BUTCHER News

I have to admit it. I lied.

I told everyone I didn't want to implement Steam Workshop features. But guess what, it's done now.

The editor is still available only in the BETA branch, but it will change soon.

The problem was that the native Steam wrapper I used crashed the game on callbacks and I needed to write my own lib to deal with it.

Leaderboards changes in BETA branch
It's now possible to see how your friends performed in each (official) level.



The score histogram has been changed as well. The worst scores (i.e. worse than average minus 2 seconds) are now ignored, making it readable and meaningful.



Expect more small updates coming soon.

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