Hot Lava News & Patch Notes

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Hot Lava News & Patch Notes | SteamScope

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1139d ago

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/24570646/ae77136e8f8fa09fc2c0df8f4f1eadb00413fc9d.png Greetings, Hot Lava fans! We can’t wait for you to jump in to our newest update featuring:

BRAND NEW CHARACTERS!

Get ready for a new in-game toy universe EXO-CLASH!. Set in another galaxy where giant robots fight colossal monsters. Captain Hera Scarlet and Lt Leo Satomi have landed in the game complete with their own unique unlockable items, taunts, and Action Files.

NEW WEEKLY MODE!

There’s now even more reason to jump into Hot Lava regularly with the weekly course. Compete with others for top global positions on a new course and ability each week. Earn a reward for placing on the leaderboard then try again when it cycles to a new course each Tuesday.

SUMMER ACTIVITIES!

Splash into summer with water balloons and more when you visit the Playground in the next few weeks. Challenge someone to a water balloon fight, or hit all the targets around the level for your chance at earning a reward. These activities will only be around during summer so hit your mark while you can! You can enjoy all the features of this dynamic new update right now. Meanwhile, we’ll keep working on ways to make our game even hotter. So stay tuned, stay cool and stay off the floor!

Beat the weekly course and earn a reward
Play as Hera or Leo from the Exo-Clash universe
Throwable water balloons now available in Playground Level
Hit all the targets to earn a cool new accessory
Checkpoints added to Chase Your Sister courses
Level up faster with increased XP gains across the board

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It's Time For Klei Fest!

Hey Everybody! Klei Fest is here! Summer is on its way and that means so is Klei Fest. During Klei Fest, we have a burst of content, items, events, sales, and more interesting things happening for all things Klei! We've got game updates for Hot Lava, Oxygen Not Included, and Don't Starve Together. We have a new game to announce and we've even got more exciting news and demos from Klei Publishing and more! Check out our sale page here for up to 75% off all of our games. Scroll down for tons of news, updates, and announcements. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/25339032/7a5bf3898334a20ca4a44a4298fbbef3aeb7a378.png

All Things Klei!

Oxygen Not Included

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New starting Asteroid, Skins and Quality of Life Improvements!

We have a new update for Oxygen Not Included as well! We have a brand new Starting Asteroid for players to test their skills, some user experience improvements, and a new “Move To” tool for objects. Check out the update and get a special Puft atmo suit skin just for logging in! https://store.steampowered.com/app/457140/Oxygen_Not_Included/

Don't Starve Together

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New Content Update Available Now!

Something sinister is seeping to the surface, and new horrors have taken up residence in the dark. Will our Survivors be able to band together to push back the encroaching darkness, or are the cracks in their resolve already starting to show? For more info head over to the announcement post here! https://store.steampowered.com/app/322330/Dont_Starve_Together/

New Klei Games!

Rotwood

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Combat Focus Test Now Available!

Rotwood is almost here! For a small taste of the action, head on over to the Steam store page and participate in our combat focus test! During our single-player combat focus test, players will get to play a combat focused version of the game so you can let us know what you think. Sign-up now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2015270/Rotwood/

Dread Pilots

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Survival at all costs!

From Klei Entertainment, creators of Don't Starve, Invisible Inc, and Griftlands comes Dread Pilots, a new space survival exploration sandbox game. You are a Dread Pilot, an unfortunate soul trapped in a dangerous and uncaring purgatory with only your wits to aid you in your quest to escape. Head on over to Steam and wishlist now to keep up to date with news on the game as it develops! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1766500/Dread_Pilots/

Klei Publishing

Mind Over Magic

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Check out the new trailer!

