Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for September 9th, 2024, detailing all the changes that have happened since September 3rd, 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.




Hey everyone, voting is over, and the results are in! There were 239 responses this time!

The winners are:

1st Place (2,000,000 Units - Centrifuge by @Narwhix
2nd Place (1,000,000 Units) - Condo in Night City by @Fire
3rd Place (750,000 Units) - Quantum Suite 2024 by @TheGreenKing
4th Place (500,000 Units) - Cyber Apt. 141 by @Just-Beans
5th place (300,000 Units) - N o c l i p by @mexxorz

Honorable Mentions

This time, we also wanted to show off some Honorable Mentions who scored very close to the top!

@daisyaura, @expert_plungophone, @Aman-Anony, and @Noodles95 all scored close to 5th place!

The Queen's Haven by @daisyaura
Exposed Reef by @expert_plungophone
Space Paint by @Aman-Anony
Alien Apocalypse: Do Not Trust Them. by @Noodles95

Honorable mentions will get 200,000 Units and the rest of the awesome entries will get 150,000 Units!

Thanks again so much for participating in the contest and the vote! We were very impressed by the entries and the enthusiasm for the theme!

You can see all of the condos submitted here!


We're getting very close to releasing the next update to Tower Unite, wrapping up some last minute bugs and getting everything ready for release.

You can follow our progress on the Trello card.


Johanna worked on fixing some issues in the Plaza.

Joshua worked on upcoming Halloween items, specifically a pipe organ.

Lifeless continued working on the Zombie Massacre map, Escape.

macdguy worked on polish for the Zombie Massacre and Ball Race map makers, created the guide for the Zombie Massacre Map Maker, updated other guides, cleaned up the ZM boss intros, and finished the ZM boss logic for the T-Rex. He also worked on VR, improving the menu, pointers, and weapon support.

Nuclearxpotato continued working on the Minigolf map, Dino Drive.

Sketchman worked on setting up the new workshop skeleton, as well as fixing some bugs and crashes.

Will worked on music for SDNL and helped test VR.











That about covers everything that happened since September 3rd, 2024 at PixelTail Games.

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If you like our game and want to support development, please consider getting a Supporter Pack:
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for September 3rd, 2024, detailing all the changes that have happened since August 26th, 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.


macdguy worked on some new features for the Zombie Massacre Map Maker.


Keycards are new Zombie Massacre pickups that come in 4 different types (red, blue, green, yellow). You can place these in your levels to use as a form of door currency to unlock specific doors with the specific keycard.



The new keycard system comes with two items, the keycard pickup and the redeem volume that accepts the matching keycard. The keycards and the redeem volume can be use once only and come with a reset IO function as well.



When a player picks up a keycard, the entire team can use the keycard for matching doors.



It's very easy to setup the redeem volume.



A player can hold as many keycards as desired.




This IO module will let you control certain ZM game elements such as the day timer and zombie spawners.




You can now select which boss you want to spawn for your map.





macdguy worked on some improvements to the Minigolf Map Maker.

The Loop Piece now has base height / flat base support. Custom textures applied will no longer stretch when the base height is adjusted, like the built in surfaces.




macdguy worked on a overall rewrite of Pluck-a-Pal.

The crane and prongs are all now physics based which will help fix the majority of the issues with the game. The previous version was half physics which led to the crane clipping into physics and causing weird issues.



This also means that the pals no longer need to be inside of orbs.





Johanna finished working on art needed for the next Arcade update.

Lifeless continued working on the Zombie Massacre map, Escape.

macdguy fixed some issues with the Virus Horde mode, worked a bit on VR, fixed some bugs related to the Co-op condos, and fixed an issue in Condos relating to spawns.

Sketchman worked on setting up the new workshop skeleton.

Will worked on music for SDNL.

That about covers everything that happened since August 26th, 2024 at PixelTail Games.

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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!
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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
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for August 26th, 2024, detailing all the changes that have happened since August 19th, 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.




