It's been one year since the full release and we have a delicious cosmetic for you. Logging in between now and April 18th will give you a free cake stick cosmetic. ❤️
Changes
- Cones on the pond being hit by your stick or a puck now make a sound - Raised the maximum amount of outfit presets for Premium from 15 to 20 - Colosseum has been replaced with Cyberpuck in the matchmaking rotation - Added a new exclusive "Rich" bundle when purchasing the biggest Pux package
Fixes
- Fixed a rare bug of an invisible puck being on the ice if you had an unstable connection - Fixed an issue where going into practice mode while a match is found could unintentionally disconnect you from the match
April 11th marks the one year anniversary of Slapshot: Rebound's full release. To celebrate, we're introducing Cyberpuck! The update will launch on April 11th.
TL;DR on what to expect: - A whole new Cyberpuck themed arena - The locker room will be teched out! - A free celebration cosmetic for anyone logging in between April 11th and April 18th - A pack with Cyberpuck cosmetics and titles
The arena, locker room and celebration cosmetic will be free for everyone. The cosmetics and titles pack will be released as a DLC on Steam.
Welcome... to The Arena!
(Imagine a really cool Cyberpunk themed soundtrack is playing) Welcome to Cyberpuck, a distant future where robots are commonplace. Only two things are certain in life anymore: Hockey and worshipping Goosan!
Dresscode
The Cyberpuck pack will feature themed cosmetics, including a neon leather jacket, robot arm stick, robot Goosan, goal horn, a cyberpuck mask, slapbot, and variants! The pack will also feature 3 exclusive titles.
You can wishlist the pack now and grab it on April 11th!
PS: We've also just announced a new game we're working on alongside Slapshot: Rebound called Strikers Club, an association football game with Slapshot inspiration. Check it out, wishlist, and sign up for the playtest through Steam!
v1.7.1 is a small update while we work on a larger update.
- Winter is over, we're back in the modern locker room! - Added 5 new goal horns that will be voted on for Patreon next month - Fixed minor performance issues with the penguin hat and baby bottle cosmetics - Goosan asked us to add something to the game too. I'm not sure what it is.
Happy slapping!
Upgraded netcode, improved matchmaking balancing, fixes and improvements
- Added a new periods_played stat to each player to help external developers and leagues with stat tracking - Added a new leaver system: You get a free leave every 3 hours, with subsequent leaves resulting in 5 to 15 minutes matchmaking suspensions - Added sounds for hitting the rubber tires and poles on the pond - Added a warning to the 'randomize loadout' button on the appearance menu to avoid accidental clicks
Improvements
- Upgraded the netcode to work better with larger packets, more stable packet throughput and better IPv6 support - Balanced the matchmaker to handle very highly rated players better, they should find matches quicker - Upgraded our server operating systems with all the latest performance improvements - Improved the step completion sound during the tutorial - Raised the invisible walls of The Pond to avoid puck loss - Refactored several systems to lay the groundwork for full match replays
Fixes
- Fixed unrecognised characters being spammed in the in-game chat causing stutters
We've fixed an issue where you couldn't switch the camera preset on the main menu to change its settings and added a new keybind to reset your zoom for those that were using the camera switching to do that.
- Diamond rank! To close the large gap between Platinum 3 and Legend, we have introduced a Diamond rank. - Rank overview! In the Player -> Career menu you can now see all ranks. - Pux Drops! We have moved earning free Pux from once every level to once every 10 matches played, this speeds up Pux earnings significantly for 95% of players. This is an experimental feature, we might change it based on feedback and results. - Persistent camera zoom! Your camera zoom levels from a match will stay when switching camera presets mid-match and when joining new matches. - Public API: Webhooks! Developers using our API can now listen to webhooks related to the lobbies they create to make their integrations even more seamless. - Public API: Ranks endpoint! Developers can now query ranks to automatically put people in different PUG systems or help seeding tournaments
Additions
- The Crown cosmetic now allows hairstyles - Added new variants to: Modern stick, LED Gloves, Necromancer jersey - Added cosmetics: Lava lamp jersey, supporter stick, hero cape, pillow headphones, tentacle gloves
Fixes
- Fixed several false positives in the chat moderation system - Fixed the shop notification always showing even if you saw that day's rotation already
- Fixed some gloves not interacting with the stick shader correctly - Fixed a geometry gap in the hot dog suit when wearing the Goosan head - Fixed clipping on the bakery boy hat - Fixed special characters like emojis not being encoded correctly when downloading match logs through the website
Additions
- Added match_id to the match logs locally, on the website and through the API as requested by developers - Added a stick color variant to the stick stick - Reworked the elf hat to reflect our new cosmetics standards. The old version is now a variant. - Added November Patreon items: Sleigh stick, snowman outfit, holidays sweater, santa pants, lantern back item
The Golden Geese
We have replaced the Blackhawks cosmetics with The Golden Geese, a hockey team in the Slappyverse. It was awesome to have the Blackhawks in the game for a year and I'm happy to see close to 100 thousand people enjoy them! To make sure the people that haven't claimed the items yet can still enjoy them, we've added a new shop code: GOLDENGEESE. If you have redeemed the Blackhawks code before, you will have the new cosmetics already. We have also created 8 new variants across the outfit for you to unlock (yes, golden variants!).
Small update because we're cooking for 2025 ːslapshotlogoː
Season 1 has come to a close and its rewards have been distributed. For Season 2, we have taken a new approach to the soft reset to provide a fresh but balanced start to the season. We've also introduced a new section in the Player -> Career tab that shows your current season's highest rank.
Season 2 Pass
Check out 30 tiers of new goodies in the new pass! You can earn some of them for free and opt to purchase the pro track to get them all. The old passes have not expired, you can use the dropdown under the season name to switch between which pass is active at any time.
Halloween 👻
The locker room has been overrun with the dead!
Other changes
- Added a new 'highest rating' section to the Career tab so you always know which rewards you qualify for at the end of the season - After a bot match, you'll now have the option to press 'Rematch' to quickly restart the bot match - You can now limit the amount of people on a team in custom matches. Want an open lobby but keep the matches 3v3? That's possible now! - Your ratings have soft reset for the new season - Season 1 rewards have been distributed (helmets and titles) - Fixed several issues with clipping cosmetics - Added a new 'light' variant to the Durag - Added controller navigation to custom lobbies - Added a button in appearance to randomize your outfit with all your available items - Improved performance in the UI and in-game
