Tower Unite News

Race through fire, flames, and face heat itself! Careful not to catch fire and burn away in the dangerous lava fields. This is a hard difficulty map that focuses on speed and quick reactions, with a flare of the dramatic!




This is our biggest sale in years!

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



We've also added a new fun item that you can place in your Condo to take pictures with you and your friends. Use this timed camera to take screenshots in various poses using your emotes!





Due to changes with Discord's image hosting policies where images will expire after 72 hours, and to help with canvases failing to load, we have disabled Discord image support. You will have to rehost these images elsewhere and you can do that by copying your Discord image links into a private discord server (to get the image) and save and rehost to another image host.


Stay tuned for more information on what we're cooking up next, we'll be posting our July 2024 look ahead and monthly status update soon! We're hard at work on the Minigolf and Ball Race level SDK.


Changes

• New map - Ball Race: Eruption!
  
• Workshop Sound Packs now sort alphabetically
  
• Workshop Sound Packs now shows options to let you vote up, favorite, or uninstall a sound pack while in the sound pack browser
  
• Added new Condo materials: Minigolf Grass Checkered, Minigolf Tiled, Ball Race Bonus, Scanline, Neon Grid, Neon Sky, Nostalgia Sky, Checkered, Iridescent Disk, Waterfall Pixel, Nostalgia Smooth, LED Array, Boost Colorable, and Felt
  
• Ball Race Tile condo material now colors only 2/4 of the tiles like you'd see in Ball Race
  
• Added Camera Photo Spot placeable item to Central Circuit. This item will take a timed screenshot of you and your friends
  
• Canvas images now timeout after 2 minutes of loading
  
• Workshop Sound Packs that were just downloaded from the browser will now be automatically selected after the download is complete
  
• Opening the Workshop Sound Pack browser will automatically select the sound pack of the sound you currently have set on the emitter

Bug Fixes

• Fixed and improved inventory titles (for the inventory title setting)
  
• Fixed Zombie Massacre diamond trophy not using the new trophy model
  
• Condo IO: Fixed true/false outputs being missing for XOR logic gate
  
• Fixed Nipper9000 item materials being missing
  
• Fixed a memory leak and various crashes

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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

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for June 24th, 2024, detailing all the changes that have happened since June 17th, 2024. 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]Hot Fix #2 0.17.12.0[/h2]

Last week, we released another hotfix to fix some outstanding issues with the initial 0.17.12.0 release.

You can read about that hotfix here.

[h2]Miscellany[/h2]

Johanna continued working on finishing the Minigolf SDK, as well as the Plaza optimization pass.

Lifeless worked on getting the Ball Race map, Eruption, ready for release. He also worked on getting the SDNL Voice lines integrated, as well as other QOL changes.

macdguy worked on finishing the Minigolf SDK, working on the camera system and physics spawning for map objects like barrels.

Nuclearxpotato continued working on a new Minigolf map.

Sketchman worked on bug and crash fixes.

Wheezwer continued working on an art pass of the arcade cabinets, along with other art related tasks

Will continued working on music.

[h2]Wrap It Up[/h2]
That about covers everything that happened since June 17th, 2024 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!

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

This hot fix addresses issues with the latest update.

Changes

• Increased granularity of level streaming batch unregistering from 5 to 10 - to reduce level stream hitches

Bug Fixes

• Plaza server stability fixes
  
• Arcade: Fixed Pluck-a-Pal plushies spawning issues
  
• Fixed workshop item editor crashing when loading a model
  
• Fixed normal maps on player models getting corrupted when in arcade games
  
• Optimized Floating Text item
  
• Fixed trophy items being hidden despite owning them
  
• Fixed inventory not sorting
  
• Fixed some mesh clipping problems with default player models
  
• Fixed full body emotes for seat volumes not animating properly
  
• Fixed emotes in seats not ending properly
  
• Fixed kitchen door frame color option being missing
  
• Fixed a crash when setting inventory title setting
  
• Fixed sound emitter radius visibility setting not working
  
• Libretro: Fixed Plane TV and Modern TV camera angles for Libretro consoles (also updated camera angles for other TVs as well)
  
• SDK: Fixed not being able to change game type in SDNL level SDK testing
  
• Condo IO: Fixed "OnSoundEnded" not firing off with sounds that are set to play once
  

Known Issues We Are Working On Resolving

• Wearable offset issues for default masculine model and milk cartons
  

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

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 the Weekly Dev Log for June 17th, 2024, detailing all the changes that have happened since June 11th, 2024. 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]Workshop Sound Packs - The Big Summer Update! (0.17.12.0)[/h2]



Last week, we released Update 0.17.12.0, which brought with it Workshop Sound Packs, a new Emote menu, optimizations for the Arcade, fixes for Workshop on Linux and Steam Deck, a new Workshop Rig, and much more.

You can see all the features in that update here.

Additionally, we released a hotfix over the weekend to fix some bugs, which you can see here.

We're currently working on another hotfix to address other issues, like server stability. You can see the progress on that hotfix here.

[h2]Updated Transit Station[/h2]

Johanna has been working on an updated transit station, working to make the area more inviting and less overwhelming. The updated station is based on the original Lobby 2 transit station, but completely remodeled from the ground up, with the aim of it being incredibly optimized.

It also features fully functional and animated escalators!

[h3]Updated Transit Station[/h3]



[h2]Miscellany[/h2]

Sabrina worked on putting the finishing touches on the web based ban appeal system.

Johanna worked on finishing up the Minigolf SDK.

Lifeless continued working on the Ball Race map, Eruption, while also working on other quality of life features.

macdguy helped release the update and the accompanying hotfix.

Nuclearxpotato continued working on a new Minigolf map.

Sketchman worked on various optimizations and bug fixes, along with helping release the update.

Wheezwer worked on an art pass of the arcade cabinets, along with other art related tasks.

Will continued working on music.

[h3]Minigolf SDK: Cannon Items WIP[/h3]



[h2]Wrap It Up[/h2]
That about covers everything that happened since June 11th, 2024 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!

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

This hot fix addresses issues with the latest update.

Changes

• You can now emote while in seats
  
• Workshop sound emitter will now default to 0 random playback interval so it'll loop cleanly
  
• Condo IO - Logic Compare: Added IO inputs "SetCompare", "SetComparisonType" and "Copy"

Bug Fixes

• Fixed some more issues relating to translucent workshop player models and arcade machines, fixing their materials from becoming opaque
  
• Fixed weapon animations not working well with seats
  
• Fixed view self locking head forward
  
• Fixed workshop sound packs looping even when "play once" is enabled
  
• Fixed workshop sound pack editor not creating a scroll bar when there are a lot of sound files
  
• Fixed noclip speed adjust changing without having CTRL down
  
• Fixed Hidden Button not restoring button shape
  
• Fixed Dialogue Volume not being interactive

Known Issues We Are Working On Resolving

• Workshop player model materials get weird normal map issues when playing an arcade game
  
• Plaza server stability issues
  
• Trophy items are not displaying in inventory despite players owning them
  
• Performance issues with Floating Text item
  
• Inventory sorting does not work
  
• Workshop static mesh editor crashes on import
  
• Wearable offset issues for default masculine model and milk cartons
  

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

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