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Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s Tower Unite Dev Log!

[h2]March 2025 Condo Contest - 80s - NOW VOTING[/h2]



Hey everyone!

The theme of this month’s contest is The 80s!

Voting is now live, and will close on Thursday, March 27th, 2025 at 11:59PM!

Check out the forum thread below on how to vote!

March 2025 Condo Contest - PixelTail Games Forums

[h2]Player Customization[/h2]

macdguy worked on improving the context menu UI, added a spray selector menu, added the ability to color wearables and save outfits, and added a way to preview wearables while importing a workshop model.

[h3]Spray Selector Menu[/h3]

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[h3]Workshop Editor: Wearable Preview[/h3]

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[h3]Context Menu UI[/h3]



[h3]Colorable Wearables[/h3]



[h3]Outfit Saving[/h3]



[h2]Miscellany[/h2]

Johanna worked on fixing bugs across the plaza, getting it ready for 1.0.

Lifeless continued working on the Condo and Casino tutorials.

macdguy fixed issues with speed in Accelerate, as well as adding a 150cc mode. Fixed a bug where smaller playermodels were unable to interact with buttons. Fixed a bunch of issues with first person legs, wearables, mirrors, pool tubes, and more. Finished the condo backup system. Also worked on recording footage for the 1.0 trailer.

Nuclearxpotato worked on items.

Sketchman worked on bug fixes and optimizations.

wheezwer continued working on sprays and helped record footage for the 1.0 trailer.

[h3]Workshop Rental Store Demo WIP[/h3]

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[h3]Upcoming New Items[/h3]
Updated art for the Wood Door item (will be renamed to Victorian Wooden Door), Telephone Items, and some Garden Gnomes.



[h3]Accelerate: 150cc Mode[/h3]



[h3]Zombie Massacre: Escape Achievement Icons[/h3]



[h2]That’s a Wrap![/h2]
Thank you for reading and we’ll see you all next week for more!

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Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s Tower Unite Dev Log!

[h2]March 2025 Condo Contest - 80s - ENDING SOON[/h2]



Hey everyone!

The theme of this month’s contest is The 80s!

So, base your condo around 1980s culture and style, capture the feeling of life in the 80s, or make a general homage to something from that time period!

Your submission can be a regular Condo or a Workshop Game World Map. The submission should be something that was made after the contest was announced.

The submission period ends on March 20th, 2024 at 11:59 PM CT.

Be sure to look at the prizes and follow the rules found on the forum post below!

March 2025 Condo Contest - PixelTail Games Forums

[h2]Smoother Movement Quality of Life Update! (0.18.9.0)[/h2]



Last week, we released Update 0.18.9.0, which included massive improvements to network prediction for sprinting, walking, ladders, sliding, jumping, vehicle movement, and vehicle boosting.

In addition, we released a hotfix to fix some issues found in the initial release.

Update 0.18.9.0 Announcement Hotfix 0.18.9.0 Announcement

[h2]Miscellany[/h2]

Johanna worked on fixing bugs across the plaza.

Joshua started working on items for the upcoming Anniversary event, such as Catsack Paper Lanterns and a Solar System Pool Tube.

Lifeless continued working on the Condo tutorial, and well as starting work on a Casino tutorial. He also fixed bugs across various Ball Race maps, and adding more melons to the bonus levels, as well as optimizing the Zombie Massacre map, Escape.

macdguy worked on releasing the update, and fixing bugs in preparation for 1.0.

Nuclearxpotato started working on a customization pass on the Highrise condo. The lights in the pool, rafers, some columns, and an upstairs wall are now customizable, the metal railings and wood panelling are now toggleable, a missing wall was added to the main atrium room, and the lights in the hidden area are now toggle-able and react to light settings.

Sketchman fixed some bugs with rich presence support on the Main Menu, worked on achievement icons, and worked on other various optimizations.

wheezwer worked on over 40 Player Sprays.

[h3]Anniversary: Upcoming Items WIP[/h3]



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[h3]New Achievement Icons[/h3]


[h2]That’s a Wrap![/h2]
Thank you for reading and we’ll see you all next week for more!

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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.

