Update(24th May 2023): New Years
-New years skin (first animated skin)
-Testing panel improved
-Bug fixes

New years Event:(limited time) 1 week only!
-Fireworks in middle
-New Years Super Tank (exspolive bullets instead of super fire)

Event RUSH:
Beta is finally ending.   (Last chance to get the exsclusive swaarm beta role in the discord,check the bonus tab for the link)
Each event will follow the last. 
We're now in event 4/5

To celebrate: 
-We're having a x5 XP event!(finished). highest score: popoin -> 170,528,440
-A late christmas event   (finished, boss stil avaliable): swaarm -> 1,219,805
-BONUS: april 1st event (finished)
-A less late New years event (starting now) 
-Then our crazy conclusion:public developer commands (limited time only)


Update(15th April 2023): Easter
-2 New easter skins
-Leaderboard duplication bug fixed
-Contact fourm fixed(has not been working since the christmas update, sorry for any missed messages)
-Goldentank disappearing from the map fixed, (finally)

Update(1st April 2023): The Darkness
Use code: dark_@p^!1F0lz1%!
-New theme: Vanta Black
-Event 3/5 of the event rush
-Christmas event continues

Update(30th March 2023): Christmas in Swaarm
Christmas:
-3 New Christmas skins (+1 St. Patrick's Day theme)
-Christmas & St. Patricks Day theme
-x5 XP event ends  (hope you enjoyed)
-Built in screen recorder added(may not be supported on some browsers), press CTRL + L to open/close

Christmas Event:(limited time)
-x20 powerup spawn rate
-Giftbox powerup
-Santa boss

Giftbox powerup:
-50% chance to spawn in place of other powerups
-Will give you a random tank(excludes supertank)
-Tanks come in different rarities(common,uncommon,rare,legendary)

Santa boss:
-The first BOSS added to swaarm.io
-This boss has had a variety of unique mechanics developed for it
-Santa may choose to descend upon swaarm.io at any time
-Can be seen via a red dot on the minimap(same as the supertank dot)
-I don't want to spoil the details, so if you encounter it be prepared for surprises
-I will give this warning though:Watch out for santa's decoy giftboxes
-Anyone who kills the boss will be announced in the next event

Event RUSH:
Beta is finally ending.   (Last chance to get the exsclusive swaarm beta role in the discord,check the bonus tab for the link)
Each event will follow the last. 
We're now in event 2/5 (was planned to be 4, bonus event added)

To celebrate: 
-We're having a x5 XP event!(finished). highest score: popoin -> 170,528,440
-A late christmas event   (starting now)
-BONUS: april 1st event (see trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftnmwo9ypW4) 
-A less late New years event
-Then our crazy conclusion:public developer commands (limited time only)

Bug fixes:
-Leaderboard bug fixed
-Crash bug fixed
-Out of sync bugs fixed
-2/4 long standing bugs have been fixed(chest visual bug & guardians chasing people out of ring; still looking for info on: NaN bug, missing goldentank bug)

Feedback is always appreciated:
-join our discord(bonus tab on front page) 
-Contact fourm (feedback tab on front page)
-Comment on Zain Gaming YT(bonus tab on front page)
-email: jaazib@swaarm.io

Have fun with the 2nd part of the event rush, Christmas in swaarm!


Update(14th Feburary 2023): Beta ending
Misc:
-Coming Soon section in changelog tab
-Testing panel added (check discord for tutorial on how to use)

Event RUSH:
Beta is finally ending.   (Last chance to get the exsclusive swaarm beta role in the discord,check the bonus tab for the link)

To celebrate
-We're having a x5 XP event! (starting right now)
(following events)
-A late christmas event
-A less late New years event
-Then our crazy conclusion:public developer commands (limited time only)

Have fun with the event rush as the last few exisiting bugs are fixed before Swaarm enters its next stage.


Update(17th November 2022): Finishing Touches
Misc:
-Golden tank replaced with golden apple(gives x3 the amount of XP) (was meant to be added on halloween)
-Supertank levels 6 to 10 added
-Pickups can't be collected while flying
-Supertank levelup buffs don't multiply with stats
-Supertank penetration reduced
Bug fixes:
-NaN bug fixed
-Screen shaking after going offtab
-Many out of sync bugs fixed
-Range bonus not removed when tanks with it are sold
-Stat upgrades not applying while spawn invincibility active
-Supertank UI bugs
-Goldentank can't be trapped behind walls
-Crash bugs fixed
Lag fixes:
-Major optimimisations in regards to bullets
-Clientside fps improvements
-Serverside lag reduced
Swaarm was down from the 13th of november due to a mistake I made


