Super Mutant Alien Assault news & patch notes

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/9770342/fd38f22e7fc234b4a74e9b95ed1eb355e5fffc1e.gif G'day Mutant Assault Team, Today, after eleven months of balancing, tweaks, new weapons and new bosses, Super Mutant Alien Assault is launching on PC, Xbox One and PS4! It's been a great journey here on Steam Early Access, and we cannot thank you enough for your thunderous support, your invaluable feedback, and those positive reviews! We hope that you enjoy the near bottomless pit of unlockable weapons, explosives, sidearms, special abilities, perks and defence moves we have packed into the final product, and we cannot wait to see how far some of you can make it in Endless Mode! To celebrate the launch, we have the game on a 20% discount for launch week, so tell your friends to pick it up and challenge your best endless results! Speak to you all soon, and thanks again! Steve - Community Manager

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/9770342/fd38f22e7fc234b4a74e9b95ed1eb355e5fffc1e.gif G'day Mutant Assault Team, Today, after eleven months of balancing, tweaks, new weapons and new bosses, Super Mutant Alien Assault is launching on PC, Xbox One and PS4! It's been a great journey here on Steam Early Access, and we cannot thank you enough for your thunderous support, your invaluable feedback, and those positive reviews! We hope that you enjoy the near bottomless pit of unlockable weapons, explosives, sidearms, special abilities, perks and defence moves we have packed into the final product, and we cannot wait to see how far some of you can make it in Endless Mode! To celebrate the launch, we have the game on a 20% discount for launch week, so tell your friends to pick it up and challenge your best endless results! Speak to you all soon, and thanks again! Steve - Community Manager

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/9770342/fd38f22e7fc234b4a74e9b95ed1eb355e5fffc1e.gif G'day Mutant Assault Team, Today, after eleven months of balancing, tweaks, new weapons and new bosses, Super Mutant Alien Assault is launching on PC, Xbox One and PS4! It's been a great journey here on Steam Early Access, and we cannot thank you enough for your thunderous support, your invaluable feedback, and those positive reviews! We hope that you enjoy the near bottomless pit of unlockable weapons, explosives, sidearms, special abilities, perks and defence moves we have packed into the final product, and we cannot wait to see how far some of you can make it in Endless Mode! To celebrate the launch, we have the game on a 20% discount for launch week, so tell your friends to pick it up and challenge your best endless results! Speak to you all soon, and thanks again! Steve - Community Manager

G'day Mutant Assault Team! Just a quick update to let you know that Surprise Attack Games is having a sale to celebrate a brand new localisation update for their terminal-based hacking game, Hacknet. So tell all your friends, because there are some great deals, including 15% off Super Mutant Alien Assault!

GAMES ON SALE

• Hacknet - 50%
• Fort Meow - 40%
• Dungeon League - 15%
• SMAA - 15%
• Rogue Continuum - 15%
• OTTTD - 50%
• Vertiginous Golf - 40%

You can also view the entire Surprise Attack Games catalogue by clicking here! Until next time, hold onto your Boomerangs! Steve - Community Manager

G'day Mutant Assault Team! Just a quick update to let you know that Surprise Attack Games is having a sale to celebrate a brand new localisation update for their terminal-based hacking game, Hacknet. So tell all your friends, because there are some great deals, including 15% off Super Mutant Alien Assault!

GAMES ON SALE

• Hacknet - 50%
• Fort Meow - 40%
• Dungeon League - 15%
• SMAA - 15%
• Rogue Continuum - 15%
• OTTTD - 50%
• Vertiginous Golf - 40%

You can also view the entire Surprise Attack Games catalogue by clicking here! Until next time, hold onto your Boomerangs! Steve - Community Manager

