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Have you played Steel Circus?Mar 2, 2020 - Rock, Paper, ShotgunHave You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. There’s a handful of films at home that the family and I very rarely end up watching. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The Revenant. The Imitation Game. Her. The Judge. Absolutely outstanding films, but they’re also what we call “heavy” – and we seldom have the emotional energy to sit through two hours of “heaviness” at the end of a long day. So we pretty much never bite the bullet and say “You know what? Let’s finally do this.” Today, I’m biting the bullet. I’m gonna talk about something that makes me very sad to think about. It’s a game called Steel Circus, and last month the developers bit their own bullet, shut down the servers, and pulled the plug on their dying game. Which is such a gruelling shame, because Steel Circus was probably the most fun I’ve had in any competitive game since Rocket League. (more…) New Champion, Pixel Avatars, New Stamina System and More! Patch 0.8 DetailsNov 19, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsChampions, Pacific League is sending another Champion to the Circus. Welcome Kenny Zhu on **November 20** at 10:00 AM CEST / 04:00 AM EDT / 01:00 AM PDT. ** Estimated downtime for the update: up to 4 hours Please see details below for more information UPDATE 0.8 Features: New Champion: Kenny Zhu 2x T1 skin (plus one color variation) 1x T2 skin (plus one color variation) Champion rebalancing to 5-star system (see explanation below) Tackle & dodge now consume stamina together with sprint (see explanation below) Dodge redesign to pure movement ability, no longer has tackle immunity frames (see explanation below) Ball now bounces off stunned champions instead of moving through them (see explanation below) Introducing Stamina pick-ups Player Avatars Player Like feature - vote for your favorite player after each match Pixel Avatar DLC pack Ellika Wrestler skin purple & Steampunk skin blue purchasable Gameplay & general bug fixes Improvements: Added additional visual feedback for ball carrying champions Added skill VFX for Galena’s vortex Releasing the emote/spray tag/quickmatch button will now spawn the emote for kbm controls instead of clicking it Pick-ups and skill cooldowns will be reset at Overtime New Stamina bar behavior above player. The bar has three color states now: Yellow: Enough stamina, Orange: Sprint only, Red blinking: Out of Stamina Bug Fixes: Galena's Discontinuity now correctly cancels Lochlan's Warsong. Acrid's "no mask" skin works again. Ellika’s shield cannot be dodged anymore. Acrid does now correctly bounce the ball away (to the front/side) when just starting Rampage when he’d otherwise catch the ball. No champion can sprint anymore with their skill previews on display. It’s the same for all now. Fixed a specific matchmaking issue keeping some players from queueing up Fix for matchmaking issues on Asian servers Please let us know what you think. Feedback is - as usual - highly appreciated and welcome DETAILS: New Champion: Kenny Zhu {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34041122/1fe554bf004427fba80aa6adef34f4564756d03c.jpg Kenny is a 21-year-old good looking daredevil who likes nothing more than competition and risk-taking. His skills allow him to perform rapid positional changes making him especially dangerous for counter plays. Afterburner Kenny activates his engines to propel himself forward while leaving a fiery trail behind. Opponents touching the flames take damage. Air Strike Kenny takes off like a rocket flying up high in the air, to strike down anywhere on the playfield shortly after. Opponents near the impact are pushed back. Gameplay Changes We are introducing a few changes to the overall balance of the champions as well as the core gameplay of SC. Before there are any specifics a few words about the reasoning and motivation behind those changes: We always envisioned SC as a game focused on teamplay positioning and movement, we also wanted it to be a fast-paced game with constant tactical decision making. There are a few features we were...Bug Fixes and the Fright Pack! Patch Details 0.7.4Oct 24, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsChampions, This time we are coming to you with a great portion of Bug Fixes and the Scary Surprise for the spookiest moment of the year. The server maintenance and the Update release will take place on Friday, October 25 at 10:00 AM CEST / 04:00 AM EDT / 01:00 AM PDT. Estimated Downtime for the update is 2-4 hours. Features: • Fright Pack DLC Bundle https://store.steampowered.com/app/1180400/Steel_Circus__Fright_Pack/ Bug Fixes: • Fixed a bug where player champions got stuck in their animations/skills when used at the start of overtime • Fixed that Acrid’s Putrid Discharge was not recharged by cooldown pick-ups • Fixed that Acrid couldn’t be swapped by Schröder while using Rampage • Fixed that Acrid could get Schröder out of his skills with Rampage. He can now only get him out of the floor with a direct hit of Putrid Discharge. • Fixed that Acrid’s Rampage influenced the direction of the ball after leaving a teammates’ hands • Fixed that Schröder could swap places with k.o.ed champions when using Virtual Swap • Fixed that Shani could get stuck with the preview of Electrobatics, unable to do anything • Fixed that after successfully stealing the ball