- Two new stages! Old Jersey & Labyrinth! - 9 October 2021
Patch notes General Two new stages added! Old Jersey and the Labyrinth! Old Jersey - Another classic stage with one platform that moves left and right. A classic indeed. There are a few known bugs with the moving platform, but hey, now we have moving plats as a possible addition! Labyrinth - Schmoo took it upon himself to make a sprawling battle royale stage. It’s massive! Grab visuals overhauled. Thanks Schmoo! Visual overhaul to prototype stage backgrounds. Thanks AGAIN Schmoo! Slugger AI now recovers more consistently instead of deciding not to recover at all very consistently :) Added codes for stage select to make it a little more clear whether a stage is Classic mode , Arena , Battle Royale , and/or Jump Cancel mode . Focus dashes now have 15 frames of invulnerability rather than 10. For reference, the total animation is 20 frames long. Fixed an input error where keyboard users co…
- Slayers is FREE TO PLAY!! - 22 September 2021
Free to play is here! Here's a quick snapshot of what's in the game and what's on the horizon. Founder's Pack https://store.steampowered.com/app/1721670/SLAYERS_FOR_HIRE__Founders_Pack Now that we're F2P, we also have a Founder's Pack for sale with cosmetics as the main reward for buying one. Three are currently implemented, with three more on the way. If you already bought the game on Steam, you already own a Founder's pack! Thanks for your early support! State of the Game The Dragon The bad news is that our big boye is still in development. He's been the bane of my existence this last year if I'm being honest. We've put a ton of work into him and have had to scrap or redo quite a lot. At some point, we tabled development on him to focus on Battle Royale and the Slayer. If we didn't, we'd either have gone broke or gone crazy. He's still coming, but ultimately we refuse to release a ver…
- Development Roadmap - 27 July 2021
Hey there! Some of you may have noticed we've been pushing out updates quietly lately. There's a lot of experimental stuff now in the game and a lot of improvements/changes from when you likely last saw the game. There's still much more to come, so without further ado let's look at some of the content on the horizon. The Return of Free to Play We always planned to make the game free to play. We sold the game on Steam to help support development during Early Access, but at this point we're ready to prioritize making it as open for new players to jump in as possible again. If you already own the game - Thank you and congratulations! You're now the owner of a Founder's Pack! We're still working on implementing this into the game, but this will come with a handful of goodies. Current plans are to bundle a handful of cosmetics, an in-game Founder title, and some stuff associated with our nex…
- Been a while. - 10 July 2021
They say not to release updates on a Friday night, but here we are. Full patch notes here (formatted properly) It's been... too long, but we're back to releasing updates. There are many changes we aren't including in this, and many things we ARE including are still a bit rough, but we need feedback on this stuff. We're excited to be back (me most of all) and I think you're gonna like what we're putting out today and over the next few months. It's gonna be a fun ride. Hopefully there's a romantic sunset involved. Some patch notes (probably not formatted correctly): 0.10.0.4 - Been a while. - July 9, 2021 New Game Modes (WIP): Battle Royale (very WIP) Team Battle Royale Arena Deathmatch Team Arena Deathmatch General Public and private lobby functionality added - You can now mark your online lobby as public or private. Private lobbies require the code, but public lobbies can be joined by a…
- Test Build Tuesday - August 25 - 26 August 2020
Welcome to Test Patch Tuesday!! You can log on right now and try out the new test patch! ːsteamhappyː We're super excited to get started with these weekly test patches. Each week we'll be trying some new balance changes or occasionally fun new gameplay features to spice things up. This can be anything from things we're planning to add to the game in the future to just wacky modifiers to have fun with. ːsteammockingː This week we'll be trying out a couple of highly requested balance changes along with a couple of more... experimental changes to see how things feel. Some of this week's changes: Adjustments to make Slugger's power a little less overwhelming Removal of the first hit of Artist's forward tilt to improve its consistency Spy can now activate cannon anywhere(!!) ːsteammockingː Aerials can no longer clash For a more detailed version of the patch changes, click here. Please note t…
- Combo Video Contest Returns! - 28 July 2020
Show off your sick clips and editing skills in a video! On August 26th the Slayers For Hire devs will vote on their favorites and after 48 hours we'll announce the winners on August 28th! Prizes 1st Place - $100 + Unique Discord role: "Combo King" or "Combo Queen" depending on your preference! 2nd Place - $50 3rd Place - $25 Rules There aren't a lot of guidelines for this first contest. Basically, if it's over a minute long and is entertaining, the rest is up to you! Whether it's simple clips of you in training mode or a meme montage, the only criteria is to make something your peers will vote for. At least 1 minute long Hosted on YouTube Showcase SLAYERS FOR HIRE gameplay :P Submitted by 8PM PDT on Wednesday, August 26th Submitted via either Twitter or Discord Check out the full rules/details here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xYPKNaVfKR9mnPfw9BxCuRBNjw5OvtABMxnlwaY_ZcQ Last Con…
