- RTS Fest Patch: Defend, Survive, and Conquer in the New Update! - 19 January 2025
Hey everyone, ๐ Weโre excited to bring you another thrilling update just in time for the Steam RTS Fest! This patch introduces brand-new gameplay features, several quality-of-life improvements, and some much-needed bug fixes. Dive in and explore whatโs new in *Smelogs Playground*! ๐ New Features Aztec Horde: Singleplayer Wave Defend Mode Prepare to face the ultimate challenge in this brand-new game mode! *Brace yourself as waves of relentless enemies close in. With each wave, the challenge intensifiesโbut so do your skills! Defend, survive, and unlock powerful abilities to crush the horde. How long can you hold your ground?* This is the first version, and weโd love to hear your feedback. Let us know what you think! AI Unlock Tree Progression just got more exciting! This system allows you to unlock different AI difficulties and strategies, offering: - More variety in gameplay - A senseโฆ
- ๐ ๏ธ PATCH NOTES - 13th September 2024 - 13 September 2024
Hey everyone! We've had a super productive two weeks and made a ton of improvements! AI Love The AI got some love and is way smarter now โ you should notice a big difference in how it behaves. HUD Updates Weโve added new, easy-to-use ability buttons on the HUD and gave the radial movement menu a fresh new look. Steam Achievements Steam Achievements are here! ๐ We're not 100% happy with some of them yet, so they might change, and weโre planning to add more in the future, so stay tuned! New Hotkeys New hotkeys are in place to make it easier to select Smelogs and filter through them. Trap Damage Adjustment We adjusted trap damage since unit avoidance and collision are still turned off so traps were way too strong for now, so we toned them down a bit. Full List of Changes: Improvements New Hotkey: Select all of type on screen Setting to disable double-click selecting all of type on screenโฆ
- Custom Game Expansion & AI Enhancements - 30 August 2024
Hey everyone Get ready to experience more chaotic and thrilling battles as Custom Games now support up to 8 players! This update also brings numerous improvements to the AI, UI, and various gameplay mechanics. Dive into the details below! In recent updates, weโve focused on optimizing performance and refining base spawn logic to ensure smooth gameplay as we expand Custom Games to support up to 8 players. Our efforts also included UI adjustments to seamlessly accommodate the extra players. ๐ Weโve also made significant improvements to AI strategy profiles and behaviors, alongside various bug fixes. While thereโs still room for perfection, this update marks a big step forward. Whatโs Next The HUD ability buttons need some attentionโtheyโre currently too small and often overloaded. Collision/Avoidance will remain turned off for now as weโre working on a better solution, which will take soโฆ
- ๐ ๏ธ PATCH NOTES - 19th July 2024 - 19 July 2024
Hey everyone After a while, we are finally ready with a new Patch with improvements and bug fixes to enhance your gaming experience! This update introduces new building spot indicators, crucial bug fixes, and several UI enhancements. Plus, we've made some balancing changes to improve 2vs2 matches and adjusted the health of specific units. Dive into the details below and see what's new! Here is the full list of updates: Improvements Massive performance gains Improved visuals for the Crystal Codex Spell to make it more readable and to better indicate learned and unlearned spells. Various other UI updates Quieter startup video Subtle adjacent cave and menhir building spot indicators New base spawning locations Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where Pansies would only spawn close to the center or in the corners. They will now spawn more evenly across the map. Testing Buildup helper for beginners caโฆ
- Update Incoming: Performance and More - 29 June 2024
Hey everyone! Weโre currently working on an update featuring performance improvements, minor tutorial changes, a beginner helper option, and various UI and bug fixes. We've resolved most crash issues but need a bit more testing before releasing this update. Thanks for your patience! If you're looking for someone to play with, be sure to post on Discord. We're also working on something new and experimental that will come to Smelogs in the future. Stay tuned!
