Big Bang Beta 2.0.9-9

With all the chaos from the influx of users now behind us, the dev team has been straggling a bit due to burn out. This has resulted in a slower pace of a development for the moment, but that doesn't mean we've stopped completely!

[h2]New features[/h2]

• Replaced upper-right corner minimap with bottom-middle bearing compass.
  
• Split death messages from regular event stream and put them upper-right.
  
• New dissolve effect on spawning items and players.
  
• Added backported map "Center".
  
• Added UI overlays on players to draw targets and damage numbers.
  
• Prizes now attract toward the winner to increase the odds they get their prize.
  
• Added damage indicator around crosshair.
  

[h2]Improvements[/h2]

• Improved the visibility of the edge radial damage effect.
  
• Fixed an issue with item drop resynchronization where it could leave behind an empty item.
  
• Fixed an issue where the server query reply gave the wrong time remaining.
  
• Brightened the team colour palettes slightly.
  
• Increased the amount by which items repel each other to avoid overlapping.
  
• Flash halos around players when dealing damage to them.
  
• Increased the length of intermission to 60 seconds.