The wizards at Sparkypants are excited to announce that Mind Over Magic will have a demo live for Steam Next Fest June 19th through June 26th! Build and manage a school to teach aspiring mages dangerous arcane arts. Soothe sanity-shaking nightmares and explore the perilous Underschool, all the while trying to keep everyone alive and content. But beware the ever-encroaching Fog… Make sure to wishlist Mind Over Magic on Steam to keep up to date on the latest news! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1270580/Mind_Over_Magic/

Beastieball

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Announcing Beastieball!

We’re also excited to announce that we’re working with Greg Lobanov and Wishes Unlimited, creators of Wandersong and Chicory on their next game, Beastieball! Coach a sports team of Beasties in this turn-based volleyball RPG! Your Beasties’ relationships power up their teamwork! Excited to learn more? You can read all about Beastieball, listen to samples from the soundtrack, and more while backing the game on Kickstarter. There’s also this super fun explainer video from Greg and the Wishes Unlimited team at Day of the Devs. And of course, don’t forget to wishlist Beastieball so we can notify you when it comes out. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1864950/Beastieball/

Lab Rat

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Play the demo!

If you haven’t had a chance to check out the Lab Rat demo, now is the time. Lab Rat is a hand-crafted narrative puzzler masquerading as a machine-generated video game. This satirical adventure stars a metrics-obsessed AI who will monitor, profile, and guide you as you solve over a hundred unique spatial problems. The demo is available until June 26th, so check it out and be sure to wishlist on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1304610/Lab_Rat/

It's Klei Fest! - Updates and Announcements For All Things Klei!

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1517d ago

Hey Everybody! It’s time for our big annual publisher sale on Steam! During Klei Fest, we’ll have a big burst of content, items, events, sales and interesting stuff happening for all things Klei! And this year’s fest is bigger than ever. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/112393/6f61c123395fd88cf85211fdaa34f062cf9293e2.png

Hot Lava: Say hello to two new characters:

T. Rex and Venomess - two rocking reptilian members of Mutant Mayhem! A brand new Klei Created map, Rocco’s Arcade is a hotbed of hopping set in a retro-arcade pizza place. Of course with a new map and characters we have two new courses, and plenty of new collectables and accessories!

AWESOME ARCADE UPDATE

Greetings Hot Lava fans! As the weather heats up, so does your favorite game with a brand-spanking new update to warm your heart.

BRAND! NEW! MAP!

Hold onto your pizza slices, it’s a brand new Klei created map! Rocco’s Arcade is a hotbed of hopping set in a retro-arcade pizza place. Check out two new courses! Take on the pogo and tiny toy trials! Interact with gobs of retro-games like Flamly Ball, Zeet-ball and Thump-a-Raccoon!

TWO NEW CHARACTERS

Say hello to two new characters: T. Rex and Venomess - two rocking reptilian members of Mutant Mayhem! Select them on the character screen and level them up to unlock a cavalcade of new collectables!

NEW ITEMS

On top of all the awesome items you can get leveling up the characters, we also have a handful of bonus cool collectable sets of accessories. The more you play, the more you collect, so jump back in and check out all the new stuff. We have plenty of daily challenges and plenty of online opponents to race against. See you all there! As always, stay cool, stay safe and stay off the floor! For more details on the Hot Lava update check out the patch notes! https://store.steampowered.com/app/382560/Hot_Lava/ For more details on the Hot Lava update check out the patch notes! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/24570646/0dfc43e1b07b6defc23aad93c8770bb7d27e6341.png

Oxygen Not Included:

Our new content pack called "Fast Friends" includes some big performance boosts in both the base game and Spaced Out! DLC. We also have four new Duplicants, four new critter morphs and a dozen brand new Duplicant outfits craftable at the Clothing Refashionator building. https://store.steampowered.com/app/457140/Oxygen_Not_Included/ For more details on the Oxygen Not Included update check out the patch notes! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/24570646/ede8a8a9c800dae513ea7c68ed7267594af8a4e7.png

Don't Starve Together:

The enigmatic Corvus Goodfeather returns with a bunch of new prizes and three new games during the Midsummer Cawnival! https://store.steampowered.com/app/322330/Dont_Starve_Together/ For more details on the Don't Starve Together Update check out the patch notes! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/24570646/a6adffe53cd40f157bf9a27a5562f68690b8b137.png

Introducing Klei Publishing!

