Minigame Madness News

[h2]📰 Update Time![/h2]
Greetings Mubs, you're reading the latest news about Minigame Madness V0.15! This bi-weekly update we've added a new minigame called Royal Rumble, finished Crumble Crisis & more! 🤩

⚠️ Check the changelog at the bottom of this post for the full list of changes!

[h2]💥 NEW MINIGAME![/h2]
[h3]👑 Royal Rumble[/h3]
Royal Rumble is the 15th minigame addition to our roster, as voted for by the community!

In 👑 Royal Rumble, your goal is simple: hold the crown longer than anyone else!

For now, it reuses the 💣 Explosive Exchange map, because why launch a new minigame with a terribly work-in-progress map when we can reuse one that’s already proven to be great for chasing players? 🏃‍➡️

⚠️ As with most WIP minigames, 👑 Royal Rumble is probably COMPLETELY unbalanced and will receive big improvements and changes over the coming updates! ⚒️

[h2]🕹️ Minigame Changes[/h2]
[h3]🧊 Crumble Crisis[/h3]
Crumble Crisis is finally complete! Check out the brand-new thumbnail! 🤩
Despite remaining balancing tweaks to be made (and spectator cams needing to be added), we ARE taking 🧊 Crumble Crisis out of WIP-status, and that also goes for another minigame...

[h3]🏳️ Summit Scramble[/h3]
Summit Scramble has also graduated from WIP... again! 😅🎓

This minigame has been perpetually WIP, mainly due to persistent balancing issues. Still, it started feeling odd to keep a fully functional but somewhat unbalanced minigame in the WIP section, especially when we see a small percentage of players calling 🏳️ Summit Scramble one of their niche favorites.

That said, we’ve also made a few tweaks to improve balance: a clearer scorebar, updated point calculations, and more. Let's see how these changes perform in action! 🧐🎬

[h2]🔔 Stay Tuned[/h2]
Stay tuned to the ever-expanding Minigame Madness experience by following us on Steam and joining the Discord community! Spread the word about Minigame Madness by leaving a review! 📢

Have an epic day, or an average one! No pressure. 👋🏼



[h3]V0.15[/h3]

• Added new WIP minigame: Royal Rumble (Claim the crown as long as you can!)
  
• Added "Dummy" outfit
  
• Added barrels, torches, rocks and campfires to Crumble Crisis map
  
• Added sound effect for the ice submerging into the water in Crumble Crisis
  
• Added crackling ice footstep sound effects to Crumble Crisis
  
• Added water ambience sound effect to Crumble Crisis that gets louder the more water is exposed
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis status to non-wip
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis balancing
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis water to reflect the sun and have more foam
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis skybox mountains and sun to consistently peek over the tree line
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis snow to be thicker but less quantitative
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis fog to be reduced
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis camera at spawn to start higher
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis fences and trees to go transparent upon overlapping the camera
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis ice to not block camera when you're underneath it
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis snow to not cover the camera
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis water to not allow the camera to go into it before the player has gone into it
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis snowmen to not block the camera
  
• Changed Summit Scramble status to non-wip
  
• Changed Summit Scramble scorebar to be clamped around the max and min scorers (to reduce wasted space and be clearer)
  
• Changed Summit Scramble to give points even while in air as long as flag is held
  
• Changed Summit Scramble to not give less points per player in case more players are on top (turning scoring into pure time-based)
  
• Changed gamepad users to have more control over their movement speed
  
• Changed "Localization Issue" feedback category to have a language dropdown that automatically selects your current language
  
• Fixed going into walk- or crouch-mode causing slight rubberbanding on high ping servers
  
• Fixed friend invite code CTA remaining invisible when re-opening menu while having a friend profile open
  
• Fixed a rare issue where no spotlights would spawn on players in Disco Disorder, Football Fever & Twisted Trivia (hopefully)
  
