Hi all!

Since last time there have been another large batch of changes, fixes, and optimizations in anticipation of release on Steam Early Access soon!

• Feature: Add attention-grabbing sprite animation to the map to make it easier to see at a glance where you are and where you're going

• Enhancement: Improvements to UI layouts and text readability:

  • Party status pages

  • Party health pages

  • Fishing minigame

• Fix: Weather was not being loaded from save file

• Change: Remove left-click from being used in exploration interactions (now it's just 'E' or 'F')

• Change: Add close button to fishing minigame

• Change: Make fishing minigame ball a little bit faster

• Change: Increase base detection radius for exploration POIs from 50 -> 70

• Change: Append year to backup save file names

Journey to Alpha: Arrived!

Journey to Playtesting: Arrived!

Journey to Early Access: Coming soon!

Journey to Release: Coming soon!

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- C

Hi everyone!

First off, thank you SO MUCH for playing and supporting the game, the reception has blown us away.

We’ve just released a small patch to the game that addresses some rare soft locks and an issue that made certain webcam setups (namely Iriun Webcam users) run very poorly.

• Refactored some webcam code to fix Iriun fps drops and (hopefully) improve performance across the board

• Fixed a German translation in chapter 20

• Fixed a rare blocker in chapter 22

• Fixed a minor issue where a text choice could be selected unintentionally in chapter 40

• Fixed loud noise at the leftmost geolocation boundary in chapter 42

Two things ended up broken. And fixed them.
Brime Town had Festival decorations that blocked a few things. So fixed that.
One text option with shadow creature in Kadin's home locked the game.

We are extremely excited to announce that soon, YOU will be able to play Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School in the comfort of your own home!

This is your chance to get a first-peek at what Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School has to offer, so don’t miss it!

This demo will step you through around an hour of early-game content, which takes place in the Headmaster’s Tower - if you’ve been keeping up with our blogs, you’ll remember we recently did a deep-dive into this space and what you can expect! The Purfessor had a little communication for you - shoutouts to these users for picking up on what the Purfessor was putting down!

🔥Rocket-O-Saurus

🔥atlee.sebastian

If you’re not familiar, the Giant Bomb Bombathon is a yearly event run on the Giant Bomb podcast. Go check out the VOD of them playing the demo down below and leave a comment telling us how excited you are for Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School! Don’t write any of the answers down though - cheating is heavily frowned upon at the Academy.

Check it out here! ⬇️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWZ_oCp2zzM&

We’ll be hosting a speedrunning competition in the Discord once the demo launches. To participate, you’ll just need to make sure you’re in the Discord when the demo goes live.

There’ll be more details on the way, but if you know anything about our history as a studio, racing isn’t entirely new to us…cough Hot Wheels King Of The Road cough…

(yep, that was us!)

The Coin Crew could not have made it here without you. For everyone who wishlisted, watched our journey, and to those who plan to, thank you so much for your support. We won’t let you down. From the bottoms of our hearts, thank you.

Please make sure to drop a review on the demo, and let us know what’s going on! If you have more specific feedback or just want to say hi to the devs, feel free to join our Discord and say hello. We’re always looking for new faces at the Academy, and there just might be some community-themed events on the horizon that you just won’t get on Steam…

Thank you again - we couldn’t have done this without you. And lastly, don’t forget to…

With Much Love,

Coin Crew Games💛💜

We are extremely excited to announce that soon, YOU will be able to play Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School in the comfort of your own home!

This is your chance to get a first-peek at what Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School has to offer, so don’t miss it!

This demo will step you through around an hour of early-game content, which takes place in the Headmaster’s Tower - if you’ve been keeping up with our blogs, you’ll remember we recently did a deep-dive into this space and what you can expect! The Purfessor had a little communication for you - shoutouts to these users for picking up on what the Purfessor was putting down!

🔥Rocket-O-Saurus

🔥atlee.sebastian

If you’re not familiar, the Giant Bomb Bombathon is a yearly event run on the Giant Bomb podcast. Go check out the VOD of them playing the demo down below and leave a comment telling us how excited you are for Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School! Don’t write any of the answers down though - cheating is heavily frowned upon at the Academy.

