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Counterpick Labs is a free platform fighter where you mix and match gear to build your perfect loadout. Featuring a single player story mode, a roguelike PvP mode where you earn powerful upgrades as you fight, and a classic no-frills PvP mode.

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Game Speed and Pacing (v0.22.0)

3 Aug

This patch aims to increase game speed and pacing by increasing aerial mobility, increasing attack speed, and reducing knockback scaling on many attacks to make them more usable as setup tools for combos and knockouts. Shoutouts to the folks in the Discord who helped test these changes.

General Gameplay

Significantly increased fast fall speeds.
Increased max air speed and acceleration.
Suits now gain more speed from dash attacking.
Buffering an air dodge with no direction input will now cause you to wavedash down instead of airdodging in place.

UX/UI:

Increased volume of "match found" sound effect.
Escape now must be held for 2 seconds to exit fullscreen. This allows keyboard users to use esc as back button without accidentally exiting full screen.
You can now bind 3 buttons/keys to a single input, up from 2.
Keyboard users can now bind a key to use as a dedicated start button, as an alternative to the default keys.

Gear Pieces

Quad Staff

Slightly reduced length of bladed section of staff. This means most attacks had their range slightly reduced (unless otherwise specified).
Jab: -1f start lag.
Up tilt: -1f active frames, -1f end lag. Reduced knockback scaling on strong hitbox.
Forward tilt: -1f start lag, -1f end lag.
Down tilt: -1f end lag. Increased size of inner hitbox.
Dash attack: -1f start lag, -3f end lag. Range unaffected.
Up strong: -1f start lag, -1f end lag.
Forward strong: -4f end lag.
Down strong: -1f start lag, -1f end lag.
Neutral air: -1f end lag, -1f landing lag. Range unaffected.
Up air: -2f active frames, -2f end lag.
Forward air: -1f start lag. Range minimally affected.
Down air: -1f start lag, -1f end lag. Reduced knockback scaling.
Back air: -1f active frames, -2f end lag. Reduced knockback scaling on tip hitbox.

Flame Cannon

Up tilt: -1f start lag, -1f active frames, -1f end lag. Reduced knockback scaling.
Forward tilt: -1f start lag, -2f end lag.
Down tilt: -1f start lag, -1f active frames, -2f end lag.
Dash attack: -1f start lag, -1f end lag.
Up strong: -2f start lag, -1f end lag. Slightly reduced hitbox size.
Forward strong: -2f start lag, -2f end lag. Slightly reduced hitbox size.
Down strong: -1f start lag, -2f between active frames.
Neutral air: -2f start lag.
Up air: -1f start lag.
Forward air: -1f start lag, -1f end lag. Reduced knockback scaling of final hit.
Down air: -1f start lag, -1f landing lag.
Back air: -1f start lag.

Chakram

Up tilt: -1f start lag, -1f active frames, -1f end lag. Reduced knockback scaling.
Forward tilt: -2f start lag, -3f end lag.
Down tilt: -2f active frames, -2f end lag. Reduced knockback scaling and increased knockback angle.
Dash attack: -1f start lag, -3f end lag.
Up strong: -3f active frames, -4f end lag.
Forward strong: -3f active frames, -3f end lag.
Down strong: -2f between active frames. Reduced damage from 13 to 12.
Neutral air: -2f start lag, -1f active frames, -2f end lag. Slightly reduced range.
Up air: -1f start lag, -1f landing lag.
Forward air: -2f start lag, -1f end lag.
Down air: -1f start lag, -1f end lag, -1f landing lag. Reduced range.
Back air: -1f active frames, -1f end lag, -1f landing lag. Reduced range.

Pincers

Up tilt: -1f start lag, -1f active frames, -2f end lag. Reduced knockback scaling.
Forward tilt: -1f start lag, -2f active frames, -2f end lag.
Down tilt: -1f start lag, -1f end lag. Reduced knockback scaling.
Dash attack: -1f start lag, -1f end lag.
Up strong: -2f start lag, -1f end lag.
Forward strong: -2f start lag, -3f end lag.
Down strong: -1f start lag, -1f end lag
Neutral air: -1f active frames, -2f end lag.
Up air: -1f start lag, -1f landing lag.
Forward air: -1f start lag, -1f landing lag.
Down air: -1f start lag, -1f landing lag. Reduced knockback scaling.
Back air: -1f start lag, -1f landing lag.