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/9770342/ee17b811d0880e0d1b0d8d4d3c449fd61e5b8a02.png Hello Mutant Assault Team! Hope you are all well. It's been a while since the Monarch Update, and for good reason! Chris has been hard at work polishing up those enemies, adding some new features, and getting ready for the full release of Super Mutant Alien Assault! Today we are happy to announce that the game will leave Early Access this summer, and will also be launching on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One! When the game leaves Early Access, it will also feature a brand new Endless mode. Endless is truly an endless run: after you beat the third galaxy, the game wraps back around, this time setting the game to Epic difficutly. The objectives are shorter, allowing you to smash through them and raise your score after each completed stage. Looping adds a small twist, the amount of enemy types per level increase, up to a maximum of 4 on the 3rd loop. Health drops and health machines also become rarer the further you progress. To celebrate the announcement, we just released a brand new trailer, which can be viewed here below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3R1Ac8EJDQ So not long to go now guys! Thanks to each and every one of you that helped to shape SMAA into the great, fluid game it is today! Steve - Community Manager

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/9770342/ee17b811d0880e0d1b0d8d4d3c449fd61e5b8a02.png Hello Mutant Assault Team! Hope you are all well. It's been a while since the Monarch Update, and for good reason! Chris has been hard at work polishing up those enemies, adding some new features, and getting ready for the full release of Super Mutant Alien Assault! Today we are happy to announce that the game will leave Early Access this summer, and will also be launching on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One! When the game leaves Early Access, it will also feature a brand new Endless mode. Endless is truly an endless run: after you beat the third galaxy, the game wraps back around, this time setting the game to Epic difficutly. The objectives are shorter, allowing you to smash through them and raise your score after each completed stage. Looping adds a small twist, the amount of enemy types per level increase, up to a maximum of 4 on the 3rd loop. Health drops and health machines also become rarer the further you progress. To celebrate the announcement, we just released a brand new trailer, which can be viewed here below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3R1Ac8EJDQ So not long to go now guys! Thanks to each and every one of you that helped to shape SMAA into the great, fluid game it is today! Steve - Community Manager

http://i.imgur.com/xGu9h00.jpg A short and sweet update for you all today - some of us have jumped on a plane and made our way across to San Antonio for our very first PAX South! If you're heading along, make sure you stop by the Surprise Attack Games booth (#11102) which is right near the PAX Rising area. Here you can play some Super Mutant Alien Assault, along with Screencheat and Western Press! We'll also be giving away badges, signing up people to the Surprise Attack Dojo, and have some sweet prizes to giveaway. Also a little bit of merch and some Pinny Arcade pins will be available for purchase. See you at the show! Steve - Community Manager

http://i.imgur.com/xGu9h00.jpg A short and sweet update for you all today - some of us have jumped on a plane and made our way across to San Antonio for our very first PAX South! If you're heading along, make sure you stop by the Surprise Attack Games booth (#11102) which is right near the PAX Rising area. Here you can play some Super Mutant Alien Assault, along with Screencheat and Western Press! We'll also be giving away badges, signing up people to the Surprise Attack Dojo, and have some sweet prizes to giveaway. Also a little bit of merch and some Pinny Arcade pins will be available for purchase. See you at the show! Steve - Community Manager

http://imgur.com/umuhTCJ.gif The first Super Mutant Alien Assault update for 2016 is here, bringing in a big bad new boss - The Monarch. This beasty brings out a flock of pregnant boss Monarchs. When you destroy each one, they pop open and give birth to another flock of super mutated Monarchs! We're expecting that some will find this hard, others may find it easy. So make sure you leave feedback in so we can adjust the settings over the coming weeks based on your feedback. The Monarch Update also makes imrpovements to Buzz AI, fixing most of those niggling issues we've had with its pathfidning. While the update may be a little light on content, there are a lot of tweaks made behind the scenes. Chris has updated the game engine to a brand new version, which brought about a number of crazy bugs that needed to be fixed. We've done some internal testing, but if any of you find anything out of the ordinary on your own machines, please throw them in the feedback thread linked above so we can track them down and squash them. What's on the agenda now? Chris will be balancing this update based on feedback for a short time after release, and then will be pressing on with development. We'll also be hosting some live streams and a form of Q&A session with Chris via our Dojo in the coming weeks, so please stay tuned! It's also worth noting that today is Australia Day, and being an Australian publisher, we are throwing an Australia Day sale across some of our games. If you're a fan of Super Mutant Alien Assaault, it would be great if you could spread the word, and perhaps you would like to check out some of these games while you're at it:

