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What is Bombhead?
Bombhead is a round-based hot potato game where you have to run away from the bombheads. Control the map by finding powerup orbs that are scattered around the map and use them to create an effect on a tile. Dominate the competition and become a winner winner chicken dinner.

Recent Update :point_down:

Update 6 (12/22/2023) | Beta Release

Update 6 | BETA Release + QoL Changes

Recap of what we’ve added for the past 5 updates:

  • Tile Modifier Overhaul (meaning that orbs can now support multiple tiles instead of 1x1)
  • New Lobby Design! :joystick:
  • New UI Design! :computer:
  • Spawn Event System :comet:
  • Map Remakes :map:
  • New Sudden Death Scenarios :bricks: :black_square_button: :heavy_minus_sign: :fire:
  • AFK System :sleeping:
  • Abilities for Runners/Bombheads :man_running: :bomb:
  • LOADS of NEW Bombhead Skins :bomb: :sparkles:
  • Survival Gamemode :alarm_clock:
  • Console/Admin Panel Support :scroll:
  • New Icon Designs :frame_photo:
  • Tile Changes :repeat:

NEW BRANDING!!

Bombhead now has a proper typography logo and mascot (see below)

New Game Icon & Thumbnail

New Gamepasses :money_with_wings:

  • BETA introduces you 3 new gamepasses to maximize your efforts on getting your first win.
  • [299 :robux: 900 ] Starter Pack: the starter pack is a beginner’s bundle to get players familar with the game. The bundle comes with the following: 2 free abilties, super dash & fire boots, 2 bombhead skins, pidgeon and marbled, and 15,000 bomb tokens
  • [75 :robux: ] Powerup Slot Perk: the perk gains an additional powerup slot in the arena with a total of 4 tile power up slots to reserve.
  • [799 :robux: ] Remote Detonator Ability: the ability is a runner ability. It gives you an ability to detonate the bomb at anytime with a 75 second cooldown in between

New Sudden Death Scenario :fire:

  • Rising Lava has now arrived to the game. Get to the high ground before the lava melts you.
  • [30 :robux: ] X2 SPAWN: Spawn events with double ratings for even more chaos!

General Changes

  • Modified Coin Products :bombtoken:
  • Changed from 5,000 → 7,000 bomb coins
  • Tutorial is now implemented :information_source:
  • Learn the basics of how our game works
  • New Badges :beginner:
  • Badges involve completing the tutorial and joining BETA is now public
  • Alpha badge will now be given if you joined before 12/22/2023

UI Changes :computer:

  • Shop has been completely redesigned, no more side scrolling and vertical scrolling.
  • UI scale has been adjusted for compatibility and mobile devices
  • New Accessibility: Persistence Arrows :arrow_right:
  • Arrows will now track the nearest runner if you are the bombhead. This can also be disabled in settings

QOL Changes:

  • Night Mode/Dusk receives proper lightning adjustments :city_dusk: :night_with_stars:
  • Intermission adjusted from 15s -> 25s
  • Bomb cooldown has adjusted from 3s -> 1s
  • New soundtracks

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New Map

  • Desert Dunes ( @zunited )

Out-Of-Rotation Maps

  • LEGACY Desert Dunes
  • Glass Arena (replaced with The Board by @ashechan )
  • Ashlands (replaced with 4 Corners)

Map Rework

  • Crossroads
  • Hydro

New Bomb Timer Feedback :bomby:

  • The following bomb timers have been adjusted
  • 1 bomb → 15 Seconds
  • 2 bombs → 20 Seconds
  • 3 bombs → 30 seconds
  • 4 bombs → 35 Seconds

Tile Changes

  • Barrier duration time decreased 10s -> 3s
  • Subspace tile explosion radius decreased 60 studs -> 50 studs
  • Meteor radius decreased 50 studs -> 40 studs
  • Slow tile slowness duration changed 2s -> 1s
  • Fire tile damage tick decreased 10 dmg -> 7 dmg

Archived Logs :point_down:

Update 1 (06/16/2023) | Alpha Release

Update #1 (Tile Modifier Overhaul)

General:

:star: Changes:

Introducing the tile modifier overhaul! The tile modifiers now support different grid sizes, meaning that some orbs will allow you to place on several tiles instead of only one. Here are the changes that we’ve made below:

  • Ice Tile (1x1 placement → 2x2 placement)
  • Lava Tile (2 dmg → 5 dmg ticks per landing)
  • Slow Tile (1x1 placement → 1x3 placement)
  • Spinner Tile (1x1 placement → 3x3 placement & spins a lot faster)
  • Graveyard Tile (1x1 placement → 2x2 placement & zombie count per tile decreased from 2-4 to 1-3)
  • Barrier Tile (1x1 placement → 3x1 placement & wall height expanded by 5 studs)

For more info read the list of checklists here: Trello

Fixes:

  • Fixed lava bounce revisions (now everyone goes at the same altitude)
  • Fixed issue where purchasing daily items does not allow you to purchase with discounted price
  • Fixed issue where orbs go out of bounds
  • Fixed announcement overlapping
  • Fixed map issues where people were stuck inside wedges
Update 2 (09/03/2023) | Spawn Events

Update #2 (Tile Modifier Overhaul)

:star: Spawn Events System:

We realized players can get bored after they’ve been eliminated and we love to add extra chaos so we created an event system! In exchange for some coins you can spawn one of several events into the battlefield. The events available now are:

  1. Meteor Shower - Spawn three meteors to fall into the battlefield.
  2. Tile Destroyer - Destroy three random tiles from the map.
  3. Rise from the Dead - Summon five zombie tiles from the grave to harass everyone!

