Couch Party Game Night News

2025 03 25
Change of plans. After taking my game to a local game expo and having random people playing it who were there to compete in other games, I realized what a perfect fit it is for tournaments. Changes now will be geared towards that, which of course also enhances playing it at home. First big change is being able to pass all 4 controllers over to 4 new people and being able to enter names and colors simultaniously with the controllers. More to come as I book more spaces to set up, so stay tuned!
- adjusted all menu screens to fit better for wider aspect ratios beyond 16:9
- adjusted timings of inactivity arrows for pacing in 2 and 3 player modes
- fixed UI sometimes not coming on right away for certain cases of respawns
-- added mini keyboards that come out with pressing start on controllers

2025 01 18
- adjusted vol spam damping system to reduce even further, instead of capping at half, can go down to quarter
- fixed a few cosmetic things on guns, players, models and textures like Lazer gun dots, Helicopter glow, etc
- improved piss mechanic effects, ragdoll explosion body part movements, and working on exploding headshots
- requested adjustment: changed clutch-turning back to only 2x for players who use higher sens in config menu
-- changed Handicap Boosting to cut 2x damage immediately while health and ammo stay at whatever until respawn

2025 01 03
- adjusted timing of color changes and closest player calculations in King Of The Hill mode
- changed Out Of Ammo Point Deductions for Predator Mode to -1 for both Teams and Predators

2024 12 16
- added F6 freecam to use at Main Menu in addition to other generated map inspection keys
- fixed KOTH mode sometimes not getting closest player to center on simultaneous RL kills
- fixed PgUp PgDn buttons not enforcing new vSync config after setting and changing in-game
- fixed using Home and End while trying to type player names so map inspection stays off

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2024 12 14
- added improved options to limit frames on monitors with oddball refresh rates
- changed Murder Ball to new KOTH point methods where only objectives give points
- changed GRs and C4s in 1 Hit Kills Mode to give 2 points instead of Arnold Rimmer
-- added a "King Of The Hill" game mode to control randomized points on the maps

2024 12 10
- adjusted each preset of graphics levels
- fixed being able to BRB while in vehicle
- fixed being able to piss inside vehicles
- requested: "potato" gfx disables shadows
-- added shotgun preview model to worksite

2024 12 04
- added a Session Time display on Escape / Quit function
- fixed occasional railings not following themes of generated structures
- requested: adjusted default sensitivities to be slightly lower allowing for better aim control and utilization of snap mechanic
- requested: run 4Xs look sens horz & vert, together, making it uniform without damping. makes it more frantic to run but easier to "switch gears" on the fly
-- added F8 button to 2 player games to toggle back and forth between full or aspect corrected screens
-- changed 2 player seating pos defaults when picking players (assumes facing screen as.. p3 p1 p2 p4) which removes needing to switch seats / controllers when going back and forth from 4 to 2 player modes, retaining controller setups, names, colors, and skill ratings

2024 11 20
- added 5 more sets of textures for generated buildings to use
- improved random map generation code efficiency and technique

2024 10 16
- added more randomization for larger terrain pieces
- changed "direct hit" messages to display for 5 secs
- fixed drivable vehicles not spawning on Worksite Map
- fixed looking out front and rear disabled veh windows
- improved ragdoll collisions for dead player bodies

2024 07 12
- changed vehicles to turn looking on after disabled
- fixed case of "grey death" when against walls
- removed "grey blinks" between respawns

2024 05 08
- added sounds to vehicles when entering / exiting, plus crashing into things if impacts hard enough
- changed name for "Random" map types to "Full RanGen" to avoid any confusiion with what it is / does
- fixed case of not being able to hear bullet impacts on windshields from interiors in first person
-- added ability to damage / disable vehicles by shooting them (starts smoking / resets after 15s)

2024 04 22
- changed look turning from inside vehicles to toggle with aim buttons
- changed vehicle wheels to be framerate independent for slow mo cams

2024 04 17
- fixed case of moving platforms hitting head and disabling jumps
- fixed third person death messages showing over final kill cams
-- enabled vehicles to be driven anywhere they're seen in any map

2024 04 09
- changed detonation for Agent Man's C4 to fire button but paced
- fixed bug in TP mode that gave extra points on out of ammo PDs
- fixed case of aim assist possibly missing or skipping a frame
- fixed floating super jumps when under something pushing upwards
- fixed hit markers not showing after direct hits with a rocket
- removed out of ammo point deductions from Target Practice mode
-- added hit marker feedback (colors & size change for killshots)
--- added drivable vehicles test map until stable enough for all

2024 03 26
- added an orange swampy mud layer to the Terrarium One map type
- adjusted graphics on paintball splats, muzzle smoke, and tracers
- adjusted the way mekz and helz adjust their twin "hipfire" guns
- changed the 3rd person throwables aim sights to short dash lines
- fixed infinite ammo setting not applying to Agent Man's C4 cash
- fixed restocking not triggering with only smokes left to throw

Driveable Vehicles have been added to the game! Anywhere you see a vehicle can now be entered and driven! Check the CPGN youtube channel if you're interested or just hop into the game!

