the inspector for board spaces.
  • General UI and UX improvements.
  • The 'Align space to ground' button is better at locating the ground and will move spaces to the ground over a much greater distance. Previously the space had to be just above the ground for this feature to work.
• The number of players to test with when entering play mode within the mod editor is now remembered between sessions.
• Rocket Skewers can now use teleport connections. The rocket and rider will teleport as expected, rather than the previous behaviour of the player ending the rocket early on the board space before the teleport connection.

UI Update

Menu

• Added a loading screen when first opening the game.
• A blur effect has been added behind some menus, rather than the darkening effect used previously.
• Moved menu headings to the bar along the top of the screen.
• Moved buttons to the bar along the bottom of the screen.
• Lobby screen
  • Players are automatically placed into slots when joining a lobby.
  • Player slots are slightly larger.
  • The saved game loading screen is larger and shows a preview image of the map.
• Ruleset menu
  • The ruleset selection checkbox has been removed.
  • Selecting a ruleset will now mark it as active, rather than opening it for editing.
  • The button previously used to rename a ruleset is now used to edit a ruleset.
    • The ability to rename a ruleset has been moved to a new rename option within the ruleset while editing it.
• Public Lobby browser
  • The lobby browser has been given a facelift, and now shows a preview image of the map/mode being played.
• Mod browser
  • The list is now larger to allow for larger preview images and more of each mod's description to be shown.

Ingame

• Boards
  • UI is now larger in general.
  • Replaced trophy icons with a trophy count, allowing higher trophy numbers to be displayed.
  • New item inventory screen while in-game.
  • Moved the board modifier info box to the bottom right corner.
    • When cycling through the modifier descriptions, the final input will close the description, rather than loop to the first.
• Minigame Only games
  • Minigame only screen has been reworked to give more space to display game info.
  • Player podiums are now placed along the bottom of the screen.
• A new pause screen has been added.
  • The options menu can still be accessed from the pause screen by selecting the options button.
• The post-game statistics window is larger.

Other Updates

Added

• Added flowers to the cactus disguise that match the player's color.
• 'Max Players' in a lobby can now be set to 2 or 3.
• Added first to 10 and 20 trophies options.
• Added 60, 120 and 300-second turn timer options.
• Added a notification in the lobby if you are currently loading a saved game.

Changed

• Item drops after minigames have been adjusted slightly to be fairer.
  • If multiple players tie for the same placement in a minigame, they will always be given the same item.
  • Certain items can only be earned by achieving specific placements. E.g. You won't have a situation where players in second earn a rocket while those in first don't, as only first place can be awarded a rocket.
  • If a player receives no item, players who got a lower placement than that person will also not be given an item.

• Updated plane minigame controls for controllers.
  • The left stick can be used to steer the plane up/down/left/right.
  • The right stick is closer to traditional flight controls with up/down affecting pitch and left/right adjusting the plane's roll.
• Changed the controls on some car minigames to all use the same button to accelerate (Accept) for consistency.

• Changed how default player names work so the only names that can be set are a default name based on the user or slot, plus all of the custom names. So there's no more "PlayerName (1)", "PlayerName (2)", etc. clogging up the name list.
  • E.g. The player in Slot one can use either their steam name, or any of the custom names. The player who joins slot two can use either "Player 2" or any of the custom names, and so on.
  • Unfortunately, any custom names you have saved may be cleared by this update.

• Increased the brightness/visibility in some darker minigames.

Performance

• Worked on performance and stability improvements but may also cause new issues. Let us know if you see anything!
• Overhauled memory usage within the game.
  • Fixed memory leaks.
  • Memory usage is more consistent.
  • Loading times when entering and exiting games is slightly faster.
  • The game's filesize when installed has been reduced by about 1 GB.
• General performance improvements across many minigames.
• Mod prefab stability improvements.

Fixed

• Fixed third-person camera input being twice as strong on the vertical axis than the horizontal axis.
• Fixed a bug causing custom names not to be applied occasionally when entering a game.
• Fixed many issues with loading saved games.
  • Fixed softlocks when loading a game with a weapons cache when you're current ruleset disables the weapons cache, and vice versa.
  • Fixed chest spawn issues when loading a game with fake chests while your ruleset disables fake chests, and vice versa.
  • Fixed several instances when returning to the lobby where it would try to load a saved game that you had loaded previously, rather than starting a new game.
  • Fixed bugs when players join an online lobby after saved data has been applied to the lobby.
• Fixed missing button icons for the steam controller and controllers using steam configuration.

Removed

• Removed the first to 6 trophies options
• Removed the 25-second turn timer option
• You can no longer add extra players when loading a saved game. i.e., if a game was saved with 3 players, you can't continue that save with 4 players.
  • This was not an intended feature and many aspects of the game would become unstable when this was performed.

1.12.1n

1.12.1m

Added

• Added a warning for the host of an online lobby if they try to play a board mod with 'Private/Hidden' or 'Friend-only' visibility on the workshop.

Changed

• The reaper no longer steals keys from players wearing a cactus. The cactus now protects against the attack and is removed as usual.
• Players who achieve 3rd place after a minigame are now always rewarded an item.
• Removed some spooky audio that would occasionally play on some boards...

