Zeepkist News

In just under a week from now, January 28th, it will be 2 years ago that Zeepkist first launched on Steam!!

[h2]To celebrate the occasion I'm going to be recording a Q&A session with Zeepkist's music guy, Duncan Steven![/h2]

You can submit questions in the comments of this news post, or in the dedicated "zeepkist-anniversary-qa" channel on the Zeepkist Discord! (https://discord.gg/kmfaaQg)

We'll be going through your best and brightest questions and upload it on the Steelpan Interactive Youtube account afterwards, on January 28 :)

We'll be recording on either friday or saturday so if you want to make sure we don't miss your question, post before then!


Happy Zeepkisting!!

- Yannic

- Tweaked the bad words filter

If you want to discuss the bad words filter, the best place to give feedback is the official Discord!

https://discord.gg/kmfaaQg

Hey everyone!!!

I've been receiving reports of users giving inappropriate names to their rooms, and generally spamming the chat with abusive words. So here's a quick update to fix that.

I've added a bad word filter to Zeepkist, which will filter out bad words and replace them with cartoon-style bad words ($%%&#!).

I want to keep Zeepkist a wholesome and welcoming place for everyone, bad actors have no place here.


Ban function

We've also added a new banning function to host controls, you can now ban abusing players from your rooms, meaning they won't be able to connect to your room whenever you are host.

You can ban players from Host Controls > Manage Players.




Omnidirectional Booster

I've also added another block!

The "Omnidirectional Booster" will boost your zeepkist forward in the direction it's facing, regardless of your angle relative to the booster. This should give you all a whole bunch of new options for level building! :D




Happy Zeepkisting!

That's the quick update! The next big update is planned to be an overhaul of the audio systems, there might be some smaller updates in between if it's taking too long. But roadmap wise, big audio overhaul is next! :)

The second monthly Zeepkist Super League event has concluded and now it's time to vote for your favourite submissions from the Winter Wonderland theme!

Builders were tasked with creating a level based on the Winter Wonderland theme. This could be a Sinterklaas, Christmas or snowy themed track!



Voting is open until Saturday 14th January, 2023 at 18:00 UTC+0

[h2]Play the level submissions[/h2]

All of the submissions are available in the Zeepkist Super League - Winter Wonderland level pack on the Steam Workshop!

[h2]Other Contests[/h2]

The Construction level and banner contests are on their last week of submissions. Head on over to the #level-contests or #banner-contests channel in our Official Zeepkist Discord server to join in!

- Akane

View the event on Zeepkist's Official Discord server!

[h2]When is the Super League tournament?[/h2]

• Sunday 8th January at 10:00 PST
  
• Sunday 8th January at 13:00 EST
  
• Sunday 8th January at 18:00 GMT
  
• Sunday 8th January at 19:00 CET
  
• Monday 9th January at 05:00 AEDT
  

[h2]Super League Details[/h2]

We will be competing on 15 of the 47 level submissions from the Winter Wonderland level contest held earlier this month.

The rooms will open around 10 minutes before the event starts and is scheduled to last around 1 hour and 45 minutes (7 minutes per level). The first timed level will begin on the hour.

The leaderboards in all 2-3 rooms will be tracked and will be combined into a single overall leaderboard post-event on our Discord server!

A playlist of the event lineup to quickly setup an online practice session is available to download on our Official Discord server in the #super-league channel.

You can checkout all 47 level submissions on the Steam Workshop!

Top 3 with the most championship points will receive a special role and 3,000 EXP in our Discord server!



[h2]Who can join?[/h2]

The Super League is open to all! Open Zeepkist and hop in to one of the Super League rooms hosted by Akane. Rooms are filled on a first-come-first-served basis.

Look out for the following rooms hosted by Akane:

• Zeepkist Super League: Offroad Rally (1) - Akane
  
• Zeepkist Super League: Offroad Rally (2) - Akane
  
• Zeepkist Super League: Offroad Rally (3) - Akane (only if rooms 1 & 2 both fill up)
  

[h2]Level Contest Community Vote[/h2]

After the Super League event, we will be opening the community vote to everyone on Steam and our Discord server for all 47 level submissions. You will be able to pick your 3 favourite levels that you think matched our Winter Wonderland theme the best!



- Akane