Monthly Archive for May, 2011

It’s been an incredible and ridiculous two weeks since we released DETOUR! There have been some crazy bumps, bugs, and so forth. But of course, we like focusing on the good stuff. And good stuff there is. On top of the ridiculous fun, DETOUR released in a state some would call… Ridiculously buggy. But those bugs are being squashed left and right. Today marks the first milestone in Operation: Make DETOUR Work Properly and Add Cool Stuff. DETOUR Version 1.1 has rolled out on Steam today, and all shall be wonderfully delighted at the changes in store. Not including all of the little things we’ve fixed, here is a list of the major changes, for your listful eyes.

DETOUR v1.1 Patch Notes

- Trucks no longer act strangely in multiplayer games. This is a very large fix and should smooth over the entire multiplayer experience.
- Random/Rare crashes some users were experiencing should no longer happen.
- Numpad keys should now work in text chat.
- Choose Team button now shows up properly in lobby when host has selected a team gametype.
- Sound should no longer default to 0, and sound preferences should maintain properly.
- Truck bubble cooldown increased from 18 seconds to 30 seconds.
- Nail cooldown increased from 15 seconds to 26 seconds.
- Holding backspace key now properly deletes characters in text chat.
- Rare error where player would be in the wrong factory on a Singleplayer Challenge.
- Graphics option added for “Use Hardware Mouse”, for players experiencing sluggish mouse cursor movement in the menus and game.
- Forest now has the proper item description in map editor.
- Player is now returned to Challenges menu after a challenge is completed.
- Certain challenge descriptions no longer pour over the edges of the menu.
- Lots of fixes involving different resolutions. This includes the hovering ‘tell-tales’ above trucks (pulled over, popped tire, EMP icons) now show up properly over the truck they are marking.
- Pressing T and Y in game no longer clears announcements and text chat already on screen.

Your multiplayer experience (you know, the one where you and 3 of your friends beat the tar out of eachother) will be better than ever! Remember, you can always pick up a 4-pack of DETOUR on the Steam store for you and your friends! (Or 4 random strangers!)

Here are some things we plan to address soon here-after.

DETOUR v1.2
- Various bug fixes and other issues we’d like to address
- Steam Achievements!
- Unlockable Truck Themes for use in multiplayer! (Via unlocking the Steam Achievements)

And last but not least, we can not thank those enough for selflessly have laid their gameplay experiences on the line to pick up DETOUR, submit feedback, report bugs, and help make it a better experience for the entire world.

Pardon Your Dust. You’ve earned it.

The population of an endangered species is dwindling on this planet we call Earth. We humans have neglected them for far too long, and their numbers are now dying out. Fairly soon there won’t be many left at all. Yes, I speak of the ever-declining Hippy population.

Will you help us save them?

Hippy
If this isn’t a hybrid, the irony is going to be so funny or something, man.

And now, we present the eco-friendly, entirely edible and bio-degradable wallpapers, for your consumption, or lining on your natural, soy-based compost bin.
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DETOUR - 10% Off!
Now that we’ve balanced our pink-to-flower ratio of trucks, we have some news you simply must read.

DETOUR releases May 16th. That’s in like, not that many days. Purchasing DETOUR on Steam during the first week will result in knocking 10% off the price! Pick it up then! That’s like 9 bucks, instead of 10 bucks! Who else would give you a game 1 dollar off during the first week? We would. That’s who. Buy yourself a candy bar. You’ve earned it. And then buy DETOUR. You’ve earned that too.

Pardon Our Hippies!