Hey everyone!

The theme of this month's contest is Sci-Fi!

So, think alien invaders, spaceships, laboratories, robots, high-tech cities, or anything else like that that reasonably fits the theme!

Your submission can be a regular Condo or a Workshop Game World Map. The submission should be something that was made after the contest was announced.

Winner will take home 2,000,000 units!

The submission period ends on September 2nd, 2024 at 11:59 PM CT.

Be sure to look at the prizes and follow the rules here.


macdguy added an Arachnophobia Mode which turns spiders into blobs, and added a new boss, a machine gun wielding T-Rex!










Work continues on finishing up the Zombie Massacre Map Maker.


You can now customize the sub-objectives. You can also manually start sub-objectives or use the auto start feature. There are also IO outputs when an objective passed or failed.



The Zombie Spawner now supports Activate and Deactivate, along with an IO input for manually spawning a zombie class of your choice.




You can make maps that don't require a Helicopter.




macdguy made some basic stock sub-objectives for use in maps.

You can use these for your ZM maps, and they come with sound effects and all that setup for you. You can of course still make your own sub-objectives.

He also added IO events to sub-objectives when players are progressing the objective and when they are not.

Completing a sub-objective will give your team 600 points, and players who are inside a sub-objective will get 25 points every so often while in it.







macdguy added more editor controls for ZM. Now you can toggle zombie spawns so you aren't getting mauled to death while you walk around your map. You can also easily switch the days.




Johanna continued working on the Arcade, finishing the Air Hockey table and shooting gallery room.

Lifeless worked on fixes for Minigolf: Kingdom.

macdguy worked on the Zombie Massacre map maker, and added weapon and lightgun support to VR.

Nuclearxpotato continued working on the Minigolf map, "Dino Drive".

Sketchman worked on setting up the new workshop skeleton.

wheezwer worked on art for the virus map, "Theme Park".

Will worked on music for SDNL.




That about covers everything that happened since August 19th, 2024 at PixelTail Games.

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If you like our game and want to support development, please consider getting a Supporter Pack:
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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!
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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
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for August 19th, 2024, detailing all the changes that have happened since August 12th, 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.




Hey everyone!

The theme of this month's contest is Sci-Fi!

So, think alien invaders, spaceships, laboratories, robots, high-tech cities, or anything else like that that reasonably fits the theme!

Your submission can be a regular Condo or a Workshop Game World Map. The submission should be something that was made after the contest was announced.

Winner will take home 2,000,000 units!

The submission period ends on September 2nd, 2024 at 11:59 PM CT.

Be sure to look at the prizes and follow the rules here.


Johanna continued working on getting the Virus map, Theme Park, ready for release.

Joshua worked on getting the Workshop Skeleton V3 ready for release.

Lifeless went through and fixed a bunch of small bugs with the Plaza.

macdguy finished working on the Ball Race and Zombie Massacre map makers. He added leaderboard support to the Ball Race map maker, fixed some Minigolf map maker bugs, and added some new items for use in decoration on Zombie Massacre maps.

Nuclearxpotato continued working on the Minigolf map, "Dino Drive".

Sketchman worked on setting up the new workshop skeleton.







That about covers everything that happened since August 12th, 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:
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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

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Hey everyone, we have been loving what you all have been making with the map makers!
We wanted to quickly show off some community maps that we were impressed with!
These are in no particular order.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3304156911

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3304759140

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3309283640

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3306208512

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3304926034

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3304814116

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3307141019

That's it for the showcase! We've been having a blast playing all the maps! It's been incredible seeing what everyone has been making and how much heart you all have been putting into them! We can't wait to see what else you all make!

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Join our Discord for development updates and community fun!
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We love awesome people like you!

Follow our developments on our Trello in near real-time:
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If you like our game and want to support development, please consider getting a Supporter Pack:
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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
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Hey everyone! We’re back again for the August Dev Update!

