Pile Up! News

To begin with, we are so happy to see all your support for the “Pile Up!” whether you just played the game or sent lots of bug reports. It really means a lot to us. Some of you played the game with your children, some of you made fanarts for it and some of you shared the game with your communities. Thank you, thank you for everything! All of these remind us why we started developing games in the first place and why we want to continue pursuing it. With our energy being at its highest of all time, it’s time to make our plans come to life. So let’s get back to work!

After reading most (if not all) of your feedback we prepared a plan. Our top priorities are fixing the bugs and optimization issues, adjusting the randomness, making quality of life changes, bringing you clarity updates, remaking the tutorial, making the game more balanced, and fixing the localization problems. Well, why don't I just *show* you?


It’s time to share our Early Access Roadmap with you! Ta da!



You will be able to see the status of these updates from the store page at any time you want. And if you think there is something missing in this roadmap, then please inform us via any platform you like, and we will read it. Whether you post on our Steam blog or tell us about it on our Discord server or reach us out via social media. We *try to* check everywhere. Everywhere.

With this being out of the way, haven't you played the game and made brand new strategies yet? Isn’t it time for a new contest? Well, yes. We are working on a competition which will be held on our Discord Server. More information will be announced soon, so keep an eye out!

Lastly, you might have seen some patches to the game within the last week. The reason being that we were fixing the bugs. And guess what? We fixed even more bugs and will update the game today. So here’s a list of the bugs we fixed within the last week!

Oh, and before you go don’t forget to check out our socials. We will tease and announce our big updates and new content there. Till then, bye!

List of Fixes:

• Whitescreen of Death Bug
  
• Tutorial - Menu Bug
  
• Chinese Font Issues
  
• French - German - Spanish Minor Localization Update 1 (More is on the way.)
  
• Optimization (More is on the way.)
  
• Main Menu Continue Button Appearance
  
• Visual Fixes(More is on the way.)
  
• Handbook Localization Fixes
  
• Handbook Animation Fixes
  
• Handbook Unlocked Buildings Fixes
  
• Water Tank Localization Fix
  
• Gas Tank Localization Fix
  
• Main Menu Forfeit Button Animation Fix
  
• Main Menu Button Update
  
• Sandbox Building List Updated (Some buildings were absent before.)
  
• Sandbox Esc Menu Play Button Fix
  
• Quality Settings - Shadow Problem Fix
  
• And a Lot More Minor Adjustments & Fixes
  

Hello there! This one will be a quick announcement. We decided to postpone the early access release a week since we have a new collaboration opportunity that allows us to improve the localization and marketing potential for Asia. So the new release date is June 2nd. [h2]
BUT HEY!!! JUST FORGET IT AND LOOK AT THE MOBY THE WHALE![/h2]






Click Moby's awesome pictures to join our Discord!

I'll cut it short.

THE 📣 DATE 📣 IS 📣 HERE!

[h2]Pile Up! will be released as Early Access at May 26th![/h2]

Keep an eye out for sneak peaks and content, follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube and Tiktok!
And finally, don't forget to wishlist and follow the game on Steam!
Thanks for the amazing journey, we have just started.

Also if you have any doubts about the game releasing as early access, please read this article.

As we said in the previous announcement we made, Pile Up! is going to be released in this quarter of the year. This means we don’t have much time before release so it’s time to break the radio silence and inform you engineers, architects, and mayors about the state of the game and more!

[h3]This will be a bit long so TLDR is at the bottom. But keep reading if you want to learn about every detail.[/h3]

[h2]About Release:[/h2]
Let’s talk about the release first since we are so excited about it.

The game is going to be released as Early Access but we don’t want you to think that this means Pile Up! will be an unfinished game at release. We are trying to give you a fully developed experience. So, why are we releasing the game as early access then? Well, there are a couple of reasons for this.

• Content: Even though the early access contains a full gameplay loop it still misses some content that we want to add to the final version. An example? Islands! We want to add different and unique islands to the game as the game develops in Early Access. The main reason being that we can polish those islands more and deliver better gameplay for them. I need to add, we added one more island for the Early Access so you can experience how those will be.
  
• Balance: We are a team of 5 so the testing we can do is limited. To compensate for this we are starting a closed beta test (more information is below) and releasing the game as early access so we can see more people playing the game and finding broken combos.
  
• Technical Stuff: Important stuff like leaderboards can be very challenging to code and we have lots to code. Also having a leaderboard before we are happy with the game’s balance can be problematic.
  
• Pricing: We want Pile Up! to be affordable to anyone. We want to thank our early access players in a way too. So, we will release the game with a discount for the first week and the game’s overall early access price will be cheaper than the full release. So be quick! We will post another announcement before the release informing you of the exact price so keep an eye open.
  

Now let’s talk about the Early Access release date, which is close. Like really close. Closer than you might think. So close to be exact. But how close? Now that is a mystery, but it won’t be for long because we will post an Early Access Release Date Trailer in a couple of weeks. (We don’t even know if there is a type of this trailer, but let’s just roll with it.) If you want to learn the release date as soon as we release the trailer, follow our socials and get ready!

Finally, the demo. We secretly updated it in February adding more content and making it longer. So, if you didn’t try it, be fast. BECAUSE THE DEMO WILL BE REMOVED AFTER ONE WEEK FROM NOW. Why? The release is close and we want to increase your thirst for the game. But you are not going to be Pile Up!’less for a long time, we promise.

[h2]About Game:[/h2]
What did we do? Why did we do that? What will we do? Do we do? Yes, do you?

The game is currently gameplay-ready. This means it is fully playable but still needs improvements for clarity, visuals, sounds, and QOLs. Also, we are still working on localization, steam achievements, and more!

