Developer posts and news about this game.
The Discord invite link on the titlescreen is broken. Whoops. I'll put a patch out to fix this... eventually. But if you do click it and wonder why it's not working, there you go. In the mean time, you can use the new link here: .
This week's Aim course used a broken spawn point, which has now been removed. This means that both the Aim and Points course for this week have been entirely regenerated. Both leaderboards have been reset.
Optimization Replaced the particles of both launcher types with much lower poly versions. This should help improve performance in launcher dense areas, particularly in custom levels Fixed an oversight where flat launcher particles would never be culled in custom levels Decreased
When playing custom levels, the DEMO Player will now display the level's name and its author underneath the runner name in the top left Added an option to hide the "VERSION MISMATCH" warning that displays on DEMOs that don't match your game's version
Fixed a bug for custom levels where oceans would be very small if you're using the Performant graphics quality setting Fixed a bug where opening the Steam overlay while viewing a leaderboard would open the pause menu in a locked state, requiring the game to be reopened
Giant's Heart Giant's Heart is a brand new area added to the map and is inside of Northern Peak. There are 2 entrances, one on the forest side of the mountain, and one on the quiet ocean side. 2 New Timed Courses Giant's Heart - a points course that takes place in, you guessed, G
Today marks one year since The Local officially launched! Yes, that's right. The Local has already been out for a year. If you've been playing since launch, thanks for sticking around. That's pretty cool of you. And if you're a more recent player, welcome aboard! Here's to... I d
To end off the year, here's a break down of how everyone played The Local in 2025. But first, some context. This is using data from existing leaderboard entries on the current leaderboard versions, and does not include Weeklies or custom levels. Unfortunately, I don't have a reco
Hello everybody! It's Steam Awards nomination time! It would be pretty cool if you voted for The Local. No pressure, though... Oh, and I've gotta choose a category, so... GAME OF THE YEAR!!! Why not? Vote now, etc. Thank you, and good night!
Adjusted Medal and Trophy times for PRIX, making the Legend rank actually... possible. Whoops PRIX is now included in the Superboard Added a kill trigger beneath PRIX Fixed a bug where quitting to title while watching a Demo with its Ghost Line enabled would cause the line to be
This update officially introduces PRIX: a Timed course where slide boosting is your only real option. Added PRIX Fixed a bug where the "TImed" achievement could not be achieved. If you already meet the criteria, you will need to complete a run on any course for the achievement un
Quick update to fix the UI scrolling speed bug from yesterday's update. Modded v1.3.0 has been disabled and replaced with v1.3.1.
This update addresses a recently found security vulnerability that affects all Unity games built with Unity version 2017.1 and later, including The Local. There should be no functional difference between this version and the previous. Modding Branch v1.3.0 The modding branch has
Fixed an oversight where you were able to select and delete rails in the base world when in the level editor. Since the world asset in the editor just enables the base world, deleting rails (or anything) from it applies to the rest of the game for the duration of that session
Fixed a bug that caused hidden / cheated leaderboard entries to break displayed rankings
Fixed a bug that prevented you from completing the Orders tutorial when buying Perks
Superboard This update introduces the Superboard for the Timed gamemode. This leaderboard reveals the top 100 best players across every course, excluding the Weeklies. Sorting is done with a rank score. You will receive points for each course you've ranked at least 100th on, with
The modded branch is now up to date with the main branch, including today's changes. This means that the level editor is now included. Workshop Uploads Modded uploads will have a " " prefix, and will recieve the "Modded' tag. Modded levels will not appear in non-modded clients. D
Timed Adjusted the Trophy times on "my_map" to make the Legend Trophy feasibly achievable Level Editor The level browser can now display more than 50 levels Fixed an issue with the Ocean asset's collider
Coming up on 2 years of development, and with the release of the Level Editor, I'm now very satisfied with the game's state. As such, active development has ended. From here on, updates are gonna get smaller and more infrequent. This isn't a sudden decision or anything. I had pla