With the Minigolf Map Maker out, we’re moving on to the other projects we’ve discussed with you in previous dev updates!

We’re currently looking for some feedback on the direction for development!

Give your feedback in this survey!

We are planning on doing a livestream soon to show a little bit more about how you can use the Map Makers and to show off some VR development!

It’ll be a casual stream, and we’ve been talking about doing more of these as we haven’t done any in some time.

Please let us know anything specific you all would be interested in seeing shown off on stream!

We’re holding a survey to gauge peoples’ interest in our next campaign with Makeship! You can give feedback here.

Since the last dev update, progress was made on loading screens, error popups, Condo Hosting Menu, Condo Workshop Browser Menu, Plaza join, and Condo join in VR!

Ball Race map maker development is complete, has a guide, and will be ready for the next update! All of the pieces necessary for creating Ball Race maps are complete and we’re excited to see what you all make when it comes out!

The Zombie Massacre map maker is near complete as well, it just needs to be tested! AI navigation, helipads, spawn points, camera tools, and more were all completed!

The mutator system is finished as of the last update, so we are planning on implementing more mutators in future updates! We have a forum thread if you have a suggestion for a new Mutator or Game Type here: Game Type Suggestion Thread

More SDNL voice lines have been hooked up in game and attached to events! We just need to make a new intro sequence for SDNL to complete the announcer.

We have been hosting our own dedicated Condo for a while and are working on getting dedicated condos to be part of the server lister!

The next step is ensuring Workshop will function properly.

We made a lot of progress with the new Workshop rig. We’re getting the rig to import right now. The import process is nearly done, and we’re resolving a few small issues. It’s intended to come out with the next update.

Lots of progress was made with Theme Park! We’ve made the sign for the candy area, finished art for teacups ride and the candy seating area. There was progress with the ice cream truck model, an art pass on jungle area, bathroom and souvenir buildings and paths, an art pass of curbs and floor details, an art pass on the arcade building, a large art pass on the carnival area, which added more stalls and games. We added more playable space in the bumper cars arena, started on the circus area, and, finally, did an art pass on the castle area.

In the world of Dino Drive, preliminary designs have been made for every hole, laid out in their positions, and the art phase has begun (including the new tiki items)! Dino Drive is meant to be reminiscent of a Minigolf course one would see at a small theme park, and has a tacky dinosaur theme with painted cardboard cutouts and mechanical moving parts. The first half and second half of the holes are divided in theme, the second half will be interior and the first half will be exterior.

For the upcoming Arcade update, we wanted to mention once again that Air Hockey and the indoor shooting gallery are confirmed as new additions with this phase! Art work has not begun but will start soon.



Here is the Tower Unite calendar for August! If you’d like to give feedback on bonus events, please do so here!
That’s all for this dev update! Thanks so much for reading.

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Join our Discord for development updates and community fun!
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We love awesome people like you!

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If you like our game and want to support development, please consider getting a Supporter Pack:
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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
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Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for August 12th, 2024, detailing all the changes that have happened since July 30th, 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.




Last week we released the Minigolf Map Maker, allowing YOU, yes YOU to create your own Minigolf maps, and share them with everyone!

The update also shipped with some Plaza optimizations aimed at reducing hitching, a revamped Subway Station, Horde Mode for Virus, and much more!

You can check out all the details about the update here.

We also released a small hotfix to fix issues that came up with the initial release of the update, which you can read about here.


We're running a quick survey to gauge the community for what you are all interested in for future updates.

You can check it out here.

Survey ends on Thursday at 11:59 PM!




We posted our monthly developer update on our forums, giving you all an overview of what we're expecting to do this month!

You can check it out here.




Hey everyone!

The theme of this month's contest is Sci-Fi!

So, think alien invaders, spaceships, laboratories, robots, high-tech cities, or anything else like that that reasonably fits the theme!

Your submission can be a regular Condo or a Workshop Game World Map. The submission should be something that was made after the contest was announced.

