BUTCHER News

If you don't want to wait for the level editor for too long, you can use it right now!

Just right-click on BUTCHER in your library, select Properties, Betas and choose Beta. No passphrase needed anymore.

The level packages are saved in butcher_Data\StreamingAssets\Game\UserContent.

The editor gives you an access to some objects that haven't been used in the base game, e.g, homing missile trap or bot weapons. Some of the unused objects are still buggy.

Make sure to check out the example/tutorial levels and expect some new usable items in the future ːbutcherchainsawː

Keep in mind that the editor is not finished yet, so some bugs might still arise. If that happens, please tell us so :)

We can't wait to play some levels made by you!

Butcher's trading cards, badges and emoticons are now available! Enjoy!

Ah, Christmas. Give your victims some love. Give them a bit of extra suffering before they bleed to death. Let them know you really cared about their final moments.

We're excited to announce a few cool updates planned during the Winter Sale. One of them is trading cards with badges, emoticons and some backgrounds.

The trading cards will consist of drawings depicting some enemies encountered in the game. Of course, if you collect enough cards, Steam will reward you with one of those pixel-art badges:



So we hope it will be worth it! We want to publish the cards right after Christmas and before New Year's Eve, though the exact date of release is still unknown.

Another planned update is the level editor in our beta branch. We want to publish the exact same thing we used to make the levels. It still requires some accessibility improvements, like the ability to program basic (and even pretty advanced) level logic without writing any line of code, but we're working on it right now!

This is how a basic arena mechanic looks like in the editor:


Stay tuned!

Do you feel overly frustrated with BUTCHER and just want to murder like a tank?

We've got a surprise for you!



BUTCHER W.I.M.P. (Winning Is My Pleasure) is an easy mode DLC that will allow you beat levels only for the price of losing your dignity (if you have no dignity already, you lose nothing!).

Also, BUTCHER is 20% OFF on that occasion! (special offer ended)

Warning! Side effects might include:

• Depression
  
• Lower self-esteem
  
• Socially inappropriate behavior caused by the loss of self-respect
  
• Feeling offended
  
• Sleep disorders
  

Also, we've recently added the following features:

• Better gamepad support (especially XBox and DS4 on Windows)
  
• Key combo support in controls settings
  
• Scoreboards for speedrun high-scores
  
• Multiple save files
  
• Compatibility tweaks and minor bugfixes
  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZW3IzjrlEY

We're happy to announce that we've just moved all beta features to the live production version, including better gamepad support and speedrun leaderboards!

Changes:

• Better gamepad support:
  
  
  
  • Supported gamepads and operating systems (the list might grow in the future) - if not on the list, it might work, but no guarantees (we have no way to test everything, especially on non-Windows platforms):
    
    
    
    • Windows 7: XBox 360 (wired and wireless), XBox One, DS4, Logitech F310
      
    • Linux (Ubuntu 16.04, default driver): Xbox 360 (wireless)
      
    • OSX: Logitech XUSB, DS3
      
    
    
    
  • Slight auto-aim and rebindable gamepad layout.
    
  • Advanced settings for unrecognized gamepads (or not recognized properly) - old "experimental" section.
    
  • Possibility to turn off gamepad menu navigation in cases of improperly recognized gamepads.
    
  • Possibility to change dead zones for walking and jumping.
    
  • No keyboard layout select popup if gamepad is used in-game.
    
  
  
• Combo keys support - just press 2 or more keys in the key config prompt.
  
• Multiple save files.
  
• Speedrun leaderboards (or rather scoreboards) - you can beat levels again as fast as possible and compare your scores against others.
  
• Level browser is accessible regardless of the progress of the game.
  
• Fixed: shader compatibility issue that caused low framerate in rare cases.
  
• Fixed: black screen issue (fix worked on Windows 8.1 and integrated Intel GPU).
  
• Fixed: city 4 end-arena elevator bug.
  
• Fixed: city 3 lighting didn't work properly from time to time.
  

Also, we've prepared a new easy mode DLC for people who aren't tough enough to enjoy the normal version of Butcher. Stay tuned for more info!

So go ahead, sit on your comfy couch and watch your victims lie in a pool of blood for days before they die from hunger or raging infection, whatever gets them first.