- Update and a look back - 16 March 2017
Hello Squakers! It's been a busy time since the release of the game. Lots of updates, changes, and improvements. And you all helped us make them. We just released another update with some interesting and big changes that we bet you all will enjoy. Here they are: Steam Cloud working across Win/Mac Freeze powerup now creates a frost wave that expands, no longer a whole map freeze Added word collecting mini-game! Now you will receive coins once you collect words in Arena maps. Definitely a challenge Greatly reduced inverse steering drops Bug Fix for when train wasn't following the mouse while a mouse button was pressed An error message is shown when trying to use incorrect control type (using keyboard when controller is plugged in for example) An icon on dominating player's name is shown Domination mode to help identify and hunt them down! So that's this update. Not an insignificant one, e…
- Patch time! - 23 February 2017
Choo-choo everyone! A relatively small patch for today. The list of changes is: - Fixed buggy controls for when playing with a controller - Now active Powerups are indicated on train, with indications before they end - And the big one - Hall Of Fame! The Hall Of Fame is currently tracking two stats but we are considering expanding the list (with reason). If you have any suggestions - shoot! That is pretty much it for this week. We are planning some interesting changes for the upcoming week, however. Stay tuned!
- New Patch! (we've really lost count at this point) - 18 February 2017
Squakers! Some changes and fixes for the weekend. As you may have already noticed, this week we've adjusted quite a few important things this week. Among these: Collisions with walls improved greatly across all levels - quite a big quality of life improvement and some of you have said so. Fixed and improved indication of Domination mode leader - so this one is a smaller one but important nonetheless. Added text notifications for Team Towers when teams reach certain progress points - similarly to the Domination leader tweaks, this one did improve the game in a small but significant way. Button cooldown timers - this did make matches less hectic, didn't it? Lots of fixes, tweaks... Oh, and music! Yes! Thanks again to Maks_SF Quite a lot of changes happened this week. And they were important! Well, so are the ones for today: Added a new Joystick control mode when Follow is selected in Sett…
- Another day, another update! - 14 February 2017
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- Small update! - 13 February 2017
Dear Friends, We've just pushed a small update. - You'll no longer spawn on Saws - Joystick and triggers now have 20% dead zone - A bit better collision boxes on all of the maps (more to come in next 1-2 days) - Some font adjustments - Singapore server added In 1-2 days we are going to finish and push a big improvement to our collision/bounce/scrapping system (you'll die less often) :) Please stay tuned! Choo-Choo!!!
- New stuff! - 10 February 2017
Dear Friends,.. SQUAKE is evolving! Time to get back to the battle and check out all the new stuff we added to the game: - MUSIC! Yeah, now we got music! Big thanks to Maks_SF, he composed the track. Please let us know what do you think about it. - Balance tweaks on many maps! - Cooldown timers for the switches. Now you can't turn them on/off repeatedly any more. Even buttons need some rest. - Controls: They just got better. Large improvements to how bouncing works. Scratching something very lightly will kill you way less likely! - Some glitchy quests and many other small issues are now fixed. - More stuff coming soon. See you on the field! Yeah, literally, do launch the game right now and play it!
- SQUAKE is out! - 2 February 2017
Dear Friends, It finally happened. SQUAKE is fully out on Steam! It's been a long journey for us, which started back in 2013 when we completed Steam Greenlight with your help. And it still continues! Thanks a lot to all of you for your support and feedback! Speaking about SQUAKE itself, the new version we launched yesterday as you could see, contains lots of new stuff. First, it's the "Squake Land": the main game map where you can unlock new islands (locations) and upgrade them by completing cup-quests. The second thing is new maps. We've added: - Fire Pit (Domination) - Neon Blasters (Team Towers) - Emergency Shelter (Domination) - Hex Arena (well, it's an Arena) - Gun Range (Domination) Also we've done a few smaller things: - added a short tutorial - changed the default controls to mouse - fixed some crashes - improved small things here and there. In parallel, we are always working on…
- Patch #8... We think? - 25 January 2017
Hey squakers! A rather big update has been pushed today. Some fixes, adjustments and such, but most importantly: - Capture The Flag mode. - Chat within game rooms. It sends and receives messages. Revolutionary! No, really, it's nothing too fancy, but it is there for you to enjoy. Just press that big "Enter". CTF is currently available on one map only (Space Point), but it wont stay like for long. Adjustment to other maps, along with new ones, are coming. It might have, ghem, issues so we hope you will let us know about them. Fixes will be made quickly! A thing to note also, is that you can change your control method between keyboard or mouse follow in the About section. There will be more soon, but in the meantime... See you on the field!