Halloween(31st October 2022):
-2 spooky halloween skins
-A spooky halloween theme
-Can be selected from the customisation menu

Update(31st October 2022): Final Features
Golden tank:
-A rare and powerful entity which will spawn somewhere on the map with one purpose:to serve the most poweful swaarm it can find
-Do damage to capture it
-Once captured will circle you and give XP
-While holding the golden tank if you take damage in any way the golden tank will leave you 
Knockback:
-Bullets have knockback
-Knockback scales the same as recoil
-Reminder:Supertank is knockback immune
-Guardian bots are also knockback immune
Supertank quests and leveling system:
-Once reaching supertank xp is not of any use
-Instead you must complete quests in order to level up
-After each levelup your tank will upgrade and you will get a different quest
-Currently the supertank is capped at level 5 (will increase to 10 in another update)
-The supertank was previously starting at level 3(now lowered to 1)
Bug fixes:
-Out of sync bugs
-Chat messages lasting too long
-Player bots AI bug
-Bonus tanks bugged
-Pot O'Xp amount not scaling
Range boost system:
-hunter/predator/vindicator/super tank will give a range boost
-Range boosts do not stack
-You will get the range boost of the tank in your swaarm which has the highest
Misc:
-Large shapes health reduced
-NEW Super Powerup:Golden sheild, only found inside large chests
-Flying players can now collide with and shoot each other
Coming soon:
-The next 5 levels for supertank

Update(19th October 2022): Take Flight
Rewrite:
-Flight ability added, press 4 to use
Supertank buffs:
-Double body damage
-Gets a stat boost for every tank in swaarm at time of merge
-Increased movement speed
-Increased bullet penetration
-Insta kills any nonboss attack bot or shape
-Knockback immune (applicaple in future update)
Supertank nerfs:
-Can be seen on minimap by non super tanks as a red dot
-Warning arrow when a supertank is nearby
-Powerups are removed when you become a supertank
-Ability energy is removed when you become a supertank
Balancing:
-Hard max health limit only applys to maxhealth gained from buying tanks (high level swaarms and supertanks will now correclty be effected by the max health stat)
-The Pot o' XP powerup and chests scale the same as before the XP overhaul
-Full heal removes all negative effects [just fire and superfire for now]
Misc:
-Statuses and cures UI in top right
-Supertank UI changes
-Automerge hotkey [eitheir shift key]
-Quickmerge hotkey [eithier / or Z keys]
-View ping/fps [press the P key]
-Instant levelup renamed to Pot o' XP
Thoughts on supertank:
-Supertank is meant to be the ultimate merge, all your tanks are combined into 1. 
-But prior to this update this wasn't really the case, gathering more tanks had no effect on the supertank stats or attributes, 
so it was pointless to get more than 2 vindicators if you were going to become a supertank plus 
staying as a normal swaarm allowed you to have a much higher potential for overvall dps. 
-By becoming a supertank you're trading away a lot(abilities and powerups) but in return for special attributes, hopefully after this update the return will be more worth it.
-You now have a choice of when you'd like to evolve, on the one hand evolving gives you a massive powerboost but on the other you'll be unable to increase your strength after that.
(This descion was pointless if you'd just become weakened by evolving, which would be the case prior to this update if your swaarm was strong enough)
More potential buffs:
-The supertank was already meant to lose its powerups when it upgraded (I forgot to do this when supertank was first added),
I'm still undecided if supertank should keeps its powerups after upgrading but be unalbe gather more powerups(this was how it worked before)
or should it completely lose access to powerups.
-Another buff idea for supertank was for it to have pierecing bullets(destroys any non-peirecing bullet instantly),
this would allow it to outgun anything else but this was decided against after buffing supertanks stats. 
If supertank still isn't strong enough after this update, then these changes may be added or any other good ideas I hear of.
Coming soon:
-Supertank quests/leveling system
-The golden sheild superpowerup

If you'd like to give any feedback or report a bug please do so.
Contacts:
-join our discord(bonus tab on front page) 
-Comment on Zain Gaming YT(bonus tab on front page)
-email: jaazib@swaarm.io
-Contact fourm (feedback tab on front page)

Quick Fix(14th October 2022):
-Name bug fixed

Quick Fix(13th October 2022):
-Meomery leak fixed

Update(13th October 2022): Early Release
Fixes:
-Bugs surrounding chests/guardians
-Not getting xp sometimes
-Out of sync bugs
-Crash bugs
-Other bug fixes
Balancing:
-Green zones made larger and spawn double the amount of xp
-Bullet damage and penetration stats nerfed
Misc:
-x2 XP event ended (whos excited for x5?[future event] )
Coming soon:
-Flight ability
-Supertank buffs/nerfs
-Other tweaks

This update is part of a larger update that included some new features and other changes, 
but the update was partly released early in order to address some major bugs and issues with the game.

