Goo Gladiators News

Hey guys! We just pushed out a smaller update fixing some of the issues people have been having since launch and make things a little easier.


The most commonly encountered bug/ complaint was on signup not being able to paste in things! So we fixed that as well as added a button to add the @ symbol as some keyboards were not detecting people hitting the @ symbol on them.





A lot of newer users were having trouble understanding how mutated vs held items were handled. So we have added some more text prompts when applying items to help make it more clear what is going on. As well as not allowing people to do silly things like giving a fish to a goo already holding a fish.





Overall thank you guys so making the launch great so far! Over 500 people have tried out the game since it came out Thursday. We have a lot more planned for the game such as new Goos, new game modes and even more free content. Feel free to leave us a Steam review, those help us out a ton and let me know if you have any feedback or questions! See you soon.

• Added Copy/Paste functionality to the login/create screens
  
• Added @ symbol button on account creation for certain keyboards
  
• Added preview display for Eggcellent goos DLC to see sneak preview what they are.
  
• Added Text prompts when replacing a held item
  
• Removed ability to replace a held item with the item of the same type
  
• Changed some of the item wording to be less confusing.
  
• Fixed bug where sound effect could not play for some goos if you were fastforwarding
  
• Fixed Restium can no longer be applied to a goo holding a magic rod
  

Big update to prepare us for launch! There are new goos, new items and tons of Quality improvements.


The first of the unlockable Goo packs is out! It contains a ton of new Items and 10 new Goos. Some of my favorite goos are in this pack all with cool new strategies and ways to play.




The two most under utilized goos where by far the bubble goo and the Frob. As such both are getting pretty big buffs. The bubble goo now will only hit enemies instead of everyone. As well the bubble goo used to be quite difficult to get as you had to lose a bunch of matches to unlock them. Now you get them by using the 'bubble' item that is gotten through having 3 or more water goos on your team.



The Frob did not have nearly enough HP to be the tank it was intended to be. As such its starting HP has DOUBLED as well as doubling its starting defense. This should make the frob more of an attractive option in the mid game




I'm super excited to see more people play the game and see what cool teams and strategies develop! As always feel free to let me know if you have any feedback or questions, See you in the arena!!

• Added Eggecellent DLC goo pack (10 new goos!)
  
• Added new Attack Type 'Lowest HP' both Meows, Chicky and dragon all now target this.
  
• Added New item to base game: Bubble, It appears if you have 3 or more water goos. Mutates into bubble -2atk +5HP
  
• Added New item to base game: Crown, turn 2 Item. Gives +2 HP, +2 Atk per Victory
  
• Added new icon: the EYEcon
  
• Added two new awards: Scientist and Stylish.
  
• Added support for new reses: 1920x1080, 1600x900, 1366x768
  
• Changed you can now exit replays by hitting back or escape
  
• Changed nerdy birdy now talks to you during the tutorial
  
• Changed. Hitting tab will now move you through signin/signup prompts
  
• Fixed bug where devil and Brumpor ability wouldn't always trigger
  
• Fixed bug where you could unlock the strong achievement without actually doing it.
  
• Fixed bug where awards could overflow when unlocked
  
• Fixed bug where some users could get a longer username than allowed via steam linking
  
• Fixed bug where gang search could overflow.
  
• Fixed some other performance things under the hood ;)
  
  
  Balance things
• Bubble goo now only hits enemies
  
• Fish item will no longer appear if you have 2 losses
  
• Microscope moved from turn 9 to turn 7
  
• Devil and Brumpor's abilities now stack with multiple of each
  
• Sap/milk now scale with the amount of Moos/Frumptuns you have
  
• Tears no longer mutate into bubble goo
  
• Speed tiebreakers are now in place. Enemies got a lot of the random tiebreakers before, now if speed it tied its highest hp -> Highest attack -> highest defense
  
  
• HP/Atk/Def/Speed*
  
• Gramma nerfed from 17 atk/hp to 15 atk/hp
  
• Frog buffed from 10/5/5/3 -> 20/5/10/4
  
• Devil attack buffed from 13 -> 16
  
• Flirx attack buffed from 14 -> 15
  
• Mooshy HP buffed 13-> 17
  
• Crybaby HP nerfed 8 -> 7
  

• Changed wording from Level -> Rank to be less confusing for new players
  
• Fixed some issues with game rarely not shutting down all the way on exit
  

Huge update this week, Lets get into it.


