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[p]Hello and welcome to the Tower Unite Dev Log for June 9th, 2025![/p][p]This week, we plan to get our Workshop Rental Store beta out to you all, so stay tuned for that announcement! We also have some information on Dedicated Condos, Pets, Items, and the Plaza![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]We’ll be doing another Dev Chat on Friday June 13th at 12 PM PST on our Twitch.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]The June/July 2025 Condo Contest has begun, and the theme is Restaurants & Stores! Your submission can be a build from ANY TIME! The submission period ends on July 6th, 2025 at 11:59 PM CT. Check out the rules and prizes here: June/July 2025 Condo Contest (Restaurants & Stores)[/p][p][/p][p]Development on the Workshop Rental Store has completed and it’s now ready to go for the public beta! Optimizations were completed for the load-in process, and server travel was also completed![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Dedicated Condos have had significant progress. We finally have the Condos connecting to our server list and are joinable!![/p][p]We created a launcher (Windows only) that helps with starting a dedicated condo with all the available settings. This launcher will edit all the configuration files and command lines for you, along with an import system to import condo data to your dedicated condo.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]A lot of behind the scenes work went into getting the dedicated condos working. We’re aiming to get dedicated condos in the next public beta.[/p][p][/p][p]The pet love and energy system has been implemented. This will allow pets to perform actions based on their affection level and energy levels.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]We’ve also been defining the cat and dog breeds and variations so that players will have plentiful options for their furry friends.[/p][p]The adoption system was completed, and the store spawning system was completed as well.[/p][p]Artwork for the Cat Café has been completed as well![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Work on the dog adoption area (the dog park) is also being done. The dog park will be located in the grassy area by the backer statue garden and Monorail station.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Work was completed on new items including portable toilets and outhouses, and several new note items such as the menu chalkboard, bulky tablet, and Aquaslate.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]And as a small thing, we’ve finally re-implemented the playable instruments in Songbirds after their long absence![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]

[/p][p]That’s going to do it for this week’s dev log! Be sure to keep an eye out for the next one, and let us know if you’re liking the new bi-weekly format.

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

Shortly after our last dev log, we finished up work on and released the controller support update as well as the update to the TU soundtrack! Since then we’ve been making progress on the next major update, the Workshop Rental Store, as well as various fixes for UI, Condos, and further Controller Support. There has also been progress on upcoming updates, such as Community Condos!


We’ve finished up work on the Workshop Rental Store and are ready to beta test it with you all this week!

Work was completed on traveling to Condos/Maps, the store was expanded with more shelves, we fixed issues where griefing could occur, made changes so that people can’t change what location you go to at the last second, added some sound effects, and added notifications when players are about to group up to travel.

The public beta will likely go up this week to test this out.


Work has been ongoing with optimization to the Plaza. We’ve been reducing texture usage, adding more HLODs, optimizing models, and material usage.


Great progress continues to be made on Community Condos!

This week we’ve successfully concluded backend work for Community Condos and have been testing connecting dedicated Condos to our Condo server list. Next up is integrating the changes with the main game, which we plan to do for the Condo Rental Store beta. We plan to have more information about how to host a dedicated Condo during the public beta!


Progress is being made on the recipes for cooking! We currently have 92 recipes planned out and plenty more to come. Work was done last week compiling the list of ingredients and outcomes, so now its just a matter of putting more of them together as recipes!

Plenty of the recipes involve fish you can find in the Plaza, and you’ll be able to make lots of different dishes just by using different preparation tools, like blending, grilling, or freezing!


Some major fixes were done in Condos, such as the ability to favorite items again. The rental shelves items also got some polish!

We’ve finished new items for the next update which include Cat Café items that will be ready when the Cat Café / Pets update comes out.

Work is also being done on double wide (and thin) variants for the Canvas Elbow and Tube. The tube has been reworked to use two variable sliders instead of one so it’s easier to select which size and division you want.


There’ve also been quite a few fixes to notable bugs and some other changes. These include friends list fixes, a change where the votemap timer now pauses in singleplayer/private matches, further controller support, and bug fixes related to clicking on badges.

You can track all the upcoming changes on our Trello here: https://trello.com/c/56c2GvHb/799-update-1010


That’s going to do it for this week’s dev log! Be sure to keep an eye out for the next one, and let us know if you’re liking the new bi-weekly format.





