Railbound News

Hi!

Railbound's first birthday is just around the corner and we decided to celebrate it with a brand-new free update to the game!



On September 6th 2023 (next week!) get ready to solve over 40 new puzzles, try out the new mechanic - Two Locomotives - which remixes the default gameplay in fun new ways, and explore our most detailed Worlds yet!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQLGxM6Q6nY

Thanks for your support and see you next week :)

- Luke

In update v2.02 we focused on solving minor problems that could occur when playing on the Steam Deck - and we can now proudly show off the green checkbox on our store page!

Patch notes for Railbound v2.02:

• Railbound is now Steam Deck verified!
• Steam Deck version now supports both gamepad and cursor-based inputs,
  
• Steam Deck version now defaults to Borderless window mode,
  
• > Previously, switching to Fullscreen mode would result in game crashes which is why we left only this option enabled,
• Hidden social buttons in the Steam Deck version,
  
• Added commit ID to watermark info in the main menu to help us figure out what was the origin of the current build,
  
• Updated in-game credits,
  

This update fixes the following issue:

• Fixed the "Boundless" achievement not being awarded for completing all bonus levels in World 10.
  

Update 2.0 for Railbound is available now! We hope you have a great time with this free content patch as our team worked really hard on making it happen :)

We have added over 30 new puzzles (bringing the total number to 200+) across two new worlds - World 9 and World 10 - which have an ancient theming to them. As announced back in September, there's an all-new mechanic - semaphores - that allows you to decide how to delay cars in order to avoid crashes. You can also expect new story postcards and two new music tracks composed by a friend of ours.

World 9 was specifically designed to have a gentler difficulty curve for those players who haven't played Railbound since the launch in September - enjoy these lighter puzzles and warm up before World 10 throws you some of the most head-scratching levels in the game.



Patch notes for Railbound v2.0:

• Added new worlds - World 9 and World 10,
• > These are set in a new, ancient-themed region!
• > Together there are over 30 new puzzles to solve, with 200+ levels total in the game!
• Added a new mechanic - semaphores!
• > Place this new type of tile next to three-way connections to force train cars to wait!
• Added new levels: #-9 and #-10,
  
• Added new achievements for completing Worlds 9 / 10,
  
• Added petting to final story postcard,
  
• Updated app icon,
  
• Updated decorations on 3-9 and 7-7,
  
• Updated credits,
  
• Fixed potential issues with Steamworks SDK not being uninitialized on application quit,
  
• Fixed navigation buttons in Story Viewer being interactable when they should be disabled,
  

Hi!

Hope you've all had a great start to 2023! We've been hard at work on our upcoming update and we're excited to announce that it's launching very soon... actually, next week! Get ready to play the 2.0 update on February 3rd 2023!



Get ready to solve over 30 new puzzles (bringing the total number of levels in the game to more than 200!), play around with the new mechanic - Semaphores - that allows you to decide when and how to delay carriages, and explore an all-new region with additional story postcards & music to lay train tracks to.

We're currently wrapping up work on the update so if you'd like to check it out a bit earlier and give us feedback, be sure to visit our official Discord to participate in the pre-release v2.0 beta!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFFWPUAmprM

Thank you for your ongoing support and we hope you have fun with the new content.

- Luke