The first major update since the game's early access release, the 2/2 Orb release includes one new map (f16), one new ship type (orb), a new game mode (king of the hill), gem-based progression system, improved AI, leaderboards, and a 4v4 team tournament.


Let's start with the f16 ship factory where the mysterious orbs have invaded, requiring you to fight them off either in single player or multiplayer mode, keeping in control of the golden sphere at the middle of the map. Already many players have told us this is their favorite game mode as it encourages non-stop competitive team play in a tight arena. The default game mode on this map is King of the HIll.


Next we have the orbs themselves. The orbs will appear on every map if you enable them and start off easier but get harder the more of them you kill. The AI also now moves around and tracks its opponents more carefully. If you get enough gems from your kill counts you can also unlock the orb as a ship type.

The progression system allows you to earn gems from standard in game activities, both staying inside the golden sphere while there are enemies or earning kills.

This figures on our overall leaderboard which is just released but soon will show your overall rating relative to other players in teams, average gems earned and top score in various game modes.

Enjoy! The first team tournament starts today at 2/2 20:00UTC with four player teams and $1000 in prizes.

[CONTENT]
New map - Space Carol

[UI]
Set amount of players allowed in the session

Fixes:

[UI]
Map list: disable the NEXT button in case the user reaches the end of a list
Implement solutions for cases when the session is full of players

[GAMEPLAY]
The cursor does not disappear even when I already clicked the game to interact
Bug where the leaderboard is empty
The user was unable to pick a ship and appeared in the game without the ship
Bots are presented even in case the user disabled bots during session creation
After updating SBR Playtest bots after a couple of minutes of starting the game begin to hide somewhere
The score adds even if you kill yourself

[Team Deathmatch]
You can’t choose which team to go to after spectating
Changing teams while in spectator mode will make you lose control of the ship, including ship movement and weapons