We have teamed up will a couple of great game studios to publish two new games coming in 2023! Check them out and don't forget to wishlist them on Steam and show them some love! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/24570646/04b931eb691e9f374a7ca8ea25362bc2bd32e8e4.png

Lab Rat

Chump Squad, the developer of Kine brings us Lab Rat. In this satirical adventure a metrics-obsessed AI will monitor, profile, and entertain you as you progress through over a hundred genre-bending puzzles.. Lab Rat even has a demo available now! More details on this game will come in future announcements. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1304610/Lab_Rat/ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/24570646/4cf0925a760046ab7e374ee663dbdcffa005b6c1.png

Mind Over Magic

Our friends at Sparkypants bring us Mind Over Magic. Design, build and manage your magic school to explore what lies below. Study lost arcana, grow exotic plants, brew potions, and raise undead servants -- only you can prepare your fragile students to harness their Mind Over Magic. More details on this game will come in future announcements.

And announcing a new game from Klei coming soon!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/112393/be1e084e54c9859150d93b4b358c9abf19a7f0af.png You will be able to check out the official teaser trailer for Rotwood during the PC Gaming Show on June 12th!

Woah, that's a lot of stuff.

Thanks for checking out all of our games and for all your continued support. Have fun out there!

Hot Lava Journey Update Now Live!

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1796d ago

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AWESOME AUGUST UPDATE

Hello Hot Lava fans! August is here and we’re bringing the heat for the final days of summer with a scorching new update!

DAILY CHALLENGES

New ‘Daily Challenges’ give you even more reason to jump into Hot Lava on the regular. New rewards are up for grabs - Every. Single. Day. Complete the challenges for some fantastic daily rewards. If you get doubles, don’t fret, we’ve got an exciting new system that addresses that...

NEW WAYS TO EARN ACCESSORIES

With this update we’ve given our items system a major upgrade - an amazing new feature to ‘recycle’ doubles, or items you don’t want, for tickets you can use to get gear. Instead of just winning items at the completion of level challenges, you can now earn them through this new tickets system. Some super special items will only be available this way! It’s never been easier to get the accessories you want.

NEW CHALLENGES

Speaking of items we’ve also added a lot of new challenges to every ‘Curated by Klei’ Map so it’s even easier to pick up some new accessories. Over 99 new challenges to complete, which not only gives you more chances at in-game swag, but also means that Max Player Rank has gone up by a-lot! Jump in to outrank your friends before they beat you to it!

MARVELOUS NEW MAP

As if all that wasn’t enough, we’ve also added a brand new, Klei-curated Community Map ‘Journey’! Travel through 6 different locations from City to Farm, Harbor to Forest, all with their own unique challenges. Explore these all new Levels and pick up some new items along the way. As always, stay cool, stay safe and stay off the floor!

Major Patch Notes

Implemented Daily Challenge system which gives three new challenges every day
Implemented Item Recycling system
New, high tier, items that are only obtainable through recycling
New “Curated by Klei” level “Journey”
New course challenges in every “Curated by Klei” map
Smoothed out Intro level to prevent early deaths
Added sister to Gym Class to help with early navigation
Added custom victory music per character
Install size optimizations
Support switching languages without restarting the game
Improved lighting in several levels
Fixed gamepad button icons sometimes not immediately visible when starting to use gamepad
Fixed some level exit placements in Playground
Fixed exploit allowing players to start locked courses

