VERSION 1.2.0 (2ND BASE)

Gameplay Features

• Added new game mode: Pins
  • Use the ball to knock down your opponent’s pins. Once all their pins are knocked down, you earn a point and their pins reset!
• Added a new arena: Destination
  • Includes new stage music
• Added new match option: Victory Condition
  • Match Point: The first player to reach the “match point” wins
  • Timed Match: The player with the highest score at the end of the time limit wins
  • Overtime: if, at the end of the time limit, the teams are tied, the next player to score wins!
• Added two new pickups:
  • Switch Posession - when the ball touches this pickup, it will change to the opposing team’s possession
  • Black Hole - when the ball touches this pickup, it will warp across the map!
• Added a “What’s New” system
  • Added a “What’s New” sub menu that displays all the new, cool stuff in Dudelings
  • Added a “seen_whats_new_version_x_x_x” setting
  • Added a button to the “Main Menu” that players can use to see the new stuff
• Added a full screen “CRT Filter” effect that’s on by default. Use the Settings menu to disable the effect.

Steam Integration

• Added button prompt (“E” for keyboard, “Select” for gamepad) during team selection to start an online game through Remote Play Together
• Added player statistics for Steam Achievements (only the first human player has their stats counted)
  • Added the “Stats” menu
  • Player stats were not collected previous to version 1.1 so all stats start at 0
• Added Steam Achievements
• Added Steam “Rich Presence”

Balance

• Reduced chance the HARD and IMPOSSIBLE AIs will skip taking an action per AI think tick
• Reduced bowling ball’s weight
• Refactored balloon’s stats
  • Lowered the balloon’s weight
  • Increased friction
• Reduced all ball’s mass scale when in the LARGE state

Presentation

• Added Announcer Packs:
  • Bill from NerdNest
  • Rich from FanTheDeck & NerdNest
• Added new jerseys:
  • Rugby
  • Water Polo
  • Tennis
  • Hockey
  • Bowling
• Made jerseys a persistent “Display” option rather than a gameplay option
  • These can even be changed while in game from the Settings menu!
• Added a bird
• Made the mini dudelings on Stadium and Infield feel more organic in their reactions
• Reorganized the settings menu, added category headers
• Improved the match rules menu
• Enhanced sprite rendering and full screen support
• New since beta 1.1.2-gds
  • Updated pin goal sound effect to play chromatic scale
  • Added Emily’s missing ‘two min warning,’ ‘thirty second warning,’ and ‘overtime’ announcer messages
  • Updated the game ball to add pitch shifting for collision sound playback

Improvements & Fixes

• Updated controller detection
• Moved Steam Notifications to the top right corner
• Added HTTP-based notifications to Dudelings to facilitate easier communication with our customers
• Made the ball in Hoop mode explode when player scores a goal
• Improved the music playback in game
• Improved match setup workflow
  • First, choose your team
  • Select the game type
  • Select the map
    • On this screen you may press “SELECT” (or “E” on your keyboard) to customize the match rules
• Made the stars in the night sky twinkle
• Fixed background animations on Beach
• Added shader effect to Beach
• Reduced chance that the sunset variant of Beach will be chosen
• Updated benefactor’s ad branding per their request
• Fixed issue where the button context bar was empty when first entering the Player Setup menu from the Main Menu
• Improved Pause Menu styling. Added toggle to show/hide Match Info using the “SELECT” (or “E” on your keyboard)
• Improved controller navigation in menus including focus change wrapping in the following menus:
  • Main Menu
  • Settings Menu
  • Volume Menu
  • Pause Menu
• Improved asset import settings, all pixelart is now sharp and crisp
• Added pitch shifting for common sound effects to give a little more variety during gameplay
• Fixed issue with canceling option popups also closing their parent submenu
• Improved sound playback and audio bus settings