- Letter from the Death Carnival team - 24 September 2024
Hey everyone! So what took so long? Sure, we could have released this game in a much rougher state a long time ago, but there's a very specific vision we are trying to achieve. A vision that empowers gamers of all levels to be able to play at the highest level, whether in coop story campaign mode, or in PvP. Even for those that look at fast paced shooters longingly but unable to play at a high level due to its complexity or speed, Death Carnival is designed to empower you to do even crazier combat immediately as a beginner. And to be honest, the MOBA + Shooters combat style we were going for took longer than expected to fine tune, but we made it happen. We wanted controls that allows your character to move and shoot exactly the way you want with as little limitations or movement slowdowns as possible. We wanted to build a core experience from which we can expand infinitely to keep deliv…
- LIVE STREAM - 2 June 2023
Join our live Death Carnival stream this Sat June 3 @2-4pm ET for Team PvP matches, Adv Tricks showcase, group speedrun, Q&A, and Raffle winner draw! And for supporters, reach out to us to participate in the live festivities in the game. See you all this saturday! twitch.tv/deathcarnival
- Event: Matt K Heafy from Trivium Live Recording Death Carnival Theme Song - 8 March 2023
Matt K Heafy from Trivium will be recording our new Death Carnival theme song live tomorrow on his stream. Thursday March 9th, 9am EST. We've been working on our Death Carnival theme song for a while now, and tomorrow you will get to experience the actual recording of it at this event, don't miss it! There will also be a big raffle tomorrow, and the official launch of our Founders Pack. See you there! Stream Link: https://www.twitch.tv/matthewkheafy
- New 2023 Gameplay Trailer for Death Carnival - Including PVP - 8 March 2023
Check out our new 2023 gameplay trailer for Death Carnival, with a sneak preview at our updated PVP combat.
- About Google Stadia's Imminent Shutdown - 29 September 2022
Regarding the latest news about the pending Google Stadia shutdown, we were quite surprised by the news ourselves and sad to hear about it. Since Death Carnival is designed to have full cross-play and cross-progression across all platforms, it was really fun having battles between our PC and Stadia communities. Regarding our current Stadia players, as always, our Steam version will be made available to you, and we will also look at expanding our availability on other game streaming platforms to be accessible to those who prefer a streaming game experience. On the plus side, all of the planned fun audience interactive game features will still be available on all platforms, and our aggressive game performance optimizations will support even lower-end hardware to run Death Carnival well. See you on the other platforms! Sincerely, Herbert Yung Director | Death Carnival https://store.steampo…
- Optimization Series: Part 3 Death Carnival Optimization Technical Deepdive - 3 August 2022
Welcome to part 3 of our Death Carnival optimization series! In part one, we discussed our goal of achieving great frame rates on as many levels of hardware as possible. We then discussed the benchmark results we were able to achieve during the optimization process. This third part will focus on various interesting elements we worked on for optimizations, including improvements to the CPU/GPU, gameplay optimizations, and other changes that our non-dev fans can get excited about. So why are we chasing these optimizations so aggressively? Because every bit of extra performance we find means fewer restrictions on game design going forward. For example, If we can only spawn inr 20 active monsters at any time, then that greatly restricts the kind of crazy battle scenarios we can have in the game. Through our performance tweaks, we have created ways that will allow us to have hundreds of mons…
- Death Carnvival Optimization Series: Part 2 - 9 June 2022
Welcome to part two of the Death Carnival optimization mini-series in which we will share some benchmark comparisons and visual differences during our optimization process for the game. Death Carnival is an upcoming fast-paced arcade shooter with singleplayer, online coop, and competitive PVP. It is built on the Unity engine and is slated to be released later this year. Main Goal: To achieve higher performance and graphical quality at the same time. Primary Test Machines: For part 2 of this blog series, we took fresh screenshots and new benchmark results from 2 machines. The first is a $250 laptop with a Celeron 4020 CPU, Integrated Intel UHD600 GPU, and 4GB of Ram. This machine will basically run solitaire and Microsoft Excel just fine. The second computer uses an AMD 3900X CPU, 2080ti and 64GB of Ram. This computer is tuned for work, so you will see other slower GPUs having higher fra…
- Death Carnvival Optimization Series: Part 1 - 11 May 2022
Optimization Series: Part 1: Optimization Goals Part 2: Before and After Results Part 3: Technical Deep-dive Part 1: Optimization Goals Introduction: Welcome to part 1 of the Death Carnival optimization mini-series in which we will share some of the experiences we had when optimizing for the game. Death Carnival is an upcoming fast-paced arcade shooter with singleplayer, online coop, and competitive PVP. It is built on the Unity engine and is slated to be released later this year. This first post will be focused on our optimization goals, and why we’ve been doing optimizations along the way instead of waiting till the very end of production. Firstly, we wanted to do some level of optimization now, to answer the question of, how well will it run on low-end hardware such as low-budget laptops or even low-mid range mobile phones. We want Death Carnival to be accessible. Both in terms of ea…
- Death Carnival shows off the absolutely insane PvP mode - 16 December 2021
Death Carnival (previously known as BulletRage) is still in progress and a new trailer has just been shown off giving a little look into the PvP mode it will have. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/12/death-carnival-shows-off-the-absolutely-insane-pvp-mode
- Death Carnival to have full cross-platform online play, developer very positive on Linux - 20 April 2021
Death Carnival, originally called BulletRage, is an upcoming fast-paced top-down shooter with extreme weapons & online multiplayer mayhem. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/04/death-carnival-to-have-full-cross-platform-online-play-developer-very-positive-on-linux
- Death Carnival Mini-game Live on Discord! - 15 April 2021
Welcome to the Death Carnival Discord Arena! We’ve prepared a mini-game with monster hunting and PvP elements in our Discord server! Win battles to get XP, to level up, and defeat higher-level bosses to collect cool loot. Join the mayhem in the #dc-minigame channel through this link: https://discord.gg/dc We hope to see you all there!
