- MisBits Game Closure Announcement - 12 August 2020
Greetings Bit Heads, With a super heavy heart we are announcing that at ~5pm PST on Friday, August 14, MisBits will no longer be available on the Steam store page and the servers will come down indefinitely. We want to thank everyone enormously who showed up to play and who has supported MisBits at any time from our early beta testing days through to now. Should you wish to request a refund for any recent in-app purchases, please visit: https://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds/ We appreciate this news might come as a shock so if you want to know more, here’s the deal ... It’s been a rollercoaster journey punctuated with some exhilarating highs like our PAX East 2020 tour and our live DJ set in-game that we are so grateful to have experienced with you all. Unfortunately, there've been some lows to deal with too. The bottom line is game development and service is super challenging and…
- Olymbits: Weekend Login Event 7/10 - 7/12 - 10 July 2020
Objectives: Login this weekend to claim your Judo Frizzly bear skin, and also receive the new Minos Head. Event Times Starts - Fri, July 10th Ends - Sunday, July 12th @ 11:59 PM PDT | Monday, July 13th 8:59AM CET How It’ll Work We’ll be sending everyone a new Judo Frizzly bear skin to help celebrate the 2020 Summer Olympic games! If players login anytime this weekend to claim their new Judo Frizzly, they’ll also be eligible for the new Minos Head! **Minos head will be sent after the weekend*** Rewards: Initial Login Reward: Judo Frizzly Bear ADDITIONAL REWARD: Minos Head * Additional Rewards to be sent the following week* Thanks, -MisBits Team-
- OlymBits: Training Trials Weekend Event (Stream) - 26 June 2020
Happy Friday, BitHeads! Hope you all have been enjoying the summer heat because our weekend event is going to turn up the dial even more! Are you ready to get your blood pumping and your chicken legs moving? We are officially announcing the 2020 Summer OlymBits. Later this summer, because we’ll be missing out on the real life international sports festival, the dev team is here to provide a MisBits sports experience to fill in that hole in your heart. So this weekend, we will be preparing for this glorious event by hosting the OlymBits Training Trials. Head into game with us and train through 3 sporting events that you will see later this year. We plan to get down and dirty for maximum gains! If you participate and help us train, you’ll have the chance of earning an exclusive in-game skin. Just join any of the games that DeepVJoe will be hosting over the weekend of June 27th – June 28th.…
- MisBits v0.10 Update Notes - 25 June 2020
MisBits v0.10 Update Notes New Additions A Post-Match Ceremony has been added to recognize top performers, as well as award extra XP for each Badge earned during the match! Nameplate Banners have arrived. Click on your nameplate at the top right of the Main Menu to change the Banner color and style. Earn XP during Quickplay matches and level up to unlock new Banners! ToyBox Additions Also included in Toybox Builder is the ability to spawn the Artemis spaceship body. The sky is the limit for new possible game types! The Toybox Builder now includes Checkpoints for marking progress through maps - especially useful in tough obstacle course-styled games! Simply activate/ deactivate spawn points using triggers. New ToyBox Games: Marathon: Race to 100 points in this multi-map marathon! Unlock points and checkpoints with VooDoom. The Final Climbing Wall can be repeated at the Sphinx if you miss…
- Summer Solstice Weekend Event 06/20 - 06/21 - 20 June 2020
Greetings BitHeads, What plans do you have for the start of Summer? Well, we know MisBits is always part of the equation. This weekend, complete your Daily Challenges in MisBits on both Saturday and Sunday and you’ll add another Summer skin to your Inventory, Quadropus! Objectives: Players must complete their Daily Challenges for Saturday and Sunday. Event Times Starts – Saturday, June 20th @ 12:00 AM PDT | 9:00AM CET Ends – Sunday, June 21st @ 11:59 PM PDT | Monday, June 22nd 8:59AM CET Rewards: Quadropus Arachnoid skin Challenge accepted? We think yes. Good luck, BitHead! -MisBits Team-
- Weekend Summer Challenge 06/13 - 06/14 - 12 June 2020