from enemy champions, the ball would just go back to the enemy champion under certain circumstances • Shani’s hair and glasses now stay with her during the teleport of Lightning Strike • Fixed some UI bugs • Music for overtime is now playing correctly Roadmap: • See our high-level roadmap here: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteelCircus/comments/cpdvl5/early_access_roadmap/ Steel Circus TeamTwitch integration, Overtime and much more! Patch Details 0.7.3Oct 9, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsChampions, Once again we are coming to you with new features, some changes and more bug fixes on Thursday, October 10 at 14:00 PM CEST / 08:00 AM EDT / 05:00 AM PDT! Estimated downtime: 2-4 hours Along with implementing the postponed feature to start the match with B0ts if there are not enough players in the queue, we are also adding a few more things to make sure you are able to enjoy Steel Circus even more! Features: • Twitch integration Display twitch username option Display number of viewers in-game during a live stream • Overtime - if the regular match ends in a draw, the match goes into overtime, and a “golden goal” rule will apply here. • 4-6 player Quickmatch, with up to 2 B0ts • The floor will display which pickup is about to spawn 5 seconds before it spawns • Custom match B0ts difficulty settings Gameplay: • Camera tweaks • Ball pick up radius increase at very low ball movement speed Balancing: • Cap’s turret movement speed slightly reduced • Shani’s ‘Lightning Strike’ AOE and pushback slightly increased when teleporting Bug Fixes: • Fixed a bug where Schröder couldn’t do anything anymore after being hit by Galena’s ‘Discontinuity’ while using his ‘Virtual Strike’ • Websocket win 7 fix • Bandwidth reduction • Reduced a bunch of FPS drops during gameplay • Fixed Shani’s ‘Lightning Strike’ stun duration and pushback • Fixed Pickup items spawn time display Roadmap: • See our high-level roadmap here: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteelCircus/comments/cpdvl5/early_access_roadmap/ Details Basic Twitch Integration The first step of Twitch integration allows you to link your game account with your Twitch account, which in turn will let you display your Twitch username during matches, rather than your Steam username. The second feature is still somewhat experimental, but its goal is as follows: if one of the Twitch-integrated players is live streaming, the game will display how many people are watching their stream. Note: should you want to opt into both of these features, they will become available after you’ve linked your account. Overtime If the clock runs out on a match that’s final score is a Draw, the game will go into overtime instead. Overtime starts with a regular kick-off - akin to the initial match start - and lasts for 2 minutes. The first goal shot during overtime decides who won (the “golden goal” rule). If no goal is scored during overtime, then the match ends in a draw. Additionally, players can not surrender during Overtime. 4-6 Player Quickmatch Quickmatch is now supporting 4 to 6 players instead of just 6 players. If there are not enough players for a 3 versus 3 match in the queue, the matchmaking will automatically start the match with 4 or 5 players, and the remaining slots will be filled by B0ts. New Pickup Spawn Display 5 seconds before a Pickup spawns, the color of the floor display will change to indicate which exact Pickup will spawn. Custom Match Bot Difficulty Settings Currently, there are three bot difficulty levels avail...Double Exp WeekendSep 27, 2019 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34041122/4791d04541f3430258566e8a270ab6b349640259.png Good news everyone! We are pleased to invite you to our Double Experience Event that will last from September 28th to September 30th! Once the Double XP Event starts, you will earn double the amount of experience for completing your matches. We hope that you will enjoy your additional exp and level up your accounts to the top! Check out the timesheet below for more details. AEST (Sydney) Sat, 5:00 pm - Mon,5:00 pm JST (TOKYO) Sat, 4:00 pm - Mon, 4:00 pm CST (Beijing) Sat, 3:00 pm - Mon, 3:00 pm UTC Sat, 7:00 am - Mon, 7:00 am BST (London) Sat, 8:00 am - Mon, 8:00 am CEST (Berlin) Sat, 9:00 am - Mon, 9:00 am PDT (L.A) Sat, 0:00 am - Mon, 0:00 am EDT (New York) Sat, 3:00 am - Mon, 3:00 am Tutorial re-work, customs with AI and more! Patch details 0.7.2Sep 26, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsChampions, More features and bug fixes are coming in on Friday, September 27 at 2:00 PM CEST / 08:00 AM EDT / 05:00 AM PDT. Estimated downtime is: 2-4 hours In this week after listening to your feedback we have focused on balancing characters. Also, following your request, we have added an option to add AI Bots to your custom matches! But wait, there's more! This weekend Sat, September 28 to Mon, September 30 we will be DOUBLING all experience you gain by playing your matches (Double Exp Weekend)! We hope to meet you at our arenas! Features: • Tutorial Re-work • New onboarding flow for new players • Surrender option • Custom matches now support AI Bots • New community Tutorial Balancing: • Lochlan - Slam AOE range and push pushback reduced, Warsong slow increase • Shani - Lightning strike no longer deals damage, AOE reduced • Acrid - Rampage slight movement speed increase and slight collider decrease, Putrid Discharge pushback increase