The Awesomenauts Thread: Now out on Mac!

WeedLordVegeta

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CJET-NYGJk

This was released on Steam earlier in August and I think we're getting enough people playing it on the regular to finally make a thread for it!

A 2D, side scrolling game that has roots in the MOBA genre, Awesomenauts is available for 9.99 and its equivalent Xbox cash value. Inspired by 90s cartoons, the 3v3 battles are frantic, engaging, and surprisingly hard to rage at (this coming from a guy who has had major hysterics over League.) The game, as @Blankzilla said, is more concerned with being a delight to experience than being competitive and balanced (which is why you never get within 50 feet of a Clunk.)

We had a fun 2v3 with some of my buddies and some fine folks here at SE++, so hopefully we can get regular friendlies going and some 3 teams for actual PvP. I'll update this as we go, but feel free to post your impressions for now!

Uriel

Froggy G is who you really worry about.

He's the best.

Orthanc

I thought this thread was going to have more awesome hiding from forum boredom. But now I get it, you're talking about a game with that name. You kids and your games.

Then again it really annoys me when games are named to suggest awesomeness. The publisher doesn't get to decide if the game is awesome the users get to do that.

God damit I'm going to complain to my congressmen. Wait I don't have a congressman. Given the impact the USA has on the rest of the world don't you think we should have a congressman too? Just so we don't feel left out with all this write to your congressman to stop SOPA and the like.

Huntera

Yes yes, hide from Clunk.

Hide!

WeedLordVegeta

Uriel wrote: »

Froggy G is who you really worry about.

He's the best.

I love Froggy G, but he's actually pretty easily countered by anyone who can control the terms of engagement (Clunk, Derpl, Gnaw, even Coco.)

BlankZoe

This is a very fun game!

Druhim

This is a great game. I just wish I wasn't one of the small group of people that can't connect to online games. Hope they patch that soon.

WeedLordVegeta

Druhim wrote: »

This is a great game. I just wish I wasn't one of the small group of people that can't connect to online games. Hope they patch that soon.

@Druhim if and when that's fixed you should add me on steam so we can play!

Peccavi

Fuck Derpl

Huntera

Oh hullis, I just unlocked Gnaw and you were correct.

He is the best.

WeedLordVegeta

Huntera wrote: »

Oh hullis, I just unlocked Gnaw and you were correct.

He is the best.

GNAW GET GIZMOS

YUMNUM

The Betgirl

Hullis wrote:

(which is why you never get within 50000 feet of Clunk)

Cymril

I had a lot of fun with the Xbox demo, I should pick it up people are actually playing it. I assume most everyone here has it on Steam, right?

Uriel

The Betman wrote: »

Hullis wrote:

(which is why you never get within 50000 feet of Clunk)

until your long range team mates lower his health, then stun him and spin on him

WeedLordVegeta

Except the lifesteal on vacuum bite and the slow on his explosion makes that a super risky proposition

WeedLordVegeta

Also @cymril yeah we rolling deep with steam bros

Uriel

Except damage shield and duration on spin, and damage and stun length and cooldown on splash dash.

It basically makes froggy g a killing machine.

WeedLordVegeta

Froggy's good but he can't carry a teamfight on his own like a clunk can

you're basically describing a 2v1 or 3v1, when a clunk usually initiates for his teammates

like I get that you dig froggy G but he's not the God-King of Awesomenauts (that's leon)

Uriel

Just saying, if clunk is at half health or lower and his team mates aren't right ontop of him, I can kill him.

WeedLordVegeta

Uriel wrote: »

Just saying, if clunk is at half health or lower and his team mates aren't right ontop of him, I can kill him.

That's not a scenario that's exclusive to froggy g

a leon, gnaw, lone star, and yuri could all do that

SaraLuna

Druhim wrote: »

This is a great game. I just wish I wasn't one of the small group of people that can't connect to online games. Hope they patch that soon.

yup, same here

Druhim

Hullis wrote: »

Druhim wrote: »

This is a great game. I just wish I wasn't one of the small group of people that can't connect to online games. Hope they patch that soon.

@Druhim if and when that's fixed you should add me on steam so we can play!

Well, link your steam profile you doof!
Hell, I'll just go ahead and link mine: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197989969557

Tommy2Hands

this isn't available for mac is it

WeedLordVegeta

Tommy2Hands wrote: »

this isn't available for mac is it

@Tommy2Hands I believe it is on Mac, actually!

EDIT: It will be available soon for Mac, hopefully. Romino originally meant to launch them simultaneously but changed the release date to "shortly after."

Tommy2Hands

that's what they always say :c

Vann Diras

oh good the lack of a mac version was really unfortunate for me

glad to know it is on its way

WeedLordVegeta

Voltar is secretly really fucking dangerous to 1v1 against if he's tricked out right jesus christ

WeedLordVegeta

Couple items of news from the past week or two:

1.4 is out!

New features
- Removed the time you were required to wait before being able to open the Shop while waiting for the Droppod to launch.
- Graphics in the main menu have been updated.

Character balance/fixes
Froggy G
- Cooldown of Splash Dash has been increased from 6 sec to 7 sec.
- The recovery time of Splash Dash is no longer reduced by upgrades that reduce the cooldown of the ability.
- The recovery time of Splash Dash is increased slightly by upgrades that increase the Stun Duration of the ability.
- Can't Touch This (Tornado Move) will no longer protect Froggy G. from status effects such as blind, stun and snare. Stun and snare effects will now interrupt Tornado Move.
- The price of Mutant Worms (Bolt .45 Fish Gun) has been reduced from 165 Solar to 110 Solar.
- The price of Thorn Fish (Bolt .45 Fish Gun) has been increased from 280 Solar to 450 Solar.

