Last Train Outta' Wormtown News

I'm excited to announce we've teamed up with Trivia Tricks, the online trivia party game, to bring you the Friend Pass Party Bundle! Both games feature a Friend Pass, where all of your friends can play together with only ONE purchase of the game!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/33125/Friend_Pass_Party_Bundle/

Owners of Last Train Outta' Wormtown now get a 15% discount on Trivia Tricks through the new Friend Pass Party Bundle. And if you're new to both games, you can get Last Train Outta' Wormtown and Trivia Tricks with the special discounted price - It's the perfect time to get your friends together for game night!



After a grueling session of outsmarting the Worm, prove who's really the smartest Pardner in a game of Trivia Tricks! Trivia Tricks also supports creating and sharing custom questions through the Steam Workshop, making it super easy to customize the game for your specific group.



Check out Trivia Tricks by following this link to the Friend Pass Party Bundle, and thanks for the support!

Next Stop: Trivia Town!

Howdy! I've been hard at work on the biggest Wormtown content patch to date! - but that means I've been a bit radio silent the past two weeks.

Above is the brief roadmap of the content I want to have ready before Wormtown leaves early access later this year. It's a bit vague on some aspects of it, because a lot of my decision making will be a direct result of playtesting and hearing community feedback.

Keep an eye out for the next big content update sometime in the next few weeks (I imagine mid July), which will feature a handful of new Worm abilities and new Pardner "equipment" that will help them battle and survive against the Worm. I'm super excited about how these additions will affect the chaos and variety of each round of Wormtown!

Thanks again for everyone who's checked out Wormtown so far.
Until next time, Keep Wormin' and Squirmin'

Howdy!
A few gameplay additions this update:
* Tumbleweeds now spawn randomly around the map. They roll super well, making them a fantastic worm distraction item. They are a 0 fuel - 1 weight item, so they won't help you much in fueling the train, but may save your life in a pinch!

* Poltergeists!! (spooky!) Ghosts can now throw props short distances. This is on a 45 second cooldown, and can be used in creative ways to help out your fellow Pardners.

* Anti-Tunneling: When escaping a worm's mouth, the minigame difficulty is now drastically reduced for the next 15 seconds. This should help players who are getting focused by the Worms, especially in multi-worm games. Note: the difficulty ramps back up linearly throughout those 15 seconds.

Misc changes:
* Barrels are now worth slightly less fuel. Due to the the change in how they are thrown in the last update, it's now much easier to roll them to the train, so a slight nerf on fuel value seemed needed.
* The "Hard" worm mouth escape mini game now has an additional bubble.
* Reverted the fuse timer of dynamite when in a Worm's mouth. This was inadvertently changed last update. (aka: it goes boom faster)

Bug Fixes:
* Fixed the Pardner tutorial getting stuck on the "connecting" screen in the lobby. (This was only a bug in the Steam build and not in editor - sorry I didn't catch this!)
* Fixed Pardners heart jars not disappearing if they were revived without anyone picking up the heart jar. (Like if a pardner died within the revive zone)


The tumbleweeds and ghost ability add some interesting tweaks to the game, so let me know what you think!

Stay safe out there, Pardner!

Howdy!

Lobby Restarting:
You can now restart the lobbies when in the post game screens. The host can simply click the "Play Again" button, which will prompt the clients to do the same if they want to join back into the same lobby.

Gameplay changes:
- Pardners now hold barrels sideways, so when thrown they will roll on the ground for an effective worm distraction.
- Worm now "chomps" slower, meaning they will take longer to fully consume props and items they manage to grab. I'm hoping this will buy Pardners valuable seconds to get to safety when they manage to land a prop in the Worm's mouth.

UI Changes:
- Now displays living Pardners remaining health in the end game victory screens. I'm hoping this helps give all players a more realistic idea of how the game went. Sometimes the game was much closer and more dramatic than the initial end game result implied. Note: I'm planning on adding Worm stats to the end screen soon so everyone can see exactly how much carnage they caused.

Bug fixes:
FINALLY fixed the lobby bug causing some players to not load their pardner correctly. (This has been driving me crazy for months now!) This also fixes their pardner not showing up in the end game victory screens.

With lobby restarting and the lobby bug fixed, I can now focus on more significant gameplay changes and content. Expect some exciting updates in the near future!

Keep Wormin' and Squirmin',
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- Added new victory screens for the 4 ways the game can end: Pardners escaping on train, Worms winning, Pardner escaping via balloon, and the train leaving with no one on it. Hopefully this makes the end of each match feel a little more exciting. (note: music and sfx will be added soon for these!)

Gameplay Changes:
- Worms can now see other worms while underground.
- The "all living players on train" timer will stop if a Pardner is in a Worm mouth.
- Touching the ground while under the effects of a Worm scream will no longer reset your visibility timer (i.e. you'll be visible for the entire duration of the scream effect)

Bug Fixes:
- Dynamite in a Worm's mouth will no longer detonate multiple times.
- Fastest escape from worm mouth now calculates correctly.
- Fixed an issue where a pardner disconnecting while on the train would still count as a pardner on the train.
- Fixed issues with multi-worm games. Most notably, fixed an issue where worms were getting confused at what range they should be seeing pings at.
- Fixed the Hot Air Balloon spawning in the tutorial. (It wasn't supposed to be doing that. Come on, Ed!)
- Fixed issues with the propeller beanie hat cosmetic not swapping ghost materials correctly.


Note:
I'm aware of a bug where occasionally you won't see certain player's Pardners in the lobby screen. This also means they won't appear in the new end game victory screens. It's been a particularly finicky bug to fix, but I'm hoping to get it sorted in an upcoming patch.

Thanks for playing! And as always, feel free to leave any feedback commented on these patch notes or in the Discord.

Keep on 'Wormin, y'all.