Surfsup.website

I have registered a domain for the game, https://surfsup.website In the future, this will be a website featuring leaderboards, map rotation, user profiles, and more. I am also interested in working on this with the community so if you would like to help, please make sure to join the SurfsUp Discord Server.

Free-to-Play Model

With NextFest and the v1.0 demo coming up, we have implemented the free-to-play model into SurfsUp. There are 13 available maps per day rotating every 24 hours. The 7 ported maps will always be included in the available maps. You can now only select cosmetics that are available in your Steam inventory. Cosmetics will reset back to default when loading the patch. A timer now shows on the main menu letting you know when maps will rotate. All maps become available when you purchase the supporter bundle. I am looking for feedback on this model, so please let me know what you think on the Discord server!

Zoning Reworked

After discussion with some members of the community, we have rezoned every map in the game. Zones are now a "box collider" where the timer begins as soon as you exit the area. Previously the starting line was a horizontal world boundary, this allowed players to pre-hop further into the map and start a few seconds ahead of others. This change makes the competition fair for all now having the same starting location for every player. Zones are outlined with a mesh wire-frame, Green for start zones, red for end zones, and blue or grey to represent invisible walls in the maps. 'Show Zones' is now enabled by default, but can be disabled in Game Settings or using the console command showzones false Due to the zoning changes, all leaderboards have been reset

New Map: AirControl

AirControl is a new ported 1-star map, it has been re-lit and re-textured for SurfsUp and is a long and forgiving map with multiple ramps aimed towards beginners.

New Map: Forest

Forest is a new map by community member Raq, it is a 3-star map with multiple routes to a single end-zone.

New Community Map: SoulSearch

SoulSearch is a new 4-star map created by community member 500 Ping using the SurfsUp SDK Project! It features multiple routes with various paths, each path being quicker than the last.

Crouching recoded

Crouching before:
There have been some issues with the character's crouching. Previously, it had a 0.4s delay for "is_ducking" to the "ducked" state. The entire code for crouching has been rewritten to now be instant and to keep the same collision shape on the character instead of replacing it with a new one. Crouching after:

New Music

Raqqit: Down the Rabbit Hole by spineywoodchuck Ruins: Explore the Ruins by spineywoodchuck

Dev Console

New console command disconnect to leave a lobby New console alias load for map to load custom maps New console alias qqq for quit and exit Opening console enables is_typing so character no longer moves when typing in console Console will capture mouse again when closing in-game

Bug Fixes

• Surfer: Model, Animation, Player Color, and Trail color now synchronize on the network
• Option menu defaults to Game Options again
• Fixed changing a player's color changing all player's color
• If jump is bound to mouse scroll you will no longer jump when scrolling elements in the UI
• Moving the mouse while holding down a mouse button while spectating will no longer changes who you are spectating every frame
• Leaving spectator mode no longer freezes the player in the is_typing state
• Various netcode optimizations
• Starting lines removed from all levels
• Map Voting RPC moved out of the UI Scripts and into the NetCode
• Various textures have been replaced in the game that referenced licensed / adult themes
• Stretch Mode now properly sets the saved setting on load
• Fullscreen now properly sets the saved setting on load
• Game should now properly launch in full screen on first launch

As a reminder, the beta will be ending on May 18th 2025. We will be revoking all beta keys and transitioning to the v1.0 demo which will be releasing May 30th on Steam. Thank you all for playing and providing feedback. -Mark

[ 2025-05-11 23:52:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

SurfsUpSDK

We have created a new SurfsUpSDK project that allows community members to create and test their own custom maps in-game. Providing prebuilt ramp prefabs to drag and drop, as well as VMF Map Importing.
Currently, the maps need to be manually zoned and added to the game, this is the first pass at this kind of tooling SDK Documentation: https://bearlikelion.github.io/SurfsUpSDK/

Community Map: Sandspin

Our first Community Map using the SDK project is created by CloudNinja in just under 2 hours.

New Map: Runes

Created by FadedFrank

New Map: LJ

A fresh take on the long jump game mode, a flat surface leap with pre-hop enabled.

Developer Console

You can now press tilde (~) to open a developer console in game, it has some basic functionality and will be expanded with more commands as development continues. Ported maps now have star ratings.

