Super Animal Royale News

Super Summer is in full swing and fruit baskets have started appearing all around the island! Eat them to recover health (they have the nutritional value of 4 coconuts) and collect them to unlock limited edition summer cosmetics until August 9th!

In addition to the Super Summer Royale event we’ve also packed this update full of new features and improvements across the board. Some highlights include:


We’ve revamped the way items drop at the end-game so that every game your chance of earning an item goes up (based on the amount of time you survive) until you eventually earn a new item! The new system is a lot clearer than the old one, is balanced to reward you with items more often, and now features your favourite Delivery Mole to do the honours of serving you your rewards. We’re also starting you off with a 50% chance to earn an item in your first game so that you’ll likely get your first item quick!


You can now see the Giant Eagle and its flight path on the map!


We’ve added 3 new Skunk Bomb milestones (where you can earn the Skunk Bomb Tee, Nose Clip, and Skunk Hat) as well as one additional secret milestone. No spoilers! Secret Milestones now also display an in-game alert when triggered so you can see what you've earned.


Squads mode replaces Duos mode from Friday, July 19th to Monday, July 22nd so you and 3 friends can team up to reach the Top of the Food Chain! We’ve been testing some alternative 4-player modes internally, and other ways to run these Squads Weekends as the game continues to grow, so let us know what you'd like to see most in our feedback channel in Discord and the future Squads Weekends could see some changes very soon!




The Super Summer Royale event is live from July 19 to August 9th! You can collect fruit baskets that you’ll find around the island as you play to earn limited edition cosmetics.

• Fish Swim Shorts
  
• Floral Swimsuit
  
• White Apron
  
• Hot Dog Fork
  
• Straw Umbrella
  
• Lifebuoy
  
• Meat Skewer
  
• Fruit Skewer
  
• Yellow Lei Hula Skirt
  
• Popsicle
  
• Duck Floatie
  
• Fruit Hat
  

• Teal, Green, Orange and Purple Tank Tops
  
• Rebellion Tank Top
  
• S.A.W. Tank Top
  
• Palm Swim Shorts
  
• Striped Swimsuit
  
• Polka Dot Swimsuit
  
• Pink Lei Hula Skirt
  
• Floral Swim Shorts
  

New Summer-themed music is also now playing for a limited time at the SAW Welcome Center fountain, in addition to one of the statues sporting a fancy new floatie for the event.

• A new system for earning cosmetics is debuting! Survival time still contributes to the chance of getting a cosmetic, but the chance of earning a new item will now will carry over between games if nothing was granted. You’ll see your chances build each game, and the delivery mole will deliver you your item if he has one for you!
  
• Skunk Bomb now has milestones for damage dealt, with 3 cosmetic rewards: Skunk Bomb Tee, Nose Clip, and Skunk Hat. Another secret milestone is also available.
  
• Secret milestones will show a notification in-game when completed. Complete the match in order to earn the item and fully complete the milestone!
  
• The Deagle is now available in 7 new colors, earned as regular cosmetic drops!
  
• Arrows now show the Giant Eagle's flight path on the map, as well as an icon for the Giant Eagle itself.
  
• Squads returns for the weekend until Monday, July 22nd.
  
• Secret milestones now show up in the Milestones list, but only display as a ????? until completed.
  
• Improved the texture on the inside of the cave cliffs.
  

• Improved network desync of other players in Hamster Balls. Let us know if you see any new issues with them!
  
• Lowered bounciness of Hamster Ball slightly.
  
• Fixed item drops sometimes glitching over walls.
  
• Fix for characters disappearing sometimes when parachuting over roofs.
  
• In combat, when bots are checking for new enemies, they will ignore downed players in favor of standing ones.
  
• Minor general performance improvement.
  
• Fixed a stutter when the mole arrives.
  
• Fixed the Customize screen so it consumes less memory.
  
• Increased scroll speed in the Customize list.
  
• Translation fixes.
  

Hope you all have lots of fun in the Super Sun! We'll see you on the island, Super Animals.

