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Weekly Dev Log for April 11th, 2023

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for April 11th, 2023, detailing all the changes that have happened since April 3rd, 2023. 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 2023 Condo Contest - Tree House - VOTING OPEN[/h2]

Hey everyone!

The theme for the March/April contest is Tree House!

So, build a house in a tree! You can build your own tree or use one of the existing ones, and feel free to make your tree house in any style.

Also, remember that you can disable collision on items (such as trees) by right clicking and selecting Disable Collision.

Voting is now underway, so make sure to vote for your favorite condo submission!

The voting period ends on April 13th, 2023 at 11:59 PM.

View all the submissions here!

Vote here!

[h2]Update 0.16.8.0 - 2023 Anniversary Events[/h2]

Last week, we released Update 0.16.8.0, which brought back Anniversary events, new items, a updated and optimized Plaza, and more!

Over the weekend, we released Hotfix 0.16.8.1 which fixed various bugs and issues that were introduced with the initial update.

Read all about the initial 0.16.8.0 update here, and the 0.16.8.1 hotfix here!

[h2]Virus: Catzek Temple[/h2]

Nuclearxpotato worked on getting the finishing touches done for Catzek Temple, such as various props and a statuette model for the hidden plushies achievement.

[h3]Virus: Catzek Temple[/h3]

[h2]Virus: Theme Park[/h2]

Johanna continued working on art for Theme Park.

[h3]Virus: Theme Park[/h3]

[h2]SDNL: Frostbite[/h2]

Johanna continued working on art for Frostbite.

[h3]SDNL: Frostbite[/h3]

[h2]Miscellany[/h2]

Johanna worked on fixing Plaza Lighting and getting it ready for release.

Joshua continued working on new items, such as a new Dragon plush.

Lifeless continued working the Ball Race map, "Heavenscape".

macdguy worked on getting the Anniversary update released, and fixed bugs and issues that came up over the weekend.

madmijk continued working on MIDI support. He also worked on an item that allows the player to control various instruments at once.

Nuclearxpotato continued working on Anniversary items.

Sketchman continued working on backend improvements.

Will continued working on music for Ball Race: Heavenscape.

[h3]New Item: Dragon Plush WIP[/h3]

[h2]Wrap It Up[/h2]
That about covers everything that happened since April 3rd, 2023 at PixelTail Games.

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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/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

Hot Fix 0.16.8.1

This update addresses several bugs from the new update.

To Celebrate TU's Anniversary, Tower Unite is 30% off until April 17th!

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

Changes

Plaza: Added Dev HQ hidden area back into the plaza
Plaza: Improved LOD for Bowling Alley sign
Plaza: Updated Plaza's loading screen image to be more up to date
Virus: Reverted the change to the Dual Silencers. Left/right click now fires left/right barrels again
Workshop: Added fallback support for mouth offset if the workshop model did not have one set
Libretro: Added 4:3 and Vertical screen ratio modes to Masher Cabinet
Libretro: Added 4:3 and Wide screen ratio modes to Bruiser Cabinet

Bug Fixes

Fixed issues with Game World Ports
Plaza: Fixed skylight turning on in interiors sometimes
Plaza: Fixed the scaling issues with the Oasis beach store
Plaza: Fixed water volume being in wrong position at peninsula fishing hole
Plaza: Fixed Ferris Wheel railings being severely offset
Plaza: Fixed Ferris Wheel sign being offset
Plaza: Fixed Dark Voyage building's clock hands from being offset
Plaza: Fixed Oasis store's ceiling fans from being offset
Plaza: Fixed fishing store's sign floating
Plaza: Fixed lighthouse's fresnel lens being offset
Plaza: Fixed store previewer room not working for Songbirds
Plaza: Fixed store previewer room not working for Toy Stop
Plaza: Fixed bug that caused players to be teleported away from the Songbird's stage if they jumped too high
Plaza: Fixed snowball arena's spawns being under map
Plaza: Fixed incorrectly placed gameplay volumes in Dark Voyage's ride platform
Plaza: Fixed Snowball Battle and Death Arena spawn points
Plaza: Fixed 2D map positions being off due to rescale
Fixed Catsack Piñata causing crashes due to rescaling while destroying
Fixed Party Blower duplicating visually
Fixed toast in mouth item not using new mouth offsets

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

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

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

Tower Unite Anniversary Events! (0.16.8.0)

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 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!

Easter Events will continue until the 10th!

Also...