- A Glimpse of the Deadly Gameshow: New Death Carnival Trailer - 21 September 2020
Now recruiting contestants for our new deadly gameshow, Death Carnival! Whether you're looking for Love, Fame, or Fortune, if you survive, you will get any wish you desire. Here's a glimpse at one of our contestants. We worked on this cinematic trailer to show what it is like from a character's perspective, fighting for dear life while surrounded by deadly monsters and never giving up! Enjoy and let us know what you think.
- Death Carnival is Coming to Stadia! - 21 September 2020
Attention, Participants of the Death Carnival! We are excited to announce that Death Carnival will be released on Google Stadia! We look forward to players being able to enjoy Death Carnival soon on Stadia! You can find the announcement by clicking here. Make sure to wishlist the game to be the first notified when we launch!
- Introducing the Hatcher! - 12 September 2020
Attention participants of the Death Carnival! The Hatcher has been released! Hatcher, also called Mean Mama by her victims, isn't equipped with lasers, missiles, or blades. She isn't particularly strong or agile either. But she does lay hundreds of eggs every day that, when exposed to oxygen, become an explosive biochemical bomb delivery system. Watch your step! (Click on image for 4K!) https://i.imgur.com/Gy17acd.jpg
- Introducing The Magma Launcher - 8 August 2020
Check out the latest in magma destruction technology. https://i.imgur.com/impojlb.gif By harnessing the unique properties of graviton accelerated magma deep below the Earth, the overwhelming power of the planet is now available in portable form only in Death Carnival.
- Meet Fifi, the Mechanical Summoner! - 5 August 2020
Meet Fifi, From the high-rises to the Under Slums, all the junk in Haven City trickles down. Beneath the streets it gathers, salvaged and recycled by junkers who sell it back to the city above. But one day, an unmarked capsule found its way down to the scrap heaps, and inside slept a child, wrapped in a bushy red tail. The junkers raised the girl as their own, with the scrap heaps of the Under Slums serving as her school, home, and playground. Having no friends her age, Fifi learned to construct mechanized animals modeled after images she found in discarded old picture books. One day, she came upon a pile of old pamphlets for Death Carnival and read about the promise of a wish. The thought of facing all those dangers alone was terrifying, but with a few adjustments, Fifi could bring her friends along to help, and by the end, they would all be as real as her. https://i.imgur.com/bEF6jKe.…
- Introducing the Napalm Launching Scorcher! - 1 August 2020
Introducing the Scorcher! Scorchers are firm believers in the theory that everything burns, but they still want to test this theory whenever they encounter something new. With twin napalm cannons mounted on mechanical arms, Scorchers haven’t been let down in a single one of their experiments. They are curious to know, how much will you take to burn? https://i.imgur.com/9fbcNWb.gif
- Introducing the Shredinator! - 29 July 2020
Introducing the Shredinator! It is said that the enormous brains piloting the Shredinator mechs are supremely intelligent. However, all attempts to communicate with them end up in a conversation about shredding, followed by a personal demonstration. https://i.imgur.com/48Dp14X.gif
- Character Reveal and Map Intro: Harold & The Underslums - 24 July 2020
Character Reveal Everyone, Meet Harold. https://i.imgur.com/3Qkm8DU.gif Created as part of an experiment to produce super soldiers, Harold is what happened when the technology was safety tested on animals. The result was the mind of a grizzled veteran of war trapped in the body of a Pekin duck. Having destroyed the laboratory and all its research in his daring escape, Harold is now a fugitive from those that want to dissect his brain for its precious secrets. He flees to the one place on Earth that is immune to government intervention, The Death Carnival, where his tactical experience and combat expertise just might earn him his freedom. Map Introduction Under the Death Carnival arena lies "The Underslums". https://i.imgur.com/5UV3QNp.gif In these parts, overcrowding, pollution, crime, and recycled food are daily realities for its inhabitants. There are those who enter the Death Carniva…
- K168 Patch - Post Season and Low end optimizations - 31 January 2020
K168 removes the Christmas season graphics and powerups, and adds texture optimizations for the lowest graphics quality setting in-game.
