Sup HOMIES, we’ve got a lot to cover, like a hell of a lot so let’s cut the crap and straight to the chase with absolutely zero bollocks!
Gameplay
Physics & Core
We’ve completely revamped the skateboarding physics and core which improves the whole skating experience in Session to another dimension. The game now feels and plays like never before. But don’t take our word for it, you’ll have to try it to really feel the difference. What does this mean?
Everything now feels, reacts and plays differently with the new physics system.
It has a massive impact on how the board reacts under your feet and you’ll feel it from the first time you start pushing.
Let's get to it!!!
Tricks
Not only have all tricks been completely remastered, but poweslides, turning manuals and grinds, everything is now fully fueled by our physics engine. To comply with our vision of creating the most complete and authentic skateboarding experience, we also increased the bag of tricks by over 40 New unique Tricks and stance modes making endless possibilities even more… endless!
- Shuvits
- Darkslides
- Primos
- Caspers
Looking forward to what you guys will do with this new bag of tricks!
Manual Rotation
You guys been vocal about this specific feature so we decided to implement a new spins/rotations mode: Manual. No wind up is needed before popping. You can now pop your trick and control your spin/rotation in the air with complete control.
Grinds
Every element of the grind detection system and grind mechanics have been completely reworked.
There are no splines in Session, if you find something and make sense to grind/slide, it will! You can grind all rails, edges and ledges
A new feature has been added called momentum pop letting you grind and lip in and out at a more responsive level.
Grind Alignment
We’ve now made it possible for you to change your grind alignment.
If you need help or want no assists locking into grinds go to Grind Settings and tweak your Grind Alignment. The more you increase it the more it will align you in the right direction on a grind.
Bails and slams
Finally, you are not as fragile as a feather anymore! With the new physics collision detection, we implemented the bail and slam feature, making the whole skating experience much more pleasant. The player doesn't fall into ragdoll anymore and give up on his life when hitting anything in the environment at 0.1 km/h.
Camera
Your filmer finally has a new filter and lenses: VX1000, Fisheye (4:3) and Fisheye Wide lens and a shiny new camera mounted light. So now skating at night is more illuminated and you can get that 90’s vibes with the new VX1000, fisheye combo for your visual pleasure everyone fell in love with.
You can now also Invert your off-board X and Y camera movement up is up, down is up it’s your shout.
New Characters
We’ve added 3 new customizable characters, Jesse Lacroix (aka JL Nightmare) and the one and only
DAEWON SONG!
Customization
Now your set-up matters! From boards, wheels and truck size, how you set up your board now has an impact on your overall experience in the game.
Trucks
Depending on how loose, tight or wide you like your trucks. All of the above will have an impact on your grinds so choose carefully. You might want to slip on a pair of riser pads to help you against one of the skateboarders arch-enemies… Wheel bite.
You can now adjust your truck tightness and wheel bite settings in Gameplay Setting > Board Setting.
Wear & Tear
It might be purely aesthetic but everyone takes pride in a well scratched board! Skate too much and you’ll scratch off that slick graphic and have to get a fresh board from the shop or grab one from your apartment.
New items & brands
We’re super stoked and proud to welcome a healthy bunch of new brands to the game as well as more items to the customization
Here’s a list of the new brands now in Session
Shout out to:
- Fallen
- Limited Run
- eS
- SML wheels
- Boardy Cake wheels
- Satari Wheels
- Heroin
- No Comply
- Roger
- Schlaudie
Quests (missions?, Sessions? tasks?......)
When loading up the game for the first time you’ll find all your clothing items, boards and DIY items missing, this is not a bug, it’s by design!
You’ll have to find Donovan and Ribsman NPC’s in multiple areas to help you get all your stuff back using our new experimental quest session system.
This new system will give you objectives to complete in a skate session. At the end of the session, you will be given rewards e.g cash, DIY items, clothes, shoes or boards to buy from the shop.
Find the NPC’s throughout the session universe to help you from here.
Once you’re on a session, you can check the objectives in your “skaters log”
Skateshop
The No Comply Skateshop is finally open for business where you can buy customization and DIY items with the cash you make from quests and challenges!
