Grapple Tournament News

Hi,

Hope everything is okay with you.

We are preparing the next Grapple Tournament VR online beta event for Saturday 24th October starting 8 AM PDT (or 11 AM EDT or 3 PM UTC) and it will take approx. 8 hours.

Your current beta key is valid for this event!

You can stream/make a video about it and please do so!

Join the conversation on the official Discord: https://discord.gg/A4fUKDC

Follow the game on:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/grapple_vr
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/GrappleTournament
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrappleTournament
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/GrappleTournament/
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/GrappleTournament

[h2]Next online beta event[/h2]
The next online beta event is starting soon:
Saturday 10th October starting 8 AM PDT (or 11 AM EDT or 3 PM UTC) and will take approx. 8-9 hours.

You can stream/share/make a video about the game and we encourage you to do that!

[h2]Update notes[/h2]
New:
- New UI added for HUDs, spectator screens, scoreboards
- Voice chat indicator added to scoreboard
- Mute/unmute players by pressing the voice icon on the hand scoreboard
- Turn 180 can be enabled/disabled from the options
- Joystick press jump can be enabled/disabled from the options

Changes:
- Improved audio mixing
- Enemy sounds are louder than team mate sounds to help identify threats
- Sniper position on Temple is now off limits
- Parthenon weapons and pickups placements changed slightly aligned with beta testers' feedback
- Voice chat should be working correctly
- Singleplayer play flow became similar to multiplayer: map - lobby - map - lobby (bot settings are passed on)
- Railgun combo trigger matches particle effect size (damage collider became a bit smaller)
- Practice Range music changed
- Bottom rocks on Parthenon can't be climbed or grappling hooked anymore
- Shotgun primary fire nerfed by 5%
- Minigun primary damage buffed by 5%

Fixes:
- Fixed volume setting on several sounds (announcer, some weapon fire sounds, player reload sound, grenade pistol sounds, big red button etc.)
- Fixed several colliders and floating assets on all maps
- Fixed the infinite teleport energy blade bug causing sound glitch
- Fixed a bug when voice chat not initialized when a player did not have it on
- Fixed a bug when two or more players gripping the same spawner weapon caused their hands to go funny
- Fixed a bug causing crosshair duplication on the same weapon
- Fixed Deathmatch match state UI shown in level

Hope to see you online!
Cheers!

Hey,

The next Grapple Tournament VR online beta event will be on Saturday 10th October starting 8 AM PDT (or 11 AM EDT or 3 PM UTC) and will take approx. 8-9 hours.

Your current beta key is valid for this event!

Don't forget that you can stream/make a video about it and please do so!

Join the conversation on the official Discord: https://discord.gg/A4fUKDC

Follow the game on:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/grapple_vr
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/GrappleTournament
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrappleTournament
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/GrappleTournament/
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/GrappleTournament

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New:
- Added new map Parthenon
- Added left handed loadout settings
- Can be changed under Menu/Customizations/Loadout
- Side arm can be on the left side
- Grapple and bow can be on the left hand
- Melee from back can be on the left shoulder
- Added new items to the customizations
- Improved sound mixing and optimization (less sound glitches expected)
- Can grapple to other players
- Added red button to startup level... what can it do? :O
- Added prototype Parkour practice level next to the Practice range

Changes:
- Significant difficulty increase for 2020-level bots (they might seem cheating)
- Laser Beamer auto aim distance nerfed from 35m to 25m
- Self inflicted damage increased from 0.3 to 0.5
- Energy blade damage nerfed from 100 to 70
- Energy blade collision size decreased by 9%
- Jump pad trigger box got slightly smaller
- TDM goal score increased from 4000 to 4500
- FFA goal score increased from 2500 to 3500

Fixes:
- Lighting, texture and collision fixes on all maps
- No grapple when menu is open
- Can't climb and fly with the menu anymore
- Weapons guntail sounds fixed
- Occasional bots stucking at weapon spawners fixed
- HUD health/shield overdraw bug fixed
- Weapons ammo UI duplication bug fix
- Lighting, texture and collision fixes on all maps
- Fixed the grenade pistol reload crash

Follow the game:
Website: https://www.grappletournament.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/A4fUKDC
Twitter: https://twitter.com/grapple_vr
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/GrappleTournament
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrappleTournament
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/GrappleTournament/
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/GrappleTournament

Hi VR gamers!

We are happy to announce that after countless hours of gamedev and consumed pizzas we can finally reveal the VR game of our dreams: Grapple Tournament!

The game is a virtual reality multiplayer arcade shooter where you can master vertical combat with your grappling hook, fight with multifunctional weapons, customize your avatar and battle in stylized environments through various game modes.

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For more information
- visit the official website: https://www.grappletournament.com
- join the official Discord: https://discord.gg/A4fUKDC

We are also preparing for a closed beta test period, so stay tuned!

See you very soon!
Grapple Tournament Team