- Work still in progress - New browser-based buzzers & more - 2 June 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F30740462%2F9f6bfc221c9a0776ad5bc55e8451ab7f4a63bf85.jpg Hello everyone! While we haven't been very good with communication lately please be assured that we are still working on the game. There are some major changes in store that simply take a lot of time for our small team. But good things are waiting for the patient! In the meantime we just published a few improvements for the current version of the game. New Browser-based Buzzer When you open a new game now you will notice that there is a new text above the lobby's QR code reading something like "buzzer.link/some-text". This is a link you can open in any web browser (on your phone, tablet or PC) to join the game. The text after the slash ("/") is a randomly generated lobby code. This way people who spontaneously want to join the quiz can do that immediately and do not h…
- Preview: Next Version of Askutron and Movie Quiz DLC - 25 December 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F30740462%2F145590cfcc148147bbcf1c157c4e430633c182cf.jpg While news have been slow, the work on the next version of Askutron Quiz Show is still very much in progress. The goal is to leave Early Access before the end of 2019. A new version will be ready for testing soon and new features will be rolled out on a continuous basis. What to Expect One of our goals for the new version of Askutron was to improve the graphics, finally giving the game the appropriate TV studio set it deserves. But we also made changes to the core gameplay and eliminated many bugs based on the feedback of our valued Early Access players. Here is a list with just some of the most important changes you can expect in the new version. Many of which will already be included in the upcoming test version, while others will only arrive later next year. comple…
- Askutron v0.5.2 - Bugfixes, and Work in Progress - 1 December 2018
Good morning everyone! While updates have been scarce over the last months we are still working on the game. In fact there are a lot of improvements coming to graphics and gameplay. Our goal was to have all of that done by Christmas this year. We're trying hard to make it happen in time. In the meantime we just released a small but important bugfix release that was long overdue. Sorry to all the players who experienced problems! Askutron v0.5.2 - Patch Notes Fixed: Finale was skipped for some players after the first game played in a session Fixed: Some players saw repeating questions because the "already seen questions" weren't properly saved Fixed: In certain configurations the mode "Viewpoints" always lead to the finale, even if more play time had been configured Fixed: "It Is Known" achievement didn't unlock by playing "A Quiz of Ice and Fire" from the Workshop
- Introducing "Quizatars" for Asynchronous Online Play and More Questions - 31 March 2018
Happy Easter everyone! Here's what today's patch brings. Quizatars a.k.a. Ghost Mode With today's patch we've added what we call "Quizatars" to the game, which allows playing online against other people even when they are not online at the same time. This works by tracking the answers of all players on our servers. For every Askutron player there is an online "Quizatar" (quiz avatar) that behaves just like them. When it encounters questions the player has already played, it will answer exactly like them. For new questions the player's category-specific accuracy is used to determine the answer. When you select the Online mode, these Quizatars will automatically join and fill up the game if there are not enough actual players online at the same time. Can beat the other players in the Askutron community? Find out! More Opinion Questions We've added more than 150 new opinion questions to te…
- Introducing "Quizatars" for Asynchronous Online Play and More Questions - 31 March 2018
Happy Easter everyone! Here's what today's patch brings. Quizatars a.k.a. Ghost Mode With today's patch we've added what we call "Quizatars" to the game, which allows playing online against other people even when they are not online at the same time. This works by tracking the answers of all players on our servers. For every Askutron player there is an online "Quizatar" (quiz avatar) that behaves just like them. When it encounters questions the player has already played, it will answer exactly like them. For new questions the player's category-specific accuracy is used to determine the answer. When you select the Online mode, these Quizatars will automatically join and fill up the game if there are not enough actual players online at the same time. Can beat the other players in the Askutron community? Find out! More Opinion Questions We've added more than 150 new opinion questions to te…
- Upcoming update and survey about new content languages - 28 March 2018
While it has been a bit quiet on our end in the last few weeks we can assure you work on Askutron Quiz Show continues. The next update is planned for Saturday, March 31st 2018. It will include bugfixes, more questions and the new "ghost mode", that allows playing against other players online even when they are not online at the same time. More details about this new mode will be found in the release notes. Additionally we are planning on adding new official question packs for languages other than English and German. If you use Twitter, please feel free to give your vote in our small survey: https://twitter.com/askutron/status/979039582351224832 Currently we're thinking about Russian, Chinese, Arabic or Spanish. Please let us know what you think!
