Game update

Playtest Update 2

Keyboard Warriors Playtest · published 30 Jul 2026, 03:25 UTC

Playtest Update 2 is live with the following changes:

Now that the map layout is starting to finalise we have baked a full lighting pass with global illumination. This is baked GI with probe volumes so it should look a lot better without a big performance hit, but shout out if you notice any regressions on your systems! Some areas might be a bit dark with the new stronger shadows, but we will bring these up with some local lighting.
Enemies will now have slightly randomised colours and sizes to create less uniform looking hordes. Not too dramatic so you can still spot the key targets.
You can now select upgrades directly with a keybinding (displayed on the card) instead of navigating to them and holding space/enter.

Zombie health has been increased slightly, and bloater health has been decreased so they are less of a slog early on.
Lingering ozone has the correct icon and a new sound effect for the electric field.
Radioactive decay now has a gas sound effect instead of activating the Helios missile sound effect (which was funny, but annoying).
Reduced horde damage on katana and increase cleave profile.
The game now ships with MSAA 4x anti-aliasing on by default. This will all be configurable in graphics options soon, but for now this will help the visual clarity on mid and lower resolutions.

Fixes an issues where the mech won't swap to ranged combat if you manually target a ranged enemy during a melee attack animation.
Fixes an issue with missile trajectory if the target is killed while the missile is in launch phase.
Fixes an issue where ammunition based weapons will stop reloading before reaching capacity.
Fixes some eager weapon swapping in melee combat.

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Game update

Keyboard Warriors Playtest · published 30 Jul 2026, 03:25 UTC

Playtest Update 2 is live with the following changes:

Now that the map layout is starting to finalise we have baked a full lighting pass with global illumination. This is baked GI with probe volumes so it should look a lot better without a big performance hit, but shout out if you notice any regressions on your systems! Some areas might be a bit dark with the new stronger shadows, but we will bring these up with some local lighting.
Enemies will now have slightly randomised colours and sizes to create less uniform looking hordes. Not too dramatic so you can still spot the key targets.
You can now select upgrades directly with a keybinding (displayed on the card) instead of navigating to them and holding space/enter.

Zombie health has been increased slightly, and bloater health has been decreased so they are less of a slog early on.
Lingering ozone has the correct icon and a new sound effect for the electric field.
Radioactive decay now has a gas sound effect instead of activating the Helios missile sound effect (which was funny, but annoying).
Reduced horde damage on katana and increase cleave profile.
The game now ships with MSAA 4x anti-aliasing on by default. This will all be configurable in graphics options soon, but for now this will help the visual clarity on mid and lower resolutions.

Fixes an issues where the mech won't swap to ranged combat if you manually target a ranged enemy during a melee attack animation.
Fixes an issue with missile trajectory if the target is killed while the missile is in launch phase.
Fixes an issue where ammunition based weapons will stop reloading before reaching capacity.
Fixes some eager weapon swapping in melee combat.