Check it out here! ⬇️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWZ_oCp2zzM&

We’ll be hosting a speedrunning competition in the Discord once the demo launches. To participate, you’ll just need to make sure you’re in the Discord when the demo goes live.

There’ll be more details on the way, but if you know anything about our history as a studio, racing isn’t entirely new to us…cough Hot Wheels King Of The Road cough…

(yep, that was us!)

The Coin Crew could not have made it here without you. For everyone who wishlisted, watched our journey, and to those who plan to, thank you so much for your support. We won’t let you down. From the bottoms of our hearts, thank you.

Please make sure to drop a review on the demo, and let us know what’s going on! If you have more specific feedback or just want to say hi to the devs, feel free to join our Discord and say hello. We’re always looking for new faces at the Academy, and there just might be some community-themed events on the horizon that you just won’t get on Steam…

Thank you again - we couldn’t have done this without you. And lastly, don’t forget to…

With Much Love,

Coin Crew Games💛💜

We've been hard at work with some upcoming songs, but in the meantime we've got something else...

Already played everything in the maingame? Want somewhere that's easy to access for customs? It's Workshop time! We've added support for uploading and downloading custom songs directly to and from the Steam Workshop, as well as custom costume support!

Note that there are certain restrictions to abide by- any rhythm game original or artist whose work features heavily in rhythm games is disallowed (unless you get explicit permission.) You can check the guidelines (as well as artists who have explicitly given permission for their works) in our Workshop Guidelines and Permissions spreadsheet.

Another Challenge appears! Cast your gaze upwards as the clouds drift by... and try to manage multiple paddles in the process. Try not to get carried away!

anyways, here are tha patch noats. for the nitty-gritty:

Additions (Main game)

• NEW LEVEL: "cloud factory" by yeetyote & Rikri is now available in the challenge section!

  • There is now also a corresponding costume and achievement for this level.

• Added custom costume editor and publishing + downloading via Steam Workshop

  • Costumes created for use with the unofficial "Skin Drawer" mod should be fully backwards compatible. Thanks to thatguytheman for making the original mod, and for help with getting this working!

• Added a costume for getting an A rank or higher on Spin Cycle

• Added a Tangent chart for ILOVEYOU.vbs. It's Really Hard, so watch out.

  • Now that there is more than one Tangent chart, an achievement has been added for passing one

• Added an easier difficulty to the following levels: Destroy, Destroy (feat. eili), +ERABY+E CONNEC+10N, and Era Chimæra

• All levels now have joystick LED effects! Be sure to try it out with a compatible controller, like a Dualshock 4 or a Dualsense

• Replaced the broken "No Barelies" toggle with an accessibility option that allows for default, lenient, or strict barelies

Additions (Level editor and custom levels)

• Added Steam Workshop support for level publishing and downloading

• Added "Load Custom Font" event to the editor

• Added "Set joystick color" event to the editor

• New RTF tags added, check editor guide for more info

Changes (Main game)

• Nerfed unlock condition for DAMOCLISM, it now requires 7 or fewer misses on a difficulty 7 chart, instead of 0 misses

• Redid the file structure of the game so future updates don't need to download as much data for small changes

• Chart improvements for Rhythmic Shield (Hard)

• Visual improvements in ILOVEYOU.vbs, Omelette Cafe By Road 38 (Easy), and Empty Diary

• Main menu selection is now saved when moving to another state

• Reworked completion indicators to be based on a set variant "slot" instead of variant order.

• "Resumed from pause" accessibility indicator no longer activates if no notes had been hit yet when the player paused

• Normalized volume for level intros

• Renamed "Challenge" difficulty to "Expert"

Bug fixes (Main game)

• Achievements should now be working on MacOS again

• Fixed freeplay/customs sorting menu misbehaving

• Fixed yet another crash with Era Chimæra's results screen

• Reduced crashiness of force-closing the game from the task bar

• Improved crash log consistency

• Fixed text errors in gone fishin'

• Accuracy numbers now round down, preventing confusion about rank requirements

• RTF changerate property no longer persists through different levels

Bug fixes (Level editor and custom levels)

• Fixed as many custom song select crashes as we could. If you run into levels that still crash the custom song select screen, please report them to us!