Double Ticket Weekend

To kick celebrations off, this weekend we're also having a Double Ticket Arcade Weekend!

Quite a busy weekend!

[h2]Little Crusaders and Accelerate Payouts have increased![/h2]
We've more or less doubled the payouts for both Little Crusaders and Accelerate to encourage more multiplayer variety. Little Crusaders in particular earns you more when you have more players in the game.

Changes

Anniversary 2023 Plaza Update
Anniversary 2023 Optimization Pass
Added new items to Anniversary store: Catsack Ballon, Catsack Pinata, Holdable Catsack Balloon, Holdable Foil Balloon, Logo Backpack, Logo Cap, Logo Shades, Logo Tie, Party Blower, Rolling Ballrace Orb Pet, Wearable Logo Clock, Spring-Eyes Glasses
Added new items to D.I.Y: Full Vent Hatch, Half Vent Hatch, Vent Panel, Decorative Vent Cover, Wooden Easel
Added new items to Celebrations: Holdable Heart Balloon, Foil Balloon, Festival Booth, Loose Balloon
Added new item to Tower Threads: Dino Eggshell Hat
Added new item to Toy Stop: Rolling Egg Pet
Virus: You can now pickup your TNT after throwing it down
Virus: Dual Silencers no longer require primary and secondary, you just need to fire with primary
Virus: Slightly sped up movement
Added landing sounds
Added splash effects to water surfaces
Minigolf - Mushroom Wood: Added boost rings on certain holes
Libretro: Improved cord connection visuals
Accelerate Payout Increased: 1st Place - 800 > 1500
Accelerate Payout Increased: 2nd Place - 600 > 1200
Accelerate Payout Increased: 3rd Place - 400 > 800
Accelerate Payout Increased: 4th Place and Below - 300 > 600
Accelerate Payout Increased: Best Lap of the Game - 200 > 500
Accelerate Payout Increased: Gold Trophy - 1000 > 2000
Accelerate Payout Increased: Silver Trophy - 800 > 1600
Accelerate Payout Increased: Bronze Trophy - 600 > 1200
Accelerate Payout Increased: Tin Can Trophy - 500 > 800
Little Crusaders Payout Increased: Knights Slayed The Dragon - 400 > 800
Little Crusaders Payout Increased: Last Knight Bonus - 150 > 300
Little Crusaders Payout Increased: Dragon Slayer - 300 > 800
Little Crusaders Payout Increased: Rooting in the Afterlife - 200 > 400
Little Crusaders Payout Increased: Ultimate Dragon - 400 > 1000
Little Crusaders Payout Increased: Esquire Chomp Bonus - 30 > 50
Little Crusaders Payout Increased: Knight Chomp Bonus - 60 > 90
Little Crusaders Payout Increased: Baron Chomp Bonus - 85 > 100
Little Crusaders Payout Increased: Count Chomp Bonus - 100 > 500
Little Crusaders Payout Increased: Dead Knight Bonus (multiplier) - 150 > 180
Little Crusaders Payout Increased: Esquire Bonus - 50 > 80
Little Crusaders Payout Increased: Knight Bonus - 65 > 200
Little Crusaders Payout Increased: Baron Bonus - 200 > 400
Little Crusaders Payout Increased: Count Bonus - 250 > 500
Little Crusaders Payout Increased: Ending A Legacy - 50 > 200
Little Crusaders Payout Increased: Birb To The Rescue - 50 > 200
Workshop Editor: Added mouth offset
Rollercoaster: Removed the second station stop, now the coaster only has one boarding moment

Bug Fixes

Minigolf - Mushroom Wood: Fixed moving platform/obstacle desyncs
Fixed an issue with Ice Moon and AMD cards
Fixed media player report button not showing up
Fixed Laser Tag recharge station collision blocking inventory traces
Workshop Editor: Fixed pet offset not saving properly
Rollercoaster: Fixed safety floors not animating properly / desyncing
Rollercoaster: Fixed lights not animating properly / desyncing
Rollercoaster: Fixed ride achievement not always firing off due to the second station stop
Plaza: Fixed elevator to the roof having too many buttons
Condo: Fixed canvas sprite settings not being copied by the copycat tool properly

Weekly Dev Log for April 3rd, 2023

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for April 3rd, 2023, detailing all the changes that have happened since March 27th, 2023. 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 2023 Condo Contest - Tree House - ONGOING[/h2]

Hey everyone!

The theme for the March/April contest is Tree House!

