Sherwood Extreme News

Heroes of Sherwood,
[h3]Sherwood Extreme 1.0 launches today![/h3]
From our 2 person team at CAGE Studios, thank you for playing.

[h3]Compete in-game for prizes until May 20th[/h3]
All winners receive both a Sherwood Extreme t-shirt and mouse pad!

• 1st place - Highest cumulative leaderboard score
  
• 2nd place - 2nd highest cumulative leaderboard score
  
• Wild card - Random from top 100 of random level
  
• Creator - Most liked level editor map in workshop
  

Leaderboards have been wiped, the race starts now.

[h3]Watch the developer play live at 1pm PT[/h3]
https://steamcommunity.com/broadcast/watch/76561198800790310

Join to meet the developer and send W in chat.

[h3]Join the celebration on our Discord[/h3]
[h3]https://discord.gg/Q8x5Jcn[/h3]
Follow us @cagestudios on all social media.

Thank you crossbow cowboys, parkour pros, and chicken chasers for being part of the Sherwood community! ❤️ Enjoy our game and please leave a review :)

With Love,
Salaar and Gabriel (CAGE Studios)

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Heroes of Sherwood, Patch 7.3 is live with steam achievements, performance improvements, and bugfixes! This is the final patch before the 1.0 release with Level Editor on April 29. 🎯

• Added 18 Steam Achievements
  
• Major performance optimizations for GPU and CPU
  
• Fixed co-op client chicken jetpack pushing down
  
• Fixed co-op client get chest when host dead gets stuck
  
• Fixed co-op quests only work on player that started it
  
• Fixed co-op speed lines/heartbeat on host after restart
  
• Fixed jump particle not showing in some cases
  
• Fixed broken gems on sherwood forest zipline
  
• Fixed death screen outlines showing through map
  
• Potential fix for shop crash
  
• Various level editor improvements
  

[h3]Click to join us on Discord[/h3]

1 week left until the 1.0 release of Sherwood Extreme!! All leaderboards will be wiped on launch. 3 players on the leaderboards after launch will win big prizes, so keep practicing. Thank you for playing! ❤️

- Salaar and Gabriel

Heroes of Sherwood, Patch 7.2 is live with quality of life updates and bugfixes! In preparation for the 1.0 release with Level Editor on April 29, the free demo is expiring on April 22. 🎯

• Tuned announcer/kill streak volume, frequency, order, end-game
  
• Fixed super mushroom collision
  
• Disabled sideways flipping when co-op riding
  
• Made default flip backflip instead of frontflip
  
• Reduced damage of spinning blade and railsaw traps
  
• Made ziplines and swing ropes thicker
  
• Health potion heals all nearby players
  
• Fixed spacebar in any 2D hideout UI breaks game
  
• Updated CJ button and UI cursor/hover
  
• Replaced art for level portals
  
• Various level editor improvements
  

[h3]Click to join us on Discord[/h3]

We can't wait to release Sherwood Extreme with a Level Editor in just 2 weeks! In the meantime, have fun and practice your aim for the upcoming leaderboard contest. Thank you for all the support! ❤️

- Salaar and Gabriel

Heroes of Sherwood, Sherwood Extreme 1.0 releases on April 29, 2024, featuring a brand new Level Editor! Build creative maps with friends to challenge players, inspire adventures, and enjoy sandboxes.

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[h2]Wishlist and share with friends![/h2]

Follow the game and play with new friends on our Discord. Invite your co-op buddies: [h3]Click to join us on Discord[/h3]

We just released Update 7.1 with minor bugfixes and significantly cheaper shop items. Expect many more bugfixes and Steam Achievements with the 1.0 full release!

As always, thank you heroic headshotters, parkour professionals, and chicken chasers for being part of the Sherwood community! ❤️ If you're excited for the Level Editor, let us know in the comments!

Love,
Salaar and Gabriel
CAGE Studios 🔓

Heroes of Sherwood, introducing CJ the Chicken Jetpack in Update 7.0! 💥

Beat the game to unlock the chicken jetpack, completely changing the way you speedrun and explore! With my full-time support, I also achieved a massive number of bugfixes and updates (see full list below). Jump back in and practice your aim as we approach the full release of Sherwood Extreme!



Welcome new players and new members of the CAGE community!
🕹️Play the free co-op demo with your friends and Wishlist for the launch discount
❤️Join us on Discord to get an exclusive cosmetic

[h3]Bugfixes[/h3]
- Fixed save game purchased items deleted
- Fixed co-op melee attack on client
- Fixed co-op client horde continue gets stuck on black screen
- Fixed co-op client stuck on cannons
- Fixed ragdoll collision behavior
- Fixed aim cancel when exiting zipline/swing rope
- Fixed reaper stays still when repeatedly shot
- Fixed AI stand still after melee attack
- Bosses (+reaper) points accurately show in crosshair text
- Boomer goblin will always count as explosion kill
- Fixed zipline enter/exit/re-enter smooth transition with better momentum
- Fixed zipline animation hand offset
- Fixed default cape auto-equipping
- Fixed popping shop item rotation/icon on hover
- Fixed save on skin material change and restart level
- Fixed AI rotation pops and jitter
- Fixed save issues with skill tree and skin change
- Fixed co-op not unlocking next level
- Reduced co-op jitter for zipline and riding
- Fixed co-op client timer icon staying on death
- Fixed DLC level spawning incorrectly
- Fixed getting stuck in Hideout menus
- Fixed reaper trail particle weirdness
- Fixed arrow trail disappear on hit enemy/barrel
- Fixed arrow trail piece detached from arrow
- Fixed melee attack while shield dashing in air
- Other runtime errors and crashes

[h3]Updates[/h3]
- Added Nottingham to demo
- Lava bounces and deals damage instead of instant kill
- Enemies can no longer blow up barrels
- Bosses (+reaper) don't give bonus combo (to prevent killing bosses before minions)
- Reduced reaper points 20/30->10/13 to match bosses (but is now affected by combo)
- Adjusted sniper crosshair visual
- Reduced motion blur in slow-mo 0.75 -> 0.25
- Improved zipline vertical blending and momentum
- Reduced memory usage by 12% for all levels
- Tuned and added Hideout UI/portal sounds and lore texts
- Adjusted Peaky Isles fog, Hideout ripple particles, Horde blimp start
- Lava river added and removed ziplines in first half
- Adjusted crossbow position/rotation in weapons shop
- Improved arrow sounds, announcer sounds, enemy hit sounds/UI
- Adjusted slow-mo and freecam post process
- Sped up Hideout menu transitions/play button
- Improved portal enter camera transition
- Minor collision changes to avoid getting stuck in levels

[h3]Known Issues[/h3]
We're working on many known issues, including:
- Co-op issues with joining and jitter
- Rare crash when using shop
- Please report any others on Discord

Thank you for playing and inspiring us to continue creating Sherwood Extreme!

Love,
Salaar and Gabe
CAGE Studios 🔓