Slaycation Paradise News

Hello Slaycationers!

As outlined in our road map (which you can read here), we are updating Slaycation Paradise with it's first Quality of Life update, based on community feedback.
In addition to a number of performance improvements, balance tweaks, and bug fixes, we're adding full keyboard and controller key-binding support!

Next up... Stay tuned for our first major content update!



For updates on development join the Merge Games Discord and follow the Merge Games Twitter.

For some, that means never ending carnage, for others that means a whole host of other perks...though we're aiming to bring you a bit of both...but here's what the future holds for Slaycation Paradise!


[h2]Roadmap[/h2]
What's a holiday without a map to let you know where you're going?
Here's the road map which was helped built by you and your valuable feedback in the discussions in your videos, forum posts, discord posts and twitter talks!


[h2]Glammed up![/h2]
But that's not all, what's a resort without a few attractions?
Survival? What's this?


[h2]Survival of the chillest[/h2]
As part of our first major content update, we'll be adding a survival mode! Endure waves of beasts, creatures and living sex-toys as you build, venture out for better weapons and...



[h2]The perks of a good time![/h2]
Farm for perks! Develop your own build and become a god among vacationers!



We couldn't have done this without you! Let us know what you think on discord! for future updates

This one's a bit more than just a hot fix -- there's a bunch of improvements and even a few new things in there...

FIXES:

• Fixed a bug where blueprints didn't unlock reliably.
  
• Fixed a balance bug where higher rarity drops weren't respecting the loot table rules.
  
• Fixed 12 text legibility issues for Japanese, Russian, Chinese (Traditional), and Spanish languages.
  
• Resolved a rare but annoying soft-lock bug when killing two bosses at the exact same time.
  

BALANCE:

• Minor buffs for a few under-utilised weapons.
  
• Increased challenge on higher difficulties. You should definitely feel it...
  
• ...but also increased item drop and rarity rate to counter this. Higher difficulty = better and MORE loot.
  
• Nerfed the wand output damage...
  
• ...but increased its inherent Corpse explosion damage. Bigger risk/reward payoff, but harder to solo it.
  
• Tweaked the blueprint drop rate rules to make it a more fair experience, and less purely random.
  

NEW:

• To promote fresh weapons, added an upgrade limit on the number of levels you can invest into a weapon.
  
• Added the ability to extinguish some status effects when dodge-rolling. Corrosion/poison/burn/etc.
  
• Added a secret easter-egg. It's dumb and tiny and I don't recommend trying to find it.
  

Slaycation Paradise has only been out a few days and it's incredibly warming to see everybody enjoy their stay!

We've been keeping our eyes peeled for feedback and reviews and are really happy with what we've seen so far.

Here are some highlights!

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIIOu42YGDM&t
• https://twitter.com/OtakuDante/status/1561698010530209795
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaL0sQyLs90&t=1s

Finally, if you've enjoyed Slaycation Paradise, could you 🙏🏼 please leave a review🙏🏼 it helps us gather feedback and continue to develop the game with your support.

Thank you to everyone who made this vacation possible!

For updates, follow our Twitter or join our Discord!

In addition to the Demo being updated, we've got a quick-fire hot-fix comin' at you:

- Sightseeing shard rewards are now given and tallied correctly.
- Disco Mime music now disables correctly.
- Default Redistributables are now set on the Steam Dashboard; hopeful fix for a number of crash-on-launch bugs.

If you still experience a crash-on-launch, please get in touch and share your log file!
Details here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1643850/discussions/0/3426696555556203249/



The Slaycation DEMO has been updated ːsteamthumbsupː

A metric slop-bucket of improvements, polish, and updates...
The demo is now representative of the launch version of the game.
- Many quality of life updates.

- Full localization support (and options menu) for...
* English
* French
* Spanish
* German
* Japanese
* Chinese (Simplified)
* Chinese (Traditional)
* Russian

- Many stability improvements and bug fixes. Most notably...
* Sightseeing shard rewards are given and tallied correctly.
* Fixes missing text displays.
* Resolves that annoying motion-blur-disabled bug! Yes. That one :O

NOTE: if you have any issues updating the demo, make sure to try verifying the install files:
1) Right click on your library > Slaycation Paradise Demo > Properties...
2) Local Files > Verify integrity of demo files.