Blam! Blam! News

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to week 5 of our game updates!

Made some nice strides this week towards Blam! Blam! Polished up the game loop for multiplayer. Now the victory screen is a clean transition. We also made some nice improvements towards apocalypse. Bosses now have a chance to drop XP collection orbs. After you get 5 upgrades you then get to level up the tier of your gun much like multiplayer.

Come join us on our Discord. E33 Studios Discord We would love to hear what ideas may be fun to implement.



Multiplayer:

• UPDATE: TDM / FFA - Victory Screen shows final score
  

Apocalypse Mode:

• NEW: XP collection orb drop
  
• NEW: After Level 25 Gun level increase
  
• UPDATE: Optimize streaming performance
  
• UPDATE: Updated Zombie performance by changing number of times it processes
  
• UPDATE: Apocalypse Mode saves Endless Mode and Gun Selection
  
• UPDATE: Added Fog Manager and Console fog_on / fog_off to enabled / disable
  

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to week 4 of our game updates!

This week was a little slower. Our solo player game mode Apocalypse received some attention. Here are some of the improvements

Come join us on our Discord. E33 Studios Discord We would love to hear what ideas may be fun to implement.



Apocalypse Mode

• FIX: Pause menu stops the game again
  
• FIX: Ammo Used upgrades actually reduces amount of ammo used
  
• UPDATE: Adjusted MiniBoss atmosphere and coloring
  
• UPDATE: Reduced map fog for better visibility
  

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to week 3 of our game updates!

This week we were able to add some more multiplayer functionality. The ability to invite your friends directly into the game is now possible!

Come join us on our Discord. E33 Studios Discord We would love to hear what ideas may be fun to implement.



Core Engine:

• NEW: Added 2D Lighting to the game
  
• NEW: Added bullet pooling to help performance with large rates of fire
  

Apocalypse Mode

NEW: Zombies Glow
NEW: Added Endless Mode
NEW: Increased MiniBoss spawn count
NEW: Score screen pauses so you can check out stats
FIX: Updated some stats that weren't tracking correctly
FIX: Consolidated Hud and Game timer to single timer to avoid drift

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to week 2 of our game updates!

This week we were able to add some more multiplayer functionality. The ability to invite your friends directly into the game is now possible!

Come join us on our Discord. E33 Studios Discord We would love to hear what ideas may be fun to implement.



Multiplayer:

• NEW: Steam Multiplayer - Support Overlay Friend Join Game Request
  
• NEW: Server ensures client game version is the same before allowing it to join
  

Multiplayer: Bug fixes

Fix: Client disconnect / reconnect issues
Fix: Duplicate user join issues
Fix: FFA Kill Counter

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to the start of our first or many updates.

This week week we were able to add a new game mode: Free For All (FFA)! You can now duke it out with up to 8 people in a single lobby in an every soldier for themselves game mode.

Come join us on our Discord. E33 Studios Discord We would love to hear what ideas may be fun to implement.



Multiplayer:

• NEW: Free For All (FFA) Game Mode
  
  • Uses same maps as Team Death Match with different spawn points
    
  • 1st to 25 kills wins
    
  • Fix: Gun color shows correctly on spawn
    
  • Fix: Scoreboard respawn and kills update when open
    

Apocalypse Mode:

• Zombie Steam Leaderboard - Compete with your friends on number of Z-kills!
  
• Refactored upgrade window to allow more room
  
• TAB shows game stats and Upgrades
  
• Initial tuning for Upgrades
  
• MINI BOSS - Added Breath weapon attack
  

Zombie Logic:

• Updated logic to use state machines
  
• Refactored logic to prevent "stuck zombies"