Tower Unite News

[p]Happy December everyone! And welcome to the Dev Log for December 3rd, 2025![/p][p]Since the last Dev Log, we’ve worked on various bug fixes, another optimization pass for the Plaza, a revamp of the Theater Condo, Holiday items, and Cooking.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]You’ve probably seen our announcements for it already, but we want to mention again here that we are a part of the Jingle Jam games collection![/p][p][/p][p]Jingle Jam is a fundraiser to help out life-changing charities! The Jingle Jam crew will be hosting fundraising streams for 2 weeks so check it out and spread the word to help out these great causes!![/p][p][/p][p]The Jingle Jam will be running until December 15th, 2025 (ending 08:59 AM GMT).[/p][p]You can check out the Jingle Jam page, learn about the charities and games involved, and donate here!![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]We’re doing a Snowman contest again!! Make your finest snowman and share it with all to see![/p][p]It ends at 11:59 PM on December 14th, 2025![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Nuclearxpotato has been working on a long-awaited Theater Condo Art and Editing pass!![/p][p]His update brings countless improvements and fixes to the Theater condo, including:[/p][p][/p]

• [p]An art pass to the Concessions counters, screens, and canopy sign.[/p]
• [p]You can now edit the concessions sign and toggle off and on various aspects of it.[/p]
• [p]The concessions menus now have a default texture displaying a generic menu when not overridden by a Canvas.[/p]

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• [p]You can now edit the theaters themselves! Every surface, railing, and chairs can now be fully edited and customized.[/p]
• [p]An art pass to the Viewing Rooms, adding Surface customization, toggle-able lights, and unfurnished projection rooms.[/p]
• [p]Handrails, Curtains, Seats, and Speakers can now be toggled on or off.[/p]
• [p]An art pass to the Seats, which carry over to their item equivalents[/p]

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• [p]There are new animated “now playing” tickers above each theater entrance. These are available as an item as well. Using a persistent IO connection to a Media Player, this item can display the video title of what’s currently playing. The Theater Condo art pass will include a unique version of this for each viewing room, built into the hallway outside.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Other fixes and changes include:[/p]

• [p]Updated the Screen and Projector lights so they only turn on when Media Dynamic Lights is enabled.[/p]
• [p]Longstanding errors with the normal maps on the pre-built light switches were fixed.[/p]
• [p]The built-in Theater doors can now optionally take you back to the Condo Hub.[/p]

[p]Additionally, the Popcorn Bucket item now appears in the correct category in the Theater store, and the poster for the Theater Condo doorway was fixed in the Condo Hub.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Johanna has been working on a ton of Plaza optimizations for the Winter 2025 Plaza Update![/p][p]These include improvements to shaders and materials, water optimizations, grass and foliage effects, and LODs. These all will help with how the Plaza loads in on the user-end and lead to better performance![/p][p][/p][p]macdguy has been working on bug fixes for SDNL including fixing major spawn and respawn issues, death state issues with weapons, and weapon recoil issues! We also buffed payouts for SDNL as well.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Progress is being made on new items for the Winter Holidays events in Tower Unite! New items include vintage outdoor decorations, the disturbingly adorable Sack-on-a-Rack, a metallic Christmas tree, and a baseball bat! These are in addition to other holiday items we’ve shown in previous dev logs![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]We’ve also been working on some winter-themed sprays for the event![/p][p][/p][p]Nuclearxpotato fixed a bunch of small things with various items, such as:[/p]

• [p]A bug on the Festival Lights item where the “Animation Intensity” property was overwriting the “Animation Speed” property.[/p]
• [p]An art pass of the Fountain item.[/p]
• [p]Material optimizations of Accessory items.[/p]
• [p]Fixed scaling issues on the Cat Ears, Earmuffs, and the Devil Horn.[/p]
• [p]Fixed the Catpack’s coloring and fading breaking after the character runs.[/p]
• [p]Fixed coloring issues on the Candy Bucket Hat, Candy Backpack, Bag of Roses, Bag of Clovers, and Reindeer Bells.[/p]
• [p]Added new Profile Backgrounds based on maps original to Virus and SDNL.[/p]

