Minigame Madness News

[h2]📰 Update Time![/h2]
Greetings Mubs, you're reading the latest news about Minigame Madness V0.15.6! This bi-weekly update we've finished Royal Rumble, added webscreen requests & more! 🤩

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

[h2]🕹️ Minigame Changes[/h2]
[h3]🏳️ Summit Scramble[/h3]
Summit Scramble flags are now colored in your Mub's color, instead of 🏳️!

yeah idk i just like how it looks ngl tbh 🤸

[h3]👑 Royal Rumble[/h3]
Royal Rumble is finally complete! Check out the brand-new thumbnail! 🤩

I could write at length about all the polishing we've done to get it to this state, BUT it might be best to let the polishing speak for itself. Have fun claiming that crown in possibly the nicest looking map yet! 👑💫

With Royal Rumble finished, we can now finally start development on the highly anticipated Manic Murderer! 🔪😱

[h2]🏠 Condo Changes[/h2]
[h3]📺 Webscreen Video Requests[/h3]
Previously, visitors in your Condo had to manually type video titles into chat to suggest them to the host. That made watching videos and listening to music with friends feel less seamless than it should be. 😑

Suggesting videos has now been made effortless: visitors can now just click a video in the browser, and it will appear in chat as a clickable link for the host! 🤩


Played videos are now broadcasted as links in the chat, making the chat a reversible watch history! 🧠


Build a cozy Condo, grab some popcorn, and have fun watching YouTube together! 🍿🎥

[h2]🎥 Showcase[/h2]
[h3]🤖 Bot Updates[/h3]
Bot development has been in full force, and we hope to now be able to showcase something every update until they finally get released! This time: Sumo Shamble bots! (WIP) 🏝️
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]The island bots still need some more training staying dry, but it's already real fun fighting with 'em! 🥊💫

[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]V0.15.6[/h3]

• Added ability for Condo visitors to request videos to be watched, which can then be accepted/denied by the host
  
• Added a furnace, an anvil, log piles, crates, barrels to Royal Rumble map
  
• Added bricks sticking out of the castle walls in Royal Rumble
  
• Added spectator cameras to Royal Rumble
  
• Added a thumbnail to Royal Rumble
  
• Added screenshake when passing Royal Rumble crown or Explosive Exchange bomb
  
• Added "Harvey" outfit
  
• Added "Ping-tolerant" playlist preset, containing minigames that do well on high pings
  
• Added a "server-side setting" label to server-side setting tabs
  
• Changed Royal Rumble status out of WIP
  
• Changed Royal Rumble spawn locations to be better spread out
  
• Changed Royal Rumble structural poles to have no collision to improve walkability
  
• Changed Royal Rumble crate & torch positions
  
• Changed Royal Rumble color from yellow-green to orange
  
• Changed Royal Rumble sunlight to be brighter and at a different angle
  
• Changed Royal Rumble clouds to be higher and smaller
  
• Changed Royal Rumble wooden structure frames and well to be ghosted
  
• Changed Royal Rumble stairs to block camera
  
• Changed Chaotic Chambers algorithm to have max 2 consecutive zero-kill rounds
  
• Changed Summit Scramble flag to be colored in the holder's skin color
  
• Changed "Woah!" quickchat to "Wow!"
  
• Changed server-side settings to be right-aligned in the options menu
  
• Changed Controls settings tab icon and gave previous Controls tab icon to Minigames tab instead
  
• Changed furniture item count to be displayed in regular font instead of bold
  
• Changed webscreen video selector in condo settings to have less useless padding around it
  
• Changed webscreen video change notifications to be clickable, making chat a reversible watch history
  
• Changed wording on the "changed webscreen video" broadcast
  
• Fixed Royal Rumble stairs having weird collision that you could get slightly stuck in
  
• Fixed Royal Rumble being able to get stuck behind some barrels
  
• Fixed Royal Rumble foliage clipping into stairs
  
• Fixed Royal Rumble rubber banding on ladders when having high ping (hopefully)
  