In Super Animal Royale Tonight Episode 4, you might have noticed Donk and Howl running through a new region of the island, and as of today’s update you can now play in the caves of Superite Mountain!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDhRO0imRkw&list=PLSsDwH8E5MUK7YGiMUEMIj5wFCB9kBx7K&index=5

Superite Mountain and its cave system is one of our biggest map updates yet, filled with backstory to discover and narrow passageways to fight in! And it’s not the only part of the map that has changed. We’ve also overhauled the rest of the island to include more loot in less dense areas, and special story-related additions that we’ll let you discover on your own. You might just meet a familiar NPC!


It’s only fitting that alongside the caves, Super Bats are joining the fight as our second level 30 breed in the Research Lab! And although the prisoner from SAR Tonight 4 claims he’s not a rat, you can now fight for the top of the food chain as a Super Rat or Mouse, available to create in the lab at level 10.

We also have plans to refine the Research Lab soon in a future update, so level 30 base animals will unlock quicker once that update is complete. In the meantime it'll be an extra significant achievement to be one of the first few who earns the Super Bat!


The handling of hamsterballs has been refined and improved! Hamsterballs now bounce off walls and environmental objects, so now rather than coming to a standstill you'll be able to bounce on your merry way! You can now parachute longer and further than before to reach points of interest further away from the Giant Eagle's flight path.


Shhh: a new, quieter roll has been added while holding CTRL. The Super Stealth Roll can be activated by rolling while you’re sneaking, allowing you to move quickly into cover while keeping things stealthy. Your roll may be quieter, but you’ll still make some sound and attentive Super Ears will be able to hear it if they’re paying attention.


You can gather up your packs for our Squads test weekend from Friday, June 28th to Monday, July 1st! We’ll be disabling Duos in the meantime, but it’ll return on Tuesday.

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It's a packed update! Here's everything that we've added (minus some surprises):

• Superite Mountain & Caves (including our first NPC)
  
• Additional loot spots, houses and tents in less dense parts of the map
  
• Lots of story elements to discover
  

• Super Rat
  
• Super Black Rat
  
• Super Albino Rat
  
• Super Spotted Rat
  
• Super Mouse
  

• Super Bat
  
• Super Navy Bat
  
• Super Shadow Bat
  
• Super White Bat
  

• Squads is back until Monday July 1st.
  
• New movement mechanic: roll while creeping to perform a "Creep Roll". Quieter than a normal roll while still providing a nice speed bonus.
  
• Hamster ball adjustments: balls now bounce when impacting walls.
  
• Parachuting now lasts longer and has faster movement speed.
  
• Fix for bots getting stuck in some houses.
  
• SAW Security Uniform added to item drops.
  
• Newspaper melee weapon added to item drops.
  
• Shirakami Fubuki's items have been added as regular item drops. This includes the Corn melee weapon and Shirakami Scarf.
  
• Praise banan.
  

Thank you so much for supporting us and being the most amazing game community ever! Your kind reviews and sharing of the game help so much. We can't wait to play with you all this weekend and hear your feedback on the update. Join us in Discord to chat directly with us: https://discord.gg/animalroyale

Hello Super Animals caged and free, this is a completely legitimate episode of Super Animal Royale Tonight! Check out the top highlights from the island and watch closely for a sneak peek at what we have in store for you next week. This was our most ambitious episode yet, so we hope you enjoy it!!

Thanks to all of the talented Super Animals who submitted clips for this episode! If your clip was selected or you were featured prominently in a selected clip, we have exclusive SAR Tonight in-game items for you! DM Bob on our Discord, with the timestamp of the clip you're in and your Steam username and he'll hook you up with an item.

https://youtu.be/pDhRO0imRkw
...and if you missed the previous episodes, check out the full playlist of episodes 1-4 here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3WiHu7C1Ts&list=PLSsDwH8E5MUK7YGiMUEMIj5wFCB9kBx7K

We've been working on next week's update for a long time, so we're super excited to debut brand new points of interest on the island, filled with history and tight indoor corridors. And next week's update will also include new gameplay mechanics, new Super Animals, and more! As always, building this game is a collaborative process with you so the update also includes refinements based on your feedback and we can't wait to hear your feedback once you try out everything new!

Join us in Discord to lend your feedback directly and shape the development of the game!
https://discord.gg/AnimalRoyale

See you on the island tonight for some games!