Coco Nebulon
-NEW! Heavenly Fire has been redesigned and now adds a Blaze effect to Lightning Ball.
-Blaze, Time travel turbine price reduced from 165 Solar to 100 Solar.
-NEW! Super Conductor (Electrify) has been redesigned and now adds homing electricity particles to your attack. Super Conductor (Electrify) deals 3 damage per particle.
- The price of Conducting Gel (Lightning Ball) has been increased from 180 Solar to 210 Solar.
- Damage over time duration from Blaze particles has been reduced from 2.5 sec to 2 sec. Interval of the damage ticks has been reduced from once per 0.5 sec to once per 0.4 sec.
- Base health has been decreased from 135 to 125

Voltar
- Health of Drones has been increased from 15 to 20.
- The cooldown of Drones has been reduced from 12 sec to 11 sec.
- The volume of Drones’ explosion has been reduced.
- The effective range of Healbot has been increased from 6.6 to 8.
- The attackrate of Turret add-on (Healbot) has been increased from 30 to 240.
- The damage of Turret add-on (Healbot) has been decreased from 20 to 2.
- A visual effect has been added to the Cortex Tank (Healbot) knockback pulse.

Derpl
- NEW! Iron Fist Bullets (Siege mode) now give a chance to stun their target, rather than doing knockback.
- Iron Fist Bullets (Siege mode) have a 10% chance to stun their target for 0.5 sec.
- Derpl is now no longer able to jump during the transformation in and out of Siege mode.
- Siege mode, base damage 9 > 10, Hollow point bullet upgrade split into two upgrades adding 2 damage each.
- Hoovercats (Catshot) now fly straight, rather than float upwards.

Leon
- The duration of the silence effect from Cheese & Garlic Mints (Tongue pull) has been increased from 0.5 sec to 0.7 sec.

Yuri
- The price of Flyswatter (Laser) has been reduced from 270 Solar to 165 Solar.

Gnaw
- Acid Spit will no longer disappear when fired close to a wall.
- The price of Feather Ball (Acid spit) has been reduced from 220 Solar to 180 Solar.
- Weedlings will no longer fire bullets when blinded.
- Fixed a bug where Gnaw’s weedling parts would randomly reset.
- Gnaw can now correctly bite behind him when walking away from the target.


General fixes: Major fixes
- DirectX mode now also supports fullscreen.
- DirectX mode now also supports VSync
- VSync has been moved from the in-game settings menu to the pre-game launcher.
- Implemented colorblind-friendly icons to the minimap.
- Improvements have been made to the matchmaking system, which should improve stability for players who previously had problems getting into a match with only human players.
-The “You have been signed out of your Steam account.” error now only shows when the games has failed to connect Steam servers for a longer period.
- Fixed a couple of networking issues.
- Players will now no longer join matches through the matchmaking system when a turret protecting the base has sustained significant damage. Players are still able to join these matches through invitations or using the “Join Game” button in their friends list.

General Fixes: Minor fixes
- The achievements “I will have my vengeance Venger!” and “Scramble!” are also unlockable in online matches.
- Droids that get knocked into the jumppads in Sorona will now try to jump downwards when they reach the neutral area at the top.
- AI-controlled Awesomenauts will no longer run towards a Derpl in Siege Mode when they’re low on health.
- Frying droids will now fire forward by default, rather than up or down.
- Flying droids will no longer fire bullets while blinded.
- Fixed a couple of text errors.

Also new skins are coming!



And the Mac client is nearing completion!

Druhim

I haven't played this for a couple of weeks. I should see if I can connect to other players with the recent patch or if I'm still stuck with bot only games.

WeedLordVegeta

Dude do it to it! If you can, let me know!

Druhim

I'll give it a try later tonight!

SaraLuna

it actually got worse for me after the last patch.
whereas before I could usually play for a few minutes before the disconnect, I haven't lasted past 20 seconds in a match now

Druhim

So the patch didn't fix things for me. I still can't join games with players in them. It'll say I'm joining a game, but it just keeps trying to join for about a minute or two and then creates a new match with bots only. And then it'll even tease me by telling me it's found a game with players for me to join, and then I just get the same "joining game" for about 2 min before it creates another bot match for me.

WeedLordVegeta

You should check the forums and see if that's been reported yet

because at the very least it can get them to work on it

Druhim

It has been reported, they said they'd get to it, and the latest changelog implies that the issue was fixed. But either they're referring to different network problems in the changelog, or they didn't actually fix the issue.

WeedLordVegeta

I'm hoping they get to it soon so we can get more people playing.

Druhim

Yeah, they have info about port forwarding for people that are having problems but from the info they provide, they say that having problems on a router that's UPnP enabled means you should try disabling UPnP and then setting up port forwarding. Ok..so I'm supposed to turn off UPnP and then ignore how that effects other devices connected to the router? Fuck that noise.

WeedLordVegeta

upcoming patch notes

Druhim

your supposed patch notes link is just a link to the pic you posted

WeedLordVegeta

fixed, danke

WeedLordVegeta

patch is out, and costume packs are up on steam!

I am torn between buying all of them or just one of the three-packs