• Fixed Royal Rumble well rarely being jumpable from the ground
  
• Fixed "Boxing Helmet" hat having a weirdly colored pixel
  
• Fixed random outfit button having an unnecessary tab-compartment around it
  
• Fixed gamepad users needing to scroll through all minigames or webscreen videos in order to focus on the bottom tabs
  
• Fixed focus lines rendering under the thumbnails (webscreen video's & replays)
  
• Fixed disabled minigame toggle icons in minigame settings not having a hover effect
  
• Fixed invite button being clickable through a friend's profile
  
• Removed chat cooldown from private servers entirely
  

[h2]📰 Update Time![/h2]
Greetings Mubs, you're reading the latest news about Minigame Madness V0.15.5! This bi-weekly update we've overhauled Royal Rumble, added an active tutorial, updated key art & more! 🤩

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

[h2]⭐ General Changes[/h2]
[h3]🌈 New Capsule Art[/h3]
With the Steam store becoming wider in the near future, we can now afford to put more detail into our capsule, and thus we wanted to utilize it to the best of our ability!

Check out our new store capsule! 🤩

We think it feels a lot more "premium" than our previous capsule. Let us know what you think! 👂

[h3]🧐 Active Tutorial[/h3]
While this might not sound like the flashiest feature for existing players, it will be exciting for them too, because it means more… new blood. 😂

The new active tutorial helps guide newcomers through the game, addressing common points we’ve seen players get stuck at. For instance, around 10% of new players never even make it into the elevator, either because they can’t find it, or because they don’t realize they need to press S to leave the shop and thus get stuck shopping forever!

We’ve also noticed many new players struggle with things like voting, expanding their Condo, or even chatting. 😅

This new tutorial replaces the old message-box style one, and don’t worry, you can turn it off anytime in the interface settings if you’re a pro already! 🤓

[h2]🕹️ Minigame Changes[/h2]
[h3]👑 Royal Rumble[/h3]
Royal Rumble's gameplay is fully dependent on the map, so any map changes are, in fact, also gameplay changes!

That said, Royal Rumble's map has been completely overhauled, going for a thinner but more vertical layout, similar to the battle-tested Explosive Exchange map! 🤩🏰
⚠️ Still WIP, but we're nearing finalization on Royal Rumble! 🙌

There are at least 10 pixel-perfect parkour jumps in the map, allowing skilled players to get away from the crowd that's chasing the crown! 🤴

We're looking forward to play testing this map with you all! 😄

[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]V0.15.5[/h3]

• Added a gate, well, grass, towers, a table, chairs, more torches, more barrels and scaffolding to Royal Rumble map
  
• Added active tutorial to the HUD, helping new players every step along the way
  
• Added interface setting to hide tutorial
  
• Added active reminder to claim your weekly reward
  
• Added "Donna" outfit
  
• Changed Royal Rumble map to be less wide but more vertical
  
• Changed Royal Rumble's castle's main gate side
  
• Changed Royal Rumble's towers to be better detailed and polished
  
• Changed Royal Rumble's campfire to be located outside of the castle instead
  
• Changed Royal Rumble skybox clouds to move slower and be more dense
  
• Changed one of Royal Rumble's towers to be smaller
  
• Changed Freefall Frenzy "Pipes" level to be a bit more dense
  
• Changed default YouTube video thumbnail to be black again instead of white
  
• Fixed Freefall Frenzy "Pipes" level having no collision
  
• Fixed glitchy spectator camera in Bounty Battle
  
• Fixed "Torch" furniture thumbnail showing no flame
  
• Fixed tooltip not always showing anymore after level transition
  
• Fixed buggy ping tooltip in playerlist
  
• Fixed offline Condo wall bounds reset bug (hopefully)
  