• Dungeon League 20% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/362310/
• Fort Meow - 50% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/352070/
• Vertiginous Golf - 50% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/272890/
• Rogue Continuum - 20% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/357700/
• A Druid's Duel - 50% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/333970/
• OTTTD - 50% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/312630/
• Oscura: Lost Light - 60% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/320520/
• Particulars - 66% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/259470/
• Quarries of Scred - 66% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/346770/
• Rainbow Hero - 50% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/343570/
• StuntMANIA Reloaded - 66% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/324750/

Also, Hacknet will be having a 48 hour sale at 33% off as part of a Steam daily deal so get in quick on that one! Until next time. Steve - Community Manager

Super Mutant Alien Assault v 0.49 - The Monarch Update

Changes

• 1 new unlockable boss - Monach.
• Buzz bosses all now use different dead sprites.
• New intro on launch. Introduces some of the games back story.

Bug Fixes

• Improvements to Buzz AI should fix most of the remaining issues with its pathfinding.
• Activating blaster special while holding fuel ball bug fixed.
• Fixed countless bugs caused by long overdue update to latest version of Game Maker.
• Fixed mistake that caused health machine to always appear on first level of the 3rd Galaxy, rather than randoming the 1st to 3rd level.

http://imgur.com/umuhTCJ.gif The first Super Mutant Alien Assault update for 2016 is here, bringing in a big bad new boss - The Monarch. This beasty brings out a flock of pregnant boss Monarchs. When you destroy each one, they pop open and give birth to another flock of super mutated Monarchs! We're expecting that some will find this hard, others may find it easy. So make sure you leave feedback in so we can adjust the settings over the coming weeks based on your feedback. The Monarch Update also makes imrpovements to Buzz AI, fixing most of those niggling issues we've had with its pathfidning. While the update may be a little light on content, there are a lot of tweaks made behind the scenes. Chris has updated the game engine to a brand new version, which brought about a number of crazy bugs that needed to be fixed. We've done some internal testing, but if any of you find anything out of the ordinary on your own machines, please throw them in the feedback thread linked above so we can track them down and squash them. What's on the agenda now? Chris will be balancing this update based on feedback for a short time after release, and then will be pressing on with development. We'll also be hosting some live streams and a form of Q&A session with Chris via our Dojo in the coming weeks, so please stay tuned! It's also worth noting that today is Australia Day, and being an Australian publisher, we are throwing an Australia Day sale across some of our games. If you're a fan of Super Mutant Alien Assaault, it would be great if you could spread the word, and perhaps you would like to check out some of these games while you're at it:

• Dungeon League 20% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/362310/
• Fort Meow - 50% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/352070/
• Vertiginous Golf - 50% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/272890/
• Rogue Continuum - 20% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/357700/
• A Druid's Duel - 50% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/333970/
• OTTTD - 50% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/312630/
• Oscura: Lost Light - 60% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/320520/
• Particulars - 66% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/259470/
• Quarries of Scred - 66% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/346770/
• Rainbow Hero - 50% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/343570/
• StuntMANIA Reloaded - 66% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/324750/

Also, Hacknet will be having a 48 hour sale at 33% off as part of a Steam daily deal so get in quick on that one! Until next time. Steve - Community Manager

Super Mutant Alien Assault v 0.49 - The Monarch Update

Changes

• 1 new unlockable boss - Monach.
• Buzz bosses all now use different dead sprites.
• New intro on launch. Introduces some of the games back story.

