New Heights News

The big Dyno's and Bouldering update has arrived! It contains three locations in the boulder-rich Fontainebleau Forest near Paris, many fixes and new features. Plus brand new climbing moves: Dyno's / Jumps!

Thanks everyone who participated in the testing and gave us feedback on the dyno's. It helped a great lot.

And now you can view the leaderboards online! The season has been bumped to Season 1, but the site also works for Season 0. You can find it here: https://newheightsgame.com/leaderboards/

Congratulations to DK37 for having very much dominated Season 0!

Also honourable mentions to runner-ups: pwndnoob, Qbx, Acedog11, SilverFox57, pitti42, NotDK37, Adam_Ondra_Official, Tvinz, Nettur39, Kristoffer, Chlorion, Reaper, ElDull, BBB171, Brand238, Medicated Blunt and SuperJack!

Hope you like the new update as much as we do!

Patch Notes

New Content Training Grounds - Dyno Training - 1 route
Fontainebleau - Bas Cuvier - 33 routes
Fontainebleau - Chapelle Fourches - 36 routes
Fontainebleau - Cul de Chien - 20 routes

New Features Dyno control mode, jumping
Online leaderboard on the New Heights website
Challenge players from the leaderboard - with magnet links
In-game leaderboard filters: personal / global / friends
Leaderboard seasons
Fall time penalty
Made character rotatable in customization screen
New achievements for the new locations

New Options Rebindable controls
Target FPS slider
Automatic camera reset
Automatic releasing limbs
Automatically place legs
Competitive ghost options
Automatic release limb option
Falling duration before respawn

Reworked Stars system - local unlocks per location
Travel menu layout & controller support
Options menu controller support
Images in tutorial now respond to controller / mkb modes

Climbing changes Inverse support made more powerful
More power to pull up from situations like overhang
Less grab range around the hands/feet

Fixed issues Broken localized login flow fixed
Some route stop/restart/out of bound flow issues fixed
Controller layout issues fixed
Navigation edge-cases fixed
Game starting in very low resolution
Sometimes missing shoe graphic fixed
You could walk before the countdown ended in timed mode fixed
Fixed a few cases in which the character physics would explode

A new small bugfixing patch is live!

Some of the changes in this patch are:

• Settins & Resolution are now saved correctly
  
• Leaderboard loading problem fixed
  
• Sometimes not respawning bug fixed
  
• UI bugs in travel screen & menus fixed
  
• Stuck on loading screen issue tried to fix, not sure if it's better now
  
• More Al Lègne problems fixed
  
• Crèvecoeur colliders & clipping fixes
  
• Gym's dog is now inside the second route's bounds
  

We've just uploaded the first Early Access patch. It's focused on fixing bugs.

Some of the changes in this patch are:

• 'L-stick not working' bug with Steam Input is solved
  
• Username bugs fixed: error message if you have a duplicate name, more characters supported
  
• Restricted username length
  
• Aiming when not yet climbing fixed - now selects and shows the correct place and support value
  
• A lot of route issues in Al Lègne fixed
  
• Crash on ALT+F4 fixed in a lot of cases
  
• Difficulty of Crèvecoeur route #4 bumped a bit, route #5 lowered. As route #4 seems to be harder.
  
• No shoe glitch fixed
  
• Fixed a leaderboard sorting issue
  
• A tab to overview bug fixed
  

It's finally time! You can now officially buy and play New Heights, which directly supports us to improve the game and to include as many amazing locations as we can!

For who played the demo or the beta: the Early Access version is kind of a big update. The climbing system has been improved a lot, there is much more character customization, and we've included a location that has mány more hours of playtime in store than the others combined.

You can find more information about what we'll do this year in the roadmap post. Also if you have suggestions, if you've found bugs or if you just want to talk, you could join our Discord!

Hope you have a lot of fun climbing, and let's make this the best climbing game there is!

We've been hard at work to make sure we have a strong basis of the climbing system and also content with different kinds of challenges in the Early Access release. But of course we won't stop here! We are very excited to share the roadmap with all of you for the coming year of Early Access!

More details on which specific location we will be adding in, will be shared at a later time with nice reveal trailers and such. So be ready for those. The focus in the roadmap is on the bigger beats, but of course there are a lot more smaller things that we will also be working on and adding into the game. Including tweaks, optimization and bug fixes.

If you have more suggestions of what we should add in to New Heights, bugs that you have found or feedback then be sure to join our Discord server (https://discord.gg/2DqPft9tnk) and share them with us.

As a thank you for your early support, the game is currently available at a lower price. However, as we continue to expand and refine the content, there will be a gradual increase in the game's price. By purchasing New Heights now, you'll not only secure the complete experience at a discounted rate but also gain access to all future updates and features. Don't miss out on this opportunity to embark on your climbing adventure early and join our passionate community as we reach new heights together.