Sweet Surrender News

We're excited to announce our upcoming Melee Update! You can preview it NOW in the Beta Branch (more details at the bottom of this post).

Melee combat has been the #1 community-requested improvement to Sweet Surrender and we are excited to deliver a comprehensive melee-focused update. We’re in the final stages of playtesting and balancing this update.

To kick things off, we want to share some details on our new melee weapons: the Plasma Katana


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[h2]Plasma Katana[/h2]
This beautiful re-imagination of the classic Katana adds a new dimension to Melee combat. Get up close and personal with the robots. You can charge up the plasma field for a short time to deal extra damage and deflect projectiles!



[h2]Beta Preview - How to Access[/h2]

You can check out the new Plasma Katana and the rest of our Melee Update RIGHT NOW in our Beta branch: select Sweet Surrender in your library > Properties > Betas > Select Beta branch from dropdown list.

We encourage you to join our Discord where you can access private discussions with other Beta testers and stay up to date on each new update.

We hope you’ll try out the new beta update and share your feedback with us. The whole team is really looking forward to this update!

Cheers,
Salmi Games

Hello everyone,

We just released a small hotfix for Sweet Surrenders latest update, addressing some of the most pressing issues, which some players have experienced. These include:

• Issues with players spawning incorrectly at the start of levels
  
• Fixes to the sewer ladders and adding ladders where they were needed
  
• Adjustments to the items and enemies in the shooting range
  
• Updates to enemy pathfinding
  

There will be a full list of patch notes below.

We are always thankful for your feedback and greatly appreciate any issues you report.

Cheers,
Salmi Games

Full Patch Notes:

• Fixed an issue where hologram enemies in the shooting range would sometimes drop upgrade chips
  
• Fixed an issue that would cause the game to not load into levels when playing with LIV
  
• Added ladders to some sewer rooms, which had pits players couldn’t escape from otherwise
  
• Adjusted the acid grenade and removed the liquid acid grenade due to unintended behavior
  
• Fixed an issue with players becoming stuck behind ladders when playing with the teleport falldown type
  
• Fixed an issue that would allow players to take chips out of the homebase collection
  
• Adjusted the skyboxes in some slum rooms to avoid players grappling out of bounds
  
• Improved the pathfinding on the spider bomb bots around teleporter pads
  
• Adjusted the spider gunner bot to better protect its weak spot while not vulnerable
  
• Fixed an issue with teleporting over gaps while playing with the teleport falldown type
  
• Fixed an issue with the level elevator getting stuck at the end of the industrial level
  
• Adjusted some of the unlock requirements for grenadier class upgrades
  
• Fixed an issue with controller bindings for Windows Mixed Reality
  
• Fixed an issue where the trickshot chip would not work with some weapons
  
• Fixed a bug that would incorrectly display the “empty” text next to full antidotes
  
• Fixed an issue that had spider bots becoming stuck in the air after shooting them
  
• Fixed an issue with some sewer rooms spawning chest in the acid pools, but no wheel to lower the acid
  
• Improved the pathfinding on enemies, which were recently spawned by the spider bot hives
  
• Fixed an issue with chip descriptions becoming visible while climbing ladders
  
• Fixed an issue with weapon / item tooltips remaining on screen after gifting them to the tunnel digger robot
  
• Fixed some issues with the German translation of the game
  
• Fixed an issue with medkit stations sometimes not opening
  

Hello everyone,

Sweet Surrender's 7th major update is finally released! Many of you already had the chance to get an early look at the new changes with the beta release. We got a lot of feedback from you and are happy with how many participated.



With our "Into the Sewers" update, we have added (as some of you may already have guessed) the sewer district to the game! This new, hidden area covers the tunnels and pits below the mines and slums and will allow for an alternate route up the megacity. Some of the new features found in the sewers include:

• A whole new district with many different rooms and new, interactable elements to discover
  
• Tons of acid-themed mechanics; Burn away your enemies healthbars, while avoiding the corrosive environmental hazards
  
• New enemy types, found exclusively in this new district
  
• New upgrade chips and grenades to interact with the new acid mechanics
  

The sewers also feature a bunch of new visuals with surface light gleaming through ceiling grates and pools of acid ominously bubbling below you as you make your way through the tunnels.



