Hey everyone! 🙋♂️
This update finally brings an online leaderboard where you can compete with players from all over the world! In addition, there were also some small improvements and optimizations.
Online Leaderboard
- Compete online: Every new high score is added to the online leaderboard. There you can compare yourself directly with other players and gradually climb the ranks.
- Local leaderboard: In addition to the online leaderboard, the local leaderboard remains as a fallback. As before, a high score for each horse will be saved there.
- Offline support: The online leaderboard requires you to be online and logged in to Steam. If you're offline on Steam, only the local leaderboard will be available.
If you haven't played the game (or the demo) in a while, you can get a quick overview of the latest improvements here. I've tried to incorporate all the feedback over the past few weeks.
Previous Improvements
- Increased precision when jumping: In previous versions, there was a slight inaccuracy when jumping with the herd. Now, all horses jump with pixel perfect precision. Additionally, several improvements have been implemented to ensure the controls always respond precisely, even in the wildest situations.
- Improved balancing & progression: Based on playtests and feedback, the balance of challenges, bonus horses, and many other aspects has been adjusted. This ensures the game remains challenging without being too difficult or tedious.
- Unlockable bonus horses: In addition to the regular horses that can be found in the levels, there are a whole range of bonus horses. These horses allow you to start a run with one or more power-ups right from the start.
- Improved camera movement: The camera movement was sometimes a bit uneven in previous versions. Several improvements have been made to make the camera smoother while still tracking the herd better.
- Improved background music: Some parts of the music tracks were incorrectly identified by YouTube as other licensed music. Therefore, all tracks were carefully reviewed and replaced where necessary. Now, no Content ID warnings are displayed for any tracks.
- Improved performance: Performance was already very good, but has been further optimized. This keeps your PC cooler and your Steam Deck battery lasts even longer. On my own Steam Deck, the game runs at 60 FPS with a TDP of just 3W.
- Improved settings menu: The settings menu has been completely redesigned to make it easier to navigate between settings. The retro filter and screen resolution are now easier to adjust.
- Improved UI navigation: The in-game controls have been improved so that you can control the entire game with a mouse, keyboard, controller, and touchscreen. You can scroll through lists using the mouse wheel, Page Up/Page Down, L1/R1, or LB/RB, for example.
Thanks again to everyone for playing and for all the feedback! 🤗 Feel free to share your suggestions or questions in the discussions.
Mat