Greetings!

Here with the final Ludicrous Speed update before launching out of Early Access!

You can now enjoy eight more in game music tracks from Mason Hensley of Fistpipe Studios and four new EDM tracks from K20 to diversify your running experience! There is also a new playlist menu so you can toggle your favorite in game tracks on and off. As always, feel free to disable the in-game music and run to your own music played from an alternative source on your PC.

There has also been an additional pass of polish and some squashed bugs along the way!

The journey building Ludicrous Speed has been a fun one, I hope you enjoy it!

Run long, run hard.

Rob

Greetings folks, we're back with another update!

• Added a guided tutorial with VO to the practice mode for new players.
  
• Updated the main menu interface with tabbed sections and enlarged elements.
  
• Background environment elements have been updated with new building assets.
  
• Added an attract loop to the spectator screen that triggers when the player is dormant.
  
• Vive snap turn now activates on clicks instead of touch.
  
• Oculus jump now actives on joystick up instead of up click.
  
• Input down on both Vive and Oculus now activates a crouch.
  
• Updated to Unreal Engine version 4.23.
  
• Optimization pass.

Cheers and enjoy!
MM

August 5th Update!

Greetings folks, we're back with another major update:

• Customizations menu has been added along with 22 customization options to modify the gameplay rules and player abilities!
  
• Max move speed and acceleration has been increased.
  
• Added track reset option into the mid game pause menu.
  
• Windowed and full screen options have been added to the menu.
  
• Modifications have been made to wall grinding/running to increase flexibility.
  
• Some materials have been polished and optimized.
  
• Multiple meshes have been consolidated or instanced to improve performance.
  
• Spectator screen render component is now destroyed when not in use.
  
• Saving bugs have been fixed in the core options and side panel options menu.
  
• Removed lights and shadows from various actors.
  
• Players can now catch rings with additional collision on the player hands.
  
• Player reset on death has been modified.
  
• Added more rings to W6 layouts.

Cheers and enjoy!
MM

Greetings! We're back with another update!

• World 7 has been added to the track cycle, completing the core loop!
  
• Added instancing to hazard meshes where viable, optimizing a few worlds.
  
• World 1 Saw hazard meshes have been updated.
  
• Engine version has been updated to UE4 4.22.1.
  
• Velocity decay now begins after 1 second instead of 0.25 seconds.
  
• Hazards have had some elements of their logic refactored, improving optimization.
  
• New background moon has been added to the environments.
  
• Added a new score changed visual effect.

Cheers!
Manic Machine

Greetings! We’re back with another update:

• World 6 has been added to the track cycle!
  
• More rings are now spawned onto the track at lower score multipliers.
  
• Added more variety to the ring spawn locations on empty chunks.
  
• Ring placement height is suppressed on the first three track cycles.
  
• Pregame scoreboard has been juiced up.

Cheers!
MMI

Greetings!

In this update we've added a practice mode for players new to fast paced locomotion in VR! Now you can jump through practice rings at your leisure without any fear of saws or spikes.

Happy Holidays!

Cheers,
MMI

Greetings!

We're back with another update:

• Ring collection SFX polished.
  
• Added SFX on energy wall cross.
  
• Modified UI panel materials.
  
• Tutorial information moved from menu to wall panels.
  
• Contact information added to question mark icon menu.
  
• Reduced download size.

NOTICE: For a better visual experience, if you have recently updated to Steam VR 1.1.3, go to your Steam VR settings, and in the Video category uncheck Enable Motion Smoothing before playing.

Happy Holidays!
MMI

Greetings!

We're back with another update.

• Build updated to UE4 version 4.21.
  
• Turned on forward shading.
  
• Multisample Anti-Aliasing activated.
  
• Bloom settings modified.
  
• Round Robin Occlusion from 4.21 activated.

Players should expect a smoother, crisper, and brighter experience across the board.

Enjoy!
MMI

We're back with another update - the second wave of the polish pass!

• Did a polish pass on ring locations across all worlds.
  
• Scaled up scoreboard UI elements.
  
• Polished and scaled up pre-game UI elements.
  
• Optimized and polished fanfare and background firework VFX.
  
• Fanfare VFX/SFX added to portal crossing.
  
• Did an aesthetics and balance polish pass on W3.
  
• W4 difficulty has been lowered.
  
• W5 has had a balance and aesthetics pass.
  
• Polished Porthole hazard mesh.
  
• Polished heart restore sequence.
  
• Haptic feedback and SFX on many events now increase with multiplier.
  
• Additional VFX and UI elements now change as player multiplier increases.
  
• Suggestion arrows appear on starting line and portal walls after 30 seconds.
  
• Darkened the border of all UI text, greatly increasing visibility.
  
• Controller roll deadzone for strafing default increased to .05 from .03.
  
• Added a pre-game tip for Snap-Turning on the back wall.
  
• Menu “CHEATS” menu name changed to “CUSTOM.”
  
• Added a music visualization bar to the pregame title.
  
• Foreground rings radius increased.

Cheers!
Rob

Greetings!

Another big update which includes a full polish sweep of all core elements and hazards in worlds 1-3, as well as the addition of worlds 4 and 5!

Comprehensive notes:

• World 4 has been introduced into the track cycle! Can you sidestep these spinning blades, scissor-like slicers, and smashing slammers?
  
• World 5 has been introduced into the track cycle! Beware, and make sure to dodge its deadly denizens when diving into its thorny depths.
  
• World 1 has had a full polish and updates pass to aesthetics/movement/balance.
  
• World 2 has had a full polish and updates pass to aesthetics/movement/balance.
  
• World 3 has had a full polish and updates pass to aesthetics/movement/balance.
  
• Menu Icons have been updated with new meshes, lighting, SFX, VFX, and animation flair.
  
• Tutorial text has been updated.
  
• Score UI distance from player has been decreased.
  
• Added particle effects to ring collection and player damage.
  
• Track VFX have been optimized across the board.
  
• Added an iridescent edge rim to the track.
  
• Hands are now emissive and produce hand trails which change colors by world.
  
• Added additional VFX when a ring is collected at x5 multiplier.
  
• Players hands and UI now burst with lightning at x5 multiplier.
  
• Shadows have been added to all relevant hazards.
  
• Track Manager and Chunk/Layout systems have been optimized and extended in places.
  
• Wall grind number restriction removed. Small wall grind lockout added after wall grind jump.
  
• Starting line fanfare optimized/polished, SFX increased.

Regards!
Rob