Slapshot: Rebound News

[h2]Welcome to Season 2[/h2]
Season 1 has come to a close and its rewards have been distributed. For Season 2, we have taken a new approach to the soft reset to provide a fresh but balanced start to the season. We've also introduced a new section in the Player -> Career tab that shows your current season's highest rank.

[h2]Season 2 Pass[/h2]
Check out 30 tiers of new goodies in the new pass! You can earn some of them for free and opt to purchase the pro track to get them all. The old passes have not expired, you can use the dropdown under the season name to switch between which pass is active at any time.

[h2]Halloween 👻[/h2]
The locker room has been overrun with the dead!

[h2]Other changes[/h2]
- Added a new 'highest rating' section to the Career tab so you always know which rewards you qualify for at the end of the season
- After a bot match, you'll now have the option to press 'Rematch' to quickly restart the bot match
- You can now limit the amount of people on a team in custom matches. Want an open lobby but keep the matches 3v3? That's possible now!
- Your ratings have soft reset for the new season
- Season 1 rewards have been distributed (helmets and titles)
- Fixed several issues with clipping cosmetics
- Added a new 'light' variant to the Durag
- Added controller navigation to custom lobbies
- Added a button in appearance to randomize your outfit with all your available items
- Improved performance in the UI and in-game

GLHF!
- The Oddshot Games team

[h2]NEW[/h2]
- Reworked the in-game shop to be more in line with the amount of cosmetics we have nowadays
- Added a new 'Basics' section to the shop. A bunch of items that are always available to help you complete your outfits
- Added creator codes to the shop
- The seasons are changing, and so is the locker room!
- Added more options to the period time selection
- Added the JSA, a beginner friendly Slapshot organization in North America, to the esports tab

[h2]Changes[/h2]
- Made the + and - buttons in the season pass UI bigger to avoid misclicks
- Leaving a custom lobby now brings you to the lobby list, not the main menu

[h2]Fixes[/h2]
- Removed the empty tooltip when hovering over completed challenges
- Disabled the in-world ad placements from playing animated ads to avoid distractions during gameplay, this was on oversight on our end
- Improved recovery handling of the Slapshot Services in case of hardware failure

[h2]Cosmetics[/h2]
- Added October Patreon items: Halloween Bottle Stick, Gravestone Stick, Slime Body Jersey, Eyes Popped Glasses, Ghost Cage Jersey
- Fixed the highlight of the egg puck
- Fixed a small geometry gap in the emo hairstyle

[h2]Get ready for Season 2[/h2]
Season 2 is launching on October 22nd! Try to get the highest rank you can by then to lock in your rewards.

Slapshot Rebound Season 2 starts on October 22nd with a new ranked season and season pass.

[h2]Rewards[/h2]
A season starting means another season is ending, which in turn means it's time for the season rewards! You'll receive the rewards for the highest rank you have achieved during Season 1. You only need to achieve the rank once to qualify. If you haven't reached your desired rank yet, don't worry! You have until the launch of the new season on October 22nd to place for your rewards. This season's rewards: Helmets! Show off the rank's colors and emblem right on top of your head!



[h2]Ranked Season[/h2]
With the launch of the new season, your rank will get a soft reset so you get to play your placement matches to find out your new rank. We're taking a different approach to the soft reset than last season's reset to have your new placement better reflect your rank.

[h2]Season Pass[/h2]
Slapshot's season passes are the best bang for your buck when it comes to putting together a roster of outfits and this season is no different! There will be 30 tiers of goodies in the Season 2 pass with 7 of the tiers having a completely free item on top of the normal pro rewards. This pass has less tiers than previous ones but will cost less to reflect this change. Season passes never expire so don't worry about rushing the active ones! You can use the dropdown on the top left of the season interface to select which pass is active for you. Scroll up to see some of the items that will be included in the pass!

My fellow Slappers, I come bearing announcements. Two, even! ːreboundː


Slapshot Rebound has been nominated for the Belgian Game Awards!

[h2]Our nominations[/h2]
- Best Game Design
- Best Multiplayer

Check out all the nominees and categories
Yes we are up against Baldur's fricking Gate 3 in the Best Game Design category lol



[h2]Audience Award[/h2]
Vote for Slapshot Rebound for the audience award!
https://bit.ly/BGA24AudienceAward


Today marks another awesome milestone for Slapshot Rebound: Two million people have the game in their Steam library.

That's a lot of people and we're grateful for each and every one of you for enjoying the game with us. ❤️

PS: Keep your eyes and ears open for another announcement on Friday

GLHF,
Oddshot Games

[h2]Improvements[/h2]
- Several netcode improvements have been made that will help improve the worst case scenarios
- Reduced the bandwidth usage of the game slightly to improve slow connections

[h2]Fixes[/h2]
- Futuristick now has a stick highlight
- Created a permanent fix for the Steam authentication change
- Fixed players sometimes being literally frozen (with ice) on the end game screen
- Patched a minor security concern that could crash servers ($200 bug bounty awarded to Wallie for reporting it)

[h2]Modding Policy Update[/h2]
Before today, our policy on modding was to allow it as long as there was no competitive advantage and didn't go around our monetisation. Unfortunately we need to take a different stance to maintain the competitive integrity and stability of the game. From this update onwards modding is no longer allowed. You'll notice if you have mods installed, the game will not work. Make sure to completely uninstall the game and install it again to fix this problem. We are not taking action this update so the news of the policy change can spread but from v1.4.0 onwards we will start taking action against the accounts of people that modify the game. In the past, we have seen mods as more advanced feature requests and have implemented several concepts into the game in an official capacity (clubs system for casters, arena changes, dark ice,..). There are a few cool mods that we still plan to implement officially after this change to make sure legit players don't lose out on any functionality. Thank you for your understanding.

[h2]The Road Ahead[/h2]
We've been asked about what the future brings for Slapshot, here's some more insight into our plans:
- We're currently working on an overhaul to the shop. A lot of people have told us they wait way too long for a rotation as the amount of cosmetics we have increases.
- Season 2 is in production. We're planning to create a smaller season pass with 30 tiers (which will also be cheaper). With a new season come season rewards, these are in production too. We're estimating a release for late October. An official announcement with the exact date will be made at least one month before its release.
- After the above, we plan to focus on a full game replay system as the next major feature. It's still some time out but it will happen!
- Of course smaller additions and improvements will still be made as always

Happy slapping!