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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/announcements/weekly-dev-logs/65

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
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This update fixes a few issues with our latest 0.18.9.0 update:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/394690/announcements/detail/831582351143207605?snr=2___


Changes

• Jetpack: Added slight delay before jetpack starts so that you are able to jump while having a jetpack equipped. Holding down space will engage jetpack, but tapping space to jump will not
  
• You can now be killed by the transit station subway trains if you stand in front of one

Bug Fixes

• Fixed workshop player scales not working properly due to desync fixes
  
• Fixed jetpack causing air control movement to get disabled
  
• Fixed store preview pedestal for appearance store
  
• Fixed splash effects occurring while using jetpack and having a pool tube equipped
  
• Fixed touching Central Circuit sign causing desync
  
• Fixed Home Theatre Seat buy volume pointing to the wrong furniture ID
  
• Accelerate: Fixed triple melon boost only doing two boosts (host only)
  
• LC: Fixed sword showing up in maps that don't have the sword

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This update includes massive improvements to network prediction for sprinting, walking, ladders, sliding, jumping, vehicle movement, and vehicle boosting.


Networking has been a longstanding complaint, and it’s a complicated issue that has been a huge challenge in development. Networking affects how you and others experience actions in any online game, such as the visual smoothness of movement, viewing other players playing games, or general connection issues.

This update includes massive improvements to network prediction for sprinting, walking, ladders, sliding, jumping, vehicle movement, and vehicle boosting. This means you will be much less likely to see jerky movements or “rubber banding” while playing or watching others play.

These changes affect different areas all throughout the game, whether you’re in the Game Worlds, Plaza, or Condos. Game Worlds also got an overhaul with their movement such as SDNL sliding, LC dragon jumping, LC knight sprinting, and ZM power ups.


With the improved networking, Accelerate feels and plays better in multiplayer. This has required us to rework the internals, but now there are no more network desyncs that would disrupt your racing!

Accelerate certainly got some love from the networking fixes, but there were other quality of life changes included in this update as well. We’ve adjusted the lap amounts for each map, improved handling and turning, and changed the speed of certain actions and power ups.


We’ve made improvements to the visual and audio experience of playing Ball Race. Additions include more visual/audio feedback for areas that have boosts, sound effects for more interactions, and better contrast of colors for boosts and buttons on some maps.


We’ve further optimized the Plaza with improvements to LODs, light/shadows, rendering, and item collision. We also fixed a large loading start-up hitch.


With our networking changes, expect smoother jetpack movement! We’ve also made improvements to the lighting of jetpacks.


We addressed the connection issues with our APAC and AUS region Plaza servers and they are now back online.


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

• Added better network prediction for sprinting, walking, ladders, vehicle boosting
  
• Fixed sprinting being horribly desynced and causing network lag when toggling it (effects Plaza, Condos, and Game Worlds)
  
• Fixed walking being horribly desynced and causing network lag when toggling it (effects Plaza, Condos)
  
• Fixed vehicle boosting being horribly desynced and causing network lag when boosting (effects Plaza, Condos)
  
• Fixed ladders being horribly desynced and causing network lag when using them (effects Plaza, Condos, and Game Worlds)
  
• Fixed jetpacks having lots of desyncs when using them
  
• Fixed network desync when moving around crouched
  
• Fixed network desync when equipping potions
  
• Fixed various pool tube related desyncs
  
• Accelerate: Completely eliminated all network related lag with boosts, powerups, dirt, and walls
  
• SDNL: Fixed sliding being desynced and causing network lag when sliding
  
• LC: Fixed all network desyncs with sprinting as a Knight
  
• LC: Fixed all network desyncs with jumping and flying as a Dragon
  
• ZM: Fixed network desync with using the survivor shield powerup
  
• Added better network prediction for jetpacks
  
• Improved jetpack dynamic lights

• Plaza: Art pass on stair steps throughout Plaza area
  
• Condo: Save button has been updated to directly go to the snapshots list
  
• Condo: When resetting your condo, it'll ask you one more time before clearing it
  
• Condo: When loading a snapshot, it'll now ask you to save your current condo as another snapshot before loading the snapshot
  
• Condo: Improved look of snapshot menu
  
• Condo: Added description of what snapshots are to the snapshot menu
  
• Condo: Snapshot date is now shown on the tooltip, so it's easier to find when a snapshot was made from the list
  