[p][/p][p]macdguy worked on some fixes with visual issues in the Underwater Condo such as fixing the satellite elevators not animating, underwater post processing/lighting issues, and surface water issues.[/p][p]He also fixed an IO issue with OnSoundEnded not being called with the Sound Emitter item.[/p][p]He added an exclusion to allow the Tower Glove to be usable while inside Location Volumes that have No Weapons rule enabled.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Cooking has had some major progress! macdguy has completed work on recipe book and the recipe unlocking system. The internal recipe and crafting systems have also been finished![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]The collection book has also gotten some love with a new category for the crab unlockables as well as showing hints for hidden items you’ve yet to unlock.[/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![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p] Join our Discord for development updates and community fun! [/p][p]Join Our Discord [/p][p]We love awesome people like you![/p][p][/p][p]Follow our developments on our Trello in near real-time:[/p][p]Tower Unite Roadmap [/p][p][/p][p]If you love our game and want to support its development, please consider getting a Supporter Pack! We'd be so grateful! [/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]Please report bugs & submit suggestions on our forums. We're active everyday & here to help. [/p][p]For bug reports: Bug Reports [/p][p]For suggestions: Submit a Suggestion [/p][p]

[p][/p][p]Jingle Jam is a fundraiser to help out life-changing charities! The Jingle Jam crew will be hosting fundraising streams for 2 weeks so check it out and spread the word to help out these great causes!![/p][p][/p][p]This year the Jingle Jam is raising money for Autistica, Become, CALM, Make-A-Wish, The Trevor Project, The Grand Appeal, War Child, and World Wildlife Fund! [/p][p][/p][p]A big group of games (including Tower Unite) are included in the Jingle Jam games collection, spanning all sorts of different genres![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]The Jingle Jam will be going on from December 1st (TODAY!!!) until December 15th, 2025 (ending 08:59 AM GMT). [/p][p][/p][p]You can check out the Jingle Jam page, learn about the charities and games involved, and donate here: https://jinglejam.tiltify.com/[/p][p]https://www.jinglejam.co.uk/[/p][p][/p]

[p]Steam Awards 2025 is here and Tower Unite can be nominated in all categories this year![/p][p][/p][p]We're trending as Best Soundtrack award right now, so keep up the momentum and...[/p][p][/p][h3]Vote Tower Unite for Best Soundtrack for Steam Awards 2025![/h3][p]https://store.steampowered.com/steamawards/nominations/2025[/p][p][/p][h2]Also please consider voting other categories such as Sit Back and Relax Award and Better With Friends Award![/h2][p][/p][p]

[p]Hello everyone and welcome to the Tower Unite Dev Log for November 18th, 2025![/p][p][/p][p]As has been the case in our past couple of Dev Logs, we’ve been hard at work on a project outside of Tower and are near the point of finally giving everyone the inside scoop on it! We appreciate everyone’s patience and hope you all have been having fun in Tower in the mean time.[/p][p][/p][p]But, in terms of Tower Unite development, we’ve been able to tackle various parts of the game since the last dev log, so let’s get into that, along with other TU events![/p][p][/p][h2]November 2025 Condo Contest - Free Build[/h2][p][/p][p]We have a Condo Contest ending very soon! It’s a free build contest so participants can submit a build with any theme they like. Check out the entries, rules, and prizes here![/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]TU DEVELOPMENT[/h2][p]Work on our side project is wrapping up, and we’re really really excited to share it with you soon! We’ve been very busy doing the final touches on it. Unfortunately, while we didn’t intend for it to affect Tower development at all, we got very passionate about the project and put a lot of heart in into.[/p][p][/p][p]Now that the bulk work is done with it, we’ll be back to Tower development. Keep in mind that a lot of the stuff we made on our side project has already turned into new Tower items and we’ll continue to pair the two projects together. We appreciate everyone’s patience.[/p][p][/p][p]We’re eager to get back into Tower development with Arcade: Phase 3, Accelerate SDK, Cooking, and other roadmap objectives as soon as we can. As you saw in previous developer logs, we’ve already made a lot of progress on these.[/p][p][/p][p]Nuclearxpotato has been on a roll with a bunch of fixes and improvements to Tower Unite in the mean time, so we wanted to shout him out! The team’s been doing some major fixes and other developments as well, which we’ll go over too.[/p][p]So, let’s catch up since last time and see what’s been going on![/p][p][/p][h2]Game World Polish[/h2][p]We’re continuing with updates to Virus & SDNL! These include both visual polish and changes to weapons and features of the games. Here’s some of what we’ve been working on:[/p]

