Light Bearers News

We have a new update ready to be devoured by you hungry people!



Oculus Malus Big eyeball boy, he can fly too! Stalker Creepy crawly girl, she eats people. Watcher Super fast, can't move while being watched!

• Reworked Stalker a bit, she now always crawls and has a third ability! Climbing gets clunky sometimes, we'll be tuning it over time.
  
• Stalker web now makes bears stuck in them show through walls!
  
• My illiterate self wrote wan't in the hint section.... Fixed!
  
• "Fixed" where the hints would get clipped by different resolutions.
  
• Spray paints now align to the sprayer.
  
• Moved shadow selection layer to the top.
  
• Fixed the bear face doing weird stuff when you looked up.
  
• Fixed pool of light not letting you in from beneath it.
  
• Reworked chat system from scratch.
  
• You can now preview Spray Paints
  
• You can now preview Victory Songs
  
• Moved Spray paint preview to the right
  
• Added Finland flag cape
  
• Added Dutch flag cape
  
• Added Philippines flag cape
  
• Added Mongolian flag cape
  
• Removed Steam audio to make reading logs easier
  
• Temporarily added a LOG output for when a player disconnects from a server to help read Log files easier
  
• Added a validity check to a few things that weren't protected.
  
• After being pm'd "Nerf terror you nerd" I have buffed him by 1.3%
  
• I won 20 bucks from some chumps in poker, their teacher was pissed.
  

The gravity bug with shadow bears will be fixed in the next update, i wanted to get this one out because i'm 15% sure I fixed the disconnect bug.

Hey everyone, we've got another exciting patch ready to be picked apart and broken!




I'd like to first start off with a little insight on why we chose our pricing model, because I've seen a few people get upset with it. When we were deciding on how we would handle the game, we knew we wanted to fit into the same slot as games like Ultimate Chicken Horse and Golf with Friends. We wanted to have a low cost of entry, so that friends can easily join in together without finances restricting them, we know what it's like when everyone is trying to get the same game and play with each other! We have structured our games so that the free version includes everything you need to enjoy the game from a foundational level. We then added flavor on top of this, this flavor is the Full Game DLC, it included a ton of cosmetics that could only be unlocked through buying the DLC along with access to all the shadows at once instead of having to wait for the free Shadow rotation. We've heard some outcry from this, we want to maintain the value for our Full Game owners but we also want to help keep free users invested in the game, with that being said we are unlocking 30+ items to be unlocked by free users. There are still a ton of items (this patch brings us to 170+ cosmetics) that can only be unlocked with the Full Game DLC but we feel that this is a fair trade. With that being said, we want you all to know we appreciate everyone for playing our game! Now to the cool stuff!

EDIT 11/19 Nox
Terror
Legion


New Blessing system!
Collect Blessing orbs to cash in at a Blessing terminal! This will give you a temporary secondary ability as a Light Bear! You lose all orbs and your Blessing if you get tagged, so be careful! This is only available in Shadow Favored matches!

New Level!
The Library, a mimics dream! Navigate this comfortable level featuring priceless art and books! (We'll sellout though, so just name your price)

• Enabled 30+ items to be unlocked by free users.
  
• Added 4 new hats!
  
• Added 1 new ridiculous body color!
  
• Added 15 new chat colors!
  
• Added 14 new capes (if your country isn't there, let us know and we'll add it!)
  
• Added 3 new spray paints!
  
• Added 3 new victory songs!
  
• Added a star on Shadowpedia.
  
• Added the ability to mute people from the Tab Menu
  
• Added a crown in tab to show who is the host.
  
• Added a custom particle for a Shadow Bears respawn.
  
• Added Unreal Engines copyright that we forgot before, sorry Epic!
  
• Added an intro to shadow spawning, simple, but prevents instant tagging!
  
• Host no longer gets kicked for being AFK, instead will be moved to spectator and given a point penalty.
  
• Muting now removes previous messages.
  
• Added more ways to get points!
  
• Added score tracker on top right for you and the top player!
  
• Shifted point messages to top right!
  
• Added a penalty to points for falling off!
  
• Added a level cap at 150, each content patch from here on will raise the cap. If you're above this already, we will just keep you at your level.
  
• Added the final XP nerf starting 125
  
• Added a pak signature to detect if it's been tampered with
  
• Optimized a ton of networking stuff!
  
• Added a "bubble" around shadow bears to compensate for latency.
  
• Due to popular request, new players now have to play the tutorial before they can play a match.
  
• To stroke our Ego, it now plays an audio cue when a developer joins a match.
  
• Fixed a bug where bears played their fall sound twice.
  
• Fixed a bug where the "Press F" indicator wouldn't go away.
  
• Fixed an exploit that allowed bears to jump into the Light Pool from beneath
  
• Moved F1 key to bottom of screen
  
• Made dialog box take focus when it pops up.
  