for direct hits • Cap-x02 - Barrier duration and length of the barrier increase, Artillery strike aiming speed increase, AOE slight decrease, time to transition in an out of turret mode reduced • Schröder - Virtual Strike initial movement speed increased • General: 2 and 3-star ball throw champs had their max throw distance reduced • Decision: ball throw charge reset after dodge stays for the foreseeable future Roadmap: • See our high-level roadmap here: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteelCircus/comments/cpdvl5/early_access_roadmap/ Details New Onboarding The tutorial has been reworked completely and happens in two major steps called Basic Tutorial and Advanced Tutorial. The Basic Tutorial now focuses on teaching new players the basics like it used to and additionally explains and teaches special skills and pickups. The second step, Advanced Tutorial is a 2 versus 2 match against a rather weak tutorial AI. The player needs to complete both steps in order to unlock Quick Match, Custom Match, and Free Training. Free training is essentially the “old” playground without any tutorial. Here players can test out each champion, even the ones which are not unlocked. After a new player has completed their first Quick Match they will be rewarded with 3000 Steel and the unlocking of Daily Challenges. The 3k Steel reward replaces the initial Steel amount each new player account starts with. These changes will only affect new players who log into the first time after the release of update 0.7.2 Surrender Players can start a surrender vote for their team to end the match early. The surrender option becomes available after half of the regular match time has passed, currently at 2:30. For the surrender vote to pass the whole team needs to vote in favor of surrender. A match that ends via surrender is counted as “lost” for the team that surrendered no matter the score. Both teams receive their XP aliquot to the passed match time. Surrender does not trigger the leaver penalty. Custom Match Bots Players can now play with bots both as team ...New Champion, AI Bots and more! 0.7.1 Patch DetailsSep 15, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsChampions, After weeks of balancing, fixing core issues and releasing most of the highly requested features from our amazing community we are excited to announce our first update with a new champion! Previously Added • New Matchmaking system • Custom lobbies • Re-balance of in-game monetization • Team Voice Communication • Loot system re-work • Performance optimization and more graphic setting options • South America and Oceania servers • Fixes for "Login Failed" issues • Player stats - 1st iteration • Auto punish for mid-game quitters NEWEST UPDATE 0.7.1 • New champion: Galena • AI bot replacement for disconnected players during the match • Playing a match with and against AI (3vs3) • Emote prompt during goal cutscene • New skins • Razer chroma effects for Galena’s skills • Overview page of the player profile Bug Fixes: • Fixed Lochlan’s skill cooldowns • Fixed a bug where the skill on R2 stops working on controller • Fixed a bug where champions can be picked after being backfilled even though they are not owned • Fixed broken floor lines after player disconnect • Several matchmaking UI fixes • Lobby music looped Roadmap: • See our high-level roadmap here: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteelCircus/comments/cpdvl5/early_access_roadmap/ Feedback is - as usual - highly appreciated. Details New Champion: Galena Galena is a descendant of the first Mars born human and heir to the most powerful and famous family on Mars. She grew up being in the spotlight and part of the Martian high society. Aside from representing Mars in the arena, she is acting vice president of the Mars terraforming program which gives her direct access to cutting edge technology to constantly improve her arena suit. Discontinuity Galena shoots a shockwave in a straight line to disrupt her opponents' skills. Players hit by Discontinuity cannot use any of their skills for a short amount of time. Vortex Galena throws an imploding charge creating a vortex which sucks opponents towards its center. Champions in range of the vortex are held in place for a few seconds. AI bot replacement for disconnected players during a match When a player disconnects during a match he/she will be replaced by an AI bot to help the affected team, mainly focusing on defense. Playing a match with and against AI is now part of the tutorial We’ve extended the mandatory tutorial. After a new player learned the basics, a 2vs2 match will start to introduce the player to a first match. New skins available in Shop: Shani new T3 skin Streetwear plus color variation Cap T3 Steampunk red Cap T2 Chef plus color variation Overview page of the player profile Over the next updates, we are introducing more and more features for the player profile. The first iteration is a summary of your play experience, showing your level progress and some of your high-level stats. Steel Circus team New Matchmaking System! Upcoming 0.7 Patch DetailsSep 12, 2019 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34041122/a0c79062d2ab016a74b9f45d3c98f08df530784e.jpg Champions, Good news! The new matchmaking system is ready. We are introducing a faster and more reliable version on Friday, September 13 at 10:00 AMCEST / 04:00 AM EDT / 01:00 AM PDT. Estimated downtime: 2-4 hours UPDATE 0.7 Features: • New matchmaking system • Punishment system for mid-game quitters Bug Fixes: • Out of this world achievement reduced from 10 goals to 8 Roadmap: • See our high-level roadmap here: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteelCircus/comments/cpdvl5/early_access_roadmap/ Feedback is - as usual - highly appreciated. Details New matchmaking system We fixed most of the fundamental issues of the previous matchmaking system. The brand new matchmaking system offers less waiting times, combined with a more stable structure. Punishment system for mid-game quitters When a player leaves a match he/she will not gain any XP for the next three matches. The player will start to receive XP again only if their following three matches end properly. Custom Lobbies, Performance Improvements and more!