Build v1.0.0 - Early Access Launch

Welcome to NOODS!

Our chaotic desktop critters have officially hit Steam, and you're invited to the shenanigans. This is the first public early access build of NOODS for Windows— we’re thrilled to have you here to mess up (and maybe even organize) your desktop with us.

🌟 What’s New:
Literally everything.
You’re here at the very beginning, which means your feedback is pure gold to us. We’ve built the bones of NOODS to bring joy, nostalgia, and a tiny bit of mayhem to your daily flow.

Here’s what’s included:

• ✅ To-do checklists
  
• ⏲️ Pomodoro timer & stopwatch
  
• 🔔 Alarms & reminders
  
• 📸 Screenshot & selfie system
  
• 💥 Window destruction (in-progress chaos)
  
• 🦝 Lily the raccoon’s debut desktop takeover
  
• 🔊 Original audio & pixel FX
  
• 🎮 Hidden minigame(s)
  
• ⚙️ Settings & feedback/report tools

🛠️ Bug Fixes:
None yet — you’re on the frontier!
Help us squash the weird stuff by using the Report Bug button on the home menu.

🐞 Known Bugs:

• Adding checklist items formatting
  
• ”Destroy” feature is still work-in-progress; would like feedback on this
  
• Throwing windows animations

💌 Your Feedback Matters:
Fill out this form to drop your thoughts, dreams, and ideas:
NOODS Feedback Form
Let’s make this the weirdest productivity app to ever exist — together.

Thanks for noodling with us 💖
— The Glossbird Team

Hey everyone!

Happy to announce there will be news regarding the game in the Top Hat Studios Showcase on April 22nd, tomorrow. Tune in at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 5pm UTC at any of the channels listed below. See you there!



ALTERNATE MIRRORS:
https://www.youtube.com/@MediaIndieExchange
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You can also watch on our publisher's page on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/tophatstudios/

We're still investigating the issues players are experiencing with joining and creating a Custom Lobby. We have added new dev tools to help us track these issues and resolve them sooner. We've listed steps to take to try and resolve this here.

Please submit a ticket to our Support Page if you continue experiencing this issue. Thank you for your patience!

• Hijacker units are now prevented from capturing Veti-faction vehicles.

• Fixed an issue where the “The Ultimate Silo-Fest” achievement wouldn’t trigger correctly
  
• Fixed an issue where the “Base-Builder's Fiesta” achievement wouldn’t trigger correctly
  
• Fixed an issue where the “Air Traffic Controller” achievement wouldn’t trigger correctly
  
• The “Marking for Life” achievement can no longer be completed by bots on behalf of players
  
• The “Squatters Rights” achievement can no longer be completed by bots on behalf of players

• Fixed a variety of server crash issues.
  
• Fixed a crash occurring when resizing the game window while in the main menu.

• Fixed an issue where the UI would not update properly if matchmaking failed early
  
• Fixed an issue where player "None" would be displayed in Match History

• Added enhanced logging internally for tracking Custom Lobby join/create errors; these will help us further investigate this issue and related issues

Our Discord server is the best place to share feedback and chat directly with our team and the rest of the Tempest Rising Community!

The Steam Box-Pushing Fest 2025 is here and Block Buster Billy is 60% Off until April 28th.

It's the deepest discount yet!

Now is a great time to pick the game up!

Have fun playing and feel free to send levels if you make some using the level editor!

It’s Easter week — a fine time to talk about finding things in unexpected places.
In MoteMancer, you won’t be hunting for eggs… but you will be following trails of glowing stones, mysterious terrain shifts, and overgrown pathways to discover the pieces you need to bring your magical masterpiece to life.

Today’s topic: World Generation.

There’s no grand overworld map in MoteMancer (at least, not yet). Instead, the world unfolds like a woven tapestry — meant to feel intimate, immersive, and filled with secrets waiting to be noticed.


🌱 Mote Patches and Natural Bloom
Every resource in the world comes from the ground — literally.
Motes are the source of all things: Trees, crystals, Emberboughs, Shadefangs… they all burst forth from the elemental energy seeping through the soil.

Each field leaves a subtle trail. Flora and crystals spawn in three branching directions, creating natural paths. See a trail of flowers stretching into the distance?
Follow it. It’ll lead you to a field of Life Motes.


🧱 Terrain as Storytelling
Not every clue sprouts upward — some lie beneath your feet. When terrain shifts from natural (grass, sand) to something manmade (brickwork, tiles), you’re getting close to a Planar Portal.

These ancient crafted paths wear their age differently depending on the plane: On the Life plane, you’ll find mossy, overgrown paths. On Water, those same bricks are buried beneath sand.


✨ A Seamless Connection Between Planes
One of the trickiest parts of designing the world was making portal transitions feel grounded.
We wanted something elegant, diegetic, and flexible — and the answer turned out to be right beneath us.

The manmade ground tiles appear on both sides of a portal, changing only in how they’ve been shaped by their environment. Once you learn to spot them, you’ll not only find portals — you might even guess which plane is on the other side before you step through.

Exploration in MoteMancer isn’t about fog-of-war — it’s about pattern recognition, world knowledge, and a touch of intuition. The motes will guide you. You just have to learn how to see them.

Thanks for reading! We’ll be back next Monday with another MoteMancer Musings.

— The MoteMancer Team

Hey everyone!

Happy to announce for all fans of Frogun, there will be news regarding the game in the Top Hat Studios Showcase on April 22nd, tomorrow. Tune in at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 5pm UTC at any of the channels listed below. See you there!



ALTERNATE MIRRORS:

https://www.youtube.com/@MediaIndieExchange

https://www.twitch.tv/tophatstudiosen

https://www.twitch.tv/mediaindieexchange

You can also watch on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/tophatstudios/

Hey everyone!

Happy to announce for all fans of Frogun, there will be news regarding the game in the Top Hat Studios Showcase on April 22nd, tomorrow. Tune in at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 5pm UTC at any of the channels listed below. See you there!



ALTERNATE MIRRORS:

https://www.youtube.com/@MediaIndieExchange

https://www.twitch.tv/tophatstudiosen

https://www.twitch.tv/mediaindieexchange

You can also watch on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/tophatstudios/

Hey everyone!

Happy to announce there will be news regarding the game in the Top Hat Studios Showcase on April 22nd, tomorrow. Tune in at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 5pm UTC at any of the channels listed below. See you there!



ALTERNATE MIRRORS:
https://www.youtube.com/@MediaIndieExchange
https://www.twitch.tv/tophatstudiosen
https://www.twitch.tv/mediaindieexchange

You can also watch on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/tophatstudios/

Hey everyone!

Happy to announce the release date (and perhaps other news...?) will be revealed in the Top Hat Studios Showcase on April 22nd, tomorrow. Tune in at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 5pm UTC at any of the channels listed below. See you there!



ALTERNATE MIRRORS:
https://www.youtube.com/@MediaIndieExchange
https://www.twitch.tv/tophatstudiosen
https://www.twitch.tv/mediaindieexchange

You can also watch on our publisher's page on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/tophatstudios/

Hey everyone!

Happy to announce there will be news regarding the game in the Top Hat Studios Showcase on April 22nd, tomorrow. Tune in at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 5pm UTC at any of the channels listed below. See you there!



ALTERNATE MIRRORS:
https://www.youtube.com/@MediaIndieExchange
https://www.twitch.tv/tophatstudiosen
https://www.twitch.tv/mediaindieexchange

You can also watch on our publisher's page on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/tophatstudios/