Bug Fixes

• Improvements to Buzz AI should fix most of the remaining issues with its pathfinding.
• Activating blaster special while holding fuel ball bug fixed.
• Fixed countless bugs caused by long overdue update to latest version of Game Maker.
• Fixed mistake that caused health machine to always appear on first level of the 3rd Galaxy, rather than randoming the 1st to 3rd level.

http://i.imgur.com/HpHZBSi.gif Hello everyone! What a crazy few months it has been. We've been hard at work on this sweet mega update, and we brought Chris across to PAX Australia to showcase the game, and give you all a chance to meet him. Unfortunately illness struck on the third day, and had him bed ridden for the final day of the show, but otherwise it was a smashing success! Thanks to everyone for stopping by the booth and checking out the game. Today brings our second major content update for Super Mutant Alien Assault - The Space Kraken Update! This freshly squeezed update is in part based on community feedback. This update is in part directly based on community feedback. There have been multiple requests for more bosses, in particular the number one alien requested to have a boss version made for was the Squid. We are keen to hear what you think of these new bosses. Are they too hard or too easy? Chris will make some tweaks to them in future updates once we have received some feedback from you lovely people. The update also include a boss version of The Buzz. These two bosses are unlockable, and once unlocked will now go into the pool of bosses that get randomised for each run. Each boss comes with three levels, one for each galaxy. So while the standard bosses will always appear on their respective galaxies, these new bosses can appear in any galaxy. This definitely helps to add a new random element to a run, as bosses were previously one of the most static parts of the game. They are fairly early unlocks, so anyone who has already played the game for a few hours will probably unlock one or both of the new bosses on the first level they beat after downloading the update. Chris has also re-written the pathfinding for The Buzz, so you should notice that they are a little more challenging than before! Of course a number of other tweaks and updates have been added as part of the update! So log in and get cracking, and make sure you leave us some awesome feedback on the official Space Kraken forum! Until next time. Steve - Community Manager

Version 0.4.7 - The Space Kraken Changelog

Changes

• 2 new unlockable bosses. They get added to the pool of available bosses once unlocked.
• Added quick-start option to game over menu.
• Added force-back to magnum bullet.
• Mega Chakram now less susceptible to forces.
• Cerebrum boss will start a new spin if damage surpasses a certain amount scince last spin. (No more camping out on top of him forever with the pogoblaster/jetpack).
• Explosions no longer clear acid pool blobs in the air before they hit the ground. They still clear the ground acid pools. This change is most noticeable when using explosions on the Bullfrog Boss.
• Faster power on for energy saber. Increased time before it powers down as well.
• Energy saber no longer uses ammo when you only hit a wall.
• Buzz path-finding completely re-written. The mutant/boss versions will find you in any situation now.

Bug fixes

• Stability improvement made to pause system. Should mitigate some pause system related bugs.
• Switching weapon while attracting the Mega Chakram now cancels attraction.

http://i.imgur.com/HpHZBSi.gif Hello everyone! What a crazy few months it has been. We've been hard at work on this sweet mega update, and we brought Chris across to PAX Australia to showcase the game, and give you all a chance to meet him. Unfortunately illness struck on the third day, and had him bed ridden for the final day of the show, but otherwise it was a smashing success! Thanks to everyone for stopping by the booth and checking out the game. Today brings our second major content update for Super Mutant Alien Assault - The Space Kraken Update! This freshly squeezed update is in part based on community feedback. This update is in part directly based on community feedback. There have been multiple requests for more bosses, in particular the number one alien requested to have a boss version made for was the Squid. We are keen to hear what you think of these new bosses. Are they too hard or too easy? Chris will make some tweaks to them in future updates once we have received some feedback from you lovely people. The update also include a boss version of The Buzz. These two bosses are unlockable, and once unlocked will now go into the pool of bosses that get randomised for each run. Each boss comes with three levels, one for each galaxy. So while the standard bosses will always appear on their respective galaxies, these new bosses can appear in any galaxy. This definitely helps to add a new random element to a run, as bosses were previously one of the most static parts of the game. They are fairly early unlocks, so anyone who has already played the game for a few hours will probably unlock one or both of the new bosses on the first level they beat after downloading the update. Chris has also re-written the pathfinding for The Buzz, so you should notice that they are a little more challenging than before! Of course a number of other tweaks and updates have been added as part of the update! So log in and get cracking, and make sure you leave us some awesome feedback on the official Space Kraken forum! Until next time. Steve - Community Manager