Winner will take home 2,000,000 units!

The submission period ends on September 2nd, 2024 at 11:59 PM CT.

Be sure to look at the prizes and follow the rules here.


Work continues on the Ball Race Map Maker. All the items and icons required for the system have been finished.














Not to be outdone, work also continues on the Zombie Massacre Map Maker. Most items and icons are done, some just requiring a bit more finishing touches.








macdguy worked on an explosive barrel item, 3D text item, Mirror, and the Physical Media Shelf.

Nuclearxpotato added some shelf items to go along with the Physical Media Shelving.


This is the first destructible item, it'll respawn after being exploded. Can be used for Condos, Virus, etc. There is also a Respawn and Force Respawn IO event for them.












These Media Shelf Volumes can be placed wherever you like.



The shelves can be stacked.



Items are easily removed from the shelves.




Johanna continued working on getting the Virus map, Theme Park, ready for release.

Joshua worked on getting the Workshop Skeleton V3 ready for release.

Lifeless added the boards showing all active games to the Game Worlds Ports.

macdguy worked on finishing the Ball Race and Zombie Massacre map makers.

Nuclearxpotato continued working on the Minigolf map, "Dino Drive", as well as an entrance gate for the map.

Sketchman worked on bug and crash fixes.

Wheezwer worked on various surveys, created the dev update, and made the demo map for the Minigolf Map Maker.




That about covers everything that happened since July 30th, 2024 at PixelTail Games.

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Follow our developments on our Trello in near real-time:
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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

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This hot fix addresses issues from the 0.18.0.0 update.

Changes

• Virus - Horde Mode: Increased infected spawn rate when there are more players
  
• Added Wicker Weave to condo materials
  
• Improved Shaders graphics setting (low, medium, and high options now adjust texture mipmaps properly)
  
• Added "Games in Progress" screens to the Game Ports, which will let you join games that are currently in progress
  
• Minigolf SDK: Added base height functionality to the Intersection Piece
  
• Minigolf SDK: Added base height functionality to the End Piece

Bug Fixes

• Game Ports: Fixed the queue boards, upgrade pads, and store NPCs from being duplicated in the game world ports
  
• Minigolf SDK: Fixed Loop and End piece having two mirror settings
  
• Minigolf SDK: Fixed base height materials not applying properly on pieces
  
• Minigolf SDK: Fixed various base height issues
  
• Minigolf SDK: Fixed Minigolf Launcher Geyser not working with test minigolf ball
  
• Minigolf SDK: Fixed base height settings not working for the 1x1 settings of the S-Bend piece.
  
• Minigolf SDK: Fixed mirror setting desyncing with clients
  
• Minigolf SDK: Fixed the no walls option not working properly with the 1x1 90 degree variant for the End piece
  
• Minigolf SDK: Fixed some models not being exactly on-grid for the End piece
  
• Minigolf SDK: Fixed floor and walls not matching up when using angled settings for the Intersection piece
  
• Minigolf SDK: Fixed mirror setting not working for Side Shift piece
  
• Minigolf SDK: Fixed payout approved icons not display (live now)
  
• Minigolf SDK: Fixed friction volume friction setting not working
  
• Minigolf SDK: Fixed music not playing for custom levels
  
• Condo/SDK: Fixed Blocking Volume not blocking physics items even if the filter is enabled to
  
• Condo/SDK: Fixed physics spawner not applying its own scale to the spawned item
  
• Condo/SDK: Fixed Water Volume colors not applying for clients
  
• Condo IO: Fixed Camera Volume deactivate not working
  
• Condo IO: Fixed Zoom Speed not saving on Camera IO
  
• Condo: Fixed Tiki Torch item draw distance
  
• Condo: Fixed Outdoor Cushion not being colourable
  
• Virus - Horde Mode: Fixed ramp in Solar not colliding well with clients
  
• Virus - Horde Mode: Fixed ammo/health pickup spawning in the ground for SDK maps
  
