- 🎃👻 Get Ready for a Spooktacular Showdown in Setback's Halloween Versus Event! - 27 October 2023
Greetings Setback Champions, It's that time of the year again, and we've got a bone-chilling treat for you in the world of Setback! Get your pumpkin-spiced weapons ready and prepare for a ghoulish showdown in our Halloween Versus Event! 🔥 What to Expect: 🌙 Dive into a haunted arena, where eerie environments and creepy deocrations await. 🕷️ New spooky skins and cosmetics to deck out your character. 🎯 Face off against other players in intense battles with a supernatural twist. 👻 Choose Your Side! 👹 In the Halloween Versus event, players have the opportunity to align with one of three unique teams: "Good," "Evil," or "Neutral." When you select your team, you'll automatically unlock your team's identity cosmetic. Wear it with pride, and let the world know where your loyalty lies. Mark your calendars for Sunday, October 29th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM! Gather your courage and prepare to d…
- Dev log: Squad Showdown, New Mechanics, & So, So Much More! - 15 September 2023
Welcome to the biggest content drop Setback has seen in forever! Setback is still in development and far from release, but this weekend we invite you to playtest a number of new features! Squad Showdown! This Sunday the Squad Showdown goes down! Sign up from the Event Page in the playtest and compete for money, fame, and glory! The tournament starts on Sunday at 18:00 CEST and lasts for 3 hours. Join our community discord for more info Wall Running! This mechanic has been a long time coming and we've finally gotten to the point where we can start working on it. This is still a very early version of Wall Running, and it is going to change a lot in the future, but we've had too much fun with this early version of the mechanic as is, so even if it's far from finished we just couldn't keep ourselves from adding it to the Public Playtest so you can join in on the parkour goodness. Along with…
- Dream Hack Patch Notes 2: Versus Event! - 25 August 2023
Versus Event A new competition has started in Setback: Versus Battle! During this event three teams will compete to decide which brew is the best: Coffee, Tea, or Water. To join the versus event download the Seteback demo and head to the events tab in the main menu where you can choose your team! Winning a game earns 3 points for your team while playing any game wins 1 point for your team! Depending on the team you chose you will unlock a water, tea, or coffee themed t-shirt! The team that wins the overall event will have a skin made themed around that drink ☕🧋💧 https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1001683704965500970/1144310647862087751/Versus_Battle.png?width=1193&height=671 Changes Molotime Cocktail reduced from 20 seconds to 10 seconds. Capture the flag UI changed to better communicate the status of flags Added hover text to clarify when you can pick up the flag Team related c…
- Setback DreamHack Indie Showcase Patch Notes 1 - 21 August 2023
In this patch we go over some bugs, bug fixes, and new content! CRAZY ZONES Introducing Crazy Zones! Crazy Zones is a fun alteration to the existing game mode Safe Zone. Just like safe zone you want to be inside the zone when the timer goes down but this time the zones have wacky attributes to make it extra challenging. You'll have to think on your feet and approach each zone with a different strategy if you hope to win! Crazy Zones features the following zones: Safe Zone: Normal zone Gravity-Free Zone: No gravity inside the zone Speed Zone: Speed boost inside the zone Danger Zone: Damage inside the zone Fake Zone: A zone you can't enter, hidden among them is one normal safe zone Changes Changed the height of the flag and base indicators so they don’t overlap as much Added new game mode: Crazy Zones Bug Fixes Items added to a few maps missing items Fixed Flag race not ending unless team…
- Setback DreamHack Beyond Summer Indie Showcase! - 16 August 2023
We’ll be participating in the DreamHack Steam event from August 18th to 27th! That's right Setback will be playable ALL WEEK LONG! 🥳 As part of the DreamHack event we’ll be using the Setback Demo on Steam instead of the Playtest! 📌 Important note: If you try to launch the Setback playtest it will not work, you must use the Setback demo throughout the DreamHack event. Well be back soon with more updates on the game modes, maps, and more that will be present throughout Dreamhack. Make sure to follow us on the Setback Steam store page so you don't miss out!
- Setback August Playtest: Flag Race - 4 August 2023
Setback is back with another playtest focused on testing improvements to capture the flag and a first time test of our new game mode: Flag Race! https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1001683704965500970/1137016601707814963/flagrace1.png?width=1193&height=671 Check out our youtube video to learn more about Flag Race and request access to the Setback playtest on the Setback Steam store page to try it for yourself! The Setback playtest goes live on August 4th 18:00 (CEST) and lasts until 06:00 (CEST).
