Floaty Boats Updates

Recent Update: Beta 1.2


Release date: January 23, 2022

Balancing

  • Increased price of Hardened Steel equipment
  • Increased price of Smoke Poppers equipment
  • Increased price of Plated Paddles equipment

Game Changes

  • New Map!
    • Harbor - large map
  • Fixed a few bugs

Past Updates


(Beta 1.2)

Balancing

  • Increased price of Hardened Steel equipment
  • Increased price of Smoke Poppers equipment
  • Increased price of Plated Paddles equipment

Game Changes

  • New Map!
    • Port - large map
  • Fixed a few bugs
(Beta 1.1)

Release date: January 14, 2022

Game Changes

  • Can no longer reload on a full clip
  • Decreased sun glare on Cape
  • Fixed team marker staying in place after a teammate leaves
  • Fixed ‘Critical Boat Damage’ notification on Sabertooth
  • Player names can no longer be seen in the skybox
  • Overhauled 3D Crosshair
  • Increased size of 2D Cursor
(Beta 1.0)

Release date: January 7, 2022

Balancing

  • Slightly increased burst radius of 120mm
  • Slightly increased damage of 120mm
  • Slightly increased speed of the Hammerhead

Game Changes

  • Winter update removed
  • New boat! - Sabertooth
    • Class Light with a Anti-Materiel rifle with great precision
  • New boat! - Barracuda
    • Class Medium with good armor and two sets of bumpers
  • New boat! - Viperfish
    • Class Light with an automatic 47mm gun and decent armor
  • New boat! - Man O’ War
    • Class Destroyer with a heavy hitting 122mm gun
  • New main menu GUI layout
    • Left side is now populated with tabs to aid with navigation
  • Added ‘progression’ tab in main menu
    • The progression tab shows how close you are to unlocking new boats, reticles, and skins.
  • Added ‘boat skins’ tab in main menu
    • Here you can purchase boat skins with credits
    • The shop rotates daily, choosing 9 skins from a pool
  • Various GUI improvements
    • Confirm Purchase GUI now includes credit tiers underneath for easy access
    • Added a ‘killed by’ UI
    • Countless other improvements
  • Post Match Report screen overhauled
    • It now clearly displays your earned badges and stats
  • Players that played during Alpha get a chat tag
  • New gamepass - Starter Pass
    • Instantly unlocks Wahoo
    • Gives 15,000 Credits
    • Gives boat skins
    • 299 Robux
  • New gamepass - Heavy Bumpers
    • Unlocks Heavy Bumpers equipment for every boat
    • 299 Robux
  • Smokescreen poppers equipment now implemented
  • Roblox Premium members now get +50% to daily bonus rather than +10%
  • Loading screen loads significantly faster
(Alpha 0.5)

Release date: December 13, 2021

Balancing

  • Increased Hammerhead reload time
  • Increased Stingray clip size
  • Decreased Stingray reload
  • Decreased Stingray damage
  • Greatly decreased boat prices
  • Yacht Club pass now gives +20% credits (from +10%)

Game Changes

  • Winter update!
    • Maps now have a festive theme
    • New boat! (Peppermint)
      • Limited time. Unlock by collecting presents around the map.
  • If most paddles are disabled, a ‘Critical Damage’ notification appears
  • Various UI QOL improvements
  • FFA leaderboard fixed
(Alpha 0.4)

Release date: December 10, 2021

Balancing

  • Buffed turn speed of Orca

Game Changes

  • Added prompt to go to store if you don’t have enough funds
  • Added sounds for hovering over UI objects
  • Fixed Disabler cannon
  • Added randomizer gamemode
  • Added buying boats
  • Equipment now have images in the customization scnree
  • Equipped equipment will now be shown when you spawn
  • Map voting wait time has been decreased
(Alpha 0.3)

Release date: December 5, 2021

Balancing

  • Nerfed Improved Hardening equipment
  • Decreased strength of Lionfish’s paddles
  • Increased strength of Sailfish’s rear paddle
  • Decreased strength of Swordfish’s paddles

Game Changes

  • Boats now despawn when their owner leaves the game
  • Improved Optics equipment attaches a red laser to the gun
  • Fix for equipment saving issue
  • New boat! (Hammerhead)
    • Heavy with ‘Disabler’ Gun
    • The Disabler will temporarily disable enemy paddles within its range of effect
  • New map! (Cape)
  • Equipment that is incompatible with your boat will no longer be shown in customization list
  • Added boat descriptions in the customization screen
  • Less dampening applied to sniper mode (Hotfix 0.2.1)
  • Fixed crucial task related issue (Hotfix 0.2.2)
(Alpha 0.2)

Release date: December 4, 2021

Balancing

  • Slight buffs to 120mm burst radius and damage
  • Slight buff to 37mm accuracy
  • Stingray’s reload is now 15 seconds (from 20 seconds)
  • Lowered the required credits for ‘Get X Credits’ task

Game Changes

  • Adjusted melee hit registration to more accurately match what’s shown on screen
  • Added ‘Gun Disabled’ billboard gui when you disable an enemy’s gun
  • Added automatic kill mechanic, where a player will automatically be killed if their boat gets too damaged
  • Increased all daily reward tiers
  • Added a thank you message when someone purchases Yacht Club
  • Added UI click sounds
  • Leaderboard now uses display name instead of username
  • Adjusted tasks so that it is impossible to have duplicate tasks at once
  • Increased sensitivity while in sniper mode
  • Attempted to fix spawning on top of other players
(Alpha 0.1)

Release Date: December 2, 2021

  • Added shop (boosts not enabled)
  • Added more customization options
    • Multiple equipments
    • Reticles
  • New boat! (Swordfish)
    • Features a strong pike bumper
    • Similar mobility to the Sailfish
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