Welcome to our second proper set of patch notes for Bits & Bops!

Weve been continuing to listen to feedback from players, and making adjustments to address the most common issues people are running into. Were still not done, so please keep reporting issues or suggestions when you have them. Were most active in our Discord server , but we also keep up with our Steam discussion board and our support@tempolabgames.com inbox.

Weve made a small audio cue update to Steady Bears to help prevent players accidentally faceplanting right at the beginning of the tutorials, and also generally smooth out transitions into the minigame when it appears in mixtapes. On the public beta channel, we have a further draft change to help people get back on beat after the off-beat steps, but were continuing to take feedback on that from players before deciding whether we want to include that change in the main build. If youre still struggling with Steady Bears, please try the build on the beta channel and let us know if that helps you feel the rhythms more clearly.

We are also keeping an eye on Pantry Parade, but have not yet made any further changes to the level since widening the timing windows in the last patch. We have some ideas for potential changes, but were also interested in feedback from players who are still struggling with this level.

Weve noticed a lot of people getting stuck in the game progression, and found that this had multiple causes. In some cases the unlocks werent working correctly, and in others people were simply being confused by the store layout. To address both of these, weve added some UI arrows to indicate when a new area is available that you havent seen yet, and weve also added some safety catches to the code to double-check that levels are unlocked when they should be. If you still think things arent unlocking correctly for you, please let us know so we can look into it further.

Weve also had numerous reports of things not working correctly when Settings > Other > Schedule hits is set to On. While we generally advise fixing your latency where possible, we understand that some players have no choice but to use high latency setups (for example, if they only own Bluetooth headphones). We have fixed a selection of bugs relating to this setting, but there are likely more, so please report them when you see them, and mention that you are using Schedule hits to help us track down the issue more quickly.

Finally, we noticed that some people who broke the community computer instinctively went to the counter to ask Bop (or Bit) for help. Accordingly, weve given both characters dedicated dialogue lines for this.

Game updates

• Steady Bears now has a new cue which plays between the count-in and first step

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• Meet & Tweet now has a sound for missing an input in Sky Mixtape

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• You can now type cinema on the computer to unlock all videos

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• Bit & Bop now have dedicated dialogue lines when the computer is broken

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• The UI now has some basic navigation arrows to help players find new areas

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• The calibration threshold now allows for even more negative readings

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• The safety video now relaxes its tighter timing windows to normal levels after the first failure

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Bug fixes

• Globe Trotters is no longer synced 20ms later than other minigames

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• The game audio no longer stutters in menus on Linux (including the Steam Deck)

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• The Clock is now playable when Schedule hits is enabled

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• The first input in Sweet Tooth is no longer blocked when Schedule hits is enabled

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• The player\'s bop in Steady Bears now plays correctly when Schedule hits is enabled

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• Bits scoreboard challenge lines can no longer be accidentally triggered on your first playthrough of the game

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• Bops demo should no longer award a sticker (but please report this if youre still seeing it)

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• Achievements for opened mail are re-synced to the Steam client upon entering the store

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• Pausing a video and pressing the power button or leaving the computer no longer hangs the game

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• Lounge characters with BPM-synced animations no longer interfere with video playback on the computer

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• The computer power button now hides the blue screen on the lounge view of the computer

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• The Blacksmith item glow sprites now properly match their associated items

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• The link to tweet about us on the computer is no longer missing a word

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• Fan translations will no longer be auto-selected for users with the associated system language \\[this was not actually fixed in 1.1.0]

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Accessibility improvements

• The safety video now asks if you want to enable narration during gameplay when using a screen reader

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• The intro and outro cutscenes now have screen reader narration

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• Any other changes tagged \\[English only] in 1.1.0 are now available in Chinese, Japanese and Korean

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Thanks for playing Bits & Bops!