Incoming transmission: the Bright Future Midseason Update has landed!
Our midseason updates often include a new Super Animal breed or two, but this time the Lab Labs may have gone a bit overboard. The update includes a new Starter Pack, 9 new Super Animal breeds, Discord integration, cosmetic previews, shop items, fixes, and more.
Highlights
- The new Alien Overlord Starter Pack has arrived, featuring the Super Alien Wolf, the Alien Overlord Robe, Alien Overlord Crown, 600 SAW Tickets and a bonus early unlock of the Super Wolf if you don’t have it. Galactic conquest sold separately.
- 9 new Super Animal breeds are now available in the Research Lab, including the Super Maine Coon, Super Alien Raven, Super Wolverine, and more.
- You can now link Super Animal Royale with Discord in the Steam version of SAR to see your Discord friends list in-game and send them crossplay party invites straight to the Discord client.
- The SAW Shop now has cosmetic previews, and we’ve updated 50+ existing cosmetics with new and improved sounds.
- Tutorial skip: New players can now skip the Super Animal World intro sequence if they want to get into the action with friends faster (although we still recommend playing it).
- More quality of life, additions and fixes.
You can check out the short video version of the highlights on YouTube, or keep reading below for the full supply drop.
Alien Overlord Starter Pack
For the first time in a midseason update, we’re releasing a new Starter Pack! The Super Alien Wolf is fresh out of the Research Lab and ready to conquer the entire galaxy, starting with Super Animal World. Definitely the galaxy eventually, though.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4610650/Super_Animal_Royale_Alien_Overlord_Starter_Pack/
The Alien Overlord Starter Pack includes:
- Super Alien Wolf
- Alien Overlord Robe
- Alien Overlord Crown
- 600 SAW Tickets
- Bonus: Super Wolf early unlock (if you don’t already own it)
The Alien Overlord Starter Pack will be available alongside the Bright Future Starter Pack for the rest of the Bright Future season.
We’re planning to make cosmetics from past Starter Packs available again in the future too, but Starter Packs will remain the best-value way to pick them up during their original run.
9 New Super Animal Breeds
The Super Alien Wolf wasn’t the only creature to escape the Labs this update: 9 new Super Animal breeds are now available to unlock!
- Super Maine Coon (Super Cat - Level 1), suggested by cherry_lollipop
- Super Black and Tan Shiba Inu (Super Dog - Level 1)
- Super Black Poodle (Super Dog - Level 1)
- Super Canada Goose (Super Duck - Level 10), suggested by Leon13639
- Super Siamese Mouse (Super Rat - Level 20), suggested by Shaz
- Super Squirrel Monkey (Super Monkey - Level 20)
- Super Alien Raven (Super Raven - Level 40), suggested by ilovebts7752
- Super Wolverine (Super Badger - Level 60)
- Super Peahen (Super Peacock - Level 70)
A huge thanks to everyone in our Discord who shared breed suggestions, including the community members credited above. Also, if you saw the Super Wolverine briefly escape confinement earlier this month: no you didn’t, bub.
New Features
Discord Integration
The Steam version of Super Animal Royale can now be optionally linked with Discord! Once you sign in, you can view your Discord friends list in-game and send crossplay party invites through the Discord client.
Veteran Super Animals may remember we had a similar feature back in the day, so we’re excited to bring it back in a new form. We’re planning to keep building on this integration too, so let us know if you run into any issues or have feedback!
Note: Discord invites require activity status sharing to be enabled in the Discord client. If invites aren’t appearing, check your Discord Activity Privacy settings.
Cosmetic Previews + New Sounds
The SAW Shop now has cosmetic previews, so you can check out an item’s sounds and visual effects before purchasing it.
We’ve also added new custom sounds for 50+ existing SAW Shop cosmetics, giving many items you may already own a bit more character and personality. A lot of care went into these, so try out some old favorites and give them a listen!
Tutorial Skip
New players can now skip the Super Animal World intro sequence if they want to jump straight into the action. We still recommend experiencing it, since it’s more than just a tutorial: it introduces the world, characters, and storylines that future quests will build on. For anyone just looking to join their friends faster though, it’s now an option.
This feature is rolling out first on Steam for PC/Mac players, and will arrive on consoles in a later update.
Other Quality of Life Improvements
We’ve also made a fresh batch of quality of life improvements and behind the scenes updates:
- Updated the game’s engine from Unity 2019 to Unity 2021. This under the hood upgrade helps support features like the new Discord integration, modernizes the game’s technical foundation, and may bring small stability or performance improvements in some cases. The game should otherwise feel the same!
- The Mac version is now an Intel and Apple silicon build. Some users might find that their local settings have reset, so be sure to check if you use this version.
- Ambient music has been added for the Hamsterball Stadium.
- Friends in the Social screen now show the platform icon on the right side.
- Renamed "Additional Info" in settings to "Extras."
