Mannequin News

Greetings, Agents and Mannequins 🫡👽,

The first FREE major update is now available to download!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2409260/Mannequin/

Keep reading to discover everything included in this update 👇.

NEW MAP - EXCAVATION
The battle continues underground; the new cave level Excavation is now available! This level features narrow tunnels, two story base tents and spectacular vistas.
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NEW GAME MODE - KING OF THE CROWN
The social lobby now features a brand new game mode: King of the Crown. Steal the crown from other players and keep it on for as long as you can to earn the title of Manneking or Mannequeen.


FINGER GESTURES
Players can now use figure gestures to point, give thumbs up and more while playing and posing.


AGENT SHIELD ABILITY
Agents have gained a new shield ability, an EMG: Electric Magnetic Guard. A temporary protection against sudden Mannequin attacks. It can be activated once every round, so use it wisely.


AUDIO POLISH PASS

• More varied ambience in all levels
  
• Improved audio occlusion to make it easier to tell where sounds are coming from
  
• New and improved sound effects across the game
  
• Improved audio feedback when using push to talk
  
• Mixing and adjustments of all audio; ambience, sound effects, music and VO
  

 

MISC ADDITIONS

• Added full screen feedback vignettes to highlight important game events, like advantage and revival
  
• Polished and added haptics across the game
  
• The push to talk button is now activated by double tapping the left thumbstick
  

UI IMPROVEMENTS

• Added an update board in the lobby to highlight new and upcoming game content
  
• Custom lobby screen now let all players in a session know what map is selected as well as the game mode they’ll play
  
• Custom lobby screen has also received a polish pass to highlight relevant information and make the experience easier to navigate 
  
• The scoreboard and player interaction screens have received some overall polish and attention!
  
• Updated loading screen visuals
  
• HUD elements have had a visual overhaul, both to be less disrupting as well as more informative
  
• Team notifications (capture power generator, team advantage, team win) are now displayed with the colours of the corresponding team
  
• Prestige is now properly displayed 
  
• Expanded the player manual to display new relevant information
  
• Push to talk now has a mute/unmute indicator, to let players know if they’re in voice comms or not
  

BUG FIXES

• Mannequin dash aim character no longer remains when turned into agents in Infected mode
  
• Fixed custom game settings not being saved between games
  
• Agent players can no longer hear faulty EMF readings from other agents
  
• Match result notifications now appear for all players, not just the winning team
  
• The “Return to lobby” button on the end of match screen now works as intended
  
• Fixed that the light indicators on the Agent gun stopped working after the gun has been jammed
  
• Ammo is now always fully reloaded when Agents gain advantage
  

We hope you love this update! If you're enjoying Mannequin we'd love for you to leave a review on the store page. Your support makes a huge difference 💙🧡.

As always, if you have any comments or questions feel free to leave them below.

/ Fast Travel Games

Greetings, Agents and Mannequins 🫡👽,

The first FREE update is coming to Mannequin on September 26th! If you've been enjoying Mannequin, help us grow the community further by leaving a review! This helps us out a lot 👽.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2409260/Mannequin/

[h2]WHAT'S COMING?[/h2]

NEW MAP 🪨
The battle continues underground in Excavation! This map features narrow tunnels, two story base tents and spectacular vistas.

NEW GAME MODE 👑
The social lobby will feature a brand new game mode: King of the Crown. Steal the crown from other players and keep it on for as long as you can to earn the title of Manneking or Mannequeen.

FINGER GESTURES 🫵
Players can now use figure gestures to point, give thumbs up and more while playing and posing.

AGENT SHIELD ABILITY 🛡️
Agents have gained a new shield ability, an EMG: Electric Magnetic Guard. A temporary protection against sudden Mannequin attacks. It can be activated once every round, so use it wisely.

AUDIO

• The game audio will receive a polish pass in this patch. This will include:
  
• More varied ambience in all levels
  
• Improved audio occlusion to make it easier to tell where sounds are coming from
  
• New and improved sound effects across the game
  
• Improved audio feedback when using push to talk
  
• Mixing and adjustments of all audio; ambience, sound effects, music and VO
  

MISC ADDITIONS

• Full screen feedback vignettes to highlight important game events, like advantage and revival
  
• Polish and haptics across the game
  
• The push to talk button will be activated by double tapping the left thumbstick
  

UI IMPROVMENTS

• Adding an update board in the lobby to highlight new and upcoming game content
  
• Custom lobby screen will let all players in a session know what map is selected as well as the game mode they’ll play
  
• Custom lobby screen will receive a polish pass to highlight relevant information and make the experience easier to navigate
  
• The scoreboard and player interaction screens will receive some overall polish and attention!
  