We have the first version of Goo Gangs out, Form a Gang and start upgrading your gang to be the best goo gang in the Galaxy with your friends! Gangs are a great way to see what your friends are up to and to start collecting wins as a group!




You can now show off things you earn with your goolah beyond goo skins! We have added customizable Icons to your player. This way you can show off a little more personal flair




Some more of the stats have brought to light! You can now go to the new stats page to see how many wins you have gotten, how many goos you have mutated and more! On top of that you can now see how well you stack up against the world with the global leaderboard of goos.




A bit of smaller balance update this week compared to last week. We have given some goos that had lower usage rates since the last update some more reason to check them out! The burning goo/flirx, even after being buffed last week, still seemed very weak for how late you could get them. Gramma could be gotten a full turn before Flirx and had better stats. This is no longer the case as we increased the time to get Gramma and reduced the time it takes to get a Flirx, on top of that they got a pretty strong stats buff across the board. The hammer seemed to hardly ever be used so we gave it a 3x buff in attack bonuses. That should allow some good combos with Mooshy/Snaim. The Bubble Goo has been reworked a bit, we gave it more starting HP and reduced its speed. This should allow you to put it more towards the front and take a hit before it pops. Lastly some of the later game goos such as the Meow, Brumopor and devil all felt like they were underpowered for what you had to give up to get them that late in the game, they all have been given pretty good buffs.


I'm super excited for the full launch next week! It has been a blast seeing you guys play this game so far in its pre-release state. We have tons of in game events and more things to come, this is just the start. As always thank you so much for your support please let me know if you have any questions or feedback.

• Added Goo Gangs!
  
• Added linked steam Friends list
  
• Added customizable icons
  
• Added customizable backgrounds
  
• Added stats menu
  
• Added global leaderboard for people!
  
• Added scroll bar to the replays menu
  
• Added escape button on main menu
  
• Changed level display in the battle menu
  
• Changed auto generated teams to be actual teams incase of matchup failure
  
• Fixed game Icon not displaying correctly
  
• Fixed bug where you could spam buttons on scene transitions when leaving battle
  
• Fixed very rare crashes in the lab menu when clicking things
  
  
  Balance things
  (stats are denoted in the form (Atk / HP / Speed / Defense )
• Gramma now takes 4 turns to mutate from tadpole instead of 3
  
• Flirx now takes only 3 turns to mutate from burning instead of 4
  
• Devil ability is now +3 Atk per attack instead of +2
  
• Brumpor is now +2 Hp per attack instead of +1
  
• Hammer now gives +3 Atk when an ally faints instead of +1
  
  
• Meow from 7/10/7/0 -> 7/15/7/0
  
• Devil from 12/7/6/0 -> 13/11/7/0
  
• Burning from 4/4/4/0 -> 6/5/5/0
  
• Flirx from 8/6/5/0 -> 14/14/6/0
  
• Bubble goo from 6/1/4/0 -> 6/15/3/0
  
• Snaim from 3/10/2/5 -> 3/15/2/5
  
• Mooshy from 5/10/3/0 -> 7/10/3/0
  

The beta has been a blast so far! I've loved being able to see everyone get to play around with the Goos and the teams that you guys have made. We have fixed a ton of bugs as well as changed some of the game balance. Lets walk through some of that. Feel free to skip down to the bottom if you just want to see the raw changes :)


The first thing I wanted to address was the early game was kind of boring. It was just rock vs rock in the first 2/3 turns. The seed bag has been moved up to a turn 0 item. This also will make it easier to change the seed into Frumptun as he can start growing a couple turns sooner. As well the Spray bottle will now come after the first turn, This means that on turn 2 there are 5 different goos that you can start to build your strategy around (Default, Rock, Flower, Seed, Moss).

The next major thing I wanted to address was goos that felt 'too strong' or 'too weak' Frumptun was the least used goo in the last update, by far, so they are getting a pretty good buff with some extra health and their item they drop now giving +4/+4 instead of +3/+3 Being able to get them sooner will also hopefully increase their usage. Mooshy and Brumpor had very high win rates in late rounds, Both of them have been given slight nerfs in the form of their item not applying before their mutation. This reduces the brumpors speed by -1 and the mushs starting attack by 5. As well the mushroom summons have been nerfed. The idea of the mushroom summons was to be 'cannon fodder' and not something that can take a hit and then also do some damage. They are now slower, lower attack, no longer have shields and have a bit more HP.

