Howdy gamers!

Welcome back, I've had this one planned for a while and I'm so hyped to release this update to y'all ːsteamhappyː


Introducing Paint Warfare's most intricate and biggest map based on an abandoned military air base!








This game mode has been planned for months and it's probably one of my favourite modes in the game right now—up there with Capture the Flag.

• You get put in one of two teams
  
• You rush to take control of as many points as possible with your teams and try hold them at once
  
• The more bases you hold, the more points you gain. If the enemy even partially tries to uncapture your base, you stop getting points from it

The Koto map didn't see many players, and it was unsuited for FFA as I originally designed it with Capture the Flag in mind. Over the next couple updates, I want to put more focus on Team modes and playing with friends, and we needed some more maps in the Team based modes.

• Shrunk and reworked the Koto map slightly, reduced the number of trees and vegetation for visibility
  
• The Koto map has been removed from FFA and it is now Capture the Flag (which I feel suits it better)

If you missed it, last update I made the bubble grenade do tick damage in its radius (~10 damage/second)

I've made some more changes to it in this update to make it more useful

• It will now damage bots in the coop minigame
  
• It no longer deals damage to team mates

Hey hey hey!

Here's a quick patch based on your feedback over the past few days ːsteamhappyː



The bubble grenade deals tick damage in a small radius (shown above)!

Changes:

• Decreased bubble grenade size by 30%, the bubbles are denser now however, which makes it more useful as a smokescreen
  
• Enemies entering a bubble grenade smoke take 10 damage per second

Some weapons weren't seeing as much use as I'd hoped, so I've made some buffs

Changes:

• Minigun is now 30% more accurate
  
• Increased Frenzy mag size (12 —> 18)
  
• Increased ACR damage (25 —> 50)
  
• Increased Banana Gun damage (37 –> 60)
  
• Increased Launcher blast radius (8 —> 11)

• Fixed the AK scope
  
• Increased footstep volume
  
• Sped up ranking significantly, especially in later ranks
  
• You can now preview hats and skins in the coins shop, and made various other improvements. Coins and DLC purchases are how I pay for server costs, so I improved the user experience of those who choose support the game <3

Enjoy the update!

I play the game for a couple of hours after each update and release hotfixes where necessary

• Redesigned weapon skin sprites
  
• Improved spawn points in the new map
  
• Buffed the pressure washer gun range
  
• Fixed a bug that caused custom games to reboot the game if the new map was selected
  
• Reverted changes to the bubble grenade, however buffed the duration

Hey hey hey!

I'm finally back to Paint Warfare and I'm excited to announce the first map to Paint Warfare in over a month— Mafia Island, the amount of time and work that went into this one is insane, and I'm so excited to unveil it to you guys.

There's also a DDay map coming up, but I'm not quite ready to unveil it yet, join our discord server to get sneak peeks on it though ːsteamhappyː

https://youtu.be/xdFibwAVM70







Introducing Mafia Island, one of the most ambitious maps I've made yet (aside from Koto) that tries to take advantage of Paint Warfare's movement in a stunning and intricately made map.

A huge amount of work went into making this one and I really hope you guys enjoy!

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Making the mansion floor plan and importing it


A cool lighthouse for verticality



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I've made blizzard slightly larger with some more cover, props and a cool bunker








A lot of you have been asking on the discord for more weapon skins, so I've put together 8 new skins —including the first skin for the Palas (Burst rifle)





Most notable bugs fixed:

• Fixed a bug that caused the map to go black
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the game to become unplayable after exiting the pause screen
  
• Fixed the game failing to connect and having to reload multiple times in the main menu
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the game to show 'defeat' in Capture the Flag, even in the case of a draw or a win
  
• Fixed a lot of issues with saving to prevent lost progress etc.

Most notable changes

• 4 maps will now show in the map votes instead of 3
  
• Buffed bubble grenade —> visibility will be heavily reduced while in the bubble grenade
  
• Buffed invisibility ability (1.5s —> 2s)
  
• Added momentum-based sprinting. The longer you sprint, the faster you will go, up to about 150% the regular sprint speed

Other

• The walk animation will no longer play while zoomed in on weapons like the AK, ACR or Freeze Gun
  
• Fixed visual bugs with the in-game XP boost, it will also no longer overlap with debuffs such as invisibility, damage buffs, freeze etc.

Welcome back everyone!

It's been a busy few weeks for me—I've been caught up in exams—but I've put together a super exciting update that I think you guys will enjoy.

