Monday Update - October 27, 2025

Hey everyone! Hope you had a killer weekend. Last week was super fun! Maybe the most fun I've had working on Cranked so far. In case you missed it, we saw the first preview of the new rider models from Maggie (see the video above). Looking forward to seeing the rider in-game soon! Let's dive into what the team is working on this week.

Zac

• Zac is working on implementing the new rider model.

• Redoing the 1st person camera to work properly with the new model and trying to find a solution so the arms don't have to be cut off.

• After the camera and groundwork are done, Zac will work on rider animations, body positioning, etc.

Maggie

• Maggie is doing the final push on the new rider models, fixing up the clothes and hair. She wants to have both male and female finished and handed off to Zac by the end of the week.

• After she hands the rider over to Zac, she'll fix the last few minor mesh issues on the bike.

• Once the bike is done, she's moving on to start the environment art!

Bryan

• Bryan is working with Fish (our 2D artist) to get the poster and other marketing assets designed for our upcoming playtest party at Pathfinder in Morgantown, WV.

Julian

• Julian is going to start editing some videos for our social channels.

• He’ll also be hopping on a stream with me at some point this week, so look out for that.

Cedric

• More trail progress in the first zone of the open world map. Hopefully, we can get some race runs in the zone for the next update.

Joe

• I'm going to be experimenting with a silly social media idea this week. We'll see if it works out. 😂

• Otherwise, business as usual for me. Probably do a bunch of streams this week and continue to try to grow our Patreon community.

That's all for this week. We'll see how progress goes on the new rider stuff. If things are in decent shape by the end of the week, we will release a build.

Jake says hi.