• Fixed Crumble Crisis to correctly support replay recordings
  
• Fixed Crumble Crisis snow getting stuck in the trees
  
• Fixed Crumble Crisis crack texture on top of the ice showing up as black on the sides of the ice
  
• Fixed Crumble Crisis clouds rendering above all under water
  
• Fixed Crumble Crisis snow particles rendering behind water
  
• Fixed Crumble Crisis snow spawn height being far below some spectator points
  

[h2]📰 Update Time![/h2]
Greetings Mubs, you're reading the latest news about Minigame Madness V0.14.6! This bi-weekly update we've re-done the Crumble Crisis map, added Cameras to Condos & more! 🤩

⚠️ Check the changelog at the bottom of this post for the full list of changes!

[h2]🕹️ Minigame Changes[/h2]
[h3]🧊 Crumble Crisis[/h3]
We've recolored and revamped the ancient Crumble Crisis map, which hadn't been updated in appearance since its conception in 2020, when we hadn't discovered our artstyle yet. 🌈
Check the aurora borealis! 🤤

Ice crumbling mechanics have also been adjusted, and we'll be balancing it live today in our Discord! 🥶

💡 Fun fact! We try to give every minigame a unique and identifiable color profile. It gets harder and harder to carve out new color profiles with each minigame! Here's a fun chart that we use to identify new colors to explore:
[h2]🏠 Condo Changes[/h2]
[h3]🎥 Cameras[/h3]
We've added the Camera furniture, which displays a live feed of whatever it captures on the nearest webscreen! 📹🤩
Get Cameras today by buying the "Electronics" ensemble, or get lucky opening a furniture crate! 🍀📦

⚠️ The Projector furniture has been remodeled, because its model has been transferred to the Camera furniture.

[h2]👀 Teaser Time![/h2]
We've been working behind the scenes on bots to fill up servers, and we'd like to showcase some bots having been trained to superhuman level in Disco Disorder! 🪩🕺
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]Obviously, we won't release bots with superhuman skills; But in order to make them "human" we first have to reach superhuman! 🤖

[h2]🔔 Stay Tuned[/h2]
Stay tuned to the ever-expanding Minigame Madness experience by following us on Steam and joining the Discord community! Spread the word about Minigame Madness by leaving a review! 📢

Have an epic day, or an average one! No pressure. 👋🏼



[h3]V0.14.6[/h3]

• Added "Camera" condo furniture, that displays a live feed on the nearest webscreen
  
• Added aurora borealis to Crumble Crisis map
  
• Added simple 15 sec forward & backward buttons for webscreens inside Condo settings
  
• Added an interface toggle to show gem value in real-life currency
  
• Added "Beach" outfit
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis colors to be more aquamarine
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis death messages to mention the person who created the hole
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis ice to only consider initial playercount on crumble in regards to coming back up again
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis skybox mountain range to be higher
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis water to have subtle waves and highlights
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis map to have better defined shadows
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis ice to have material-based footstep sounds
  
• Changed Football Fever goals to be 10% bigger towards the end (again)
  
• Changed Frantic Forces to have better difficulty scaling (easier start, harder end)
  
• Changed model of "Projector" condo furniture to look more like a projector
  
• Changed "Electronics" ensemble to have a Camera instead of a Projector
  
• Changed profile toggle tooltips to be clearer
  
• Changed gem value display to be hidden by default
  
• Changed disabling microtransactions to not hide gem value display
  
• Fixed Crumble Crisis ice by dead players never coming back up again
  
• Fixed Robot Ruckus robots spazzing in replays
  
• Fixed condo Androids not scaling on clients
  
• Removed foliage that was clipping the ice in Crumble Crisis
  

[h2]📰 Update Time![/h2]
Greetings Mubs, you're reading the latest news about Minigame Madness V0.14.5! This bi-weekly update we've got the minigame vote results, added a (WIP) replay system, reworked Parkour Panic & more! 🤩

⚠️ Check the lengthy changelog at the bottom of this post for the full list of changes!

