We just pushed an update... here's what's new!
- The new quest is getting close! So close that you'll be able to try an unfinished preview of it RIGHT NOW! The preview is open until the end of this weekend (2/4). To try it, find your way to a room called ^lostskulls...
Be sure to check the preview out, and let us know what you think!
There's also lots of other new stuff...
- Maker Pen - new laser pointer for precise control, even at a distance. Once we tried this, we wondered how we ever lived without it!
- Maker Pen - new move tool with spiffy laser pointer. Great for moving stuff from across the room.
- Maker Pen - you can now scale objects made with the Maker Pen. You can make things larger. Or smaller. We handle it all.
- Maker Pen - we fixed a bunch of bugs... jittery objects, weird states where you couldn't edit things for some reason. We added feedback when you try to edit an object that someone else is editing, etc. Should be much less crazy now!
- Custom Rooms - you can now fly in custom rooms! This is a host option, so if a host allows it everyone in the room is able to fly. This is not intended as a primary locomotion method, it's intended to help when you're building stuff with the Maker Pen. That said, it's pretty fun and you're allowed to just mess around with it if you like =]
- Flight controls - point your hand up and hold down the teleport button until you take off! Keep teleport held down and point where you want to go. The more you stretch out your arm, the faster you'll go. When you're done flying, get close to the ground and point your hand down. Teleport back onto the ground.
- Custom Rooms - there's now a "Welcome Mat" object in the sandbox machine. This lets you control where visitors spawn in your room - they'll spawn on the mat instead of on the default spawn points. You can EDIT a welcome mat with the Maker Pen so that it only works when people are coming from a specific ^roomname.
- Custom Rooms - you can now set custom cleanup points for any object. E.g., maybe you made a shooting gallery and you want the targets to reset themselves after a delay? To do this, put the target object where you want it, then EDIT it with the Maker Pen to set the cleanup point and delay time.
- Custom Rooms - you can now set a custom room photo to give people an idea what your room is all about!
- Custom Rooms - you can now bookmark custom rooms you like!
- Updated rec.net photo flow - we revised how your camera works with rec.net. Registered users can now tap the "Share" button on the camera to share photos directly to rec.net. Photos are set to "public" by default, but you can go to rec.net and manually set them to "friends" (only your friends can see them) or "private" (only you can see them). Note that any older photos on rec.net are set to private - you can manually set them to be public if you like!
- Dorm Room - we revamped the bulletin board... it now contains info about weekly challenges, rewards, and featured ^rooms.
- Boomboxes - You can now set boomboxes to loop a track, to shuffle, etc., via a watch-style pop up UI. The boomboxes ino the sandbox machine now have a wider selection of music, and your settings are saved when you save the room.
- Moderation - we revised a bunch of moderation flows. Briefly - reporting and vote kicking are now separate actions. The UI has been updated to be clearer, and reporting is more tied to the Code of Conduct.
We couldn't build Rec Room without your support and feedback, so please keep it coming!.