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Welcome to our first update post 1.0!


In this update, 1.0.0.1, we have made major changes to the game to support controllers, along with adding controller icons that support multiple types of controllers. We currently support Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo, and Steam Deck controller icon sets.

ALL Game Worlds now have full controller support! Minigolf, Accelerate, Ball Race, Zombie Massacre, Virus, Little Crusaders, and SDNL now have full controller support, along with force feedback! Plaza activities such as Casino, Arcade, Bowling, Trivia, and Billiards all have controller support as well now!

Controller force feedback was improved across the game, adding rumble to various aspects of gameplay for all the Game Worlds. In Ball Race, bumpers will rumble like a bumper should, in Minigolf you'll feel the slight taps of the railings and the HIO rocket, and in Little Crusaders you will feel the Dragon's roar!

We added controller support to the menus, so you can enter and play game worlds, browse workshop maps, enter your condo or other condos, customize yourself, buy items, or check your collection book progress all with your controller.

This was a huge undertaking and project! We're still working on controller support for the hot bar/player emotes. We are also working on full compatibility with the Steam Deck and will have more news on that soon!



About two weeks ago, we started our first public beta as a test run to help get feedback on this 1.0.0.1 update. The beta testing went very well and we'll continue to use public betas going forward.

We’ll have more formal announcements that these are going on in the future now that we’ve done this initial try!

To learn how to participate in the public betas, and to give feedback before an update goes live, check out: https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/tower-unite-public-beta-branches/53183

• Added new trophies for Nightclub, SDNL, Condo, Accelerate, and Theater
  
• Added new items to Asteroid Belt: Jester Hat, Solar System Tube, Cape, Fire Extinguisher Jetpack, Prince Hat
  
• Added new items to Rob's Imports: Trophy (generic prop trophy item), Key (Physics), Key Lock (Static), Key Lock (Padlock)
  
• Added new items to Oasis: Floating Wooden Platform
  
• Added new items to Toy Stop: Meat Chunk, Gem (Physics)

• Added Return To Menu option at end of a game world match (during votemap)
  
• Smoothed out Bowling and Billiards movement when watching others
  
• Workshop maps now color by their difficulty tag throughout the menu selections
  
• Improved Workshop browser search times
  
• Added "Created By Friends" and "Liked By Friends" tabs to Workshop browser
  
• Friend List: Join button now changes to a locked icon when your friends are in a Singleplayer/Private Condo
  
• Condo: Added new Condo Materials: Nightclub Screen (Greyscale), Slippery Metal
  
• Condo: Condo materials Flesh, Flesh (Moving), and Blood now use blood surface type
  
• Improved Plaza mini-map icons
  
• Reduced volume of minigame magnum
  
• Ball Race SDK: Added IO event OnPopped to the spike item
  
• Ball Race SDK: Added IO event OnPopped when a ball gets popped by a pop volume
  
• Minigolf SDK: OnStart IO event now activates when you are using test mode for easier testing
  
• Ball Race SDK: OnStart IO event now activates when you are using test mode for easier testing

• Added full controller support to Minigolf
  
• Added full controller support to Virus
  
• Added full controller support to Ball Race
  
• Added full controller support to Zombie Massacre
  
• Added full controller support to Little Crusaders
  
• Added full controller support to Accelerate
  
• Added full controller support to Arcade games
  
• Added full controller support to Casino games
  
• Added full controller support to Bowling
  
• Added full controller support to Billiards
  
• Added controller icon support for the following controller styles: Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo, and Steam Deck controllers
  
• Added controller icon support to HUD
  
• Added controller support to friends list
  
• Added controller support to payout history
  
• Added controller support to various confirmation menus, and rethemed the confirmation menus
  
• Added controller support to Workshop map browsing
  
• Added controller support to Settings menu
  
• Added controller support to Collection Book
  
• Added controller support to Scoreboards
  
• Added controller support to Plaza map
  
• Added controller support to Canvas Permission Warning (when joining a Condo)
  
• Added controller support to stores and NPC dialogue
  
• Virus: Added controller icons to the HUD
  
• Accelerate: Added controller icons to the HUD
  
• Little Crusaders: Added controller force feedback support (affects roaring, stomping, throwing, biting, death, etc.)
  
• Little Crusaders: Added controller icons to the HUD
  
• Ball Race: Added controller force feedback support (affects bumpers, attractors, death, pickups, etc.)
  