• Fixed Condo manipulator in certain cases spawning without furniture color
  
• Fixed moving focus from quick-chats to the right causing lost focus
  
• Removed messagebox-based tutorials
  
• Removed Royal Rumble's stables
  

[h2]📰 Update Time![/h2]
Greetings Mubs, you're reading the latest news about Minigame Madness V0.15.4! This bi-weekly update we've got vote results, new leaderboards, video suggestions & more! 🤩

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

[h2]🗳️ Minigame Poll Results![/h2]
Our 6th 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, 💥 Wreckage Wrangle ⛏️ with 27.3% of the votes!
🥈 In second place, 🎨 Color Calamity 🪣 with 31.8% of the votes!
🥇 And in FIRST PLACE, 🔪 Manic Murderer 😨 with 40.9% of the votes!

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

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

[h2]🛸 Hub Changes[/h2]
[h3]📊 Leaderboards[/h3]
This update, we've added 15 new leaderboards to the Hub! A dedicated XP leaderboard for each minigame! 🤯
These leaderboards are unique in that they reward players for mainlining a single minigame, so if you're addicted to a specific minigame, let the addiction consume you! 🤩🌈

They also finally give a purpose to the listing of minigame XP on your profile! 🧐

These new boards will also help combat the calcification of leaderboards, considering every so often a brand new minigame will be added alongside a completely new leaderboard to compete in, making it easier for everyone to participate! 📊

To make participation even more accessible, you can now walk up to any leaderboard, and the chat will tell you your EXACT position on it, even if you're not in the top #10! 😯


[h2]🕹️ Minigame Changes[/h2]
[h3]☠️ Death Prediction[/h3]
Woah what a title. I promise it's not that intense, but it IS pretty cool for the wifi players. 🛜

In minigames where death is very easy to predict, such as 💥 Blazing Bullets, ☁️ Freefall Frenzy and ☢️ Parkour Panic, dying will now have 0 latency, no matter your ping!

No longer will your body slightly clip into the giant blazing bullets, it now feels just as responsive and "punchy" as in singleplayer! 💥

[h3]☁️ Freefall Frenzy[/h3]
Freefall Frenzy has gotten a new level called "Square", which nicely scales with gradual difficulty so you can encounter it at any moment in the game, increasing gameplay variety considering it's uniquely designed to make you hit the map boundaries! ⚙️

Freefall Frenzy also has finally gotten ping compensation, making the gameplay feel exactly the same whether you're the host, or a client with 300 ping! 🛜

[h2]🏠 Condo Changes[/h2]
[h3]📺 Webscreen Suggestions[/h3]
Wanna chill in your Condo with friends, but don't know what to watch? Relatable! 😅

For this reason, the webscreen search results will now initially be populated with trending videos, and - upon clicking any video - will show suggestions based on that video!
Not sponsored by MrBeast lol, he just tends to appear on trending... a lot 😂

[h3]🔥 Torches[/h3]
Imported straight from the cold Crumble Crisis mountains, Torches are a new Condo furniture, making your Condo cozier than ever before! 😌🔥
Get Torches today by getting lucky while opening a furniture crate! 🍀📦

[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]V0.15.4[/h3]

• Added 15 new leaderboards to the Hub: a dedicated XP leaderboard for each minigame
  
• Added a chat notification when walking up to a Hub leaderboard telling you your exact position on the board
  
• Added Freefall Frenzy level "Square"
  
• Added "Torch" furniture
  
• Added "Acolyte" outfit
  
• Changed webscreen video search to display trending YouTube videos when having nothing searched
  
• Changed webscreen video search to display suggested similar videos after clicking a video
  
• Changed certain extremely predictable deaths (sewer outflows in Parkour, bullets in Blazing, and the skyscraper in Freefall) to get executed with 0ms latency no matter your ping
  
• Changed Freefall Frenzy to be fully ping compensated
  
• Changed Freefall Frenzy players to be moved slightly upwards to improve first-person visibility
  