Klei Fest Tournament 2021

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1881d ago

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/24570646/375e36c69734ba2fb696f33c580f5044eefe931a.png Greetings Hot Lava fans! June 3rd is the KLEI PUBLISHER SALE! All Klei Entertainment games will be on sale on the Steam store so if you don’t have a copy of Hot Lava on Steam, or if you’re looking to buy a copy for a friend, now is the perfect time to pick one up. As an extra added bonus to celebrate Klei Fest, Hot Lava is having a special Klei Fest Tournament - a new trial course which pits players against a diabolically Klei-swag-outfitted LORD SLUDGE! Find the Klei Fest Tournament 2021 trial in Playground to start your run. Beat Lord Sludge to the finish line using the Boost Jump Ability and win an exclusive Klei Fest 2021 shirt to show off to all your friends. This trial also features a Global Leaderboard so you can track your rise to world domination (in Hot Lava)! The Klei Fest trial will run for 4 weeks, until June 30th at 10am PDT, to give everyone enough time to pick up the Klei shirt and work on their lava jumping skills. Also be sure to check out the rest of the Klei Publisher Sale from June 3rd until June 7th at 10am PDT. Log into Steam and find all the great deals on all our games, some of them featuring their own Klei Fest events right now! Stay safe, stay off the ground, and we’ll see you on the Leaderboards! What else is going on during Klei Fest? {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/24570646/4f3de87bcca35216d2b02de1e8f4cfeee5df2354.png Don’t Starve Together is celebrating summer with the "Midsummer Cawnival!". Our survivors have been greeted by the enigmatic Corvus Goodfeather, who needs a bit of help preparing the festivities for his crow compatriots. Decorate, try your luck at the Cawnival games, and maybe even win some prizes! Check Out Don't Starve Together Now! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/24570646/47f5d69da9d67b6aab0310d7d91dfa90aecdc327.png Oxygen Not Included has released their “Mine The Gap” update. This update brings increased resource renewability with the introduction of Space Points-Of-Interest! Equip a rocket with the new Drillcone and start dredging those interplanetary riches! Check Out Oxygen Not Included Now! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/24570646/04db055a0daac31bb4fb25d7a0ab23b5328f92cb.png Griftlands has left Early Access and the full campaign is now available! Play as Sal, Rook, or Smith. Three unique character campaigns with their own specialized decks, abilities and maps to explore. Griftlands launches with a 20% discount for Klei Fest. Check Out Griftlands Now!

Jen Forcer's Tactical Training Update : Phase 2

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1925d ago

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NEW! T.O.X.I.C. Team-up

A brand new update brings two brand new members to the T.O.X.I.C. roster: Poizone’s robotic army, the Infected Infantry! And Lord Sludge’s molten magma monster form, the Megamortabeast! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/24570646/cd9b9f0077e2d87ba8c96786b629bc6abc6bfdf4.png

NEW! Vault Jump Ability

Along with these hot new characters comes one cool new move, the Vault Jump! Give yourself an extra boost to reach those platforms that are just a *little* too far away. And if you’re bummed you can’t test out this new move with your favorite characters...well we’ve got some news for you!

NEW! Choice

We’ve decoupled abilities from their characters so you can now use any character you want with any ability: Sue Nami with Double Jump; Poizone with Boost; Hazard with Slide Jump - go ahead and mix it up! You also might notice some slick new UI in the game designed to make your lava jumping experience all the more pleasant.

NEW! Items

Every character’s progression levels have been bumped up to 60 possible levels. So get in there and jump around to unlock some new stickers, action files, emotes, and new skins. As an added bonus we’re also giving everyone free Sea Stealth G.A.T. skins for this Spring update, just because we love you all so much. If you can’t get enough of all things G.A.T., there are all new G.A.T. lore descriptions for Head, Back, and Trinket accessories. Read through them all to learn about the exploits of all your favorite characters.

