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Update #16 - Playground



Detailed Patch Notes
  • Playground world added. Playground bridges the skill gap between Tutorial and School, providing a more free form and accessible experience to new players. One trial, one course, and card collections are available in this patch, 5 additional courses and several trials will be released over time
  • Added sticker sheet trade-in. Collect full sets of stickers and earn special rare rewards
  • Added readable comic art for School, Wholesale and (partially)
    Playground. These are earned by finding the six hidden comic pages in each world
  • Increased player ground acceleration speed from 1 second to 0.8 seconds
  • Many equipped items now show in first person
  • Preserve character rotation interpolation for smoother rotations at frame rates above 60 fps
  • Added two rare followers earned through the sticker sheet system, Rusty and Pinny
  • Added new Vertical Spinnable climbable object type. This object is similar to the vertical pipe climbs in school, but you can spin around it horizontally like a fire pole
  • Added texture streaming support. It should now be easier to play on higher quality settings
  • Fixed surf bug where players would sometimes not move the direction they’re facing when jumping from a surf object
  • Fixed surf bug where players could stack speed indefinitely by jumping.
  • Players will now average their forward momentum with the jump height and regain it when landing back on a surf object
  • Fixed news image compression on Potato
  • Fixed trials not appearing in level select challenge lists
  • Fixed several lobster traps and visual glitches in school
  • Fix for replay models not having ghost shader applied after death
  • Fixed lightmaps in Intro
  • Fixed issue with missing atmospheric fog
  • Smoothed out initial attach to climables. This fixes many deaths associated to attaching from a parallel direction
  • Fixed issue where breakables would burn in lava after each death. This will reduce the likelihood of a deferred lag spike 5-6 seconds after dying
  • Hands now properly IK to vertical climbables in a pleasant fashion
  • Hands on vertical climbables are now spaced correctly for the width of the climbable
  • School is now unlocked through progression
  • Disabled Halloween event


Hot Fix #1
  • Fixed dark lighting in Medium and High Quality settings (Potato is still dark)
  • Fixed several collision issues in Playground
  • Fixed several instances of missing shadows in Playground
  • Fixed issue with score ordering the first time you complete a course
  • Removed ball in lava world that looked like you could jump on it
  • Fixed menu rank vertical alignment
  • Fixed player rank when playing offline
  • Fixed issue where a sold sticker could still be equipped


Hot Fix #2
  • Disabled texture streaming for now- will re-enable after some tweaks
  • Added collision to sand mounds when in lava mode
  • Fixed up collisions on asphalt pillars (convex)
  • Fixed flickering sidewalks
  • Fixed sections of lava poking through concrete
  • Fixed collision between asphalt and grass in overworld
  • Enabled platform light for better visibility on top of platforms
  • Fixed lighting errors (bad lightmaps)


Hot Fix #3
  • Fixed missing sidewalk in Playground
  • Fix “!” on item you no longer own if you trade in the stickers before you check your toy shelf
  • Fix placement previews for Pinny to look like Pinny instead of cube
  • Fixed grass poking through Lava by lava falls
  • Fixed lights being incorrectly disabled on potato mode causing poor performance or dark scenes
  • Fix for double level load and nonstop out of bounds deaths
  • Fixed dying while spectating to cause the camera to become detached and the players score reset