We’re now in the final stretch of Charlie Murder free with Games with Gold. The patch is out! Hooray! Everyone can get their last Achievement and merch is half off still! Sweet!
That Lag
We see all of your complaints and concerns about the online play. The desync issue is no good, and it probably pains us more than it annoys you. It’s something we’ll tackle, in one form or another, but it won’t be easy, and it won’t be soon. The game’s far more complex than ZP2KX, our next-best effort at networking (also not perfect), and XBLA has much more rigid networking restrictions that we have to prioritize (for instance, running–poorly or not–on low, low bandwidth is a must). Then there’s XNA: Charlie Murder is an XNA game, and XNA has limitations. We loved the heck out of XNA, but XNA was abandoned by Microsoft well before Charlie released, and the latest official release had more than zero networking bugs that we must live with. At the end of the day, there are a lot of issues, and we feel really, really bad. We hope you love the local play, maybe you can tolerate the online play, and many thanks, as always, for your ongoing support.
Streaming with Ska Studios
We’ll be streaming officially again today for our second time ever! This time the recording option on Twitch should be working so you can see the stream later if you missed it or just want to watch us awkwardly talk and work for about an hour. Check us out on our Twitch channel at about noon Pacific Time!
Coupons!
With the end of month and Charlie on Games with Gold coming to a close, the 50% off code for our merch will also be expiring soon. Get on that coupon code train and get your merch while it’s half off! Just use “JUNESKA50” at checkout. Also, don’t forget that gorgeous Ska Studios key chain comes with every order this month! Many good deals! Wow!
Will Survival Crisis ever make a comeback on PC?
Plus I bought the game once it was out…too excited to like actually get the demo. It was so fucking hype I got it once it was released and I played offline for a bit but I didnt finish the game…went online and played with my 2 new best friends or my bandmates hehe and we beat the game together on all difficulties…so much fun and hype so thanks Ska
I can honestly say that I dont rly care for the lag…it doesnt happen alot with me anyway. Charlie Murder is a fucking awesomesauce game and will stay an awesomesauce game for me. I thank you for making it Ska.
Best time to port Charlie Murder to PC! You can do it! 🙂
For the record Ska, I actually bought this game instead of getting it for free with Xbox Live Gold. How was I supposed to know you can’t subscribe to gold with an MS point card? I totally wanted this game so yeah I bought it. Totally worth it. You guys are great indie devs. Hope to see your work on the Xbox One!
I think it’s finally time I retired this game. The multiplayer, while improved aesthetically, has been completely destroyed by people with modded gear. Online is a laughing stock anymore. Can’t join a single game without some noob with brightly colored rippers and matching modded clothing coming in, exploiting his infinite Anar-chi, infinite strength, super-speed, auto-self-revival, and lately the worst offence and this really pissed me off, the ability to DASHBOARD PEOPLE! It’s unplayable, and inexcusable for a game to be this way. It’s all because of Modio. I hate Modio. I hate every single stupid little kid with modded gear. I hate every single person in this game who has defaced the leader-boards by selling modded gear at a false high price. Everything is a lie. Nothing is sacred in this game anymore.
For the record. This is my gear.
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Hey Ska Studios, I’m currently the admin of the Charlie Murder wiki and since I’ve done so much work on the wiki already, I thought why not post a comment on the official blog of the devs I’m working so fervently for? Keep rocking. Hope the wiki I’m keeping an eye on does justice to the awesome game you made.
Hey, you probably heard this thousands of times but I love your game. I saw it on xbox gold for free and thought “why not?” But when I got it I never imagined the fun I would have! This game is so perfect it’s hard to explain. I absolutely love love love the music and design. The art form is a whole new level of awesome. But I have a iPhone so I can’t download any music off of the link. I was wondering if it’s a possibility you could put it on iTunes? I would buy every song! 😀
Thank you Ska Studios for everything you do!
I love this game. The lag is a pain in the butt, but its such a refreshing break from my other games. And me n my friend literally just sat somewhere beating the crap out each other outside of the pvp arena
@shelldragon thanks, any info would be great.
i love this game soooo much! the music is amazing, the graphics are so well done and unique, i just love it. i wish you would make a sequel to Charlie Murder. omg im such a fangirl. hoping to get your other games as well since Charlie Murder was so amazing. (its now my favorite game). i also plan to get the Charlie Murder vinyl and poster. i really appreciate all the hard work you do. i absolutely love it and hope you keep on making amazing games! 10 out of 10. id recommend it to anybody.
@ToothlessApollo Hmm I don’t think we ever considered prop collection completion. It was just a fun, not very official addition. I’ll see what I can find out, though.
Charlie Murder is a cool game, but the music… THE MUSIC IS AWESOME. You should definitely make more, very often. Charlie Murder could easily be an actual band.
Also, I just realised I need a spider egg from the cave where you get Smockula’s Eye.
Can James or Michelle give me some advice on props? I made a post on the last blog post about props spawning. I need some help. I’ve collected nearly every single breakable item in the game as a prop. Some props are nearly impossible to obtain, but most are obtainable, under very bizarre situations. For instance, I’ve managed to collect a suit of armor prop by running and using a tornado attack just prior to activation the animated cut-scene prior to fighting Phantom Paul. Also, I’ve managed to obtain an antenna tv by hurling a meteor at it with Lester just before engaging in the cutscene with the scientist smacking the Lonliest Cyst before running off and it turned it into a prop. It seems like getting a Charlene to occur glitches items in the area to spawn as props. I currently only need three breakable items as props and my collection will be complete. I need: car debris (only location is in front of the theatre), barstool and table debris (several available locations) and a bed (only known to exist in the room next to the map for Gor Castle exit and in the Kraken Arms 5 star hotel during the drunken room scene after beating the sea monster on the pirate ship). If you guys could give me any info on how to trigger prop spawns or how to make such a scenario occur, please help me out. I wish I could just break anything and it would turn into a prop. I wish it wasn’t so complicated, even though it gives me ambition. Any info on this would help, thanks a lot.
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