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Dino Drive! (0.18.5.0)



Minigolf - Dino Drive!

Welcome to Dino Drive, where dinosaurs* and golf balls can live together just as they did millions of years ago. Explore a highly themed, outdoors minigolf course before braving the blacklight depths of the monster golf course known as the Extinction Zone.

Be aware that while most dinosaurs* are friendly giants, some may see your game of golf as an easy meal, so don't spend too long in the tall grass. Can you find and identify all 35 unique species throughout the park?

After completing the course, drop by Tower Threads (or any Dino Drive licensed retailer) to grab some souvenirs to remember your time here. At Dino Drive, it's always a roar!
(*and other extinct prehistoric species)



Dino Drive Souvenir Items

You can grab them in Tower Threads!





New Furniture Items!

On the Road to 1.0, we’ve been working on adding more requested items to increase the catalogue. The full list of new items is below.

New Store - XxF3RR3TxX's Customization Station!

Head over to Tower Threads to check out the newly opened store attendant. This digital ferret will hook you up with over 90+ new profile backgrounds!




New Items
Dino Drive Souvenirs (Tower Threads), unlockable only after completing / mastering Dino Drive
  • Dino Drive Costume
  • Dino Drive Glasses
  • Dino Drive Hat
DIY
  • Electric Enclosure Fence
  • Thematic Entry Gate
Rob's Imports
  • Skeleton (T-Rex)
  • Spare Bone (T-Rex)
  • Pizza Box
  • Metal Utility Cabinet
  • Vintage Filing Cabinet
  • Power Drill
  • Needlenose Pliers
  • Wrench
  • Screwdriver
Toy Stop
  • Meteorite Ball
Sweet Suites
  • Wooden Post Bed
  • Wooden Post Queen Bed
  • Wooden Post Bed Frame
  • Brass Frame Bed
  • Brass Frame Queen Bed
  • Brass Bed Frame
  • Booth Seat (Single)
  • Booth Seat (Double)
  • Booth Seat (Outer)
  • Booth Seat (Inner)
XxF3RR3TxX's Customization Station
  • Angular Profile Background (Forest)
  • Angular Profile Background (Grass)
  • Angular Profile Background (Rose)
  • Angular Profile Background (Sunbeam)
  • Bubbles Profile Background (Ocean)
  • Bubbles Profile Background (Astral)
  • Bubbles Profile Background (Pop)
  • Bubbles Profile Background (Tangy)
  • Bunnies Profile Background (Dark)
  • Bunnies Profile Background (Gloomy)
  • Bunnies Profile Background (Strawberry)
  • Cats Profile Background (Black)
  • Cats Profile Background (Brown)
  • Cats Profile Background (White)
  • Cats Profile Background (Orange)
  • Chains Profile Background (Gold)
  • Chains Profile Background (Rose)
  • Chains Profile Background (Sage)
  • Chains Profile Background (Sky)
  • Chains Profile Background (Violet)
  • Computers Profile Background (Green)
  • Computers Profile Background (Grey)
  • Computers Profile Background (Pink)
  • Computers Profile Background (Purple)
  • Computers Profile Background (Red)
  • Computers Profile Background (RGB)
  • Confetti Profile Background (Black)
  • Confetti Profile Background (Green)
  • Confetti Profile Background (Lavender)
  • Confetti Profile Background (Pink)
  • Confetti Profile Background (White)
  • Dogs Profile Background (Black)
  • Dogs Profile Background (Blue)
  • Dogs Profile Background (Grey)
  • Dogs Profile Background (Wolf)
  • Dogs Profile Background (Purple)
  • Dogs Profile Background (Artic)
  • Floral Profile Background (Cornflower)
  • Floral Profile Background (Daisy)
  • Floral Profile Background (Peony)
  • Floral Profile Background (Velvet)
  • Floral Profile Background (Wisteria)
  • Foxes Profile Background (Black)
  • Foxes Profile Background (Blue)
  • Foxes Profile Background (Green)
  • Foxes Profile Background (Grey)
  • Foxes Profile Background (Orange)
  • Foxes Profile Background (Purple)
  • Foxes Profile Background (Red)
  • Foxes Profile Background (Kitsune)
  • Waves Profile Background (Aether)
  • Waves Profile Background (Cherry)
  • Waves Profile Background (Dusk)
  • Waves Profile Background (Lime)
  • Waves Profile Background (Pale)
  • Waves Profile Background (Plum)
  • Grid Profile Background (Blue)
  • Grid Profile Background (Green)
  • Grid Profile Background (Orange)
  • Grid Profile Background (Pink)
  • Grid Profile Background (Purple)
  • Grid Profile Background (Red)
  • Hearts Profile Background (Blue)
  • Hearts Profile Background (Fuschia)
  • Hearts Profile Background (Pink)
  • Hearts Profile Background (Purple)
  • Hearts Profile Background (Red)
  • Pride Quilt Profile Background (Rainbow)
  • Pride Quilt Profile Background (Ace)
  • Pride Quilt Profile Background (Agender)
  • Pride Quilt Profile Background (Aromantic)
  • Pride Quilt Profile Background (Bi)
  • Pride Quilt Profile Background (Gay)
  • Pride Quilt Profile Background (Genderfluid)
  • Pride Quilt Profile Background (Genderqueer)
  • Pride Quilt Profile Background (Lesbian)
  • Pride Quilt Profile Background (Nonbinary)
  • Pride Quilt Profile Background (Pan)
  • Pride Quilt Profile Background (Trans)
  • Techno Profile Background (Digital)
  • Techno Profile Background (Chip)
  • Techno Profile Background (Fuschia)
  • Techno Profile Background (Teal)
  • Triangle Profile Background (Night)
  • Triangle Profile Background (Royal)
  • Triangle Profile Background (Seaweed)
  • Triangle Profile Background (Wood)
  • Tropical Profile Background (Azure)
  • Tropical Profile Background (Coconut)
  • Tropical Profile Background (Crab)
  • Tropical Profile Background (Lemon)
  • Tropical Profile Background (Orchid)
  • Tropical Profile Background (Palm)
  • XxF3RR3TxX Background


