Tower Unite News

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!




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




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.





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.


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 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.




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.



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.

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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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]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

Winter Holiday Events are here!

There are three exciting Holiday Quests to participate in!

Spread holiday joy and help Santa Claws deliver gifts to the hardworking Plaza staff, share the joy of hats, and find the missing reindeer!

Find the quest-givers in the Central Fountain area!

In addition, the usual Holiday cheer has swept through Tower Unite! Enjoy beautiful holiday decorations in the Plaza, earn Holiday Coins from playing games, and deck yourself out with some festive gear at Santa Claws’ store!






We have added 5 new holiday backgrounds to Santa's Workshop. We plan to have more in the next update.





While the events have just started, we're still currently in the middle of a major Plaza update which we're working to get out very soon. The next Plaza update will have new Winter items and should be out within the next week or two.

As we've been saying, we've been working hard on bug fixes, which this new Plaza update addresses. This is all a part of the Road to 1.0.




Just a reminder, here is the December Calendar for TU! We’ve got some special winter / holiday themed bonus events going on in the next few weeks so be sure to hop on for that if you’re interested!






This isn’t the last of our holiday fun this year, but we did want to wish you all a Happy Holiday season!

We hope you all have a great time in the game and out of it, and we thank you guys for your support this year! It’s meant the world to us! :]






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