Our latest update is live! The new Super Ferrets and Super Hedgehogs have joined the fight, and they’ve brought with them rainbow hats and umbrellas so you can show off your Pride in-game! Just enter the code “love” in the main menu to unlock them.

This update is on the smaller side as we prep for a major new update in 2 weeks, but we hope you enjoy all the new animals and items!

• Super Ferret (level 5) and Super Hedgehog (level 20) join the fight. Each has 3 additional Super Animal breeds to create as well!
  
• Rainbow items are here! Use coupon code love in the menu to redeem them and show off your Pride!
  
• Squads mode is back until Sunday June 16.
  
• Shirakami Fubuki will be streaming at 10pm local time in Japan (6am PDT) on Friday, June 14th, and she’ll be revealing two new items on her stream that we made just for her! Watch live for a chance to get them.
  
• Made an improvement to the issue of ghost bullets: the game client will accelerate enemy bullets so they match the actual bullet on the server. We evaluated several different ways we could improve it, as clientside movement is a large part of it, but this should be a good first step.
  
• Hamster ball hitbox adjusted to better match its shape and size.
  
• Skunk grenades now drop from mole crates.
  
• All grenades and tape now have a 3-pack visual.
  
• Fix for bots sometimes not targeting closer enemies.
  
• Bots walking through walls should be fixed but let us know if you still see it happen.
  
• Bots shouldn't clip corners as much now.
  
• Russian translation fixes.
  
• Newspaper melee weapon updated.
  
• And we have a couple more special item surprises for over the weekend ;).
  

A new weapon has arrived (feathers included). The new Deagle gun comes in epic and legendary varieties, with legendaries being exclusive to mole crates. The epic (purple) version of the deagle replaces the epic magnum, and one of its most significant differences from the magnum is that it can remove 2 ticks of armor per shot. Deagles provide a more mobile alternative to snipers, retaining more accuracy while running and rolling.

We’re also debuting Super Duck (with 6 additional breeds) and Super Hawk (with 5 additional breeds, including Super Eagle):

• Super Green Mallard
  
• Super Blue Mallard
  
• Super Purple Mallard
  
• Super White Duck
  
• Super Black Duck
  
• Super Duckling
  

• Super Goshawk
  
• Super Osprey
  
• Super Peregrine
  
• Super Kestrel
  
• Super Eagle
  

During this squads test weekend, for the debut of the Deagle, we’re guaranteeing a Deagle drop in every mole crate so you can all enjoy trying it out! We also recently added Discord invites that work between both free and paid editions, so it’s a great weekend to introduce new friends to the game!

And don’t forget to submit your best clips from this weekend to Super Animal Royale Tonight episode 4!
https://youtu.be/nFbQuKVRLAk
You can submit your superest and blooperest 1080p+, 30fps+, https://www.dropbox.com/request/lvtFKUxkxlXmIdkFCelA

And you can catch up on the previous episodes here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3WiHu7C1Ts&list=PLSsDwH8E5MUK7YGiMUEMIj5wFCB9kBx7K
Get your very own in-game Dreamhack Dallas umbrella by entering the coupon code: dreamhack in the Super Animal Royale main menu.

Day 1 of Dreamhack Dallas 2019 begins in the morning, and we have a booth (#iz-14), so come say hi to Michael, Bob and Logan if you’re attending! You can tag us on Twitter @AnimalRoyale, and use the hashtags #dreamhackdallas and #animalroyale. We’ll also be posting updates from the show floor in our Discord server: https://discord.gg/AnimalRoyale.


In addition to the new gun, new Super Animals, and squads weekend, we’ve added a bunch more quality of life improvements:

• New 3D positional sound system: many sounds such as gunshots now have their frequencies customized so that they sound clearly lower when below the player, and higher when above.
  
• Maximum game lobby time reduced to 140s (down from 170s) to get games starting as quickly as possible. We ran some tests and found that 140s would improve waiting times while also having very little impact on the total number of players in a match.
  
• Overhauled the entire character animations file to be drastically more efficient/performant. Let us know if any cosmetics appear incorrect!
  
• Fixed invisible collision above the bamboo resort houses.
  
• Added new specific fonts for Korean and Chinese. For some users the font may appear the same as before.
  
• Translation fixes.
  
• Minor changes to the Discord parties code to fix certain cases where matchmaking could fail.