SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding News

Fixes

• 🔠 Missing font bug - Fixed bug where the main header font was missing on some Mac devices
  

The issue was caused by our project setup, not the font itself. If you think the SNØ font looks cool, it is called Pilowlava and it's free to use. Shout out to velvetyne.fr for providing amazing free fonts!

Best
Alex
SG

We're finally ready with a new update!

Our primary goal with this update was the inclusion of remappable controls. This proved to be a monumental task, since user input touches basically every aspect of the game.

To avoid our work days becoming too monotonous, we've snuck in some extra quality of life-features that were much more fun to make!

Here are the new QOL-features included in SNØ 1.0.02.22

Additions

• ⌨️ Rebindable gameplay controls
  
• 📸 Rebindable photo mode controls
  
• 🎮 Platform responsive controller glyphs
  
• 🪂 Dynamic transparency glider
  
• 📝 Saved mountain notes
  
• 🌄 Saved mountain vibe preview
  
• 🎨 Glider material preview on start screen
  
• 🗼 Cairns are now color coded to indicate progression down the mountain
  
• 👕 UI element indicating number of collected outfits, and the one currently selected
  
• 🎽 Fast iteration through outfits by using mouse wheel or holding down shoulder button
  
• 💻 V-Sync settings
  
• 🎞️ FPS limiter settings
  

Changes

• 🏗️ New layout on the combined controller overview/remapping screen
  
• ⚙️ New design and layout on some UI elements in the settings menu
  
• 🎮 The gamepad controller overview will not fade in if controls have been remapped
  
• ⌨️ Improved on screen keyboard interaction. Should now accept input from keyboard, gamepad and mouse clicks interchangeably
  
• #️⃣ Mountain generator now also accepts numerical seeds written with a leading "#"
  
• ⏸️ Photo mode is now also labeled as pause in the new controls overview/remapping screen
  
• 📖 Updated some Chinese translations (thank you @sai259752)
  

Bugfixes

• ⌨️ Fixed bug that caused user to sometimes select UI-elements behind the on screen keyboard
  
• 🔊 Audio levels now resets when restoring settings
  
• 🍬 Smørbukk easter egg no longer visible during first person gameplay
  
• 🔠 Missing letters and UI bug on Mac should be fixed (not verified)
  

Achievements

• 🧘 No additional achievements
  
• 🔒 Achievement gold lock - Henceforth, we will add no new achievements to the base game of SNØ. Happy hunting!
  

We hope the new features will help make SNØ more accessible and enjoyable to even more people!

Please let us know if you think any of the new features will improve YOUR quality of life, either here in the comments or on our Discord! 😀

Best
Alex
SG

Hi again!

We're back and working hard on what we feel are some big missing pieces of SNØ. I am currently working on a control remap system that will give SNØ much better control customization options and accessibility for players using custom controllers. It's a brain bender of a task, which is why it’s taken a bit longer than usual.

While you wait for the next update, we thought we'd share our future plans for SNØ.

Here is a list of what we have planned before summer hits:

• 🪂 Quality of Life Update - Major update including remapper + other quality of life updates
  
• 📼 Retro Update - Regular update, with a small surprise
  
• 🏔️ The World Gen 2.0 Update - Major update including brand new biomes, a more varied terrain generation and new skin patterns (SNØ will be backwards compatible with already saved mountains)
  
• 🚀 Porting - After the summer we'll start looking into getting the game ported to consoles!
  

The goal of these updates is to make SNØ even more enjoyable and accessible to as many people as possible, while also remaining true to its core as the playful and minimalistic freeriding game!

We’re aiming to have the first update ready for you next week. Stay tuned!


👆 Sneak peak at another Quality of Life feature we're adding

Best
Alex
SG

Fixes

• 👚 Glowing skins bug - Fixed a bug that caused some skins that were supposed to glow not to glow
  

It is two months since we released SNØ and it has been so much fun! 🤩 We have gotten wonderful feedback and we really appreciate all your kind words! We're gonna take a short easter vacation now, but first we wanted to drop a fun little easter update 🐣

Here are all the things that are new in SNØ 1.0.01.90

Easter eggs (Additions)

• 🐣 Eggs have hatched, populating each mountain with one new animal at a fixed location. Discover it and chase it down for a special skin detail that will surely catch your eye!
• 🥽 We let one of our failed experiments loose on the mountain! Location: #[REDACTED]. Hints about its whereabouts can be found in our latest Steam updates.
  
• 🍬 This one lies close to my heart, but you will need to look even closer
  

Seasonal

• 🌾 Grass - Spring is in the air, and for the next week, mountains will feature tufts of grass sprinkled in the environment
  

Achievements

• 🪂 Winged Hunter (new) - Catch the new animal on 3 different mountains
  
• 👕 Cleaning out my closet (new) - Delete 5 skins that sparks no joy
  
• 🏂 Goof Tax (updated) - Ride regular for 5000 meters in the same run (only counts while grounded)
  
• 🤕 Yard Sale (updated) - Yard Sale can now only be achieved by playing as one of the two skiers
  

Fixes

• 🎮 Gamepad spin modifier - Modify spin by triggers is now the default control setting for gamepads. This fix will only affect new players. For existing players who want to adopt this recommended setting you need to change it yourself in the options menu.
  

If you have been enjoying SNØ, please remember to leave a 👍 review! We’re nearing 500 reviews - the "Overwhelmingly Positive"-threshold - which would be an insane milestone for SNØ. We hope you want to help us reach it🙏

Happy hunting! 🐣

Best
Alex
SG