[h2]🗳️ Minigame Poll Results![/h2]
Our 5th official minigame poll has come to a close! Let's see the results!
(Read about the minigames in detail in our previous post.)

🥉 In third place, 🏃 Rotten Rampage 🧟 with 11.8% of the votes!
🥈 In second place, 💥 Wreckage Wrangle ⛏️ with 41.2% of the votes!
🥇 And in FIRST PLACE, 👑 Royal Rumble 🏰 with 47.1% of the votes!

Congratulations to everyone who voted for Royal Rumble! 🥳🥳🥳
Royal Rumble will be added in our next development cycle!

If you want to participate whenever the next minigame poll happens, join the Discord! ❤️

[h2]⭐ General Changes[/h2]
[h3]🎥 (WIP) Replay System[/h3]
We've added a (work-in-progress) replay system to allow you to re-experience your best moments, whether in minigames or condos!
Replays can be started and stopped by pressing F9, and they can then be watched inside your condo, by checking the 'Replays' tab inside the 'Extras' tab! 🍿🎞️

Replays are great for content creators, for "normal people" to share with friends, and for us devs to analyze games, because it's not a static video - you get to move the camera around like in spectator mode! 📹

⚠️ There's a lot of work left to do on replays. For example, replays don't work well yet in most minigames. Next update we'll hopefully have patched every minigame to fix this. Until then, Blazing Bullets and Condo replays seem to work quite flawlessly!

[h2]🕹️ Minigame Changes[/h2]
[h3]☢️ Parkour Panic[/h3]
Parkour Panic has historically been the minigame that's both the toughest for noobs, and the easiest for pros. Noobs (literally) die as soon as humanly possible, and pros consistently reach the roof - both of which should be impossible! 🤯

How do you make a game harder for pros, while easier for noobs at the same time? Well, today we present yet another attempt at solving the balancing nightmare that is Parkour Panic! 🧐

To make the game harder for pros, booster pads are now disabled when high above the acid. This makes the game relatively easier for noobs, as they are usually closer to the acid. On top of that, it also makes the game more intense for pros, who have been craving more challenge. 💪

To make the game even more easier for noobs, we've increased the platform count by ~15%. This will both make platform paths easier to spot, while also allowing noobs to easier find footing when falling from heights - hopefully reducing their death rate. Considering pros already have no trouble finding paths and generally don't fall, they shouldn't be buffed by this. 😅

We also fixed a rare gamebreaking issue where no platform spawned on a layer whatsoever! 🪲

Will Parkour Panic finally be balanced? We'll find out by analyzing the data throughout this month. 🧠

[h3]🧊 Crumble Crisis[/h3]
Crumble Crisis has been rebalanced in many ways, ultimately making the game easier again for beginners. That said, we'll be balancing the game in multiplayer LIVE today during the dev session in our Discord. 🥶

[h3]⚽️ Football Fever[/h3]
Balancing is an ever-evolving action, as it depends on the playerbase as much as the minigame itself. Metas and strategies are constantly evolving, and we've noticed players getting too good at being goalkeepers/camping their goals, leading some matches to be concluded in boring ties! 🥱

For this reason, goals now become 10% larger towards the end of the game. 🏃‍➡️⚽🥅

[h2]🔔 Stay Tuned[/h2]
Stay tuned to the ever-expanding Minigame Madness experience by following us on Steam and joining the Discord community!

