Tower Unite News

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

[h2]Birb Plush Campaign Ongoing![/h2]



Birb's got it all: the power to stun dragons, an all-you-can-eat arcade game, a statue, the adoration of the people, and, now, a plushie! Bring home Birb and feel great safety if a dragon ever decides to try and start something. Birb has it handled. You just provide the birdseed. (And hugs.)

The campaign will be up for a limited time (7 days), so check out the store page to see how it all works and get one for yourself! These limited time plushies go directly towards supporting our developers and the development of Tower Unite!

We hope you enjoy the Birb plushie! Any support you give us means so much, and we hope to keep bringing you more fun in the future!

Get yours at https://www.makeship.com/products/birb-plushie

[h2]Winter 2024-25 Condo Contest[/h2]



Hey everyone,

The 2024-25 Winter Condo Contest has started!

As usual, we’re doing a Winter / Festivity theme.

So, your build should be either: winter-related, themed after winter holidays / holiday activities (including New Years), or generally wintry and festive!

The submission period ends on January 22nd, 2025 at 11:59 PM.

Click here for details!

[h2]Plaza[/h2]

Johanna finished working on a brand new interior for the DIY store.

macdguy worked on finishing both Shooting galleries, the one on the Boardwalk and the one in the Arcade.

[h3]Plaza: Shooting Gallery[/h3]



[h3]Plaza: DIY Interior[/h3]



[h2]Upcoming New Items[/h2]

Nuclearxpotato continued working on a bunch of new items, mostly food but also a new milk crate!

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



[h2]Appearance Menu Improvements[/h2]

macdguy worked on various improvements and quality of life changes to the Appearance Menu.

[h3]Appearance Menu: Worn items appear as Tab icons[/h3]



[h3]Appearance Menu: Search Bar[/h3]



[h3]Appearance Menu: Categories[/h3]



[h2]Miscellany[/h2]

Sabrina finished adding support for having multiple Libretro core package versions installed.

Johanna continued working on the Plaza, getting it ready for 1.0.

Joshua worked on reworking some wearables, giving them art passes and optimizations.

Lifeless worked on some quality of life fixes.

macdguy fixed various issues with the Workshop SDK, bugs in the Plaza, with the UI and Menus, and in Accelerate maps. He also worked on implementing the SDNL voice lines

Sketchman continued working on optimizations and bug fixes.

[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

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

[h2]Birb Plush Campaign Ongoing![/h2]



Birb's got it all: the power to stun dragons, an all-you-can-eat arcade game, a statue, the adoration of the people, and, now, a plushie! Bring home Birb and feel great safety if a dragon ever decides to try and start something. Birb has it handled. You just provide the birdseed. (And hugs.)

The campaign will be up for a limited time (14 days), so check out the store page to see how it all works and get one for yourself! These limited time plushies go directly towards supporting our developers and the development of Tower Unite!

We hope you enjoy the Birb plushie! Any support you give us means so much, and we hope to keep bringing you more fun in the future!

Get yours at https://www.makeship.com/products/birb-plushie

[h2]Winter 2024-25 Condo Contest[/h2]



Hey everyone,

The 2024-25 Winter Condo Contest has started!

As usual, we’re doing a Winter / Festivity theme.

So, your build should be either: winter-related, themed after winter holidays / holiday activities (including New Years), or generally wintry and festive!

The submission period ends on January 22nd, 2025 at 11:59 PM.

Click here for details!

[h2]Upcoming New Items[/h2]

Nuclearxpotato continued working on a bunch of new items. He focused mainly on new food items, but also worked on a new typewriter item!

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

We've got so much food: Onigiri, Soft Pretzel, Rice Bag, Raw Dough, Box of Pasta, Can of Peas, Canvas Tin can, Egg Carton, and Bread Loaf.



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

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[h2]Miscellany[/h2]

Sabrina worked on adding support for having multiple Libretro core package versions installed.

Johanna continued working on the Plaza, getting it ready for 1.0.

Lifeless worked on some quality of life fixes, such as the ability to purchase items seen in shops by interacting with them physically.

macdguy worked on fixing various bugs, such as issues in the Workshop SDK concerning movers and editor. He also implemented the new player models, making it easier to add newer ones in the future.

Sketchman continued working on optimizations and bug fixes.

Will continued working on music in preparation for the 1.0 release.

[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

This update fixes several bugs from the last update, along with addressing disconnect issues.


Last year we pushed a bug fix for issues with billiards, arcade, and other games where game objects would seemingly not spawn. We did this by correcting a race condition we found in Unreal's net driver. Due to the disconnects people are experiencing though we've decided to temporarily remove this fix, as it is possible the issues are related.