This weekend we’re gearing up for the start of Summer by giving you a chance to earn the sharkiest member of the MisBits family, Rippa! With his kind heart, Rippa is truly a fish-out-of-water, but any foe should stay away from his sharp teeth. Now, earning Rippa is quite simple — Just play 3 ToyBox Games over the course of this weekend (June 13th & 14th). You can play any 3 games you wish. Battle it out on your favorite maps or try something new! Objectives: Players login and play 3 ToyBox Games during the weekend event times. Event Times: Starts – Saturday, June 13th @ 12:00 AM PDT | 9:00AM CET Ends – Sunday, June 14th @ 11:59 PM PDT | Monday, June 15th 8:59AM CET Rewards: Rippa head **Rewards will be sent out no later than Friday, June 19th.*** Good luck and rip your competition to shreds! The MisBits Team
- MisBits v0.9 Update Notes - 11 June 2020
New Playhouse Lobby Play House Lobby now has the Explore option. You can queue for a Quickplay match, and then "Explore" to adventure with the other players in the Playhouse! Follow helpful tips to discover how the different bodies work, if you find one that's new to you. New Season Season 2 is underway, and will end on Sun Jul 5 at midnight PDT. Match up and hit the leaderboards for some amazing prizes! The best of the best at the end of season 2, will receive the new Spider Egg skin! New ToyBox Categories The Toybox Games menu is changing! In the drop down tab of the Featured section, there is now a Subscribed section. Check out the Workshop and see new creations, as well as some older favorites that might have dropped out of the Featured section. Uploading Maps Map Creators: The MisBits Steam Workshop is now open! Never before has uploading a MisBits map been easier! Map Players: Eas…
- Dip, Dive and Dodge Map Playthroughs - 29 May 2020
Dip, Dive, and Dodge Map Playthroughs Objectives: Players will head into the game to play the Developer Choice winner map, Dip Dive and Dodge, created by Bobasaurus1998, in ToyBox Games. Event Times Starts - Saturday, May 30th @ 12:00 AM PDT | 9:00AM CET Ends - Sunday, May 31st @ 11:59 PM PDT | Monday, June 1st 8:59AM CET How It’ll Work Log into the game during the weekend of May 30th - May 31st and play the new Developer Choice map: Dip, Dive and Dodge. THAT'S IT! The map will be located in game, via ToyBox Arcade Games. Rewards The Herman Head makes his triumphant return! **Rewards will be delivered after the event**
- MisBits v0.8 Patch Notes - 29 May 2020
Dip, Dive and Dodge is now featured in ToyBox Games, the grand-prize winning map from last week's ToyBox Contest! Map By: bobasaurus1998 Shanghai Spiders is a deadly game of hide & seek, now featured in ToyBox Games. Giant Robots vs Tiny Spiders... wait, WHAT?! Team Spider must evade Team Grabatron while skittering around the river town to tag colorful point triggers. Bodies An issue has been fixed where certain Bodies could disconnect a player if mounted. Progressive Challenges Progressive Challenges can now be viewed from the Main Menu with the "!" icon. Leaderboards Clicking “Find Me” in the leaderboards no longer resets the displayed Leaderboard to Kickbrawl Tier 1. ToyBox Fixed an issue where copying an asset in a ToyBox map could cause problems if the player had previously copied that asset in a previous session Fixed an issue in ToyBox where copying mirror assets sometimes caused…
- PLAYHAUS: LIVE DJ SET AND MUSIC STREAM EVENT! - 23 May 2020
It’s our first MisBits musical event, PLAYHAUS! We’re putting on a special MisBits Live Stream on Saturday, May 23rd from 6pm – 9pm PDT emceed by your infamous host, DeepVJoe! Due to popular demand, MisBits soundtrack is coming to Steam and for this weekend only, you can get an advance copy for free in our live DJ and in-game stream event, PLAYHAUS! The MisBits soundtrack will go on sale before the end of May 2020. Hop on the newly added dance floor club in Play House mode and tune into PlayMisBits’ livestream to experience the celebrated MisBits soundtrack through a live DJ set by 3BLACKDOT’s MS-DOS and event filled stream hosted by MC DeepVJoe. Join a congo line, check out a showcase of the ToyBox contest maps, and win some giveaways of in-game items, soundtrack download codes and more! Doors open at 6pm on Saturday, May 23rd. Take this as your invite-only invitation. Put your in-game…
- MisBits v0.7.4 Patch Notes - 22 May 2020
