Tower Unite News

Weekly Dev Log for April 15th, 2024

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for April 15th, 2024, detailing all the changes that have happened since April 8th, 2024. Note: Devs that don't appear in the weekly log are not necessarily away or not doing work, but may be working on things currently not announced or backend work that doesn't need to be detailed.

[h2]Cornelius Plush[/h2]

The Cornelius and Birb Plush Campaign on Makeship has just 9 days left! Order your own Cornelius and Birb Plush! (limited time only)!

Check out the page to see how it works and get one for yourself here!

[h2]March/April 2024 Condo Contest (Cosy Theme)[/h2]

To celebrate Tower Unite's debut to Early Access, our Anniversary Event is taking place!

Kalleira, wanting to celebrate with everyone, caused mayhem by bringing in all the characters and minigames from all the holiday events. Due to her magic, this event features minigames from Halloween events and Winter Holiday events all at the same time!

You can read all about the anniversary events and the update here.

[h2]Bumper Cars[/h2]

Work continues on getting Bumper Cars ready for release.

macdguy worked on setting up the Appearance UI, code for customizing the Bumper car, UI, Gameplay logic, Leaderboards, and Achievements.

Nuclearxpotato worked on optimizing the Bumper Car model.

Sketchman worked on achievement icons.

Will worked on music for Bumper Cars.

[h3]Bumper Cars: Achievement Icons[/h3]

[h2]Miscellany[/h2]

Johanna continued working on the Minigolf SDK.

Joshua continued working on food items for the snack stand, as well as working on the new workshop guide.

Lifeless continued working on a new map, Escape for Zombie Massacre.

macdguy worked on balancing changes for the Boardwalk games.

Sketchman worked on fixing some outstanding issues.

[h2]Wrap It Up[/h2]
That about covers everything that happened since April 8th, 2024 at PixelTail Games.

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We love awesome people like you!

Follow our developments on our Trello in near real-time: https://trello.com/b/6BwRMiPw/tower-unite-roadmap

If you like our game and want to support development, please consider getting a Supporter Pack: Tower Unite - Supporter Pack

Take a peek at what's being worked on every week in our weekly dev logs! There's bound to be something interesting every week! https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/devupdates/weekly-dev-logs

Please report bugs & submit suggestions on our forums. We're active everyday & here to help.
For bug reports: https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/bug-report/18
For suggestions: https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/suggestions/7

Weekly Dev Log for April 8th, 2024

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for April 8th, 2024, detailing all the changes that have happened since March 25th, 2024. Note: Devs that don't appear in the weekly log are not necessarily away or not doing work, but may be working on things currently not announced or backend work that doesn't need to be detailed.

[h2]35% Off Sale[/h2]

Tower Unite is 35% off until April 15th to celebrate its Anniversary!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/394690/Tower_Unite/

[h2]Cornelius Plush[/h2]

The Cornelius and Birb Plush Campaign on Makeship has started! You can now order a Cornelius and Birb Plush to fund the campaign!

Check out the page to see how it works and get one for yourself here!

[h2]March/April 2024 Condo Contest (Cosy Theme)[/h2]

To celebrate Tower Unite's debut to Early Access, we're starting our Anniversary Event celebrations!

Kalleira, wanting to celebrate with everyone, caused mayhem by bringing in all the characters and minigames from all the holiday events. Due to her magic, this event features minigames from Halloween events and Winter Holiday events all at the same time!

You can read all about the anniversary events and the update here.

We've also started work on the next update to the anniversary events, which will include some bug fixes and some new items.

macdguy worked on releasing the initial update, and fixing bugs that popped up after.

Nuclearxpotato and Joshua worked on some new items.

[h3]Upcoming Anniversary Items[/h3]

Some new items include: Pretty Catsacks, Paper Streamers, Party Crown (in three designer colors), Catsack Guitars, and Condo equivalents of the anniversary items from the last patch.

[h2]Bumper Cars[/h2]

Work continues on Bumper Cars, with the physics being ironed out and more progress being made on the UI and Arena.

macdguy worked on some bump physics for the Bumper Cars themselves.

