[img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//33586940/b57378bbd9e5fa249ccf14af3cb52dd3c10e9557.jpg[/img] It's that time of year, Super Animals, CRISPRmas has arrived on the island! Decorations are up, candy canes are scattered around the island to be redeemed for festive new cosmetic items, and Donk and Howl have returned to the studio for a Holiday Special episode of Super Animal Royale Tonight! [b]Here are your v0.96.5 CRISPRmas Update Highlights:[/b] [list] [*] Super Animal Royale Tonight Season 2, Episode 2 [*] CRISPRmas Event [*] Map Update: Super Museum of Modern Art (SMOMA) [*] 10 New Super Animals: Super Goats (6) and festive new Super Breeds (4) [*] Weapon Upgrade: Dogna's Dart Gun (now with healing in addition to poison) [*] S.A.W. vs Rebellion (32v32) mode returns, with updates! [*] More gameplay improvements [/list] [h3]Super Animal Royale Tonight Presents:[/h3] [h1]The Grinch Who Stole CRISPRmas[/h1] Every Super in S.A.W. liked CRISPRmas a lot, but the Finch of the rabble of rebels, did NOT! [b]Watch Season 2, Episode 2[/b] [previewyoutube=8EkFlpC5Ars;full][/previewyoutube] [i]Featuring a special CRISPRmas edition of Storytime with Donk, top community clips, and the reveal of our [url=https://artcontest.animalroyale.com/]Super Fanart Contest winners[/url]![/i] [i]If you missed the first episode, you can [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBIxYhWsVSA&list=PLSsDwH8E5MUIuMTH_qWey3mGoCLs1vJJK&index=2]catch up here on YouTube[/url].[/i] [h1]CRISPRmas Event 2020[/h1] [h3]December 17th @ 5pm PST - January 10th @ 11:59pm PST[/h3] [list] [*] Candy Canes are scattered around the island to collect and are also rewarded based on your time survived! Spend them in the CRISPRmas Shop, accessible from the news box in the main menu, to claim festive CRISPRmas cosmetic items. They also replenish a bit of health! [*] There are 8 new CRISPRmas cosmetic items to earn, and you can also earn 16 legacy 2019 items. [*] We've also designed 4 new festive premium items for the S.A.W. Shop. [*] Shop rotations are also moving to Thursdays at 5pm PST to line up with our updates better. [*] The Giant Eagle, Giant Emus, and Delivery Moles have all gotten in the CRISPRmas spirit, with festive outfits. [*] The fountain's CRISPRmas tree and music have returned! Many trees around the island have also been decorated for the event. [*] Penguin Palace's stage now features a new hit song from Ella Fishgerald herself. Go take a listen next time you drop there! [/list] [h3]New CRISPRmas 2020 Items to Earn:[/h3] [list] [*] Festive Bow [*] Green Festive Scarf [*] Foggy Glasses [*] Yellow Knitted Sweater [*] Ski Pole [*] Icicle [*] Light Blue Winter Dress [*] Santa Dress [/list] [h3]S.A.W. Shop Holiday Items (Dec 17-24):[/h3] [list] [*] Wrapped Magnum [*] CRISPRmas Tree Umbrella [/list] [h3]S.A.W. Shop Holiday Items (Dec 24-31):[/h3] [list] [*] Blue Knitted Shotgun [*] Snowflake Pinwheel [/list] [h3]Super Anniversary 2020[/h3] [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//33586940/96d31eb9f7e8c679028f5552e7665913f526060c.jpg[/img] It was also our 2 year anniversary of Super Animal Royale entering Early Access on December 12th! Enter the coupon code: "[b]Birthday2020[/b]" to get 3 items: [list] [*] 2nd Anniversary Cake Gravestone (new) [*] Pixile Umbrella (new) [*] Pixile Party Hat (this one is a repeat from last year, so if you already have it, you won't get a duplicate) [/list] [h1]Map Update[/h1] [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//33586940/4aaedf0663c62135cfbd3176faf1ab9cb9a60114.jpg[/img] [list] [*] You can now visit the Super Museum of Modern Art (SMOMA) in the southeast corner of the Welcome Center, and press E on any of the art to view it full screen! [*] You'll find the [b]winners of the Super Fanart Contest[/b] in the "Ephemeral" left wing, where the current exhibition showcases the 21 amazing winners of the [i]All I Want for CRISPRmas Is You[/i] contest, as announced today in Super Animal Royale Tonight! [/list] Make sure to check out all of the beautiful submissions on our art contest website: [url=https://artcontest.animalroyale.com/][img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//33586940/e6b85685c3015bafa5d047fb419cb3d0acb55786.png[/img][/url] ([url=https://artcontest.animalroyale.com/]artcontest.animalroyale.com[/url]) [list] [*] The “Eternal” right wing holds the museum's permanent collection of Super Animal Art, where you can see classics such as Vincent van Goat's [i]Self Portrait[/i], Rodint's [i]The Stinker[/i], and Pablo Pigasso's [i]Three Moosicians[/i] amongst many others. You can not, unfortunately, see Leonardo DaFinchi's famous Mona Fleasa, as it has been missing ever since what legal only allows us to refer to as "The Incident." [*] The Chewffizi Cafe, named after the famous museum in Florence, features an Italian Renaissance theme, and one large, controversial painting: The Birth of Emus, by Sandro Goaticelli. [*] Once your visit to the museum is