• Ball Race: Added controller icons to the HUD
  
• Zombie Massacre: Added controller icons to the HUD

• Fixed issues where wearable colors would sometimes not apply or save
  
• Updated various Trophy icons to respect their current looks
  
• Fixed splash screen skip setting not saving
  
• Fixed Plaza scoreboard recreating itself when entering the pause menu
  
• Accelerate - Criss Cross Rapids: Added Out Of Bounds wall to last turn of Criss Cross Rapids to prevent players getting stuck
  
• Minigolf - SDK: Fixed collision on the Minigolf cup to prevent balls falling out the bottom when scaled up
  
• Minigolf - SDK: Fixed various Flag holes having incorrect collisions
  
• Minigolf - SDK: Fixed Minigolf cup piece not having collision for the cup when first spawned in
  
• Minigolf - Nostalgia: Prevented players getting stuck on edge of Hole 17's flag hole
  
• Plaza - Minigames: Fixed Mouse Sensitivity being too low after finishing Plaza Minigames while scoped in
  
• Condos - Vehicles now respect "Movement Items" rule toggle
  
• Fixed item tag tooltips staying on after closing the store menus
  
• Disabled spray key in Typing Derby
  
• Fixed weapons switching when tabbed out and using scroll wheel
  
• Fixed popcorn material being busted
  
• Fixed certain jetpack sounds not playing (specifically Gold Jetpack and Turbine Jetpack)
  
• Minigolf: Fixed visual issues when switching to spectator mode in Minigolf (mainly affects Nostalgia and fixes the flickering light issue)
  
• Plaza: Fixed issues where respawning while in the Arcade would unstream the Arcade interior
  
• Fishing: Fixed pufferfish particles
  
• SDNL: Fixed sliding being tied to FPS
  
• Fixed jetpack CTRL movement being tied to FPS
  
• Fixed jetpacks not re-attaching to players correctly sometimes (when players go out of range and back again)
  
• Fixed jetpacks not always hiding when players are out of range
  
• Fixed melon spirits not always hiding when players are out of range
  
• Minigolf - SDK: Fixed launcher items colliding with inventory traces/copycat when dragging/duplicating them
  
• Ball Race - SDK: Fixed bumper item colliding with inventory traces/copycat when dragging/duplicating them
  
• Ball Race - SDK: Fixed attractors radius preview colliding with inventory traces
  
• Fixed a bug where pressing ESC while setting a key would exit the key binding menu
  
• Minigolf: Fixed not being able to open the customize menu while the ball is moving
  
• Minigolf: Fixed mouse cursor showing while using a gamepad
  
• Ball Race: Fixed not being able to customize your ball while the scoreboard is open
  
• Workshop SDK: Fixed workshop model "no collide" setting not working for team games like SDNL, Virus, Little Crusaders
  
• Workshop SDK: Fixed SDNL test mode playing the announcer sequence when it should just skip that

• Various LOD changes in Plaza
  
• Condo IO: Optimized buttons and added IO inputs to all button items. Added new Rate Limit setting
  
• Optimized various things with Fishing to reduce stutters

[h2]The Tower Unite Soundtrack Has Been Updated![/h2]
The soundtrack has been updated with 62 new tracks, including 24 full songs! These include unreleased music from the Arcade, Zombie Massacre, SDNL, Accelerate, Stores, Trivia and other Plaza tracks, and more!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/461740/Tower_Unite__Original_Soundtrack/



[h2]In case you missed it, check out what we're working on in our latest Developer Log[/h2]
https://steamcommunity.com/games/394690/announcements/detail/525342544971696310






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The Tower Unite Soundtrack has been updated!


The soundtrack has been updated with 64 new tracks, including 26 full songs! These include unreleased music from the Arcade, Zombie Massacre, SDNL, Accelerate, Stores, Trivia and other Plaza tracks, and more!

There are also 29 bonus tracks with more short Fishing tracks, Casino tracks, and miscellaneous music from the game.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/461740/Tower_Unite__Original_Soundtrack

NOTE: If tracks don’t play correctly in the Steam media player, please access them directly in your local files.


If you want a taste of the soundtrack, check out our Youtube! We’ve compiled 11 songs into a ~40 minute mix that you can put on while building Condos, racing balls, or whatever you like!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAQufvBahkU


If you didn’t see, we released a dev log this week with some status on development! You can check it out here:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/394690/announcements/detail/525342544971696310






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Follow our developments on our Trello in near real-time:
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/
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Hello everyone! Welcome to the Tower Unite Dev Log for this week, which will have a new format!


