THE NEW UPDATE IS NOW LIVE! JUMP ON AND PLAY TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT!
v0.2 brings with it a whole new singleplayer and multiplayer gamemode: Survival mode, a whole new weapon for those game modes: The shotgun (a.k.a. The Red Devil), a recenter view button and much more!
---------------------------------------- New Survival Mode ----------------------------------------
https://youtu.be/vqCC_v4064k
Survival mode, where not just your accuracy but your positioning and endurance are put to the test! Survive for as long as you can against increasingly difficult foes to get as many points as possible!
> As per traditional Survival Mode gameplay, the player or players are opposed by wave after wave of increasingly difficult enemies
> Gameplay is balanced for playing solo, two players, three players or four players
> The goal is to survive as long as possible and kill as many enemies as possible
> Early waves have few enemies, each equipped with few balloons and no gas
> Later waves will have far more enemies, each equipped with anything up to nine balloons and a full tank of gas! Be warned, they also become much more accurate at shooting you as time goes on!
> Score is awarded for shooting balloons (15 points), killing enemies (200 points), assisting the kill of an enemy (100 points) and grabbing pickups (50 points)
> Available in Singleplayer and Multiplayer
> Supports up to four players in Multiplayer
--------------------------------------- New Shotgun: The Red Devil ---------------------------------------
https://youtu.be/DUl7pmzeWvk
The Red Devil - A twin-barrelled sawn-off shotgun will be the first new weapon introduced into Balloon Chair Death Match since launch!
> Can be obtained by finding and making contact with the pickup (look for the beam of red light in the sky!)
> Shoots a spread of ten bullets with each shot
> Can fire twice before needing to reload
> Extremely strong in close to medium range - Can demolish a fully inflated nine-balloon player!
> Has a limited range so it can't shoot as far as the pistol
> Swaps back to the pistol when it runs out of ammo
> Bloody satisfying to fire at a clump of enemies in survival mode >:D
----------------------------------- New Challenge: Shooting Range-----------------------------------
A new challenge mode has been added to the challenges menu!
> The new challenge introduces a new mechanic to BCDM: Shooting Ranges
> Shooting Ranges are indicated by a red ring, similar to the gold navigational rings
> When you make contact with a Shooting Range ring, you immediately stop moving and a countdown begins
> You can shoot balloons that spawn in front of you to quicken the rate at which the countdown ends, essentially maximizing your score
> When the countdown ends, a set of balloons will appear for a limited time
> Shooting all the balloons in a set causes the next set to spawn
> Once all the sets have ended, you get access to your movement controls again and the challenge can continue
----------------------------------- Other Changes -----------------------------------
> Balloon Cloud: A new option in the Tutorials sub-category of Single Player. Spend three minutes casually flying around the city shooting some balloons. Great for target practice or just a casual fly around the city
> A re-center button has been added to the HTC Vive controls. During a battle, press the left-hand's inner grip button to reset the position of the chair relative to your position. Note: The Rift already has this functionality with the Y button
> The menu structure has been completely re-worked to allow for easier navigation, many more challenges and many more single/multiplayer game modes
> Bot AI and pathing has been improved overall with more improvements planned for future updates
> Fixed a bug that caused Vive users to spawn under their chair if a Rift user is hosting a match