- Upcoming 0.6.5 Patch DetailsSep 5, 2019 - Community Announcements{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34041122/a0c79062d2ab016a74b9f45d3c98f08df530784e.jpg Champions, Yes, there’s another drop coming in on Friday, September 6 at 12:00 noon CEST / 06:00 AM EDT / 03:00 AM PDT. Estimated downtime: 3 hours UPDATE 0.6.5 Features: • Custom lobbies (1st iteration) • Player backfill in the matchmaking lobby • Performance improvements • GFX quality settings in the options • Shani tweaks • Player and ball spawn point tweaks • Two new playfields (one per arena) • A match will now end when one team scores 8 goals (instead of 10 - test phase) • Added push-to-talk UI button to matchmaking lobby (for voice chat) • Lobby UI polish • Removed player level from matchmaking connection screen • Reworked timing of emote animations Bug Fixes: • Fixed various audio bugs • Ball pick sound more prominent • Fixed: Cap wall stayed forever when leaving the match Roadmap: • See our high-level roadmap here: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteelCircus/comments/cpdvl5/early_access_roadmap/ Please let us know if one of the bug fixes help fixing your problems. Feedback is - as usual - highly appreciated. Details Custom Match (1st iteration): Entering the custom match menu makes you the group leader A group leader can invite Steam friends If a group leader invites you (via Steam friends) you will be prompted an invitation By accepting the invitation you will automatically join the custom match Only the group leader can administer the custom match settings: Custom match region, Arena, Invite friends, Assign players to teams The group leader can only start the custom match when every player confirmed to participate by clicking the ready button At this time, it’s only possible to play matches with even player numbers: 1vs1, 2vs2, and 3vs3, we have plans to add matches with uneven player numbers soon At the moment, match stats are not shown after a match. This will follow in future updates After a custom match, players automatically return to the custom match lobby There’s only one custom lobby voice chat for everyone in the match (no team voice chat at the moment) We have plans to add more custom match option in future updates Player backfill for the lobby: Whenever a player drops out during matchmaking or during the picking phase in the lobby the remaining players no longer get kicked from the lobby. The new backfill feature looks for another player while the remaining players wait in the lobby. Shani tweaks Lightning strike spear throw distance reduced by 1 meter, spear travel speed slightly reduced as well as Shani’s teleport speed Electrobatics jump distance reduced by 0.5 meters and AOE radius reduced by 0.25 meters Loser ball spawn point After a team received a goal the ball spawn point (loser ball) is now a few meters closer to the team's goal. This should give the team which is in ball possession more time before the opponent's attack at kick-off Player spawn points All player spawn points received minor tweaks to work better with the loser ball changes. Removed pl...Upcoming Client & Server Maintenance - August 30th, 2019Aug 29, 2019 - Community Announcementshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34041122/f7daf478b464a10304403ec51368baff9668ca76.jpg Champions, We are thrilled to release a bigger update tomorrow on Friday, August 30 at 12:00 noon CEST / 06:00 AM EDT / 03:00 AM PDT. Estimated downtime will be approximately 2 hours. UPDATE 0.6 Features: • Team voice chats for matches (no written chat) • Weekly champion rotation. Increased the number of champions of the minimum base roster from 3 to 4. • New Level Up rewards (every player will now receive 100 Creds every 10 levels (10, 20, 30,...) • All champions playable in the training ground • Customizable quick chat messages (25 different ones, all available and customizable immediately) • Minimap of the arena now displayed during match lobby • Trainings ground timer extended to 60min • Relaxed the AFK kick timer from 30s to 45s • Following skins are now available for purchase in the shop: 1) Ellika Camo skin 2) Schröder Lavender Skin 3) Cap-x02 Sporty Skin • New community tutorial video, featuring our valued community member Shhteve • Lobby UI polish Re-balance of in-game monetization • Daily Challenges Rebalanced some of the daily challenges to decrease completion time. At the same time, the Steel rewards for some of the "harder" challenges have been increased slightly. • Level-up progression In order to speed up the level progression, we increased the amount of XP for playing matches: Winning a match increased