Game updates

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December 25th, 2022
  • Added more cringe names
December 24th, 2022
  • Names are now 200% more cringe
July 3rd, 2021
  • Asia FFA back online
June 8th, 2021
  • Actually applied the June 6th update
  • Bots no longer spawn in player FOVs
  • Bots should spawn further away from each other
  • Astronaut block speed and reload nerf
  • Swarm size increase
  • Surfer swarm reload buffed
  • Spike FOV nerf
  • Overbomber renamed Falcon and Artillery Shooter renamed Eagle. Thanks Quad for the suggestions
  • Shotgun Range increase
June 6th, 2021
  • Migrated North American servers to Linode
  • Bots no longer spawn on top of you
  • Bots can no longer use Hulk
January 3rd, 2021
  • Fixed an issue where the game would close/disconnect as soon as you clicked "Play"
December 26th, 2021 New
  • Added names
December 25th, 2021 New
  • Added galaxian (get to it via Overlord)
  • Rebalanced hulk; buffed reload, nerfed damage
  • Buffed hunter damage and penetration
  • Nerfed boomerang reload, buffed damage, nerfed speed
  • Buffed overgunner damage
  • Slightly buffed bomber reload, buffed bomber damage, penetration, and speed
  • Buffed polyballs reload, nerfed speed
  • Slightly buffed predator bullet strength and bullet size
  • Nerfed astronaut trap reload
  • Buffed space girl swarm drone strength
  • Removed carrier
December 18th, 2021
  • Space Jet reduced distance that the AI slows down
  • Other triangle class AI got the distance increased for when the AI attempts to keep from you.
  • AI have different mechanics to players, imagine that they are in a low gravity environment so when they try to slow down it takes longer to slow down. I did it like this otherwise it was too difficult to ram them.
  • Removed twin boomer and Artillery from AI because quad couldn't kill it or kept dying
  • Hybrid reload nerfed, added a 2nd drone which you can control for those who don't know
  • Hybrid turret and bullet reduced in size
  • Sprayer turret reduced in size
  • Demolisher/Big Balls big buff got reduced but still more buff than it was
  • Swarm aka battleship type drones got a nerf against bullets
  • Drone damage improved
December 17th, 2021
  • 2TDM made harder for groups of people. If you have 2 people with you, 4 bots will attack you
  • All tanks using block got heavily buffed in damage so quicker transfer of damage and more of it... Tanks like Builder, stradblock.
  • Boomerang type tanks got buffed but they might need a bigger buff.
December 16th, 2021
  • Big Balls changed names to Demolisher
  • Baby AC to Alien Blaster
  • Battleship to UFO but this will get another change
  • Dual Gunner to Twin Laser
  • Machine Gun got put back to where it was
  • Battleship/UFO got a shape change
  • Demolisher/ Big Balls got quite a buff
  • Space jet got a bullet speed bullet damage and bullet speed buff
December 15th, 2021
  • Machine Gun penetration nerf
  • Machine Gun recoil nerf
  • Sprayer penetration nerf
  • Sprayer recoil nerf
  • Octo bullets nerf
  • Quadlet slight nerf
  • Booster, Fighter, Space Jet, Surfer Class AI slow down 50% sooner. This will probably need increasing but wait player feedback.
  • AI difficulty increases for those who get over 3.5 million.
December 13th, 2021
  • Added 2TDM to all regions
December 12th, 2021
  • Removed powerglider from bots
  • Necro reload nerf
  • Bots stay further away from hulk
  • Hulk base movement reduced but recoil increased
  • Annihilator bullet speed reduced
  • Hybrid Bullet speed reduced slightly
  • Drone Addict bullets buff
  • Overlord drone size reduction
  • Triangle class front bullet nerf
  • Sprayer recoil reduced
December 9th, 2021
  • Added a server in Brazil for players in South America
November 17th, 2021
  • Removed quadbuilder
  • If you have more than 1m score, food no longer gives score
November 14th, 2021
  • Fixed a common game crash/disconnect
  • Rebalanced drones
October 29th 2021
  • Try the vnav.io private server template, which lets you code your own vnav.io game server
  • Tell your favorite YouTuber to play us
  • Bots spawn closer to you
  • Bot difficulty curve is steeper now
  • Bots run away less
  • Rebalanced health and regeneration
August 19th 2021
  • Bots can no longer spawn as Fortress and Quad-Builder
  • Disabled grid and doubled number of stars
  • Bots are better at reacting to large bullets
  • Added Hulk and Shockwave now
  • Fixed leaderboard being cut off
August 12th 2021 New
  • Reorganized the class tree (Beta)
August 8th 2021 New
  • Bots will now never spawn close to you, even when you are in corners (FOV) (Beta)
August 7th 2021 New
  • Fixed a bug- it now actually takes more effort to get a high score, bots only give 5k score
August 6th 2021 New
  • It now takes more effort to get a higher score- bots only give 5k score
  • Bots on the leaderboard's scores are more limited
  • Bots are smart when fighting big balls
  • Fixed Safari name input bugs
July 30th 2021 New
  • Improved bot aim
  • Improved how easy it is to survive at lower scores by capping the number of bots that can shoot at you
  • Check out a game by a different developer
July 28th 2021
  • Fixed a bug in name entering on desktop safari
  • Fixed an issue where game would not let you respawn on death
July 26th 2021 New
  • Mobile now has dual joysticks
  • You can't spawn on top of a bot and bots won't spawn really near you
  • Bots now shoot at drones
  • Fixed an issue where upgrading would upgrade twice on iOS
July 16th 2021
  • Improved recoil direction, now more sticky (Beta)
  • Increased the number of bots to 15
July 10th 2021
  • Ensured bots always come at the player
  • Made bots run away at 50% health
  • Improved bot leaderboard score distribution
  • Added ads
May 25th 2021
  • Secret update? Shh....
