- Event type
- patch note
- Published
- 30 October 2024 - 14:00:56 UTC
- Source
- steam_community_announcements
New flexible and customizable PvP experience This update introduces Custom Clash, a new casual PvP experience for Squirmish: The Videogame. Online Multiplayer is not new to Squirmish, and indeed, battling against other worthy human opponents is likely the most challenging and fun way to play. However, we've found that our existing PvP offerings, Matchmaking and Fight a Friend, are not yet creating enough opportunities for players to find timely PvP matchups. In practice, a skill-based pairing system like Matchmaking needs a sizable community to function effectively and during Early Access ramp up, our player base is not yet big enough to reliably fuel the Matchmaking queue. Also, Matchmaking necessarily limits play to a minimal set of play formats at any one time. In contrast, Fight a Friend, our other PvP experience, does support all available play formats, from Standard to Classic 70 t...