Hello again Engineers,
another quick update today as a follow-up to yesterday's changes about how roads are simulated.

After more testing and receiving very useful feedback from the community, we're introducing a way to allow road reinforcement.
This should greatly minimize the current issue of roads being over-loaded while keeping the game's balance mostly unchanged.

Notice how the left piece of road is the first to break off, and the rest follows


You can now place another strut on top of an existing road strut to reinforce it


With the load minimized on the road strut, it's smooth sailing for this van


We'll still be adjusting values in the coming days to find the best balance possible, but wanted to get this change out there to hear your feedback and ideas.

We've also added a useful stress indicator at the bottom of the screen, visible during Simulation, which shows the current highest stress value across the bridge


We highly appreciate the feedback we've been receiving, in particular we would like to thank 'I_am_a_great_magician' for his input and ideas in strengthening the new road system.

Please let us know what you think of these changes and thanks for your ongoing support during the development of the game!

Hello again Engineers,
another quick update today as a follow-up to yesterday's changes about how roads are simulated.

After more testing and receiving very useful feedback from the community, we're introducing a way to allow road reinforcement.
This should greatly minimize the current issue of roads being over-loaded while keeping the game's balance mostly unchanged.

Notice how the left piece of road is the first to break off, and the rest follows


You can now place another strut on top of an existing road strut to reinforce it


With the load minimized on the road strut, it's smooth sailing for this van


We'll still be adjusting values in the coming days to find the best balance possible, but wanted to get this change out there to hear your feedback and ideas.

We've also added a useful stress indicator at the bottom of the screen, visible during Simulation, which shows the current highest stress value across the bridge


We highly appreciate the feedback we've been receiving, in particular we would like to thank 'I_am_a_great_magician' for his input and ideas in strengthening the new road system.

Please let us know what you think of these changes and thanks for your ongoing support during the development of the game!

We have a quick update for you Engineers. We’re releasing this update a little earlier than usual because we want to test out a new method of calculating the physics of roads, further details below. But first, a couple new features!


Each level has a new goal 'Under Budget and Under 100% Stress'. The mark of a true engineer is building structures that can stand up to repeated use. Each level completed this way will be marked with a Δ in its tooltip and the level tile will turn blue. As before your completion stats for the Campaign are shown at the top of the World Map.
Your Achievements are now viewable from the World Map and there are also new Unbreakable achievements for each World. You may have to run the last level of each World again for the achievements to register. A few budgets have been adjusted on existing levels to make them more achievable.


Leaderboards have been added for each Campaign level, viewable from the World Map also. When you successfully complete a Campaign level the Leaderboards will display alongside the histograms. Your own score and place will display as well as the top five. Click the ‘Friends Only’ button to see how you compare to your Steam Friends! Try to get the lowest budget and claim the #1 spot or challenge your Steam Friends and prove your engineering skill.


The big change of this patch is a new way of simulating roads. Previously we were using some reinforcement logic but have never been happy with it, and it also opened up a few exploits to ‘cheat’ the game.
The new road simulation is now more reliable and accurate, however it also offers less compressive resistance and will tend to ‘tear apart’ a bit more easily than before, which means you might find a number of your existing bridge designs won’t work anymore.
Generally it’s easy enough to tweak your existing designs to work again, and often requires thinking a bit more about re-directing tensile forces away from the road and into the surrounding structure.
Please let us know what you think of this change!

• Two Campaign levels replaced in Snow Drift: 3-6 Up & Away and 3-14 Stop & Go
  
• Steam Leaderboards Added
  
• New Δ achievement for each level and World

• Quick Access Wheel correctly shows available materials now
  
• Restart events now labelled correctly in Level Info
  
• Missing Level Names have been restored in English
  
• Pasting and Undo/Redo will no longer generate a sound for each piece generated
  
• Various minor bug fixes

• An ‘Are you sure?’ dialogue will come up when attempting to exit the game from within a level
  
• When moving a joint red highlights will display when a strut is unable to move in the direction pulled
  
• Steam Achievements and Leaderboards now visible from World Map
  
• Various exploits removed

The new manual and campaign world Tropical Paradise are coming along nicely but won’t be ready until next patch as scheduled. Look forward to those!



Please help us improve the game by reporting bugs and relating your feedback and suggestions. You can do so via the in-game Feedback tool, on our Steam Forums, on our subreddit, or by email.