• Clamped maximum Gamma input
  
• Fixed projectiles for both Imperator and Terror
  
• Fixed a few spots that the watcher was getting out of the map, there are a couple others that will get fixed when we find them!
  
• Pushed Light Bearers logo behind server browser
  
• Brightened the hole in Plagued Sewers
  
• Fixed a bug that was making it not load your volume settings properly
  
• Randomly capitalized some words in the changelist, ah well, it's too late to fix them!
  
• Added a few secret bugs for you to find, we'll call them easter egg features! Let me know in our discord if you find them! They're totally intentional, uh huh!
  
• Stuck my whole hand into a block of Jello...Wiggly!
  

If you have any comments,concerns,criticisms or hot wing recipes, feel free to join our Discord at www.discord.gg/FatBombstudios

Stalker A creepy shadow that can leave webs everywhere!

Writhe A hand with a friendly attitude, he just wants to boop you!


Watcher buffs

• Decreased turn away cooldown to 7 seconds from 10 seconds
  
• Decreased teleport cooldown to 20 seconds from 30 seconds
  
• Increased strength of Turn Away ability by 40%
  

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• Made regions always show up with server names
  
• Added EU to region list
  
• Replaced ping numbers with ping images
  
• Replaced checker for Shadow Portals to show
  
• Adjusted Tutorial a bit
  
• Added Tag for Moderators and for Cliffy (he's our special buddy)
  
• Added leaning information in Shadowpedia
  
• Placed a fix in for exceeding character limit for host options
  
• Clamped server name length in tab chat
  
• Fixed a few spelling errors
  
• Found out C'thulu is not trademarked... so you know ːsteamhappyːplans!
  
• Reworked system to keep track of if a host closes the server to make sure you get your earned experience!
  
• Did other things too but I forgot to write them down >.<
  
• Ate a whole pizza by myself!
  

Fresh hot fixes/additions straight from the compiler!



Light Favored(Default mode if not changed)

• Light Bears cannot be seen through walls by the shadow
  
• Bears have player names above their heads
  
• The falling penalty is reduced by half
  
• When a Light Bear escapes through the Pool of Light, it will cleanse a Shadow Bear instead of waiting until the last Light Bear escapes
  

Shadow Favored(Classic Play-style)

• Light Bears can be seen through walls if they are not crouching
  
• Fall penalty is normal
  
• No names above anyone's head
  
• Shadow Bears will only be Cleansed if no Light Bears remain after one escapes.
  

• Added a system to store experience from a match if the host quits
  
• Added a V-Sync option
  
• Added an AFK tracker
  
• Added a pop-up message for new players to do the tutorial
  
• Added the Shadowpedia (this will grow over time in both content and quality)
  
• Added a Muting System (type //mute playername to mute them, //unmute playername to unmute them)
  
• Added more words to the censor list
  
• Added a black outline to text to make it easier to read in all environments
  
• Added input box for mouse sensitivity
  
• Added a check when a Light Bear leaves to prevent no Light Bears remaining for Pool of Light
  
• Made chat messages more rich allowing for future upgrades and possible image support
  
• Gave Scoring a higher priority for network transfer.
  
• Fixed Shadow selection menu going away without spawning you first.
  
• Placed an authentication check on cleanse to prevent double cleanse bug
  
• Placed a check for "Has this player been kicked from this server" on friend invites (you cheeky people)
  
• Slowed down spectator camera back to its normal non-hyper-as-f*ck self
  
• Adjusted base brightness for capes
  
• Fixed capes not turning the proper evil color on corruption
  
• Fixed lightning spewing out of peoples heads when a player joins late
  
• Fixed rebinding movement keys making you go forward and right ( NOT ONE STEP BACK COMRADES)
  
• Host has to be level 15 or own the DLC in order to kick players (to prevent new host bullying players)
  
• Fixed outer wall collision in the Scary Cemetery level.
  
• Moved the pumpkin players were getting stuck in, in the Scary Cemetery level.
  
• Fixed a hole the Shadow could get stuck in, in Hellscape
  
• Realized my goldfish is basically a fish astronaut
  
• Bought a new goldfish after a critical failure on a re-entry test
  

First I am swapping out the Watcher from this week for Nox, newer players are having a very hard time playing the Watcher so we are going to use Nox since he's an easier shadow to learn and play against.

Changes

• Fixed the jump portal crystal spamming the deactivation sound
  
• Jump portal now properly ignores shadow bears
  
• Adjusted map names during map voting to stay in their box
  
• Changed sensitivity to be a slider (will add an input box this week for it as well)
  
• Now properly shows the name of the person you're spectating
  
• Disabled background image for hiding
  
• Exposed movement keys so that Azerty users can change their keys
  
• Fixed tutorial not showing ending camera
  
• Got the floor plan for the local bank as a Plan B option... just in case