Sword With Sauce will continue development!

My goal here is to provide regular updates that will eventually bring the game to a proper finished state like I once promised.

I want to finish what I started but I don't want to change what was loved, so as I update it I will listen to feed-back to ensure that the changes only improve, polish and grow the game to eventually being the completed game that you all deserve!

**All future updates will be free

The game will be changing from free to it's original pricing of $3(USD)

Important note: Any customers who acquired the game for free in the past will keep it.

New Changes launching with the new 3.0 Update:

• Image Selector allows you to assign the thumbnail image to custom maps.
  
• Screen capture functionality added to forge mode that allows you to take screenshots in the forge editor.

• Loadouts can now have multiple of the same gadget! (certain gadgets only)
  
• Players HUD alert arrows updated to now point forward/back instead of all around the screen.
  
• Bow comes with 1 arrow by defualt
  
• "Quiver" gadget is now called "Arrows" and will provide 10 extra arrows
  
• Arrows should now be able to be recovered

This is NOT early access.

I didn't want to let you down again but releasing something that wasn't finished, so I've been working silently and am ready to fully showcase my FINISHED New Game!

Diatomic is a completed NEW GAME with a heavy focus on fast paced run-n-gun gameplay, varied enemy types, hazardous maps, epic boss fights and a whole bunch of chaotic action!

You can wish list it on steam now - https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/2864680/Diatomic/

Demo Available Now --> https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/2963110/DiatomicDemo/

Sword With Sauce will be made Free! This will take affect as soon as steam updates it (Changing it to free requires steam themselves to update it, unfortunately I can't set it myself).

Why didn't i do this sooner?

I always believed the game was worth how much it was sold for ($3). This of course doesn't excuse my broken promises or abandoning of the games further development but I do believe it was always worth it's pricing.

I did not follow through on the develpment of SWS and I don't want to make excuses so I just wanted to say I am sorry.

New full game will be released June 2024!

Sword With Sauce will not be continued on with but new games will take its place!

In June 2024 I will be releasing a new game called Diatomic! I have been working on this for about 3 years and it's almost finished and ready for release.

Diatomic is a fast paced action run and gun style game with over 30 levels! including bosses and mini-boss levels. Unlike SWS there are no stealth elements in Diatomic, however there is a heavy focus on the action with 70+ weapons and 20+ Enemy Types.

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/2864680/Diatomic/

Apologies to everyone who supported the project during its alpha and were excited to see it be taken further but due to a number of reasons I have decided to retire the project.

As a lot of you know there is no "team" behind Sword With Sauce, It's just me, Diatomic Muffin.

Moving forward it became clear that in order to accomplish a lot of the things I wanted for SWS like Multiplayer, linear missions and better enemies/AI then there would need to be a team and a much bigger budget which just wasn't possible unfortunately.

The other main reason was there became a severe loss of focus for the project and the quality wasn't living up to what I wanted. This caused frustration and a lot of extra work to just fix things which then caused even more time loss and things being rushed and a rather unhealthy cycle of development.

So as of 21/03/2018 Sword With Sauce has been released from early access. The game will still be purchasable from steam and will still appear in your library just as before but will now just be called "Sword With Sauce". This decision only means there will be no more updates to the current game.

Sorry again.

Best Regards
Diatomic Muffin

Fixed Steam workshop Update function, new grouping mechanics, flight controls for the editor and Protection for workshop content creators by tracking the original creator and preventing copy-cats.

----------Protecting Workshop Content---------

All Workshop Items uploaded/Updated before this updated are currently un-protected and can be copied. To fix this simply update your workshop item with in the game. This can be as easy as downloading your item from the workshop then creating a copy and then Updating the item.


Updated Steam Workshop Item Protection
Workshop items will now track the original content creators and prevent anyone from uploading copied items. That means in order to upload an item to the workshop it must have been created by you. If you have downloaded someone elses item through the workshop and then created a copy you will not be able to upload it no matter how much you have edited it.