- Upcoming update and survey about new content languages - 28 March 2018
While it has been a bit quiet on our end in the last few weeks we can assure you work on Askutron Quiz Show continues. The next update is planned for Saturday, March 31st 2018. It will include bugfixes, more questions and the new "ghost mode", that allows playing against other players online even when they are not online at the same time. More details about this new mode will be found in the release notes. Additionally we are planning on adding new official question packs for languages other than English and German. If you use Twitter, please feel free to give your vote in our small survey: https://twitter.com/askutron/status/979039582351224832 Currently we're thinking about Russian, Chinese, Arabic or Spanish. Please let us know what you think!
- Happy new year - Patch Notes Jan 3, 2018 - 3 January 2018
Happy new year everyone! We hope you had a relaxing christmas and a good start into 2018. In our first update this year we fixed a couple of bugs. Bugfixes Mobile controller connection issues Mobile controllers had trouble connecting to the Askutron relay which is why they only worked when in the same wifi network as the computer hosting the game. This is fixed now, so you don't have to be in the same wifi. For instance it's enough for you phone to have internet access via 3G. Exclamation mark! We had a bug in the host's voice where it would read out punctuation in sentences such as: "Wrong again !" Here it would read "Wrong again Markus, exclamation mark". This does not happen anymore. Repeat questions Some players were rightfully complaining about repeat questions. This should not happen seeing as we have several thousand questions. The reason it did happen was our question selection…
- Happy new year - Patch Notes Jan 3, 2018 - 3 January 2018
Happy new year everyone! We hope you had a relaxing christmas and a good start into 2018. In our first update this year we fixed a couple of bugs. Bugfixes Mobile controller connection issues Mobile controllers had trouble connecting to the Askutron relay which is why they only worked when in the same wifi network as the computer hosting the game. This is fixed now, so you don't have to be in the same wifi. For instance it's enough for you phone to have internet access via 3G. Exclamation mark! We had a bug in the host's voice where it would read out punctuation in sentences such as: "Wrong again !" Here it would read "Wrong again Markus, exclamation mark". This does not happen anymore. Repeat questions Some players were rightfully complaining about repeat questions. This should not happen seeing as we have several thousand questions. The reason it did happen was our question selection…
- New Characters and Buzzers, and more - 21 December 2017
Unlockable Characters With the latest version of the game we added two new characters and 9 new buzzer sounds to the game! However, these won't be available from the start. Instead they have to be unlocked using "Stars" you gain for completing quiz rounds. The total number of stars earned is displayed below your character's name during the lobby phase. Characters and buzzers have to be unlocked for each player profile individually. Locked items are displayed with their "Star cost" like in the following image: The mobile buzzer app has not been updated with the new characters and buzzers as of now, but will be in the following days. Changed Answer Button Layout Thanks to the feedback of user 'MASHED POTATOES' we changed the layout of the answer buttons to make them more intuitive. They are now aligned analogously to their actual positions on the gamepads. Work in Progress There's much mo…
- New Characters and Buzzers, and more - 21 December 2017
Unlockable Characters With the latest version of the game we added two new characters and 9 new buzzer sounds to the game! However, these won't be available from the start. Instead they have to be unlocked using "Stars" you gain for completing quiz rounds. The total number of stars earned is displayed below your character's name during the lobby phase. Characters and buzzers have to be unlocked for each player profile individually. Locked items are displayed with their "Star cost" like in the following image: The mobile buzzer app has not been updated with the new characters and buzzers as of now, but will be in the following days. Changed Answer Button Layout Thanks to the feedback of user 'MASHED POTATOES' we changed the layout of the answer buttons to make them more intuitive. They are now aligned analogously to their actual positions on the gamepads. Work in Progress There's much mo…
- Improved Quiz Editor und Tons of Bugfixes - Patch Notes Dec 3, 2017 - 3 December 2017
This week we fixed tons of bugs in the game and the editor. Thanks to everyone who reported their problems! Improved Quiz Editor The new editor UI makes it much easier to quickly enter questions and makes much better use of screen real estate so that you can see the maximum number of questions. Upcoming We are still working on new, unlockable characters and buzzer sounds, the 3D studio environment and a few more exciting things that we hope to be able to finish before Christmas so that you can enjoy them with your family!
- Improved Quiz Editor und Tons of Bugfixes - Patch Notes Dec 3, 2017 - 3 December 2017
This week we fixed tons of bugs in the game and the editor. Thanks to everyone who reported their problems! Improved Quiz Editor The new editor UI makes it much easier to quickly enter questions and makes much better use of screen real estate so that you can see the maximum number of questions. Upcoming We are still working on new, unlockable characters and buzzer sounds, the 3D studio environment and a few more exciting things that we hope to be able to finish before Christmas so that you can enjoy them with your family!