• Side particles now respect objectRotation

• Fixed crash related to kyFake variable in text decos

• Fixed combo counter line wrapping behavior

• Fixed shake and rotation interaction in text decos

• Fixed multiselect crash with modded/invalid events

• Moving a multiselection now moves the selection area

• Fixed editor property text duplication glitch

A collab with Crystallium will be happening in the future!

Destroy, Destroy (ft. eili) will be a playable song on their end, while Beatblock will have Magicis • Phantasmatibus playable in the Collabs section!

We're so back. Beatblock will be headed to MAGfest 2026 as part of its Indie Videogame Showcase (or MIVS for short!) We'll have the full song selection on display with the Cranktroller. If you're planning to attend or are in the area, swing by and give it a spin!

That's about everything! Thank you very much for playing Beatblock. We'll continue working hard, and we've got a lot coming up in the future! (=( ^^ )

- CV, Bubbletabby

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New position for male-female, male-shemale, female-shemale and shemale-shemale couples

Major overhaul to vehicle behaviour, abilities, and multiplayer this week. If you reported it, we likely fixed it, or looked into it. Cheers. Features:

• Added simple deathmatch arena mode (singleplayer)

• Added ability cooldowns/meter system

• Added easier horizontal quick dodge

• Capped max speed a bit, tuned driving overall

• All campaign maps are now available in multiplayer (beat the game to unlock the final 1995 map)

• Overhauled the kill plane system

Bugs:

• Fixed multiplayer UI widget conflicts

• Fixed multiplayer ramming from using arbitrary cameras for its leap direction >_<

• Fixed multiplayer invisible collision spawns

• Removed N.U.K.E. letter from non-challenge maps

• Fixed various collision bugs

• Squashed so, so many other trivial bugs...

We’ve just released a small patch that improves how quest turn-ins are tracked.
This should make it much easier to see which quests are ready to complete and where to turn in.

The Rainy 'Nades Update is here. This update drops a brand new Grenade Launcher into the mix along with some major upgrades to how the island looks, feels and plays.

A handy new high-tier explosive weapon, an alternative to the rocket launcher that trades raw power for volume of fire. Deal splash damage to buildings or use it for defense and crowd control.

We’ve added a new dynamic weather cycle, featuring Calm, Rain, and Fog conditions. These effects bring more life and immersion to the island.

During Rain or Fog, visibility drops, and solar panels won’t perform as well.

You’ll now find a weather dropdown in the Offline Mode world settings, letting you change the weather on the fly.

Base pieces now have a stability stat, visible when using a blueprint.

A piece’s stability depends on the stability of the pieces it’s built on, as well as any supporting pieces around it.

If a piece drops below 5% stability, it will break.

This prevents players from building tall, unsupported towers and large overhangs.

It also means you can destroy the lower parts of a structure to potentially collapse everything above.

Offline Mode now includes a shooting range. Test weapons, practice recoil, and sharpen your aim without risking your gear.

Forged in the spirit of an ancient craft, the Damascene Gold Skin Pack celebrates the art of embellishment once reserved for royal blades and armor.

This pack brings that legacy to your arsenal.

A fusion of wood, metal, and gold filigree that evokes both respect and fear.

This pack includes skins for:

• Revolver

• STG

• Double Barrel Shotgun.

• Grenade launcher

• Rain and fog weather

• Base stability

• Offline mode shooting range

• Offline mode weather dropdown UI

• Damascene Gold Skin Pack

• Solar panel output is impacted by weather types

• Day/Night ambience volume changes with altitude

• Wind ambience volume changes with altitude

• Ability to place overlapping build pieces

• Loot crates, rock nodes, and cloth pickups sometimes disappearing when approaching them

• Server slowdowns when ATVs are moving

• Rock structures desyncing between clients/server

• Slag not cooking in large furnaces

If you have concerns/questions/suggestions/feedback etc., don't hesitate to chat on our Discord:

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