We have a quick update for you Engineers. We’re releasing this update a little earlier than usual because we want to test out a new method of calculating the physics of roads, further details below. But first, a couple new features!


Each level has a new goal 'Under Budget and Under 100% Stress'. The mark of a true engineer is building structures that can stand up to repeated use. Each level completed this way will be marked with a Δ in its tooltip and the level tile will turn blue. As before your completion stats for the Campaign are shown at the top of the World Map.
Your Achievements are now viewable from the World Map and there are also new Unbreakable achievements for each World. You may have to run the last level of each World again for the achievements to register. A few budgets have been adjusted on existing levels to make them more achievable.


Leaderboards have been added for each Campaign level, viewable from the World Map also. When you successfully complete a Campaign level the Leaderboards will display alongside the histograms. Your own score and place will display as well as the top five. Click the ‘Friends Only’ button to see how you compare to your Steam Friends! Try to get the lowest budget and claim the #1 spot or challenge your Steam Friends and prove your engineering skill.


The big change of this patch is a new way of simulating roads. Previously we were using some reinforcement logic but have never been happy with it, and it also opened up a few exploits to ‘cheat’ the game.
The new road simulation is now more reliable and accurate, however it also offers less compressive resistance and will tend to ‘tear apart’ a bit more easily than before, which means you might find a number of your existing bridge designs won’t work anymore.
Generally it’s easy enough to tweak your existing designs to work again, and often requires thinking a bit more about re-directing tensile forces away from the road and into the surrounding structure.
Please let us know what you think of this change!

• Two Campaign levels replaced in Snow Drift: 3-6 Up & Away and 3-14 Stop & Go
  
• Steam Leaderboards Added
  
• New Δ achievement for each level and World

• Quick Access Wheel correctly shows available materials now
  
• Restart events now labelled correctly in Level Info
  
• Missing Level Names have been restored in English
  
• Pasting and Undo/Redo will no longer generate a sound for each piece generated
  
• Various minor bug fixes

• An ‘Are you sure?’ dialogue will come up when attempting to exit the game from within a level
  
• When moving a joint red highlights will display when a strut is unable to move in the direction pulled
  
• Steam Achievements and Leaderboards now visible from World Map
  
• Various exploits removed

The new manual and campaign world Tropical Paradise are coming along nicely but won’t be ready until next patch as scheduled. Look forward to those!



Please help us improve the game by reporting bugs and relating your feedback and suggestions. You can do so via the in-game Feedback tool, on our Steam Forums, on our subreddit, or by email.

It's time for a new update Engineers!

The artwork has had a major update and features a brand new fresh look, with unified colour palettes and levels of detail, which includes all the Worlds and also all the Vehicles. We’ve also included a great looking Ambient Occlusion pass which really brings out the detail and depth of the environment. The lighting and background colours have also been adjusted to better suit the colour palette of each World.

The Sandbox theme has been updated too, replacing the old theme for both new and old Sandbox/Steam Workshop levels.


We've added 23 new levels to the Campaign with a few levels replaced in Alpine Meadows and Desert Winds. At least three new levels were added to each World, bringing the total per World up to 15. These Campaign levels make use of the new hydraulic controller and checkpoints that were introduced in the previous update to Sandbox. When loading these new levels for the first time a pop-up will display, explaining how these features work.

The much loved Tool Wheel, which was removed with the UI overhaul a few months ago, has now found its way back into the game as the Quick Access Wheel to the joy of many! Use Middle Click (or keyboard ‘A’) to bring it up and select your building material without going all the way over to the bottom bar.


The Replay editor has been updated to include more options to share your ingenious solutions and spectacular failures to your social media accounts, and of course the Poly Bridge Gallery. Authorize your Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit, and Twitter accounts and share replays to the platforms of your choice easily! A new tab has been added to Settings letting you authorize, change, or deauthorize your accounts. Note: Reddit posts will be made to r/polybridge.

