Gang Beasts update 1.27 releases today on all supported platforms. This patch focuses on bug fixes with some limited aesthetic improvements, as well as a number of background modifications needed for subsequent updates, including planned support for crossplay. The glass has been cleaned and polished to make it shinier, fixing a number of glaring issues with the glass fracture system. The key mo…
Time to get to work - our new stage, Crane releases today! Crane is a brand new stage included in today’s 1.25 update. Located on the docks of Beef City, this stage will see players attempting to not fall off a large static Crane. This stage includes the first implementation of our new driveables system, with players being able to jump into the Crane cockpit to take the controls. Don’t stay the…
Gang Beasts Update 1.24 is releasing today for all currently supported platforms. This update is primarily focussed on bug fixes, and there is no new content . The key modification to Gang Beasts in this update is the implementation of a new Interactables System that will allow us to streamline how in-game objects are managed and interacted with in the game engine. This system improves performa…
Gang Beasts patch 1.23 is releasing today for all currently supported platforms. There are a number of bug fixes in the 1.23 release but no new stages or costumes . The key modification to the game in this build is the implementation of Unity’s Addressables Asset System , the adoption of this system standardises and optimises the process for testing and releasing game content. The Addressables…
Is It a Crane? (Update 1.21.1) Roses are red, Violets are violet, Is It a Crane? It is a Crane! It has been ten full years of cartoon violence since the Gang Beasts 0.0.0 pre-alpha builds were published on Valentines Day 2014 . For ten years the foaming masses of Beef City have slowly coagulated into gelatinous agglomerations of hostility, spreading through the grim streets of the Meatropolis.…
Gang Beasts patch 1.21 is releasing today for all currently supported platforms! The 1.21 patch addresses a number of miscellaneous issues which will allow us to focus on new content in subsequent updates. The 1.21 build does not include new stages or costumes and is focused on these fixes (see below for more information). A new stage and new costumes will be released soon, once we’re confident…
It's Quiet...Too Quiet It's been difficult to give much information on Gang Beasts in the last 8 months (since the Trawler stage came out) as we build Boneloaf's development and operations teams with support from Robot Teddy . We’re working with Robot Teddy , Coatsink , Multiplay , and Lockit QA to hire more development, testing, and operations staff to support more frequent content and bug fix…
Welcome, everyone! You may notice that there’s a brand new update to Gang Beasts, and we know it’s something you’ve all been waiting for, so we won’t keep you in suspense. Trawler has arrived! A brand new stage, filled with a deteriorating fishing trawler in an isolated sea and a whole shiver of sharks. That’s right, the lifeless black eyed creatures themselves will hop aboard and try to take y…
Released on 16 June and updated on 25 June, 2021 · Known Issue : the XInput toggle in Settings has been temporarily removed. This will return soon! The game will only support a maximum of 4 Xbox controllers locally until this is back, but any other controllers will still support up to 8 players! · Switched to a new matchmaking system. · General optimisation pass over various stages, including W…
We are aware of the issue with the M1 Macs. They are supported in a later version of Unity and we are going to upgrade our Unity version later in Q2 /Q3. We will have support available for Gang Beasts then.
