Rocket Boots Mania News

It’s time for our first official Tournament! 🥳

[h2]Map[/h2]
We’ll be racing on a brand-new track created by Linteuh! 😍 This course blends original and Create Mode elements, featuring boosters, portals, nitros, lasers, wallruns, and some wild skips. It’s fast, fun, and full of surprises! 🔥


[h2]Duration[/h2]

• Runs for 1 week 📅
  
• Starts: Friday, April 25, 2025 @ 8 PM CET
  
• Ends: Friday, May 2, 2025 @ 8 PM CET
  

[h2]How to join[/h2]
Once the Tournament is live, jump in straight from the main menu:


[h2]FAQ[/h2]
How many times can I play the Tournament map? 😎
– As many times as you want!

Can I join from the Demo? 👀
– Yep, Demo players are welcome!

Will ghosts be visible during the Tournament? 👻
– No. The Discord community voted to hide them.

Will ghosts be visible after the Tournament? ✅
– Yes! They’ll be visible once the Tournament ends.

[h2]New Nations[/h2]
We added 3 new nations that you can now represent. Still missing your nation? Let us know on Discord.


[h2]Livestream[/h2]
We go live three times a week - speedrunning, training new players, and checking out community maps.
Come hang out for good vibes and pro tips. Watch our latest VODs and hit subscribe!👇
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Big love to all you beautiful Runners!
Hit that like button and drop us a comment - let’s make this Tournament one to remember! 🤩🙏

[h3]Added[/h3]

• Tournament support for Community Creations maps
  
• National teams: Belgium, Ireland and Switzerland added
  
• Snowman level (Mountains): Added a note on bonus gained for crushing snowman (-0.5s)

[h3]Fixed[/h3]

• Memory leaks caused by ingame UI
  
• Config.ini reading independent from culture settings
  
• Islands hub: Boxes stuck in rock geometry
  
• Maze level (Arenas): Triggers corrections
  
• Maze level (Arenas): Section A gate requires both plates to be pushed
  
• Ice Tower (Mountains): Final window edge is climbable now
  

We're excited to share that Rocket Boots Mania now supports racing through the 4th dimension! Yup, we've added Portals to Create Mode and they are so much fun! 🤩

[h2]Portal Tower[/h2]
You can find the first map with portals in the recommended section of Community Creations. Try it out and let us know how you like it. It's called "Portal Tower" 😉


You can of course use the portals to build your own maps too! It's quite simple. Place both the 'in' and the 'out' portal in the Create Mode scene, select both and then hit [CTRL] + [SHIFT] + [L] to link them.


And yes, of course we're already planning future updates that will leverage this functionality to link other "logic" type objects like buttons, switches, gates and whatever else we come up with. Share your ideas in the comments here on Steam! 📝

If you're curious to see more about portals, check one of the livestreams where we were building the first portal map. Don't forget to subscribe to catch other updates early - we're usually live at least 3 times a week.
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[h2]Create Mode Updates[/h2]
You asked and you shall receive. Here are a bunch of additions to the Create Mode that were requested by you.

You can now choose between different environments / time of day conditions. Open the level menu (the three lines in the top left corner) and choose between 'Islands Dusk' and 'Islands Afternoon'. We'll continue adding the other environments (and maybe completely new ones) in the upcoming updates. What environments do you think would be coolest? Let us know! 🤩


There's now a new modular track pack of models that allow you to build gravity defying tracks just like those in the Snowman bonus level. Horizontal, vertical, there are really no limits to how you can use these.


Of course we also had to include the shock gates for some additional challenge. 🤓


And on a special request we've also added the individual crab model, please be nice to them! 😂



[h2]New Outfit[/h2]
We have a new awesome outfit for Zoe created by Soullessrun, thanks! 😍 If you'd like to create outfits or even completely new character models, stop by our Discord and we can teach you how.



[h2]Cloud Saves[/h2]
Another frequently requested feature was added - cloud saves allow you to chase records on multiple devices and your progress will be automatically synced (as long as you're connected to the internet of course). Let us know if everything's working or if you encounter some issues.


[h2]Controls[/h2]
Sometimes we get asked: "What's better - controller or keyboard and mouse?" While controller is the more chill way to play I'd recommend mouse and keyboard if you're serious about chasing the records.
I'd also encourage you to bind jump to [Left Mouse Button]. I've done it a couple of months ago based on the recommendation from LinT and I just love it!


All input can be changed in Settings > Input.

To prove a point about total freedom of input mapping in our game I once mapped the controls to my racing sim, it was a surprisingly fun experience, check the video below 😂
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[h2]Temporary / FYI[/h2]
As a part of full controller support for free camera, we moved camera acceleration button to be the same as nitro (Default is Right Mouse Button/RT2 on controller). This is temporary and in the next update there will be a dedicated mapping in the input settings.


[h2]Bug fixing / Optimization[/h2]
As usual we've done a bunch of things around the whole game to improve the experience. You can check the full log in the main menu for detailed information.

You've read all the way here? Let us know by hitting the like button further below, drop a comment, and join us on Discord! You certainly care about the game as much as we do and we’d love to hear your thoughts on this update as well as where you’d like the game to go next! Every like and comment helps grow the awareness of this awesome game, thanks!

Rocket Boots Mania is part of the Sport-acular Festival! To celebrate, we're running a limited-time offer this week only. Enjoy 90% off and share it with your friends! Let’s go racing with Rocket Boots!



