Switch 'N' Shoot — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Security Patch | 2025-10-06 | Security patch for a critical security vulnerability in older versions of Unity. |
| GunSuit Guardians - available NOW in Early Access! | 2023-03-31 | https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33020952/184c91263b4ec9629555efb805318040e17c314b.gif Defend Earth from an immeasurable alien invasion in GunSuit Guardians, an action-roguelite twin-stick horde survival. Take to the skies in an advanced aerial combat suit, wield enormous weapons, and upgrade your gear to become an unstoppable force of destruction. GunSuit Guardians condenses arcade shooter combat with roguelike elements to create a deep, action-packed experience where each run provides a fresh challenge. It's time to shoot, fly and defend the sky! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2278830/GunSuit_Guardia |
| GunSuit Guardians - demo now available! | 2023-03-09 | https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33020952/311a1da8b5cee8121bc77754431b74aa6d39a4fb.gif About Defend Earth from an immeasurable alien invasion in GunSuit Guardians, an action-roguelite twin-stick horde survival. Take to the skies in an advanced aerial combat suit, wield enormous weapons, and upgrade your gear to become an unstoppable force of destruction. GunSuit Guardians condenses arcade shooter combat with roguelike elements to create a deep, action-packed experience where each run provides a fresh challenge. Play the demo and add GunSuit Guardians to your Wishlist! https://store.steampowered.com/app/227 |
| 💀🏀 Dungeon Deathball is OUT NOW! | 2021-10-13 | My new game is released after more than 3 years in Early Access. Check it out! https://store.steampowered.com/app/861330/Dungeon_Deathball/ TACTICS, TERROR & TOUCHDOWNS Dungeon Deathball is a turn-based, tactical death-sport where you desperately try to score touchdowns, outsmart savage beasts and survive a randomly-generated gauntlet of blood, guts and goals. 🏆 Lead your team of captives to freedom! They've been imprisoned for as long as they can remember. Now their only chance of freedom is to survive a series of barbaric trials for the entertainment of bloodthirsty hordes. Win the game and your team will be released, but be warned: the pe |
| 📅💀 Dungeon Deathball has a release date! | 2021-09-22 | https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33020952/a0fae03698cbf72072041d3332157d9c314c36ba.gif 🏁 Dungeon Deathball is touching down! I've been developing the game in Early Access since July 2018. In those 3 years it has undergone countless changes and improvements based on feedback from players around the world. It's now the biggest, deepest and most complex game I've ever made. And I'm happy to say it's... it's done! Well, apart from a few finishing touches of course. 😏 Dungeon Deathball will transition out of Early Access on 13th October. I've been busy preparing for release, which includes making a fancy |
| Version 1.3.5 | 2021-08-19 | Hello Switch pilots! A patch has just been released for Switch 'N' Shoot (version 1.3.5). As mentioned in the earlier beta notes, this update brings the following changes... What's new Fix for blank screen on Linux A number of Linux users reported a blank screen when starting the game, with audio playing in the background. The game has been rebuilt with a much more recent and stable version of Unity, which brings a bunch of its own fixes over. I gathered feedback from the beta version of this patch. Several players told me that it fixed the issue for them, whilst others told me it did not. If you continue to experience this problem after the |
| New Beta (version 1.3.5) | 2021-08-13 | Hey switchers 'n' shooters! I've just updated the game to a much more recent (and stable) version of Unity, which I'm hoping addresses some common problems among Linux users. Version 1.3.5 is now available as a beta. See below for details on how to access it before full release. What's new Fix for Linux users If you've been playing on Linux and experiencing a white screen with no game visible, please try downloading the new patch (version 1.3.5) and let me know in the comments or discussions whether or not this patch fixes it. D-pad support for Xbox One controllers This patch also includes D-pad support for Xbox One controllers, in addition t |
| Join my Mailing List! | 2020-06-05 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25875060/c8077a46c864938ddd8327fa04349776ade96be0.gif 👋 Hello, friends! Just a gentle reminder that I have a free Mailing List for all my big game updates. 🎮 Enjoy my games? 🆕 Want to be first to know when I release new ones? 📣 Want to press your ear directly into the megaphone when I shout into it? 📧 Then please consider subscribing! (I promise I'll be respectful of your time. I won't spam you too often or shout into the megaphone too loudly.) https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25875060/42c6e715f93f7b2eb56848a70438f9a757c1fd35.png Thanks f |
| Achievement Requirement Changes | 2020-04-21 | The requirements for unlocking two of the 'grindy' achievements have been reduced. This was in response to feedback from several players. Ultrahyperdrive - Hyperdrive 125 times (reduced from 250). Yakety Sacs - Kill 25 Incubators (reduced from 25). These changes were made in the Steam back-end and no update is required for the actual game itself. If you restart Steam you should see the new values take effect. If you had already passed the new thresholds but not the old ones, you should see the achievement(s) unlock automatically when Steam starts. Thanks to everyone who has provided feedback so far! I'm a solo developer so receiving feedback |
