Saleblazers 1st Year Anniversary - Update 14.7.48
It's been an entire year since we launched Saleblazers in Early Access! Thank you all so much for supporting the game so far. 🥳🥳🥳
We recently released our Prologue Projections patch v0.14.7.41, which brought many changes and new additions for you, but we still wanted to celebrate our anniversary with some additional content and improvements.
[h2]Highlights[/h2]
[h2]First Year Cosmetics[/h2]
Earlier this year we added our first cosmetic options for our early supporters. We wanted to add another badge of honor for everyone who has been a part of this first year of Saleblazers.
Players who have Saleblazers in their library before October 7th 2024 at 10 AM Pacific will unlock a green money name tag and a green money color dye for the Tourist Hat.
[h3]Money Name Tag[/h3]
This green nameplate will show everyone you play with or come across on the Island that you're a dedicated Shopkeeper and that you always have money on your mind.💰
You can cycle through your available name tags in the ESC menu. Plus, starting with this update, you can also cycle through them in the main menu to set up your name plate before joining a lobby.
Reminder: If you bought Saleblazers before our first Steam sale in March, you should also have the golden Airstrafer name tag!
[h3]Money Tourist Hat Dye[/h3]
With this update, you'll also unlock a new color dye option for the Tourist Hat. This can be selected in the main menu when you make a new character, and you can dye other Tourist Hats this color with a dye bench.
This cash-green cap will help get you in the head space of making the most money every time you open your shop.
If you all enjoy these cosmetic flourishes, we're excited to continue adding more and see your character photos featuring these items!
[h2]New Western Building Set[/h2]
We know how much you all love to build and expand your houses and shops. So, what better to add for our one-year anniversary than a new set of building pieces?
These pieces are inspired by the architecture of Snowville and feature some nice wooden plank aesthetics for cozy homes, rugged cabins, and so much more.
This is one of the biggest building sets added to the game so far and it features some very unique pieces to use. Jordan, our designer, is especially fond of these tall windows with shutters and the saloon doors.
The set features brown wooden versions and rustic blue painted versions of the building pieces so you can accent with a pop of color or build a weathered structure to better fit the theme of your shop or house.
We also heard that some of our dedicated builders felt the wood structure options were a little bit sparse, so we hope this more than helps fill that void.
We're looking forward to seeing your builds using these pieces!
[h2]New Side Quest[/h2]
Thanks to some feedback from some players on Discord, we added a new side quest to help bring you all to Burke O'Hare, our resident Death Box recovery specialist.
Following this update, the first time you rebirth after arriving on the Island, you'll receive a communication from Burke telling you about his services and encouraging you to come to him to recover your Death Box.
If you've already met Burke, this message will take the form of a reminder about using his recovery service.
From there, you can pay Burke to recover your Death Box and earn yourself some extra EXP and a Rune. We hope this will also help inform players about this mechanic so they know to use it if they ever have trouble getting back to their Death Box.
[h2]Reload Feedback Polish[/h2]
Some of the guns have unintuitive reload times, so we've added a reload timer indicator to the gun UI to add some QoL to ranged weaponry. No more will you have to spam shoot and hope you're done reloading towards the end of the animation.
(This may or may not have been inspired by a hero shooter recently.)
[h2]Zipline Mechanic Polish[/h2]
Attaching to a Zipline will now stick your character to a spot underneath the line instead of leaving you at the same relative position.
We did this to make the overall experience more comfortable and consistent. To complement this change, we've also modified the Zipline audio to sound more soothing. Check it out when you have the chance!
[h2]Updated Server Browser[/h2]
In preparation for our upcoming dedicated server patch, we've updated the join screen.
You can see that in this screenshot dedicated servers will have a special icon!
We're planning on having some public server tests, so keep an eye out in the server browser list as well as https://discord.gg/Saleblazers.
[h3]➡️ Changes[/h3]
[h3]⚙️ Optimizations[/h3]
[h3]🛠️ General Fixes[/h3]
Thanks for an incredible year of Saleblazers! Here's to the next one!
We recently released our Prologue Projections patch v0.14.7.41, which brought many changes and new additions for you, but we still wanted to celebrate our anniversary with some additional content and improvements.
[h2]Highlights[/h2]
- New Exclusive Cosmetics for 1st Year Supporters
- New Set of Building Pieces
- New Side Quest
- Some Visual Polish Improvements
- New Server Browser
[h2]First Year Cosmetics[/h2]
Earlier this year we added our first cosmetic options for our early supporters. We wanted to add another badge of honor for everyone who has been a part of this first year of Saleblazers.
Players who have Saleblazers in their library before October 7th 2024 at 10 AM Pacific will unlock a green money name tag and a green money color dye for the Tourist Hat.
