Grapple Tournament News

Hi everyone,
[h2]Price adjustment[/h2]
Up to this point we have received tremendous amount of feedback from you and we thank you so much for all of it. We have carefully read through every word you said and while most of them are positive, we understood that you think the game could have a larger player base if the price was lower.

We have asked about your recommended price-tag and we are happy to announce that today finally we are able to adjust the price of the game accordingly. The new price is:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1384320/Grapple_Tournament/
[h2]"I have already bought the game! What about me?"[/h2]
First of all if you have already bought the game you have our utmost gratitude. Thank you for supporting the game this early.

Secondly if you have started the game at least once, you will get EXCLUSIVE CUSTOMIZATION ITEMS soon. (We have to implement the systems supporting this but we hope we can do it very soon.)

[h2]Let's play together event[/h2]
Let us invite you to join Grapple Tournament today between 11 AM PT and 4 PM PT for an epic session of vertical combat. At the end of the event one randomly selected lucky player will get one extra copy of the game. You can find more information here.

[h2]What's next?[/h2]
Our top priorities right now are to bring in more players with the Oculus Store release and the holidays update with new content for Steam players.

As always, please send us your feedback and help us shape the game on Steam Discussions or on our official Discord server.

Best wishes,
Grapple Tournament dev team

Links
Official 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

Hello everyone,

[h2]Private lobbies[/h2]
This update finally brings you the long awaited private lobby functionality so from now on you will be able to play with or against your friends uninterruptedly.

How to play in a private lobby?
1. The party leader invites all other party members
2. Party leader checks "Private Party Match" before pressing Quick Play
3. Party leader selects Quick Play
This way only the members of the party will join in the match.

Note #1:
We are still working on a rejoin functionality so if someone drops out from the game, you have to start over steps 1-3. We are working hard to make this process more comfortable in the near future.

Note #2:
While we know playing against friends only is a good thing, please consider playing in public lobbies to make the game fun for everyone. Thank you.

[h2]Cyberpunk customizations[/h2]
We have added some nice looking cyberpunk customizations to the game. You can find them near the beginning of the customization lists.

If you make a cool screenshot including them, post it on the internet and tag us!



The background in the image? Oh yeah, that is on of the two new maps we are working on right now.

[h2]Full update log[/h2]
[h3]New[/h3]
- Private Lobby party match
- Cyberpunk hats and masks added
- More weapon animations especially for the two-handed guns
- Grenade Pistol got it's well deserved new look


[h3]Changes[/h3]
- Minor Grenade Pistol buff on all of its parameters
- Performance improvements on all weapon models and their shaders
- Standardized look for all weapons
- Hairs are differently colored now
- Headshot hit sound become different than regular hit sound

[h3]Fixes[/h3]
- Graphics decor updates and fixes on all maps
- Fixed a bug causing previously in party players not being able to join regular quick play matches
- Fixed a bug not updating ammo UI on weapons while reloading
- Fixed a bug letting players teleport in VR
- Fixed a bug in the tutorials causing grappling hook crosshair to be visible when holding a weapon

[h2]Let's play together on Saturday[/h2]
Let us invite you to join Grapple Tournament on Saturday, 5th of December between 11 AM PT and 4 PM PT for an epic session of vertical combat. At the end of the event one randomly selected lucky player will get one extra copy of the game. You can find more information here.

As always, please send us your feedback and help us shape the game on Steam Discussions or on our official Discord server.

Best wishes,
Grapple Tournament dev team

Links
Official 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

Hello everyone!

[h3]Next Let's play event[/h3]
Looking through your feedback, you seemed to enjoy last week's let's play event so we are doing it again!

Join Grapple Tournament on Saturday, 5th of December between 11 AM PT and 4 PM PT for an epic session of vertical combat!

Play if you have the game:
- Let us invite you to play with all the players and the developers!
- Play on Saturday, 5th of December between 11 AM PT and 4 PM PT
- Please take regular breaks and drink water
- Weekly leaderboard will be reset for the occasion of the event
- At the end of the event one randomly selected lucky player will get one extra Grapple Tournament Steam key as a giveaway!

If you don't have the game yet:
- You can always try the FREE DEMO: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1384320/Grapple_Tournament/
- Check out the streams covering the event, especially the one from our dear friend https://www.twitch.tv/beefwithak !

Feel free to contact us if you also would like to stream the session!

[h3]Update 4 tomorrow[/h3]
If everything go as planned, tomorrow's update will bring you private party matches alongside with tons of optimizations, the weapon on this image and more! Can you guess what weapon is this?


Join the official Discord server and you can vote for the date and time of the next event!

See you on Saturday!

Hello guys,

First of all thank you so much for your support so far. We couldn't be more happy about your reviews. Discounts, free weekends, new platforms and more content are just part of the upcoming stuff we are working on to bring you. As always we promise to continue improving the game aligned with your feedback.

Plans for December
For short term improvements, look out for the upcoming updates of December. There might be new customizations/hats added, new weapon graphics, some holiday decorations and the all-wanted private party servers feature.

Speaking of decorations, you can still drop your holiday ideas to us on the official Discord server. We pick the best ones and add to the game.

Steam Award Nomination
But before the end of the year, here comes the annual Steam Awards event. This year has brought a lot of breathtaking VR games and we know that giving these awards to any game is a big deal.

We humbly ask you, please consider nominating Grapple Tournament for "VR Game of the Year" Steam Award. For every nomination we thank you!

Mr. Chief and Grapple Tournament dev team

p.s.: Don't forget you can win an extra copy (Steam key) during the competition on 29th of Nov starting at 11 AM PT!

Black Friday? No. Black Frag Day!

Join Grapple Tournament on Sunday, 29th of November starting at 11 AM PT (or 7 PM GMT) for 4 hours of non-stop vertical combat!

Play if you have the game!
- Let us invite you to play with all the players and the developers!
- Play from 11 AM PT, the event will last 4 hours (please take regular breaks and drink water)
- Weekly leaderboard will be reset
- At the end of the 4 hours the top 3 players will get one extra free Steam key each!
- At the end of the 4 hours 1 lucky random player will get one extra free Steam key!

If you don't have the game yet:
- You can always try the FREE DEMO: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1384320/Grapple_Tournament/
- Look out for the streams covering the event, they will give away free keys!
- BeefWithaK
- yet to be announced
- yet to be announced

Feel free to contact us if you also would like to stream the session!

Join the official Discord server if you'd like to know more!

BTW we've got the Steam Oculus Store crossplay up and running this week so we are very near to finish the Oculus Store PC VR build! (After that comes the Quest port of course.)

See you on Sunday 29th of November at 11 AM PT!