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Steam News8 April 20206y ago

Down The Hole - Now Available!

Down The Hole Release: Down The Hole started as a simple game made for a Game Jam. Development continued and many new elements, polish and more many more levels were created.

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addedDown The Hole Release:Down The Hole started as a simple game made for a Game Jam. Development continued and many new elements, polish and more many more levels were created.
changedDown The Hole Release:Down The Hole will come with two chapters for the story levels as more levels has been planned in future updates. User levels and a Level editor is available and users can publish their creations on the workshop.
changedFAQQuestion: Will Down The Hole be worked on after release? Answer: Yes, Down The Hole is planned to be updated and worked on even after release.
changedFAQQuestion: Why are my saved levels not showing up in user levels? Answer: Currently user levels are workshop levels that have been subscribed.
changedFAQQuestion: In the editor how can I link levels I make? Answer: The levels you make need to be published to the workshop in order to link them as the next level.
addedKnown Issues for Down The HoleIssue: The player can sometimes get stuck in the ground if falling too fast. Resolution: You can restart the level or die from an enemy. Planned to add a reset option.

Down The Hole changes

addedDown The Hole started as a simple game made for a Game Jam. Development continued and many new elements, polish and more many more levels were created.
changedDown The Hole will come with two chapters for the story levels as more levels has been planned in future updates. User levels and a Level editor is available and users can publish their creations on the workshop.
changedQuestion: Will Down The Hole be worked on after release? Answer: Yes, Down The Hole is planned to be updated and worked on even after release.
changedQuestion: Why are my saved levels not showing up in user levels? Answer: Currently user levels are workshop levels that have been subscribed.
changedQuestion: In the editor how can I link levels I make? Answer: The levels you make need to be published to the workshop in order to link them as the next level.

Down The Hole Release:

Down The Hole started as a simple game made for a Game Jam. Development continued and many new elements, polish and more many more levels were created.

Down The Hole will come with two chapters for the story levels as more levels has been planned in future updates. User levels and a Level editor is available and users can publish their creations on the workshop.

FAQ

Question

Will Down The Hole be worked on after release?

Answer

Yes, Down The Hole is planned to be updated and worked on even after release.

Question

Why are my saved levels not showing up in user levels?

Answer

Currently user levels are workshop levels that have been subscribed.

Question

In the editor how can I link levels I make?

Answer

The levels you make need to be published to the workshop in order to link them as the next level.

Known Issues for Down The Hole

Issue

The player can sometimes get stuck in the ground if falling too fast.

Resolution

You can restart the level or die from an enemy. Planned to add a reset option.

Issue

I have duplicated players, what can I do?

Resolution

This problem is rare but can still happen, going back to the menu can fix this problem.

Issue: My user levels did not show up Resolution: Make sure you are connected to Steam and subscribed to the level of choice from the workshop, then go back to the menu and try again.

Issue

I named my level the same as another I made, was it overwritten?

Resolution

Levels with the same name can be overwritten without warning, this will be added in future updates.

Issue

Toggle music setting does not save when I re-launch the game.

Resolution

The toggle music setting currently does not save in the settings but is planned to be added in future updates.

Source

Steam News / 8 April 2020

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