- Valentine's Day/Lunar New Year Event is LIVE! - 5 February 2020
Lunar New Year/Valentine's Day event has begun (sorry, we're late!). It will end February 29th! Those who play the game during this event will receive the following: -Heart Glasses - humans/squids -Year of the Rat Ears - humans only -Squid Heart Helmet -Squid Love Tank -Squid Winged Torso -And all previous cosmetics for this event NEW STUFF -IN-GAME CUSTOMIZATION! You can now customize your character while in-game, without having to return to the main menu! -New weapon info panels! When nearby a weapon locker, the info panel now shows weapon statistics instead of a description of the weapon -Valentine's Day customizations and sprays -Lunar New Year visuals -Added a visual effect to the health bar when a unit's health is regenerating BALANCE CHANGES -AI Squid bowl move speed reduced to 75% of player-controlled Squid bowl move speed -Shield Overcharge has been redesigned. The area around…
- Happy New Year - From Fun Bits! - 7 January 2020
HAPPY NEW YEAR! This is just a quick post to let everyone know that we're back from our holiday break, we hope everyone had a great New Year celebration! Our team has some wonderful new features planned for our next big milestone, so keep your eyes peeled! We don't currently have an estimated time on when it will be released, so we will have a few smaller updates in between to fix current bugs and add more cosmetics. OR! Join our discord (https://discord.gg/squidsfromspace) for sneak peeks on our progress. Love, Fun Bits Here's to a new year! ːsteamhappyː
- SQUIDMAS UPDATE - Part 2 - 20 December 2019
SQUIDMAS UPDATE PART 2 Just some small fixes and more cosmetics for you! NEW - Rudolph's Red Nose - Squid Reindeer Helmet - 4 new Winter-themed Sprays (Ho Ho Ho, Naughty, Nice, Stocking) BUGFIXES - Minisquid Gun damage-over-time effect can now properly affect squidified humans - Ending a KotH game while a hill is active no longer causes that hill to get stuck in an unintended, partially-active state - Fixes for the Scoreboard, Squid Power Bar, End of Round names, and other UI elements - The "Slo-Mo" mutator can no longer be incorrectly added to a random mutator list - Nudged one of the 4x4s in the human base a bit so you don't get stuck inside the other 4x4 upon exiting - Fixed a bug that would let you use Squid technologies when you didn't have enough energy for them by using a certain technique Fun Bits will be out of office from today to January 6th. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE AND HA…
- NEW MAP! Welcome to Sunrise Heights! - 19 December 2019
SQUIDS FROM SPACE HOLIDAY UPDATE IS LIVE! HEY YOU GUUUYS! It's finally here! So excited to announce we've finally released another map! WELCOME TO: SUNRISE HEIGHTS! A small, peaceful residential community built on a scenic hilltop. While most of its residents have fled in a futile attempt to escape the ongoing global conflict, one particularly dedicated member of the community has decided to stay behind & fortify it against anyone who dares enter. Beware! This also marks this patch as the official update for our Winter event! SQUIDMAS ends January 10th, so get in there & grab your winter cosmetics! NEW - Sunrise Heights Map has been added to our map rotation! - Screen edge icons now point players in the direction of the objectives. - Health packs now have icons on the map! - Reindeer Antlers - Santa Beard - (more cosmetics to come!) CHANGES/FIXES - Updated all Squid bowl glass on helmet…
- Our 'Labor of Love'! - 26 November 2019
The 2019 Steam Awards is here! Since going live in Early Access on Steam in 2017, our small little team has been working tirelessly with our amazing community to develop our passion project, SQUIDS FROM SPACE. We've had many ups and downs here at the studio, but we continue to push through in hopes to build a game that brings people of all kinds to play, laugh, and bond together through fun, hilarious game-play that is easy for anyone to pick up and join. We have so much more planned and hope our community can see just how much we believe in this game!
