Slapshot News

It's been a while since release notes were posted, but I was in Japan for work for two weeks. We're working on some core components of the game at the moment, many of which have been requested by the community frequently. These include controller support and better matchmaking, among others.

• Low GPU Mode
  
• 1v1 Re-enabled
  
• Join private game in-progress
  
• Select arena in private game
  
• Export stats for private games
  
• Disconnects count as losses
  
• Better support for lower resolution monitors
  
• Warm-up mode
  
• Beta-only servers
  

• Arena selection sometimes invalid (stuck on indoor)
  
• Boost progress bar doesn't update when holding down boost
  
• Loss XP not shown in end-game screen.
  
• Joining as a spectator mid-game places you on a team.
  
• Games played counts disconnects (Visual only)
  
• Reduce cooldown for practice reset
  
• Refill dash on practice reset
  

To see what's being worked on and a list of known bugs, be sure to check out the roadmap.

Slapshot League Sign-Ups

We're very excited to announce that we will be getting the process to start the Official Slapshot Leagues underway. The first prospect tournament will be hosted on Saturday, April 6th at 5pm EDT. The full details on the Official Leagues will be below, along with a sign-up to the first prospect tournament. Notice that we said this will be the FIRST prospect tournament, as there will be multiple if you cannot attend this one.

There will also be a separate sign-up that we would like people to fill out that we will be giving the GMs access to so that they may contact you with any questions/concerns, or to simply set up a try out.

This past week, we brought on a new dev, Erveon! We also have a new community manager, Samsquanch.

• There is an event dashboard on the site used by Samsquanch. This will show the in-game notifications for events/new features, so if you want to make your tournament/event known, ping Samsquanch about it.
  
• Press escape to get out of menus/submenus
  
• Hair color
  
• Faded server name in bottom right hand corner
  
• Refresh button on groups page
  
• Search function on groups page
  
• Show level 0 when user does not have level
  
• Final Slappy Pass 1.0 items
  
• NA West servers
  

• Goals being scored behind own net
  
• 4v3 or more can happen
  
• Players being kicked out of games after a minute
  
• Players can set non-natural numbers on their jerseys
  
• User level cut off in scoreboard
  
• Users can't move while in scoreboard
  
• Power boost bar not filling when joining game
  
• Pressing escape closes chat, does not open menu
  

To see what's being worked on and a list of known bugs, be sure to check out the roadmap.

It was a busy week, and there are plenty more bugs to fix, but I'm getting to them one at a time. Thanks for your patience while the game becomes more stable!

I'm happy with the community that we have thus far, and I'm finally getting to the position where I can work on new features rather than worrying about servers all the time.

Another thing to note: "Full Version" has now been renamed "Slappy Pass" since there were many many people misunderstanding what the full version was. Nothing has changed about this other than the name.

• Lefty stick
  
• AWS server scheduler
  
• Continuous server builds - Faster releases!
  
• Players no longer placed in ending game (
• FAQ
  
• Prettier dev notification
  

• Group leader stuck on waiting while friends join
  
• Group members left behind while starting game
  
• Hair not covering top of head
  
• Games played showing NaN
  
• Windows 32 Bit not working
  
• Practice mode not working when servers offline
  
• Game servers crashing due to native socket error
  
• Level not updated in scoreboard
  
• Stuck in end-game screen after server restarts
  

Some major tasks that I will be focusing on this week are making matchmaking a bit better so users can't leave without punishment, the hopeful end of the 4v3 bug, and a better experience for streamers. There is also a nasty bug that's infecting some users where they aren't able to play for more than a minute online.

To see what's being worked on and a list of known bugs, be sure to check out the roadmap.