NEW! Leaderboards

You asked. We listened. Leaderboards are now split up by ability so you can save separate times and replays for each one. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your times) we had to reset leaderboards to accomplish this. Fear not, your locally saved replays are still available in their original directory, but your times pulled from Steam will be reset. As a bonus feature we’ve also added the ability to change your profile. Free yourself from the tyranny of sharing times with your little sister! Or, if you just want to experience the thrill of unlocking all your items again, now is the perfect time to jump in and get moving. Let the competition begin! Stay safe. Stay cool. And stay off the floor!

Major patch notes:

Megamortabeast and Infantry
New move set: Vault Jump
Increased character level cap from 45 to 60
April showers brings GAT Navy skins!
New unlockable skins for all characters
New unlockable emotes
New action files

Steam specific:

Leaderboards split per ability
Abilities are selectable separate from characters
Steamcloud saving for all progress including cards and character levels
Save slots for separate progression
Steam leaderboards reset

Hot Lava SDK 460060 patch notes:

Vault jump
Add /modifier chat command to switch between PlayerControllerModifiers (abilities). Accepts partial names so you can use /modifier vault to switch to VaultJumpModifier. For all possibilities, see Modifiers in Assets/Plugins/Hot Lava Mod Kit/Assets/Resources/Modifiers/

Hot Lava SDK Hotfix 463617 patch notes:

Fix clicking "Add Game Mode" causes errors that lead to partially created game modes.

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Hot Lava SDK Update -- Let Your Creativity Run Wild!

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1993d ago

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/24570646/82f51e5399201daf2c7b7dd3e8f90195a2fb71f0.png A new SDK update is now available for anyone who wants to create their own worlds inside Hot Lava. This release brings some major new features and lots of little fixes and improvements.

T.O.X.I.C. Moves

T.O.X.I.C. has invaded Hot Lava SDK! Lord Sludge and Poizone's new moves are now available to add to community maps. Explore new challenges with the double jump or slide jump movesets.

New LavaEmitter

A simmering new lava generator automatically makes better looking - and sounding! - lava. Just enable the excellent new LavaEmitter to fill your your homemade map's lava with vfx and sfx.

Improvements and Bug Fixes

We’ve also added lots of fixes and modkit usability improvements, including some great advancements in the Randomizer gamemode. We’ve ironed out a bunch of issues and added more Inspector info to make it easier to use Randomizer to create daily challenges generated from fragments of your existing courses!

Detailed Patch Notes - 451344

Upgrade to Unity 2019.4.7
Add Double Jump and Slide modifiers (Poizone and Sludge movesets) and corresponding Workshop tags
Allow multiple targets in ActivateTriggerLogic
Draw course finish checkpoint’s camera bounds and camera position in Scene
Draw direction player will face on spawn for SpawnPoint
Added Klei/GameMode/Draw All Checkpoints. Uncheck this menu item to draw only the current game mode's checkpoints
Lava planes (NavierStokesSimulator) can now automatically generate LavaEmitters for vfx and sfx
Add the material properties display so you can look up the different gameplay behaviours of PhysicsMaterials (select material_properties asset)
Add Edgy-X energy_drink_brk prefab
Add Trial_ChaseGrade avatar for pursuit trials
Detect portals to invalid gamemodes in Check for Errors
Fix prefab flickering when they contain FMOD events
Fix levels with lava always being marked as unsaved
Remove some unused animations to reduce size of Generic package
Fix limited prefab inspector flickering (when you click on one, but don't open it)
Fix rogue trial avatars appearing on portals using Pogo or TinyToy
Upgrade progrids and polybrush to more recent package manager versions
Fix “GameObject > Group Selected” command to maintain object order
Properly scroll and display text in mod upload window
Apply text length limits in mod upload window on modification and not just on submit
Uploading Workshop maps now automatically adds Unity and Modkit versions to Change Notes
Apply show/hide after teleporting to a new section of a Randomizer course
Prevent error with Randomizer when a course doesn't have a level intro
Fix Randomizer gamemodes in modmaps aren't visible in pause menu (requires re-creation of Randomizer gamemode to fix existing uses)
Explain Randomizers in GameModeContainer inspector and list the candidate modes
Add /cyclerandomizer chat command to give you a sense of how Randomizer changes day by day (only in editor)
Fix failure to submit leaderboard scores in randomizer courses