Version 0.4.7 - The Space Kraken Changelog

Changes

• 2 new unlockable bosses. They get added to the pool of available bosses once unlocked.
• Added quick-start option to game over menu.
• Added force-back to magnum bullet.
• Mega Chakram now less susceptible to forces.
• Cerebrum boss will start a new spin if damage surpasses a certain amount scince last spin. (No more camping out on top of him forever with the pogoblaster/jetpack).
• Explosions no longer clear acid pool blobs in the air before they hit the ground. They still clear the ground acid pools. This change is most noticeable when using explosions on the Bullfrog Boss.
• Faster power on for energy saber. Increased time before it powers down as well.
• Energy saber no longer uses ammo when you only hit a wall.
• Buzz path-finding completely re-written. The mutant/boss versions will find you in any situation now.

Bug fixes

• Stability improvement made to pause system. Should mitigate some pause system related bugs.
• Switching weapon while attracting the Mega Chakram now cancels attraction.

Hello everyone, A short but sweet update has just been rolled out today that tweaks the Boomerang and addresses some bugs that have appeared. The update should auto-download, and will make everything feel super nice. We're gearing up for the next major update and a field trip to PAX Australia. Stay tuned for a community update in the coming weeks! Until then, keep the destruction flowing! Steve - Community Manager -------------------------

Super Mutant Alien Assault Version 0.4.6

Changes

• Boomerang max out of sight wall bounces increased to 5, from 3. Easier to juggle longer.

Bug fixes

• Fixed boomerang crash when it was out of max out of sight bounces and no longer your primary weapon.
• Fixed ceiling mine exponential explosion spam freeze.
• Fixed quick start difficulty loophole that let you play a locked difficulty.
• Fixed crash when using new loadout menu button before player spawns.

Hello everyone, A short but sweet update has just been rolled out today that tweaks the Boomerang and addresses some bugs that have appeared. The update should auto-download, and will make everything feel super nice. We're gearing up for the next major update and a field trip to PAX Australia. Stay tuned for a community update in the coming weeks! Until then, keep the destruction flowing! Steve - Community Manager -------------------------

Super Mutant Alien Assault Version 0.4.6

Changes

• Boomerang max out of sight wall bounces increased to 5, from 3. Easier to juggle longer.

Bug fixes

• Fixed boomerang crash when it was out of max out of sight bounces and no longer your primary weapon.
• Fixed ceiling mine exponential explosion spam freeze.
• Fixed quick start difficulty loophole that let you play a locked difficulty.
• Fixed crash when using new loadout menu button before player spawns.

http://i.imgur.com/bv5OwwO.gif Hello everyone! As promised last week, The Mega Chakram Update is here! Your game should auto-update to add in this new insane weapon of pure awesome, a suggestion from no other than NorthernLion himself! We've also tweaked and tuned things based on your feedback, so keep telling us what you like, what you think needs to be changed, or any cool ideas you have going forward. Help us spread the word on social media by telling your friends about the new update using #SMAA - every bit of support really does help! Finally, below you will find the official patch notes for the update. Steve - Community Manager --------

