Major update27 Nov 2024Version 1.5 - Anniversary UpdateBreaking Survivors is now 1 year old! Or well in 3 days to be precise, but I chose to roll the update early as the game was going on sale with the Autumn Sale today. Anyway, the 1-year anniversary is here and with it come a rework of the Freeze Line artifact, improvements to the leaderboards with support for switching it to Friends only, a setting to freely pick your starting artifact (through…
This month's update brings quite a few things. Content-wise, there is a new artifact that adds more replayability and should deepen your build options. Another new feature are the Personal Leaderboards that come in addition to the existing online ones and can be used to look at your history of runs. Another big change is an overhaul of the controller support, especially with PS Controllers to e…
A new update for Breakout Survivors is out and it brings a new artifact that will open lots of build options as it interacts with balls. The update also brings a couple balance changes and an improved Upgrade Choices UI. Changelog New Artifact - Tier 3 Balls · Unlocks Tier 3 Upgrades for your Balls but you are limited to 4 Balls Types max instead of 5. · The Artifact itself doesn't have any upg…
The end of year celebrations are here but so is Breakout Survivors' first content update since its release ! This update mainly brings in the XP Duplication artifact which brings you more XP from bricks and could be used as either an alternative to the XP Magnet or in addition to it to maximize your XP and leveling. Other changes include an updated display order for the artifacts, some slight F…
Font size in longer tooltips have been increased by 10-20%. This should improve readiblity of smaller texts on Steam Deck & Laptops screens significantly. · Number of slight UI changes in the Collection menu & Upgrades popup window so tooltips look better. · Fixed the first Upgrade Option being slightly smaller than the others in the upgrades popup window. · Fixed a number of overlapping texts…
Fixed a very rare bug that could block the main menu from showing up with some setups. Thanks to Azithea for his help in testing & identifying the source of this issue.
Leaderboards now show up to 6 Artifacts. · Fixed an issue where the wrong artifacts were registered to the leaderboards after picking certain artifacts (Freeze Line, Danger Zone and Health to Shield). This means a number of the current scores have the wrong artifacts showing up in the leaderboards. · Fixed issues with Mouse control not working properly in case of very high framerates. · Fixed t…
A very small update. 1.1b was initially meant to only have changes specific for the Itch.io version of the game that is releasing today, but I had time to add in a few minor improvements and fixes while at it, so here it is. Changelog · Reworked the Brick Destroy VFX. Main change is that the explosion now follows the direction the ball/damage came from. · Fixed the Reinforced Waves' Big Bricks'…
It's been one week since the release and it's been great seeing the positive feedback from the community on the game since. Now, it's time for the game's first real update though it's a rather small one as I spent a bit of time after release working on hotfixes then took a few needed days of break. The main addition coming in this update is adding support for Mouse as a way to control the paddl…
Fixed Steam Integration on Linux. This caused a number of steam features not to work properly on Linux/Steam deck like Steam Leaderboards, Achievements, Cloud Saves or Rich Presence.
Fixed Chaotic Random Balls duplicating themselves on bounce under certain conditions. · Fixed a bug where balls could go through the left or right walls in rare occasions. · Fixed a potential crash with Splitting Balls in case of very low frame rates.
Fixed Bigger Hearts artifact, Backstab Ball & Chaotic Random Ball not unlocking properly on Quick Mode's Waves 8/12/16. If you did get the corresponding achievements already, you'll still have to redo a run where you beat those waves to properly unlock the artifacts and balls. · Fixed Steam Cloud not being active. · Fixed Steam API not being closed down properly.
It's only one week left until Breakout Survivors' release, so it's time for another sneak peek at the content from the full version of the game. Reworked Variants System & Collection Menu Overhaul The Variants system for Balls & Artifacts got fully reworked into a more flexible. Rather than having to select a variant before a run, all 'variants' are now available at once in runs (unless manuall…
With Breakout Survivors' release being in two weeks (30th November), it is time to showcase some of the content that wasn't in the demo and that will be available in the full game. Quick Mode Quick Mode is a whole new Game Mode with a different balance. It is faster paced and has shorter runs. It also has its own separate leaderboard and will feature a number of specific achievements. Backstab…
Breakout Survivors is part of the Bullet Heaven Fest going from 6 November to 20 November. Bullet Heaven Fest is an event celebrating the recent Bullet Heaven or Survivors-like genre with nearly 200 games taking part in it. Lots of these games will be on sale or have demos available during the next two weeks. Check the full event here. For the occasion, the game's demo is receiving an update .…
Steam Next Fest is coming to an end and it was a blast seeing so many people test the game and enjoying it. As of writing this post, over 380 players have tested the demo since last sunday, doing nearly 1.9k runs and clearing 8.9k waves (73% of which were perfect clears). Out of all those runs, exactly 100 went past Wave 20. I was also quite surprised to see Wave 25 getting beaten with user Pah…
A quick update bringing some minor improvements to the leaderboards. Changes Leaderboards · Leaderboard on the Game Over screen is now centered on your score rather than always showing the top 10. · Artifacts are now saved along scores for newer runs. They're not displayed in the leaderboards for now.
Breakout Survivors will be part of the upcoming Steam Next Fest, starting 9th October. A demo will be uploaded by the end of the week and will be available during the next fest as well as the days after it. I've also posted a Roadmap listing some of the features that'll come to the game on the community hub which you can find here : Roadmap .
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