Unwrap the Winter Update

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2055d ago

Cooler weather means cooler features with Hot Lava’s new Winter Update! Along with the standard bug fixes and optimizations, we’ve added some sensational seasonal fun. The first Jen Forcer’s Tactical Training Update delivers Snowstorm camo skins for each of the four G.A.T. characters. Check out the skins in the customize menu of your toy selection screen. If you look closely you may be able to see some seasonal decorations laying around to keep things festive in this frosty season.

NEW WORLD

Straight out of everyone’s favorite Hot Lava cartoon it’s G.A.T. HQ! Featuring three new courses, including the “MOUNT VILE GAUNTLET TRIAL!!!” Prove yourself worthy to take on Lord Sludge’s trail of terror complete with swinging axes, hidden spikes, and (of course) a room full of lava. Complete all the trials to unlock some exclusive items and collect all the cards to gain a whole new follower: Cyborca! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/24570646/e509f730cbdae4ac85c6d4c55939a180adfea507.jpg

NEW TRIALS

For those seeking new challenges, we’ve also added ‘Chase’ trials in Playground and Wholesale and an all new grueling ‘All Course Marathon’ to Master Class. Test your skills and challenge your friends to beat your time. We’ve also made some improvements to the first time user experience with a polished up UI and a trimmed down intro, based on feedback we’ve gotten from users. Keep sending us feedback - we’re always super keen to hear what you guys have to say! Everyone here at Hot Lava wishes you a happy holiday season and reminds you to stay cool, stay safe, and stay off the floor!

Detailed Patch Notes - 444967

Jen Forcer’s Tactical Training Update: New map GAT HQ along with higher rank and rewards
Jen Forcer’s Tactical Training Update: New Snowstorm skins for GAT characters
New Chase the Grade trials added to Playground and Wholesale
New All Course Marathon trial added to Master Class
Sue now runs alongside the player in Intro
Hid timer on first-time completion of courses
Added crouch jump animation
New character level up sound
Fixed animation issues on non spinnable climbs
Fixed online character animation issues with Poizone and Sludge
Fixed XP exploit in Chase your Sister courses
Fixed weirdness when mapping buttons to gamepad triggers
Fixed overlapping text on language select screen (esp. in Portuguese)
Fixed selecting radicaldino_saxraptor gives you radicaldino_plesiosaur instead
Fixed issues causing leaderboard times to appear as retired when they were not
Fixed issue where mouse could cause gamepad to lose focus in main menu
Fixed text not appearing in Pinny’s dialogue boxes

Jen Forcer's Tactical Training Updates (Roadmap - 2021)

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2086d ago

Originally posted by DanaS on the official forums: It has been just over a year since Hot Lava launched on Steam and Apple Arcade and we wanted to check in with our amazing fans to say thanks and update everyone about some of the exciting things we have planned for the future.

Previously on… Hot Lava

Our fantastic fan base was instrumental and inspirational in aiding the team to polish Hot Lava through the thrilling beta phase of development. Their heroic feedback pushed the boundaries of what this game could be and epically cheered us on as we equipped Hot Lava with bigger and better challenges. We cannot stress enough how crucial our fans were in this truly transformative time. Along with our monumental release, a thrilling new audience appeared thanks to Apple Arcade! This new audience showed us that people were just as enthusiastic about jumping around in molten hot environments on mobile as on PC. Over the past year we’ve been pummeled with a lot of positive feedback and some sensational suggestions about how to make Hot Lava more accessible to newer players and to seasoned pros. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/24570646/23b52cc3b5934c190b5d5548d58329aa6dddcba6.jpg

And now...