Warp mine

Slightly reduced base knockback of explosion and reduced damage from 12 -> 10.
Endlag of self detonate now scales with percent.
Reduced start lag of placing mine (neutral special) by 1f. Reduced end lag of strong mine toss by 1f.
Your mine now freezes in place when you initiate a teleport, making it more consistent to use tosses (especially strong tosses) for recovery.

Parasol

Reduced dive damage from 10 -> 8.

Jet boots

Reduced spin attack start lag by 2f, reduced end lag by 1f.

Suits

Oleg, Skelebob, Television: Slightly increased ground speed.
Oleg: Slightly decreased weight (knockback resistance).
Space suit: Slightly increased gravity and reduced jump height. Decreased shield size.
TV: Increased shield size.
Skelebob: Decreased instakill threshold by ~5%.
Cloak: Added +2f end lag on whiffed counters, reduced length of active counter hitbox by 1f.

Secondaries

Reduced start lag of all secondaries by 1f.
Plunger: Reduced knockback scaling on up throw and forward throw.
Spiked fist: reduced end lag by 1f. Reduced knockback scaling.
Harpoon: Reduced end lag on whiff by 5f. Increased knockback scaling and decreased angles of down throw and back throw (this makes them more powerful kill throws). Reduced knockback scaling of up throw.

Counterpick Labs

[Linux] Unable to launch the demo from Steam, from a terminal works

Steam says the executable is being launched but I never see a GUI. Running the game from a terminal seems to work. I'm using Kubuntu 24.04 with a Wayland session, if that's what is freaking electron out. Then again it does work when launched separately from a terminal....

hateball

4 Jul @ 12:36am

General Discussions

control customization

I play fighting games with wasd and mouse. I would like to set light attack and heavy attack to my mouse but im unable to in this game currently. pls add <3

pepr

2 Aug @ 4:28am

General Discussions

Mouse support, improved controls + UI (v0.21.0)

25 Jul

Controls

Added support for playing with a mouse.
Added a brief controls onboarding questionnaire to help set up new players with a default control layout that fits their playstyle.
Changed the default keyboard controls based on player feedback. Note that this may mess up your existing keyboard binds and profiles. Please ensure they are correct and re-save any profiles. for the inconvenience!

UI/UX

Redesigned loadout menus to be less overwhelming.
Altered UI to be easier to navigate with mouse.
Secondary menu selection (used to change color palettes) is now bound to [e]/grab instead of [j]/jump.
To reduce new player confusion, Enter (in addition to Space) can now be used to select menu items. Control now acts as a "start" button for keyboard users.
Replaced various floating UI prompts with new menu items to reduce clutter.

Gameplay

When tap jump is on it is now possible to perform upward light and strong attacks out of jump squat.
Added a 2-frame leniency window for directional light and strong attacks in cases where the direction is pressed after the attack input.
It is now possible to wall jump with tap jump.
Tap-jumped air jumps are now delayed by 3 frames to allow players to perform upward aerial attacks without jumping.

These changes should make tap jump much more usable. It should now be much easier to perform upward light, strong, aerial, and special (gadget) attacks without accidentally jumping.

Tutorial

Tweaked tutorial to better accommodate tap jump users.

Bugs

Fixed bug where game would crash when joining a quickplay match directly from watching a replay.
Fixed bug where progress could not be made in the Directional Influence tutorial.

I'm aware of a bug that sometimes causes replays of online matches to desync. Still looking into this.

Note that several other minor patches were released over the past couple weeks. I don't typically post patch notes for those here as Steam announcements as I don't want to spam people who are following this game, but anything major I'll make sure to post here and you can read the full patch notes in-game!