Changes
  • New Minigolf Map - Dino Drive!
  • New Dino Drive Souvenir Items!
  • Plaza: Added media player to Casino lounge room
  • Improved appearance menu for player profile customization
  • A new store inside of Tower Threads has opened!
Optimizations
  • Plaza: Various optimizations to water, shaders, and particles
Bug Fixes
  • Plaza: Fixed tiny dragon in Toy Store
  • Plaza: Fixed Casino high roller room missing seats
  • Scoreboard: Fixed location count / filter not being updated properly
  • Scoreboard: Fixed various issues with the Plaza/Condo scoreboard
  • Minigolf - Alpine: Fixed broken lightmap on Hole 15
  • Ball Race - Paradise: Fixed missing material on Level 6
  • Fixed catsack counter on splash screen not displaying count


Grab Tower During Holidays for 40% Off!

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


Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

This update will be our last content update for the year of 2024!
We had a great year and we look forward to seeing you all again in 2025!




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!




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

Hot Fix 0.18.4.0

Bug Fixes
  • Fixed voice chat indicator not working
  • Fixed workshop masked/translucent materials not working
  • Fixed custom spawn point tags not working
  • Fixed current events on Plaza scoreboard not updating properly
  • Fixed condo list showing player profile backgrounds
  • Fixed workshop condo maps not loading
  • Fixed scoreboard crash
  • Fixed skeletal mesh LOD bias when changing view distance setttings
  • Optimized volumetric fog


Known Issues We're Working On
  • Scoreboard location filter does not work
  • Scoreboard has issues when traveling from Condo To Plaza




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!




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

Plaza Update & Winter Update Part 2 (0.18.4.0)

Plaza Optimizations & Bug Fixes

This update is heavy on optimizations and bug fixes with a focus on the Plaza! We've fixed over a hundred Plaza related bugs in this update!


New Holiday Items!


Holiday 2024 Items are here! These include new placeable items, pets, and weapons. They also include a variety of new holiday profile backgrounds.

New Casino Exterior & Entrance



The Casino Exterior and Entrance have gotten some love this update! The entrance has been updated to add a new social area to the Plaza, and make the Casino interior and exterior more consistent with one another.

We’ve also added a fountain area around the back exterior of the Casino which will add yet another area for hanging out in the Plaza, and improve the overall appearance of the Plaza.

