Flicker Update Log
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June 16, 2025 - 4.3.1
4.3.1
- Various UI fixes on mobile devices
- Fixed scaling issues with the Avatar Editor, Shop, and Inventory on mobile
- Fixed issue where some Avatar Editor shop tabs were not accessible on mobile
- Fixed issue where x10 Scrolls were not accessible on mobile
- Fixed issue where some UI would overlap the Play/Change Gamemode buttons on mobile
- Removed “Add to Journal” button on Ambusher clues
- Fixed issue where outfits could not be created or overwritten in the Avatar Editor
- Increased the amount of purchasable extra Character slots from 3 to 7
- Fixed issue where lobby UI scale would not properly update on first join
- Fixed issue where “/” would appear in the post-game chat box when pressing /
June 14, 2025 - 4.3
- New Voice Chat Servers!
If your account has voice chat enabled, open the “Select Gamemode” menu and join the Voice Chat lobby to queue up in voice chat enabled rounds.
- Voice Chat is only available with custom characters with the Standard role list.
- New Evil Role: The Ambusher!
Added a new Evil role that has a 100% chance of appearing in full rounds (15 players)
- The Ambusher chooses a player to watch each night.
- If any Good players use their abilities on the watched player that night, the Ambusher will attack one at random.
- Any players, Good or Evil, who use their ability on the watched player that night, and regardless if they die or not, will learn the Ambusher’s name.
- Revamped Avatar Editor!
We’ve released the first phase of our custom character overhaul, first focusing on the avatar editor interface.
- We’ve moved shopping for cosmetic items into the avatar editor directly, allowing you to try on, shop, and equip items in the same place.
- Owners of the Extra Skin Tones gamepass now have access to a full color wheel for skin tones.
- New Settings Menu!
You can now toggle whether your x2 Role gamepasses are applied from within the new settings menu. - New Round End Screen!
The cutscene at the end of each round has been enhanced with a new menu on the left of the screen.
- You can now more easily see each player, their role, their cause of death, and more from the end screen.
- Chat is also now enabled in the end screen, too!
April 1, 2025 - 4.2.6
- April fools! These changes will only last for one day.
- All players are now flipped upside down during every round!
- Players who are voted out are now removed from the game with a boom.
- The classic Roblox Guests have appeared as characters in Anonymous mode! They are guaranteed to appear in all Anonymous mode games for the day.
Older updates
2024
April 1, 2024 - 4.3.5
- April fools! Chlorine’s distant cousin, Gillbert, is visiting for the day!
- He is guaranteed to appear in all Anonymous mode games for the day.
- Fixed bug caused by previous patch to ghost character audio where footsteps would play indefinitely
- Updated in-game chat to new Roblox chat system
- Ghost’s chat bubbles are now inverted with a dark background and light text
March 30, 2024 - 4.2.4
- Players in Belgium and the Netherlands can now play the game again
- Players in these regions will be unable to purchase Boxes and Crates due to local regulations
- Shop tabs load faster if you try to scroll quickly after switching tabs
- Ghosts no longer make walking or jumping sounds
2023
November 3, 2023 - 4.2.3
- Death cutscenes will no longer hide your journal or the send note screen
- Reduced the amount of time the server will wait for players to teleport from 45 seconds to 35 seconds
- Reduced the aount of map voting time from 25 seconds to 15 seconds
- Added more sound effects to map objects (e.g. fireplace in House, fire pits in Woods, and more for you to find)
- Slightly modified role assignment algorithm for roles that require multiple players (e.g. Twin)