[h3]Money Name Tag[/h3]
This green nameplate will show everyone you play with or come across on the Island that you're a dedicated Shopkeeper and that you always have money on your mind.💰
You can cycle through your available name tags in the ESC menu. Plus, starting with this update, you can also cycle through them in the main menu to set up your name plate before joining a lobby.
Reminder: If you bought Saleblazers before our first Steam sale in March, you should also have the golden Airstrafer name tag!
[h3]Money Tourist Hat Dye[/h3]
With this update, you'll also unlock a new color dye option for the Tourist Hat. This can be selected in the main menu when you make a new character, and you can dye other Tourist Hats this color with a dye bench.
This cash-green cap will help get you in the head space of making the most money every time you open your shop.
If you all enjoy these cosmetic flourishes, we're excited to continue adding more and see your character photos featuring these items!
[h2]New Western Building Set[/h2]
We know how much you all love to build and expand your houses and shops. So, what better to add for our one-year anniversary than a new set of building pieces?
These pieces are inspired by the architecture of Snowville and feature some nice wooden plank aesthetics for cozy homes, rugged cabins, and so much more.
This is one of the biggest building sets added to the game so far and it features some very unique pieces to use. Jordan, our designer, is especially fond of these tall windows with shutters and the saloon doors.
The set features brown wooden versions and rustic blue painted versions of the building pieces so you can accent with a pop of color or build a weathered structure to better fit the theme of your shop or house.
We also heard that some of our dedicated builders felt the wood structure options were a little bit sparse, so we hope this more than helps fill that void.
We're looking forward to seeing your builds using these pieces!
[h2]New Side Quest[/h2]
Thanks to some feedback from some players on Discord, we added a new side quest to help bring you all to Burke O'Hare, our resident Death Box recovery specialist.
Following this update, the first time you rebirth after arriving on the Island, you'll receive a communication from Burke telling you about his services and encouraging you to come to him to recover your Death Box.
If you've already met Burke, this message will take the form of a reminder about using his recovery service.
From there, you can pay Burke to recover your Death Box and earn yourself some extra EXP and a Rune. We hope this will also help inform players about this mechanic so they know to use it if they ever have trouble getting back to their Death Box.
[h2]Reload Feedback Polish[/h2]
Some of the guns have unintuitive reload times, so we've added a reload timer indicator to the gun UI to add some QoL to ranged weaponry. No more will you have to spam shoot and hope you're done reloading towards the end of the animation.
(This may or may not have been inspired by a hero shooter recently.)
[h2]Zipline Mechanic Polish[/h2]
Attaching to a Zipline will now stick your character to a spot underneath the line instead of leaving you at the same relative position.
We did this to make the overall experience more comfortable and consistent. To complement this change, we've also modified the Zipline audio to sound more soothing. Check it out when you have the chance!
[h2]Updated Server Browser[/h2]
In preparation for our upcoming dedicated server patch, we've updated the join screen.
You can see that in this screenshot dedicated servers will have a special icon!
We're planning on having some public server tests, so keep an eye out in the server browser list as well as https://discord.gg/Saleblazers.
v0.14.7.48 Patch Notes
[h3]➡️ Changes[/h3]
- Added reload progress UI indicator
- Attaching to and traversing a zipline will now force the player to a fixed spot underneath the line
- Changed Zipline audio to be a little less aggressive
- Jumping off Ziplines now gives a large vertical boost
- Added new western style building pieces
- Added new side quest with Burke O'Hare
- Added new anniversary name tag plate
- Added new anniversary color dye option to the Tourist Hat
- Updated server browser list UI
- Added name plate style cycling to main menu
- Rebalanced research prices for building pieces
[h3]⚙️ Optimizations[/h3]
- Optimized droppable item pickup collision detection code
[h3]🛠️ General Fixes[/h3]
- Fixed rare case where sometimes the player can fall through the terrain when a very specific collision sequence occurs (most noticeably when you lag)
- Fixed one case where if an exception occurred that it would cause async tasks to get stuck instead of complete
- Fixed bug where creating a new character could duplicate the clothes of your previous character due to leftover code from our upcoming Dedicated Server patch
- Fixed armor not giving the proper amount of armor when joining another server as client
- Fixed NPC armor values not updating properly for clients
- Request customers will always like their item, which can prevent weird negative reviews that sometimes occurred before
- Request customers will no longer say that they didn't find anything despite the player fulfilling their request
- Fixed a case where cutting down many trees close together would cause their resources to float in the air
- Fixed the clapping SFX in the prologue not adhering properly to player audio settings
- Fixed the spacing on the special name plate icons in the main menu and lobby menu UI
- Corrected some slightly offset colliders on the main stairs in the prologue atrium that could cause you to get a little bit stuck on the way up
- Corrected the cable machine description
- Fixed the crow egg item missing a mesh
- Fixed some cases where clients were unable to repair certain items that had upgraded durability
- Fixed various disconnects
Thanks for an incredible year of Saleblazers! Here's to the next one!