• New levels added throughout the Campaign (now 90 levels in total)
  
• Social Media integration (Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit, Twitter, Gallery)
  
• Ambient Occlusion Visual Setting: Darkens areas of the environment, giving more visual depth
  
• New Sandbox Vehicles: Chopper, Penny Farthing, and SUV

• Implemented a new text renderer which should resolve the blocky unreadable text some players experienced
  
• Level Info and Event Labels (vehicles and boats) now match each other as expected
  
• Various typo fixes
  
• Various minor bug fixes

• New object icons in Sandbox (Static Joints, Ramps, Custom Shapes, etc…)
  
• Option to restore hidden hints in Settings
  
• Added secondary method to move joints by clicking-and-holding on the joint until the cursor changes to the move icon
  
• May search by tag with in-game Workshop Browser
  
• The 'I' key now opens/closes Level Info
  
• Tool Wheel reintroduced as the Quick Access Wheel (Middle Click or ‘A’ key to bring up)

Next update we’ll be adding the final World to the campaign, Tropical Paradise. With new expert levels it’s sure to live up to its name. We’ll also be including finalized translations for Brazilian-Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified-Chinese, and Spanish. Partial translations for some of these languages are available now, they are incomplete though.


Please help us improve the game by reporting bugs and relating your feedback and suggestions. You can do so via the Steam Forums, on our subreddit, or by email.

It's time for a new update Engineers!

The artwork has had a major update and features a brand new fresh look, with unified colour palettes and levels of detail, which includes all the Worlds and also all the Vehicles. We’ve also included a great looking Ambient Occlusion pass which really brings out the detail and depth of the environment. The lighting and background colours have also been adjusted to better suit the colour palette of each World.

The Sandbox theme has been updated too, replacing the old theme for both new and old Sandbox/Steam Workshop levels.


We've added 23 new levels to the Campaign with a few levels replaced in Alpine Meadows and Desert Winds. At least three new levels were added to each World, bringing the total per World up to 15. These Campaign levels make use of the new hydraulic controller and checkpoints that were introduced in the previous update to Sandbox. When loading these new levels for the first time a pop-up will display, explaining how these features work.

The much loved Tool Wheel, which was removed with the UI overhaul a few months ago, has now found its way back into the game as the Quick Access Wheel to the joy of many! Use Middle Click (or keyboard ‘A’) to bring it up and select your building material without going all the way over to the bottom bar.


The Replay editor has been updated to include more options to share your ingenious solutions and spectacular failures to your social media accounts, and of course the Poly Bridge Gallery. Authorize your Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit, and Twitter accounts and share replays to the platforms of your choice easily! A new tab has been added to Settings letting you authorize, change, or deauthorize your accounts. Note: Reddit posts will be made to r/polybridge.

• New levels added throughout the Campaign (now 90 levels in total)
  
• Social Media integration (Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit, Twitter, Gallery)
  
• Ambient Occlusion Visual Setting: Darkens areas of the environment, giving more visual depth
  
• New Sandbox Vehicles: Chopper, Penny Farthing, and SUV

• Implemented a new text renderer which should resolve the blocky unreadable text some players experienced
  
• Level Info and Event Labels (vehicles and boats) now match each other as expected
  
• Various typo fixes
  
• Various minor bug fixes

• New object icons in Sandbox (Static Joints, Ramps, Custom Shapes, etc…)
  
• Option to restore hidden hints in Settings
  
• Added secondary method to move joints by clicking-and-holding on the joint until the cursor changes to the move icon
  
• May search by tag with in-game Workshop Browser
  
• The 'I' key now opens/closes Level Info
  
• Tool Wheel reintroduced as the Quick Access Wheel (Middle Click or ‘A’ key to bring up)

Next update we’ll be adding the final World to the campaign, Tropical Paradise. With new expert levels it’s sure to live up to its name. We’ll also be including finalized translations for Brazilian-Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified-Chinese, and Spanish. Partial translations for some of these languages are available now, they are incomplete though.


Please help us improve the game by reporting bugs and relating your feedback and suggestions. You can do so via the Steam Forums, on our subreddit, or by email.

Due to the increased complexity of interactions in the recently released Sandbox, we've found the need to push out regular bug fixes over the past week.

Below you'll find a list of the contents for these updates.

Thank you for your patience and support in providing bug reports!