General:

  • NEW Lobby.
  • NEW UI.
  • 6 new maps have been added: Hydro, Mad Bloxxer, Excavation, Battle Board, RMP Hill, and Arch Bridge V2.
  • The Desert Dunes map has been removed from the rotation.
  • The bomb factory has received a major expansion.
  • Bug fixes.
Update 3 (09/16/2023) | Quality of Life Changes

Update #3 (QoL Adjustments)

New Features:

Sudden Death System Expansion: Two new sudden death scenarios to spice things up. 1) Meteors: Classic everyone knows this one.
2) :new: Tile Destruction: Removes tiles from the map until only one remains.
3) :new: Chaotic Walls: Spawns barrier and trap tiles onto the map attempting to stop players from moving freely.

General Changes:

  • AFK System (heavily requested): You can turn this setting on in case you need to step away and don’t want to join the round.
  • 22 new skins to purchase!

Tile Changes:

  • Trap Tile
  • Wall speed decreased: 3s → 0.5s
  • Tile duration deceased 15s → 3s between versions 2.0 and 2.5.
  • Barrier Tile:
  • Wall speed decreased 3s → 0.5s
  • Graveyard Tile: Zombies now have a set ownership when you spawn zombies in with a graveyard orb The zombie lifetime has been adjusted to 15 seconds
  • Subspace Tripmine:
  • Flags are indicated on the tiles to let you know where the trip mines are

Map Changes

  • 2 New Maps: Trenches V2 & Rooftop V2
  • Desert Dune is back in rotation
  • Excavation now supports wedge tiles (first map to experiment with wedges tile support)
  • Old maps that have been remade have now been renamed to LEGACY Map Name We’ll be experimenting with a limited quantity map rotation. Since we have a total of 32 maps, we’ll be having 15 maps to have the maps pop up in the rotation more. The following maps is now out of the rotation for this update:
  • 1 TILE 4 Corners
  • 4 Tiles
  • V1 Fire Plains
  • Glass Arena
  • Hole of Doom
  • Magma Mountain
  • Monopoly Board
  • Ordinary Island
  • Plate of Fate & Plate of Fate FULL
  • LEGACY Rooftop
  • LEGACY Trenches
  • LEGACY Arch Bridge
  • The Board
Update 4 (09/30/2023) | Abilities

Update 4 | Abilities!

New Features

  • New Voicelines for sudden death events & results
  • Experimental voicelines for maps (only rocket arena has it)
  • Added statistics for events purchased
  • :star: Abilities:
  • Abilities have arrived and they give you either an active or a passive ability to try out in-game. Details about the abilities:

:running_man: Runner Abilities

  • :telescope: Range Intel
  • Allows you to place tiles from any distance (you can be the ultimate hater with this ability)
  • :ring: Invisible Ring
  • Camouflages you from the bombhead’s radar system.
  • :shield: Vitality
  • Gives you an additional 50 HP (150 total)

:bomb: Bombhead Abilitites

  • :broken_heart: Second Life
  • Grants you a second life after being exploded at the cost of having a 100% chance of getting the bomb next wave.
  • :fish_cake: Teleport
  • Teleports you to a random tile after passing the bomb at the cost of a 5 second slowness debuff
  • :athletic_shoe: Super Dash
  • If a target is close enough it will move you towards the nearest one, otherwise it launches you forward

New Maps

  • Imagination by @zunited
  • Woodchuck by @zunited
  • Ashlands by @zunited
  • Baseplate 2, experimenting with bigger tiles on a 5x5 arena

Archived Maps

  • LEGACY Woodchuck
  • Fire Plains
  • Medieval Times

New Bombhead Skins

  • Pirate Juice
  • Golden Pirate Juice
  • Chessboard
  • Ramen Bowl
  • Fine China Bowl
  • Sir Pwnslot
  • Golden Sir Pwnslot
  • Sour Head
  • Hampter
  • Blue Clownfish
  • Hex Fishes

QOL Fixes

  • Fixed Interface Persistence Issue
  • Fixed issues with the tile destroyer
  • Fixed overlay issues
  • Fixed ability feedbacks
Update 5 (10/14/2023) | Halloween Update

Update 5 | Survival Mode & Admin Console

Features

:clock1030: New Gamemode: Survival Mode

  • Survive against the system as powerups are randomly being placed into the tiles while also escorting the bomb towards the almighty Hampter. This gamemode will only work if theres less than 3 players in the lobby.

New Ability

  • :fire: :boot: Fire Boots [Starter Ability]
  • Takes half the amount of damage when touching lava

:ghost: Spooky Lobby

  • The lobby has been revamped for the Halloween season

Console

  • Implemented the console for future uses. This includes the ability to modify server mutatorsand changing maps (old & new). This will be updated more as we go/ (if any youtuber/content creator wants to use this feature, let me or @rile_ey know)

*Some new icons designed by @galacticlemons

Powerup Changes

  • Barrier Powerup :black_square_button:
  • Now has the same height as trap powerup (10 -> 30 studs high)
  • Spinner Tile :o:
  • Spinner now has a max size when placing down spinners onto big tiles
  • Grave Tile
  • Zombie’s damage has been reduced 25 -> 10 DMG

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