- Previously, in rounds with exactly 8 players, there could either be a Muffin Man + Clown or two Twins
- Now, in rounds with exactly 8 players, there can either be a Muffin Man + Clown or Survivor + Clown
- This has no impact on rounds with more than 8 players
- Fixed bug that caused dragging journals/notes to desync from mouse cursor on most screen resolutions
October 31, 2023 - 4.2.2
- Male and female anonymous characters will now use he/him and she/her pronouns respectively in dialogue
- This does not yet extend to Custom mode, but this is a first step towards this in the future
- Fixed deleted clothing on some Anonymous characters: Jean-Claude, Mateo, Arielle, and Tamia
- Added a toilet death scene to Area 8 by popular demand
- Death scenes that are in water on the Woods map now float
- Added a lantern to some death scenes on the Woods map that were dark before
October 30, 2023 - 4.2.1
- Added sound effects for lights flickering, commotion, and a heartbeat effect
- We are working on re-adding music
- The chat bar will no longer disappear during death cutscenes
- Death cutscenes will no longer show for players who left the game if they did not have a journal
- Moved around some of the poses in the round end cutscene to fix potential nametag obscuring
- Added a lantern to the roof of the Homestead map to make it easier to see
- If a Medic successfully heals an attacked target, they will receive a notification letting them know their heal was a success
June 16, 2023 - 4.2
- Revamped all of the in-round UI
- Made multiple quality of life changes to the Player List
- Player names are now in a random order
- The “Graveyard” tab shows a list of dead players and their journals
- There is now a timer while voting or using an ability
- You can now switch your selection before the timer runs out
- Added a Role List tab that shows all possible roles in the given round
- This does not show exactly what roles are in the round, but says “Medic or Savior” for example
- Journals and Notes have been redesigned
- Note maximum length has been shortened to 150 characters
- Notes can only be sent once every 10 seconds
- Journal maximum length has been increased to 1,024 characters
- Journals and notes now stack if you open or receive multiple at once
- Journals and notes are now draggable around the screen (click and hold on top part to drag)
- Journals will scroll if they are too long to display on the screen rather than getting smaller
- SFX has been added for journals and notes
- Revamped the loading screen that displays between teleporting to a round or the lobby
- The loading screen now shows tips that may be helpful for new players!
- Added an on-screen message when you die or are voted out
- Fixed bug that caused a player’s Roblox avatar to bleed through their in-game character in some cases
- This unfortunately does not fully fix some items not loading, we’re investigating this
May 25, 2023 - 4.1.7
- Modified the dialogue that appears at the beginning of each round
- Slightly sped up some other parts of the dialogue
- Fixed some minor build issues in the House map
May 6, 2023 - 4.1.6
- Fixed bug that prevented players who previously had the Jane overalls in their inventory from equipping some items
- Fixed bug that caused gamepasses to not load properly for some people (finally!)
- Fixed bug that allowed users to edit text in the Art Gallery and Area 8 maps (these edits were client-sided)
- Fixed bug that caused Detective to not receive clues when there were enough players to generate one
- Role names, player names, and role results will no longer be auto-translated by Roblox
April 12, 2023 - 4.1.5
- We’re celebrating our 500k likes milestone! Added a limited-time code.
April 1, 2023 - 4.1.4c
April Fools!
- All characters in all modes are now adorned with a Banana Suit for the day.
- Natalia, Jian, and Aadiv have made a return in Anonymous mode for the day.