Skater Log
Your skater log is where you’ll now find ongoing
Session quests (missions? tasks?)
Any ongoing session objectives you have to do in the session will be found here.
Your daily, weekly and historical challenges are now lurking in this section
Stats
This is where all your statics will be like:
Longest grind and manual distance
Number of flips, grind and manuals
And many more statics
Challenges
With the skateshop now open you’ll need more challenges and we’ve added new daily and historical challenges throughout all maps for you to complete and get some cash to buy new items. More to come… Obviously.
Advance Settings menu
Don’t like your push speed, flip speed or grind friction? Now you can change all of those plus many, many more features in the Advanced Settings menu.
So now you can personalize your session experience to your ideal play style.
Pause>Settings>Gameplay>Advance Settings Menu (or Hold down Start button for 1sec)
New Radio Station
We're really excited to introduce a new Reggae/dub Radio station called Red Robin Records.
Everyone enjoy a nice Reggae/dub vibe to skate! (well at least mah does!)
To access different radio stations, press and hold down the right thumbstick then up/down on the D-Pad.
BIG UP!
Art
Environment
All areas NYC, LES skatepark, Crea-ture park and of course pyramid Ledges have all undergone a facelift, improving lighting, textures, skate-ability and optimization throughout the whole session universe.
The new physics system has a huge impact on the environment such as low kerbs and cracks in the ground, you’ll now have to trick over them.
Pyramid Ledges
We’ve extended the Pyramid Ledges, by adding two new blocks, the Veterans Plaza and the upper terrace area representing more than 3x the original size! In this extended Pyramid Ledge area, you’ll find new ledges, stairs, handrails, gaps and manny pads to skate, it’s every skater’s ideal terrain for a good time.
LOVE GNAR PARK
No skateboarding sim inspired by 90’s skateboarding is complete without the mecca of east coast 90’s skateboarding…. LOVE PARK! And its surrounding Philadelphia area including Muni and City Hall.
We’re happy to present you our new growing city hub: Philadelphia is your brand new city hub playground for you guys to skate, including Love park, which in the Session universe is known as “GNAR Park” here you’ll find the ledges, the rails, popped up tiles and most importantly the fountain gap to huck yourself down.
Surrounding GNAR Park you’ll find Muni plaza and City Hall to cause havoc in and shred!
Extra fluff
A new map, an extended map and updating the environment isn’t all we’ve got for you in the art department. Here’s what else we’ve added:
New Pickable objects
Collision pass in New York Map
Optimization pass in New York Map
Optimization pass in the Skateshop
Art and Optimization pass in Philadelphia map
Gameplay and art Pass in Pyramid ledges
Added wind FX to clothing
Added new moveable objects in the environment
Fixes
We’ve fixed some issues with other elements of the game:
- Game of S.K.A.T.E
- The replay editor has had a bit of work, and should hopefully crash less often than before but the replay editor will be one of our main focuses for the next update.
- The apartment now has a new camera angle and flow
- Session marker bug
- Fixed challenges
- Floating feet in manual board mode
- Manuals near grindable edges won’t lock you into a grind
- Transit system fixed between NYC, Pyramid ledges and LES park
- Goofy rotation names
- Among other behind the scene bugs
Known issues
- Flips of manuals react late (like late flips) making trick out more difficult/impossible off certain height.
- Trucks physics can explode causing a bail or weird issues.
- Board slides can hook on certain thin handrails.
- Placing marker without the board in hand refuses to register. Pressing Y to respawn the board will let you place your marker.
- Switching camera lens while in replay mode can create in-game camera offset. getting on/off board fixes the issue.
- Tutorial flow is a bit broken. You can skip by going to the pause menu and select Skip Tutorial
We told you we had a lot to cover and there it is in a nutshell. The 0.0.0.6 update in it’s full glory. Keep digging and exploring because there was so much done in the past month we couldn't cover EVERY little details we crafted for your own (and ours) pleasure!
From here at creā-ture studios, we want to thank everyone for the ongoing support, love and feedback, you are the reason we are better and then some! Don’t forget to join us on our Discord server http://discord.gg/session Share your clips, feedback and more!
keep shredding, stay rad!
Peace
The creā-ture Team.
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