Have an epic day, or an average one! No pressure. 👋🏼



[h3]V0.14.5[/h3]

• Added work-in-progress replay system and menu (inside Extras), allowing you to re-experience moments from the past
  
• Added reset button to minigame playlist dropdown setting
  
• Added "Sven" outfit
  
• Added "Finished" and "Work-in-progress" playlist presets
  
• Added a dedicated notification when the game picks a full-random minigame for any reason
  
• Added safety setting to disable microtransactions entirely
  
• Added safety setting to disable condo picture frame custom content (falling back to badge-based contents)
  
• Added safety setting to disable condo webscreens
  
• Changed Parkour Panic level generation to have ~15% more platforms (to help stragglers)
  
• Changed Parkour Panic booster platforms to only get switched on when close to the acid (making it harder to get super far ahead while helping stragglers)
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis jump crack generation to only apply to ice that is touching eachother
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis to only start crumbling after 1 second
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis ice to take longer to fall upon being triggered - but when it falls, it falls quicker
  
• Changed Football Fever goals to be 10% bigger at the end of the game
  
• Changed "Multiplayer" playlist preset name to "Multiplayer-only"
  
• Changed "Brawl" playlist preset name to "Brawly" to be consistent
  
• Changed shopkeeper dialogue to be shorter when not having enough gems
  
• Changed when no minigame on voting screen is player-satisfied to have a full-random minigame playing instead of an unsatisfied one (can only happen in custom playlists)
  
• Changed voting algorithm to default to the minigame that was played longest ago if a tie in vote occurs (or no votes at all)
  
• Changed random minigame algorithm when voting disabled to not be able to pick last minigame again
  
• Changed wording in safety settings to be clearer
  
• Fixed travelling between servers occasionally failing
  
• Fixed minigame intro tick-tocks and airhorn not playing reliably
  
• Fixed condo Androids not walking
  
• Fixed Crumble Crisis jump-crumbling often being biased towards one side of the lake
  
• Fixed Frantic Forces spectator cameras being locked to a single angle
  
• Fixed Parkour Panic level generation rarely not generating a layer at all
  
• Fixed Disco Disorder moon being vertically squished
  
• Fixed lit windows being rendered on top of skyscraper roofs in any minigame with skyscrapers
  
• Fixed some minigames erroneously applying mild shaders to the HUD Mub previews
  
• Fixed shop reminders wrongfully notifying on sold out cases
  
• Fixed condo picture frames containing a badge-based hub image displaying as a black screen on clients
  

[h2]📰 Update Time![/h2]
Greetings Mubs, you're reading the latest news about Minigame Madness V0.14.4! This bi-weekly update we've got a new minigame vote, Freefall Frenzy skylines, playlist presets, Crumble Crisis re-balances, Condo rocks & more! 🤩

⚠️ Check the changelog at the bottom of this post for the full list of changes!

[h2]🗳️ The Official Minigame Vote![/h2]
With 🧊 Crumble Crisis nearing finalization, it's about time we look ahead at the future, and you can help us shape it! 🤠

Our next development cycle will focus on the winner of this poll! Choose wisely:

[h3]OPTION A: Rotten Rampage 🏃🧟[/h3]
Rotten Rampage is infection tag! Zombies are crawling out of graves, don’t get touched or you’ll join them. Be the last human standing to win!

[h3]OPTION B: Wreckage Wrangle 💥⛏️[/h3]
Wreckage Wrangle is destruction derby! All players compete to destroy as much as possible of a sacred temple. The player with the most destruction wins!

[h3]OPTION C: Royal Rumble 👑🏰[/h3]
Royal Rumble is reverse Explosive Exchange! One player holds a massive crown and gets points every second they're holding it. Steal the crown by walking into them. Most points = win! Imagine an entire lobby running after a single player!

[h3]Join the Discord server and check the #polls channel to cast your vote![/h3]
⚠️ Poll will close in 2 weeks!

[h2]🕹️ Minigame Changes[/h2]
[h3]📋 Playlist Presets[/h3]
Last week we added minigame playlists to the game, allowing players to customize the minigames that would show up in their private games. ⚙️

This week we've added the playlist presets dropdown, where you can select some pre-created playlists to enjoy with friends! 😳

For example, the "Dodgy" playlist consists of minigames where you're supposed to dodge something. 🧠
More presets to come! 🤩

[h3]☁️ Freefall Frenzy[/h3]
Freefall Frenzy got its first update in months, with a new skyline being the first change since V0.9.6! 🌇
Very work-in-progress of course! 🏗️
We also changed its minigame thumbnail to be more purplish, to finally be able to distinguish it from Crumble Crisis! 👁️

[h3]🧊 Crumble Crisis[/h3]
Crumble Crisis has been re-balanced, once again, to nerf cheesy boring strategies! The way we've rebalanced it right now should allow for the most varying amount of playstyles to be valid.

