Monday Update - September 22, 2025

This week is going to be an exciting one! Let's dive right into the details.

Maggie

• Maggie is finishing up the final touches on the Frameworks bike today and tomorrow. You can see the WIP image in this post. It's looking SOOO good.

• After the bike, Maggie will start working on the new rider models.

Zac

• Zac fixed more bugs with the restarts today.

• After that, he started working on a new checkpoint system so players will respawn at checkpoints along the track instead of at the top of the track.

• Once Maggie hands over the Frameworks bike, Zac will start implementing it in-game, getting the suspension moving, etc. The plan is to get the bike in before the stream this week (Thursday).

Cedric

• Cedric is working on finishing up three new tracks that he started earlier this month.

• Once he finishes those, he will start working on the beginner trails by the first lift that will be open to players. We need some easier trails in the game for the noobs. This will be the tutorial trails and other intro trails the player will first play when starting the game.

Bryan

• Bryan is putting the finishing touches on the Cranked Collabs portal. The next drop we will use the new portal instead of the Google Form you have been using. It's a much nicer and more streamlined solution.

• Bryan and I are both spending some time this week working on the social media plan and researching ways to ramp things up.

Joe

• I'm planning to make some standard YouTube content this week. We have primarily done shorts and livestreams, and I want to start posting standard videos to see how they perform. If you have requests or ideas for YouTube videos, post them in the comments of this post.

• I need to start planning the pizza playtest party we are having at Rad Dog Bikes in El Paso, TX, next month. If anyone is from the area, be on the lookout for more details about that!

• We've had a slow week in terms of new Patreon members, so I'm going to try and ramp things up on social media and see if we can turn that around. Please help us spread the word to your friends!

Free Demo

Thanks to Mackaays in Discord, I've been researching the best ways to release our free Steam demo. He sent me a great resource for this. We now have a plan.

• We will try to launch the demo in conjunction with Sports Fest on Steam on December 8-15.

• Leading up to the release, we will do some playtests on Steam to get feedback on the demo and improve it from there.

• We hope to have the new bike, rider, and third-person camera in the game by the time the demo ships.

• Make sure to wishlist on Steam so you know when we drop the demo! We will ask everyone to play the demo once it drops to try and help us get boosted in the Steam algorithm, but more on that when the time comes.

And finally, here's a pic of Jake chillin' from this weekend to make your day a little bit better. Okay, bye!