complete, you can visit the gift shop, "Exit This Way Only." The conspicuously named gift shop is, indeed, on the way out the door, but it’s not the only way. When asked about the misleading message, the park’s merchandise department has insisted, “we’re not suggesting that’s the only way to exit, that’s just what we decided to name the shop.” [*] SMOMA is on the plot of land previously occupied by the CRISPR Cafe, so it has been re-located to the west of the Super Animal Super Stage (added in our previous update). [/list] [h1]New Super Animals[/h1] [b]Super Goats have joined the fight alongside SMOMA![/b] [list] [*] Super Goat [*] Super Bicolor Goat [*] Super Grey Goat [*] Super Chamois Goat [*] Super Devil Goat [*] Super Four-Horned Goat [/list] [b]4 additional new Super Breeds have arrived just in time for CRISPRmas:[/b] [list] [*] Super Knitted Sheep [*] Super Peppermint Hyena [*] Super Green Finch (as see in Super Animal Royale Tonight) [*] Super Lionhead Rabbit (SMOMA proprietor Rabbita Smith’s breed) [/list] [h1]Weapon Upgrade: Dogna's Dart Gun[/h1] [img]https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images//33586940/ad41210f666de39f4e5fb2058e612bee02e6637b.jpg[/img] [list] [*] The Poison Dart Gun has been renamed "Dogna's Dart Gun" and features an updated design to match its new secondary function: hitting teammates with a dart will heal them for 24 health over 2.0s. [*] If an ally is at full health, the dart will pass through them so that it can continue onward to potentially hit an enemy (to avoid annoying body blocking). [*] Healing from the darts does not stack (rapid hits only resets the timer). [*] Healing downed players is 50% effective, to match the reduced damage that they take. [*] Healing allies within skunk gas is also 50% less effective. [*] Shooting an enemy damages them for 10hp and adds a poison effect (unchanged effect). [*] Teammates now display health bars above their heads so it’s easier to tell which allies need help with healing. [*] A team healing stat has been added to the Stats screen. [*] The upgraded Dogna’s Dart Gun is designed to open up more ability for players who want to play a support role, which is especially fun in the S.A.W. vs Rebellion (32v32) mode. [/list] [h1]S.A.W. vs Rebellion (32v32) Mode Returns With Changes[/h1] [list] [*] We felt that we had too many buffs from flag captures that were hard to keep track of and understand when the primary goal of capturing flags was to win, so we’ve made some changes: [*] The healing buff from capturing flags is now just local to the immediate surroundings around the flag, represented by a green circle around the flag. When you're inside the circle, you'll heal +4 health per second, however the regeneration does not apply to flags covered by skunk gas. [*] We’ve removed the flag buff on moving faster while knocked down and instead just raised the speed of moving while knocked down in general by 25% for everyone in this mode. [*] The victory timer is no longer halved when a team captures 4 flags. It was leading to matches ending too quickly, and the 3-flag timer already provides an accelerated end to the match. [*] Removed the rebel flag environment piece from the farm so it doesn't cause confusion with the actual flag (just in this mode). [*] Teammate's bananas won't affect you while capturing the flag and for 1s after capturing it. [*] When a squad dies early but their overall team wins later, that squad will get the win stat counted when the match ends. This only affects stats and not experience or rewards retroactively. [*] The limited-time mode will be available for the duration of the CRISPRmas event (until January 10th)! [*] We're activating all 4 modes simultaneously on NA and AS servers due to the growth in player population to support it! EU server is still a bit less populated, so to avoid splitting the player population too much, we're rotating Squads mode out temporarily in that region while 32v32 is active. [/list] [h1]Additional v0.96.5 Improvements[/h1] [list] [*] Added some boxes/cover to the Super Stage biome, and adjusted some stage elements to improve gameplay. [*] Added more lighting to the environment during night mode (Superite crystals, stage poster walls, and others). [*] AK recoil while moving changed from +14% to +21%. [*] M16 recoil while moving changes from +20% to +32%. [*] Fixed hit registry with shooting players in the banana slip animation. [*] Fixed various hedges having collisions that didn't line up. [*] Can no longer ping items/caches that are covered in hidden rooms. [*] Some bots will be more aggressive in pursuing players. [*] Fixed bots picking up weapons while downed. [*] Performance improvement for graphics cards: reduced graphics overdraw by using tight sprite meshes on the environment art. [*] Controller plugin updated (hopefully fixes crashes related to foot pedals). [*] Private matches can set high ping mode to whichever threshold they prefer (command is /highping #) [/list]