Johanna continued working on the Bumper Cars arena.

[h3]Bumper Cars: Bump Physics Test[/h3]

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[h3]Bumper Cars: Car Customization UI WIP[/h3]

[h3]Bumper Cars: Arena WIP[/h3]

Note: Ticket Booth graphics are temporary.

[h2]Minigolf SDK[/h2]

Johanna continued working on the tools for the upcoming Minigolf Map SDK.

[h3]Tools[/h3]

Note: These are examples of the tools being used with various configurable settings and sizes.

[h3]Tool Usage Examples[/h3]

Note: These are some nonsensical Minigolf track designs to showcase how different tools can snap together to make infinite possibilities.

[h2]Miscellany[/h2]

Johanna worked on a snack stand for the Plaza Boardwalk to give some extra soul.

Joshua started working on food items for the snack stand.

Lifeless continued working on a new map.

Sketchman worked on fixing some outstanding issues.

Will continued working on music for SDNL.

[h3]Plaza: Snack Stand WIP[/h3]

[h2]Wrap It Up[/h2]
That about covers everything that happened since March 25th, 2024 at PixelTail Games.

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Join our Discord for development updates and community fun! https://discord.gg/pixeltail
We love awesome people like you!

Follow our developments on our Trello in near real-time: https://trello.com/b/6BwRMiPw/tower-unite-roadmap

If you like our game and want to support development, please consider getting a Supporter Pack: Tower Unite - Supporter Pack

Take a peek at what's being worked on every week in our weekly dev logs! There's bound to be something interesting every week! https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/devupdates/weekly-dev-logs

Please report bugs & submit suggestions on our forums. We're active everyday & here to help.
For bug reports: https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/bug-report/18
For suggestions: https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/suggestions/7

Tower Unite Anniversary Events! (0.17.10.0)

You can also earn Anniversary Coins from playing any of the game worlds or minigames in Tower and unlock anniversary themed items, Halloween items, and Winter Holiday items!

This event will last for the entire month of April, so you'll be able to take your time getting coins!

New Anniversary Items!

Head to Kalleira near the Plaza fountain!

We plan to have more anniversary items in a future update.

Two Way Block

This update comes with a new feature that should help reduce harassment in-game. Two-Way Block is a new standard for the block feature. If you block a player, the other player will automatically have you blocked as well and can no longer see/hear your chat. The player you have blocked cannot remove this block.

Co-Op Condo / Mover Fixes

There's been a lot of desync issues with co-op condos that are now resolved in this update. Before, editing items would sometimes not upload their edited values as a client to the condo host, including groups not syncing. This has all been resolved in this update. Grouping and ungrouping items will now sync properly between client and hosts, and item properties are sent properly as well.

Movers also had a known issue where restoring from save data would not always work, which is now fixed in this update.

New Condo IO Features

More condo IO items were added in this update:

Mover Controllable: A mover that is designed to be controlled by user input/buttons
Player Input Volume: A usable volume that listens to player inputs and fires outputs based on it. Has support for Forwards, Backwards, Strafe Right, Strafe Left, Jump, Run, Weapons 1-8, Flashlight, Reload, Inventory, and Context key binds
Global Message Module: A module that announces messages in chat or on the HUD, wish whisper support. Supports %name% keyword, which will display the player name.

Cornelius and Birb Plush

Don't miss out! The Cornelius and Birb Plush Campaign on Makeship has started!
You can now order a Cornelius and Birb Plush to fund the campaign! Limited time only!