Thank you to everyone whos played and special thanks to people who found bugs or gave feedback.

The aim of this portion of the update was to fix all the bugs.
At the time of finishing this I know only of a few out of sync bugs that slipped through. 
If you encounter a bug please report it.

contacts:
-join our discord(bonus tab on front page) 
-Comment on Zain Gaming YT(bonus tab on front page)
-email: jaazib@swaarm.io
-Contact fourm (feedback tab on front page)


Quick Fix(27th September 2022):
-2 bugs fixed
-The x2 xp event will continue

Followup(21st September 2022):
-lag and bug fixes
-X2 xp event started

Update(7th September 2022):
Stat points:
-Stats are now avaliable for purchase
-Press T to open the stat point menu while ingame
-Stat points give a buff to every tank in your swaarm 
-Stats compounds with the stats of each tank
-5 different stats to pick from:(
-Bullet Damage
-Bullet Speed
-Bullet Penetration
-Max Health
-Movement Speed
)
XP/Coins overhaul:
-Being trialled for now, let me know what you think
-Coins are removed
-You can now directly buy things with xp
-The price of all things will increase when anything is brought
-Max health is determined by the total value of your swaarm (buying/selling will increase/decrease it)
-You can pay to refill your abiltities (half the price of a tank)
Bug fixes:
-Zoom bug
-Out of sync bugs
-recoil system no longer causes random jumps
-Spawning in golden zone
-Crash bug
-Objects on map disproportionate
-Guardian bot bugs
Lag:
-Clientside movement not as bumpy
-game freezing for players with a high refresh rate
Misc:
-Turret jittering while moving
-Recoil of all tanks reduced
-Recoil of vindicator reduced further

Update(21st August 2022):
Rewrite:
-Recoil system implemented[values are set differently for each tank,recoil scales down with # of tanks]
-Recoil movement is smoother
Bug fixes:
-Out of sync bugs fixed
-Chest bugs fixed [thanks noob]
-Invisible bots
-Speedboost fixed
Balancing:
-Vortex made more unique, half effected by damage multipliers
-Summon is a quarter effected by damage multipliers
-Invisibility drains energy 30% faster
-Supertank will get the max amount of health
-Supertank fire does not stack against other supertanks
Misc:
-Optimisations
-Out of sync alert readded [please inform me if you encounter this]
-Player bot AI tweaked
-Bots will be uncollideable for 1 second after spawning

You can contact me in the following ways if you have any feedback:
-Contact fourm on the feedback tab of the front page of swaarm
-Join our discord [link on bonus tab]
-Leave a comment on zain gaming's channel [link on bonus tab]
-email jaazib@swaarm.io


Update(15th August 2022):
Rewrite:
-x10 damage powerup added
Bug fixes:
-Death screen not displaying properly after disconnecting
-Out of sync bugs fixed
-Other bug fixes
UI:
-Number displays abrivieated when large
-Tank popup UI improved
-Super powerup energy displayed
Balancing:
-Green Zones pellet spawn time increased
-Hard limit to health you can get
-Bullet speed of hunter and predator increased

Update(5th August 2022):
Bug fixes:
-Chest bug fixes
-Health regen
-Healthbar bugs
-Coins spendable when on max
-Leaderboard bugs
Player bot AI changes:
-Wander mode
-Won't get stuck in green zones
-Can't see invisible players
Misc:
-New color coding setting
-Chests give at least 500xp per instant levelup
-Guardians balanced

Big thanks to all the people who helped with testing, 
ecspecially the people who found bugs / gave suggestions.

You can contact me in the following ways if you have any feedback:
-Contact fourm on the feedback tab of the front page of swaarm
-Join our discord [link on bonus tab]
-Leave a comment on zain gaming's channel [link on bonus tab]
-email jaazib@swaarm.io