Toybox Contest The Top 10 entries from our Toybox Contest have been included in Toybox Games (formerly known as Arcade.) In no particular order, they are numbered 1 through 10 on the list - try them all and vote for your favorites! You can view all maps here: Top 10 Submissions Tutorial The Tutorial has been revised to provide a better experience, and a chance to test out multiple Bodies. Toybox Games (formerly Arcade Games) Arcade Games have now been named: ToyBox Games Arcade maps Training Field and 1v1 No Dash Arena no longer include a redundant Kickbrawl ball. Toy Hunters Toy Hunter matches that reach overtime (sudden death) will no longer spawn an extra Special Toy. Toybox Players should no longer experience crashing while managing profiles in Toybox. Certain toys are (temporarily) not selectable as a Special Toy in Toybox Toy Hunter maps. Challenges Challenges can be progressed an…
- ToyBox Contest: Phase 2 - 21 May 2020
Congrats to our top 10 finalist for the Toybox Contest! Maps will be uploaded into MisBits this weekend for you to play, and vote on. The top 3 community choice winners will be based on how many 👍 upvotes (both in game and steamworks) you get, as well as how many times a map is played. The #1 Developer Choice map will be announced next week, so you still have a shot to win! Check out all of the great maps: Labyrinthia - by @Gareythebear Round And Round - by TheGeekRanger The Tower - by @ThatClownFranki Brosket Ball - by @BrrrrIce1 Quack Goes The Bubble - by elisheva94 SW-Lava-Brawl - by @Phoenix_PRG Pachinko_Wars - by @UnshvnCaucasian Asylum Capture The Flag - by @Kazllab Wild West Showdown - by theyes.100 BALLPIT - by @_snil_ All Winners will be emailed shortly with more information regarding Phase 2! Thanks again to all participants, and best of luck! -MisBits Team-
- Dev Bounty Toy-Hunter Event - 16 May 2020
Dev Bounty Toy-Hunter Objectives: During the event times, players will queue up for Quick Play matches. At the same time, some of the MisBits developers will also queue up. If players get into a Toy Hunters match with one of the below mentioned devs, they will receive the exclusive, Yarnasarous Rewards: A Legendary Yarnasarous Skin for the T-R.E.X body. Event Times Saturday, May 16th @ 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM PDT | 8:00PM - 10:00PM CET Sunday, May 17th @ 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM PDT | 8:00PM - 10:00PM CET How It’ll Work To help celebrate the launch of the newest gamemode Toy Hunter, devs will be heading into game for two hours both on Sat/Sun. Players must successfully match up with one of the participating devs in a Toy Hunter game. Below are a list of participating Devs: DeepVJoe 3BD_Nikki Wigglemortis 3BDAnton Frosted Sprinkles TBaggins Boie Hawk HenRico Batz Special Community Event Stream http…
- MisBits v0.7.3 Patch Notes - 14 May 2020
New Game Mode: Toy Hunters Introducing Toy Hunter & Team Toy Hunter game modes! Earn major points for finding and keeping control of a Special Toy. Meanwhile, opponents close in from all angles as they hunt you down. Shake a leg! - Rack Up points attaching to the special toy. - The longer you stay attached, the more points you accure. - Work together to hunt down the player who is attached to the special toy. - Continue to hunt, attach, and destroy the special toy. New Arcade Map Hungry Whale Hop makes its debut in the Arcade, taking a slot left open by last week's promotion of Sniper Arena to Quickplay. Dash around this giant board game to grab points before the whales grab YOU! When you play Arcade games, we'll be secretly doing some math... The more you play your favorites, the better their chance of graduating to Quickplay. Check them all out to make sure you don't miss some classic…
- [Community Event] Dias de los Pollos 05/09 - 05/10 - 9 May 2020
Event: Dias de los Pollos Objectives: The Cluckalaka chickens have started a revolution! For too long, the the mighty Cluckalucka’s have been used, sacrificed, and detonated only for the profit of the player….now the Clucks have returned, and are seeking vengeance on the Bit Heads! Over course of the weekend, players must sacrifice chickens to the mighty Cluckalaka Overlord, and you'll unlock a brand new skin, Cluckalaka Bones! Event Times Saturday, May 9th @ 12:00 AM | 9:00 AM CET Sunday, May 10th @ 11:59 PM | Monday, May 11th 6:00 AM CET How Itll Work Players will work with their fellow Bit Heads to collectively destroy 5,000 Cluckalakas via Quickplay over the course of the weekend. You must destroy chicken bodies that have players attached to them. The following are examples of what will not count towards the event: Chickens destroyed by self detonating will not register. Destroying…
- MisBits v0.7.2 Patch Notes - 8 May 2020
