- Loading screen bug - 7 July 2020
Mike fixed the infinite loading bug. Playfab had changed their API so that calls that took more than 3.5 seconds would fail. We were gifting a lot of equipment when players were making new characters and this call began failing due to the time required to grant all the items. The fix was to give less unique clothing items to new players. Please let us know if you see the problem again.
- Any devs out there with a passion for BZT? - 1 July 2020
In our absence, players continue to play BZT. Is there anyone that wants to take over the development of the game? Here are our requirements: 1. Legally able to take over ownership of Victory Lap Games * If an individual must be 18+ years old * An American citizen/entity would be easiest as we'd transfer all share ownership of the Delaware C corp to you * The company has no outstanding debts * The company has a Wordpress website hosted by a2hosting as well as some domains * The company has Xbox 1 and PS4 devkits * The company has existing relationships with Microsoft, Sony, and Valve * The company has a bank account with Bank of America * The company has source code, concept and 3d art assets, sound files, and additional digital assets * In addition, there are other minor expenses for JIRA, Google (email), a proxy service to have the fixed IP required by Sony, ... 2. Must be able to pro…
- Where are they now? - 9 January 2020
Hey everyone, In February 2017, Mike and I were elated to have the opportunity to start working on Bomb Buddies aka Blast Zone again! Our team that peaked at 4 people, and we did our best to modernize and improve the game. We added the party system, a massive single-player game mode, new auto-matching, 32 player mode, ... with the hopes of attracting both our loyal fan base as well as new players to the game. And when Early Access began, many of our loyal player base returned! And, the feedback we received on the game was priceless. With your help, we made a myriad of improvements and fixed countless bugs. Thank you! In Early Access, we coordinated with Valve to offer the game for free for a brief period of time. The goals were to make the game more fun for existing players, raise awareness of the game, and to establish a stable multiplayer player base that we'd be able to grow as we fi…
- Xbox 1 Version - Coming July 12th - 29 June 2019
Approved by Microsoft and being released on July 12th :)
- Yesterday's Update - 16 May 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32267451%2F4eb7d0ec4f8605fe026ae7d87a5fb00e0dc8708e.jpg Hi everyone, Yesterday's update included the following: 1. Full Xbox One crossplay support; also, PS4 crossplay * NOTE: We believe Xbox One version is finally complete - awaiting approval * Due to Sony restrictions, only PC players can crossplay with consoles - PS4 players cannot play with Xbox One players (yes our code could allow it, yet Sony's stance is clear). 2. 50% more EXP awarded for all game modes 3. Store optimizations for high-end PCs (pre-caching outfits in memory) 4. Audio improvements for Battle Royale mode 5. Localized gamepad vibration from bomb explosions 6. Tons of small bug fixes that should help make the game even more stable when using parties, playing multiplayer, ... * These improvements were found while QA'ing the PS4 and Xbox One versions of t…
- Official Discord - 21 March 2019
https://discord.gg/6BD4Mku Offical Blast Zone! Tournament discord
- Today's Fixes - 21 February 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32267451%2F4eb7d0ec4f8605fe026ae7d87a5fb00e0dc8708e.jpg Audio glitch in introduction movie sequence fixed Revenge Bombers cannot throw bombs after the sudden death sequence starts More improvements to single player leaderboards
- Today's update - 20 February 2019
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- 2x More Gold - from now on! - 19 February 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32267451%2Fdbab6465599c60564d695e461c0318ed2f19c5f6.jpg We have decided to double the amounts of Gold drops in level up rewards. This change is live now. Gold drop rates are the same; yet if you receive gold, you'll get twice the previous amount.
- 200% EXP from now on! - 18 February 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32267451%2F49e9a404730c1ac7623296d9d492cebeae35fbee.png After reviewing our top players' EXP level vs hours-played, we have decided to double the EXP received across all gameplay categories from "right now". Hope you have a blast!
- Chat Filtering, User Reporting, Cross-Play PS4 & Xbox One - 1 February 2019
Today's update has a lot of nuts-and-bolts for PC-PS4 crossplay as well as PC-Xbox One crossplay. Everyone can play with PC players. Xbox One and PS4 players will not be able to directly compete until we get Sony's approval (on our end its super easy, we just need Sony's ok). BZT now has basic chat filtering. If you chat, and swear, you'll notice **** when bad words are typed in. If you have a questionable user name, it will also get filtered. If you're creative, you'll work around these filters. Please be nice to each other. :) Also, there is now the option to "Report User" for inappropriate or abusive behavior. Just click on the player's bomber, then click "Report User" then confirm the action. We'll likely later add a dialog box so you can type in more specific complaints about troublesome users. Hope you have a blast! --BZT Team
- Brazilian Tournament - 31 January 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32267451%2Fd0de85b1b75df83c384262ac0e9db83d24bf03f2.png Some of our pro players have set up a tournament: http://blastplayers.com.br/ Pretty cool! Who's playing?