| Ghost Grab 3000 ~ OUT NOW! | 2019-11-08 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33020952/78622ec5531ed56080e61f1887a2920728b947c6.gif Hey everyone, my new game is now available on Steam! Ghost Grab 3000 is a score-based arcade 'bullet hell' with a unique game mechanic... https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33020952/cdfcadb784cb34ed4f64db7698a8e93d8dba22e5.gif You can chain together any ghosts that enter your beam, then destroy the entire chain all in one go. The longer your chain, the bigger your score multiplier. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33020952/ef5993f91caf99a85791fca554c39b73a201 |
| Ghost Grab 3000 will nuke Steam in 2 days | 2019-11-07 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33020952/ef5993f91caf99a85791fca554c39b73a201bb7a.gif Are you ready to GRAB, CHAIN and DESTROY the wretched roaming souls of humanity? https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33020952/02c763e9b5e88981850c0475a4a79f0c9ed07da9.png Get your Grapple Beam fully charged... You're gonna need it if you want to survive this arcade apocalypse. An endless score-chaser with a unique game mechanic. Chain ghosts together and destroy them all at once for huge score multipliers. Includes Steam leaderboards, achievements, cloud saves and 8 languages. Check out the st |
| Update 1.3.2 | 2019-09-26 | Version 1.3.2 is now available. The main change is to address problems that could arise if you switched between Full-Screen modes using Mac OS's maximise button or Alt+Enter. Changes: Bug fix: switching full-screen mode using the main OS buttons or Alt+Enter no longer causes problems with the interface. The game will now automatically detect changes made outside the Options menu and adjust accordingly. Added consolation credit hotkeys for Arcade version. Added "ASS" to the list of naughty names (oops). |
| Singled Out now available! | 2019-09-04 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25875060/9308bb84e343715c4904bf233463c486272c1590.gif My new game Singled Out is now available on Steam! Check it out! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1144150/Singled_Out/ P.S. If you already own Switch 'N' Shoot you can get it as part of a the Eggsplosive Bundle (15% off) or the Complete Egg Carton Bundle (20% off) with a little discount to say "thanks for supporting me and my work". You make it possible for me to do this full-time, and I'm eternally grateful! |
| Join my Mailing List! | 2019-07-02 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25875060/c8077a46c864938ddd8327fa04349776ade96be0.gif Hey folks! Just a quick update to let you know that I now have a Mailing List! Please sign up if you'd like to receive free email updates about my games, events and discounts delivered straight to your inbox. I promise I'll be respectful of your time and not send too many emails. ♡ https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25875060/42c6e715f93f7b2eb56848a70438f9a757c1fd35.png Thanks! Check out the links below too for more info and ways to follow me! Matt https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunit |
| Coming soon: Ghost Grab 3000 | 2019-06-12 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25875060/1253160345bb3e3cd0655ba53cd411ce5119cf4e.gif My next arcade game is coming to Steam very soon... Please add it to your Wishlist if you want to be notified when it's released! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1047580/Ghost_Grab_3000/ |
| Update 1.3 adds new languages (简体中文, 日本語, русский, Português Brasileiro) and more! | 2019-05-28 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25875060/6c299dc8dc92e723dcb78009bd71b8c3adda6d5e.png Version 1.3.1 is now live! This brings all the new changes over from the recent Nintendo Switch release, plus some newer tweaks and bug fixes. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25875060/cee9d2ebb9b62606d0a5e8abb2ad74c0f062dc3f.png Here's the full list of changes: Changes: Added language support for Simplified Chinese (简体中文). Added language support for Japanese (日本語). Added language support for Russian (русский). Added language support for Brazilian Portuguese (Português Brasileiro). Added co |
| An update is coming... | 2019-05-16 | Version 1.3 is hitting Steam very soon! New features include: new colour palette unlock system (with 7 all-new retro colour palettes to choose from). language support for Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, and Japanese. many more little improvements and bug fixes. Please remember to leave a review. I'd love to get the review count up to 50 so the game rating changes from "Positive" to "Very Positive"! That would really help to get more people playing! Thanks! Watch this space and follow my Steam Developer page for more updates. Matt |
| Out now on Nintendo Switch! | 2019-04-10 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25875060/b51144f8c73663281f949c0aec946ad330726783.jpg Available on Nintendo eShop: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/switch-n-shoot-switch/ Thanks for supporting my little game! I wouldn't have been able to bring it to new platforms without the support of my awesome Steam players. You're awesome. Please remember to leave a review on Steam! |
| Coming to Nintendo Switch! | 2019-03-21 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25875060/b51144f8c73663281f949c0aec946ad330726783.jpg I'm very happy to announce that... Switch 'N' Shoot is coming to Nintendo Switch on 10th April 2019! Pre-purchase is available NOW on Nintendo eShop with a 15% discount. Check out the new trailer here. |
| Ghost Grab 3000 - my next game is coming soon! | 2019-03-18 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25875060/7e19ef8169124b4b89fc0059ab8a51004ecc4221.png Ghost Grab 3000 is a frantic spook-em-up with bullet hell gameplay and a unique 'Grapple Beam' mechanic! It's coming soon to Steam, so be sure to add it to your Wishlist to be notified when it gets released! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1047580/Ghost_Grab_3000/ https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25875060/8f92d0266301dcae1106c510453bff9cbd261cd5.png https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25875060/a4aa5e0dfe84cdb43bfaa35ff7d731c70f4ff132.png https://steamcdn-a. |
