Two Point Campus News

Riddle me this...
It’s time someone tested you for a change! Dust off your archaeology tools ready to tackle the latest Campus Challenge, Pebberley Puzzler. An ancient quizmaster awaits, having emerged from their slumber with a mind-full of mysterious questions ready and waiting for you to solve.


The legendary Pebberley Puzzler has been quizzing folks for much longer than any County educator, longer than anyone can remember in fact. Every hundred years or so, they wake up with a new set of tricky questions for whoever happens to be alive, and this time, it’s your turn!

As you’d imagine, they like to stick to tradition, and in the world of academia, that means multiple choice. Make your selection wisely and think carefully before answering, or you may end up on the wrong side of mystery.

[h2]Community Challenge[/h2]
The County’s beloved eccentric billionaire, Mr Wigbert Percival Silverbottom, has an exciting opportunity for all of you! With absolutely no personal motivations involved, he’s hosting a donation drive among his close circle of wealthy friends. Are you ready to start digging?

If you can quickly tackle this so-called ‘Puzzler’ and promptly train the next generation of archaeologists, Wiggy and friends have promised generous donations to the County’s educational coffers. At least, that’s what Wiggy’s butler, Giles, mentioned in his correspondence.

Speed is key, and we are assured that this urgency has nothing to do with any alleged workplace shortages at Mr Silverbottom’s dig sites. So, to add a, um, fun twist to make this donation drive a challenge, Wiggy’s promised a $10,000 donation for every gold medal, with silver and bronze earning $5,000 and $2,000 respectively.


To offset some budgetary shortfalls this academic year, the County needs 10 MILLION dollars ASAP. Mr Silverbottom is very busy, and we may only have his attention for the next week or so (giving Giles a well-earned break in our opinion). So, are you up for the challenge?

A short message from a Two Point County official:

Originally posted by Official

A friendly reminder that this donation campaign is completely independent and in no way linked AT ALL, not even a little bit, to the latest incident involving the extremely rare (and now “misplaced”) dinosaur skull that intrepid explorer Wiggy Silverbottom allegedly discovered on his latest expedition. Thank you for your support!

[h3]Challenge Details[/h3]

• Play the new challenge mode, Pebberley Puzzler, to participate in the Community Challenge
  
• Every little helps, no matter the trophy!
  
• The community must achieve $10,000,000 (10 million) as soon as possible, starting today 1st July 2024 and ending 12th July 2024 23:59 BST
  
• $10,000 is added to the total for every Gold Medal and for Silver or Bronze, $5,000 or $2,000 respectively
  
• Once the goal is met, a special item will unlock in Two Point Campus for all players across all platforms
  
• Plus, if you impress Wiggy, he may have more mysteries for you to investigate…

Hey Pointians,

We're super excited to bring you all some new item bundles, watch out as more are on the way. Plus, later today Two Point Campus will be on promotion! That means you can pick up any DLCs you're missing at an absolute steal.

[h2]Bungle Beaver Bundle[/h2]

Get your engines running and your insurance handy, as this bundle races onto your Campus, out today for all!


There are three new items in this pack, first and most excitingly, experience the thrill of three-gear engineering with the Bungle Beaver Arcade!



Plus with the Bungle Beaver Display, your campus can have the panache of a car dealership, and for all those students with budgets running on fumes, there's the Bungle Beaver Poster to hang up.

[h2]Wooden Cogs Bundle[/h2]
Last month, amongst April showers, the Wooden Cogs Bundle was released for all! It's a good job these cogs don't rust in the rain...


It's all bark, and no bytes, as you can now dress your staff like the pine-scented automatons of yesteryear with the new outfit. Students and staff alike can enjoy the mostly edible, break-room fusion with the Biscuits & Bobs refreshment station as well!

We hope you enjoy the new item bundles, make sure to keep an eye out for more!

Love from the Two Point Team

Morning everyone, small hotfix today;

Release Notes Build Number: 10.1.145003

- Fixed issue where Mac builds were putting saves in a different location.

For anyone who followed the work around, you will need to copy your saves back from the temporary folder back in to the original folder.

Sorry about the inconvenience, and I hope you're enjoying the game :)

Let us know if you have any troubles!

Hey Pointians!

We've got another patch for you today, bringing an exciting quality-of-life change that's been heavily requested, alongside troublesome bug fixes and a load of optimisations.

As you may have noticed, we've been releasing monthly item packs for free for all players, so make sure to check those out too (:

[h2]Release Notes[/h2]
[h3]Build Number: 10.2.144722[/h3]
[h3]New:[/h3]

• Community request: players can now dismiss the Challenge Reward popup to view their campus after completing a challenge
  
• Prepatch for future new item releases.

[h3]Bug Fixes:[/h3]

• Fixed an issue where the gamepad cursor can offset when adjusting filters in Student or Staff menu.
  
• Fixed issue where Plot 6, 10, and 15 are not able to have expulsion ceremonies on sandbox mode.
  
• Fixed issue where Lecture theatres ignored permissions during summer.

[h3]Optimisations:[/h3]

• Enabled render jobs - moves lots of render work off the main thread.
  
• Enabled GPU skinning - moves more render work to the GPU.
  
• Put together, render jobs and GPU skinning save 10-20% of frame time (so roughly a 10-25% boost in FPS).
  
• Tweaks to many items to more consistently LOD them out when small on-screen.
  
• Tweaks to many VFX to remove needless use of transparency, which reduces time spent rendering.
  
• Fix wall shader not batching well with others - results in faster rendering of walls.
  
• Huge pass over texture sizes and settings - lower memory usage on all platforms, but particularly Switch and PS4, which should make them much more stable.
  
• Fixes to room templates to prevent hanging when opening the templates menu.

Any issues please let us know by posting over on our bug forums, take care!

Hey Pointians, we need your help! As expert Campus Administrators, you’ll take on some “creative” budgetary decisions in our latest challenge mode.

At Destitute Institute, you’ll develop a cash-strapped university from an abandoned plot, creating a prospectus-perfect campus for your cohort.

We’re not quite sure how the County keeps ending up in these tricky scenarios, and not to point fingers, but it might be down to the County’s Education Minister! It turns out Tarquin Foxbridge (allegedly) hates doing the budget. To be fair to him, there’s a lot on his plate, so you can see why someone might make a mistake right? This, however, is a bad one.

There’s a campus that’s been allocated… nothing at all.



So, make things work without any starting funds, and prove that Tarquin’s budget wasn’t “wrong”, just innovative. To make do(ugh), thankfully, the previous tenants didn’t do a very good job at clearing up after themselves. Have a poke around the place and see if you can sell some of their old construction junk!

From there, the budgeting gymnastics is down to you and your expertise. Maybe the Orb Foundation could lend a hand, or there’s always the opportunity of wrangling some funds from a course or two. We’re confident we’ve got the right administrator for the job, so turn this dusty patch of land into the latest student experience dream, by transforming it into a Level 10 Campus! To grab the Gold you’ll first need to strategise, as Tarquin is strapped for time (as well as cash!), so make sure to get your priorities in order before you start allocating your limited cash.



This month marks the spooky anniversary of our School Spirits DLC for Two Point Campus! To celebrate, why not jazz up your campus builds with a tribute to nighttime’s favourite ne’er-do-well? The Jacques O’Phantom statue is a surefire way to introduce an eery chill to the place.



Wander off on your own to check out that noise in the basement with this (potentially) haunted item set, whether you decorate your campus with the terrifying Ghost Mirror and take a long hard look at yourself... if you dare! Or have your students pass out costumes on campus with the Coffin Closet, an entire death's worth of fancy dress