Rise and Fall
Steam News 11 April 20261mo ago

Hotfix: Unlockable Stars Fixed [Test Branch] (Update #407)

Hey everyone! 🤔How to Access Test Branch: How to opt into the free test branch to test new features early: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/276C-85A0-C531-AFA3 🌍Free Roam🌍: Fix for Stars that required you t…

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Hey everyone!

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  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
  • Performance
  • Maps
  • Fixes
added🤔How to Access Test Branch:How to opt into the free test branch to test new features early:
changed🌍Free Roam🌍:Player's bottom UI circle projects onto player meshes and clubs when it shouldn't
changed🌍Free Roam🌍:Low FPS in Free Roam when looking in certain directions
changed👩🏼Women Playable Characters👩🏼:We just need to apply a final fix to her clothes to make sure there's no clothing mishaps during gameplay (weird UV and texture normals bug)
changed💾Account Progression💾:Maps, characters, and cosmetics would be unlocked from playing the game.
added♾️More Stage Hazard Variants and Customization♾️:More unique stage hazards will come with the new toys we've been experimenting with in Free Roam:

🤔How to Access Test Branch:

How to opt into the free test branch to test new features early:

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/276C-85A0-C531-AFA3

🌍Free Roam🌍:

  • Fix for Stars that required you to complete an objective to unlock

    They now correctly unlock themselves when the objective is completed

  • Player's bottom UI circle projects onto player meshes and clubs when it shouldn't

  • Low FPS in Free Roam when looking in certain directions

  • 3rd Person Camera can occasionally get twitchy

🧪Single Player Adventure Levels🧪:

  • It's a fun mashup of platformer and sports game we've been wanting to try for ages

  • Make your way through platforming challenges

  • Find the ball in the level

  • Bring it to the blue goal on the other side

  • Beat the team defending it to destroy their base, opening up access to the next level.

  • Score on the net to destroy the base and move on!

☁️Cloud Saves☁️:

  • We've pushed code in recent builds that should handle Steam Cloud saves for everyone, we just want to give it a little more testing and confirm it's merging playtimes of multiple devices correctly each time!

👩🏼Women Playable Characters👩🏼:

  • The first woman playable character is mostly ready to go out!

  • We just need to apply a final fix to her clothes to make sure there's no clothing mishaps during gameplay (weird UV and texture normals bug)

  • After we're confident with her model, we'll release more variants, until we've got 8 total women characters (or template characters)

  • Again we're building the system to be modular, so eyes, hair, noses, mouths, clothing and accessories can be swapped in and out and create some nice variety.

💾Account Progression💾:

  • With Cloud Saves confirmed to be working, we'll next start applying basic player levels to your account based on games played, goals scored, and achievements unlocked in-game.

  • It's meant to be a foundation for progression as you play the game.

  • By default, not everything will be unlocked, but you'll unlock more as you play.

  • Maps, characters, and cosmetics would be unlocked from playing the game.

♾️More Stage Hazard Variants and Customization♾️:

  • More unique stage hazards will come with the new toys we've been experimenting with in Free Roam:

  • Switches, Levers, Cannons, and Collectibles

  • Grab-able Hazards: Want to reposition a hazard or take it with you? Go ahead and play around.

    //We'll be experimenting with what level of freedom makes the most sense, and what players like. Do you want complete freedom of any hazard in-game? Or does it make sense to limit to hazards on your side?

  • Adjust Hazard Refresh Time: Make hazards rotate on a set interval you choose, or set to random for absolute chaos.

👋🏼Better Tutorial Experience👋🏼:

  • We're continuing to flesh out the tutorial in Free Roam to teach the basics of the game controls in a simple way. Expect little challenges and tests that teach you how each of the main actions work in-game.

🔊Better Music Randomness🔊:

  • The music player will soon take into account what songs have been played previously and aim to play new songs, vs playing a random new song every time.

    //I think this has mostly been corrected, but we'll be adding some caching to make sure this works every time

🤏🏼More Unique Size Interactions🤏🏼:

  • Wanna use your weight to slam down on a trampoline, then shrink small when going up to get super big air? Small interactions like that are on the way.

  • Weighted pressure plates, pipes and

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Steam News / 11 April 2026

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