Hot Lava News

Lord Sludge and Poizone Bring Maniacal New Moves

A super-huge update for all our super-great Hot Lava fans! Along with the traditional assortment of fixes and optimizations, we have some exciting big additions.

New Characters

Bring on the bad guys! The diabolical duo Lord Sludge and Poizone make their Hot Lava debut bringing with them a whole new heinous set of moves. With “Poizone’s Pounce” players can defy gravity with a powerful double jump while “Sludge’s Slime Surge” gives players a surf boost wherever they want. Plus watch Sludge and Poizone in action in a brand-new G.A.T. cartoon playing in the Basement world.

https://youtu.be/iTqdfID85Go

Toy Level Up

Take your characters to the next level by collecting our glowing lava crystals: hit checkpoints, finish courses, and collect the new XP shards scattered throughout the game. Leveling up each character unlocks brand new items and features, including exciting new full-body Skins and lore-filled Action Files so you quiz your friends on G.A.T. trivia. Each character unlocks unique content so be sure to try them all!

Take care, have fun, and stay off the floor!

Detailed Patch Notes - 431329

Two new characters each with their own moveset: Slide Jump as Lord Sludge and Double Jump as Poizone
New G.A.T. cartoon featuring Lord Sludge and Poizone playing on one of the TVs
All characters can now earn XP and level up for new rewards
New item type: Skins can now be earned and set per character in Toy Select
New item type: Action Files can now be earned and viewed in Toy Select
Change default gamepad bindings
Refine default input tuning
Improve appearance of stickers and emotes on award screen
Minor visual improvements in Main Menu
Leaderboards current selection is more obvious and can now scroll with gamepad/wasd
Optimizations in Wholesale
Numerous rendering optimizations
Fix resolution settings not respected in certain cases
Fix for error causing third person with missing head
Fix replay ghosts not playing
New lighting system
New audio on Emotes and Victory poses
Fix wrong dog appears in Basement
Made ending of Intro consistently fade to black before returning to Menu
New Toy Select menu music
Other minor audio bug fixes
Upgraded to Unity 2019

[Game Hotfix] - 423486

Ledge climbing camera and movement restrictions have been eased to allow more range of movement
Vertical pipe camera and movement angles adjusted
Increased surf minimum speed to prevent painfully slow surfs
Fixed slippery poles in school vents that were causing accidental deaths
Fixed some standable lava areas in playground
Fixed some rock collision issues in basement dream house area

[Game Hotfix] - 421208

Fix unresponsive controls on respawn bug reported by some players
Added a bit more info on player controller in the bug reporter
Updated vertical pole climbing behavior and controls to be more responsive
Tuned chase your sister to make catching her a little more lenient in Gym Class and Playground
Tuned chase the meaning to prevent sister from escaping the player in certain locations in basement

[Game Hotfix] - 419473

Fixed issue where some players were not seeing gameplay highlights properly
Fixed issue where decals were not showing for people who had gameplay highlights disabled
Fixed surf issue where players were skipping off surfaces more often than intended
Fixed common collision trap in wholesale
Added more error reporting to help track down some tricky player issues being reported

[Game Hotfix] - 418275

Adjustments and tuning to surf stickiness and exit trajectories
Collision cleanup in school
Fixed school course 6 comic placement that could cause it not to show all the time
Fixed school all course marathon spawn bug that could appear in last half