https://www.makeship.com/products/cornelius-plush

Changes

Start of Anniversary 2024 events!
Added new Anniversary items!
Added Two Way Block System. If you have blocked a player, the other player will also have you blocked automatically. Players you have blocked will not be able to see your join/leave messages as well.
Added Keycard, Keycard Receptacle to Central Circuit store
Added Metal Rung Ladder, Concrete Lattice, Glass Blocks to DIY store
Added Basic Planks, Plastic Barrel, Plastic Barrel (Physics) to Rob's Imports store
Plaza: Added token and ticket machines next to Balloon Pop
Condo: Added No Collider tool to Tool Glove
Condo - Build UI: Added Group / Ungroup buttons
Condo: Show Volumes setting now disables inventory grab/traces and box selection of Volumes when Volumes are hidden
Condo: Easter Basket item can have its handle hidden now
Condo: Added "Display Glow" setting to Pile of Units, Always Lucky Slot Machine, and Treasure Chest of Units items
Condo/SDK: Ball Race Orb milestone now matches the same speed & mass as the Ball Race orb in Ball Race

Optimizations

Plaza: Surf Shop optimization pass
Plaza: Optimization of Boardwalk's support structure
Condo: Optimized all Base Physics items (including Physical Media), they now properly handle resting states and don't overcalculate when frozen or in rest state
Condo: Optimized Water Volume, resolving performance issues when a water volume is placed in a condo with many items
Condo: Optimized all light items by reducing FadeToColor calculations
Condo: Optimized Pile of Units, Always Lucky Slot Machine, and Treasure Chest of Units items

Condo IO Changes

Condo IO: Added additional SDNL gametypes to Game World Events module
Condo IO: Added new Mover - Mover Controllable, a mover that is designed to be controlled by user input/buttons
Condo IO: Added Player Input Volume, a volume that listens to player inputs and fires outputs based on it, once a player uses it. Has support for Forwards, Backwards, Strafe Right, Strafe Left, Jump, Run, Weapons 1-8, Flashlight, Reload, Inventory, and Context key binds
Condo IO: Added Global Message module, which will announce messages in chat or on the HUD, with whisper support
Condo IO: Added "GotoFromHere" to Mover Simple, which will travel the mover to a position relative to where it currently is
Condo IO: Added "SetRotation" and "AddRotation" to Mover Simple, Mover Path
Condo IO: Added "Display Stand", "Display Glow", and "Pickup Effects" settings to Weapon Pickup
Condo IO: Added "SetType" input to Weapon Pickup
Condo IO: Added "OnSpawned", "OnRespawned" outputs to Weapon Pickup
Condo IO: Added "MultiplySize" and "AddSize" inputs to Size Volume
Condo IO: Added "Modulo" input to Counter
Condo IO: Added "Copy" input to counter, which will copy another counter's value to the counter
Condo IO: Fixed Switches & Levers not calling their on/off IO outputs when first loaded
Condo IO - Movers: Added "Auto Start Spin" option
Condo IO: Added "SetPitch" and "SetVolume" input to Sound Emitters

Bug Fixes

Fixed Workshop browser sometimes getting stuck loading forever
Condo - Coop Condo: Fixed major desyncs where clients would set item properties and the server/host would not receive all the item property changes as it would skip certain properties. This fixes long standing sync issues with co-op condos
Condo - Coop Condo: Fixed editing items not saving to server if you edit a different item without closing the item you are editing first
Condo - Coop Condo: Fixed item connections not applying when switching to IO debugger tab
Condo - Coop Condo: Fixed connection tool not setting selected input/outputs properly when connecting an item as a client
Condo - Coop Condo: Fixed Grouping not networking to the server/host if a client creates a group of items
Condo IO - Movers: Fixed movers not always restoring from save data properly
Condo/SDK: Fixed Gizmo trace distance not matching the new long trace distance
Condo: Fixed No Collide property not copying with Copy Cat or shift drag copy
Condo: Fixed Item Finder search bar inputting Q over and over when first clicked on it
Condo - Build UI: Fixed grouping items not updating the group info panel
Condo: Fixed a crash relating to Nightclub Media players and IO events
Condo: Fixed FadeToColor IO event not coloring emissive materials of lights
Condo: Fixed Water Volume top only setting not saving
Condo: Fixed Floating Text items being slightly off for clients
Condo: Fixed Blocking Volume still blocking physics items even with ignore physics setting disabled
Condo: Fixed sound emitters starting by default for clients even if they are set to not start by default
Condo: Fixed all seat items not all having IO inputs that all seats should have (Eject, OnEnter, OnLeave)
Condo: Fixed Backyard Fence item
Ball Race - Khromidro: Fixed ocean color issue (from 4.22 upgrade)
Fixed Ball Race Orb milestone third person camera interacting with water volumes
Fixed wearable guitar colors
Plaza: Fixed swim volume not applying in certain areas of the Lazy River
Plaza: Fixed hidden collision boxes cutting into Lazy River
Plaza: Fixed Minigame Game Arena enter/leave detection not matching the size of the actual arena
Fixed issues with Pool Noodle and inventory usage