• [p]T-posing issues while sliding[/p]
• [p]Visual / Material fixes with weapons[/p]
• [p]SDNL Announcer Adjustments (including volume sliders)[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Milestone Items[/h2][p]We’ve made some improvements to existing milestone items like the Throwable Shrimp and The Infection milestones. We’re also working on upcoming milestone items, which you can follow the progress of on our Trello here.[/p][p][/p][p]Upcoming milestone items include:[/p]

• [p]SDNL milestones[/p]
• [p]Accelerate milestones[/p]
• [p]Nightclub milestones[/p]
• [p]Boardwalk milestones[/p]
• [p]Condo milestones[/p]
• [p]Casino: Throwable Dice[/p]
• [p]Casino: Throwable Cards[/p]
• [p]Unfinished Plaza milestones[/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]Condo Fixes[/h2][p]Various fixes were made to the Condo system. A major optimization to I/O was completed, which will make I/O connections run more efficiently.[/p][p]There were also many fixes to materials and collision issues. Some notable item additions include:[/p]

• [p]a new version of the Soda Vending Machine item was added (with new variants)[/p]
• [p]adjustments to the scale and art of the Kitchen Counter items.[/p]
• [p]as well as the addition, updates, and fixes to the Victorian item set, added with the Halloween update[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Contest Posters Added[/h2][p][/p][p]In case you missed it, in Hotfix 1.1.1.2, we finally added the posters that were made during the Workshop Rental Store Poster Art contest! We’re so happy to finally have them in game and hope you guys have been able to check them out too.[/p][p]They’re located all around the store where we had space![/p][p][/p][h2]Early Access Items Added[/h2][p]Another addition you might have missed was the Early Access items, which were added in Hot Fix 1.1.1.2. These items are distributed automatically if you played the game during its Early Access period![/p][p][/p][h2]Upcoming Fun![/h2][p]We have some exciting stuff planned for December, so keep an eye out for that! [/p][p][/p][h2]That’s a Wrap![/h2][p]That’s going to do it for this week’s dev log! Be sure to keep an eye out for the next one![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p] Join our Discord for development updates and community fun! [/p][p]Join Our Discord [/p][p]We love awesome people like you![/p][p][/p][p]Follow our developments on our Trello in near real-time:[/p][p]Tower Unite Roadmap [/p][p][/p][p]If you love our game and want to support its development, please consider getting a Supporter Pack! We'd be so grateful! [/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]Please report bugs & submit suggestions on our forums. We're active everyday & here to help. [/p][p]For bug reports: Bug Reports [/p][p]For suggestions: Submit a Suggestion [/p][p]

[p]Super small quick update...[/p][p][/p][p]For the players who played Tower Unite during its Early Access period, we have added a few new exclusive items as a thank you for playing and contributing to Early Access![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]These 4 fun little items will be automatically given to players who played Tower during its Early Access period when they launch Tower Unite.[/p][p][/p][p]As the spooky season starts to end, so will our Halloween celebrations :(. Halloween events will end on November 14th, so make sure you hop on before then to collect your Halloween items![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]We've also updated the Rental Store in the Condo Hub to include community-made posters from the August/September 2025 Art Contest! Again, thank you all for participating! We included every poster that was submitted from the contest![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]The vending machine got a little update. You can now choose between two different types of vending machine styles and also adjust the vending machine labels to make them canvasable. There's also new soda types.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p]

• [p]Added Early Access Player exclusive Items: Early Access Plate, Early Access Hardhat, Early Access Plushy, Early Access Spray[/p]
• [p]Added community contest posters to Rental Store in Condo Hub[/p]
• [p]Condo: Updated and remodeled Soda Vending Machine item, allowing for new variants[/p]
• [p]Condo: Four new soda types can be dispensed from the Soda Vending Machine item[/p][p][/p]

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• [p]Virus: Fixed players stepping onto physics props in Subway[/p]
• [p]Condo: Corrected material issue on Victorian Chaise item[/p]
• [p]Condo: Corrected material issue on Disc Jewelcase item[/p]
• [p]Condo: Fixed Victorian Fabric (Floral) surface material changing to Victorian Fabric (Plain) when World-Align was enabled[/p]
• [p]Condo: Soda Vending Machine will now properly initialize when placed (no longer showing Canvas Not Set)[/p]

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Join our Discord for development updates and community fun![/p][p] Join Our Discord [/p][p]We love awesome people like you![/p][p][/p][p]Follow our developments on our Trello in near real-time:[/p][p] Tower Unite Roadmap [/p][p][/p][p]If you love our game and want to support its development, please consider getting a Supporter Pack! We'd be so grateful![/p][p] [/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]

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