- Designing New Game Modes For Setback - 25 July 2023
We recently have begun rapidly developing and testing new game modes! While we have a great team of talented people we didn't want to miss this opportunity to get our players directly involved in Setback's development. In the video below I explain a bit about what to consider when creating new game modes for Setback as well as how you can pitch your ideas or leave feedback on existing game modes. We're working hard to make the FPS game we've always dreamed of but with your help its sure to be legendary!
- New Public Playtest - With Tournament & Prizes! - 8 June 2023
Our bi-weekly public playtests return with a special edition playtest and a tournament! Our normal playtest will run from June 9th 6:00 PM CEST until June 10th 6:00 AM CEST. Just download the playtest and play as much as you want! Then on Sunday June 11th from 6:00 PM CEST to 9:00 PM CEST we will be hosting an open online tournament with prizes! You can sign up anytime before the tournament begins from the main menu in Setback. The tournament functions as a sort of mini season, where you que, play, and compete for ranks in a three hour window. Hosting tournaments while we are still far from a finished game has allowed us to continue to experiment with how best to optimize our future ranked system. Place top 10 in the Setback tournament to win Steam credits, an exclusive skin, and in game currency! Check out the Setback Tournament event in Discord for details on rewards, and so we have a…
- Dev Spotlight: Level Design - 22 February 2023
Hello there! I’m Lasse from Riddlebit Software. As the level designer for Setback, my task is to provide players with entertaining and engaging levels to play on. What is Level Design? At its core, level design is the process of creating levels within a video game. From the player's perspective, there is no difference between level design and environment art. However, anything that affects the game world is level design. It's an intricate process involving art, psychology, programming, and even culture. As a level designer, I need to think about the player’s experience, the game world, and the desired outcome of a level. Level design is also about solving problems, designing challenges, and creating engaging experiences to entertain players. Tools and Techniques The most common tools I use are game engines like Unreal Engine and design software like Blender. I also make use of modular p…
- Dev Spotlight: Cloud Optimization - 8 February 2023
Cloud Optimization There’s a ton of ways to make a proper cloudscape. Volumetric clouds, handpainted cloudscapes, or even a mix of handpainted cloud texture maps that are shaded in post. Historically Setback has used hand drawn cloud cards, on a per cloud basis, that are spawned and shaded as particles in the sky. In hindsight, this was a horrible solution 🥲 https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1001683704965500970/1072475492118184006/Untitled.png The picture above is a what our old cloud optimization solution produced. It was a visibly pleasing cloudscape that was generated live and could be tuned in several ways through extensive parameters. While the flexibility of the old solution was nice, generating the cloudscape live is not an optimal solution. https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1001683704965500970/1072475787346845736/Untitled_1.png The picture above showcases the down…
- Devlog - Two New Items and Moving Forward (literally) - 3 February 2023
Hi! We're one month into the new year and we've been hard at work, when this post goes live, so will a new public playtest, and this playtest will be the debut of two new items: The Orbital Strike, and the Gravity Well. New Items Orbital Strike The Orbital Strike is a threat worth respecting. Aim and fire to place a target for the strike to hit. Anyone brave (dumb) enough to stick around will be hit by the unyielding force of space and time crashing in from above. Gravity Well Take a knee as you're crushed under the unbearable weight of the gravity well. Do you like freely moving along the Z axis? Well too bad nerd. Anyone or anything caught in the gravity will come crashing down to earth and get stunned when they hit the ground. Need to make a grand escape? Cross a gap and use a Gravity Well to block your opponents from following you over it! What's that? It looks like your cardio has…
- A New Major Setback Playtest Is Here To Save Christmas! - 22 December 2022
The update will be available for playtesting from 6:00 PM CEST tomorrow and we're looking forward to showing you all the new features coming your way! Here are some highlights: - New Christmas themed Payload like game mode - Geiranger Fjord map - New Christmas cosmetics - XP and leveling up system - Challenges - Steam Achievements - Players stats It's livestream time! There are a lot of new things coming with the update and we definitely should tell you more about them. Don't forget to keep an eye on the stream tomorrow around 6:00 PM CEST on Twitch, where we'll be showing you some cool new changes and answering questions! 🎁 See you in the arena!