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where players in online lobbies would never finish downloading minigame mods, leading to an endlessly spinning Steam icon beside their name and the lobby host not being able to start the game.
  • This usually happened when there were some private/friend-only minigame mods in the ruleset. Now, any minigame mods that failed to be downloaded by clients are automatically disabled from the ruleset to allow the game to begin.
  • Trying to play a private/friend-only board mod can still result in the endless loading icon for players that aren't able to download the board, but the new warning should alert the lobby host to this so they know to change the board mod.
• Fixed a bug where the minigame results screen would get stuck if there were no minigame mods in the active ruleset.
• Fixed players not being able to roll the dice if they were killed at the start of a round in a board (e.g. from a board event or the toxic barrel damage).
• Fixed player names in lobbies occasionally using an older name, rather than the user's current Steam name.
• Fixed non-host players occasionally not seeing the correct preview image in the lobby when switching game modes.

1.12.1l

Added

• Added an option to the Spawn Prefab action that allows the spawned prefab to be parented to the target.
  • This sets the prefab instance's parent to the transform of the target so the prefab will move with the target.
• Added the ability to provide the Spawn Prefab action with a position and rotation offset when spawning prefabs at targets.
  • If the prefab is parented to the target, these offsets are in local space, otherwise, they're in world space.

Changed

• Greatly improved game performance when loading mods in the background at the start of a game.
  • Mods now load faster in the background and have a reduced impact on the framerate.
• Improved load time when playtesting mods in the mod editor while many mods are installed.
• Improved load time when starting a game when many minigame mods are installed but are not all used in the current ruleset.
• Changes to melee attacks with custom player visuals:
  • Melee attacks (punching, using melee weapon items) will now hit other players' custom visuals in workshop minigames (rather than just their solid collider).
  • The area of effect of a melee attack's swing now adjusts its position based on the player's collider size when they have a custom player visual set.
  • These changes should make melee attacks more reliable and likely to hit if using custom player visuals.
• Player jumping is now more forgiving when you hit jump just before landing. This will now cause you to jump as you land instead of ignoring your input.
• Updated some text on the online Join Lobby Screen

Fixed

Stability

• Fixed occasional crashes/freezes when entering/exiting the mod editor while loading mods in the background.
• Fixed non-host players not installing any mods that were loaded in the background on the lobby host after the client joined the lobby. Now the client will correctly install the mods as the host loads them.
• Fixed a desync in the available minigame mods in a ruleset if the host loaded mods after a game had started.
• Fixed issue where some actions in mods would occasionally not work as expected when playing the mod multiple times in the same session.
• Improved memory usage
  • Reduced memory usage of mods loaded in the background at the start of a game.
  • Fixed some assets staying in memory when leaving the mod editor.
  • Fixed some assets from modded minigames/boards staying in memory when finishing a game.
  • Fixed a memory leak when browsing the in-game workshop browser.
• Fixed some action references in workshop boards not loading after the first game when playing multiple games on the same board in the same session.
  • This just means custom board spaces should work as expected when replaying the same workshop board.

Networking

• Networking improvements to prefab spawning, minigame item giving/dropping and setting player visuals.
• Fixed non-host players occasionally not picking up items and desyncing from the host player if they're spawned on top of an item in a minigame.
• Fixed the Stun Player action not always respecting the action order. Now it will stun players at the correct time.
• Fixed very short stun durations permanently stunning non-host players with poor connections when playing online when using the Stun Player action.

QOL

• Fixed Advanced target references in actions within prefabs being corrupted when duplicating the prefab. Now when duplicating a prefab, the action targets within the new prefab asset will update to reference the correct objects within the duplicated prefab.
• Fixed mods not appearing as playable in the base game after playtesting them in the mod editor. Previously the mod would disappear from the rulesets/the board selection list until the game was restarted or the mod was republished to the workshop.
• Using the Arcade Challenge item while the 'Double Time!' modifier is enabled will no longer play the arcade challenge minigame at 2x speed.

Other fixes

• Fixed the delete button in the mod editor's "Open Mod" screen occasionally asking to delete mods other than the one you selected.
• Fixed the present/gift item occasionally showing different minigame selection options to the host than to non-host players.
• Fixed the present/gift item being placed on objects far above the player when used in board games.
• Fixed players respawning and landing on solid objects far above where they were killed in board games.
• Fixed minigame-only games not progressing to the podium room when finished.
• Players' punching range is no longer reduced when they are holding a 'Carried'-type item in workshop minigames.
• Fixed particle systems with the 'prewarm' setting enabled showing default white particles for a short time at the start of a game.
• Fixed the 'Minigame Master' and 'Unlucky' achievements.
• Fixed the minigame victory screen occasionally showing '#Name Wins' instead of using the winner's name.
• Fixed the Pummel Punch minigame not subtracting score from players who are knocked off the platform.
• Fixed several other minor errors and bugs

• Minimal Third Person
• Minimal Top Down
• Simple Arena
• Third Person Obstacle Course
• Third Person Shooter
• Top Down Shooter

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• Prison Break! Escape the prison while trying not to get caught by the guards.

• Added minigame 'Rolly Ragdolls'.
• Added minigame 'Billiard Battle'.
• Added map 'Overgrowth'.
• Added board modifier 'Double Time!'.
• Added board modifier 'Unlimited Items'.
• Added board modifier 'One Hit Kill'.
• Added board modifier 'Fake Chests'.
• Added board modifier 'Blood Bath'.
• Added board modifier 'Big Head'.
• Added board modifier 'Pinata'.
• Added an option in the general rulesets to have control the maximum and minimum dice roll.
• Fixed a bug where you couldn't directly type into the name edit window.
• Fixed missing translations in Sharky Swim.
• Fixed missing translations in Voxel Tower.
• Fixed missing translations in Strategic Shockwave,
• Fixed missing translations in Swift Shooters,
• Fixed missing translations in Rusty Racers.
• Fixed missing translations in Sandy Search.