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VOL. 01

OFFICIAL LONETREE NEWS ARCHIVE

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2015-04-03

GRAB YOUR HOLSTERS! 'CAUSE SECRET PONCHOS IS BACK ON EARLY ACCESS!

 
The Switchblade Monkeys team is happy to announce that we’re charging full force into PC development with you, our Early Access community! We’re jump starting the process with a huge update to Secret Ponchos that we've been working on behind the scenes, and it launches this Saturday! 
 
We want to thank you for your patience while we’ve been focused on getting the PS4 version launched. We are a super small team and we needed to apply all of our energy to meeting that challenging deliverable, so your patience helped us out a lot. Now that our attention is back on driving towards the exciting PC launch, we want to give the PC community something special. Rather than just doing a straight port, we are excited to go full out with an enhanced version of Secret Ponchos for the PC and to use Early Access as a launching ground for new features and content!
 
 

WHAT'S BEING UPDATED SATURDAY?

 

All the fixes from the PS4 version

 
This Secret Ponchos patch dropping Saturday has over 500 fixes to gameplay mechanics and balancing, and includes a ton of new features that went into getting the PS4 game where it is today. It even has two new maps!
 

 

New experimental PC development!

 
In addition to PS4 parity, (aside from DLC content which will not be present until PC launch) we've been developing an expanded feature set for Secret Ponchos on PC. This version will showcase features that are still in development which we think is the perfect treat (and challenge) for our Early Access supporters. With your help we can perfect these new features to take the game to the next level!
 
The Monkeys have big plans for adding bold new features over the course of the next few weeks. To start things off, we want to send an invitation to our community to participate with us in our very special “Update Launch” Twitch stream.
 

 

Secret Ponchos Saturdays!

 
We are taking a different approach with Early Access by giving our community a direct, real-time communication pathway to the development team. Each Saturday will be "Secret Ponchos Saturday" when we roll out a new patch with weekly fixes and highlight new features in development. These patches will kick off with a weekly Twitch stream. Our goal with the stream is to introduce the new content, and to have the opportunity for open discussion with you, our community, about the patches.
 

SEE YOU SATURDAY!

 
Thanks again for your patience. It’s time to get the community back together! The Switchblade Monkeys team is very excited to be back sharing the saddle with our Early Access community for the truly iterative development that Early Access is perfect for as we push towards the enhanced PC version of this wild shooter we’ve built together. To participate, simply fire up Secret Ponchos on Saturday (it will update through Steam automatically) and join us in our stream to let us know what you think.
 
Details:
Saturday, April 104
10:30 AM PST / 1:30 PM EST
Twitch.tv/secretponchos