Join our Discord for development updates and community fun! https://discord.gg/pixeltail
We love awesome people like you!

Follow our developments on our Trello in near real-time:
https://trello.com/b/6BwRMiPw/tower-unite-roadmap

If you like our game and want to support development, please consider getting a Supporter Pack: Tower Unite - Supporter Pack

Take a peek at what's being worked on every week in our weekly dev logs! There's bound to be something interesting every week! http://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/devupdates/weekly-dev-logs

Please report bugs & submit suggestions on our forums. We're active everyday & here to help.
For bug reports: https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/bug-report/18
For suggestions: https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/suggestions/7

Cornelius and Birb Plush Campaign Started!

IT’S BEGUN!

ORDER ONE HERE

https://www.makeship.com/products/cornelius-plush

The Cornelius and Birb Plush Campaign on Makeship has started!

You can now order a Cornelius and Birb Plush to fund the campaign!

If there’s enough interest, there could be more awesome stuff like this to come in the future!

The campaign will be up for a limited time (21 days)!

Check out the page to see how it works and get one for yourself!

Weekly Dev Log for March 25th, 2024

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for March 25th, 2024, detailing all the changes that have happened since March 11th, 2024. Note: Devs that don't appear in the weekly log are not necessarily away or not doing work, but may be working on things currently not announced or backend work that doesn't need to be detailed.

[h2]March/April 2024 Condo Contest (Cosy Theme)[/h2]

Hey everyone!

The theme of this month's contest is Cozy!

So, make a cozy Condo - something chill, relaxing, or comforting! This could be any kind of space, so long as it captures that cozy feeling!

Note: Your submission can be a regular Condo or a Workshop Game World Map.

The submission period ends on April 18th, 2024 at 11:59 PM.

Be sure to look at the prizes and follow the rules by visiting the forum thread here!

[h2]Hot Fix 0.17.9.1[/h2]

Last week, we released a Hot Fix addressing various bugs introduced with the Engine and Movers Update.

You can see the full list of fixes here.

[h2]Miscellany[/h2]

Johanna continued working on the Minigolf SDK and the Bumper Cars arena.

Lifeless worked on getting Lookout and Containership changes ready for release, along with a new unannounced map.

macdguy worked on getting the Movers update released, and its hotfix. He also worked on a two way player blocking system, and fixed various bugs.

Nuclearxpotato worked on various condo items, and paint masks for the Bumper Cars car.

Sketchman fixed various bugs with the engine.

Wheezwer worked with Makeship on the upcoming Dragon plush and edited event banners for use in-game and on Steam,

Will worked on music for SDNL.

[h3]New Condo Items[/h3]

The barrel item also has a physics variant.

[h2]Wrap It Up[/h2]
That about covers everything that happened since March 11th, 2024 at PixelTail Games.

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Join our Discord for development updates and community fun! https://discord.gg/pixeltail
We love awesome people like you!

Follow our developments on our Trello in near real-time: https://trello.com/b/6BwRMiPw/tower-unite-roadmap

If you like our game and want to support development, please consider getting a Supporter Pack: Tower Unite - Supporter Pack

Take a peek at what's being worked on every week in our weekly dev logs! There's bound to be something interesting every week! https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/devupdates/weekly-dev-logs

Please report bugs & submit suggestions on our forums. We're active everyday & here to help.
For bug reports: https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/bug-report/18
For suggestions: https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/suggestions/7