With these changes, the Casino has also been greatly optimized.




Boardwalk Ice Cream Shop Now Open!

As part of our continued work to finish under construction sections of Plaza, the ice cream shop on the boardwalk is now open!

This is another cozy area for players to hang out and buy items without entering the Arcade.

New Fishing Peninsula!

The Fishing Peninsula art pass is included in this update! This brings the Peninsula up to the quality of the rest of the Plaza.


Vroomspeed Is Now Open!


Vroomspeed is open! You can now buy stationary vehicles. There are currently two types of vehicles - Stationary (open the doors and sit inside) & Props (static for decoration). The sedan item has been moved to Vroomspeed from Rob’s Imports.


New Items!


On the Road to 1.0, we’ve also been working on adding more basic items to increase the catalogue. These include common household appliances, tools, lights, and more! The full list of new items is below.

Inventory: Quick Action Toolbar


New to condo builders is the Quick Action Toolbar, found at the bottom right of your inventory. This handy toolbar has various editing toggles such as showing/hiding volumes and surface editing. It's also the new location for the Item Finder.




New Items

Weekly Dev Log for December 16th, 2024

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

[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]Next Update[/h2]

We're hard at work and very close to completion on our next update, which we're aiming for release this week.

The upcoming Plaza update is heavy on optimizations, bug fixes, and new additions! We’ve fixed over a hundred Plaza related bugs in this update!

It'll also bring with it new Holiday items, and a bunch of highly requested items.

You can read everything slated for this update on our Trello page.

[h2]Miscellany[/h2]

Johanna worked on wrapping up the changes to the Plaza for the next update.

Lifeless spent some time working on Accelerate, specifically with issues with rubber-banding when boosting. He also worked on separating the tracks, making them individual maps instead of one map with two different tracks.

macdguy worked on bug fixes and Plaza changes for the next update. He also setup the Vroomspeed store, and worked on leaderboards, achievements, audio passes, and special Minigolf hazards for the Minigolf map, Dino Drive.

Nuclearxpotato worked on implementing food items for Cooking. He also continued working on the backlog of requested furinture items, this week working on Vintage Filing Cabinets, a Utility Cabinet, some Booth Sectional pieces, a Wood Four-post Bed, and a Brass Frame Bed.

Sketchman continued working on optimizations and fixes for the next update, specifically focusing on optimizations with the Lobby Scoreboard, a reduction in hard references (which should help with loading times), and more.

[h3]Upcoming New Furniture Items[/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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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

Weekly Dev Log for December 9th, 2024

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

[h2]2024 Snowman Contest[/h2]



This is a short contest for building snowmen in Tower Unite!

So, just make a snowman in Tower Unite!

The submission period ends on December 12th (NEXT THURSDAY) at 11:59 PM CT!
PRIZES:

1st place - 300,000 Units
2nd place - 200,000 Units
3rd place - 100,000 Units

Everyone will get a 50k Units prize for joining!

Click here for rules and details on participating!

[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]Profile Backgrounds[/h2]

Wheezwer continued working on a huge batch of profile backgrounds.

[h3]Upcoming Profile Backgrounds[/h3]

In addition to these profile backgrounds coming soon for everyone, Wheezwer also created a few animated profile backgrounds for all our patrons to use!



[h2]Plaza[/h2]

Johanna continued working on plaza optimizations and polish in preparation for our 1.0 release, while also fixing various bugs for the upcoming Plaza update.

Lifeless updated the area behind the Laser Tag arena.

macdguy worked on a bunch of under the hood code changes, bug fixes, and detailed areas of the Plaza.

[h3]Plaza: Casino Lounge Area[/h3]



[h3]Plaza: Toy Stop Detailing[/h3]



[h2]Miscellany[/h2]

Lifeless worked on trying to fix AMD GPU crashes. He also made some changes to the Hospital map in Virus.

macdguy fixed issues and bugs with the inventory, as well as implementing a quick action bar. He also worked on code for the Holiday items, as well as work on the Shooting Gallery and the Vroomspeed Store.

Nuclearxpotato continued working on the Minigolf map, Dino Drive. He also worked on Holiday items, setup the new profile backgrounds and polished some upcoming items.

Sketchman continued working on optimizations and 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