Super Mutant Alien Assault V 0.4.4 - The Mega Chakram Update

New Features

• New Mega Chakram weapon
• New Magnum weapon
• Added converting animation for blaster when changing to and from overcharged state. Also updated sounds and graphics for overcharged state. Much more fun to use.
• Increased Booooomerang hit wall speed threshold. Slightly easier to juggle Booooomerang now.
• Unarmed Booooomerang now activates TinyBombs.
• Telepod throwing is now based more off players current velocity. Gives greater control over how far and where you throw it. Making it a lot more useful. Takes practice though.
• Increased Speed Boost special to 3 seconds duration, from 2.
• Screen shake added to Minigun. Screen kick added to sniper, shotgun and plasma cannon.
• Added loadout button to pause menu.
• Faster fuel ball dispensing after delivery.
• You can now pogo on acid pools without taking damage.
• Hover jump effect now implies how much hover time you have left.
• Your loadout now saves across game sessions.
• Added quick start option to main menu. Puts you straight in game, with a random robot, and random start item. Uses last used difficulty and galaxy 1.
• Explosions now clear acid pools.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed hyperjump music not complying with Music volume.
• Fixed rare pogo blaster level change teleport bug - I think.
• Fixed sidearm firing bug when running out of pogo blaster ammo while holding fuel ball.
• Fixed bug caused by speed boost ending in the middle of a dodge roll.
• Fixed rare bug with force bubble and squid laser interaction.

http://i.imgur.com/bv5OwwO.gif Hello everyone! As promised last week, The Mega Chakram Update is here! Your game should auto-update to add in this new insane weapon of pure awesome, a suggestion from no other than NorthernLion himself! We've also tweaked and tuned things based on your feedback, so keep telling us what you like, what you think needs to be changed, or any cool ideas you have going forward. Help us spread the word on social media by telling your friends about the new update using #SMAA - every bit of support really does help! Finally, below you will find the official patch notes for the update. Steve - Community Manager --------

Super Mutant Alien Assault V 0.4.4 - The Mega Chakram Update

New Features

• New Mega Chakram weapon
• New Magnum weapon
• Added converting animation for blaster when changing to and from overcharged state. Also updated sounds and graphics for overcharged state. Much more fun to use.
• Increased Booooomerang hit wall speed threshold. Slightly easier to juggle Booooomerang now.
• Unarmed Booooomerang now activates TinyBombs.
• Telepod throwing is now based more off players current velocity. Gives greater control over how far and where you throw it. Making it a lot more useful. Takes practice though.
• Increased Speed Boost special to 3 seconds duration, from 2.
• Screen shake added to Minigun. Screen kick added to sniper, shotgun and plasma cannon.
• Added loadout button to pause menu.
• Faster fuel ball dispensing after delivery.
• You can now pogo on acid pools without taking damage.
• Hover jump effect now implies how much hover time you have left.
• Your loadout now saves across game sessions.
• Added quick start option to main menu. Puts you straight in game, with a random robot, and random start item. Uses last used difficulty and galaxy 1.
• Explosions now clear acid pools.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed hyperjump music not complying with Music volume.
• Fixed rare pogo blaster level change teleport bug - I think.
• Fixed sidearm firing bug when running out of pogo blaster ammo while holding fuel ball.
• Fixed bug caused by speed boost ending in the middle of a dodge roll.
• Fixed rare bug with force bubble and squid laser interaction.