• The match objective status will be shown on the scoreboard
  
• Updated loading screen visuals
  
• HUD elements will have a visual overhaul, both to be less disrupting as well as more informative
  
• Team notifications (capture power generator, team advantage, team win) will be displayed with the colours of the corresponding team
  
• Prestige will now be properly displayed 
  
• Expanding the player manual will display new relevant information
  
• Push to talk will have a mute/unmute indicator, to let players know if they’re in voice comms or not
  

If you have any further questions, feel free to leave them below where we will be more than happy to answer them!

Greetings, Agents and Mannequins 🫡👽,

Mannequin has officially left Early Access and is now fully launched on the Steam store. If you haven’t explored our world of social stealth, now’s your chance! Grab Mannequin with a 20% discount before September 16 at 9AM PT.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2409260/Mannequin/

What's new?

• Enhanced performance
  
• Stability upgrades
  
• Bug fixes
  
• Quality of life enhancements
  

This is just the beginning! Later this month, we’ll be releasing our next exciting map, Excavation! This free update will come with more exciting features, so stay tuned 👀.



What content will the launch version include?

• 2v3 Asymmetrical Gameplay: Two players are Agents hunting shape-shifting Mannequins, who blend in as statues. Agents use scanners to track and shoot the Mannequins before they can ambush and freeze them with a touch.
  
• Quest 3 Visual Enhancements: Upgraded with a number of visual improvements for Meta Quest 3. This includes, material roughness, stronger reflections, higher anisotropic texture filtering, higher MSAA to reduce jaggies, increased LOD distances, all characters have normal maps and nicer first person visuals when posing as a Mannequin.
  
• 4 Enriched Maps: The game's original maps have been perfected to offer the most balanced and intense experience possible.
  
• Steam/Meta Quest Cross-Play: Whether you're playing on a standalone or PC, you'll have access to the entire Mannequin player base, with custom matches making it easy to find friends.
  
• Custom Modes: All of the additions made to Mannequin's custom matches, including the Infected Mode, will be available at launch.
  

New to Mannequin?
Mannequin is an up to 2v3 asymmetrical VR multiplayer game. Two elite Agents ruthlessly hunt an opposing side of three shape-shifting aliens known as Mannequins. Aliens pose as frozen human statues and ambush unsuspecting Agents, dashing forward and freezing them in place with a single touch. Agents scan for Mannequins and take them down with an EMP gun, deciphering friend from foe.

If you have any further questions, hop over to our Discord where we will be more than happy to answer them! You can also read the full patch notes there.

See you in the lobby! 🫡

Mannequin is coming out of Early Access this Thursday, and we're celebrating this with a 20% launch discount valid until Sep 16 9AM PT!

Wishlist NOW and choose your side as either Agents or Aliens in this highly celebrated and tense multiplayer hide-end-seek FPS.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2409260/Mannequin/

Greetings, Agents and Mannequins 🫡👽,

We are so happy to announce that Mannequin is leaving Early Access and launching in full on September 12th! The game will retain its original price of $19.99.

To those of you who already own Mannequin, thank you. Your support and feedback has played a crucial role in shaping Mannequin into the game it is today 💙.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2409260/Mannequin/


Check out our new trailer below 👇
https://youtu.be/scd2bDPQmJc

What differences will there be at launch?

• Enhanced performance
  
• Stability upgrades
  
• Bug fixes
  
• Quality of life enhancements
  

What content will the launch version include?

• 2v3 Hide-And-Seek Gameplay: Pose and oppose as Mannequins fool the other team by shapeshifting into humans and hiding in plain sight. Or use state of the art tech to hunt the alien threat as Agents.
  
• 4 Tightly-Designed Maps: Each of the game’s original maps has been adjusted and perfected throughout early access to offer the most balanced and intense experience possible.
  
• Steam/Quest Cross-Play: Whether you’re playing on standalone or PC, you’ll have access to the entire Mannequin playerbase, with custom matches making it easy to find friends.
  
• Custom Modes For More Fun: All of the additions made to Mannequin’s custom matches, including the Infected Mode, will be available at launch.
  

More information of extra content coming to the game post-launch will be revealed at a later date.

We hope you are as excited about this announcement as we are! If you already own Mannequin, keep enjoying the game as usual.

New to Mannequin?
Mannequin is an up to 2v3 asymmetrical VR multiplayer game. Two elite Agents ruthlessly hunt an opposing side of three shape-shifting aliens known as Mannequins. Aliens pose as frozen human statues and ambush unsuspecting Agents, dashing forward and freezing them in place with a single touch. Agents scan for Mannequins and take them down with an EMP gun, deciphering friend from foe.

If you have any further questions, hop over to our Discord where we will be more than happy to answer them!

Until next time, Pose and Oppose! 🫡