Our newest update introduced two T.O.X.I.C. new characters -- Lord Sludge and Poizone -- armed with two new movesets. Poizone’s double jump gives players a way to leap to some hard to reach spots and Lord Sludge’s slide moves provide an alternative to hitting those higher speeds previously only achievable by mastering our boost system. Teaming up with these new characters is our amazing new progression system that introduced a whole new set of rewards: sensational new skins and character-specific items that are unlocked when players level-up their character and awesome new Action Files to fill you in on lots of G.A.T. and T.O.X.I.C. trivia. Apple Arcade users with LiDAR-equipped devices also got an added treat in Hot Lava’s incredible new AR feature. Finally, people at home can enjoy the fun of having molten hot lava fill their living room without all the messy clean up. We’ve gotten some great feedback on these new features, including suggestions on what you want to see. So, on that note, we’d like to let you in on what we have planned for Hot Lava: Year 2.

Next Time on Hot Lava...

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Jen Forcer’s Tactical Training Updates

Our mission moving forward is to make the game more accessible to newer players while still challenging veteran players with four phases of fantastic updates we’re calling ‘Jen Forcer’s Tactical Training Updates’ periodically deploying throughout the coming year. Updates that fall under a few categories:

Menu and Early Course Overhaul

We’re on a mission to improve our user experience. It’s our duty to leave no Hot Lava player behind, whether they’re hardcore veteran players or rookies who just jumped in. With this in mind we’ll be shining up and shipping out improvements to our menu system. Things like making it more apparent where your items and unlockables are and implementing a replay saving system that will bring videos of your runs front and center so they’re easier to locate. Some of our early courses will also see some improvements throughout the year to make it easier for first time players, yet still challenging to those who want to push themselves to be the best that they can be.

New Characters

Lord Sludge and Poizone were just the first in a slew of new characters we plan to unleash. While our lips are sealed on which characters are coming up and when, rest assured that some long rumored appearances from figures outside of the GAT universe have set their sights on future invasions.

New (non-Canon) Levels

A brand new level made by one of our collaborators will arrive this winter, and with it will be some exciting new exclusive items to unlock. We also have an arsenal of community maps from our awesome modding community which we will deploy for future fun.

New Items, New Skins, New Content

Keep a lookout for new content including items and skins and videos for everyone to enjoy. We’re hard at work making new content for the game and calculating ways to improve what we have. As always we want you to send us feedback. So sign into the forums and let us know how we’re doing. We always read what you post and always look forward to dispatches from the field.

Stay cool, stay safe and stay off the ground.

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Phase 1 - Winter 2020

New Level
JFTTU 1:
- Improvements to First time User Experience
- GAT Bootcamp Skins
New Items

Phase 2 - Spring 2021

Two New Characters
JFTTU 2:
- Improvements to Gym Class
- GAT Bootcamp Skins
New Items & Skins

Phase 3 - Summer 2021

New Level
JFTTU 3:
- Improvements to Menu
- GAT Bootcamp Skins
New Items

Phase 4 - Winter 2021

Two New Characters
JFTTU 4:
Menu Overhaul
- Gym Class Overhaul
- GAT Bootcamp Skins
New Items & Skins

Lord Sludge and Poizone Bring Maniacal New Moves

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2139d ago

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/24570646/67dca84317500e0f7bde642a672b9b7ffb3dc5c2.png A super-huge update for all our super-great Hot Lava fans! Along with the traditional assortment of fixes and optimizations, we have some exciting big additions.