The last major balance thing you will notice is that round 1 is no longer a 'free win'. The free win was stopping the bubble goo and crybaby goo from being able to be unlocked (You need to lose your first three matches to get the crybaby) As the bubble and crybaby were not in the last meta I'm very curious to see how the integrate!


Thank you guys so much for participating in the beta so far! Tons of more fixes and improvements are in the works! Look forward to Goo Gangs, more bug fixes and more balance coming next Wednesday.
As always, Let me know if you have any questions or comments.

[h2] Full(ish) Patch Notes [/h2]

• Fixed typos in tutorial
  
• Fixed bug where Fire items had double spawn rate.
  
• Fixed bug where the mouse cursor disappeared when a controller is plugged in.
  
• Fixed bug where some items would apply after mutating. Making goos starting stats diff.
  
• Fixed flower ability not also buffing itself
  
• Fixed announcements/skins/ Achievements being blank after completing a run.
  
• Fixed bug where 'highest attack' and 'most HP' Target types were not targeting properly
  
• Fixed bug where crash logs were not collected properly
  
• Fixed round 1 being always being a free win
  
• Fixed overflow on email field on the main screen.
  
• Added password masking on login/create screen.
  
• Changed some Goo name colors.
  
• Steam username will auto populate now when making an account.
  
• Added tooltip when an item would mutate a goo
  
• Holding Spacebar will now speed battles
  
• Added Egg to the DLC Menu (you can't get him yet ;) )
  
  
  
  Balance Things
  
  (stats are denoted in the form (Atk / HP / Speed / Defense )
  
• Moved Dirt to turn 0 item
  
• Moved Spray bottle to turn 1 item;
  
• Golem Changed from 3/2/2/3 -> 2/2/2/3
  
• Moss Changed from 2/5/1/2 -> 2/6/3/2
  
• Cat Changed from 4/4/6/0 -> 10/6/7/0
  
• Fire Cat Changed from 6/5/6/0 -> 14/5/7/0
  
• Nerdy Birdy changed from 3/10/3/0 -> 3/9/5/0
  
• Mush Summons from 5/5/2/1 -> 2/6/1/0
  
• Snail Summons from 5/5/2/1 -> 5/5/1/1
  
• Frumptun from 7/16/2/3 -> 7/18/2/3
  
• Flirx from 4/7/5/0 -> 8/7/5/0
  
• Burning from 2/4/4/0 -> 4/4/4/0
  
• Frob from 5/5/3/1 -> 5/10/3/5
  
• Tadpole from 2/3/5/0 -> 4/4/5/0
  
• New default goos now have diff stats depending on the turn they are made (5/7/5/0 -> 10/15/5/0 -> 15/20/5/3)
  
  
• Heart Item now gives +2 HP instead of +1
  
• Sunhat now gives +2 HP per round instead of +1
  
• Fish now gives +3 Attk on loss instead of +2
  
• Sap Jar is now +4/+4 HP/Attk instead of +3/+3
  
  

• Fixed default goos not actually getting the new buff
  
• Seed goo reworked. Ability is now +1 attk per plant goo now 3/3/3/0
  
• Axolotol Given also +1 hp per water goo per round
  
• Flower from 3/5/3/0 -> 5/8/5/0
  

As the launch looms ever closer we finally have people lots of people playing the game! The beta is now available to all of our supporters over on Patreon! We have already gotten a ton of feedback from people who have been playing it before I could write this announcement.



We will be having weekly balance updates for the beta each Wednesday using the feedback and stats we collect. As well we will slowly be turning on more features for you guys in the beta that aren't on yet such as goo gangs, custom profile icons and leaderboards. The plan is as well to open up the game to some more people who want to get involved as the beta goes on.



I'm so excited to share this game that we have been having a blast playing internally and seeing what kind of strategies you guys come up with. Do let me know if you have any questions and I will see you guys next Wednesday with the first round of Balance updates and bug fixes!