What changed in Gang Beasts in 2020

A series of super hero/villain costume sets have been added.

A new stage called Aquarium has been added.

Now that bloom works again, emissive materials look better.

This should provide performance gains for Mac users.

Significant upgrade from Unity 2017, may still have some bugs.

Improved audio cues for oncoming road signs and trains.

Updated some physics settings to take advantage of Unity 2020's improvements.

Fixed bugs that affected online gameplay, including knockout and physics issues.

Fixed an issue preventing bloom from working.

Fixes legacy lighting issues for better visual appeal.

Improved lighting quality and fixed artifacts on multiple stages.

New system for better sound consistency across the game.

This helps reaching close targets and reduces weird behaviors under certain situations.

Improved visuals of water on Buoy, Containers, and Wheel.

Character drag has been adjusted to 1.6 (from 2).

This is a temporary measure until a full UI overhaul.

The Wheel stage has been completely rebuilt to play better and work online.

Fixed an issue that would usually eliminate an unlucky player on load.

Adjusted the rope height to make it slightly easier to eliminate players.

Fixed the grating using the wrong shader, it should look more crisp now.

Updated the project to be able to build and test on consoles again.

Fixed an issue with boxes and barrels passing through the front wall.

Elevators now escalate consistently.

Replaced the glass to use the new fracture system.

Adjusted the joints on the Lighthouse to be stronger.

Adjusted lights and materials to brighten the stage slightly.

Rebaked the lighting on all stages to fix legacy lighting issues.

Replaced the glass to use the new fracture system.

Fixed an issue where signs could pass through players instead of colliding.

Added the swimming ability to the character, not yet enabled.

Adjusted the lights to remove light artifacts from falling sausages.

Updated the fire particle system.

Adjusted the catwalk of the billboard to be flatter and added assistive colliders.

Added a delay to the pier escalations to prevent them triggering on stage load.

Fixed an issue that would prevent players from controlling their movement when lifting themselves.

Adjusted the escalation timings slightly.

Adjusted sausage distribution.

Adjusted arm direction when cheering to be relative to the character’s up.

Adjusted damage of all moves to better balance them.

Adjusted damage received when in certain situations or attempting certain attacks.

Added a wind effect to the blimp to help visualize the movement.

Adjusted the ribbing on the balloon section of the blimp to no longer collide with players.

Adjusted the lights to make the stage brighter and fix some lighting artifacts.

Fixed an issue that made the front train push players away instead of pulling them.

Added a slight tilt to the trucks when they move.

Fixed some issues involving camera tracking.

Added a temporary diminishing damage reduction when a player revives from a knockout.

Slight adjustments to the materials and textures.

Adjusted the physics properties of the billboard panels to be more realistic.

Adjusted the physics properties of the balloon section of the blimp to have more grip.

Fixed an issue preventing bloom from working.

Adjusted the chute doors to hold more weight and move slower.

Fixed the objects that didn’t interpolate online.

Mac now uses Metal as its primary graphics API, there should be performance gains.

Adjusted the lights to improve baked quality.

Increased reaction forces of all moves for better feel.

Adjusted character collision to improve stability during combat.

Replaced the glass to use the new fracture system.

Added security cameras to the stage.

Updated the glass materials to prevent a weird lighting issue.

Adjusted the blimp to be more affected by player movement.

Updated graphics settings to fix a few issues with the transition from 2017 to 2019.

Added a pink smoke effect rising from the cooling towers.

Updated the background water shader, temporary solution until URP upgrade.

Fixed an issue where the trucks would occasionally mount the curb and collide with signs.

Adjusted the joints on roof to be stronger.

Fixed the costume editor issue preventing legs from rotating with the body.

Added code to dynamically adjust characters collision mode based on context.

Transition from Unity 2017 to Unity 2019, improving overall performance and stability.

The Wheel stage now works online with synchronized lights to music.

Gang Beasts now only supports 64-bit Linux distributions due to Unity 2019 changes.

Corrected the connection issue of the TV antenna on the Roof stage.

Resolved an issue where the main fan activation would cause the stage to explode.

Updated audio management for better consistency and balance across sounds.

Fixed a bug causing bridges on Vents to collapse unexpectedly.

Slightly reduced character drag and increased punch velocity for close targets.

Resolved an issue where player names wouldn’t show up on the join screen.

Resolved issues with character arms not reaching when holding grab and floating bugs.

Resolved significant stability issues on Elevators after the Unity 2019 upgrade.

Fixed long-standing issues preventing boxes and vehicles from rendering correctly online.

Slightly lowered the lip of the Roof stage to increase risk during fights.

Resolved an issue where horns would trigger incorrectly on Trucks.

Corrected the knockout timing issue in online matches to improve combat feel.

Several optimizations made to improve online performance and stability.

Resolved an issue where road signs would trigger impact audio incorrectly.

Various gameplay fixes are included in the upcoming build.

New stages and costumes are being developed for future release.

Build 1.13 includes a series of optimisations and fixes for various aspects of the game.

The wheel stage has been modified to support online game modes.

Fixes have been implemented for audio issues in the upcoming build.

Fixes for achievements are part of the upcoming build.

Improvements have been made to the user interface in the upcoming build.