• Condo IO: Added video feed support to Camera IO items (connects to TVs) and added "Play" and "Stop" IO inputs to control its movement without having to enter the camera
  
• Condo: Media players now show "Play" when they have a playlist, otherwise it shows Turn On
  
• Condo: Added media player prompt override setting
  
• Trivia: Added new payout for getting a correct answer (single player or multiplayer supported) which will give you 100 units for each correct answer
  
• Workshop SDK: Added "skip updating description" option when uploading workshop player models/items

• Accelerate - Bedzoom: Reduced Laps from 4 to 3
  
• Accelerate - Wishy Washy Waterfall: Reduced Laps from 4 to 3
  
• Accelerate - Pine Valley: Reduced Laps from 4 to 3
  
• Accelerate - Holly Jolly Highway: Reduced Laps from 5 to 3
  
• Accelerate - Sunrise Isles: Reduced Laps from 5 to 3
  
• Accelerate: Improved handling/turning
  
• Accelerate: Added controller DPad turning support
  
• Accelerate: Reduced respawn/fallout respawn delay (2s > 1s) to keep players in the race faster
  
• Accelerate: Reduced speed of Moon Power powerup
  
• Accelerate: Reduced slowdown of water
  
• Accelerate: Adjusted boost priority so that boosting is preferred even when powered up because boosts are faster
  
• Accelerate: Dirt slows you down more
  
• Minigolf: Added voice volume setting to Minigolf scoreboard
  
• Ball Race: Improved customize menu
  
• Ball Race: Booster pads now have sound and visual effects
  
• Ball Race: Boost pipes and boost fans now have visual and audio wind effects
  
• Ball Race: Added various ambient audio effects throughout the maps
  
• Ball Race: Slightly shrunk the kill volumes on the toxic sludge in Woodlands so that slightly touching/getting near the edges is a bit more forgiving
  
• Ball Race: Increased the amount of melons in Oasis's bonus level
  
• Ball Race: Improved button's glow effects to better indicate when a button is turned on.
  
• Ball Race: Added on/off click sound effects when triggering a button
  
• Ball Race: Pop-up blockers now play a sound effect when they spawn and despawn.
  
• Ball Race: GLXY, Khromidro, and Midori's floor tiles now match the location of the booster pads, making it more clear where exactly the boosts are
  
• Ball Race- Paradise: Boost pipes in Paradise now play a "thunk" sucked-into-a-pipe sound effect when entering.
  
• Ball Race - Paradise: Paradise's boost pipes now have a wrong way indicator.
  
• Ball Race - Prism : Changed some of the blocks to have translucent glass in the easy/hard course in Prism so that players can better see what they are doing without having their view obstructed
  
• Ball Race - Midori: Midori's platforms have gotten an art pass
  
• Ball Race - GLXY: Reduced distance to death volumes on most levels
  
• Ball Race - GLXY: Added more melons to Bonus Level
  
• Ball Race - Midori: Added more melons to Bonus Level

• Plaza: Various LOD improvements throughout the Plaza
  
• Plaza: Reduced collision complexity of hanging signs in stores area
  
• Plaza: Vastly improved the way the monorail bridge is rendered for improved performance
  
• Plaza: Optimized and re-did the way the lazy river is rendered for performance
  
• Plaza: Removed an unnecessary shadow-casting spotlight from the boardwalk that was causing a 2ms FPS drop when in the area
  
• Plaza: Optimized store creation by a huge amount, which will help reduce the initial load in freeze
  
• ZM - Escape: Optimized Suburbs

• Fixed high quality shaders setting not applying
  
• Fixed rich presence not setting to main menu when you return to the main menu
  
• Fixed jetpack not turning off when you de-quip it while using it
  
• Fixed underwater effect happening in third person
  
• Fixed water splash effects being missing from the game
  
• Fixed multi-buy purchase options showing up in stores that have no shopping cart
  
• Plaza: Fixed an improper collision at one of the monorail stations that was caused by an encircling railing having a box collision
  
• Plaza: Fixed one of the hanging signs in the stores area incorrectly listing Vroomspeed twice
  
• Plaza: Fixed the spotlight models glowing in Dark Voyage
  
• Plaza: Fixed collisions around the lazy river
  
• Plaza: Fixed Dark Voyage cart looking very dark
  
• Condo: Fixed post process volume not working with sphere shape
  
• Condo: Fixed Studio Headphones items fading out
  
• Arcade: Tutorial will now activate when entering any entrance
  
• Condo: Fixed Water Volumes not working with pool tubes (now pool tubes float properly)
  