- Halloween Patch #2 - 31 October 2022
Added player nametags Spectators now use input settings Fixed Safe Zone infographic pretending to be Bomb Tag Fixed "Welcome" achievement not unlocking
- Halloween Patch #1 - 28 October 2022
NEW New cosmetics: Candlehat and Gunner Glasses CHANGES Made bigger zombots harder to bash Redesigned the customization menu Tweaked molotime: Deals the same damage over time, but at a higher frequency Changes to audio attenuations and concurrency settings FIXES Fixed "no gravity" status effect sound playing indefinitely Fixed matchmaking failing after running the game for 1 hour Fixed UI when cancelling matchmaking Fixed audio levels gradually getting lower between map loads
- Halloween Update Changelog - 26 October 2022
Hey setbackers! A bit late, but here's the changelog for yesterdays halloween update. NEW New Horde game mode New Halloween scenario New scary cosmetics (wings, horns, pumpkins...) Added Safe Zone objective marker Added more sounds SetBucks bonus multiplier when in party You can now preview cosmetics before purchasing IMPROVEMENTS Improvments to bots More game mode win condition checks Matchmaking can now be cancelled Enabled music and sound FX volume sliders Input and volume settings will now save between sessions FIXES Fixed Autorifle audio Fixed traits not syncing Fixed squadmate nameplate Fixed Hat of Babel
- We invite you to a very spooky demo - 21 October 2022
Setback will be celebrating Halloween with a very spooky demo 👻 Throughout Scream Fest Setback will be transformed into a haunted version of itself with a frightening new game mode, creepy cosmetics, and horrifying new maps! Horde Mode 🧟 Evil robots have begun spawning from the ground with a taste for man flesh! They have varying attributes, grow in number, and are dying to sink their robot claws into the nearest human. No one knows the cause of the Setbot's corruption, but one thing is certain: Trust no one. This is not your typical band together to fight the zombies game mode, rather players will need to sabotage and back stab their way to the top. Work together if you must, but in the end only one player will remain 😈 Corrupted Maps & Spooktacular Skins 🎃 Terrify the competition with some creepy new cosmetics! With an evil robot invasion comes a new evil map! Get in the Halloween…
- Next Fest Patch #3 - 8 October 2022
Hey and good evening! Here's just a quick patch with some fixes. Improved performance on Ancient Temple map Reduced Hat of Babel price to 250k FIxed launch sounds often playing out of sync Fixed size of Grenade Launcher projectile FX
- Next Fest Patch #2 - 8 October 2022
Here's another Next Fest patch with some new content and fixes! New New map: Ancient Temple (with Bomb Tag and Safe Zone) New cosmetic: Hat of Babel Added Safe Zone to maps that only had Bomb Tag New projectile visuals for Rocket Launcher and Grenade Launcher Show placement on post game screen Added Safe Zone info splash Changes Made Gravrift pull stronger + no ability to move against the flow Improved squad system stability Made Grenade Launcher projectiles more sticky Moved around some zones to try to eliminate camp spots Made third person hit FX more visible Purchase button will now disable if not enough coins Fixes Fixed emotes not unlocked after reload Fixed setback bounds visuals (water) on low graphics settings Removed weapon swap hardcoded binding to 'Q'
- Setback Developer Face Off - 6 October 2022
We’re happy to announce that Setback is participating in Steam Next Fest 🎉 "The shooter where you can't die" Setback is a free-to-play first-person arena shooter where players wield weapons infused with time-altering technology. These weapons replace death with “setbacking”, where a player is rewinded back through time. Utilize a variety of weapons and consumable items while competing in movement-oriented game modes across several arenas. Setback is still in development and has only been playable during playtests...until now! Setback will be available to play all week long through the Setback Demo from Oct. 3rd-10th. We will be hosting a special Q&A gameplay stream on Oct 6th 2PM PDT where you can interact with the team behind Setback! Make sure to set a reminder on the right hand side of this post so you can tune in! Join the Setback Discord for live stream event times and to stay upd…
- Next Fest Patch #1 - 5 October 2022
Hey setbackers! Here's a minor midweek patch with some new content and changes. NEW 2 new maps: Arena Night and Cliffside Temple Added look axis invert settings New 200k hat cosmetic CHANGES Extended gamemode wait time (will hopefully fix an issue where players join the game too late and become spectators) Make gravlifts last for 2 minutes (and not the rest of the game) Bomb Tag gamemode will now appear more often Safe Zone