- Small update number... let's say 7 - 24 January 2017
Hey everyone! We've just pushed a small update that should fix a couple of irritating issues. They are: - Fixed trains moving all over the place when another player is using mouse control mode. - Quests have been reset. Previous system didn't allow adding/remove quests. Well, one is irritating for you, and one for us. All for a better tomorrow. See you on the field!
- First Squake Patch for 2017 - 6 January 2017
Hello squakers! We've been working on some changes in gameplay and wanted to push this out for you to check! So we have... - Added mouse follow control mode. It can be enabled in 'About' tab in main menu. - Game Controller: left and right triggers now turn the train - Reworked main menu tabs logic. They behave more naturally - Domination timer is now 1-10 instead of previously 0-9 - Domination: current longest train is marked with a cup on the right side scoreboard. - Team Towers: shows numbers in top-center of the screen when somebody brings dynamites. - Fixed quest slide out, it doesn't hide when mouse is on the edge of screen As you can see, some changes are minor and others have a bit of a bigger impact on gameplay. Next update will have a new map for you to drive around in. Monday?... See you on the field!
- The key giveaway end is near! [EDITED] - 21 December 2016
As it happens, key requests are coming in at very fast rate. The rate is such, actually, that we would need to hire a few more people to give the keys away before Christmas. For that reason we unfortunately have to limit the time until which you can request a key. That time is - 8PM EST, today (December 21st) So, as promised, everyone who requested a key before the mentioned time, will get it (eventually). Thank you for your patience.
- More than we anticipated - 21 December 2016
Hello everyone! Woke up to this today Needless to say, it is a bit overwhelming. However, we'll be doing our best to send out all the keys before Christmas. If you sent an email requesting a key - you will get it. It just might take a day or two to get to you.
- Squake Patch 2 - 2 December 2016
And we have another one! Here's today's list of changes and fixes: - Fixed coin reward not working on Bunkers - Fixed bounce. Rotation is briefly turned off (0.1s) after bounce - Fixed loading screen being shown in some cases when its not supposed to be - Fixed a visual bug when final scoreboard had player list too low in battle tag in some cases - Adjusted how other player trains are shown - this should make collisions with other train more accurate More to come next week!
- First update for the closed launch - 1 December 2016
Here are the first things we have fixed: - Saw is no longer 10 seconds by default - Correct values should now be shown for coins shown in final scoreboard - Scoreboard should no longer display wrong information after playing both on Domination and Team Towers modes - Steam names should be displayed correctly on the final scoreboard - Cup placement should now update on the map - Quest should now reward coins properly - Showing the coin icon near the Claim button - ERR_FMT place number in leaderboard should no longer be shown - Fixed player team assignment for the Team Tower game mode - Rooms should fill with 8 players We will be updating the game as often as possible with fixes so be sure to check it out and let us know about your experience.
- Closed Launch! - 1 December 2016
Hello everyone! We have started the closed launch for Squake and everyone in this group is eligible to participate. So, if you haven't received a code yet, drop us a line at [email protected] and let us know what your username is. Alternatively, add me (DomantasOn5) to your friend list and I will hook you up! Once you are one the field and feel that you have some feedback - head over to the forums (http://steamcommunity.com/app/526920/discussions/1/152390648079551067/) and let us know. See you on the field!
- Closed Beta coming soon! - 23 November 2016
Hello everyone! We are hard at work on Squake and will be having a Closed Beta soon. If you'd like to participate in the Test, please join the game group. We'll give away keys pretty soon! We'll meet you on the field!