From next update onwards we'll be going back to the traditional massive updates like a few months ago :)



With the conventional (and not so conventional) FPS gun types already added to Paint Warfare, future guns will have some kind of debuff or really unique quirk that sets them apart, such as:

• Ability blocker
  
• Freeze your enemy
  
• You regenerate health from your enemy
  
• The more you charge it the more damage you deal

Obviously, these kinds of guns will take a bit longer to develop, so this update I'm super hyped to announce the freeze gun.

It's honestly a thrill to use

1. Shoots a rapid 3-shot burst
   
2. Has aim down sights
   
3. Each hit deals 12 damage and freezes your enemy in place for 1.5 seconds
   
4. It's best to pair it with some kind of other gun, I really like using it with the banana gun, or using it to close the distance and finish enemies off with the kingfisher.
   
5. Also great for getting assists

• Huge optimisations—150% increased FPS on Dunes, Dragon Valley and Blizzard, 200% increased FPS on Anubis
  
• Reduced ping
  
  
• Fixed stickers bug—more guns now support stickers
  
• Double XP (from Supporter Pack) and 3X XP boosts (from Shop) now stack together to give you a 6X XP boost, new UI
  
• Increased Radar duration
  
• Explosives AoE visualisation
  
• New reload animations for the Gas Gun and ACR
  
• Improvements to the usability of ADS—no more animation while walking and using sights
  
• Other fixes and improvements

Hey supporters!

This update is super exciting and I think you guys will love this one!

Credit to quax from our discord for this idea!


Added a new secondary ability that reveals the positions of all enemies for 4 seconds.

• Unlimited uses
  
• Recharges on an 8s timer

Over the past few months, we've had complains that there's not enough players. I hear y'all loud and clear so now you should see up to 2X more players in lobbies.

1. Removed the region select. This is a temporary change, over the next few weeks all games will happen on either EU or US for that week
   
2. Removed MMR-based matchmaking. I've done some work on the AK and other beginner weapons to make sure they're easy to use even for new players.

This feature HAS at one point been in the game, but it was underdeveloped so now I'm re-releasing it with significant improvements.

• You can now change your selected microphone, and your selected microphone will persist in your save file
  
• Voice chat can be toggled on/off
  
• Voice chat keybind can now be changed
  
• Upgraded voice chat servers to handle the bandwidth

I feel like this feature will make playing with friends so much more fun! Enjoy!

• Added first-person hand animations
  
• Added a new option for adjusting UI scale
  
• Added a loader UI for timed ability
  
• When you have reached a limit for the number of turrets, the UI will become red
  
• Fixed smoke grenade and orange grenades getting stuck when switching weapons
  
• The randomiser power-up will now randomise both abilities
  
• Added a screen for initialising the voice over
  
• The starting tutorial is now skippable
  
• Fixed translations
  
• Pausing the menu music will now persist between game sessions
  
• New pop up for 3 hour XP boosts
  
• Added more contrast to health text to make it more readable
  
• Fixed bugs with a number of daily challenges
  
• Improved map ambience sounds
  
• Added new menu music
  
• Buttons in the armoury now toggle

• Increased invisibility duration (2s —> 3s)

Enjoy the update! Head over to our discord to partake in tournaments, report bugs of offer ideas!

Hey all!

I've spent the past few weeks thoroughly testing and ironing out bugs in the game, the patch is finally out and I'm super excited to talk about some of the new changes...


I've heard a few reports of people unhappy with the invisibility ability, so I've made the following changes:

• The invisibility ability now leaves a trail of particles. This will make it so you can still be hit while invisible, but it'll still throw off your enemy and give you well needed relief
  
• Fixed a bug that caused you to stay invisible permanently after using invisibility

• Fixed a bug that caused sights on the ACR and AK not to zoom in properly
  
• Buffed AK zoom (1.5x —> 2.8x)
  
• Buffed ACR zoom (3x —> 4x)
  
• The AK will now be more accurate while zoomed in (2x), slightly reduced accuracy while not zoomed in (~10%)

This game mode needed some love so I've added the following changes.

