diff --git a/content/posts/newsletter-015/crate-before-attack.gif b/content/posts/newsletter-015/crate-before-attack.gif new file mode 100644 index 000000000..33d97747a Binary files /dev/null and b/content/posts/newsletter-015/crate-before-attack.gif differ diff --git a/content/posts/newsletter-015/index.md b/content/posts/newsletter-015/index.md index ae886be50..9fbbbd568 100644 --- a/content/posts/newsletter-015/index.md +++ b/content/posts/newsletter-015/index.md @@ -101,6 +101,42 @@ _Team hunt_ [veloren]: https://veloren.net +### [Crate Before Attack][cba-site] + +[![Leaderboard Histogram](crate-before-attack.gif)][cba-site] +_Interactive Histogram with Race Results_ + +[Crate Before Attack][cba-site] by [koalefant (@CrateAttack)][@CrateAttack] +is a skill-based multiplayer game where frogs fight and race using their sticky +tongues as grappling hooks. + +A [browser build][cba-play] can be played online. + +Changes since last update: + +- Added a global leaderboard that visualizes Race and Training results in an + interactive histogram. +- Tweaked frogs physics to make them more bouncy, added an option that would + keep tongue connected as long as a key is being pressed. +- [Online Ghosts][cba-youtube-ghosts] were added. One can now compete with real + players instead of AI when playing Race mode. +- Improved load-times: level graphics is now quantized with an 8-bit palette, + signed distance fields that are used for collisions are now generated offline. + Downloads are cached in an IndexedDB, so subsequent starts are even faster. +- Multiple bugs were fixed. + +More details are in [September][cba-september-update] and +[October][cba-october-update] DevLog entries and in +[YouTube-channel][cba-youtube]. + +[cba-site]: https://cratebeforeattack.com +[cba-youtube-ghosts]: https://youtu.be/j87I8akUTkc +[cba-youtube]: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_xMilPTLuuE5iLs1Ml9zow +[cba-play]: https://cratebeforeattack.com/play +[cba-september-update]: https://cratebeforeattack.com/posts/20201001-september-update +[cba-october-update]: https://cratebeforeattack.com/posts/20201029-october-update +[@CrateAttack]: https://twitter.com/CrateAttack + ### [Egregoria] ![Egregoria roads at night](egregoria.jpg)