The summer is almost here but the whiskey never stops flowing in Fistful of Frags !
It's been a long time since we had a news release, we aim to rectify this and use this opportunity to fill you in with a surmise, a presentation of all the "latest" important updates the game has seen in the past few months.
Map Updates
A lot of maps have seen small changes, optimisations to make spawning safer but also to change/guide the playerflow in different ways thus making them play out in a new kind of way. A lot maps have even seen additions like secret rooms, secret spots with stationary Gatling guns and even Cannons creating new hilariously funny battle situations, so make sure not to miss out ! Some of these maps are fof_fistful, fof_sweetwater, fof_nest, fof_desperados, fof_impact and in the case of fof_tortuga, a full revamp by it's creator ! So make sure to check each of them and let us know what you think. :)
Slide perk
Do you want to shoot while moving fast? Now it's possible by picking up the Slide perk, it'll give you the ability to slide by pressing the crouch key when at running speed, for longer slides make sure to press and hold the crouch button. Note that accuracy remains at standing still position while sliding.
The speed and length of the slide is dependent on the speed you had when you first initiated it but not only, it also scales with the verticality of the terrain. For example, running at top speed and sliding down a hill or set of stairs will produce a way faster and longer slide overall in comparison to a slide performed on a completely horizontal, flat terrain.
Tip For the element of surprise use this new perk to your advantage and initiate your battles with it cause it gives you faster <<gun draw speed>> and allows you to shoot accurately (just like when standing still) during the slide's duration, you also deal slightly higher melee damage when you're sliding.
Jump Master perk
Picking up this perk will give you the ability to wall jump. While you're performing a wall jump you can connect that with a kick (wall jump kick) and deal even greater damage ! This movement perk will give you access to some areas that you wouldn't be able to reach normally, it will also significantly reduce the fall damage you get when dropping off high places.
This jump perk is the first of it's kind much like the slide is for Fistful of Frags, it "came about" as we were looking for new interesting ways to evolve and refresh the game-play so we believe you will enjoy it once you master it.
Tip It can be hard to pull off a wall-jump-kick but there's a way to use it very practically. For example, if you ever get cornered (back towards the wall, touching) you can use it to jump over your enemy and corner him instead or wall-jump-kick above his own kick and fast "turn the tables on him".
Black bow variant
The Black Bow features a higher damage output (faster fire rate and slightly more damage per arrow) which makes it very effective when you are taking shots at targets that are close to mid range away from you, making it ideal for close quarter encounters but distant ones as well, you will find it inside the red weapon crates at a fairly reasonable price for your enjoyment !
FragMaster progression system
The FragMaster progression system was introduced mainly as a response to battle the issues the game faced with cheaters getting banned and creating a new account to bypass their ban.
It does not fully protect from cheaters of course, that's impossible to achieve especially in a completely, 100% free to play game. This system locks away the most lethal weapons of the weapons/perk load-out screen, this affects exclusively level zero (0) Steam accounts, any account level 1 and above will not be affected by this system. Players with Steam level 0 accounts will have to play to unlock these weapons. The amount of FragMaster points you get at the end of each round depends on how well you've played (Notoriety score).
Upcoming stuff and more
There are more updates coming down the line, a new very powerful weapon will be added soon to the game, one that has been in the design board for quite some time but couldn't be included thus far due to balancing factors.
Thank you for sticking with Fistful of Frags for so many years and supporting it by playing and helping with the content creation, this game cannot survive without you so we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
For more info on the game's updates you can visit the official patch notes thread via link bellow. Fistful of Frags | Patch Notes 4
One more thing to mention, The Saloon, one well known community of Fistful of Frags is holding a competitive event very soon (early June) that might interest you. For more info please visit the thread linked bellow. The Saloon's T.E. Competitive Event 2022 *Credits* : Community member Yami (pictures and gifs) and community member Kyeki (news cover+banner pics)
Please leave your opinion or any questions bellow. We hope to see you in-game passing the whiskey !
Hey! - Playtest version will only be for android and soon I will do also an IOS release. - The mobile version is ready but google play didn't review the game yet so once they review it, I will let you know on the discord and the community hub.
New
Mobile Playtest - Currently only for android.
Guide Popups - will pop while new players progress in the game - You can disable those in the settings.
Now translating to 23 languages!
When a player speaks there will be a microphone icon next to his name.
Mobile - Chat
Mobile - UI Push to talk button
Mobile - Option to open the pause menu by dedication UI button or pressing the back arrow on your phone.
Mobile - There is a dedicated UI button for running
If you are released from solitary 20 seconds before the day ends you will be teleported to your cell automatically to prevent guards from camping outside the solitary.
You can now bind to mouse keys.
The microphone indicator UI will only be displayed when your microphone gets input from you.
Added that when you get more buy/search points as a guard you will see +1 +2..