April 28th 2021
  • Fixed HTTP to HTTPS redirect being broken and made it redirect faster
  • BETA: Stopped an issue that could lead to too many bots spawning, causing lag
  • BETA: Various server optimizations
  • Optimized load time of background image
April 27th 2021
  • Increased font size of changelog and Tell us what you think
  • Please let us know if you have any criticism such as experiencing lag
  • Clarified the message when people forget to upgrade their tank to "To become stronger, click the bars on the bottom left"
April 26th 2021
  • Fixed a possible lag issue
  • Lots of progress has been made on Vnav.io 2
April 25th 2021
  • Game no longer freezes and bots don't cluster together anymore.
  • Ram tanks no longer spawn as bots
  • Fixed mobile support
  • Fixed Join Us on Discord button
  • If you'd like to try the game with harder bots and overhauled balancing, ask us on the Discord
  • When the game disconnects, your score is now shown
  • The deathscreen now shows the tank class that killed you
  • Game shows join us on discord button on the deathscreen
April 20th 2021
  • Fixed game being offline
  • Beta: Reduced bot base score to 50k
  • Beta: Made bot drones only attack you inside their FOV
April 17th 2021
  • We are sorry for game flaws. We regret making the came crash frequently, breaking key elements of the game, and creating lag issues. We wiill be setting up automated crash testing and manual beta testing. We will do the right thing to ensure the game is enjoyable. We messed this up, and won't again in the future.
  • As part of Vnav.io 2, we are overhauling game balance, trying to get more players, adding mobile support, and making the game much more reliable. Let us know if you want to help with either.
  • We hope you'll help us fix our game by telling us what you think or volunteering to help test.
April 16th 2021
  • Stability update: fixed all unexpected disconnect/crashes
  • If you have feedback, positive or negative, concerns or suggestions about the game, please send us it. Please leave a reply-to email or Discord tag so we can ask questions. Sometimes we have trouble understanding players, so try to be as specific as you can.
  • We will be opening Vnav.io's balancing overhaul to playtesting soon. Apply to help balance on Discord.
April 11th 2021
  • Moved mobile joystick to the right (🙏 to KevinGHB for reporting)
  • Fixed US East crashing (🙏 to fighter for reporting)
April 6th 2021
  • Tweaked main menu look
    • Added "game" header
    • Resized "Changelog"
    • Changed "Submit a concern" to "Give feedback"
    • Made "Give feedback" 10% brighter to encourage feedback
    • Shrank changelog
    • Shrank "How to Play" and name entering to avoid overlap with changelog on small screens and game portals
    • Moved name entering up by 5% to avoid overlapping with "How to Play"
    • Hid scrollbars on Windows (🙏 to KevinGHB for reporting)
  • Fixed class upgrades removing spawn shield (🙏 to just a squid for reporting)
  • Fixed scroll issue on mobile (🙏 to KevinGHB for reporting)
April 5th 2021
  • Bots now constantly come at you
  • Bots will no longer 3v1 you
  • Fixed skill upgrades upgrading twice after respawn
  • Hovering over a skillbar shows the available upgrades
  • Fixed game lag
  • Fixed game crashes
  • Beta: Bots have 10 times more score
  • Beta: You are more likely to spawn near the center of the map
  • Beta: Bots accelerate at 25% more speed
  • Beta: Shrink arena size significantly for more action
  • Beta: Reduced number of bots slightly
  • Beta: Bots switch onto targeting players faster
April 4th 2021
  • Added HTTPS
  • Fixed game being unresponsive in Firefox desktop
April 3rd 2021
  • Revamped changelog
  • Added mobile support: open your phone's browser to vnav.io to play
  • Visually emphasized "How to Play"
  • Hid gamemode selector
April 2nd 2021
  • Thanks to an anonymous contributor, the report bug form is now pretty
  • Renamed report bug to submit a concern
  • Changed default cursor to "cell." It should be thicker.
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