s&box

New item — HOOK: throw a hook; whoever it catches is reeled in to you
New item — HARPOON: throw a harpoon; you launch yourself to whoever it hits
New Colors pattern — Pixel: the whole floor turns into a 1×1 grid where every tile is its own color

Shop now groups skins into Standard (recolors) and Special (unique models) sections, in both the Pistol and Laser tabs
Colors endgame tightens up — with only a few players left, the safe zone shrinks so duels don't drag on
HUD item plate highlight revision: 'active' only for lingering effects; instant/placed items grey after use

SWAP item is known to be imbalanced, but it's funny too, so it stays as-is for now.

New game mode: Frenzy — free-for-all where, from round 2 on, every living player draws a fresh random item each round
New item — BARRIER: raise a wall in front of you that blocks bullets and passage until the next round
New item — SWAP: instantly swap positions with a random enemy
New item — WILDCARD: turns into a random other item the moment you use it
AFK system — players who stop moving sit out matches (AFK chip and overhead label) and rejoin the instant they move; idle players no longer drag bots into a lobby

Smarter bots — they path around gaps instead of falling in, react to real footsteps instead of always knowing where you are, can be fooled by DECOY, FLASHBANG and MUTE, respect BARRIER walls, no longer get stuck, and each has its own aim, reflexes and hearing
Scoreboard now tags HOST and BOT, and splits by team with live alive-counts in team modes
The whole HUD now hides while the shop is open
BP reward popup is cleaner — no background box
Consistent key-prompt styling across the HUD, including TAB
Killfeed polish
Movement and wind retuned — walk speed lowered and wind eased to match, so pushing against the wind stays possible
Lobby size lowered from 16 to 14 players

New game mode: Colors — each round the floor splits into colored blocks, after the showdown, every block that isn't the safe color drops away

The shop now opens on the Challenges tab, and the shop pedestal is clearly labelled
Prep screen reads better — mint-tinted text and a GAMBLE label that fits its cube
Cleaner, more consistent HUD spacing
Panels now fade out smoothly as they fall

Daily & Weekly Challenges — complete tasks in the new CHALLENGES tab (open the SHOP) to earn BP
Play Streak — play at least one match a day and get +100 BP for every 7 days in a row
Steam Achievements — from first blood to jackpots
New item: TRAP — drop a hidden mine in front of you; enemies who step on it get stunned and revealed
Gamble TRIPLE (Jackpot) — a new rare gamble result that loads your item with 3 uses

Countdown cues — 3-2-1 ticks at match start and right before the showdown freeze
Item descriptions now show automatically at the start of the first round
New temporary UI style
Showdown shots now fire from the gun muzzle, matching the laser you actually see
Smarter bots — they slide on ice like players and aim less robotically
Falling arena tiles now fade out smoothly as they drop, instead of disappearing abruptly
Item button is now disabled — greyed out and silent — while you're dead; it re-enables when you respawn next round

VEST armor now only blocks bullets — lasers, meteors and falls go right through it
Teams: the winning team no longer dies to the final floor collapse
Your voice is muted while you're typing in chat
If your opponent disconnects mid-match, your win still counts
Invisible players are no longer given away by floating clothing
Players could show up as the default character if their outfit loaded slowly — fixed
A round where everyone dies at once now ends instantly instead of waiting out the clock
The patrolling vertical laser no longer gets stuck on the last safe tile
More consistent spacing between on-screen panels (HUD polish)

Taunt — press G to play a taunt sound (10s cooldown). Muting a player now also silences their taunt
Empty servers now fill with several bots that fight each other and you
Killfeed now shows FLASHBANG and QUICKDRAW use
"Host left" notice when the host disconnects

Hazards mode — the arena turns hostile with sweeping lasers, gusts that shove you off the edge, falling meteors and ice slicks
ICE item — drop a slippery ice puddle in front of you

Players waiting in the lobby no longer freeze facing the wrong way during a showdown
Gamble (E) now works while standing next to the shop