Counterpick Labs

Guide

A Guide to Parastaff

I hope with this guide many others will pick up this great game and maybe even get gud Side note: Im not that good myself but hopefully with a bit of experience in other platform fighters (ie. Rivals of Aether, Smash Bros) my insight may be useful. In this...

yoparino

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Steam deck cant go fullscreen in gaming mode

it is possible in desktop,i think a small ui adjustment or fullscreen option in settings would do the trick. very cool game.

skylanderrobbe

28 Jul @ 3:12am

General Discussions

Copy for brawlhalla

Tittle

r.aiden.dav.i.d78.9

18 Jul @ 7:35pm

General Discussions

Early Access Launch - Story Mode + Dash Attacks (v0.20.0)

12 Jul

Steam Early Access

Counterpick Labs is now out (for free) on Steam Early Access! The web and Steam versions of the game remain equivalent, with cross-play, cross-progression, and account linking.
The banana stand is now open on Steam and has been re-opened on web. Thanks for your support!

Story Missions

Added a new single player mode: Story Missions. Learn about Jim and his fellow interns in the first three missions of Season 1: Intern Drama. New Story Missions will be released periodically.
As with all offline modes, you can play Story Missions while queueing for quickplay.

Dash Attacks

Added dash attacks for all primary weapons.
With auto dash attack turned on, input a dash attack by pressing light attack while running. You can disable auto dash attacks in the controls menu.
You can also dash attack by pressing any two attack buttons (light attack, strong attack, grab) simultaneously.

UI/UX

Added a Roadmap under Main Menu > Extras.
Reorganized menu structure to hopefully be less overwhelming for new players.
In modes where players have infinite lives, added a new infinite hearts icon (previously 3 hearts were shown).
Added a "quit" button to main menu for Steam version.

General Gameplay

Slightly increased overall knockback. Knockback from most attacks is now slightly higher at the start of the knockback trajectory. This is intended to give hits more impact and make knockback feel less floaty.
Slightly to moderately increased base knockback of most tilt attacks (directional light attacks).

Balance

Televisioin

Instant transmission (teleport) no longer inflicts self damage.

Space Suit

Slightly increased fall speed.

Skelebob

Slightly increased fall speed and ground speed.
(Visual only) Made Skelebob shorter.
Slightly reduced jump height.

Oleg

Slightly increased fall speed.

Warp mine

Self-detonate no longer sends you into knockdown/tumble and has set endlag regardless of percent. Distance knocked back still scales with percent.

Chakram

Increased base knockback of down light, forward light (close hitbox only) and forward air (close hitbox only).
Forward light: Reduced endlag by 3f.
Up air: slightly decreased knockback scaling.

Cannon

Increased base knockback of forward light.
Forward and up strong: Reduced start and end lag by 1f, and slightly decreased size of uncharged hurtbox.
Down strong: Reduced start lag by 1f.
Up air: Reduced start lag by 1f.
Forward air: First and second hitboxes are lower. This is intended to reduce instances of whiffing slightly over your opponent's head.

Pincers

Increased base knock back of forward light, down light, up light, and forward air.
Forward strong: Reduced end lag by 2f.

Quad Staff

Increased base knockback of up light, forward light, down light.
Up light: Slightly reduced range and reduced end lag by 3 frames.
Forward strong: Increased endlag by 2 frames.

Performance

Optimized rendering of various graphical elements. This should hopefully address rare crashes experienced by a few individuals.

Arena Upgrades

Removed "Shield Dmg Up", "Reaper" (heal on KO), and "Regenerate" (heal while shielding) from the upgrade pool.
These upgrades consistently felt unimpactful.

Bugs

Fixed bug where it was impossible to interrupt Jet Boot hover with aerial Spiked Fist.
Fixed glitch where attempting to input a shield drop with a gadget input while not on a platform would cause you to momentarily drop your shield.
Freezing Grease: fixed glitch where oleg wouldn't get unfrozen properly if frozen while charging a strong attack with super armor.
Fixed UI bug where arrows were sometimes difficult to click on horizontal value selector menu items.

I planned to have a new gear piece and new cosmetics ready for this patch, but unfortunately adding the new single player mode took much longer than anticipated. I'll work on this next! And now that the structure's in place, future missions will be easier to add. Thanks for you patience.

Counterpick Labs

Game balancing

Hello. I have recently realised the true extent of the power of ledge-hogging in this game and would like some sort of change to it. this is mainly because it can outclass much riskier more "interesting" plays such as going for a spike and also make recovery with the parasol insufferable ( as if it wasn't already predictable and easy to punish)...