• 6X XP in hunger games
  
• Added a players left counter to hunger games
  
• Added a proper UI for when the round ended and restarting hunger games

• Added US/EU server selection

• Fixed a bug that stopped you from picking up items from chests at close distance
  
• Fixed a bug that made the pick up pop up linger even after picking up a gun from a chest
  
• Added bindable keybinds for kick, chat, and opening chests
  
• Improved reliability of syncing for match timers
  
• Fixed a bug that caused it to display "Game ended" when joining a game
  
• Fixed bugs with map vote
  
• Added a pre loading screen before the main menu
  
• Improved the ammo HUD
  
  
• You can now tell if enemies are aiming up and down
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed you to kill a person multiple times with explosives
  
• Fixed a bug that caused a black screen on low settings when running on Apple Silicon devices
  
• Fixed sticky mines sometimes not exploding
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the speed of the dash ability to be affected by your game frame rate
  
• Fixed Russian and German translations
  
• Added a new shader to the arms during the spawn invincibility
  
• Sticky mines can no longer be shot through the floor
  
• Fixed connection issues in the menu
  
• The tutorial is now skippable
  
• Fixed a bug that caused random costumes to be equipped when launching the game
  
• Removed camera jiggle when swapping weapons
  
• Sights on the AK now improve accuracy
  
• The chat now dims when not in use

I'm so hyped up to release Paint Warfare merch!

https://paintwarfare.com/

We've finally got a super high-quality supplier that's also reasonably priced.

The socks and hoodies are super warm and toasty. I've only got a couple of each item for now, so order now :)








https://paintwarfare.com/

Intruducing the pressure washer! This modified pressure washer shoots paint and deals constant tick damage as long as your crosshair is on your enemy. It's a lot of fun to use and fairly powerful once you get the hang of it.


This one's been really well requested... it shoots in bursts of 2 and deals very heavy and accurate damage (but is a bit slow)


A few updates back when I was adding the teleporter, I was playing around with the idea of a mine launcher. I really liked the idea, so this update I'm introducing the mine gun!

• It's fully automatic
  
• 6 mine barrel
  
• Mines stick to walls or other players
  
• Explode after 1s
  
• Excellent in tight spaces

• I've added a sight to the AK (increases accuracy)

The current version of the gas gun wasn't true to my original vision for the gun, or to how you guys probably expected it to work.
It only did damage in a straight line and was really inaccurate. So to make it feel more like 'gas', I've made some improvements.

• It now damages over an area (sort of like a shotgun)
  
• I've buffed the damages over distance, though it still will do most damage when you're close to the enemy

• It felt like you died too fast, so I've rebalanced all the weapons so you effectively have ~ 2x more health
  
• I also noticed that you'd get shot a lot from behind (which isn't fun), so I made some improvements to make it clearer when you get hurt (see: Polish and bug fix below)

• You'll now rank up faster, added 3 more ranks

As many of you pointed out, having only one ability equipped at once was king of limiting, so I've reworked the ability system this update.

• Theres now two ability classes: passive and active
  
• Active abilities are those that recharge on kills, such as the dash, turret or invisibility, and passive abilities are ones that are always charged, like the jetpack, grapple hook, speed boots etc.
  
• You'll now be able to equip both at once, which should allow for more combinations and even better movement

• Jumping felt too 'airy', so I made some improvements to jumping and the fall speed
  
• You can fall to the ground faster by holding your slide key (ctrl)

Thank you for your feedback on the hunger games mode last update! I've made some improvements to the mode in line with your ideas.

• The game is now more of an elimination, when you die, you'll now be able to spectate other players until there's only one player left and the game restarts

Above: the new spectator mode

I've also made the following fixes:

• Improved the gun picking up in Hunger Games
  
• Fixed the hunger games spawn cam
  
• Fixed out-of-map bugs on the Island map

Hunger Games will also have the new guns added in this update!

• The Health bar now flashes red to make it clear when you're getting hit
  
• Changed the colour of the damage direction indicator to red
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the poison gun sound to play continuously non-stop for other players
  
• Fixed armoury weapons order to match their unlock order in ranks
  
• New banana gun shoot SFX
  
• Removed capture the cow mode
  
• Added icons for the base location in Capture the Flag
  
• Fixed a bug that caused you to be placed in a separate lobby from everyone else if you were max rank

Hello again!

Here's this week's mega content update :)






I've added a new hunger games mode!

Here's how it works

• Everyone starts with a spoon
  
• You can open chests to get other guns
  
• There are no abilities or modifiers
  
• If you die you just respawn, and there's no time limit. I did this because I don't think it'd be fun waiting for everyone else to die, and because people die really fast in this game. I'm open to suggestions though if you'd like some kind of 'elimination' kind of gameplay!

In the armoury, unique gun modifiers are now displayed as an icon beneath the weapon description

From now on, when there are no other players in a map, explosive bots will spawn while you wait for more players to join.

• Fixed the same map being listed multiple times in the custom games menu
  
• The text on the ability UI now reflects the keybinding you have for that ability
  
• Fixed some other out-of-bounds glitches
  
• The ability randomiser powerup should no longer clip into the ground