If you missed it, here is our Post 1.0 Roadmap featuring the major updates to come. Not every update is listed in this graphic, but you can see more detailed development progress on our Trello or Discord!


Tower Unite Version 1.0 was released on April 19th, 2025! We are so appreciative for the response from you all! And thank you for any bug reports, reviews, feedback, and support!

Since the release, we’ve been making progress on the roadmap updates slated for post-1.0. Progress is being made on the various roadmap projects all at once.


This next update will be a brief interlude before the Workshop Rental Store to fix some bugs, improve controller support, and prepare for future beta tests.


With the release of 1.0, controller support is a feature near and dear to our hearts. This next update includes great improvements for controller support in Plaza and Game Worlds to the benefit of controller and Steam Deck users alike!

Here is an overview of the controller support features that will be added:

• Game World Controller Support (ALL GAME WORLDS)
  
• Menu Controller Support (Game World Select, Workshop Browser, Character Customization, Collection Book)
  
• Force Feedback (Rumble)
  
• Controller Icons
  
• Scoreboard Controller Support
  
• Settings Controller Support
  
• Plaza Map Controller Support

[h2]Force Feedback (Rumble)[/h2]
Controller force feedback will be improved across the game, adding rumble to various aspects of gameplay for all the Game Worlds. In Ball Race, bumpers will rumble like a bumper should, in Minigolf you’ll feel the slight taps of the railings and the HIO rocket, and in Little Crusaders you will feel the Dragon’s roar!

[h2]Controller Icons[/h2]

With this update, we’ll also be adding controller icons that support multiple types of controllers. It will support Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo, and Steam Deck controller icon sets.

[h2]Menu Controller Support[/h2]
We’re also adding controller support to the majority of the menus, so you can enter and play game worlds, browse workshop maps, enter your Condo or other Condos, customize yourself, or check your collection book progress all with your controller.

This has been a huge undertaking and project! We’re still working on controller support, so some of the various aspects of the game such as the hot bar are still lacking full controller support. Support for those are still being developed, as they require more work than other parts of the game.

We are also working towards full compatibility with the Steam Deck and will have more news on that soon!

We will continue to add more controller support to the game in each upcoming update!


About a week and a half ago, we started our first public beta as a test run to help get feedback on the 1.0.0.1 update. The beta testing went very well and we’ll continue to use public betas going forward.

We’ll have more formal announcements that these are going on in the future now that we’ve done this initial try!

To learn how to participate in the public betas, and to give feedback before an update goes live, check out: Tower Unite Public Beta Branches!


The Workshop Rental Store grand opening is just around the corner! This will be our next Major update!



A new expansion to the Condo Hub, the Workshop Rental Store displays both popular and recently released Workshop maps made by the community, allowing players to quickly grab them off the shelves and transport players to the map for easy browsing.

We are currently putting the final touches and will provide an open beta, so stay tuned and feel free to join in our open beta when announced.


We’ve also been working on the new Condo pet system! We’ve made great progress on the pets, as they now have traits such as love and energy, and commands such as sit, follow, eating/drinking, and sleeping.





We’ll have more information on the big pet update that comes out after the Rental Store update!


Community Condos are dedicated user-hosted Condos. Since the 1.0 release, we’ve made great progress on the backend changes needed for the server browser required for Community Condos in the game. Work will continue to be done on this feature.


If you follow our Trello, you may have noticed work has resumed on a Game World, Planet Panic! Planet Panic was one of our earliest game worlds, but we had complaints about the gameplay design and the vehicle networking. The game simply wasn’t up to our standards. Since then, Planet Panic has been in development hell, constantly getting pushed aside due to lack of interest both by our community polls and developers. But all hope is not lost…

We’ve recently discussed some new exciting designs for the gameplay, got some inspiration, and now have developed fully working UFOs with network prediction! With the new gameplay, we hope to add more fun and challenge to the original concept while keeping the cute style.

Progress is also being made on reworking some of the old maps as well.




That’s going to do it for this week’s dev log! Be sure to keep an eye out for the next one. We’ll be changing from our weekly schedule to a more biweekly announcement with more information than our old dev logs.





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

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