Rebound v0.50.0 is live

Gameplay

• Buffed recharge time of dash by ~30%
• Nerfed dizziness meter of controller by about half

General

• Added new arena Slapville to custom games
• Added quick chat (1, 2, 3, 4 or D-pad); rebindable
• Added a profanity filter toggle
• Added a ratelimit to chat so you can't spam as much

UI

• Added a subtle 'high latency' warning above 50 ping
• Made premium glow more legible
• Added a slider for chatbox opacity
• FPS display will poll over the last second to show a more legible and accurate number

Cosmetics

• Added fox mask, panda mask, frog backpack, frog gloves, cow backpack, goalie mask, fisher hat,
• Added too many variants to count (for when the variants system is introduced)

Fixes

• Fixed back item previews being blurry / low res
• Can now enter passwords to lobbies when the chat was open
• Fixed pressing escape during first time set-up would hide your mouse and leave you unable to continue

What's next

We're still working on the backhand rebalancing, Unity physics is proving to be a struggle to get right at the high pace and accuracy we need. We're also still putting in the efforts to make progress on the variants system, which will add a ton of free cosmetics to the cosmetics you already have (that's what the levels are for). We're also looking more into scaling our services properly and getting a better system for the leaderboards generation. Another little experiment we're working on is improved networking latency tricks, more on that soon if it works out.

Slapshot 1 sendoff

I just made an announcement in Discord about the Slapshot 1 sendoff.
TL;DR: The previous Slapshot game (NOT REBOUND) shutting down March 8th (tomorrow) 10PM CET/4PM ET
Lvestream an hour before at https://www.twitch.tv/erveon

Happy slapping!

• Erv