from 3000 XP to 3500 XP, Losing or draw from 1800 XP to 2000 XP. Match award XP and MVP XP increased by 100 each. The first match of the day XP bonus has been decreased by 500 down to 2500 XP • Shop Price Changes We decided to reduce the prices for Creds across the board for all customizable content between 15% and 25%. Bug Fixes • Fixed a bug where bumpers become invisible after a goal • Fixed HUD and UI issues during the match related to third party software Roadmap See our high-level roadmap here: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteelCircus/comments/cpdvl5/early_access_roadmap/ Feedback is -as usual- highly appreciated Steel Circus team Premature Evaluation: Steel CircusAug 20, 2019 - Rock, Paper, Shotgun Premature Evaluation is the column which explores the wilds of early access. This week, substitute Cian Maher leaps into the box and does a futureball header. Developer: Iron Mountain Interactive Publisher: Oasis Games Release: Out now (early access) On: Windows From: Steam Price: Free-to-play You said you d be here three hours ago, my friend barks down the phone. It s 5:30pm and I m wearing a Harry Potter dressing gown, nursing a lukewarm coffee, and entering my 30th consecutive futureball match. Sorry about that lad, I say, feigning remorse. I ll be there in a bit. As you ve probably realised, I m not Steve Hogarty. I m just filling in while Steve s on holiday. Luckily, I intercepted quite a nice game. It s called Steel Circus and it s a futuristic sports em up in the vein of Rocket League. (more…) Upcoming Client & Server Maintenance - August 17th, 2019Aug 16, 2019 - Community Announcementshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34041122/a0c79062d2ab016a74b9f45d3c98f08df530784e.jpg Champions, We're releasing a small client and server update on Saturday, August 17 at 12:00 noon CEST / 06:00 AM EDT / 03:00 AM PDT. Est. downtime will be approx. 2 hours. UPDATE 0.4 Features: • New players start with 3000 Steel. Existing players will receive a 3000 Steel gift to their accounts as a thank you for being part of our early access (#GetThatSteel). • With the release of Update 0.4 we will perform a test of our events system by hosting a Double Match XP Event lasting 48 hours from servers going live. • Added additional challenges for scoring, touchdowns, geometry goals, and passing. • Added additional quick messages. • AFK players will now be automatically kicked from matches, with no rewards. • Reported habitual AFK players will receive temporary bans to their accounts. Bug Fixes: • Fixed a bug that allowed picking the same Champion twice • Fixed a crash bug that occurs when a goal is scored in the last second of a match • Fixed a Unity crash bug when launching game • Reverted change to FPS cap unlock. VERY sorry for this reversion, there will be additional optimization before removing it again • It’s no longer possible to join a group while already in a solo queue • "Move up" & "Move down" label corrected in control remapping • “Ping” added to the remapping menu • When receiving Steel rewards from daily challenges you can now ESC or mouse click out of the window. • In stats screen, you can now ESC or mouse click out of the window. Matchmaking: • Separated South America (Sao Paulo) and Oceania (Sydney) regions. Our SA and OCE community is small, but growing, expect increased matchmaking times during off-peak hours. • Additional tweaks to matchmaking (ongoing) Roadmap: • See our high-level roadmap here: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteelCircus/comments/cpdvl5/early_access_roadmap/ Steel Circus teamUpdated Early Access RoadmapAug 13, 2019 - Community Announcementshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34041122/7e305aa949663552d4c316600c3004eae580d176.jpg Champions, We heard your feedback and updated our roadmap. The list covers some of the high-level, major updates you can expect during the Early Access period of Steel Circus. Major updates can include new content, new champions, new arenas, major re-balancing and new features. Minor updates contain bug fixes, patches, and bug fixes occur frequently during Early Access will not be reflected here. Note: This is a living list, expect that all features and content listed here is subject to change, and new items/features may be added. Because a specific feature or fix or change you're interested in isn't listed here does not mean we aren't working on it. August 2019 Ongoing post early-access bug fixing Ongoing balancing updates Ongoing player matchmaking rule-set improvements Ongoing server optimization and provisioning Match voice chat (per team) New server added: Oceania (Sydney) (Asia / Oceania region in-game, for now) New customization items (skins, emotes, spray tags) September 2019 Custom lobbies Lobby backfill during matchmaking Match backfill when players drop out of match (with human or AI) Major update to matchmaking system Major improvements to first-time user tutorial (adding basic bots) New champion New arena variations New customization items (skins, emotes, spray tags) New challenges October 2019 New champion New customization items (skins, emotes, spray tags) New challenges November 2019 Ranked season (beta test) "Season Pass" (beta test) New challenges December 2019 New Champion New customization items (skins, emotes, spray tags) New challenges 2020 More new arenas More new champions Many more new customization items (skins, emotes, spray tags) New