We’ve updated our game Dudelings: Arcade Sportsball with a series of features and fixes that should improve the gameplay experience! We’re super stoked for this new client release as it’s addressed a few long-standing issues and we’re excited for your feedback.

You’ll find our changelog below. If you encounter an issue, sound off in the comments or join our Revolt server.

Updates

• Reorganized game assets to simplify the process of exporting them into the FOSS build of the game
• Made some upgrades to the game’s assets to reduce overall download/disk usage size
• Backported some features/assets of the Android build to the main branch
  • This included re-encoding the video files in the how to play and launch movie to lower bitrates
  • Removing the video file that played in the background of the Main Menu and replacing it with static images that were animated in Godot
  • Backported the custom virtual gamepad in the Android port to the main branch
• Added a link to our new Revolt server on the Main Menu
• Changed all links & references to our new canonical domain name: heavyelement.com
• Made some changes to the underlying code to unify the demo and retail codebase as much as possible
  • The demo features one map, one game mode, and some customization features disabled. It should be on Steam soon!

Bug fixes

• Fixed instances where game would randomly fail to launch on Intel graphics under Linux operating systems
• Fixed a glitch where the ball could get stuck between the left- or right-most Dudeling and get placed out of bounds
• Fixed an issue with unlocking “Destination” map where criteria was met, but the map didn’t unlock until the game was restarted
• Fixed a visual glitch where labels for CheckButtons would disappear when in a hover state (thanks moocow1452)
• Fixed an issue where requests to the news endpoint failed silently
• Improved error handling for new news items on the Main Menu and in the What’s New submenu

Also, if you’re a coder, we’ve got good news! We’ve launched the official Dudelings FOSS project on GitHub. This build was actually produced using the first release of our free and open source codebase. If you’re interested in helping out, let us know!

Dudelings Demo

Finally, we’ve got excellent news! We’ve produced a demo version of Dudelings! Our goal is to get the game in front of folks, allow them to give it a try, and make an informed decision on if this game is worth $5. (We think it is).

The demo is available for Linux and Windows, so give that a shot.

The other thing about the demo is that it gives a free entrypoint into the open source version of the game. The assets are not licensed under the GPL, so if you want to get into development and you don’t own a copy, you can download and extract the demo’s assets for use with Dudelings FOSS!