[Chicken, He Clucked]

I hate the psychology of fomo but I wonder if this would drive the playerbase more if these were time limited individual challenges that only unlocked for players who participated. Knowing the die-hard community would unlock these for me meant I didn’t bother logging in.

[mrmichaelt]

Today until June 29, the next necro skin are the three Necrogluttons.
https://www.instagram.com/ghostbusterssu/p/C7-LYOyMqRf/

Until June 24, we can vote on the next entity added to the game: Gozer the Gozerian, The Librarian, or The Real Ghostbusters’ Boogeyman. The entity will be announced on the June 26 Twitch stream.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C79lqH7vYqK/

A new Legendary item was added for free for all.
https://www.instagram.com/ghostbusterssu/p/C792x5SOWE7/

[Christof]

As noted already, until June 29th voting is open for a new Ghost type to be added in the future!


Head over to the Google Form page and cast your vote! https://forms.gle/2AYopUxPCFN1zSaM8

We also got a new shirt logo for GB Day!


And the newest Twitch Skin Drops are open, this time we're getting the NecroGluttons!

[Christof]

Aaaaaand, just announced this morning...


As shared by Ill_Doom in the official Discord:
Our community is the best in the biz when it comes to Buster cosplay and DIY props, and we
love to see y’all go all out with your fits both IRL and in-game. In Ghostbusters Day spirit, we are
bringing the two dimensions of existence together in an event we are calling the
DOPPELBUSTER CONTEST!

For this contest, we're asking YOU to create a customization styled after yourself! Are you up to the challenge?

Contest Details:
To enter, you must submit TWO images: one photo of yourself, and one screenshot of your
Buster customization styled after yourself. We want to see you twinning with your character!
● Submit your entry in the ⁠doppelbuster-contest channel
● 1 entry per person. If you make multiple posts, only your latest will be considered
● In the event that you win, we will need you to DM us with a mailing address for physical
prizes

Prizing
There will be 4 winners!

Each winner will receive:
● 1 Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed game key
● 1 Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed tote bag
● 1 Ghostbusters “No Ghost” logo patch
● 1 IllFonic Running Belt
● 1 IllFonic Neck Gaiter

Two winners will be selected by the IllFonic team.

You, the community, will vote based on your favorite customizations! The top two most upvoted
posts in the Discord Forum channel will be the other two winners.

Submission Period
June 9th at 11:00 AM PT to June 23rd, 2024 at 5:00PM PT
We will be announcing the winners on Twitch Wednesday, June 26th.

We would also LOVE to share your entries! Post your images on Twitter and Instagram with
#Doppelbuster and tag us at @ghostbusterssu, so we can share your Doppelbusters with the world!

[RealGhostbusterJay]

I'll just be happy if they can "fix' their last update so my pants can be tucked back into my boots and pack shells by others in the firehouse look different from me if selected different.

[zeta otaku]

Illfonic will be going live on Twitch later this afternoon (1 PM PST\4PM EST) to preview DLC 6

twitch.tv/Illfonic

[Christof]

Today's Livestream was pretty interesting! Coming in Patch 1.9.0
RGB Slimer Will be unlockable through a Side Hustle, is a new cosmetic variant of Brainy

Classic Slimer Will be unlockable through a Slimer Boss Bounty, ala Samhain and Garraka, is a new cosmetic variant of Winky

New Gear Shells! The Frozen Empire Brass Pack and Wand Unlockable through Research Contracts


New Suit Tints! The Ragged Flightsuit, a weathered variation of the classic tan flightsuit, with a look more similar to the OG's Flightsuits in Afterlife, unlocked via Side Hustle "The Classic"

The Orange Checkered suit, square checkered suit, it's default colorways appears to be Orange and White squares. Unlocked at Level 96.

The "Half Tone", is a classic polkadot pattern, though the dots appear to have some kind of visual distortion to them. Unlocked at Level 92.



Aaaaaand, the community's choice for the next Ghost, to be released later this year, is THE BOOGIEMAN!

And finally! The Untucked Boot cosmetic bug WILL be fixed with 1.9's release.

[timeware]

I'm not surprised Boogey won but Gozer wasn't even close? I'd love to see all three though, looking forward to the new cosmetics.

[mrmichaelt]

Agreed, no surprise a fan-favorite like Boogieman won. I guess the feeling is Gozer has been overused throughout media?

It was odd that RGB and Classic Slimers are cosmetic variants. Does that imply they're reaching some limit on new additions that they have to look at programming loopholes to put in new ghosts? Weird.

Nice deet with the OG's weathered flightsuits in Afterlife. Brass plated packs, double nice!

"Coming soon?" lol, who they think they fooling anymore? Next week.

[zeta otaku]

Agreed, no surprise a fan-favorite like Boogieman won. I guess the feeling is Gozer has been overused throughout media?

It was odd that RGB and Classic Slimers are cosmetic variants. Does that imply they're reaching some limit on new additions that they have to look at programming loopholes to put in new ghosts? Weird.

Nice deet with the OG's weathered flightsuits in Afterlife. Brass plated packs, double nice!

"Coming soon?" lol, who they think they fooling anymore? Next week.

According to Albert on stream, it could be THIS week.

I'm just wondering how they'll implement selecting the Slimer skins for Winky and Brainy... well, either way, we'll know soon.

[mrmichaelt]

According to Albert on stream, it could be THIS week.

I was just poking fun. They shoot for Thursdays but sometimes they've had to push to the next Tuesday.

[Christof]

It was odd that RGB and Classic Slimers are cosmetic variants. Does that imply they're reaching some limit on new additions that they have to look at programming loopholes to put in new ghosts? Weird.