- Stats & Ranks, Popular Quizzes, Reworked Finale, Stars, New Characters... - Patch Notes Nov 24, 2017 - 24 November 2017
This week we have quite a few exciting improvements to the game! Statistics and Ranks With this patch we're introducing basic player statistics along with global ranking! Stats and ranks are only recorded for plays starting with this version, so it will take some time for all players to be ranked. The stats for your main profile (which is named liked your Steam user account) are now displayed right in the main menu. Ranks are updated after every game. Popular Player Quizzes To make it easier for you to discover Workshop quizzes created by other players we added a small list of currently popular player quizzes to the main menu (see screenshot above). Clicking on the title will open the Quiz's workshop page if you want to see details. The stars (between 1 and 5) show ratings by other players. To make it even easier, we added a download button that immediately subscribes, downloads and ins…
- Stats & Ranks, Popular Quizzes, Reworked Finale, Stars, New Characters... - Patch Notes Nov 24, 2017 - 24 November 2017
This week we have quite a few exciting improvements to the game! Statistics and Ranks With this patch we're introducing basic player statistics along with global ranking! Stats and ranks are only recorded for plays starting with this version, so it will take some time for all players to be ranked. The stats for your main profile (which is named liked your Steam user account) are now displayed right in the main menu. Ranks are updated after every game. Popular Player Quizzes To make it easier for you to discover Workshop quizzes created by other players we added a small list of currently popular player quizzes to the main menu (see screenshot above). Clicking on the title will open the Quiz's workshop page if you want to see details. The stars (between 1 and 5) show ratings by other players. To make it even easier, we added a download button that immediately subscribes, downloads and ins…
- Online Mode Fixes, Question Selection, Master Volume - Patch Notes Nov 17, 2017 - 17 November 2017
This patch contains a few bugfixes and improvements. Here are the most important bits: Online Mode Fixes Until now the online mode had some serious bugs, which mostly have been fixed now! From a technical point of view the online should just work now! We're still working on how to better present and perform the match making. Currently you can select all the same settings as in single-player mode including the quiz to play, and once you're matched with someone the host's settings will be applied. Ideally in the future you will be only matched with players that have the same / similar settings. Though as the number of players right now is quite low, we figured this way would be better fow now. Of course you can also still simply open your online game with a private lobby and simply invite friends to join via Steam. There is one outstanding issue with the online mode which is image questio…
- Online Mode Fixes, Question Selection, Master Volume - Patch Notes Nov 17, 2017 - 17 November 2017
This patch contains a few bugfixes and improvements. Here are the most important bits: Online Mode Fixes Until now the online mode had some serious bugs, which mostly have been fixed now! From a technical point of view the online should just work now! We're still working on how to better present and perform the match making. Currently you can select all the same settings as in single-player mode including the quiz to play, and once you're matched with someone the host's settings will be applied. Ideally in the future you will be only matched with players that have the same / similar settings. Though as the number of players right now is quite low, we figured this way would be better fow now. Of course you can also still simply open your online game with a private lobby and simply invite friends to join via Steam. There is one outstanding issue with the online mode which is image questio…
- Added support for "Buzz!" controllers (Windows/Mac) - 15 November 2017
Remember these? If you played the awesome "Buzz!" games on Playstation 2 and 3 you probably still have some of these buzzers lying around. Well, now you can get them out of the basement again, because we just added support for them in Askutron Quiz Show! For more details, check out the user guide: Playing Askutron with Playstation "BUZZ!" controllers (Windows/Mac)
- Added support for "Buzz!" controllers (Windows/Mac) - 15 November 2017
Remember these? If you played the awesome "Buzz!" games on Playstation 2 and 3 you probably still have some of these buzzers lying around. Well, now you can get them out of the basement again, because we just added support for them in Askutron Quiz Show! For more details, check out the user guide: Playing Askutron with Playstation "BUZZ!" controllers (Windows/Mac)
- On Question Difficulty, Categories and Bugs - 12 November 2017
Good afternoon! As the game was just released 2 hours ago I'd like to point out a few things about the current questions and possible bugs. During Early Access we're still actively developing the game and plainly some things are not finished yet. One of the things we're still working on is the categorization of questions according to difficulty and topic. Difficulty You may have noticed that there is no difficulty selection in the game yet. The difficulty of questions is highly subjective and while we lack the data of how players handle the different questions the difficulty may be all over the place. As more and more players play the game we record how many people correctly answer each question and will be able to improve the difficulty ratings over time. Once we have accumulated enough data to statistically determine the difficulty of most questions we will add the difficulty selectio…