The Loading Screen Bug We are happy to announce we have fixed the notorious loading screen bug, that has been plaguing some people, and we wanted to explain a few things to help shed some light on why it took so long for us t o fix it. The bug initially was just incredibly hard to reproduce internally, which is the first step towards finding out what was actually happening. To find it we had to…
Some of you may already know this but the Aquarium Update (build 1.13) has now been released! This update has a new Aquarium stage, an updated Wheel stage that works online, a series of super hero/villain costume sets, and numerous fixes for stages, online, and gameplay issues. General: · Updated the game engine to Unity 2020 (from Unity 2017). This was a significant upgrade and although we've…
To access and download the beta branch, go to your Steam Library and right click on 'Gang Beasts' to select 'Properties'. From there, navigate to the 'BETAS' tab, then select 'public_testing'. You may need to restart steam before 'public_testing' will show up for you. The patch notes can be found below. General: · Fixed an issue preventing bloom from working. · Updated the project to be able to…
FAQ What Platforms is Gang Beasts available for? Gang Beasts is available for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles, Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems and as an Oculus Early Access game for the Oculus Rift and Oculus Rift S headset. Microsoft Windows Gang Beasts for Windows can be downloaded from the Steam, Humble and Oculus Stores (Oculus version requires an Oculus Rift or Oculus Ri…
This is the latest preview version of the next Gang Beasts update, which we would like to do a lot of testing with the community. This was a significant update to the engine as it is a transition from Unity 2017 to Unity 2019. Although we’ve managed to catch and fix most bugs so far, it is likely that there will still be some more bugs to fix as this beta is a work in progress and does not repr…
Hey everyone! So, we wanted to let you know what’s going on here at Boneloaf. We have some information regarding Double Fine and us, and when the next Gang Beasts update is coming. As some of you know, Boneloaf has been working with Double Fine Presents for some time. They’ve given us advice, they’ve given us splendiferous support, and most importantly, they’ve become friends and mentors to us.…
The 1.0.11/1.011 builds have a number of fixes that give parity between public builds for currently supported platforms and a number of gameplay, costume, UI, online, and input fixes. Please see Gang Beasts FAQ page or email [email protected] if you have specific feedback on this build or other questions about the game. The list of key modifications and fixes made in the 1.0.11/1.011 builds a…
We have been working to address a series of issues with the character costume system (the system that builds and renders character and costume geometry), the 1.0.8 build (released with this post) includes fixes for the bull mascot costume and other complex costume parts that have compromised gameplay in recent builds. The 1.0.8 build also addresses issues Russian players have had connecting to…
We published the Gang Beasts 1.0.7 patch build in the last hour to address an issue with the Bull Mascot costume, we're also remaking our costume testing and debug processes to minimise and limit the scope for potential costume inconsistencies in subsequent builds. If there are other issues that you want to flag with Boneloaf, please email [email protected]. The only modification made in the…
The list of key modifications and fixes made in the 1.0.6 build are: · fixed a series of audio issues that stop music and SFX sources from playing in some contexts · fixed a series of online syncing issues that could compromise the stability of the physics simulations on numerous stages and some costume parts · fixed an issue that calculated the forces from headbutts and punches concurrently ·…
Information on Gang Beasts Train Update Choo, Choo, the Gang Beasts Train update (build 1.0.5) is available now as a free download for PS4, Windows, macOS, and Steam supported Linux platforms (SteamOS and Ubuntu), the update has a new train stage (an industrial freight train transporting shipping containers on a precarious cliffside track), a series of miscellaneous costume sets (beef mascot, f…
The full list of key modifications and fixes made in the Valentines’ build are: · fixed an issue that made costumes draw irregularly (when scrolling through multiple custom costumes in succession · added a button reference / instruction for setting character or gang controller in online and local game menus · added haptic feedback support (compatible controllers trigger force feedback when taki…
We have written this post to summarise current and recent development work and to give more information on launch content for the game as we are still a number of weeks from publishing the next Steam build. We plan to start testing the next build (build 0.7.0) from next week and have scheduled support from Babel, Coatsink, and Double Fine to help with the identification, documentation, and fixi…
Update at 20:30 BST on Friday 21 September We've been working with Coatsink and Multiplay for the last 24 hours to fix server performance and matchmaking issues identified in the first span of servers tests. There are still some minor issues and annoyances with the process for starting online game sessions but the key issues compromising the stability and performance of the matchmaking service…
Since the last Gang Beasts build was published in July we have been working with Coatsink to migrate the official Gang Beasts servers to a scalable low latency hosting solution, we have also made a series of significant optimisations and modifications to progress the performance and stability of the matchmaking , UI, and character systems. We have been testing potential 0.6.0 builds with Coatsi…
In the hours immediately following the distribution of the 0.5.7 Gang Beasts Early Access build (publish on Thursday 29 June) we identified some performance issues on the Gang Beasts public servers, these issues escalated on over the subsequent days on populated servers triggering administration scripts to force server instances to restart and abruptly end game sessions on servers with the issu…
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