A Gentlemen's Dispute News

Incredible news! On this Friday, October 18th, an extensive free demo update is scheduled to make its arrival.

It’s said to boast…
- New, entirely overhauled visuals for characters, perks, items, lobbies, perk selection, and three exquisite stages.
- A limited time preview of two never-before-seen items. Play while they’re available in the free demo!
- An all-new HUD showcasing your perks in as they take effect in real time.
- Fully overhauled physics, now with new ragdolls and slippery-smooth netcode.
- All-new start screen allowing you to customize the items, stages, and perks included in each dispute.

Impressive, expansive, extravagant, and industrious! Prepare to play the overhaul this Friday, October 18th!

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Awaiting your dispute,
BFG

[h2]Good Day, Fellow Gentlemen![/h2]

We’re excited to release our next update!

Not only has our Lead Gentle-Engineer Thomas brought us yet another Bounty of Bugfixes, but he’s made disputing a whole lot smoother with Quality of Life Updates including gameplay settings, public online matchmaking, and more improvements to online lobbies. See the full list of changes below.

[h3]Hark! The Explosive Bowtie Returns[/h3]
It’s back and better than ever! Select this perk and upon taking damage, you’ll drop bombs at the feet of your enemies. Stack this perk for maximum martyrdom!



[h3]Three Brand-New Perks![/h3]

1. Akimbo - Give 'em the ol' one-two with an additional use of melee weapons— for those that like to fight up-close and personal.
   
2. Pitcher’s Glove - Don this trusty glove to lob additional bombs and freeze grenades.
   
3. Swordfish - Add damage to your headbutts by turning them into head-bayonets!
   

[h3]Plus, New Hats![/h3]




[h3]Verily,
BFG[/h3]

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[h2]Quality of Life Improvements[/h2]
[h3]Online[/h3]

• Added a public lobby list. Hosts can set their lobby to be publicly joinable in the bottom by clicking “Make Lobby Public.” Your friend’s lobbies will always appear in the lobby list.
  
• Added an easy “Invite” button for inviting Steam friends to your lobby.
  
• Improved consistency of joining mid-game.
  
• Host can now kick players from the leaderboard menu.
  
• Added rich presence support to show your friends which map you’re disputing on.
  

[h3]Gameplay Settings[/h3]

• Host can now set the number of rounds required to win. We don’t recommend going above 10 rounds. But feel free to nuke your computer with 2^32 traps on round 67.
  
• Host can now restart games from the pause menu at any time, including after finishing a game! Meaning the host can now restart without going back to the lobby.
  
• Added a leaderboard (Tab / Select) showing wins and perks for each player. Hover over other players to view their perks.
  
• Players joining mid-game will always join as ghosts.
  
• Character customizations will be saved between online sessions.
  
• Multiple players can now play with the same color outfit in the same game. Make your own team matches!
  
• Added UI to show how many extra uses of an item you have.
  
• Added UI to show the remaining duration of your item’s use.
  

[h2]Content[/h2]
[h3]Perks[/h3]

• Explosive Bowtie
  
• Swordfish
  
• Pitcher’s Glove
  
• Juiced
  

[h3]Hats[/h3]

• Bucket Hat
  
• Sailor Cap
  
• Animal Ears
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Players no longer occasionally get stuck in various status effects.
  
• Improved consistency of Rufus attacks.
  
• Players no longer Ascend To The Heavens upon slipping on oil for too long.
  
• Improved trap collision detection.
  
• Synced VFX and animations for when traps are armed or are inactive
  
• Synced physics of destruction caused by other player’s ragdolls.
  
• Spin kick has an increased cooldown before it can damage the same player.
  
• Fixed tons of bugs relating to late-joining players.
  

Tally-ho!

A wave of updates brings quality-of-life improvements and bugfixes to online disputes. What's more, the gentlemen are now bilingual! This update also introduces Chinese language support!

[h3]Major Changes[/h3]

• Players can now join other players through Steam from outside the game.
  
• Players are now able to join mid-game. Players who join late in the round will join as ghosts.
  
• Returning to menu as host now returns everyone to the lobby instead of ending the game.
  
• Increased server tick rate from 30 to 60.
  
• Added language setting in options menu and support for Chinese language!
  
• Added a timer to limit the duration of perk selection. If time runs out, players that haven't picked a perk will receive a random perk.
  
• Removed explosive bow-tie perk.
  

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed various issues related to joining lobbies.
  
• Fixed players not being able to leave online lobbies.
  
• Fixed issue with pause menu not working on keyboard.
  
• Fixed cursor not being freed when options menu is opened.
  
• Fixed options menu being blank until selecting a tab.
  
• Fixed bug allowing multiple people to grab the same perk.
  
• Addressed several cases of users getting stuck in a damaged state.
  
• Addressed issue causing players to be stuck in leaping animation until they ragdolled.
  

Thanks for playing! We're excited to continue bringing you updates. The next will be filled with all manner of items, perks, and props. Join the discord server to make suggestions! It's also a great place to find fellow gentlemen eager to start disputes.

Until next! Continue disputing!
BFG

Thanks so much for joining us on this merry journey! It's been an absolutely dashing endeavor, and we at Blast Furnace Games are simply exhilarated to continue!

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That's all for now! Our greatest thanks to you again. We shall dispute with you soon!