If the disconnects continue, then we'll know it's not related to our net driver changes and we can re-apply the fix. If the disconnect issues stop, then we at least have some idea of where they're likely coming from.

We appreciate everyone's patience while we get to the bottom of this issue, and will let everyone know as soon as we have a better understanding of what's happening. In the meantime this means that you may experience the previous bugs with billiards, arcade, and so on.


Changes

• Minigolf - Dino Drive: Removed all friction on HIO funnels, fixing players getting stuck on HIO funnels
  
• Adjusted materials on a bunch of wooden items to be more consistent
  
• Major art pass on Fireplace items and made them functional lights
  
• Updated Chessboard item to use new pieces and only have 3 draw calls, variants, and colouring
  
• Improved materials on Chandelier item
  
• Holdable Hot Dog now takes 4 bites to eat as opposed to 1
  
• End of Holiday events
  

Bug Fixes

• Possible fix for Game World/condo disconnections
  
• Minigolf - Dino Drive: Fixed OOB in ditch in Hole 8
  
• Minigolf - Dino Drive: Adjusted Hole 16 (Bone Vortex) to make the HIO more consistent
  
• Minigolf - Dino Drive: Fixed a stuck spot in Bone Pit HIO
  
• Fixed Canvas Doormat not applying rotation on load
  
• Fixed Hot Chocolate visual states being reverse (empty when full, filled when eaten)
  
• Fixed IES on various lights
  
• Fixed Bumper Post condo item not being colourable
  

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 love our game and want to support its development, please consider getting a Supporter Pack! We'd be so grateful!
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

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

We're back from our holiday break and excited to show today's developer log!

[h2]Birb Plush Campaign Started![/h2]



Birb's got it all: the power to stun dragons, an all-you-can-eat arcade game, a statue, the adoration of the people, and, now, a plushie! Bring home Birb and feel great safety if a dragon ever decides to try and start something. Birb has it handled. You just provide the birdseed. (And hugs.)

The campaign will be up for a limited time (21 days), so check out the store page to see how it all works and get one for yourself! These limited time plushies go directly towards supporting our developers and the development of Tower Unite!

We hope you enjoy the Birb plushie! Any support you give us means so much, and we hope to keep bringing you more fun in the future!

Get yours at https://www.makeship.com/products/birb-plushie

[h2]Winter 2024-25 Condo Contest[/h2]



Hey everyone,

The 2024-25 Winter Condo Contest has started!

As usual, we’re doing a Winter / Festivity theme.

So, your build should be either: winter-related, themed after winter holidays / holiday activities (including New Years), or generally wintry and festive!

The submission period ends on January 22nd, 2025 at 11:59 PM.

Click here for details!

[h2]Upcoming New Items[/h2]

Nuclearxpotato worked on a bunch of new items. He worked on Gardening Tools and Lamps. He also made an art pass on the Fireplace items.

[h3]Upcoming New Items: Gardening Tools[/h3]

Items: Shovel, Pitchfork, Rake, Metal Bucket, Watering Can, Wheelbarrow



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

Items: Brass Wall Lamp, Brass Table Lamp, Brass Floor Lamp, Ceramic Table Lamp, Fireplace Mantle, Classic Desk Lamp

The Brass and Ceramic lamp items all have adjustable lampshades with two shapes, sharing the fabric patterns from the Curtain items.



[h3]Upcoming Art Pass: Fireplaces[/h3]



[h2]Upcoming New Player Models[/h2]

Joshua continued working the new Player Models.

[h3]Upcoming New Player Models[/h3]



[h2]Miscellany[/h2]

Johanna continued working on optimizations for the Plaza.

macdguy experimented with splitting up the .pak file, potentially allowing for quicker patching and smaller download sizes. The downside observed is the game takes up space on disk.

Sketchman continued working on optimizations and bug fixes.

Wheezwer worked on getting the Birb Makeship campaign underway.

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

---

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.

---

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

BIRB HAS ARRIVED!


https://www.makeship.com/products/birb-plushie



Birb’s got it all: the power to stun dragons, an all-you-can-eat arcade game, a statue, the adoration of the people, and, now, a plushie! Bring home Birb and feel great safety if a dragon ever decides to try and start something. Birb has it handled. You just provide the birdseed. (And hugs.)

The campaign will be up for a limited time (21 days), so check out the store page to see how it all works and get one for yourself! These limited time plushies go directly towards supporting our developers and the development of Tower Unite!

We hope you enjoy the Birb plushie! Any support you give us means so much, and we hope to keep bringing you more fun in the future!


We're officially back from our Holiday break and will be posting more updates about the game soon!