challenges Official launch (PC & Console - Platforms TBA) Steel Circus teamUpcoming Client & Server Maintenance - August 14th, 2019Aug 13, 2019 - Community Announcementshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34041122/f7daf478b464a10304403ec51368baff9668ca76.jpg Champions, We're releasing a small client and server update on Wednesday, August 14 at 12:00 noon CEST / 06:00 AM EDT / 03:00 AM PDT. Estimated downtime will be approximately 120 minutes. Update 0.3 Notes: Matchmaking Further optimization of matchmaking rules (ongoing) Fix to address bug where solo matching would not cancel if player joins a Steam friends group while still matching Fixed a bug where matchmaking could be started when the app was not in focus Oceania server (Sydney) is officially running, however still remains in Asia / Oceania region in-game (for now) Features We will start featuring community content on the main menu of the game FPS cap removed during match-play, lock remains in menu (for now) Increased number of quick chat messages from 4 to 8 Tweaks/Balancing Level progression - You now receive Steel after every match. 10 for losing & draws / 20 for wins - When a match is aborted quitters won’t receive any awards, players who remained will still receive XP and rewards based off of the length of time spent in-match. General All usernames are now shown properly. No more unicode issues (“n?me)” Steel Circus teamAugust 11 Client and Server UpdateAug 10, 2019 - Community Announcementshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34041122/a0c79062d2ab016a74b9f45d3c98f08df530784e.jpg Champions, We heard your suggestions and feedback. We are releasing a small client and server update today, August 11 at 10:00 AM CEST / 04:00 AM EDT / 01:00 PDT. Estimated downtime will be approximately 90-120 minutes. Notes: Stability • Fixed several bugs during player login to address “Failed Login!” issues. Hopefully alleviating the bug, or squashing completely. • Added proper error handling when shop page cannot connect to database Matchmaking • Fixed a bug where 1st match quitters were causing a wrong glicko rating, knocking other matchmaking rules out of balance. • Small tweaks and bug fixes to the matchmaking rating system (ongoing process) • Small updates to matchmaking rule set to start smoothing balancing (ongoing process) FTUE Improvements • Brand new players load the playground first to for a short tutorial before they quick match. A small step to improving onboarding and hopefully a small step towards improving lower level match experience. • Added a new mini-tutorial in the playground to introduce the basics (only in English for now) Challenges • There are now two daily challenges • Steel rewards for all challenges have been adjusted, previously Steel cap was ~410 Steel for one daily, now it is ~620 on average for completing both daily challenges. Tweaks/Balancing • Level progression • First win of the day XP bonus has been changed to a first match of the day bonus • Losing a match XP reward has been increased from 1600 to 1800 General Bug fixes • Fix to the shop system addressing players who attempt to purchase items when their login has expired. There are a lot of other tasks we are working on. Please stay tuned for upcoming news! Steel Circus teamUpdates on EULA and Known IssuesAug 9, 2019 - Community Announcementshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34041122/a0c79062d2ab016a74b9f45d3c98f08df530784e.jpg Hello all, We'd like to thank everyone who has joined us on the first day of our Early Access! We've received an incredible response from all over the world and with this being the first time we've been able to welcome players from around the world, we are thankful for all of your feedback, suggestions, and concerns. We're hard at work every day improving the game for all players. As our first 24 hours has passed, we'd like to update you of the major known issues which we're working on: 1) About the EULA – we launched with a standard boilerplate EULA which unfortunately wasn't quite written the way we'd hoped. We most definitely understand your concern and WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF AUTOMATICALLY DELETING INACTIVE PLAYERS or your progression and content from our database. We have updated the EULA to reflect that and have removed the offending text. Many apologies for the confusion. 2) We are aware of how much it sucks that players are bouncing mid-game. We’re actively working on ways to address this issue and hope to get changes rolled out ASAP. 3) We have noticed a handful of players who are receiving “Login Expired” messages while attempted to launch the game. We are working on this issue as well and it's a very high priority on our list to fix. 4) Some players, especially on Asian servers, are seeing failed placements into matching, resulting in the failed matchmaking error. Again, we’re actively working on improving this issue as well. 5) Matchmaking - we continue to look at issues with matchmaking where players timeout or are unable to connect during matchmaking, which causes everyone else in the match to get kicked from the match queue. We're extremely sorry to those of you who have experienced some of the above issues and know that we're extremely grateful for all of the excitement the first 24 hours of our early access. Again, thank you for playing and helping us to improve Steel Circus! For upcoming updates, please stay