• Summit - 2 Star
• Boreas - 2 Star
• Mesa - 3 Star
• Utopia - 3 Star
• Fiellu - 5 Star
• FielluB4 - 5 star star ratings are subject to change

Space Loop has a new song by Spiney

[ 2025-05-07 03:42:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

Technical Changes

• Version bump to 0.9, next major update will be 1.0
• SurfsUp now supports Mac OS X (Universal App)
• Windows build now uses DirectX 12 instead of Vulkan
  • This change fixes the "scan lines" issue reported on some AMD video cards
    
• Updated Steam SDK to v1.62
• Updated Godot Steam to v4.14
• Fixed all the images in Steam's Inventory

New Features

• Personal Best Replays

  
  
  • Personal bests now create replay files
  • Replays are loaded on run restart (R) if the file exists
  • Your ghost will automatically begin replaying once you cross the starting line
  • Player Menu (tab) allows you to watch & stop the replay in first person
  • You can disable the replay from playing back by unchecking "Replay Enabled" on the player menu
  • Due to this requiring a Personal Best record to work, all leaderboards have been reset

• Player cosmetic choices now save

  
  
  • Saved selections are chosen by default on customize menu
  • Chosen cosmetics now automatically load on the main menu

• Multiple saved locations

  
  
  • Press F to save up to 3 checkpoints
    • 4th checkpoint erases 1st
  • , (comma) - future location
  • . (period) - previous location

• Emotes!

  
  
  • Hold G to emote your surf animation

• The settings menu has been redesigned

  
  
  • You can now hide all other players
  • You can now hide all other trails
  • You can now adjust the camera's field of view
  • You can now limit the Engine's max FPS
  • Mouse settings have moved to: Keybindings & Mouse
  • Video settings have moved to: Audio & Video
  • VOIP volume can now go up to 200%
  • New bindable keys
    • Force Disconnect (F10)
    • Emote (G)
    • Next Loc (,)
    • Prev Loc (.)
    • Player Menu (Tab)
    • Freecam (F4)
    • Mouse Toggle (`)
• Discord now shows your game activity as the current map you're surfing on
  

Quality of Life (QoL)

• Changed the theme's default font
• Normalized volume of music across all levels
• Removed the .0 after units on speed label
• Your score on the leaderboard is now highlighted in green
• VOIP Volume Increased +5db
• End Game / Pause Menu / Player Menu panel updated
• You can now a join lobby by ID
  • You can copy a lobby's ID from pause menu
• Number of map clears now shows on the game over screen
  • Separator added between clears and time
• Removed rounded corners on scroll grabbers
• Spacing added around World Record in the top right
• Default mouse sensitivity lowered from 15->10
• Hotdog hands size increased and is now right handed
• Map select drop down color changed to be more visible
• Reduced size of chat box
• Resized scores shown in the top left
• Only top 3 scores show on screen
• Your score will show as the 4th card
• Resized input keys from 128px -> 64px
• Free Cam
  • No longer receives input when not in Free Cam
  • Free Cam resets position when exiting
  • Free Cam resets speed when exiting
  • Free Cam can now be mouse inverted
  • Free Cam speed can no longer go below 0

Map Changes

• Starry:
  • Resized Skip Block
• Ascension:
  • Invisible skip blocks replaced with walls
• Tutorial:
  • Lowered ramp turn on stage 4
  • Repositioned ramp after turn in final stage
• Nebula:
  • Left side skip blocked
  • Raised kill floor
• Nerdiful:
  • Reworked ending
    
• Mesa:
  • Song changed to trailer's track by prodtwon
• Swirl:
  • Updated level image
  • New song: "Lovers" by UMOS
• Sunset:
  • New Song by whimsicalbeats
• Stormy:
  • New Song by whimsicalbeats
• Utopia:
  • New song by whimsicalbeats
• Bores:
  • New song by whimsicalbeats
• Ruins:
  • Removed second turn ramp
  • Blocked "spawn skip"

Bug Fixes

• Third Person Camera stutter fixed
• Player Trails only add points when timer is running
• Fixed UI Scaling at larger resolutions (4k / Ultrawide)
• VOIP no longer pauses on Game Over menu
• VOIP should no longer crackle if multiple people talk at once
• Mouse input is no longer captured while spectating
• Player menu no longer shows duplicate entries
• Player menu now removes clients on disconnect
• Spectator cam near increased from 0.05->0.5 (same as pre-run cam)
• Mosue rotation input is no longer captured when spectating
• !rtv will now properly show the game over screen when ending the game
• World Boundary shape size increased from 2000->10000 (should fix kill boxes on levels)
• Turn binds no longer accept input when spectating
• Fixed character model color not updating in-game from Settings menu
• Numpad Enter now sends chat messages instead of breaking to a new line
• Opening Settings when Settings is already open no longer opens a extra Settings window
• Player color now applies to models on load
• Player menu's player count now updates when a new player connect

Thank you to everyone who has been providing feedback during the beta -Mark

[ 2025-04-25 22:41:57 CET ] [ Original post ]