When a prisoner steps on a trap everyone will hear a click sound so the notification will be more noticeable.
If you are in solitary and a guard finds illegal items in your storage you will not become wanted.
Changed
Mobile - in the mobile version some of the settings will be different.
Now you can disable the ambient occlusion for extra performance.
Layout of some of the UI
Now there is a limit of 4 traps per guard.
The restricted area tag will be visible also to guards so they will know when they are in a restricted area.
Even if you lower the texture resolution, the UI elements quality will not change.
Fixed
If you pressed enter as a guard it opened the cameras/shop sometimes.
You could see the underground key in the crafting menu on the new map.
Today we have some sad news for you: We will be taking FiveDead Interactive Inc. offline forever.
Yep, you heard it right, FiveDead is ending and we will not be making any game updates or developing new games. The reason we chose to do this is simply because our current games are hardly played and all have bad reviews (Mostly Negative). We're out of motivation and we don't see the point of pushing out updates for these games or developing new games in the name of FiveDead. We hope you can understand this.
Don't worry, Firescout and Violation (with the DLC) will remain available on Steam and will not be taken down like Invisible. The Firescout servers will also remain online. It may happen that we will take the shop server offline as soon as FiveDead is completely closed. The FiveDead Launcher will remain online which means you can still download the games there. However, Death of Night will remain offline.
The current developers at FiveDead Interactive Inc. have all found new jobs with other game developers and will continue to be happy. We will continue to stay in touch with our former employees.
Now coming to the affiliate program, we know that our affiliates loved making money by uploading videos, but unfortunately we also have to announce today that the affiliate program will go completely offline once FiveDead closes. That means if you want to make a quick payout now, stay tuned before it's too late! In addition, we no longer accept new partners because it is no longer worthwhile. However, the Partner Managers will continue to stay in touch with their partners even after FiveDead is closed and completely offline. Don't worry either!
The Discord server is shutting down. We will post an exact date in the Discord server.
The FiveDead sites will also shut down when FiveDead closes (Also, all FiveDead partner sites will be shut down)
We know this is really very sad news, but we are no longer motivated to continue making game updates or developing new games on behalf of FiveDead.
FiveDead will officially close on 6/1/2022.
That's the news for today. Many thanks for everything!
Today we have some sad news for you: We will be taking FiveDead Interactive Inc. offline forever.
Yep, you heard it right, FiveDead is ending and we will not be making any game updates or developing new games. The reason we chose to do this is simply because our current games are hardly played and all have bad reviews (Mostly Negative). We're out of motivation and we don't see the point of pushing out updates for these games or developing new games in the name of FiveDead. We hope you can understand this.
Don't worry, Firescout and Violation (with the DLC) will remain available on Steam and will not be taken down like Invisible. The Firescout servers will also remain online. It may happen that we will take the shop server offline as soon as FiveDead is completely closed. The FiveDead Launcher will remain online which means you can still download the games there. However, Death of Night will remain offline.
The current developers at FiveDead Interactive Inc. have all found new jobs with other game developers and will continue to be happy. We will continue to stay in touch with our former employees.
Now coming to the affiliate program, we know that our affiliates loved making money by uploading videos, but unfortunately we also have to announce today that the affiliate program will go completely offline once FiveDead closes. That means if you want to make a quick payout now, stay tuned before it's too late! In addition, we no longer accept new partners because it is no longer worthwhile. However, the Partner Managers will continue to stay in touch with their partners even after FiveDead is closed and completely offline. Don't worry either!
The Discord server is shutting down. We will post an exact date in the Discord server.
The FiveDead sites will also shut down when FiveDead closes (Also, all FiveDead partner sites will be shut down)
We know this is really very sad news, but we are no longer motivated to continue making game updates or developing new games on behalf of FiveDead.
FiveDead will officially close on 6/1/2022.
That's the news for today. Many thanks for everything!
Here's a progress update for those of you who got early access to the game.
Voice Acting lines for Yumi, Mary, Adalyn, Celeste, and Fem-slime have been added.
character sprites are now tinted when the cave background is shown to match the tone/lighting of the location.
UI has been modified, adding number values for settings bars, updating Moruno Creative's logo, and rewording some text.
The main menu now uses a static image instead of an animation on Android devices, to prevent crashing issues for some users.
addressed minor issues on Steam Deck after acquiring one for testing. In my experience, the game works very well on it, and I predict Valve will classify it as "Verified" after their own tests.
various back-end fixes to prepare for future updates.
My priorities for future updates:
add voice acting lines for Flare, Quinn, and Male-slime, fix any audio balancing issues that arise.
add sound effects and vocal-noise loops between sex-scene dialogue lines.
add more tracks to the game's soundtrack, reorganize which music plays for each in-game scene.
make characters move around, change facial expressions, and generally emote instead of just standing still.
organize translations into languages beyond English
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