Update(28th July 2022):
-Bug Fixes
-Changes

Update(27th July 2022):
Abilties added:
Each of the 4 abilties is applied to a key on your keyboard (1 to 4)
Abilties require energy to run
Energy is refilled when you level up
-Summon(
-Creates 5 tanks of different color that rotate your swarm for aproximately 6 seconds
-Summoned tanks constantly fire out bullets
-Summoned tanks are non-collideable
)
-Teleport(
-Takes you to the green zone furthers from you
)
-Invisibilty(
-Low visibility on your screen
-Completely invisible to all enemeies
-Bots won't target you
-Your bullets are not invisible
-You will be seen when hit by a bullet
)
-Flight( [delayed]
-Increases range
-Can't interact with anything on the ground
-x3 speed
-Can collide with + shoot other flying players
)
Powerups added:
When you pickup a powerup it is assigned to one of the 3 keys (5 to 7)
-x10 Damage [delayed]
-Full heal
-Instant levelup
-Speedboost
Chest sizes:
-Can now spawn as small and large too
-Small(
-Protected by 1 guard
-2 instant level ups
-1 random powerup
)
-Medium(
-Protected by 2 guards
-4 instant level up
-2 random powerup
)
-Large(
-Protected by 5 guards
-10 instant level up
-2 random powerups
-Vortex: the first super powerup, only found inside large chests
)
Misc:
-Bug fix,Shapes not respawning
-Bots cannot earn scores on the leaderboard
-Powerups give 20xp when picked up
-Game not loading on firefox
-Bugs with leaderboard
-Crash bug

Update(25th July 2022):
-Ingame score display will now update
-Death screen updated
-Leaderboard reopened, it now automatically updates
-The exisiting leaderboard scores will be removed until beta is finished
-Supertank added[merge 2 vindicators together]

Update(25th July 2022):
Rewrite:
-# of chests increased
-Can merge upto the vindicator [current merge chain: Basic -> Destroyer -> Annihilator -> Hunter -> Predator -> Vindicator]
Bug fix,Not getting xp sometimes
Misc:
-Testing databases, new highscore board coming soon!

Update(25th July 2022):
-recoil halfed
-press E to autofire(can be changed in customisation)
-https only
-other changes

Update(24th July 2022):
-Recoil when shooting for players
-temporary:recoil and knockback for all objects is equaul

Update(24th July 2022):
Settings:
-testing mode can be disabled
-no chat fixed
-xp popups fixed
Misc:
-lag reduced
-resyncer

Update(23rd July 2022):
Rewrite:
-Bots which resemble players added, named "simple_bot"
-Crash bugs fixed
-Out of sync bugs fixed
-Other bug fixes

Update(22nd July 2022):
Rewrite:
-Green zones in the corners of maps,spawns lots of pellets
-Golden zone,home of the attack bots, in the middle of the map
-Giant attack bot added, only spawns inside the golden zone
-1 medium chest will spawn on the map,protected by 2 guardian bots. Kill them to unlock the chest.
UI:
-popup when clicking on a tank
-merge preveiw, only shows result if tank has been mereged before
-leaderboard always shows your own name and score, indicated by gold color
Misc:
-No longer locked to spawning in the top left
-Can't spawn inside the golden zone
-Unlocked chests are now shootable

Follwup(19th July 2022):
-Acceleration stat increased
-Top speed stat added to player
-Movement tweaked

Update(18th July 2022):
Rewrite:
-Minimap functionality
-Preveiw, Green zones around map[just cosmetic for now]
Bug fixes:
-Healthbars fixed
-Correct amount of xp given when killing an enemy
-Ubuntu font used
-Circle outlines now drawn smoothly
-Chat fixed
-Enemy position bugged
-Bullet collision bugged clientside
Misc:
-Arrowkeys now close the chatbox
-Movement is disabled when going offtab
-Penetration + speed of players bullets increased
-Smooth enemy turret movement
-New powerup pickup anim
-2.8.4 movement reverted

Followup(14th July 2022):
-Client side predicition fixed
-Friction increased

Update (14th July 2022):
-client side prediction improved
-latency reduced

Update (7th July 2022):
-Out of sync bugs fixed
-Disconnection bug fixed
-Feedback popup working
-Some testing features disabled(causing lag)
-Game not working on some sites
-temporary:players always spawn in the top left section

Update (24th June 2022):
New features:
-Chat added
Bug fixes:
-Gamebreaking bugs fixed
-UI bugs fixed
-Spawn invinciblity fixed
Misc:
-ads disabled for now

Update(9th June 2022):
Bug fixes:
-Crash bugs
-Out of sync bugs
Misc:
-Contact fourm working
-testing mode improved
-some testing mode features enabled for everyone

Follow up update(1st June 2022):
-Https enabled
-Bug fix:game not working without adblocker

Swaarm opens for beta(31st May 2022):
Join our discord to claim a beta tester role

Ideal benchmarks:
-60 FPS
-<0.8s page loading time 
-<70% CPU useage on server with 40 players
-100ms average
-no bugs