• Fixed issue with save panel interface in Sandbox for new players
  
• Added 'snap to grid' modifier when moving custom shape points in Sandbox
  
• Added a preview of your bridge when loading a savefile
  
• Added ability to move/zoom the hydraulic controller window
  
• Increased 'speed change' range to 10%-500% on checkpoints
  
• Fixed issue with 'reverse' checkpoint flag resetting the vehicle's speed to default

• Fixed issue with Hydraulic Controller not saving/loading correctly in Workshop
  
• Improved behavior of Hydraulics to minimize pushing and breaking after a split joint merge happens
  
• Fixed 'Change Speed' behavior on Checkpoints, it now sets the absolute speed rather than adding/subtracting to the current speed
  
• Fixed up/down key stroke issue with Workshop Browser
  
• Added a 'Ordered Checkpoints' toggle on a vehicle's checkpoints list
  
• Hitting a vehicle's target flag no longer triggers a fail if all checkpoints haven't been collected yet

• Fixed issue with Event Re-triggers not loading correctly in Workshop
  
• Fixed issue with Custom Shapes showing vertices in Workshop
  
• Fixed issue with Checkpoint Reverse modifier on a flipped vehicle

Due to the increased complexity of interactions in the recently released Sandbox, we've found the need to push out regular bug fixes over the past week.

Below you'll find a list of the contents for these updates.

Thank you for your patience and support in providing bug reports!

• Fixed issue with save panel interface in Sandbox for new players
  
• Added 'snap to grid' modifier when moving custom shape points in Sandbox
  
• Added a preview of your bridge when loading a savefile
  
• Added ability to move/zoom the hydraulic controller window
  
• Increased 'speed change' range to 10%-500% on checkpoints
  
• Fixed issue with 'reverse' checkpoint flag resetting the vehicle's speed to default

• Fixed issue with Hydraulic Controller not saving/loading correctly in Workshop
  
• Improved behavior of Hydraulics to minimize pushing and breaking after a split joint merge happens
  
• Fixed 'Change Speed' behavior on Checkpoints, it now sets the absolute speed rather than adding/subtracting to the current speed
  
• Fixed up/down key stroke issue with Workshop Browser
  
• Added a 'Ordered Checkpoints' toggle on a vehicle's checkpoints list
  
• Hitting a vehicle's target flag no longer triggers a fail if all checkpoints haven't been collected yet

• Fixed issue with Event Re-triggers not loading correctly in Workshop
  
• Fixed issue with Custom Shapes showing vertices in Workshop
  
• Fixed issue with Checkpoint Reverse modifier on a flipped vehicle

Welcome Engineers to another edition of Poly Bridge!


The new Sandbox 2.0 is finally here! The level creator has been overhauled with dozens of new features including the highly requested checkpoints, a completely new visual style, a node-based event system, custom objects, unbreakable contraptions, and more! We've also included the ability to tag your Workshop submissions with a difficulty rating or as an Autoplay level as detailed below.



The event system has been completely overhauled, and level designers can now create multiple branching event paths and special groups that trigger when a vehicle hits a specific checkpoint, adding much greater depth to the puzzle making aspect.



The hydraulic controller allows players to set whether or not any particular hydraulic will activate during any given hydraulic phase. This feature can be enabled in the Sandbox and can be part of any Workshop item submissions; we plan on integrating this feature into some of the Campaign levels in the near future.
Check out this bridge design by bolt986:



When uploading a Sandbox level to the Steam Workshop you may now tag the level with a difficulty rating from Easy to Insane. You can now mark a level as Autoplay; this loads the solution bridge for the player when starting the level. To compliment this you can tag your Workshop level as 'Art', a 'Replica', or a 'Contraption'. Players will be able to search for Workshop levels in-game with the above tags in the next patch.


You can now rate a Workshop level from in-game and we've provided Steam Overlay links to follow an author or comment on the level. We've also added a new 'Following' tab to the in-game browser so you can search followed authors portfolios.


GIF capture duration can be increased to a max length of 30 seconds, defaulting to 10 seconds. Warning: This may cause the game to crash if your video card does not have enough VRAM to capture the full time.

• Node-based event system
  
• Checkpoints (Stop, Reverse, Change Speed)
  
• Hydraulic Controller, fine-tune which hydraulics get activated when
  
• Workshop Level Tags
  
• Split Joints can now connect to any other Split at the end of a Hydraulics Phase
  
• Custom shape creator in Sandbox
  
• Time delays can be set for any event
  
• Unbreakable mode added to Sandbox
  
• Replay Folder now settable in Settings
  
• GIF recorder settable to 30 seconds, defaults to 10 seconds
  
• You may now skip the tutorial by exiting to the campaign
  
• Workshop: Rate levels in-game
  
• Workshop: Follow author (opens Steam Overlay)
  
• Workshop: Search by authors ‘Following’
  