Here's the big news.. I think everyone FINALLY understands this game was published to Steam's EA to WATCH IT DEVELOP! I'm always kind of shocked people seem to say REALLY stupid things like "this game feels like it's not finished" ..YEAH NO SH!T lol.. but you're welcome for allowing you to play it while it's being developed. Are you a gamer or, what is this, lol..

Anyway, I've explain a million times I've only ever been able to work on this game for a few hours a week and or whenever I have time that allows it. BUT..

If you really can't wait and want me to devote 100% of my time on it and work on this game to complete it FULL-TIME, you can join my KickStarter campaign and I will quit my job for 1 year and FINISH it.

Details, goals, and rewards here! If you've already bought the game, awesome! Just tell your friends and family about this campaign and I'LL GET IT DONE!

2024 03 23
I've started to remove and finalize content and I'm working on a "road to version 1.0" list
- added dif ways main menu cams view maps when generating or left idle (you can now inspect maps before playing using Home and End keys)
- adjusted 3rd person aiming to cut off sight rings past the dynamic crosshair points for better faster gauging
- fixed being able to trigger double reload sounds if button spamming or frantically trying to detonate C4
-- added visual recoil to all handheld guns (does not affect aim - controls remain 1:1 with player input)

2024 02 18
- handicap assist mechanics now compatible with Predator Mode
- added experimental 3d scan map i made out of aquarium stuff

2024 01 08
- added prop drops to mine sets for Random Map type
- adjusted some physic params for dead player parts
- fixed case of C4 tracer janks when detting in air

2023 12 19
- added another track layout configuration for Random Map type
- fixed case of zoom not turning off on auto out of ammo switches
-- Target Practice mode now saves performance to highscore slot

2023 12 16
- added new terrain structures and configurations to Random Map type
- adjusted the heights of mine structures to align with rooftops
- changed dropped guns to show ammo pickups from 1 to 0.25 seconds
- fixed case of respawn timer showing over top of 3rd person cams
- fixed health gain for helz and mekz pickups to work with 1HKs

2023 09 07
- changed third person cameras to always angle view
- fixed auto reloads causing gray cameras on deaths

2023 08 25
- added positional sfx to TP mode since only 1 sound src there
- fixed a case of running triggering a cancel cmd for camballs

2023 08 11
Just wanted to share an awesome Email I got.. Ben11: "I f---ing love CPGN! I have it on my laptop with 4 controllers! I bring it with me to my friend's house almost every weekend BUT I'm having trouble playing it lately. It lags now and my laptop says it doesn't support lower resolutions than what I already have it set to! Is there anything you can do?" ..my reply: "Wow, I used to do the same thing with my GameCube back in the day, it's the best gaming there is! Read below for the fix. We tested it on a laptop that couldn't run the game at all before and now it does, perfectly, at 60fps. Let me know how it plays after this update! :D" ..shotguns coming.
- added 2 ways Battle Bots can ragdoll (falling over or blowing apart)
- added random spinning to TP Ai's "digital bullets" for slowmo endings
- added slight random movement to smoke grenades and explosive smoke
- changed main player info display texts to an amiga / retro arcade style
- fixed case of tracers sometimes drifting off bullet impact locations
- fixed dynamic music system sometimes skipping when changing new section of loop
- fixed mech arms sometimes aiming at own body when too close to another object
- fixed rockets sometimes firing with a slight wobble while moving through the air
- fixed scoreboard formatting when calculating player percentages of total team scores
- fixed slower walk speed issue when aiming with mechs and running a gun out of ammo
-- added resolution scaling to PageUp and PageDn keys for machines that are starting to choke on older hardware with all the new stuff in the game. to use: keep pressing PageDn until you see the resolution start to lower with it. you can scale the quality back up to the highest settings with these lower resolutions, including 8X AA, but continue pressing PageUp and it'll increase resolutions back to it's original sharpness again.

2023 08 04
- added "War Mechs" as playable characters with new animations and game modes
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2023 07 28
- adjusted C4 cash proximity triggers to be the same size of single doorways
- fixed C4 cash removing itself when breaking glass near when turning to prox
- fixed continue button sometimes taking third person camera back in to first
- fixed issue with grenade counts in other weapon sets counting like c4 does

2030 07 21
Broke a few things with the last few updates, but fixed them all and then some. Going to start work on Ed-209's low poly brother The Mech now. Don't worry, it'll be procedural animation so all player input remains 1:1 button to action. Check out the new aim system in Third Person!
- fixed burst shots on 3rd person cams not restoring infos
- fixed going away with Heli Pickups not dropping another
- various bug fixes, code optimizations, and polish
-- reworked 3rd person camera system aiming + UI gfx

2023 07 17
- added vision rays to third person camera aiming
- changed C4 cash to act as prox mines after sticking
- changed camballs to smoothly tilt into flight dir
- changed main menu to take dz conf to check contr
- fixed 3rd pers deathcam tracking in TP mode
- fixed botz n helz half swap for teams mode
-- various bug fixes and code optimizations