We hope you enjoy discovering all the new content in the sewers. As mentioned they are a hidden area, so you might need to explore a bit to find them. But as long as you have a look around in the mines and slums, we are sure you will find your way into the sewers

Make sure to also check out our trailer for the update:

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We've also implemented some of the most requested features we have gotten from you. These primarily include:

• Save & Quit functionality; You can now pause your runs by using the panels at the beginning of every level
  
• Cloud Saves
  
• LIV Support (PC only)
  

As you may have noticed we also had some community polls on our discord. We want to use these to see what you guys would like to see most in the game in the next updates. Our current plan is to focus more on boss type enemies and an overhaul to melee combat, but we can't say anything specific yet.

As per usual, this update also comes with tons of improvements and bugfixes. These include many issues that were reported by you guys and we are always happy to get your feedback on these.

[h2]Improvements[/h2]

• Added option to save & quit during a run
  
• Added unlockable chip collection in the homebase
  
• Added unlockable holo grenades in the homebase
  
• Improved sending of debug logs (includes more general info, keyboard to write a quick note to the developers)
  
• Low health sound only beeps for a short period, improved visualization of low health
  
• Adjusted submachine guns (to improve their handling)
  
• Reworked turret spider bot
  
• Reworked bomb spider bot
  
• Improved visuals of weapon containers in homebase
  
• Added cloud saves
  
• Reworked shotguns
  
• Added new sounds to weapons and new area
  
• Plants
  
• You can now call the elevator at the final boss back down if you fall off the top
  
• Added LIV support on Steam
  
• Improved Korean translation
  
• Improved teleport movement (prevent teleport down abyss)
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed elevator showing green arrow upwards without going up; improved responsiveness of physical button
  
• Fixed rare issue that guns could disappear when being dropped within a tunnel (including being dropped into your holster)
  
• Fixed heal stim going back into the slot in a faulty way when picked up and quickly released from a slot
  
• Fixed rare bug that allowed you to process to the next level when dying while on the level
  
• Fixed final boss drifting off when being stunned
  
• Various fixes to room layouts
  
• Fixed an issue with the chinese translation remaining on screen when switching languages
  
• Fixed a bug with holo-grenades using wrong materials
  
• Clicking the class icon now properly starts your run as that class
  
• Fixed an issue with skyscrapers flickering in the modern city
  
• Fixed an issue with enemies and weapons not properly unlocking in the homebase
  
• Fixed an issue with explosive barrels sometimes not exploding properly
  
• Fixed a bug with class unlocks progressing in the homebase
  
• Various fixes to achievement unlocks
  
• Various UI fixes
  

If you want to participate in future polls, get access to beta builds or just want to talk to us about the game, you can do so by joining our discord. We are always happy about everyone who joins and are very thankful for your feedback.

You can also check out our public roadmap for the game, where you can get a better look at all the updates we've already released and what we have planned for the future.

Cheers,
Salmi Games

Hey everyone,

We are happy to announce that Sweet Surrender’s beta branch is now updated with a preview of our next major update: Into the Sewers! You can take a first look at our completely new district and all the new content that hides within. Here are some of the new features you can expect to find in the Sewers:

• New acid themed mechanics; Burn through your enemies or protect yourself from their corrosive attacks
  
• A completely new district spread across two hidden levels
  
• New grenade and chip types, revolving around the new acid features
  
• New enemy types, which you will only encounter in this secret area
  

We also introduced a couple of quality-of-life features requested by the community:

• Save and Quit (at the start of each level you can now save and quit the game to continue at a later point)
  
• Cloud Saves
  
• LIV support
  

Since this is only the beta preview of the update, everything is still subject to change. However it should still give you a good idea on what the final release will look like and you can already try out all the new features.

We look forward to your feedback!

Sweet Surrender will also join the Steam VR Fest Sale! If you’ve been interested in the game or want to gift it to someone, then this will be your chance, as Sweet Surrender will be 25% off for the first time ever.

We hope you’ll try out the new beta update and share your feedback with us. We are always happy to hear what our fans think and you can chat with us on our Salmi Games Discord Server: discord.gg/salmigames

Cheers,
Salmi Games

Hello friends,

We're back with our first hotfix for Update 6 to address an issue that blocked some players from making class-based progression.

If you're still having issues, please let us know.

Thank you all for playing the game and helping us to continue to make it better. Have fun shooting robots!