Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders News

[h2]Hey Riders,[/h2]

First, thank you all for your feedback! We are more than happy to see that you all enjoy the new multiplayer mode! We spent a lot of time on it over the last 4 years, so it’s great that we can finally play together with all of you!

But, who would have guessed, it turns out that making multiplayer games is hard and comes with its own set of problems. One of them is that we just can’t update the game without throwing everyone out of the multiplayer - as a new patch forces you to update the game.

As many people are playing now and we don’t have feedback for a new available update in the game we decided to postpone today’s patch to tomorrow.

So the patch will go live tomorrow around noon (MEST) and it will throw you out of the multiplayer if you’re playing at that moment. You can continue playing after you download the update.

Tomorrow's patch will include:

• We implemented a new end-timer. So in case a player won’t finish the race or will take too long while everyone else has already crossed the finish line a timer will set in and end the race if the person doesn’t finish in time.
  
• We shortened all waiting times (time until a tour starts, time between trails, time between tours).
  
• Leaderboard Navigation will work with mouse controls again.
  
• We fixed that sometimes network messages (like new host, host disconnected, etc) would stay on the screen until you restarted the game.
  
• We improved the rubberbanding / weird movements that sometimes happen when you respawn at a checkpoint in multiplayer.
  
• We fixed that sometimes the timer that shows you when the next tour is going to start wasn’t visible.
  
• We made the last jump on Trail 2 Hard Slope a little bit easier.
  

We also want to take this moment and thank everyone who helped us test the demo before the Next Fest. And especially want to celebrate the crazy speedruns that people did with the over-the-top Lynx version. So here are the Top 10 on both slopes for the Pre-Demo. There will also be a little in-game memorial for them but more on that when the game will be released.



We wish you all a lot of fun on the Lonely Mountains! Please keep your feedback coming. It’s highly appreciated.

All the best,
Your Megagons

[h2]Hi Lonely Mountaineers,[/h2]

A huge thanks to everyone who tried our teaser demo already! Your feedback is super helpful and it’s wild to see what times some of you managed to pull off already. 😀

Today, we launched the full demo with a huge update that adds the following:
2-8 online multiplayer (racing)

• Added a whole new mountain track to explore (single and multiplayer)
  
• Improved physics. We took your feedback to heart and tweaked the physics a little bit. Initial pushing is now stronger, less air resistance at low speeds but stronger resistance at higher speeds and landing sidewards is more forgiving now.
  
• Due to the new balancing, we also cleared the leaderboards because previous records might not be achievable anymore.
  
• Tons of fixes and improvements but most importantly:
  
• - The infinite loading screen should be gone
  
• - The crash some people experienced when starting the game should now also be fixed
  

You can download the demo on our demo Steam page right now!



This is the first time we are testing our online multiplayer, and we are super curios to hear if you like it! This time we are testing the racing mode for up to 8 people but the full version will also have a co-op mode. The team already had the best time testing the racing mode, as going on the slopes with a few friends adds a ton of fun and competitive chaos!

We are likely leaving the demo up for the whole duration of the Steam Fest (until the 21st October) but might remove it afterward again for a while to polish it up. So jump in while it lasts! 🙂

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As always, if you enjoy Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders, please add it to your wishlist or follow our developer account as that helps us a lot to make the game more visible on Steam. We would also be super grateful if you leave a review for the demo.

All the best and have a great ride on the snowy Lonely Mountains!

Your Megagons

One of the most important lessons in skiing is, presumably, to look where you're going. You wouldn't want to ski with your eyes closed or while viewing yourself from a drone pointed back at the mountain from above. That'd be daft.

Or maybe not. Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders is the frosty followup to the mountain biking original, Lonely Mountains: Downhill, and like its predecessor it's about going fast while barely able to see what's coming. Yet also like its predecessor, initial frustrations melted away until I was eagerly hitting the slopes in the Snow Riders demo for just one more quick go.

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[h3]Hello Riders,[/h3]

On Monday (7 pm MEST/ https://notime.zone/O9-Ym_uX7364j) the Steam Next Fest starts and we will open up the 2-8 players Racing Multiplayer and a second trail. We are all super excited to finally roam the mountains with you together!

We also took your feedback to heart and rebalanced the Lynx ski for the Next Fest demo.

• Initial pushing will be stronger
  
• The air resistance will be weaker for lower speeds but stronger for higher speeds. This means you can better accelerate at the beginning but in general, Lynx won’t be as crazy fast anymore.
  
• Landing slightly sideways will also be more forgiving so you don’t crash that easily.
  

Due to the balancing changes, we will start with fresh leaderboards on Monday as some of the current speedrunning strategies won’t be achievable anymore.

We wanted to give this warning ahead of time so you don’t wonder where your times will have gone on Monday.

Though we are thinking about ways to immortalize the Top 10 Total Time for the Blue and Black Slope of the Pre-Demo in the game, to honor all the amazing runs we have seen over the last week!

We are pretty confident that we have finally fixed the crash bug some people experience when starting the game and we will upload a patch on Monday.

Thank you all for your feedback. We are super grateful for all the positivity around Snow Riders and hope to see you all Monday evening on the Lonely Mountains!

Your Megagons

If you haven’t checked out the Pre-Demo yet and want to enjoy some smooth carving over the weekend here is the link:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3238120/Lonely_Mountains_Snow_Riders_Demo/

Hey Riders
we released an update this morning that should address the endless loading screen issue. If you had the issue please let us know if it works for you now.

Concerning the crash-on-start issue that a few people are experiencing. We're still not sure what's causing it and updating the burst compiler didn't seem to have fixed it.
You might want to try to remove the Plugins\x86_64\lib_burst_generated.dll in your Snow Riders folder and see if you can start the game without it.

Have fun on the mountains!
Your Megagons