- SFS Mutator Update! Mix up your gameplay! - 20 November 2019
SQUIDS FROM SPACE MUTATOR UPDATE NEW - Accolade badges! Every accolade now has a badge associated with it that will appear on your character - MUTATORS!! You can join a server from the Find Game UI! Mutators are special rules that players can vote on every round -- mix and match them to create some SERIOUS MAYHEM!! Be warned: Mutators are NOT intended to be balanced for super serious gameplay! We added them so players can mix things up when they want to play a sillier or more chaotic game mode. This is a HUGE new system, and while we've worked hard on it, there are certainly still bugs -- if you see anything weird, please let us know! - May or may not have snuck in Human Cat Ears for those that played during the Halloween event (*teehee*) BALANCE CHANGES - Shield Overcharge duration reduced to 3s, from 6s FIXES - Certain units should no longer have slightly off-color health bars - On Ma…
- Official Halloween Update! - 17 October 2019
HAPPY SPOOKTOBER! OUR OFFICIAL HALLOWEEN UPDATE IS HERE NEW It's October! Which means we've got some new cosmetics for those who play during the Halloween Event (ends Nov 16th). What's even BETTER is that you'll receive all the previous AND future cosmetics in this bundle just for playing during the event! - Human Masks: Goblin, Rooster, Alien Brain - Squid Helmets: Goblin, Rooster, Alien Brain, Angel, Devil, Cat - 6 new spooky Sprays CHANGES - AI cosmetics are now much more colorful - Toggle Minimap should work properly again - Changed Paid 2 Lose & I
- We are now FREE TO PLAY! - 4 October 2019
SQUIDS FROM SPACE HAS GONE FREE TO PLAY! SQUIDS FROM SPACE is now free to play! Now EVERYONE can join the battle for Earth! Jump in, bring your friends, and get ready for some mayhem, because this is only the start -- more big announcements are on the way over the coming months! NEW SQUIDS FROM SPACE is now free to play! You can play as much as you want and equip any cosmetic item up to rank 30 -- all without paying anything! 3 official servers are now available for more accessibility! New DLC: Officer's Commision ($0.99 USD). Grants you the ability to equip cosmetic items above rank 30! Additionally, some features that we will be adding soon will require the Officer's Commission to access. Stay tuned for details! New DLC: Pay 2 Lose ($19.99 USD). Contains premium, exclusive cosmetic items like the Steampunk Assault Mech (with classy top hat!) or the Gemstone emblems. Guaranteed to dist…
- PINK FLAMINGO SUMMER EVENT IS LIVE! - 29 August 2019
END OF SUMMER EVENT UPDATE https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F29017934%2Fba1fbe156450ec7e4a82d7898699b5d32c69e0b9.jpg Summer is almost over! Let's get this Pool Party started before it ends! Log in now during our Summer event to claim these cute Summer-only customizations! NEW - New summer customizations! Snorkel Sun Hat Shark Hat Flippers Palm Tree Novelty Glasses Arm Floaties (available in next patch) Ducky Pool Ring (available in next patch) Tourist Helmet Tourist Torso Tourist Legs Starfish Helmet Fanny Pack Kit Item Palm Tree Novelty Glasses - All maps have been redecorated with a Summer theme! - All 4x4s and Moon Rovers have been replaced with Ice Cream Trucks! - 4x4s and Moon Rovers now have horns! Press the Sprint button to honk the horn! BALANCE CHANGES - HMG now receives a damage boost at mid and close range, up to 40% - HMG magazine size reduced…
- HOTFIX PATCH IS LIVE! - 26 July 2019
Hotfix Patch is Live! Hey everyone! We just released a quick update to fix some issues that ninja snuck their way into the last patch. BUG FIXES Fix for crash on back button on Find Games menu Fixed players being able to target lock own team mates in Harvester
- SQUIDS FROM SPACE Patch is live! - 24 July 2019
SQUID PATCH LIVE! Hey everyone! A small bug fix patch is now live! Please grab it! Our next planned update after this will be the Summer Event with lots of fun new goodies to collect! Stay tuned! NEW! New death animations! Flag Carrier Assist Counter icon More optimization work! BUG FIXES AIs will pick up Magnoblasters less frequently Many UI adjustments and bugfixes On Moonbase, auto-turrets can now correctly be placed inside the glass tunnels instead of spawning outside AIs will no longer attempt to target destroyed turrets AFK timer is now reset when a round ends, preventing players from getting AFK-kicked during the end of round sequence Getting squidified by an AI while driving a vehicle no longer produces odd behavior When a human is frozen by a freeze ray, their frozen corpse will now fall instead of hanging in midair MVP votes will no longer sometimes fail when there are no MVP…
- SQUIDS FROM SPACE Hotfix patch is live! - 27 June 2019
BUG FIXES - Potential fix for countdown timer showing up at the end of the round - Flammable props set to only be net relevant when set on fire. This should improve performance on maps with flammable props like Forest - Added option to Mute Outgoing Voice Chat in the Sound Options UI KNOWN ISSUES - If you're missing any color customization for vehicles (like Halloween Orange or Spring Pastels), you'll be unable to select certain colors in the vehicle customization screen for both Humans and Squids
- Squids from Space Update Live! - 26 June 2019