Hello everyone, First of all, thanks to everyone who has jumped into Super Mutant Alien Assault at launch! It was such a great feeling seeing so many of you slaying the enemies of the galaxy, utilising the crazy weapons, and learning a few things for myself from your videos. Thanks for supporting the release, it really is fantastic! We're getting ready to release the first major update for SMAA, most of which is based directly on feedback from you wonderful people. Today I wanted to share some of the insane new features that Cybernate has thrown into the build that has been murdering us during testing sessions - seriously, I need to lift my game! http://i.imgur.com/bv5OwwO.gif First up we have a brand new weapon, the Mega Chakram! Inspired by a suggestion made by NorthernLion, not to mention the comments in the forums, and the Pulse Chakram being a fan favorite, it was obvious that there needed to be a primary weapon version. Though it couldn’t just hit harder - it needed an extra special something. What can you possibly add to an already perfect weapon? Cluster grenades! The new Mega Chakram has 6 charges. On impact it releases its customary pulse blast, plus the special magic of cluster grenades. Make no mistake, this is the most dangerous, and chaotic weapon in the game. It should probably be banned. Handle with extreme care. http://i.imgur.com/ljEXWsY.gif Chris has also added another primary weapon, the Magnum. To offset the craziness of the Mega Chakram he felt the game needed another more traditional, easy to use weapon. The Magnum was an obvious choice. Predictable, reliable, high damage, moderate fire rate. It’s bullets hit harder than any other weapon in the game. A real pleasure to use. Just mind the kick. http://i.imgur.com/wkUyLZZ.gif There will also be an update to the Blaster Sidearm. Initial implementation of the blaster was a little rushed. This update brings a new set of sprites and sounds to its overcharged state. Converting to overcharged now looks and feels the part. As does shooting. If you overlooked this weapon previously, give it a second look. Any run with this badboy is interesting, and tactical, if you make good use of special ammo and its overcharge state. There's going to be a bunch of tweaks and changes in the update outside of these killer new features, but that should be enough to whet your appetites. Speaking to Chris, he is super excited about all of the feedback that is coming from you guys in the Steam threads. Even suggestions that are simply out of the realm of possibility are sparking thoughts in his head. Without making any promises, the two ideas that are really sticking our right now are the addition of an endless highscore mode. He is also thinking about different robots to have different play styles rather than just cosmetic changes - but as I said, no promises as yet. So sit tight - the new update is undergoing some final testing and will be in your hands early next week. Until then - keep slaying those aliens, one pogo stick at a time! Steve - Community Manager / Pogo Master!

Hello everyone, First of all, thanks to everyone who has jumped into Super Mutant Alien Assault at launch! It was such a great feeling seeing so many of you slaying the enemies of the galaxy, utilising the crazy weapons, and learning a few things for myself from your videos. Thanks for supporting the release, it really is fantastic! We're getting ready to release the first major update for SMAA, most of which is based directly on feedback from you wonderful people. Today I wanted to share some of the insane new features that Cybernate has thrown into the build that has been murdering us during testing sessions - seriously, I need to lift my game! http://i.imgur.com/bv5OwwO.gif First up we have a brand new weapon, the Mega Chakram! Inspired by a suggestion made by NorthernLion, not to mention the comments in the forums, and the Pulse Chakram being a fan favorite, it was obvious that there needed to be a primary weapon version. Though it couldn’t just hit harder - it needed an extra special something. What can you possibly add to an already perfect weapon? Cluster grenades! The new Mega Chakram has 6 charges. On impact it releases its customary pulse blast, plus the special magic of cluster grenades. Make no mistake, this is the most dangerous, and chaotic weapon in the game. It should probably be banned. Handle with extreme care. http://i.imgur.com/ljEXWsY.gif Chris has also added another primary weapon, the Magnum. To offset the craziness of the Mega Chakram he felt the game needed another more traditional, easy to use weapon. The Magnum was an obvious choice. Predictable, reliable, high damage, moderate fire rate. It’s bullets hit harder than any other weapon in the game. A real pleasure to use. Just mind the kick. http://i.imgur.com/wkUyLZZ.gif There will also be an update to the Blaster Sidearm. Initial implementation of the blaster was a little rushed. This update brings a new set of sprites and sounds to its overcharged state. Converting to overcharged now looks and feels the part. As does shooting. If you overlooked this weapon previously, give it a second look. Any run with this badboy is interesting, and tactical, if you make good use of special ammo and its overcharge state. There's going to be a bunch of tweaks and changes in the update outside of these killer new features, but that should be enough to whet your appetites. Speaking to Chris, he is super excited about all of the feedback that is coming from you guys in the Steam threads. Even suggestions that are simply out of the realm of possibility are sparking thoughts in his head. Without making any promises, the two ideas that are really sticking our right now are the addition of an endless highscore mode. He is also thinking about different robots to have different play styles rather than just cosmetic changes - but as I said, no promises as yet. So sit tight - the new update is undergoing some final testing and will be in your hands early next week. Until then - keep slaying those aliens, one pogo stick at a time! Steve - Community Manager / Pogo Master!