| Version 1.2.3 (bug fix) | 2019-01-14 | Fixed boss disappearing off the screen edges sometimes, resulting in tech hang. |
| Seasons Greetings! ~ Winter Sale | 2018-12-23 | 2018 has been a wild ride! Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me this year. I truly can't express how grateful I am for the privilege of making indie games full-time. I'm excited about what 2019 will bring. You can expect to see Switch 'N' Shoot on more platforms, a full release of Dungeon Deathball, and more projects bubbling to the surface. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25875060/a6f53cdb9b287387259126622c524846349374dd.gif Both of my games are on sale for a little while. Please consider supporting my solo game development, sharing my games with a friend and please remember to leave a review |
| Version 1.2.2 (bug fix) | 2018-12-21 | Fixed screen being messed up when changing between monitors with different orientations. Version 1.2.1 Fixed screen being messed up when switching between full-screen and TATE modes. |
| Version 1.2 adds language support and more! | 2018-12-13 | The next big update is here, adding language support for French, Italian, German and Spanish, several new features and an overhauled interface! Read on for the full list of changes... https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25875060/a6f53cdb9b287387259126622c524846349374dd.gif Languages Version 1.2 adds full language support for French Italian, German and Spanish. I also intend to add support for Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Japanese and Simplified Chinese in future updates. A huge thank you goes out to the kind people who helped to localise Switch 'N' Shoot! You're all awesome! If you want to contribute to locali |
| Patreon | 2018-11-27 | I'm very excited to announce the launch of my new Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/mattglanville https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25875060/578355386982df5dfabadbcc1317d9684250197d.gif If you like my work, please consider chipping in a little each month to help me keep doing what I do. In return, you'll get exclusive access to early versions of my games, development blogs, Unity tutorials and access to the private Discord. Thank you! |
| 2nd Anniversary Sale | 2018-10-17 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25875060/4226a0268fbbefd800f3b94fd73847aa5ea35f02.gif Switch 'N' Shoot is 2 years old!! Wow, they grow up so fast. In those 2 years the game has seen a complete rewrite of its entire code base from scratch, toured a bunch of shows in the UK and US, and found a physical home in DSM Arcade's amazing arcade cabinets. (Wanna buy one? Get in touch! https://www.dsmarcade.com/) To celebrate this wild ride, here's a the biggest discount yet. If you've been enjoying the game all this time, please remember to leave a review on Steam, as it really genuinely supports me and helps me to c |
| Switch 'N' Shoot at EGX next week | 2018-09-15 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25875060/8a39ab23f2de4a8a20e1b5c0f6949b7f59a4fc74.png Switch 'N' Shoot is coming to EGX next weekend! You'll be able to find it in the Leftfield Collection and, yes, the special one-button arcade cabinet will be there in the flesh, courtesy of DSM Arcade. There will also be a competition to win a T-shirt! (or, if you're not up to the challenge, they will also be on sale for the very first time) https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25875060/e4fe9c1d424c69d8de65918bc333ec963031cbd9.png I'll be there in person for the entire event, which runs from Th |
| Version 1.1 is here! | 2018-06-19 | This update is a COMPLETE rewrite of the game's code. It's ridiculous. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25875060/2093ca0d988578a8f03504d010a1813942dd6629.gif In the last year and a half I've been learning how to script in C Sharp. During that time, I've rewritten the entire code-base of Switch 'N' Shoot, so it now uses 100% C Sharp instead of a third-party visual scripting tool. This means I'm able to get a lot closer to the nitty-gritty logic and optimise things more effectively. I hope you'll notice the huge upgrade in how smoothly the game runs, as well as a bunch of improvements and additions. If you like |
| Version 1.1.6 beta available for all platforms | 2018-06-12 | The latest beta testing version is available for Windows, Mac and Linux! If you are a Mac or Linux user in particular, I would hugely appreciate an extra pair of eyes and some feedback on the state of the new build. This is a big update and I am just one solo developer with a limited capacity to test on a wide range of hardware. For details on how to access the beta version in your Steam client, see the previous post. Changes in 1.1.6: Automatic TATE mode (full screen portrait) if your resolution is taller than it is wide, for the authentic arcade feel at home! You can now skip the 'high score table reveal' sequence to get back to playing qui |
| Version 1.1 beta available for Windows | 2018-06-08 | The major update I mentioned in my previous post is now live in beta form. This means you can opt-in if you want to help test it, otherwise things stay as normal and your version of Switch 'N' Shoot remains unchanged. If you want to get a preview of the new version, the steps are below. This is currently available for Windows users only, but Mac and Linux versions are coming soon. Please remember that this is a beta, so it may contain bugs. If you find any, please report them to me by leaving a comment anywhere on the Steam page or on Twitter! Here's how to get the beta: 1. restart Steam if it's already running. 2. right-click Switch 'N' Shoo |