Introducing Progressive Challenges, which provide BIG rewards as you complete more and more Daily Challenges. Wow, is that a Unicorn?! And now, for something completely different... Sniper Arena makes its debut in Quickplay. Arcade games that see plenty of action may get a shot to move into this type of spotlight! And to think that it all started as an idea built with ToyBox... KickBrawl "Own goals" in Kickbrawl will no longer advance goal-scoring challenges. Challenges "Welcome to MisBits" Challenge can now be completed 100%, allowing a reward to be claimed. Monthly challenges should now update properly. Party Invite Accepting Steam party invites should add those players to a party in-game
- MisBits ToyBox Contest - 2 May 2020
MISBITS TOYBOX CONTEST Enter the MisBits ToyBox contest to create our next map! Design a winning entry, and you will be rewarded with a share of a cash prize pool of $3,000+, along with recognition and promotion of your map to thousands of players around the world. Become MisBits famous! HOW TO ENTER: Using ToyBox mode, build your map with your rules. You can make any game mode – single or multiplayer. Arcade mode is full of maps created in ToyBox if you want some inspiration. All maps will be judged based on the following criteria: Creativity - 40% Fun factor - 30% Development quality - 30% Your map must be original and not a modified version of an existing map. It can be made by just you or you can collaborate and share the glory with up to 7 other players Save off your game file and come back here to submit your map as part of the entry form. Submissions open on Wednesday, May 6 at 1…
- MisBits V0.7.1 Update Notes - 30 April 2020
New Additions Change Teams Players will now have the ability to swap teams in Arcade Games. Ignore/Mute Player Players will now have the ability to mute other players via in game. Clicking the mute icon will no longer show the muted players chat. New Arcade Map Pirates: Yarrrrg Voodoo Ascension:The Voodoo Ascension has returned to the Arcade after a brief time away for construction! Enjoy! Bug Fixes/Updates Air Hockey Toy bodies no longer randomly appear as invisible. Resolved an issue where player tags were not properly showing in game. Valley of the Chins Grenades found in the hallways of Valley of the Chins now delay before respawning Arcade Games Improved Arcade UI makes it easier to find games outside of Quickplay. Arachnoid Laying a mine and detaching immediately after will no longer destroy you and count towards your score. Misc Fixed an issue where players could make their Head…
- Leaderboard Brawl Out Event 04/25 - 04/26 - 25 April 2020
Leaderboard Brawl Out Objectives: Players will compete in Quick Play on Spaceship for the top 10 spots on 9 different leaderboards. At the end of the event time, whoever places in the top 10, will be rewarded! Event Times START: Saturday, April 25th @ 12:00 AM PDT | 9:00 AM CET END: Sunday, April 26th @ 9:00 PM PDT | Monday, April 27th @ 6:00 AM CET How It’ll Work With leaderboards now implemented, players will play to achieve the top 10 spots on Spaceship leaderboards, between Saturday and Sunday! At the end of the event time, the leaderboards will be screenshotted, and winners will be announced. Rewards: (Rewards to be distributed no later than May 1st) GOLD: This is for the top of the top of all players. Rank #1 on any of the Tier 3 SPACESHIP Leaderboards and you will earn the Herman head AND an extra 5,000 MegaBits. Only 3 players will be able to achieve this glorious feat! SILVER:…
- MisBits Update v0.6.3. - 24 April 2020
New Feature: Leaderboards Introducing Leaderboards - bring some fame to your game! Your greatest feats are now displayed for all players to see. Bring your friends and help one another climb to the top. Don't forget to keep an eye out for related contests and giveaways!! New Arcade Games Snipetron Sprint: Who is quicker: Runners or Snipers? Running team scores 2 points at the Halfway Gate and 4 at the End Gate. Sniper team gains 1 point for each opponent destroyed. Gambit Run - Version 2: Use available Bodies to trigger each checkpoint block, as you race through this deadly obstacle course! Bug Fixes Toybox: Custom Kickbrawl maps built in Toybox will now end properly when its score limit is reached. Sudden Death Sudden Death now has a Victory screen when the match has ended. Voodoom Players will no longer appear as out of the world, shortly after changing back to normal from a Frog-hex.…