• Changed Twisted Trivia screens to show their individual LEDs farther
  
• Changed send chat and quick chat buttons to have tooltips
  
• Changed chat controller/keyboard navigation to be improved
  
• Changed safety setting labels to be clearer
  
• Fixed tooltips not always showing in inventory on controller/keyboard
  
• Fixed case opening showing secondary color for items that don't have any
  
• Fixed outfit add button enabled status not updating when adding/removing an outfit from the outfits tab
  
• Fixed votes not updating on client when a vote is received in the last miliseconds
  
• Fixed spinbox fully losing focus when set to either max or min
  
• Fixed Royal Rumble barrels being ghosts
  

[h2]📰 Update Time![/h2]
Greetings Mubs, you're reading the latest news about Minigame Madness V0.15.3! This bi-weekly update we have an official minigame vote, a quick-chat system, Royal and Freefall updates & more! 🤩

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

[h2]🗳️ The Official Minigame Vote![/h2]
With both ☁️ Freefall Frenzy and 👑 Royal Rumble 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: Color Calamity 🎨🪣[/h3]
Color Calamity is turf war! Players cover paint on all surfaces they touch, in the color of their Mub. Be the player with the most paint on the map at the end to win!

[h3]OPTION B: Manic Murderer 🔪😨[/h3]
Manic Murderer is sus! One player is the murderer, another is sheriff, the rest are innocents. The murderer needs to (secretly) kill everyone to win, while the innocents & sheriff need to kill or outlast the murderer to win!

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

[h2]⭐ General Changes[/h2]
[h3]🗣️ Quick-Chat System[/h3]
Recently Minigame Madness has started gaining some traction in China and Brazil, which we're super excited about! 🌐

To help make our game more accessible to this growing global audience, we've added a quick-chat system. Quick-chats automatically get translated on the end-user's screen, allowing everyone to share their thoughts no matter their nationality! 🗣️

Besides globalization, quick-chats also finally allow gamepad users to easily communicate! 🎮

On top of that, users can choose to ONLY be able to see quick-chats inside the safety settings, making the chat completely safe while still allowing for fun communication! 🛡️

[h2]🕹️ Minigame Changes[/h2]
[h3]☁️ Freefall Frenzy[/h3]
Freefall Frenzy has gained two new animated end-game levels called "Wiper" & "Splitter". ☠️

If they look easy, they aren't! Be prepared to learn by dying! Luckily they only show up very late! 👼

[h3]👑 Royal Rumble[/h3]
The castle map has been updated a bunch. Check it out! 🏰

Still very WIP though! ⚠️

Besides map upgrades, we've also added ping compensation to the stealing of crowns, hopefully making it more fun for high-ping individuals! 🛜

[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]V0.15.3[/h3]

• Added quick-chat system, allowing gamepad users and people of different nationalities to communicate!
  
• Added new safety setting to only show quick chats (and thus hide custom chats)
  
• Added 2 new Freefall Frenzy end-game levels called "Wiper" & "Splitter"
  
• Added stairs, stables, barrels & torches to the Royal Rumble map
  
• Added "Fitgirl" outfit
  
• Changed Royal Rumble crown stealing to be ping compensated (leading to better experience for higher ping players hopefully)
  
• Changed Royal Rumble walls and towers to have more detail
  
• Changed Royal Rumble map to be a bit smaller
  
• Changed Royal Rumble floor to dirt
  
• Changed Freefall Frenzy animated levels to have some depth to them
  
• Changed Twisted Trivia early game outfit match questions to be even easier
  
• Changed most toggle settings to have better clarifying labels rather than "On" or "Off"
  
• Changed safety settings to be split by friend & stranger
  
• Changed private server admins to have no chat cooldown
  
• Changed opening chat to spawn cursor at center of chat
  
• Changed focus navigation to be able to take place between chat and menu on gamepad (when both open)
  