- Updated the floor grid design under the character on some BananOS screens.
- After winning a match, your next Social Hub join will send you to Victory Island. If your next match is a loss, you’ll now be sent to the Welcome Center instead, but you can still return to Victory Island for the rest of the day between wins. This keeps Victory Island focused on celebrating wins, while the Welcome Center remains the main Social Hub gathering spot.
Changes rolling out today on PC/Mac first, with consoles to follow in a future patch:
- Added a Super Animal unlock animation in MTN Research Labs, similar to the old main menu tanks.
- Milestone category buttons now show markers when they contain unclaimed items.
- Talking to Carl when visiting the shop now automatically scrolls to Carl’s Cart. Clicking shop categories also has a new animated transition between sections.
- On the Customize and Emotes screens, the "None" option will now remain present while searching.
- Hid the [Esc] prompt on the HUD for Steam Deck.
New in the SAW Shop
Thomas’s Apprentice Bundle
Sledison is always looking for more helpers in his workshop! He seems to go through them pretty quickly for some reason, but the good news is that aspiring new apprentices now have plenty of gear in stock.
The bundle includes:
- Thomas’s Apprentice Outfit
- Thomas’s Apprentice Hat
- Pliers
Cyber Weapons Bundle
Bring a sleek, high-tech edge to your loadout with the new Cyber Weapons Bundle.
The bundle includes:
- Cyber Pistol
- Cyber Hunting Rifle
- Cyber AK
- Cyber Shotgun
Bright Future Midseason Items
Ms. Macawsome has also stocked new cyber gear, retro sci-fi outfits, and the new Robot Dance emote:
- Cyber Tactical Outfit
- Cyber Glasses
- Super Simian Space Outfit
- Purple Galactic Dress
- Blue Galactic Outfit
- Robot Dance emote
New in Carl’s Cart
Super Space Simian Cosmetics
Carl has also stocked his cart with new retro-future styles, and these Super Apes have taken a suspiciously strong liking to them.
- Tan Space Simian Outfit
- Blue Space Simian Uniform
- Green Space Simian Robe
- Green Space Simian Uniform
Bug Fixes
And of course, we’ve been hard at work smashing bugs. Don’t worry, not the cute catchable kind. We would never.
- Fixed skunk bombs from Banan Altars appearing with a white outline.
- Fixed an issue where your status in SAR Friends would not load correctly, causing players set to invisible to appear online next session.
- Fixed friend statuses not updating after reconnecting to SAR friends.
- Fixed game mode music playing indefinitely after canceling auto-accept as a non-host.
- Updated Rabbita's photo for "The Gift of Gab" quest to fix some continuity errors.
- Fixed two broken bug spawns at Pete’s Swamp and the farm.
- Fixed bananas thrown at Banan Altars causing invisible interactions for the Banana Forker.
- Fixed players spawning outside of the end-of-world MTN station.
- Fixed the "Grand Theft Emu" quest completing with just one player in Solos. To account for the extra difficulty, the allowed time for stealing has been increased.
- Fixed a bug where being killed in the Bwoking Dead mid-zipline while infected would leave you downed as a zombie.
Fixes rolling out today on PC/Mac first, with consoles to follow in a future patch:
- Fixed the Friends tab sometimes not showing the "JOIN SOCIAL HUB" button.
- The racing end screen will now automatically hide when talking to an NPC.
- Fixed an issue where buying and equipping shop or Animal Pass items would not play custom melee or gun skin sounds unless you swapped skins at the MTN.
- Fixed a bug where unlocking multiple weapon skins would only show new item markers on one skin at a time in the Customize tab.
- Fixed “new item” spam when installing SAR on a different device.
- Fixed a bug where changing your Super Animal preset and then researching a new Super Animal would cause your previous preset outfit to be copied onto the current one.
- Fixed a bug where canceling a Super Animal unlock in the Research Lab while using a controller would select the wrong Super Animal.
- Fixed a bug where quests that track numbers with decimal points (such as “Walk 5km”) would incorrectly appear as completed on the HUD before they were actually completed.
- Decreased the sorting order of bananas by 1 SAU, since they would sometimes appear over small walls like the ones at Hamsterball Stadium.
- Cleaned up a few unused/old menus and images that were still in the game, saving a few MB on game size.
- The Featured Weapon timer now switches from days and hours to hours and minutes when the remaining time is short.
What’s next?
We’re already hard at work on v2.2, including improvements shaped by your feedback from Super Animal World’s launch and the recent SAW vs Rebellion discussion here on Steam.
We’re not ready to share the full rundown just yet, but your comments have been genuinely helpful as we prioritize what comes next. Thanks as always for taking the time to let us know what’s working, what isn’t, and what you’d like to see next.
Keep letting us know your thoughts in the comments!
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That’s all for the Bright Future Midseason Update! We hope you enjoy the new breeds, fresh cosmetics, and quality of life improvements. See you on the island, Super Animals!