Custom Level Grouping!
In the custom level editor the player will now be able to Shift select multiple Items and Ctrl Select to de-select them. While you have multiple items selected you can Group or un-group them using the buttons on screen or the a hotkey (Default= "G"), to un-group with the hotkey just hold down shift. While holding multiple items a new window will appear called the Oultiner which will show you all the items you have selected as well as all the groups they belong to. You can also select items from the Outliner.

New Editor Flight and menu Interaction
Along with the new multiple selecting and editing functionality comes an easier way to move the editor around while keeping items selected. Holding down the right mouse button will give the player control to move the editor WHILE keeping the menus open and items selected. To hide the editor menus simply press the right mouse button without holding it down.


Minor Changes:

- "Custom Games" option from the forge has been re-named to Gamemode Editor.
- Selecting Custom Gamemodes with restricted loadouts will remove loadout visibility
- Fixed update steam workshop item bug fix
- Name change "Run" Changed To "Sprint"
- AI pathing sometimes not working in custom levels bug fixed
- Loading screen visual for custom levels.
- Custom level Default weapon mesh bug fix
- Removed scale restrictions. X,Y,Z scaling now separately edited for all basic shapes

New items added in the level editor as well as a few more option to change including larger scales, UI rotation handles and block types. The workshop page also gets an update with new filters to search by, rating buttons in game and more stats visible.

Following the last big update of the level editor Sword With Sauce will be increasing in price. The price will be going from $3(USD) to $6(USD). If you already own the game on steam you will NOT have to pay anything more. This price change will only affect people who do not already own the game. Price change will take affect in couple of days.

Steam Workshop Page Updates

- Workshop Filters Added
- workshop rating buttons now work
- Subscriber count now visible
- last date updated visible

Level Editor Updates

- Increase Scale options up to 100
- Increased Actors limit for all items. Cube limit increased from 400-2000
- Click and drag check option
- Glass added
- Rocks added
- Block Types option added
- UI Rotation wheels can now be used to adjust rotation
- Rotation limit extend to -720 - 720
- Using UI translations will now show used direction

Bug Fixes

- Workshop items loading duplicates bug fix
- Selecting item not showing correct menu tab bug fix
- Survival spawner enemy type bug fix

Following the recent update a few bugs have shown up, this is just a quick patch to fix them.

- Misclicking in advanced menu no longer selects the background
- Secondary colour bug fix
- Rotation bug fix
- scrolling with menu open won't change editor speed
- Visible kill boxes in default maps bug fix
- Atrium Doors bug fix

as well as a few bug fixes.

Thank you all for your patience in waiting for this new update, I know it has been awhile but I wanted to make sure everything worked and was as smooth as possible.

The new map editor option is now available! which means so is the tab in the workshop page. Create, edit and share your own custom maps which can be as large or as small as you like. The boundary sizes for the custom map is far larger than any of the maps already available.

Editor
In editor mode you can place and edit almost everything in your custom map. This includes position, rotation, scale, colour and certain advanced options for specific items. Decide what enemy spawns where, what type of doors you want and whether they are locked and if they start open or closed. Place various weapons around the map and even boundary boxes which can be set to allow for parkour for smoother wall running on more detailed surfaces.

Basic shapes
A variety of basic shapes are available which can all be scaled and coloured how ever you like for a huge variety of different level designs.

Enemies
Place where enemies spawn, which type of enemy it is and decide whether to have them stand still, wander around or follow a specific patrol pointed path.

Patrol points can be placed around the map and used for multiple enemies. Once an enemy has been allocated to it a small blue line will appear showing the path the enemy will follow. Once an enemy has reached the last patrol point it will walk back to its starting position and then repeat.

Survival game modes
Custom maps also support survival game modes. Place survival spawn points around and decide what types of enemies can/will spawn from each.

Then place re-stock pod locations and decide what angle to have them fly in from, just make sure there is nothing blocking their path.

-An error will appear if you try to upload a workshop item that has the exact name as an item you have already uploaded.
- Death crab pick up bug fix
- Drone sometimes not recieveing look input bug fix
- Weapon grab assist cleaned up
- New loading icon on the steam workshop page.
- slight resizing on workshop page