tuned! Steel Circus teamSteel Circus Early Access is Live!Aug 8, 2019 - Community Announcementshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34041122/a0c79062d2ab016a74b9f45d3c98f08df530784e.jpg The long wait is over! We’d like to thank our amazing community who helped us a lot during closed tests, actively participating in developing Steel Circus. During Early Access, we will keep improving the game along with adding new champions, arenas and customization items. Our long-term goal is to feature 15+ champions along with 6+ arenas. We see Early Access as an important phase where our focus is to listen, observe, verify and analyze gameplay data in order to make the game more fun to play. Your opinion is highly appreciated and we’d love if you join our community on Discord and let us know about your thoughts! What to expect from the Early Access? The core gameplay and game loop are implemented but we will continue polishing the game through Early Access. At the moment, Early Access features; - 6 Champions - 2 Arenas, each arena offers different variations - Quickmatch Mode - Training Mode - More than 150+ customization options Known Issues; Sometimes, when trying to group up and canceling it again, the quickmatch button does not react. Ingame Options menu disappears, when remapping menu was opened in the main menu. The ingame music doesn’t stop if the match ends prematurely, e.g.due to a disconnect, error, etc. If the matchmaking times out, the UI will continue to indicate queueing. That is not correct. Queueing up again will still work, even if the UI does not change. Restarting the game or playing a match resolves the issue. The game is likely to crash on game exit. Some pop-ups cannot be confirmed with controller. With some controllers plugged in (e.g. Switch Pro, XBox One) the button icons in the menu remain empty Acrid’s Putrid Discharge sometimes does not hit other champions when it should. Many more skill related bugs in special cases Ping has no SFX Champions are stuck in their last animation at match end Rarely no MVP is shown after a match Will my Early Access progression carry over to the full game? Yes, we will keep all the data and your profile will carry over to the full game. How long will Early Access last for? It’s hard to say anything exact at the moment, but our initial plan is to come out of Early Access in 2020. How can I stay up to date? You can join our official Discord channel and follow us on our social media accounts; Steel Circus Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/playsteelcircus Steel Circus Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/playsteelcircus Steel Circus Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/playsteelcircus Have fun! Steel Circus team https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34041122/bb41886553db0a4e96007259e9466995eae14615.jpgFinal Closed Alpha Test Coming August 3rd!Aug 1, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHello everyone! Steel Circus will hit Early Access on August, 8th 2019 on Steam and we are happy to announce that the last Closed Alpha Test will be happening this weekend. To be specific, CAT#4 will be conducted from: Saturday, August 3rd to Monday, August 5th: https://i.imgur.com/Ix1mbgw.jpg LA: 3rd, 3 am - 5th, 3 am NY: 3rd, 6 am - 5th, 6 am London: 3rd, 11 am- 5th, 11 am Vienna: 3rd, 12 pm- 5th, 12 pm Beijing: 3rd, 6 pm - 5th, 6 pm Tokyo: 3rd, 7 pm - 5th, 7 pm How to test CAT#4? CAT#4 test will be conducted from the main SteamID, for which you need a new key. Find your new Steam key here: Grab a key now Since we are not going to use the old Closed Alpha Test SteamID anymore, you can uninstall it from your game library. In the future, upcoming community/PTR tests will be conducted from a BETA branch of the main SteamID, which we are going to communicate after Early Access. What can you expect in CAT#4 As sort of a teaser for Early Access everyone will be granted enough in-game currency to be able to customize your favorite in-game items such as spraytags, emotes, victory poses, and skins during CAT#4. Keep in mind, the database will be wiped along with your progress and equipped items after the test. New features to test: New champion: Acrid Updated goal cutscenes Tweaks and balances of Champions Improved bumper physics Updated skill floor previews Camera tweaks New ball trail Daily challenges Rewards A detailed list of changes will be posted in the announcement channel on Discord prior to the test. Thanks to the community We are very thankful for all the support we’ve received during our closed alpha tests. Besides making new friends and getting to know nice people from all over the world we couldn’t have hoped for a better way to improve Steel Circus to this date and in the future. As a sign of gratitude, we are going to send every closed alpha tester a special “Closed Alpha Participation” gift shortly after EA. As usual, we really appreciate if you wishlist Steel Circus https://store.steampowered.com/app/969680/Steel_Circus/ and if you leave a “like” our social media pages to help spreading the news of the Early access: Twitter: https://twitter.com/playsteelcircus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/playsteelcircus Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playsteelcircus Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcx7aMPwm-RLlaYeDgmi_Dw Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/cMGsJ7Z Looking forward to