• Virus - Horde Mode: Fixed hit effects not playing for virus that are too far
  
• Virus - Horde Mode: Fixed doors not working with horde AI
  
• Virus - Horde Mode: Fixed Sonic Shotgun air blast not working for horde AI
  
• Fixed Fishing camera not being adjustable
  
• Fixed typing derby typing animation staying on when finished with typing derby
  
• Fixed players not turning their heads while standing
  
• Fixed hat on Cornelius summer character

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/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

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Hold on to your putters, because the Minigolf Map Maker is here!!!

TU players can now create their own functional Minigolf maps using the map maker!

You can use custom workshop models, workshop sounds, canvases, movers and more to make your Minigolf map!

To get started, we made a guide here: https://towerunite.com/guides/wk_minigolf.html



You can find the Minigolf Map Maker tools with the rest of the Game World creation tools in the Condo I/O inventory tab.

We spent a lot of time creating unique course pieces with tons of variations which can be snapped together using the grid snap tool! Simply place your pieces, adjust their settings, place down a hole and start pad, and play!



You can utilize camera tools, pipes, launchers, cannons, out of bounds volumes, and so much more to create awesome courses, and upload them to the Steam Workshop so other players can join the fun!

There will also be the opportunity for community maps to be approved for unit payouts, so players can get rewarded for their skills like they would when playing a standard Minigolf map.




The transit station has been completely revamped, redesigned, and fully optimized. This new station offers a more exciting spawn point for the Plaza and runs better than the previous one! Fans of Lobby 2 will enjoy our callbacks.




We have been working hard on optimization for the Plaza and have greatly reduced hitching in the Plaza!


Starting a game world is now easier than ever, along with improved support for custom game world maps.

When going to the Game Worlds tab on the menu menu, and selecting a game world of your choice, you will now see thumbnails of the available maps and custom maps.

Installing custom maps has also been improved and is now quicker to get into.



Tired of sitting around and waiting for the infection to spread? In Horde mode, it’s already here!

Horde mode is a new PVE gametype for Virus, where you must fend off the infected until the time runs out!

You can now join Virus matches in single player and fend off the horde of infected!

You can play horde mode with friends as well, but it only requires one player to begin!

Horde Mode is also supported in user created maps!


Mutators are game settings that can be applied by the game host that customizes gameplay.

Mutators have been added to SDNL to allow for more customized matches that suit lobby sizes and play preferences!

Also, we have added player outlines to non-team game types for better visibility.



We’ve added Minigolf: Collision mode for you all to play around with. This mutator allows balls to collide, allowing for wacky antics galore. Keep in mind, when this mutator is enabled, HIO achievements are disabled along with leaderboards.




There are new Camera Volume and Camera IO items that can be accessed through the IO tab! Use these items to make walking through your Condo more dramatic and cinematic, or create cutscenes for your stories! There are tons of ways these tools can be messed around with to add to the Condo-building possibilities, so mess around with them today!



We made a guide to get you started on how to use the new Camera tool: https://towerunite.com/guides/condo_camera.html


The condo material editor has been improved. Now when you hover over a material for your walls, it'll preview what it'll look like immediately, allowing you to make better decisions on if it works for your condo.



We have created a new guide website that covers a range of helpful information about the game, common support issues, how to play, and how to use the new condo tools and map creation tools.

Check it out here:
https://towerunite.com/guides/intro.html


In anticipation for the new Dino Drive Minigolf map we're working on, we have a new Tiki furniture set for you!




We’re really excited to get to share more VR functionality with you all! If you’ve been keeping up with our monthly Dev Updates, you’ll know we recently had a breakthrough in our VR development and have been able to get back to work on it.