http://gon.cdn.on.net/uploads/2015/08/super_mutant_alien_assault.jpg Hello everyone! First of all, I just wanted to thank each and every one of you for diving into the Early Access release with us. The support we have received from fans, and content creators has been fantastic, and we have all had a great time watching you guys move throughout the game. Thanks for posting your thoughts, feedback and suggestions - we are listening, and together we will make SMAA the Citizen Kane of video games together! Cybernate has been hard at work tweaking and fixing the game as we go through all the feedback coming through, so this update is more of a tweak/stabilisation patch. Stay tuned though - we will be revealing some awesome new stuff over the next few weeks.

SMAA AT PAX PRIME

If any of you lovely people are heading over to PAX Prime, make sure you swing by the Surprise Attack Games Booth (6021) to play some SMAA, hang out with some cool people, and see some of our other games at the show! Keep fragging those aliens! Steve - Community Manager ----------------------

SMAA Version 0.4.2 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Pogo Blasting Boooomerang error
• Fixed Pogo Blasing through the roof off boss
• Fixed Force Bubble unpause error
• Fixed mistake of awarding game beaten achievement and crown when you beat galaxy 3 but did not start at glaxy 1. Those that got this already by mistake unfortunately get to keep it.

Changes

• Nerfed Pulse Chakram damage slightly
• Increased AK47 ammo
• Lowered Floor Acid hit box slightly
• Added locked silhouette to all instances of locked robot skins

http://gon.cdn.on.net/uploads/2015/08/super_mutant_alien_assault.jpg Hello everyone! First of all, I just wanted to thank each and every one of you for diving into the Early Access release with us. The support we have received from fans, and content creators has been fantastic, and we have all had a great time watching you guys move throughout the game. Thanks for posting your thoughts, feedback and suggestions - we are listening, and together we will make SMAA the Citizen Kane of video games together! Cybernate has been hard at work tweaking and fixing the game as we go through all the feedback coming through, so this update is more of a tweak/stabilisation patch. Stay tuned though - we will be revealing some awesome new stuff over the next few weeks.

SMAA AT PAX PRIME

If any of you lovely people are heading over to PAX Prime, make sure you swing by the Surprise Attack Games Booth (6021) to play some SMAA, hang out with some cool people, and see some of our other games at the show! Keep fragging those aliens! Steve - Community Manager ----------------------

SMAA Version 0.4.2 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Pogo Blasting Boooomerang error
• Fixed Pogo Blasing through the roof off boss
• Fixed Force Bubble unpause error
• Fixed mistake of awarding game beaten achievement and crown when you beat galaxy 3 but did not start at glaxy 1. Those that got this already by mistake unfortunately get to keep it.

Changes

• Nerfed Pulse Chakram damage slightly
• Increased AK47 ammo
• Lowered Floor Acid hit box slightly
• Added locked silhouette to all instances of locked robot skins

http://gon.cdn.on.net/uploads/2015/08/super_mutant_alien_assault.jpg The invasion has begun! Thanks to everyone for joining us on this Early Access adventure as we tweak, balance, and add exciting new content into Super Mutant Alien Assault. We hope that you have a blast with the content that's in the game already, and we look forward to taking your feedback, improving the game, and making it the best it can possibly be. We'll have some more news in the coming weeks about updates, but for now we just wanted to say thanks for making our launch day fantastic! Steve - Community Manager

http://gon.cdn.on.net/uploads/2015/08/super_mutant_alien_assault.jpg The invasion has begun! Thanks to everyone for joining us on this Early Access adventure as we tweak, balance, and add exciting new content into Super Mutant Alien Assault. We hope that you have a blast with the content that's in the game already, and we look forward to taking your feedback, improving the game, and making it the best it can possibly be. We'll have some more news in the coming weeks about updates, but for now we just wanted to say thanks for making our launch day fantastic! Steve - Community Manager