SQUIDS FROM SPACE UPDATE It's been a while since our last update! But we've been working hard on squashing bugs, balancing, and updating the look of the game. We hope you'll check it out! NEW/UPDATED - Updated look of Human eyes - Updated human skin textures (removed make-up, dark knees, and can no longer see undies poking out from under the beach shorts) - Tweaked blue/purple human clothing colors - Tweaked human hair colors - Updated the UI for the customization menu - Updated UI for in-game scoreboard - Mute List is now accessed from the in-game menu, rather than the scoreboard - Removed muting from the scorboard UI, meaning you can now control your character again with the scoreboard up - Added new audio for the end of round sequence - New MVP categories: Environment-Based Kills, Important Takedowns, Dogs Rescued (only available for humans; capturing dogs as Squid is not rescuing th…
- Quick SFS Hotfix Update! - 3 May 2019
SFS HOTFIX! Fixed bug where players hitched while pressing the jump button/key
- SFS Hotfix Update Live - 12 April 2019
Quick hotfix patch for things that were caught in the previous build! Thank you for your patience! Please enjoy the Spring Update! Mech Chicken legs weren't properly weight painted End of round flow should no longer break and show T-posing naked humans in some situations Invisible wall on Main Street on North resource area blocks grenades Have to re-press fire button to aim rifle\RPG after firing & reloading Auto turrets now correctly do not collide with vehicles Fixed female Sailor hats not having color selection Corrected some of the human customizations not using the correct colors (ex: Astronaut helmet using old pink color, etc) Plugged a hole in Main Street under the northern resource collection area -- there was no WorldStatic geometry under it, so grenade (and other secondary weapon) traces were failing
- Meet Chicken Mech! Our Spring Event is now! - 12 April 2019
SPRING EVENT UPDATE LIVE! https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F29017934%2Fa260b3232c06cf61b8ba84a985f8b24339aa5f5e.png New customizations! Claim them during the event only! Includes: - Human Bunny Ears - Human Eggshell Helmet - Chicken Mech - Squid Bunny Ear Helmet - Squid Egg Helmet - Human and Squid Vehicle Pastel Color Unlocks (5 total) Balance changes: - HMG bullet speed increased to 1850, from 1500 Bugfixes & Updates: - MVP system should now always correctly choose players with the highest stats in each category. There was a sorting bug that only occured on Linux servers T_T - Adjusted camera and MVP UI widgets so that MVPs are fully visible during end-of-round sequence - End of round personal stat headlines will no longer show stats with values of 0 - Changed the timing of the end of round sequence so more time is spent in the MVP vote and less time is…
- SFS Update Live! New Features! - 21 March 2019
SQUIDS FROM SPACE UPDATE LIVE! New Features -End-of-round sequence overhauled! Now you get to vote for MVPs, show off your customizations, and see what kind of interesting stats you compiled during the round! -You can now wear a hat and have hair at the same time! WHHOOOOAAAAA! -In-game voting is re-enabled! -Lots of additions to our backend tech, to prepare for even more features to come...! Tweaks & Bugfixes -Holiday/Special customization should load properly once again -Many UI usability and polish tweaks -Car resource spawners no longer respawn their front and back bumpers -In CAH, flags no longer shuffle their position if they are returned within the fast-return radius -Airstrike decals now fit the damage area much better -Resource audit for Mars maps. Goal is to bring it more up to speed with the current design structure for resource placement, and to lessen the advantage Squids h…
- HOTFIX UPDATE LIVE! - 15 February 2019
Changes in this hotfix: Main Menu BGM should properly play. Lightmaps rebuilt for all maps. There should no longer be any unintended unlit objects. Lunar New Year fireworks buckets no longer block pawns or vehicles. Swarm Rockets were doing significantly more damage than intended. They should now correctly do 10 damage. RPGs were not receiving their intended 2.25x damage multiplier vs vehicles. Their anti-vehicle damage should now be correct.
- Happy Lunar New Year! - XOXO Squids From Space - 5 February 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F29017934%2F7804f937a126e75c5853d37298a18d285f477fee.png Our Lunar New Year and Valentine's Day event has begun! All maps and weapons are now filled with hearts, cupid arrows, and explosive fireworks! If you log in between today and March 1st, you'll receive the following customizations: Dragon Helmet Smiley w/ Heart Eyes Assault Mech Canopy Broken Heart Assault Mech Canopy Heart Squid Bowl Broken Heart Squid Bowl We'll also be 83% off until February 11th! Share the love with your friends and family! With Love and Death Rays, XOXO - Squids from Space
- HOTFIX UPDATE LIVE! 3 days left to claim Winter customizations! - 11 January 2019
Don't forget to claim your Winter customizations by booting the game up at least once by January 13th! More UI updated Raised the human soldier slightly in the Customization menu so that their feet were flush with the ground Fixed navigation on the Input Bindings menu Fixed the input menu closing when you tried to set an input to be A Fixed not being able to select the correct tech level in Practice Mode Options Vehicles/Crawler Tanks no longer play human soldier VO when getting hit Fixed firing getting stuck when entering a vehicle while shooting Fixed holiday audio getting stuck when backing out of the customization menu with gamepad or ESC Fixed vehicles getting stuck firing when exiting the vehicle while holding down the fire button Fixed being able to throw resources into parked cars (the resource ones) and the gas station Fixed a bug where late-joiners did not see the correct scor…