VR is not fully functional still, but there is much better menu functionality than there was before. It is still very much in alpha, but there is now a new menu you can interact with and join the Plaza, your Condo, and other player Condos. Keep in mind that VR is not finished, so while you can interact with some items such as doors, things like picking up items does not work and using games will lock you. VR is view only right now. We currently recommend using a gamepad to navigate the VR world if you intend on playing games while in VR. Game Worlds are currently not supported.

To access this new menu, press one of the right buttons on your right motion controller. You can then interact using the right trigger.



Changes

• New Transit Station!
  
• Minigolf Map Maker
  
• Virus: Added a new game type - Horde Mode! Horde Mode is a singleplayer/co-op gametype where infected zombies attack. Players must fend them off until the time runs out. Horde mode is compatible with custom levels
  
• Minigolf: Added new mutator - Players Collide. When this mutator is enabled, golf balls will collide with each other. HIO Achievements are disabled while this mode is enabled
  
• Game Ports: The Plaza is now visible in the background, giving a more immersive feel
  
• Added Plaza restart chat notifications when the Plaza is about to restart for daily maintenance
  
• Sped up workshop map browser
  
• New map select: Now displays maps as thumbnails instead of a list. Top voted custom levels also now show up automatically in the map select
  
• Added Random option when starting a new map to the map select screen
  
• Laser Tag: Reduced rounds from 3 rounds to 2
  
• You can now set a custom thumbnail for your Condos/Maps
  
• Added controller support to Fishing

New Items

• Added Tiki Torch, Tiki Bar, Modular Bamboo, Tiki Armchair, Tiki Sofa, Tiki Dining Chair, Tiki Dining Table, Tiki Coffee Table, Tiki Accent Table, Tiki Shelf, Outdoor Cushion to Seasons/Celebrations/Oasis stores
  
• Added Bag of Chips to Fresh/Vendy/Boardwalk Snackbar stores
  
• Added Barrel (Physics), Green Goo (Physics) to Rob's Imports store
  
• Added Camera Volume, Camera IO, and Minigolf SDK items to Condo IO inventory

Misc Changes

• Clicking on Play on a workshop level will now check if the map is downloaded, download automatically, then start play after it was finished downloading (instead of having download then having to click on play after)
  
• Added up vote count display on workshop level thumbnails when browsing workshop maps
  
• Added visual feedback when the host is downloading a custom workshop level
  
• Added visual feedback when the custom levels in the votemap screen are being searched for
  
• Reduced amount of clicks needs to start a new game - you just need to click on a map to host a server
  
• UI: Reduced visual clutter on workshop vote maps
  
• UI: Removed glow effect from current events image to reduce visual clutter
  
• Added controller support to Game World map selection menus

Condo IO Changes

• Condo IO: Added != to Logic Gate Equals
  
• Condo IO: Added "Lock", "Unlock" IO inputs to Relay Module, allowing you to lock relays from being fired when in this locked state
  
• Added Camera Volume IO item, which allows players to override player cameras while inside the volume, used with Camera IO. Can be used for level editors such as Minigolf
  
• Added Camera IO item, which is a placeable camera (hidden from view) that can set the player's view. The camera has features for following the player, FOV, aspect ratio, zooming (IO input), setting the camera for individual players, and setting the camera for all players (for cutscenes)
  
• Added Physics Spawner IO item, which is a new IO item that can spawn physics items when used with IO. Can be used for level editors

Condo Changes

• Condo/SDK: Added Live Surface Previewing - when highlighting over surfaces it'll update the in-game surface as a preview so you can decide on surfaces easier
  
• Condo/SDK: Surface thumbnails now animate for surfaces that have animations (such as fire)
  
• Condo/SDK: Added Heat Wave condo surface material

SDK Changes

• SDK - Little Crusaders: Birb now moves around in custom levels! Birb AI pathing now works automatically

Game World Changes

• SDNL: Added player outlines for better visibility on non-team games
  
• SDNL: Reduced kills to end round from 30 to 10
  
• SDNL: Added mutators per game type (low grav, 1 HP mode, longer rounds)
  
