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 ]