So, build a house in a tree! You can build your own tree or use one of the existing ones, and feel free to make your tree house in any style.

Also, remember that you can disable collision on items (such as trees) by right clicking and selecting Disable Collision.

The submission period ends on April 10th, 2023 at 11:59 PM.

Read all about the rules and prizes here!

[h2]Update 0.16.8.0 - 2023 Anniversary Events[/h2]
We're working to get Update 0.16.8.0 ready for release, which marks the return of the Anniversary events (with some new items), as well as a Plaza Update and Optimization pass.

You can read everything planned for this update, here.

[h3]2023 Anniversary Items[/h3]

[h2]Miscellany[/h2]

Johanna worked on fixing Plaza Lighting and getting it ready for release.

Joshua continued working on Anniversary items.

Lifeless continued working the Ball Race map, "Heavenscape".

macdguy worked on fixing Plaza issues. He fixed bugs with the Rollercoaster, fixing the lights and guardrails, removing the double station stop, and fixing the achievements. He also added a mouth offset for Workshop models. Adjusted various things in Virus, such as being able to pickup TNT after it has been thrown, adjusted the akimbo pistols, adding/updating sounds, and updated the physics on the Crossbow bolts (so they physics now when breaking glass instead of just hovering in midair).

madmijk continued working on MIDI support. He also rebaked movement for the Monorail in the Plaza.

Nuclearxpotato continued working on Anniversary items and other items.

Sketchman continued working on backend improvements. He also made new achievements for Virus: Catzek Temple.

Will started working on music for Ball Race: Heavenscape.

[h3]New Piano UI with Pitch + Modulation Wheels and Color Support[/h3]

[h3]Virus: Catzek Temple Achievements[/h3]

[h3]Virus: You can now pick up thrown TNT[/h3]

[h2]Wrap It Up[/h2]
That about covers everything that happened since March 27th, 2023 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!

We're also active on Twitter! https://twitter.com/PixelTailGames

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

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 March 27th, 2023

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for March 27th, 2023, detailing all the changes that have happened since March 20th, 2023. 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]Accessibility Suggestions[/h2]
We've created a forum post asking the community for suggestions on how we can improve gameplay for players with certain conditions such as colorblindness, dyslexia, or anything else that might affect a players ability to use the standard presentation and controls of the game.

If you have any ideas or suggestions, and possible solutions on how to solve a particular issue, please check out the forum post here.

[h2]March / April 2023 Condo Contest - Tree House - ONGOING[/h2]

Hey everyone!

The theme for the March/April contest is Tree House!

So, build a house in a tree! You can build your own tree or use one of the existing ones, and feel free to make your tree house in any style.

Also, remember that you can disable collision on items (such as trees) by right clicking and selecting Disable Collision.

The submission period ends on April 10th, 2023 at 11:59 PM.

Read all about the rules and prizes here!

[h2]Update 0.16.7.0 - Mushroom Wood[/h2]
Last week, we released Update 0.16.7.0, which brought Part 2 of Dark (renamed to "Mushroom Wood"), as well as various fixes.

You can read about that update, here.

[h2]Update 0.16.8.0 - 2023 Anniversary Events[/h2]
We're now working on Update 0.16.8.0, which marks the return of the Anniversary events (with some new items), as well as a Plaza Update and Optimization pass.

You can read everything planned for this update, here.

[h2]Miscellany[/h2]

Johanna continued working on the Virus map, Theme Park.

Joshua continued working on Anniversary items.

Lifeless worked on getting the Minigolf map, "Mushroom Wood" ready for release, as well as working the Ball Race map, "Heavenscape."

macdguy worked on VR last week, adding a menu and the wrist menu. He worked on the foundations of the HUD interface, for popup prompts, and started on item pickups. He also released the update.

madmijk continued working on MIDI support.

Nuclearxpotato worked on Anniversary items, as well as the finishing touches for the Virus map, "Catzek Temple".

Sketchman worked on new achievement icons for "Cardboard Castle" and "Mushroom Wood". He also did touchups on some older achievement icons (specifically Virus).

Wheezwer continued working on signage for the Virus map, "Theme Park".

Will continued working on SDNL music.

[h3]New Achievement Icons[/h3]

[h3]Updated Achievement Icons[/h3]

[h2]Wrap It Up[/h2]
That about covers everything that happened since March 20th, 2023 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!

We're also active on Twitter! https://twitter.com/PixelTailGames

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

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