With all these new contents, the game is fully playable as we said. So, it is time for us to begin closed beta! If you think that you can help us make the game better with your direct feedback, send an application! The closed beta will be a small but dedicated place for all of us to make the game better. We will provide Steam codes for the Beta for all beta testers.

[h3]What do we expect from our testers?[/h3]

• Don’t sweet talk. We want your thoughts about the game to be as pure as they can be. We already heard worse than what you think is terrible to say, believe us.
  
• Record your playthroughs. This is not obligatory but would be extremely helpful if you could record some. We want that playthrough as pure as they can be, so no editing.
  
• Take lots of screenshots. Bugs, beautify cities, something funny, something horrible. You name it, we’ll use it giving credit to you.
  
• Report every bug you encounter. Try to recreate it if you can and write to us how it occurs as much as you can. Also, providing us with the visuals of the bug helps us immensely.
  
• Fill out the feedback forms that we will send to you after each time we update the version. They won’t take much time if you don’t want to write a legend of course. We are all here for those legends though.
  
• Give us emotional support, it is not hard. Just be present, chat and be a wholesome person. We also want our testers to meet and work together so being a team player is very much appreciated.
  
• Play, play as much as you want and can so the game can get better with the info we get from you!
  

All being said, you can send an application for Beta from our Discord server, which is where the beta will take place. See you soon in the Beta!



[h2]About Socials:[/h2]
We touched some grass, ate healthy, and did sports. But we weren’t socialising. Now we do socialise! Without doing all the others!

Since the release is soon and the hard truth about the importance of social media hit our heads like a good old pan, we began to use social media more. So, you better follow us to be exposed to:

• Crucial information about the game like the prize, the release date, the updates, and more announcements.
  
• Sneak Peeks and educational content so you can learn about the game and start experimenting with it quicker.
  
• How is it to be a high-schooler game dev who will have to race against 5 million other people in a huge exam in a couple of years which is considered as the most important thing in anyone's life? 😊
  
• More interesting and funni stuff.
  

You can access to the links here(Which is our discord server, again.)!

With all being said thanks for checking in, no time for goodbyes since we have just started. See you soon! (That sounds so cringe but do I care? Nope.)

-Team Remoob


[h2]About Release:[/h2]

• The game is going to be released as Early Access.
  
• A release date trailer will be posted on our socials in a couple of weeks so keep an eye open!
  
• We secretly updated the demo in February so if you didn’t try it yet, be fast. Because the release is on its way so the demo will be gone one week from now.
  
• The game’s early access price will be cheaper than the full release with also having a discount for the first week. So be quick and keep an eye open because we will post another announcement informing you about the price of the game before the release.
  

[h2]About Game:[/h2]

• All gameplay content for the early access version is done!
  
• Closed Beta Tests will begin soon so if you want to attend don’t forget to join our Discord and fill out the form which you can access from the server.
  
• At the moment we are working on Steam Achievements, improving visuals, optimising the game, localization, balancing, and sounds!
  

[h2]About Socials:[/h2]

• If you want to see; all kinds of important information about the game, some sneak peeks about all the different kinds of content in the game, how it is to be a game dev, some interesting stuff that happened while we were working on Pile Up! and more just follow our socials! Links are down below.
  

Attention to all engineers, architects, and mayors; we have an important announcement to make. But first, let us talk about the state of “Pile Up!”.

[h3]Recap[/h3]
Since we released the demo, we have been thrilled just by looking at all the cities you built, exploded, and speedran. The interest you showed made us even more motivated to develop the game.

So, thank you so much to all who streamed the game with so many great moments, created fan art of the cities with their awesome skills and visions, finished the game under three minutes in with pure dedication over twenty hours, and just played or talked about the game.

Thanks to the hype you gave us, we solved all of the problems that occurred in the first weeks with hotfixes. Then, we headed towards working on bigger improvements.


[h3]What are the latest updates?
[/h3]We just finished more quality-of-life changes, including a remake for the camera system, and added a bunch of... well, we will talk about what changes we made in a new update note that we are going to share this month!

So, don’t forget to follow our steam page if you like to get informed when we publish more update notes or important announcements like this.

But wait, doesn’t a new update note mean a new update? Yes, of course! We will update the demo a day after we release the update notes to welcome the Base Builder Fest. So get ready to Pile Up! some brand-new buildings.



[h3]About the current state of Pile Up!
[/h3]We are pretty happy with where “Pile Up!” is going. And currently, we are working on expanding the game with new content! This includes more buildings with interesting twists, a progression system, more ways to explode your city, and some secrets to be discovered! Oh... Also, casinos don’t do boom boom anymore. But this doesn’t mean you won't have to pay your debts. 🙂

We will also give you more information about the game in our next dev log, which will be released when we believe we are ready. But if you are hungry for more info, just check out our socials and Discord server to find some insides or just some moais jamming to Better Call Saul Theme.



[h3]Finally[/h3]
Even though we will release the game as early access, we don’t want to show you an unfinished project. For us, early access means developing each finished aspect of the game, fixing bugs, adjusting the game to the player's needs, and balancing the game furthermore. Because “Pile Up!” is our first game to be released, we want to be very careful with the changes we make.

As you guessed and probably got scared of it, we decided to postpone the release date from the first to the second quarter of 2023 for the sake of the game. Now, while this might sound like devastating news, you need to see that we want to make the best game possible for you. With that being said, we are happy to tell you that this is the first and the last postponement before the release.

We will keep informing you about; the state of the game, when will the closed beta start, and when we will release the game. Until then, take care, have a great week, and stay tuned! 💙

Thank you for all your support,
-Team Remoob