New Characters

Bring on the bad guys! The diabolical duo Lord Sludge and Poizone make their Hot Lava debut bringing with them a whole new heinous set of moves. With “Poizone’s Pounce” players can defy gravity with a powerful double jump while “Sludge’s Slime Surge” gives players a surf boost wherever they want. Plus watch Sludge and Poizone in action in a brand-new G.A.T. cartoon playing in the Basement world. https://youtu.be/iTqdfID85Go

Toy Level Up

Take your characters to the next level by collecting our glowing lava crystals: hit checkpoints, finish courses, and collect the new XP shards scattered throughout the game. Leveling up each character unlocks brand new items and features, including exciting new full-body Skins and lore-filled Action Files so you quiz your friends on G.A.T. trivia. Each character unlocks unique content so be sure to try them all! Take care, have fun, and stay off the floor!

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Two new characters each with their own moveset: Slide Jump as Lord Sludge and Double Jump as Poizone
New G.A.T. cartoon featuring Lord Sludge and Poizone playing on one of the TVs
All characters can now earn XP and level up for new rewards
New item type: Skins can now be earned and set per character in Toy Select
New item type: Action Files can now be earned and viewed in Toy Select
Change default gamepad bindings
Refine default input tuning
Improve appearance of stickers and emotes on award screen
Minor visual improvements in Main Menu
Leaderboards current selection is more obvious and can now scroll with gamepad/wasd
Optimizations in Wholesale
Numerous rendering optimizations
Fix resolution settings not respected in certain cases
Fix for error causing third person with missing head
Fix replay ghosts not playing
New lighting system
New audio on Emotes and Victory poses
Fix wrong dog appears in Basement
Made ending of Intro consistently fade to black before returning to Menu
New Toy Select menu music
Other minor audio bug fixes
Upgraded to Unity 2019

Hot Lava news & patch notes

Hot Lava news & patch notes

BRAND NEW CHARACTERS!

NEW WEEKLY MODE!

SUMMER ACTIVITIES!

It's Time For Klei Fest!

All Things Klei!

Oxygen Not Included

New starting Asteroid, Skins and Quality of Life Improvements!

Don't Starve Together

New Content Update Available Now!

New Klei Games!

Rotwood

Combat Focus Test Now Available!

Dread Pilots

Survival at all costs!

Klei Publishing

Mind Over Magic

Check out the new trailer!

Beastieball

Announcing Beastieball!

Lab Rat

Play the demo!

ROCCO’S ARCADE IS FULLY OPEN!

MORE ARCADE FUN!

MORE CHALLENGES!

NIFTY NEW ITEMS

Hot Lava: Say hello to two new characters:

AWESOME ARCADE UPDATE

BRAND! NEW! MAP!

TWO NEW CHARACTERS

NEW ITEMS

Oxygen Not Included:

Don't Starve Together:

Introducing Klei Publishing!

Lab Rat

Mind Over Magic

And announcing a new game from Klei coming soon!

Woah, that's a lot of stuff.

Klei Fest is Coming June 2nd!

Hot Lava:

Oxygen Not Included:

Don't Starve Together:

New Twitch Drop Campaign:

And more!!

WONDERFUL WINTER UPDATE

MUTANT MAYHEM!

JETPACK TRIALS

NEW MAIN MENU

GAT SKINS AND MORE!

AWESOME AUGUST UPDATE

DAILY CHALLENGES

NEW WAYS TO EARN ACCESSORIES

NEW CHALLENGES

MARVELOUS NEW MAP

Major Patch Notes

NEW! T.O.X.I.C. Team-up

NEW! Vault Jump Ability

NEW! Choice

NEW! Items

NEW! Leaderboards

Major patch notes:

Steam specific:

Hot Lava SDK 460060 patch notes:

Hot Lava SDK Hotfix 463617 patch notes:

T.O.X.I.C. Moves

New LavaEmitter

Improvements and Bug Fixes

Detailed Patch Notes - 451344

NEW WORLD

NEW TRIALS

Detailed Patch Notes - 444967

Previously on… Hot Lava

And now...

Next Time on Hot Lava...

Jen Forcer’s Tactical Training Updates

Menu and Early Course Overhaul

New Characters

New (non-Canon) Levels

New Items, New Skins, New Content