• Workshop: Comment on items (opens Steam Overlay)

• New players can now split joints properly in Alpine Meadows
  
• Grid is now infinite
  
• Hotkeys now swap appropriately
  
• Space no longer starts simulation while typing in a text box
  
• Various minor bug fixes

• Fixed issue with Event Retriggers not loading correctly in Workshop
  
• Fixed issue with Custom Shapes showing vertices in Workshop
  
• Fixed issue with Checkpoint Reverse modifier on a flipped vehicle

Our lead Artist, Javier, is currently busy doing a big overhaul of the art style and colour palettes, as well as creating further themes for the level designers to make levels in, who are also keeping busy these days creating new levels for everyone to enjoy.
Adrian Talens, the musician, has been improving the sound effects and engine sounds to be used for each vehicle, so you should be hearing improvements in that area too.
As always we will keep fixing bugs and implementing new features that our players request.


Please help us improve the game by reporting bugs and relating your feedback and suggestions. You can do so via the in-game Feedback tool, on our Steam Forums, on our subreddit, or by email.

Welcome Engineers to another edition of Poly Bridge!


The new Sandbox 2.0 is finally here! The level creator has been overhauled with dozens of new features including the highly requested checkpoints, a completely new visual style, a node-based event system, custom objects, unbreakable contraptions, and more! We've also included the ability to tag your Workshop submissions with a difficulty rating or as an Autoplay level as detailed below.



The event system has been completely overhauled, and level designers can now create multiple branching event paths and special groups that trigger when a vehicle hits a specific checkpoint, adding much greater depth to the puzzle making aspect.



The hydraulic controller allows players to set whether or not any particular hydraulic will activate during any given hydraulic phase. This feature can be enabled in the Sandbox and can be part of any Workshop item submissions; we plan on integrating this feature into some of the Campaign levels in the near future.
Check out this bridge design by bolt986:



When uploading a Sandbox level to the Steam Workshop you may now tag the level with a difficulty rating from Easy to Insane. You can now mark a level as Autoplay; this loads the solution bridge for the player when starting the level. To compliment this you can tag your Workshop level as 'Art', a 'Replica', or a 'Contraption'. Players will be able to search for Workshop levels in-game with the above tags in the next patch.


You can now rate a Workshop level from in-game and we've provided Steam Overlay links to follow an author or comment on the level. We've also added a new 'Following' tab to the in-game browser so you can search followed authors portfolios.


GIF capture duration can be increased to a max length of 30 seconds, defaulting to 10 seconds. Warning: This may cause the game to crash if your video card does not have enough VRAM to capture the full time.

• Node-based event system
  
• Checkpoints (Stop, Reverse, Change Speed)
  
• Hydraulic Controller, fine-tune which hydraulics get activated when
  
• Workshop Level Tags
  
• Split Joints can now connect to any other Split at the end of a Hydraulics Phase
  
• Custom shape creator in Sandbox
  
• Time delays can be set for any event
  
• Unbreakable mode added to Sandbox
  
• Replay Folder now settable in Settings
  
• GIF recorder settable to 30 seconds, defaults to 10 seconds
  
• You may now skip the tutorial by exiting to the campaign
  
• Workshop: Rate levels in-game
  
• Workshop: Follow author (opens Steam Overlay)
  
• Workshop: Search by authors ‘Following’
  
• Workshop: Comment on items (opens Steam Overlay)

• New players can now split joints properly in Alpine Meadows
  
• Grid is now infinite
  
• Hotkeys now swap appropriately
  
• Space no longer starts simulation while typing in a text box
  
• Various minor bug fixes

• Fixed issue with Event Retriggers not loading correctly in Workshop
  
• Fixed issue with Custom Shapes showing vertices in Workshop
  
• Fixed issue with Checkpoint Reverse modifier on a flipped vehicle

Our lead Artist, Javier, is currently busy doing a big overhaul of the art style and colour palettes, as well as creating further themes for the level designers to make levels in, who are also keeping busy these days creating new levels for everyone to enjoy.
Adrian Talens, the musician, has been improving the sound effects and engine sounds to be used for each vehicle, so you should be hearing improvements in that area too.
As always we will keep fixing bugs and implementing new features that our players request.


Please help us improve the game by reporting bugs and relating your feedback and suggestions. You can do so via the in-game Feedback tool, on our Steam Forums, on our subreddit, or by email.