• SDNL: Sliding will now slide you towards the direction you first started the slide in
  
• SDNL: Sliding will uncrouch you after sliding
  
• SDNL: Sliding now has a slight cooldown

Bug Fixes

• Plaza optimizations and hitching fix
  
• Fixed canvas cache system not working properly
  
• Fixed High Quality Shaders setting not working
  
• Fixed several issues where Game World hosts could not download custom levels and votemap would get stuck waiting
  
• Fixed several issues where game world ports would not download custom levels / start custom levels
  
• Fixed co-op condo clients timing out when using slider settings
  
• Fixed a crash with IO and movers (specifically with stop/start events)
  
• Fixed first person camera being broken after leaving RC items (such as RC minigolf ball, RC dragon)
  
• Fixed workshop pending download count not showing up
  
• Fixed performance issues with Logic Gate Equals IO
  
• Fixed workshop map titles not showing up on waiting for players menu
  
• Fixed up an absurd amount of player wearable offsets
  
• Fixed pool tube animations not looping
  
• Fixed Noise Makers Volume and Sound Emitter Volume settings not restoring from save data
  
• Fixed voice chat volume slider closing the scoreboard when you interact with it
  
• Fixed canvas URL data not being saved if you set the URL then click on a different canvas tab
  
• Fixed not being able to use camera controls (mouse wheel) after using a Hidden Seat that has a non-default pose set
  
• Fixed pending workshop sound packs not displaying as if a sound pack is being downloaded
  
• Fixed Teleport Volume not teleporting Ball Race orbs or Minigolf balls
  
• SDK: Fixed LC round end music not being muted when the Game World Music manager has music muted
  
• Fixed hair not hiding (for hats that hide hair) if you have multiple wearables and also not unhiding hair when removing wearables
  
• Fixed Vault item render scale causing it to pop out when open
  
• Fixed up vote count not updating correctly when previewing different maps in the map workshop browser
  
• Fixed relax pose for NPCs
  
• UI: Fixed padding issues with map select in 720p mode
  
• UI: Fixed long map titles going off the map icon section
  
• Fixed Project 12 NPC dialogue clipping through media player
  
• Fixed Workshop Sound Emitters not playing when leaving their range unless you are very close to them
  
• Fixed pending workshop downloads not displaying when on a custom game world level
  
• Fixed RC Golf Ball not working with Trigger/Teleport Volumes
  
• Fixed vehicles not teleporting properly with teleporters

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Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for July 30th, 2024, detailing all the changes that have happened since July 22nd, 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.




Hey everyone!

The theme of this month's contest is Sci-Fi!

So, think alien invaders, spaceships, laboratories, robots, high-tech cities, or anything else like that that reasonably fits the theme!

Your submission can be a regular Condo or a Workshop Game World Map. The submission should be something that was made after the contest was announced.

Winner will take home 2,000,000 units!

The submission period ends on September 2nd, 2024 at 11:59 PM CT.

Be sure to look at the prizes and follow the rules here.


macdguy worked on a mutator that adds collision to the Minigolf balls.





macdguy worked on adding outlines to players to help with visbility, as well as mutator support.


Players can now select different mutators / settings in SDNL (will also be in other game worlds in the future).







Johanna continued working on the Virus map, Theme Park.












Joshua worked on getting the Workshop Skeleton V3 ready for release.

Lifeless continued working on the Minigolf map, "Dino Drive".

macdguy worked on fixes for the Minigolf Map Maker, had a breakthrough with adding VR support, fixed some issues with SDNL, and finished Virus Horde Mode.

Nuclearxpotato continued working on the Minigolf map, "Dino Drive".

Sketchman worked on bug and crash fixes.

Wheezwer worked on a demo map made using the Minigolf Map Maker to demonstrate it's capability and flexibility.


These will be future furniture sets.



That about covers everything that happened since July 22nd, 2024 at PixelTail Games.

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