- ๐ ๏ธ PATCH NOTES - 31st May 2024 - 31 May 2024
Hey, the new Patch is live ๐ If your game crashed while loading into the map, this issue is now resolved. We fixed issues with units getting blocked inside buildings and being unable to reach certain areas. You can now change the camera panning to the WASD keys by going to Settings > Hotkeys and selecting the WASD camera preset. Here is the full list of updates: Improvements Party and Invite UI adjusted A better more noticeable Custom Game leave button added Enter Cave hover indicator Profile and Match Result Base Layouts now display unit preview images Custom games with only 2 players will now default to all chat Performance Added Tool Tips for Item types How obstacles are being drawn for the Minimap Bug Fixes Cancel upgrade sound was audible to other players Voice line "No energy" from Gianni now plays in stereo instead of mono Line graph would not display post-match if a spectator wโฆ
- ๐ ๏ธ Patchnotes 19th May 2024 - 19 May 2024
We have upgraded Unreal Engine and are now on UE5.4 ๐ This will allow us to work on many improvements and give us access to new features. Some Strings for Avatar Titles may be missing and will be fixed in the next patch Improvements ๐ข Various UI adjustments ๐ข New Unit ability buttons ๐ข Building Space required preview ๐ข Extended Tool Tips for upgrades ๐ข Specific attack for watchtower will now put them in attack mode ๐ข Performance Bug Fixes ๐บ Tutorial not properly ending ๐บ Units with 0 health sometimes displayed in the unit list ๐บ Emote radial menu displayed in tiny size Testing ๐ท Obsidian Cannon attacks autonomously anything in attack range ๐ท New Tutorial Balancing ๐ถ ๐ Found a Bug report it ๐ค๐ - You can report bugs directly in-game - On Discord - Or here on Steam where you also can see a list of known bugs. Enjoy ๐ฅฐ
- PATCHNOTES - 3 May 2024
Improvements ๐ข Base Editor show Watchtower attack range ๐ข Technology Tree Tool Tip Cave now show healing amount ๐ข Technology Tree Tool Tip Cannon now shows total damage ๐ข Line graph as default display for result screen ๐ข New default patrolling hotkey key ๐ข Crystal Codex UI back button visuals Bug Fixes ๐บ On exciting AI Game while in the queue, the queue stops ๐บ Downgrading a unit to a building not triggering evade ๐บ Custom Game match result not always displayed correctly ๐บ Tutorial Units sometimes able to walk through obstacles ๐บ Default emotes are locked and can't be selected ๐บ Multiple Epic Account popups ๐บ Leaderboards not displaying all entries Testing ๐ท Molten Golem killing any Smelogs on spawn in a small radius ๐ท Toggle All On and Off inputs and UI buttons Balancing ๐ถ Teleport: also teleporting friendly buildings but not Cave and Menhir ๐ Found a Bug report it ๐ค๏ฟฝโฆ
- EARLY ACCESS RELEASE ๐ฅณ๐ - 18 April 2024
Early Access Release Dive in, play around, and let your strategic mastermind run wild! Your early feedback will be invaluable in shaping the future of Smelogs Playground. Roadmap Stay tuned as we will be sharing a development roadmap soon, giving you a glimpse of the exciting features and updates coming your way. Support Us by ๐ถ Sharing Smelogs Playground with your friends ๐ถ Sharing the Game with Your Favorite Content Creators ๐ถ Joining the Discord and Sharing Your Feedback to Help Shape the Game ๐ฅฐ Thank You, Nifty Productions
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EARLY ACCESS RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCEMENT ๐ - 10 April 2024
Exciting News for Smelogs Playground! Gear up for early access starting April 18th! Embark on an adventure in our vibrant Aztec world with unparalleled gameplay. Join us from the outset and be part of the excitement! Don't miss out mark your calendars! ๐ But wait, there's more! This is just the beginning; we have a plethora of thrilling plans for the future. Support Us by ๐ถ Adding Smelogs Playground to Your Wishlist ๐ถ Sharing the Game with Your Favorite Content Creators ๐ถ Joining the Discord and Sharing Your Feedback to Help Shape the Game ๐ฅฐ Thank You, Nifty Productions
- PATCHNOTES - 26 February 2024
Improvements ๐ข Match in progress leave protection ๐ข Local Match history now saves up to 50 matches ๐ข Match Spell history improved ๐ข Match about to start notification ๐ข Performance ๐ข HUD show energy income per second Bug Fixes ๐บ Replay sometimes generating the wrong map ๐บ Select all of specific unit type not working ๐บ Upgrade and Downgrade target unit preview not showing correctly ๐บ Custom Game Match result data not saved (only for the host) ๐บ Double click selection sometimes selected not just on screen Testing ๐ท Gameplay assistant buttons changed Balancing: ๐ถ - ๐ Found a Bug report it ๐ค๐ - You can report bugs directly in-game - On Discord - Or here on Steam where you also can see a list of known bugs. Enjoy ๐ฅฐ
- PATCHNOTES - 16 February 2024
Improvements ๐ข Match History visuals ๐ข Easy Rush AI adjusted to be easier ๐ข Emote size increased Bug Fixes ๐บ Not correct destructible mesh spawning for Skinsets ๐บ Match History not showing all local saved matches ๐บ Tutorial: Units able to walk through obstacles ๐บ Cloud Save sometimes not correctly saving ๐บ Ultimate Spell not showing ground indicator for clients ๐บ Leaderboard showing all entries twice ๐บ 2vs2 sometimes creating double HUDs Testing ๐ท Replay Balancing: ๐ถ Base Smelogs health 50 >>> 25 ๐ถ Melee Smelogs damage 10 >>> 8 ๐ถ Ranged Smelogs health 180 >>> 200 ๐ Found a Bug report it ๐ค๐ - You can report bugs directly in-game - On Discord - Or here on Steam where you also can see a list of known bugs. Happy Weekend and enjoy. ๐ฅฐ
- Playtest - 12 December 2022
Hi everyone! From the 16th December till the 6th of January we will hold a Playtest. You can request access from now on! Make sure to join the Discord server to get your access key when the Playtest is live. In the Discord server you can select the Tester role which allows you to see and access the "#looking-for-games" channel where you can organize online matches. Feedback is much appreciated and will help us iron out all issues and improve the game. ๐งก We will have more Playtest in the future. Cheers, Nifty Productions
