Monday Update - October 13, 2025

Yo, I hope everyone had a great weekend! Another week of exciting updates is in store! Let's dive into it.

Zac

• Zac is continuing to work on the camera

  • Fixing issues with the tilt factor that causes the camera to jiggle a bit at times

  • Working on adding a setting to toggle if the camera locks to the bike

  • Add pitch setting to adjust camera pitch angle

  • Add some 3rd person camera settings

• After the camera work is done, he's going to improve the restart logic.

  • Based on feedback from the playtest we had at Rad Dog this weekend, we're simplifying how it works to prevent accidentally backing out of a race.

    • A single tap will restart you at the last checkpoint

    • A double-tap will restart you at the top of the trail (even if you haven't reached a checkpoint yet)

    • Holding the button down will exit race mode

    • We will also add a setting where you can choose to never restart at a checkpoint and always restart at the top of the race with a single click. Competitive players don't care to restart at checkpoints and want to get to the top as quickly as possible, and this will allow for that.

Maggie

• Maggie expects to have the new rider model, with body proportions finalized, ready to send over to Zac by the end of the week!

• She's currently fine-tuning the model to make it look cooler.

• After the rider is done, she'll go back and fix the last few minor issues on the bike model.

Joe

• Bryan and I had a blast hosting the pizza party playtest at Rad Dog Bikes this past Saturday! We got some great feedback, and it was awesome to see experienced mountain bikers pick up the game so quickly.

• I'm going to start working on a new five-part YouTube series focused on helping players improve their skills. I'm hoping to bring in some of our top players as guests for each episode.

• Start looking into and reaching out to Crankworx about attending next year.

Cedric

• Still working on the beginner trails section.

Next Build Plans

We will see how many new settings and changes Zac finishes this week. If he gets in a decent amount of nice updates, then I'll release a build at the end of this week.

Next week, Zac plans to work with the new rider, getting the body positions and animations started. Hopefully, we can release a build next week with the first version of the new rider!

Hope everyone has a great week! Jake says hi.