- THE SPY UPDATE [v0.9.0.0] - Our third character is PLAYABLE NOW!! - 24 June 2020
SPY TIME 🕵🏾♂️ SPY TIME She's been a long time coming, but TODAY our third character, the Spy is playable!! ːsteamhappyː She'll be getting a lot of balance changes over the next week or so, but I'm super psyched to finally have her out and playable! As you might expect of a weapons master, she's got a ton of really, really crazy tools. It's going to take some time to calibrate all of those, so please don't hesitate to share your feedback on our Discord server. Not gonna lie, I'm pretty sure she's overpowered right now, but we'll get her in a good spot soon. Thanks in advance for your help, everyone! Have a blast! ( ‵▽′)ψ Full patch notes here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16LziGiOmpIVzc5mi0SJLsHqpmO6e-bIW_V4dQ045z-A/
- Fashionista Update! [v0.8.11] - Spectator mode, unlockables, bug fixes - 29 May 2020
Welcome to the FASHIONISTA UPDATE! Lots of additions & changes:Spectator mode added! - While in a private lobby, you can click your player icon to turn into a spectator. When creating a lobby, set it to 3 or 4 players so that the spectator can join, and voila! Coolest thing is that it shouldn't affect your ping as a player at all. Let's go Quantum!! Street Creds added! - Our first unlockables system! Earn Street Creds (SC) in a variety of ways - by playing, checking the news, training... basically everything in the game earns you value now. We'll be adding content for you to unlock, but for now you can find the highly expensive bronze, silver, and especially golden skins for each character. Reworked private lobbies - It's now much easier to set up a lobby and visually it's a lot nicer too. Major stability updates - Great news especially to players who use Gamecube controllers: the bug t…
- Now announcing the SLAYERS ONLINE SERIES! - 15 May 2020
A free entry, online tournament series with big cash prizes!! So far $1,500 in prizes for the first two events. I've been working with Tourney Locator and Quarterly Rapport to bring you the first two events in our online series: https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F36895661%2Fd87a0f11f5788903bb47963df53e373537136f26.png 📣 Slayers Online Series 1📆 May 30 💸 $1000 in cash prizes (top 8 pay outs in each bracket) 🌎 NA East, NA West, and Europe each have a bracket 📝 REGISTER NOW: https://smash.gg/slayers 📣 Quarterly Rapport 2📆 June 14 💸 $500 in cash prizes 🌎 NA & EU bracket 📝 REGISTER NOW: https://challonge.com/events/quarantined2#/ More coming soon... Despite being free entry, each event has payouts to top 8. In fact, for SOS1 the prize pool extends to the top 24 players! (Top 8 from each region) ːsteamhappyː The plan is to start doing these regularly th…
- Patch 0.8.10 - Ranked leaderboards! And a bunch of other stuff, too! - 27 April 2020
Surprise! There's actually three things to announce today! First off, the game is on sale! SLAYERS is 10% off for the next week! Yahoo! Second, we're implementing ranked leaderboards as of today!! φ(*￣0￣) Please note that this is essentially version 0.1 of the ranked mode. It's not got sets built in yet, and the formula itself is more or less untested beyond what we could do internally. I might make a vlog about it, but just know that ranked is going to continue to go through big changes over the course of the next few months, so please be patient with us. That said, I think this is going to make the game a lot more fun! There are 9 skill tiers, and once your 6 placement matches complete you'll be tossed into a tier. The ranks are probably a bit too volatile atm, but we really just need data to see how well my simulations are matching up with people's experiences. Good luck on the board…
- COMBO VIDEO CONTEST! - 26 April 2020
A week or two ago Magi streamed our game and mentioned that she'd love to see a combo video for our game. Something that showcases the cool stuff that's possible in Slayers. Magi wants a combo video, Magi GETS a combo video. And YOU get paid to help us make that happen! Prizes 1st Place - $100 + Unique Discord role: "Combo King" (or "Combo Queen" depending on who wins!) 2nd Place - $50 3rd Place - $25 Rules There aren't a lot of guidelines for this first contest. Basically, if it's over a minute long and is entertaining, the rest is up to you! Whether it's simple clips of you in training mode or a meme montage, the only criteria is to make something your peers will vote for. We'll be selecting the top 6 finalists, but we'll be leaving it to you guys to vote for your top 3 via our Discord. More details / rules here! By the way, this is the first in a series of announcements we'll be roll…
- 6 things to know before playing SLAYERS FOR HIRE - 4 April 2020
Finally got around to making a quick vid outlining the six things you really ought to know before jumping into your first game. We'll be working on an in-game tutorial at some point over the next few months, but in the meantime, here's a 4 minute summary! Alsoooo, I just found out about this Steam feature, so you can expect a lot more updates on the game and our timeline here. In fact, we're also working on getting these updates to display in-game! Neat, huh?
