- Fixed some gloves not interacting with the stick shader correctly - Fixed a geometry gap in the hot dog suit when wearing the Goosan head - Fixed clipping on the bakery boy hat - Fixed special characters like emojis not being encoded correctly when downloading match logs through the website
Additions
- Added match_id to the match logs locally, on the website and through the API as requested by developers - Added a stick color variant to the stick stick - Reworked the elf hat to reflect our new cosmetics standards. The old version is now a variant. - Added November Patreon items: Sleigh stick, snowman outfit, holidays sweater, santa pants, lantern back item
The Golden Geese
We have replaced the Blackhawks cosmetics with The Golden Geese, a hockey team in the Slappyverse. It was awesome to have the Blackhawks in the game for a year and I'm happy to see close to 100 thousand people enjoy them! To make sure the people that haven't claimed the items yet can still enjoy them, we've added a new shop code: GOLDENGEESE. If you have redeemed the Blackhawks code before, you will have the new cosmetics already. We have also created 8 new variants across the outfit for you to unlock (yes, golden variants!).
Small update because we're cooking for 2025 ːslapshotlogoː
Season 1 has come to a close and its rewards have been distributed. For Season 2, we have taken a new approach to the soft reset to provide a fresh but balanced start to the season. We've also introduced a new section in the Player -> Career tab that shows your current season's highest rank.
Season 2 Pass
Check out 30 tiers of new goodies in the new pass! You can earn some of them for free and opt to purchase the pro track to get them all. The old passes have not expired, you can use the dropdown under the season name to switch between which pass is active at any time.
Halloween 👻
The locker room has been overrun with the dead!
Other changes
- Added a new 'highest rating' section to the Career tab so you always know which rewards you qualify for at the end of the season - After a bot match, you'll now have the option to press 'Rematch' to quickly restart the bot match - You can now limit the amount of people on a team in custom matches. Want an open lobby but keep the matches 3v3? That's possible now! - Your ratings have soft reset for the new season - Season 1 rewards have been distributed (helmets and titles) - Fixed several issues with clipping cosmetics - Added a new 'light' variant to the Durag - Added controller navigation to custom lobbies - Added a button in appearance to randomize your outfit with all your available items - Improved performance in the UI and in-game
GLHF! - The Oddshot Games team
New shop, new item category, new locker room, creator codes
- Reworked the in-game shop to be more in line with the amount of cosmetics we have nowadays - Added a new 'Basics' section to the shop. A bunch of items that are always available to help you complete your outfits - Added creator codes to the shop - The seasons are changing, and so is the locker room! - Added more options to the period time selection - Added the JSA, a beginner friendly Slapshot organization in North America, to the esports tab
Changes
- Made the + and - buttons in the season pass UI bigger to avoid misclicks - Leaving a custom lobby now brings you to the lobby list, not the main menu
Fixes
- Removed the empty tooltip when hovering over completed challenges - Disabled the in-world ad placements from playing animated ads to avoid distractions during gameplay, this was on oversight on our end - Improved recovery handling of the Slapshot Services in case of hardware failure
Cosmetics
- Added October Patreon items: Halloween Bottle Stick, Gravestone Stick, Slime Body Jersey, Eyes Popped Glasses, Ghost Cage Jersey - Fixed the highlight of the egg puck - Fixed a small geometry gap in the emo hairstyle
Get ready for Season 2
Season 2 is launching on October 22nd! Try to get the highest rank you can by then to lock in your rewards.
Slapshot Rebound Season 2 starts on October 22nd with a new ranked season and season pass.
Rewards
A season starting means another season is ending, which in turn means it's time for the season rewards! You'll receive the rewards for the highest rank you have achieved during Season 1. You only need to achieve the rank once to qualify. If you haven't reached your desired rank yet, don't worry! You have until the launch of the new season on October 22nd to place for your rewards. This season's rewards: Helmets! Show off the rank's colors and emblem right on top of your head!
Ranked Season
With the launch of the new season, your rank will get a soft reset so you get to play your placement matches to find out your new rank. We're taking a different approach to the soft reset than last season's reset to have your new placement better reflect your rank.