[h2]Speedrun World Record[/h2]
With more players jumping in, the race is on. Will someone step up and take the crown from Charitish, the current speedrun world record holder? Watch his full run below:
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[h2]Live Stream[/h2]
We’re streaming three times a week! If you want to catch the speedrun grind, get a sneak peek at upcoming updates, or just hang out and chat, make sure to subscribe to get notified when we go live.

Here’s a stream where I tried to beat the game with just 3 lives (spoiler: it was way tougher than I expected 😅):
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[h2]Portals Update[/h2]
If you've been tuning into the streams, you already know we're getting close to releasing a brand-new update featuring speedrunning through the 4th dimension, powered by Portals!

If you missed it or you're new here, catch the action in this VOD as I test the new features while building the very first portal-based level:
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Before you dash off to chase the records, hit the like button, drop a comment, and join us on Discord. We’d love to hear your thoughts on where you’d like the game to go next!

Thank you for the incredible response to the 1.0 release! Seeing all the new records and community creations has been amazing 🤩

We have a another cool update for you today, so let's dive in!

[h2]Speedrun Mode [/h2]
This new mode unlocks after you finish the game, and the goal is simple: beat it as fast as possible! ⏱️

Collect 15,000 tokens to unlock the final level, complete it, and stop the dedicated in-game timer to secure your spot in the Speedrun Valhalla Leaderboard.

Huge thanks to our Discord beta testers and everyone joining our live streams to help us refine it! 😍


[h2]New models for Create Mode[/h2]
We see how much you're enjoying Create Mode, so we're giving you even more control over your creations! 👷‍♂️🚧

[h3]Island Pack[/h3]
With this island pack, you can fully customize your environments! It includes an empty terrain, two medium rocks, one big rock, three palm trees, three flowers, and a fern.


[h3]Modular Containers[/h3]
You asked for ROCKETEX containers, and we delivered! We also tweaked their dimensions to make them modular, so they snap together easily. Now you can build mazes, structures, or anything else you can imagine!


[h3]Glass Panels[/h3]
Some of you loved the glass panels but needed doors and windows, so here they are! 🙂

And just in case you didn’t know, glass panels are slippery, making them perfect as blocker-type obstacles since players can't wallrun on them.


[h3]Wood Crate[/h3]
Of course, we had to add the legendary wood crate! Now you can practice box-jumping and create some awesome maps with it.

Fun fact: We discovered a physics bug with this crate model early in development. Jumping off the corners gives you a huge boost, opening up some incredible paths and WRs.

The community loved it so much that we decided to keep it as an actual feature of the game!


[h2]New Character[/h2]
You’ve probably noticed plenty of community-created outfits in the game. With this update, we’re introducing something completely unique: a brand-new character.

Meet Dino Muscle, created by Omed (aka KickyWonka), one of our amazing community members who has already built some incredible maps in Create Mode. 🤩 Unlike most user-created outfits, this one features a fully unique mesh and serves as a proof of concept for where we’d like to take the game next.

Over the past few months, we’ve developed a pipeline for importing custom-made characters. If you’d like to give it a shot, join us on Discord! We’ll show you how, whether it’s a simple texture modification or a brand-new model like Omed’s.


[h2]Restart to last Checkpoint[/h2]
We already had a dedicated restart button, but some of you requested a "restart to last checkpoint" option. This quickly became a personal favorite for me, especially for Speedrun Mode.

By default, you can press [L] to restart to the last checkpoint. We placed it further from WSAD to avoid accidental triggers, but you can remap it in the settings as usual (I use [F] 🤓). You can also remap this on your gamepad as well. If there’s no checkpoint, this button will restart the level.


[h2]Training Adjustments[/h2]
We adjusted the level layout on the first training map, Rocket Jump. A full explanation, including a community-wide vote, can be found in our Discord polls channel, but here’s the TLDR:

• The best path/strategy on this map could give new players the wrong impression.
  
• We love the strat, but it's better suited for maps deeper in the game rather than the first level.
  
• Training should welcome new players, not make them question the game. 😅

[h2]Optimization[/h2]

• Water reflections have been disabled in the Jungle Arena hub and levels.
  
• This provides a significant performance boost for many players.
  
• On my setup (a 5-year-old mid-tier gaming PC with an RTX 4070 Ti), FPS more than doubled!

[h2]Other Improvements[/h2]
As always, we've made a few other quality-of-life improvements based on your feedback. Check the in-game change log for the full list!


[h2]Livestream[/h2]
We stream live every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 8 PM Prague time / 11 AM PST.

Click the image to join today's stream, and consider subscribing to stay up to date! 😉


[h2]Some Thoughts on 1.0 and Future[/h2]
If you've made it this far, I just want to say thank you for being a dedicated part of this community! It's because of players like you that we get to keep pushing forward on this amazing journey.

We've poured everything into building a solid game, and we're humbled by the 100% positive reviews so far. We'll do everything in our power to maintain that because we truly believe in our vision of Parkour Trackmania. This game is built together with an incredible community that keeps improving, creating awesome maps and skins, and helping it thrive for years to come.

This is just the beginning. While we may not have millions of players yet, I believe people will recognize what we've built and will join us soon.

Thanks for being here early, before we take off. You're legends.

Hit like, leave a comment, and join us on our live stream or Discord. We'd love to hear your thoughts on where you'd like the game to go next!