Rogues’ Gallery
In the spirit of Early Access, we continue to improve and evolve the Rogue’s Gallery content into a more complete experience.
Previously, it was not obvious in the game that defeating each rogue opponent not only unlocked the next opponent but also unlocked use of that rogue’s character as your in-game avatar. When used as an avatar, that character’s animations appear in the left hand portrait during matches and you can express yourself using that character’s collection of Smacktalk emotes.
With this update, we’ve made it a little more challenging to unlock each rogue’s avatar. Moving forward, a simple defeat of a Rogues’ Gallery opponent will unlock the next opponent and earn you a Steam Achievement, but to unlock a rogue’s avatar for your own use, you must defeat the rogue 3 times in a row in the Rogues’ Gallery. (Sparring matches don’t count).
To track your win streaks, each rogue portrait in the Rogues’ Gallery lobby is now decorated with 3 stars. With a win streak of one, one of these stars will be lit yellow, and the others gray. When all three are yellow, the rogue’s avatar becomes permanently unlocked and you also get a Prize Card (see below). Note that this requires a 3 game win streak, not merely 3 wins. If you lose or concede a game against a rogue, your win streak against that rogue will reset to zero, and all that rogue’s stars will become gray again.
Once you’ve unlocked some rogue avatars, you can switch to a new avatar using the User Settings popup that can be opened on the home screen.
Prize Cards
Prize Cards are a new addition this release. A Prize Card is very similar to a Steam Achievement, except they are unique to Squirmish and signify accomplishments that also unlock important items or features. Plus, although they have no in-game effect, they look just like other Squirmish cards.
A PRIZES section has been added in the CARDS area of the game, next to COLLECTION, DECKS, and MINI-DECKS. All awarded prize cards can be browsed in this section, and you can examine each of them they same way you examine any other Squirmish card. Each will explain what you accomplished to earn the card, and what prize was unlocked by it. Each prize card even even has its own "battle cry".
The first block of Prize Cards are awarded for accomplishing a challenging win streak against a rogue, and each one unlocks the rogue avatar pictured on the card.
Returning Players
If you’ve already defeated some or all of the Rogues’ Gallery opponents prior to this update, you’ll find that you’ve been spotted one victory against each rogue that you’ve already defeated.
Other Changes
- Fixed a bug with FOXY LION’s SLY & STEALTHY ability. When controlled by a bot, SLY & STEALTHY would sometimes make an illegal move if OLD MAN EGGPLANT’s AUBERGINE LIMOUSINE was activated before it on the same turn.
- Fixed a bug with DAMAGEBOT 2000’s AUTO INJURY ability. AUTO INJURY was triggering on attack damage (and potentially absorbing it) when DAMAGEBOT was at zero HP.
Cards affected:
- FOXY LION
- DAMAGEBOT 2000