• Condo: Fixed clients getting kicked from a condo when editing Sky Volume color properties
  
• Condo IO: Fixed Player Movement Volume not unsetting its effect on a player when a player dies/respawns while inside it
  
• Condo IO: Fixed Damage Heal Volume applying damage twice when first overlapped with
  
• Libretro: Fixed Libretro not displaying properly on OEM Computer, Laptops, and 90s / 80s TVs
  
• Workshop SDK: Fixed mover pause button not showing up in workshop level editor mode
  
• Fixed media player controls menu "Stop" button (bottom left corner) not working (clients were unable to hit the "Stop" button)

• Accelerate: Fixed boost desyncing players
  
• Accelerate: Fixed turning speed adjustments desyncing players
  
• Accelerate: Fixed respawn boost netlag
  
• Accelerate: Fixed drift boost net lag delay
  
• Accelerate: Fixed starting race boost having network delay
  
• Accelerate: Fixed dragon animations always turning left/right wrongly
  
• Accelerate: Fixed drift angle not networking to other players (players drifting would appear not drifting at the correct angle or at all)
  
• Accelerate: Fixed item cards not clearing after respawning, causing item cards that appear usable but are not
  
• Accelerate: Fixed Flux powerup sound/effects playing twice/at a delay for clients
  
• Accelerate: Fixed Moon Power powerup sound/effects playing twice/at a delay for clients
  
• SDNL - Container Ship: Fixed various visual issues
  
• SDNL - Decommission: Fixed glowing ceiling lamps
  
• SDNL - Frostbite: Fixed glowing floor lights
  
• SDNL: Fixed broken lighting in SDNL's broadcast room (intermission room)
  
• LC: Fixed issues where players sometimes do not spawn in
  
• LC: Fixed player avatar scale on scoreboards
  
• ZM - Escape: Fixed an issue where spawning would cause you to fall forever
  
• Ball Race: Fixed customize menu being under the spectating menu
  
• Accelerate - Bedzoom: Lighting fixes

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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! Weekly Dev Logs

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Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s Tower Unite Dev Log!

[h2]March 2025 Condo Contest - 80s[/h2]



Hey everyone!

The theme of this month’s contest is The 80s!

So, base your condo around 1980s culture and style, capture the feeling of life in the 80s, or make a general homage to something from that time period!

Your submission can be a regular Condo or a Workshop Game World Map. The submission should be something that was made after the contest was announced.

The submission period ends on March 20th, 2024 at 11:59 PM CT.

Be sure to look at the prizes and follow the rules found on the forum post below!

March 2025 Condo Contest - PixelTail Games Forums

[h2]Upcoming New Items[/h2]

Nuclearxpotato continued working on a bunch of new items, including even more food and cooking related items.

[h3]Upcoming New Items: Cooking Items[/h3]

Honey and Maple Syrup Bottle, Frosted Cookie, Creme Sandwich Cookie, Oatmeal Cookie, and Gelatin



[h2]Condo Rental Store[/h2]

macdguy worked on the Condo Rental Store that we've mentioned in the past, where you can see and explore popular and new Workshop condos via the Condo Lobby. Last week, he worked on adding Game World Map support to the store.

[h3]Condo Rental Store WIP[/h3]



[h2]Miscellany[/h2]

Johanna worked on various polishing passes on Ball Race, getting it ready for 1.0.

Lifeless continued working on the Condo tutorial.

macdguy finished fixing various networking desyncs across the entire game, such as Sprinting, Crouching, Jetpack, Potions, sliding in SDNL, Knight Sprinting and Dragon Jumping in LC, among others. He also fixed lots of desyncs in Accelerate regarding boosting, powerups, and speed adjustments, making Accelerate way more playable for those who are not the host. These changes affect the entire game and lead to way better networking feel throughout the game.

wheezwer finished the art contest, started a new condo contest, and continued working on the Player Sprays.

[h2]That’s a Wrap![/h2]
Thank you for reading and we’ll see you all next week for more!

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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.

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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:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2792910/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/announcements/weekly-dev-logs/65

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