March 14, 2023 - 4.1.4b
- Removed Jane, Alec, and Adora from Anonymous mode
- Removed Evan and Lucas from Classic mode
2022
December 25, 2022 - 4.1.4
- Attempted to fix the gamepass bug that prevented some gamepass perks from applying consistently
- Players are no longer allowed to vote for themselves
- Clarified some abilities and behaviors in the role intro screen and top right UI display for Scout and Spy
- Detective clues will be generated more consistently
- Slightly modified the dialogue to remove unnecessary lines
July 25, 2022 - 4.1.3
- Removed Cactus, Nave, and Cash from Anonymous mode
- Renamed Kim-ly to Kim-Ly to better represent how Vietnamese names are traditionally capitalized
- Added a wall to block players from going behind the counter in the main area of the Hospital map, by popular demand
July 9, 2022 - 4.1.2
- Fixed bug that was causing the game not to run
- The filing cabinets in the Hospital map can no longer be walked inside of
- Added role colors for the end-game cutscene
- Fixed bug that was causing the wrong character type to be assigned in Anonymous mode
June 25, 2022 - 4.1.1
- Added filter previews for journals and notes
- Journals and notes now keep their line breaks if they are filtered
- Fixed a bug that prevented journals from displaying for players who leave the game mid-round
- Fixed a bug where players who leave during the loading phase are still counted towards the player count
- Enabled the new bubble chat
* This update is the first update to use the newest versioning system, where numbers are used for minor updates instead of letters
2021
May 25, 2021 - 4.1b
- Fixed bug where all scrolls for a particular role (equipped or not) would get removed when you get that role
- Fixed bug which caused outfit popup to show behind editor buttons on tablets and narrow displays
- Fixed bug which caused mouse to get stuck when zooming in all the way with a frame open
May 8, 2021 - 4.1
- You can now claim one free shirt, one free pants, and one free hair (limited to 800 coins hair only)
- Added Twitter Codes, which can be found on Twitter and other social media.
April 27, 2021 - 4.0a3
- Fixed bug that made some UI elements appear out of order (missed them last time)
- Fixed bug where designer credit would not open in the shop
- Retired Natalia, Jian, and Aadiv from Anonymous mode
- Restored Annie’s previous hair in Anonymous mode
- Attempted to fix characters from other genders being assigned in Anonymous mode
April 26, 2021 - 4.0a2
- Reduced waiting time at the start of the round from 100 seconds to 60 seconds
- Disabled admin commands that were left in from testing accidentally
- Fixed bug that caused the incorrect gender to be assigned in Anonymous mode
- Fixed bug that caused coins to not be rewarded after being voted out
- Fixed bug that caused queue to get stuck and prevent new rounds from starting
- Fixed bug that caused some frame headers to not appear in the lobby
- Fixed bug that made some UI elements appear out of order
April 25, 2021 - 4.0a
- Separated gamemodes into separate servers to make the queue faster
- Added a new city themed lobby!
- Added a new gamemode: “Flicker”!
- This is the standard gamemode, and it allows custom characters.
- The pre-set characters can still be played in Anonymous mode.
- Anonymous mode: Added a Non-Binary character category to replace the LGBT+ category.
- Anonymous mode: Added 10+ new characters!
- Added coins that can be earned by purchasing them with Robux or by playing rounds. They can be used to purchase different items in the shop.
- Added scrolls that can be purchased with coins to increase your chances of rolling a particular role.
- Added crates and boxes that can be purchased to get new faces and accessories for your avatar.
- Added clothing, hair, outfits, and more that can be purchased directly with coins and worn in the avatar editor.
- Added an avatar editor to equip and modify your custom character!
- Added two new gamepasses: +3 Hats and Extra Skin Tones, both of which unlock extra character customization in the lobby.
2020
November 28, 2020 - 3.3a3
- Fixed a bug which prevented the Assassin and Clown from killing Twins
- Added new Woods ambient sounds
- Replaced deleted character clothing for Qasim, Nave, and Nikolai
November 19, 2020 - 3.3a2
- Fixed a bug that allowed exploiters to vote or use night ability multiple times
- Fixed a bug that was causing all users to receive the Nitro Booster tag in the lobby
November 3, 2020 - 3.3a
- Removed Halloween update
October 21, 2020 - 3.3
- Added the Clown role
- The clown can kill someone with unstoppable force if they are voted out!
- Their ability is void if they are killed by another player.
- Added the Pumpkin Man role
- Similar to Muffin Man, but delivers pumpkins instead
- Added Halloween decorations to the lobby
- Fixed image positions on UI buttons in-game
September 3, 2020 - 3.2b2
- Disabled heartbeat sounds due to copyright issue
- Removed Promise (Reprise) by request of the song composer
August 11, 2020 - 3.1b
- Removed many death scenes by request of Roblox staff
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