Last update we nerfed the heck out of jumping, by making it cause a huge crack in the ice. However, that change made normal, non-cheesy play too difficult, as this also requires some amount of jumping.

This update though, we've changed it so that the size of ice breakage caused by jumping is determined by how you land on the ice. If you keep your horizontal speed high, the crack will be less big. If you land completely still on an ice sheet, it will cause a bigger crack. This is actually physically realistic btw!! 🤓☝️

We also added some detection for whether the ice is connected or not when creating cracks, so jumps will no longer cause cracks on the other side of a chasm. 🧠

That said, the balancing is currently based on solo-play. Multiplayer balancing will be done live in today's dev play session, which you can join here, every two weeks!

[h2]🏠 Condo Changes[/h2]
[h3]🪨 Rocks[/h3]
WE THIS WEEK ADD ROCK! 🪨 BIG ROCK! 🪨 i lick rock 🪨

HEAVIEST OBJECT IN GAME! 🪨
THE BIG HEAVY! 🪨

[h2]🔔 Stay Tuned[/h2]
Stay tuned to the ever-expanding Minigame Madness experience by following us on Steam and joining the Discord community! Spread the word about Minigame Madness by leaving a review! 📢

Have an epic day, or an average one! No pressure. 👋🏼



[h3]V0.14.4[/h3]

• Added minigame playlist preset feature
  
• Added skyline to Freefall Frenzy map
  
• Added "Rock" furniture
  
• Added "Harnold" outfit
  
• Added monetary value indicator next to gem count in HUD
  
• Added explanatory chat notification when attempting to vote for a minigame that's become disabled due to insufficient player count
  
• Added chat broadcast displaying video title when changing Condo webscreen video
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis ice collision detection to be more lenient
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis to be re-balanced (with a focus on solo-play, multiplayer balancing will come after)
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis jump crack generation to only apply to ice that is touching eachother
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis music to get to the good part sooner
  
• Changed Freefall Frenzy interface color to be purplish (was annoyingly the same color as Crumble Crisis before)
  
• Changed disabled minigames to be displayed as darker (easier to notice)
  
• Changed enabled minigame checkmark in playlist settings to be brighter (easier to notice)
  
• Changed disabled minigame in voting screen to be darkened instead of grayed out
  
• Changed tooltip for unplayable minigames in the minigame force window to be clearer
  
• Changed Condo furniture collision to have more screenshake potential
  
• Changed "Campfire" and "Fountain" furnitures to have new rock collision sounds
  
• Changed "Campfire", "Fountain", "Pine Tree", "Oak Tree", "Billboard" furnitures to have heavier collision sound effects
  
• Changed "Campfire", "Fountain", "Pine Tree", "Oak Tree" furnitures to be heavier
  
• Changed "Wardobe" furniture to be less heavy
  
• Changed "Trampoline" furniture to have less loud bounces
  
• Changed footstep volume of scaled-up Condo Androids to be lower
  
• Changed WIP HUD watermark to be moved to the right to avoid clipping with currency bar
  
• Fixed performance issues (and server crashes) in Football Fever, Chaotic Chambers & Twisted Trivia due to constantly updating navmeshes
  
• Fixed Condo furniture to be less glitchy when flying on them like a UFO
  
• Fixed Condo furniture collision sounds not playing by recipient furniture
  
• Fixed some currencies to display more conventionally
  

[h2]📰 Update Time![/h2]
Greetings Mubs, you're reading the latest news about Minigame Madness V0.14.3! This bi-weekly update we've added personalized minigame playlists, 2X reward boosts, Crumble Crisis rebalances & more! 🤩

⚠️ Check the changelog at the bottom of this post for the full list of changes!

