Hey guys – just talked with Justin from EggYak and he’s offerring 50% off his gameservers tailored for AoS. He’s spent a good amount of time configuring his servers just for Ace to get the best experience possible and now you can run a pyspades server for $9.99/mo. These aren’t your grandmother’s rigs either, check out the system spec below:
This portal allows you to start right away with getting better servers out there for everyone \o/
~B
Hi guys, I just wanted to thank everyone for the awesome submissions. What the final judgement came down to was not only quality (they were all good) what best represented AoS in a snapshot. It was definitely a close call and I know I changed my vote twice but I’d like to announce the winner, our forum member, shadz, with his submission below:
Check it out on the front page!
Also have to give some honorable mentions to…
LASTofS:
TBS:
butterztoast:
snakeven0m:
And thanks to everyone who popped into IRC, Mumble, or on a gameserver to celebrate our 1 year anniversary. Here’s to another awesome year of shooting each other in the face.
Later!
B
It’s been a long time coming but weeks of testing, evaluation, and tweaks have brought us AoS Beta 0.75 – featuring new click+drag building, sprinting, deathcam, a handful of graphical tweaks and more!
Download it here!
Official Ace of Spades Beta 0.75 Download
Ace of Spades Beta 0.75 Changes:
-added click+drag building with right-click
-player sprinting added (Shift, disables autoclimb/shooting)
-new masterserver with gamemode, map, and ports
-3rd-person team deathcamera added
-spectator team added
-wave respawning spawns players with teammates
-added ejected bullet casings
-weapon specific tracer effects
-better particle effects
-no more pixelation on turning or lookin up/down
-better accuracy model (weighted toward center)
-weapons now deal different block damage
-SMG block damage reduced
-rifle block damage increased
-spade block damage increased
-spade melee damage reduced
-minor shotgun/SMG improvements
-better connection error messages
-localization fixes (fixed translations and characters converted)
-less annoying respawn beeps
-grab block color is now mappable (default key: e)
-killed heavyweight library dependencies (faster load times)
-server auto-reconnects to masterserver
Stay tuned for more updates soon!
-B
2011 was THE year for block-building games: Minecon attracted thousands of fans, Terraria sucessfully built on what Notch laid out, and Voxatron made a big splash with the Humble Indie Bundle. It was a good year for Ace too – we grabbed the 8th spot at IndieDB’s Indie of the Year Awards and got an honorable mention at TIGSource. And we’re still growing with a new peak of 1374 concurrent players just today.
However, 2012 will be no less than amazing since I’m currently working on additional features including spectator mode, artillery spotting, click+drag building, killstreaks, and more. And Mat^2 has been quietly working on a client update that should melt some faces.
Also, expect more frequent updates as I open this blog up to posts from key members, developers, and administrators of the community for news on community events, 3rd-party utilities, and mods. This will include Mat^2, StackOverflow, TheGrandmaster, and danhezee.
More news soon.
B
Ace of Spades 0.70 is out with headshot indicators, more weapon balance tweaks, 5 language translations, tracers on the map, new HUD icons, a more robust netcode, and SPADE MELEE!
Grab it here!
Official Ace of Spades Beta 0.70 Download
Ace of Spades Beta 0.70 Changes:
-spade melee!
-headshots indicated
-shotgun tracers and tweaks
-translations for German, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian
-removed enemy locations from map
-bullet tracers shown on map
-new HUD icons
-Serverlist now reports country
-better netcode for position/orientation updates
-more reload bug fixes
-better Territorial Control spawn logic
-client-side analytics implemented
Now get out there and spade some Deuces!
-Ben
Ace of Spades 0.62 is out with shotgun improvements, respawn timer, UI/map icon tweaks, and new higher quality sounds (now weighing in at a whopping 6.5mb!)
Grab it here!
Official Ace of Spades Beta 0.62 Download
Ace of Spades Beta 0.62 Changes:
-shotgun buffs
-tweaked map icons
-use team colors for player icons
-desaturate player colors (less neon)
-respawn countdown displayed
-small network protocol changes
-increased respawn time in TC
-bugfixes
-name entry has a cursor
-new audio effects
Happy Halloween :)
Hey guys, if you haven’t noticed, we’ve given the site a repaint – complete with a cool new header, color scheme, and yes – voxel digi-camo. The hazy gray look was getting tired so the new web redesign is indicative of where we’re taking the game’s look… I know I clicked the shiny download button at least 3 times.
In other news – I’ve started working with members of the community and some great devs, artists, and overall game gurus to take AoS beyond just a cool tech demo. We’re starting a studio in NYC, just SOuth of CAnal St so we aptly called ourselves SoCa Studios.
Here are the members of our team along with their role and gametags (you should recognize a few of them :)
Alex (Deuce2) – Creative director, thank him for the web redesign
Daniel (Icon) – Gameplay programmer
Dan (danhezee) – Community manager
Devin (erikdonkey) – Social / marketing director
Gary (gman) – Chief tech guy
Jamie (peri) – Smug LISP Weenie
Mat (mat^2) – Network programmer
I’ll make a tweet when we can all hop into a server at the office to do a game session with the community – a meet and greet with gunfire.
Later!
Ben
Beta 0.61 has just been released! Grab it right here…
Official Ace of Spades Beta 0.61 Download
New features include:
-New Game mode: Territorial Control
-Front-End Treatment (Splash Screen, Name Change, Download Progress, Fonts)
-New Map Icons and HUD elements
-Firing Enemies and Orientations shown on Map
-Customizable Team Names/Colors
-More accurate hit indicator
Here’s the Full Changelog
Time for another long overdue mod roundup! It’s really cool to see ramped up quality in custom content over time so here’s a few mods that stood out to me.
Custom Weapons
KillerRed9′s HQ Modern Weapon Skins
SIMOX’s SPAS-12 (in 16 variations!)
Custom Maps
Metropolis by Ki11aWi11
Utilities/Tutorials
In addition to some amazing maps, JoJoe has made some really cool tutorials and tools for the community.
JoJoe’s VoxEd Video Tutorial
JoJoe’s Blender Heightmap Editor
Castle Builder Kit!
Qubicle intro tutorial
JoJoe’s one-stop tutorial/utility thread
Mod Packs
Soap has done a kickass Medieval Mod Pack. “Princess not included”
Of course there’s plenty more custom content in the Forums. Post any other cool mods in the comments. Also, Beta 0.61 is coming along nicely – expect more news soon.
Beta 0.60 is out! Global Killfeeds, map resets, better netcode, and a fine-tuned SMG. Lock, load, and download right here!
Official Ace of Spades Beta 0.60 Download
A lot of refactoring and code cleanup work was put into this release so expect quicker updates in the future. Here’s the Full Changelog
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