Early Access version 125

Christmas Edition! 'Tis the season to be jolly!

This update has been released earlier than planned in light of recent abusive behaviour by certain players. To this end, automatic countermeasures are now in place and you may also report inappropriate player behaviour directly from the game itself. Anyone can report anyone else, but to prevent the system from being abused (sigh), there is an internal “reputation” algorithm that decides how important each report is. The details of this algorithm will not be made public, but suffice it to say that:

1. If you are a player of low reputation, your reports will not have any effect, especially if you are reporting high-reputation players.

2. If you abuse the reporting system by making malicious, deceptive, or inappropriate reports, you will lower your own reputation and **your own account **may be blocked or deleted.

The intention is to make this system fully automated after an initial training and calibration phase. In the meantime, all reports are manually reviewed and bans are individually approved.

In all likelihood, this will be the last major update before Early Access ends on the game’s 4th anniversary (since version 1, which was released December 15th 2018). This is what will change after Early Access:

• The startup Early Access nag screen will be removed from the game.

• New accounts will no longer receive the “Early Access” medal.

• That’s about it.

There really won’t be any more differences than that. Development will continue as usual. The immediate priority over the next two months is to release the iOS version, followed by the Android version. While this is underway, only minor additions and bugs will be fixed on the stand-alone / Steam branch.

Party like it’s 2002! is still the default in v.125, but it can be disabled through the main menu (you must restart the game to enable it again). As a reminder, this mode simulates an (approximately) authentic 2002 experience: graphics have been reduced in color and resolution, music has been replaced with era-appropriate tracks, and certain special effects have been disabled.

More information about this update can be found here: https://forum.chickeninvaders.com/t/early-access-version-125/25540