Season Pass
Slapshot's season passes are the best bang for your buck when it comes to putting together a roster of outfits and this season is no different! There will be 30 tiers of goodies in the Season 2 pass with 7 of the tiers having a completely free item on top of the normal pro rewards. This pass has less tiers than previous ones but will cost less to reflect this change. Season passes never expire so don't worry about rushing the active ones! You can use the dropdown on the top left of the season interface to select which pass is active for you. Scroll up to see some of the items that will be included in the pass!
Belgian Game Awards nominations & 2 Million Slappers!
- Several netcode improvements have been made that will help improve the worst case scenarios - Reduced the bandwidth usage of the game slightly to improve slow connections
Fixes
- Futuristick now has a stick highlight - Created a permanent fix for the Steam authentication change - Fixed players sometimes being literally frozen (with ice) on the end game screen - Patched a minor security concern that could crash servers ($200 bug bounty awarded to Wallie for reporting it)
Modding Policy Update
Before today, our policy on modding was to allow it as long as there was no competitive advantage and didn't go around our monetisation. Unfortunately we need to take a different stance to maintain the competitive integrity and stability of the game. From this update onwards modding is no longer allowed. You'll notice if you have mods installed, the game will not work. Make sure to completely uninstall the game and install it again to fix this problem. We are not taking action this update so the news of the policy change can spread but from v1.4.0 onwards we will start taking action against the accounts of people that modify the game. In the past, we have seen mods as more advanced feature requests and have implemented several concepts into the game in an official capacity (clubs system for casters, arena changes, dark ice,..). There are a few cool mods that we still plan to implement officially after this change to make sure legit players don't lose out on any functionality. Thank you for your understanding.
The Road Ahead
We've been asked about what the future brings for Slapshot, here's some more insight into our plans: - We're currently working on an overhaul to the shop. A lot of people have told us they wait way too long for a rotation as the amount of cosmetics we have increases. - Season 2 is in production. We're planning to create a smaller season pass with 30 tiers (which will also be cheaper). With a new season come season rewards, these are in production too. We're estimating a release for late October. An official announcement with the exact date will be made at least one month before its release. - After the above, we plan to focus on a full game replay system as the next major feature. It's still some time out but it will happen! - Of course smaller additions and improvements will still be made as always
- Made the input sensitivity for the alternative mouse input more similar to the regular input. Players using the alt input may have to adjust their sensitivity! - Fixed jerseys that hide pants not hiding pants correctly - Fixed several minor problems related to pants in the preview images - Fixed an issue with the Galaxy pants causing strange flares - Fixed the stick jittering on the end game screen (body can still jitter a bit but just pretend you've had a lot caffeine)
GLHF Oddshot Games
Summer locker room, pants cosmetics, arena overrides, alt mouse input
- Added a 'pants' cosmetic slot (Added two pants to the featured shop now, three tomorrow + a pants shop bundle) -- Hitboxes are always the same, the visual style of the pants will not deviate from the hitbox -- For existing outfits, you'll need to explicitly select the default pants in order to start leveling it up - Added an alternative mouse input system that is closer to how controller input is calculated (does not affect your input motion) -- The feature is optional and disabled by default - Added a new settings tab for arenas, including a new 'Arena Override' setting (requires premium)
Changes
- The summer locker room makes its way back into Slapshot! - Matchmaking arena rotation: Removed Outdoor and Slapstation, added Colosseum and Island - Added an 'Open Details' option on cosmetics without variants so you can still see the description etc
Fixes
- Fix for staying in spectator while your player character has spawned if you were spamming the camera flip button while loading in
Cosmetics
- Added 17 pants cosmetics (some are in a new shop bundle, some others in the featured shop right now) - Added two variants to the free default pants (primary and secondary colors)
From now until Sunday July 7th, two codes are redeemable through the shop! - CANADA24 redeems a stick with the Canadian flag for Canada Day - USA24 redeems a stick with the American flag for July 4th (Note: People that redeemed the stick last year will get an already redeemed message).
Patch Notes
- Added the Canada stick - Improved game setup process to help speed up game boots for some players - Fixed party up navigation on controller - Changed the premium secret stash refresh text to accurately say 22h instead of 24h - Fixed an issue where the chatbox caused stutters in some scenarios - Added August Patreon items (Futuristick, Croc Hunter hat, Diving helmet, cracked egg hat, Greek god jersey). Patreon supporters will vote on which ones they want to receive throughout this month.