- Today's Update - 25 January 2019
Here are today's fixes: 1. Reduced matching time back to prior value ~30 seconds max 2. Fast players will no longer get caught in a bomb explosion when pressing against a soft block that explodes 3. Team-ranked match-maker now ensures teams have the same number of players 4. Can set the "lives mutator" to greater than 1 in online party games and matches will not prematurely end
- Thanks #2 Update - 24 January 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32267451%2F54391415a1d249503d52f672c8a6f25cf40fbe33.jpg Hey everyone, The most recent update list appears shorter than the last, yet don't let it's length fool you! It's larger than it appears! Parties - More PvP "No AI" option on Exhibition page so its easier to manage a party of real players Controls - Greatly Improved Reduced player collision size so there is more wiggle room More robust gamepad support Rumble working Lights work on DualShock 4 controllers Using latest Rewired with IL2CPP support Audio - Better Tuned Reduced cheering events and lengths End-of-game win/loss music uses in-game music volume HUD - Fixed Hearts and time remaining properly display on tutorial levels Player arrow displays on tutorial levels Single Player - More Fun Jungle 4-2, 4-3, 5-1, 5-2, 12-2, 13-2, 13-3, 16-2, 16-3, 19-3 improved Pirate s…
- Explosive Update! - Massive THANK YOU! - 18 January 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32267451%2F54391415a1d249503d52f672c8a6f25cf40fbe33.jpg Thank you again for your feedback! We hear you! Bomber Controls - Tighter controls Bomber moves faster at all speeds Bomber rotates faster Bomb Buddies speed - mutators page 114% (was 170%) PaoPaoTang like speed - mutators page 133% (NEW) Super Bomberman R like speed - mutators page 170% (NEW) Friend Invite System - Revamped Click on "Invite Friends" to get a list of your friends, then click on them to send invites Works on players that are playing Blast Zone! Tournament and those that are not currently playing BZT It is now easy to invite multiple friends while in a network party Added button directly on main interface for keyboard & mouse players Find Match - Far less AIs More time is allocated to allow finding real players FFA Wildcard - if there are at least 2 rea…
- Next Update - here's some of what's coming - 14 January 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F32267451%2F4eb7d0ec4f8605fe026ae7d87a5fb00e0dc8708e.jpg Here's the TOP 10 in next update: 1. Revamped in-game friend invites so people in parties can invite friends 2. Tighter Bomber controls 3. Fixing "Starting match... (0)" soft hang 4. "Cannot connect to Blast Zone Servers" will show up less often 5. Longer idle timers 6. AI reduction - a lot less AIs in multiplayer 7. Fixing some music volume issues 8. Can drag scroll bars instead of only using mouse wheel 9. Battle Royale - # of players remaining will be displayed 10. Less filtering on the party lists so you can see full parties And a whole lot more... Also, single player 20-1 has already been made a lot easier. 9-1 no longer has a one-way straight into a soft block.
- THANK YOU! We are 100% committed to making BZT great! - 12 January 2019
Thank you everyone for your feedback. After making the game free, we have had a rapid influx of negative reviews and also some very positive ones. All feedback is being used to help make the game better and better. Our goal is to provide you the best game this genre has ever had; we are listening to you and are working every day to make this game great. We highly appreciate your feedback and continued support! Hope you have a blast! --Blast Zone! Tournament Team
- High load server went down @ 5AM PST - 8 AM PST (Tokyo 10 PM - 1 AM) - WORKING ON FIX - 12 January 2019
Hours ago, when the Blast Zone! Tournament was at its highest concurrent user count ever, the game servers went down and matches couldn't be started. We apologize for the inconvenience this caused many many players. We are working on a fix. We temporarily resolved the issue by increasing some timeout timers and also rebooting the servers. A real solution is being worked on. In the meantime, if you cannot get into a match - let us know IMMEDIATELY. We understand that outages are frustrating and thank you for your continued support.
- Blast Zone! Tournament, a Bomberman-style competitive game, is free to keep on Steam at the moment - 11 January 2019
Blast Zone! Tournament is a Bomberman-style competitive game which, although it does boast a single-player component, makes no secret of its esports aspirations. It's been in Early Access for a while, and the studio Victory Lap Games writes that the stint was designed to help gain feedback "to help us turn Blast Zone! Tournament into the next big esport." Presumably in aid of that goal, Blast Zone! Tournament is currently free-to-keep on Steam. So long as you add the game to your inventory before January 16, you won't have to pay the US$19.99 asking price. Then, on February 28, the game will exit Early Access. The game will boast crossplay with PS4 and Xbox One (though if I understand correctly, not between all three at the same time – PS4 and Xbox don't play nicely, yet). The game supports 32-player multiplayer across a whopping 283 multiplayer maps, while th…
- Blast Zone! Tournament is basically Bomberman and free for keepsies on Steam - 10 January 2019
Blast Zone! Tournament is as close as you can get to Bomberman while still being legally distinct, and Bomberman is always good. Free Bomberman with a big single-player mode, full online and local multiplayer is just grand. Developed by Victory Lap Games, it entered early access last year, and if you grab it by January 16th you get to keep it free forever. From the little bit I’ve played, it’s exactly what it looks like, albeit slightly marred by Xbox 360-era avatar styled characters. Still, you can do much worse for free. The full version launches on February 28th. Grab the game here , and check out a trailer below. (more…)
