s&box

0.48.0

27 September 2026

Areas

38 changes in this update

Maps

ROTOR – a new 2v2 map: three rotors sweep the floor; jump the low yellow arms and duck under the high red one, or get flung
GLASSHOUSE – a new 2v2 map: walls of glass you can see through but can't walk or shoot through until you break them
GLASSHOUSE glass – any shot, punch, saw blade, crystal or explosion smashes a pane, and every pane comes back at the start of each round
FAULTLINE – a new 1v1 map: a fault floored with stone tiles that crack when you stand on them and drop you into the pit; run across and they fall behind you, and ramps lead back up
New map models – rotors, glass panes and their broken frames, planters, crumbling stone tiles and rocks, all made in Blender
New map sounds – smashing glass, rotor arms hitting, tiles cracking and falling

Weapons

FRACTURE CANNON – a new crystal cannon: it fires a glowing crystal you can watch fly, and a direct hit does 50
FRACTURE CANNON shatter – a crystal that hits a wall, floor or cover shatters into fragments that cut anyone near the break, up to 25; walls keep you safe and your own fragments never hurt you
FRACTURE CANNON action – six crystals in a see-through canister; every shot drives one out with a cyan flash, the cage spins and the next slides in, and the last shot locks the charging handle back
FRACTURE CANNON reload – your left hand swaps the canister, and from empty pulls the charging handle; pick it in Match Options, find it on spawn pads, or roundbreak.give fracture
Arc Lance sight – hold right-click to aim down the Arc Lance's optic at a glowing blue reticle, zoomed in and held steady

Lobbies

Lobby slots – in a lobby you host, + ADD SLOT adds a seat, up to four a side
Add AI – + AI on an open seat puts Roundbot in it, in multiplayer lobbies too; the x takes a seat or a Roundbot away
Team switching – click ONE or TWO beside any player to move them to the other team; uneven teams like 2v1 are fine
Private lobbies – Create Lobby asks public or private; a private lobby is hidden from the list and only your Steam friends can join
Lobby list – shows each lobby's real format and how many seats are left

Maps

Roundbot on the new maps – jumps the low rotor arms, ducks the high one, and shoots out glass it can see you through
Map picker – the new maps' cards show their rotors, glass and crumbling floor

Weapons

Arc Lance – a new model made in Blender: a light-grey laser rifle with a glowing core, a spinning coil and an optic on top; same name, cell, fire rate and damage
Arc Lance reload – your left hand swaps the cell, and from empty pulls the priming lever; the core draws back and the window goes dark when it's empty
Fracture Cannon – now held straight in first person instead of turned in and tilted

Lobbies

Create Lobby – every lobby starts as a 1v1 and you add players, AI and teams inside it
Free for all – now the FORMAT setting in Match Options
Playing alone with AI – the pause menu freezes the game and you can change Roundbot's difficulty mid-match
Match Options – the Roundbot difficulty option shows whenever a Roundbot is in the lobby
Lobby screen – tightens up with more than four players so everything still fits
Map picker – the PICKED tag is now a badge on the corner of the map's picture

Lobbies

AI Practice Match – gone from the menu: create a lobby and put AI in its open slots instead
Create Lobby format choice – the solo, teams and free-for-all buttons are gone; set these inside the lobby
Medals with bots – a match with a Roundbot in it earns no medals, as AI practice never did

Maps

Rotor arms – a low arm can't be jumped close to its hub
New maps – breaking glass and falling tiles have only been tested with one player so far

Weapons

Fracture Cannon – the crystal takes a moment to arrive, so lead a moving target
Third person – the Fracture Cannon's canister and the Arc Lance's cell change without the left hand
Arc Lance – at the hip the end of its buffer tube is cut off at the right of the view; aiming down the sight in third person switches to first person

Lobbies

Private lobbies – friends join through Steam, there's no invite button in the game yet
Lobby slots – seats can only be changed in the lobby, never mid-match or in ranked; free-for-all stays at three players

3 New Maps, Lobby Slots and the Fracture Cannon