hearing your feedback of CAT#4 in Discord. Yours, Iron Mountain Interactive & Oasis GamesSteel Circus is a free-to-play future sport coming to Early Access in AugustJul 2, 2019 - PC GamerI only care about future sports—give me neon and robots and a reckless disregard for health and safety regulations. Steel Circus appears to have all of that. It's a sci-fi sport that tosses two teams of three into an arena to duke it out and score some goals all in an effort to maintain peace throughout the solar system. Noble! It's coming to Steam Early Access next month, but first you can watch the launch cinematic above. Unlike boring contemporary sports, Steel Circus' athletes scoff at the idea of uniforms, and rather than having positions, their two unique abilities make them more like MOBA or RPG classes. Support characters can buff and heal, long-range characters can whittle down their foes, and brawlers can wade over to the opposition and start smashing skulls. Since the launch trailer doesn't show off any in-game footage, here's another with some match highlights: There are some Monday Night Combat vibes, which takes me back, and of course Rocket League looms over just about every ball game, though aside from the ricocheting the similarities here seem pretty superficial. Maybe I just want to see it, but is there just a hint of the criminally underappreciated Frozen Cortex in there, too? It's real-time and pretty brisk, but it's not all action and speed. It's tactical as well as fast-paced, according developer Iron Mountain Interactive. When it's finished, there will be 15+ characters, introducing different playstyles and abilities, and you'll need to figure out how to take advantage of your two teammates' skills as well as your own. When it launches in Early Access, however, you'll only need to get a handle on six of them. The plan is to launch with two arenas, each with different layouts and environmental quirks, and more will be introduced across Early Access, along with new characters and customisation features. The focus is on the "core competitive game mode" at the moment, but more modes will be added during development. It's free to play, but a premium bundle will be available that gives you all the characters, as well as supporter packs and unique cosmetics. There won't be any advantages for sale, however, and Iron Mountain promises that you won't have to open any loot boxes. Steel Circus is due out on Steam Early Access on August 8. Steel Circus Early Access Begins August 8Jul 2, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsSteel Circus Early Access Begins August 8 Hello everyone! We are so happy and excited to announce our Early Access release date: Steel Circus Early Access will be released on Steam on August 8th! Thanks to our testers and amazing Discord community, after conducting various rounds of closed tests, we have collected so much constructive feedback during this period. We’ve been working hard on improving the core gameplay and also creating a host of new features. We are so excited about the future of Steel Circus, and we hope the Early Access period will give us the further feedback we need to take Steel Circus to new heights! In order to celebrate our Early Access, we made a new trailer! You can watch it down below: https://youtu.be/D_PdQNJ7tzk When will Steel Circus launch on Steam Early Access? August 8th , 2019 What’s in the Early Access build? - 6 Champions - 2 Arenas, each arena offers different variations - Quickmatch Mode - Trainings Ground - More than 150+ customization options How much will Steel Circus cost? Steel Circus is free to play! There will be a special Early Access package that offers all champions now and forever, and a supporter pack with additional items. In-game transactions for unique cosmetics will not affect the core mechanics of the game. We will not include any form of pay to win mechanics and are refraining from offering loot boxes for various reasons. Which regions will Steel Circus be available for? Steel Circus Early Access will be released globally! (except China) What languages will be supported? Steel Circus Early Access will be available in English, French, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish. Do I need to register or get a key? No, the Early Access will be open to all players. Players will be able to login to the game with their Steam accounts. No extra registration needed! Will my Early Access progression carry over to the full game? Yes, we will keep all the data and your profile will carry over to the full game. How long will Early Access last for? It’s hard to say anything exact at the moment, but our initial plan is to come out of Early Access in early 2020. How can I stay up to date? You can join our official Discord channel and follow us on our social media accounts; Steel Circus Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/playsteelcircus Steel Circus Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/playsteelcircus Steel Circus Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/playsteelcircus What can I do to support you guys in the meantime? You can wishlist us! By wishlisting the game, you can make sure that you will see the game on your Steam main page once the game is released! You can also join our Discord community where we drop all our important news and updates first. Steel Circus team www.playsteelcircus.com
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