If I had to guess, it's an approval thing. If they add a wholly new ghost class with new abilities and everything that's an awful lot more that has to go through Ghost Corps/Sony for approval as opposed to getting approval for the cosmetic change and using mechanics they already have a green light on.

[mrmichaelt]

If I had to guess, it's an approval thing. If they add a wholly new ghost class with new abilities and everything that's an awful lot more that has to go through Ghost Corps/Sony for approval as opposed to getting approval for the cosmetic change and using mechanics they already have a green light on.

Yeah, good point. Sort of like with the boss bounties. Curious what ghost types the Scoleri Brothers and Boogieman are going to be. Scoleris, I could see them being either Bashers or Poltergeist - they toss tables, flip chairs, and carry a Prosecutor away in the movie but an unused ability was they were electrokinetics. Boogieman, hmm, probably another Overlord with the causing fear factor and in the show he made portals - here in the game, he'll probably be able to open multiple rifts at once.

[zeta otaku]

So, I think Tony will be a Poltergeist skin and most likely Zappy. It's just too perfect. As for Nunzio? One of the Bashers if I had to guess. We know it'll be on the courthouse map and I think it'll be a two ghost bounty which would be a lot of fun

[Christof]

Patch 1.9.0 is Live!
Have some patch notes!
https://www.ghostbusterssu.com/news/patch-notes-1-9-0

[zeta otaku]

Alright, so a few people had a problem finding the Classic Slimer bounty and we narrowed down what the issue is: you NEED to have the original Ectoplast Slimer unlocked, so make sure you have your Ectoplast class leveled up to 20 for the Slimer bounty to show up!

[Bison256]

RGB Slimer was unlocked for me without doing the side hustle. Is this a bug?

[zeta otaku]

Unless you had the Cosmetic Pass, yeah, it's a fairly common bug that's going around.

[mrmichaelt]

No stream today I guess.

[Christof]

No stream today I guess.

Ah, yeah. Illfonic is out of the office on their "summer break" til the 5th.

[timeware]

Ah, yeah. Illfonic is out of the office on their "summer break" til the 5th.

How dare they take time off! Streaming is sacred! Lol.

[Bison256]

I hope they add a standard version of the afterlife pack. One with a cyclotron cover in place?

[zeta otaku]

it's possible. We have two more updates coming with shells listed, so let's hope! (though the cracked shell looks AWESOME)

[mrmichaelt]

Extraplasm this week is an interview with CCO Jared Gerritzen.
https://www.podbean.com/site/EpisodeDow ... 64B37S5M3X

-started work on it in 2018, explaining the game to Ivan

-was going to be it's own video game universe sort of like the multiverse in IDW at first then adjusted once they got the Afterlife script. An old idea was a sort of B-team bought their own Ghostbusters franchise and they went across the USA on busts.

-Samhain was a favorite of Ivan Reitman's so approving the Ecto Edition story happened easily

-tried to get Bill

-voice recording with Dan and Ernie was done over Zoom during Covid

-Recording Nameless, they told Greg to be smarmier and so a terrible impression of Gilbert Gottfried

-Gear shells was an idea that came late. Teases some 'crazy ones' are coming up

-at the beginning, they didn't know what they could do. Not even a guarantee they'd get Dan and Ernie.

-the Clocktower Brewery Pub level is based on one in Tacoma where one of Illfonic's studios are located. The clock is based on the Tacoma clocktower

-Baggy and visiting the Frozen Empire set

-meeting Dan and Winston in person, spending 6+ hours with Dan

-really thought Gozer was going to win the vote

-winning a Scoleri Brothers auction

-played coy on the upcoming 'double trouble' DLC

-that security camera glitch, on the team trying to be diligent about fixing flaws found by players who tell them how they did it and those that won't say.

[Bison256]

If they wanted Bill they should have done what the 2009 devs did and hire his brother. Getting Jason and Gill on your side couldn't have hurt either. Get them to talk to Bill while he's on set in London.

[Kingpin]

-that security camera glitch, on the team trying to be diligent about fixing flaws found by players who tell them how they did it and those that won't say.

The Security Camera hiding place was considered a glitch? I really liked them for their sneaky potential, made you have to think about stuff on the ceiling as well as on the floor.

[zeta otaku]

-that security camera glitch, on the team trying to be diligent about fixing flaws found by players who tell them how they did it and those that won't say.

The Security Camera hiding place was considered a glitch? I really liked them for their sneaky potential, made you have to think about stuff on the ceiling as well as on the floor.

No, but the cameras could be used to glitch the rifts into places where you couldn't interact with them or out of the map entirely. So, instead of devoting an insane amount of time to fixing how rifts interact with cameras after they've been destroyed, they removed the ability to interact with cameras at all. Not the most IDEAL solution, but definitely the most time and money efficient one.

[Kingpin]

No, but the cameras could be used to glitch the rifts into places where you couldn't interact with them or out of the map entirely. So, instead of devoting an insane amount of time to fixing how rifts interact with cameras after they've been destroyed, they removed the ability to interact with cameras at all. Not the most IDEAL solution, but definitely the most time and money efficient one.

Oh, that I wasn't aware of.

[Christof]

Yeah, there's a few pretty insane glitches that SOME folks know about and how to reproduce. I can think of 2-3 off the top of my head that I haven't publicly reported because I don't want to put out there exactly how to do certain things... Like break the Heat bar so you can fire the proton stream indefinitely without having to vent.

[timeware]

Infinate proton beam? Would love to see that as DLC. Id buy that for a dollar!