[h2]⭐ General Changes[/h2]
[h3]🚀 2x Coin Reward Boost[/h3]
As the game has grown over time, there's been more and more goodies to collect and buy. However, we still reward you players like we have to be frugal! No more, I say! 💸🤑

We have DOUBLED the coins gained from matches & started streak #1 at a much higher coin reward than before! 🤩🫣

Both these changes should allow the average player to open a new case every 15 minutes of playtime (was 30 minutes before). And as we all know, more rewards = more fun! 🤤

[h3]🚀 2x Rank Reward Boost[/h3]
The more minigames we add, the harder it becomes to rank up in any specific one of them, because your time gets split up over more and more minigames. Since release at 7 minigames, the difficulty of ranking up has doubled, because we now have 14 minigames! 😳

That's why we've made you rank up twice as fast! 🤩🫣

This change should revert the difficulty back to how it used to be, and possibly even making it a little easier as well. 🤤

[h2]🕹️ Minigame Changes[/h2]
[h3]📋 Playlists[/h3]
It's taken a long time, but it's finally here! We've added minigame playlists!
With the playlists feature, you can select which minigames will appear on the voting screens in your private games! 🤩

Now you and your friends can pick and choose exactly the minigames you like! Want to play only survival games? Pick those! Just wanna hit the disco or play footie? You got it! ⚙️

You can even select no minigames at all, disabling voting altogether, causing fully-random minigames to be served. 🧠

[h3]🧊 Crumble Crisis[/h3]
Crumble Crisis has been rebalanced some more, making it less likely to be cheesed, once again! There is still some cheese strategies that we know of, but we'll be nerfing them further in a later update. 🧀

We've also added a fence around the ice sheet, to stop you from accidentally getting bounced into the water by our aggressive forcefields! 😅


[h2]🏠 Condo Changes[/h2]
[h3]🌈 Manipulator Colors[/h3]
To help you stand out in a crowded Condo, your manipulator and its laser are now colored in the furniture colors you have equipped! ✨


[h2]🔔 Stay Tuned[/h2]
Stay tuned to the ever-expanding Minigame Madness experience by following us on Steam and joining the Discord community! Spread the word about Minigame Madness by leaving a review! 📢

Have an epic day, or an average one! No pressure. 👋🏼


[h3]V0.14.3[/h3]

• Added minigame playlist feature (in [ESC]>Settings>Minigames) for Private players
  
• Added full-random minigame mode when disabling all minigames inside the new minigame settings
  
• Added "Caver" outfit
  
• Added fence around Crumble Crisis ice to prevent accidental forcefield bounces
  
• Changed coin and rank rewards to be roughly 2x bigger
  
• Changed Crumble Crisis jump-crumbling to cause a bigger crack
  
• Changed Condo manipulator and laser to be colored in your equipped furniture colors
  
• Changed minigame force menu to look nicer
  
• Changed Hub shop options to be grayed out when you don't have enough coins/gems/streaks
  
• Changed all Hub timers to be better readable
  
• Changed Minigame subtab to open automatically when opening Settings tab as a Private host
  
• Changed Condo subtab to only open automatically when opening Settings tab as a Condo host
  
• Changed minigame forcing button to be disabled, send a notification upon not having enough gems
  
• Changed HUD gem count to shake in red when not having enough gems for minigame forcing, condo expansions or the shop
  
• Fixed scrollbar in player profile stats disappearing for a frame when switching tabs, sort modes, etc
  
• Fixed Crumble Crisis jump-crumble size to be independent of framerate
  
• Fixed Crumble Crisis snowmen being glitchy
  
• Fixed Crumble Crisis graphical issue at the bottom of the ice sheet
  
• Removed ability to favorite minigames in the minigame force menu (more minimalistic design)
  
• Removed unnecessary "Cancel" buttons from gem store & minigame force menus