• Fixed item tooltip always displaying a face name
  

[h2]📰 Update Time![/h2]Greetings Mubs, you're reading the latest news about Minigame Madness V0.15.2! This bi-weekly update we've added private settings, new Freefall Frenzy levels & more! 🤩

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

[h2]🕹️ Minigame Changes[/h2]
[h3]⚙️ Private Minigame Settings[/h3]
We've introduced private settings to give you more control when hosting a private minigame server. Tailor the experience to your group's play style! ⚙️

Need a quick break without leaving your private server? Hosts can now pause the server, which goes into effect during the next minigame's intro! ⏸️

Got some less experienced friends who keep dying in seconds, but you wanna keep going for up to 120 seconds? Enable "Continue Solo" to keep playing even after everyone else is out! 🧠


[h3]🧠 Twisted Trivia[/h3]
Due to the varying nature of outfits, the outfit question type was always either too easy (Which outfit is named "Doctor"?), or impossible (Which outfit is named "Skrunkle"?). To fix this, we've internally given each outfit a difficulty score, so that over time the question can scale in difficulty. No more insta-deaths on the second question! 😂

We've also made the map's oranges more yellow, to make Twisted Trivia's color profile more visually distinct from Chaotic Chambers' color profile. 👁️

[h3]☁️ Freefall Frenzy[/h3]
After more than 2 months, it's finally time to continue development on Freefall Frenzy! 🛠️

5 new floor types have been added to the minigame, including animated ones! ⚙️😵‍💫

We've also improved the level generator and polished the experience, making the game more difficult in a fun way! 💪

[h2]👀 Teaser Time![/h2]
We've internally been training neural bots for Disco Disorder (the hardest game to train for), here's how they're doing so far! 🤖
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
[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]V0.15.2[/h3]

• Added Freefall Frenzy levels "Grid", "Blinds", "Spinner", "Spinner Gap" and "Pipes"
  
• Added "Pause" toggle for private minigame servers to pause the games
  
• Added "Continue Solo" toggle for private minigame servers to allow single players to continue after everyone else has died
  
• Added "Spidey" outfit
  
• Changed Freefall Frenzy old "Blinds" floor to be named "Beams" instead
  
• Changed Freefall Frenzy "Slit" and "Hole" floors to not be hugging the walls as much
  
• Changed Freefall Frenzy floors to despawn later
  
• Changed Freefall Frenzy floor pool to change based on gametime
  
• Changed Freefall Frenzy floor generation to check floor history to prevent duplicates
  
• Changed Freefall Frenzy floors to dither when overlapping camera and not block the camera
  
• Changed Twisted Trivia "Outfit Match" question type to start out with easier outfits and end with harder outfits
  
• Changed Twisted Trivia's orange colors to be more yellow
  
• Changed brushing past Crumble Crisis bounds to no longer cause a major forcefield bounce
  
• Changed curated outfits in the Shop to be cheaper and workshop outfits to be more expensive
  
• Changed uploading multiple outfits to the workshop to wait until last upload to show all your uploaded workshop items at once
  
• Changed inventory "outfit name" textbox and "enter" button to be disabled if the current outfit is already added
  
• Changed inventory "outfit name" textbox and "enter" button to be bigger
  
• Fixed Freefall Frenzy skyline going too high if paused in intro
  
• Fixed Freefall Frenzy camera being blocked by invisible walls before surrounded by skyscraper
  
• Fixed Freefall Frenzy "Beam" and "Plus" floors spawning along the side of the map making them essentially void
  
• Fixed Freefall Frenzy's freefalling player animation sometimes starting in a bugged position
  
• Fixed holes in Freefall Frenzy skyline skyscrapers
  
• Fixed missing Twisted Trivia chat notification
  
• Fixed conversating NPCs (Hub, Bounty Battle, Condo Androids) clumping together
  
• Fixed inventory performance issues introduced in the last update
  
• Fixed inventory outfits live subscribing and unsubscribing not working properly
  
• Fixed inventory, feedback and friends tab controller navigation bugs