Party Animals News

Patch Notes 1.5.0.0

[h3]Spring Festival Event【2024/2/7 - 2024/2/25】[/h3]

Free "Shen Loong Pass": Starting from 8 PM on February 7 PST, for a period of 18 days, open to all players for free. Players can upgrade their Shen Loong Pass by playing and completing daily Shen Loong challenges, unlocking more content such as Loong-themed characters, outfits, and more.
Replace the character playing on the sofa in the main interface with Lotus the Loong (dragon).
New festive theme background music for the main interface.
Added festive decorations to some maps.
Replace the spectator throwing items: fish with gold ingot, and bombs with firecracker.

[h3]Content Update[/h3]

New map: Luggage Chaos
New characters: Lotus the loong (dragon), Gopher the marmot
New outfits: A variety of festive theme outfits.

[h3]Optimizations[/h3]

Improved matchmaking experience for new players in quick matches.
In Winter Cabin, the outdoor area where characters can move around without being frozen has been enlarged.
Throwing items in Paws can now knock away players blocking your card view.
In Winter Cabin, the cooldown time before character respawn has been reduced.
A cooldown mechanism has been added to the start game button of Paws to prevent accidental pressing.

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

Fixed the issue where occasionally certain player's name tag will not show in game

Patch Notes 1.4.1.0

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

Fixed the issue where players couldn't play a card in PAWS after customizing controller buttons
Fixed the mismatched song names and actual songs in the jukebox
Fixed the occasional sudden death issue when playing PAWS
Fixed the issue where the camera couldn't be moved while playing PAWS
Fixed the issue on Xbox One where all throwable items lacked special effects
Fixed the issue where Princess Carrot and Longshanks Sunny did not show their models in the character list
Fixed the UI issue where the prompt to stand up did not appear after sitting in a PAWS chair
Fixed the UI issue where the sit down prompt was still shown even when someone was sitting in a PAWS chair

[h3]Optimizations[/h3]

Updated some of the character descriptions
Updated the PAWS gameplay instructions

Patch Notes 1.4.0.0

[h3]New Features
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"Winter Cabin" map remake: Added Paws card game and a jukebox
Friend Pass
Added a message box to display all in game chats, allowing players to send messages after death

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

Fixed the occasional issue of fighter jet disappearing in the "Broken Arrow" map
Fixed the issue in the Party Animals store where Dracula Levi and Fire Samurai Hachi could not be gifted
Fixed the issue where in "Ice Breaker", occasionally characters will die immediately after spawn

[h3]Optimizations
[/h3]

Added Traditional Chinese voiceover for the tutorial level
The achievement "Justice Rains From Above" now supports knocking out players by falling on them from a height using body weight
In the character selection screen before the game starts, players from the same team will now be centrally displayed on the screen
Optimized the "Wind Tunnel" map mechanism to reduce the possibility of players passively avoiding combat
The daily level-up limit after reaching level 100 has been adjusted from 2 levels to 3 levels.
Removed controller vibration during instant replay in all ball games

Friend Pass Beta Coming Jan. 25th

[h3]What is Friend Pass?[/h3]

Friend Pass allows you and a friend to enjoy "Party Animals" together, with only one of you needing to own the game. If your friend doesn't have the game, they can simply search for "Party Animals" on Steam and download the Friend Pass version at no cost. Once you've added each other as friends within the game, the owner of the full version can send an invitation to their friend with the Friend Pass to join their team or lobby.

[h3]Why is it a beta test?[/h3]

The current version of Friend Pass is released mainly for testing purposes and is scheduled to be removed in a month (Jan 25th - Feb 25th). During this month, we will observe how the function is being used and gather feedback from our player base. We will make future decisions about the Friend Pass based on these feedbacks. If everything goes well, we hope to keep this feature.

[h3]How does the Friend Pass differ from the full version?
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Players with the Friend Pass must receive an invite from a player with the full version to participate in Quick Matches and Custom Games. Upon receiving such an invitation, Friend Pass holders are free to join in these matches and games.

While Friend Pass players are able to level up and obtain in-game achievements as usual, any rewards and platform-specific achievements they earn will not yet be usable until they have purchased full version of the game.

[h3]Will a Friend Pass player's progress be saved if they decide to purchase the game?[/h3]

Absolutely, their game progress will be retained. What's more, any rewards that were unlocked while playing with the Friend Pass will be awarded in full once the full version is purchased.

[h3]Is Friend Pass a single-use feature, or can I invite multiple friends over time?[/h3]

Players with the full version of the game can invite one Friend Pass player at a time to their team or lobby. However, if one friend ceases to play, they are free to invite another friend to join.

[h3]Which platforms support the Friend Pass?[/h3]

Currently, the Friend Pass version of "Party Animals" is only available on Steam.

[h3]Does the Friend Pass support cross-platform invitations?[/h3]

Yes, currently, full version players on Steam and Xbox can invite Friend Pass players to join their team/lobby.

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