Pile Up! news & patch notes

PILE UP! 1.0 IS RELEASED!

Pile Up! 1.0 is released on Steam with many improvements and lots of new content! A unique mechanic for the houses, new and reworked islands, lots of new and reworked buildings, new seals, reworked chill mode and more!

Before talking about new content, let’s summarise the early access!

Early Access Summary

We believe that we went through a great EA period.

We first added Free Mode for players who want to break their best score with each of their runs, also giving players the freedom to lock buildings that they didn’t want to encounter.

Then, we reworked the camera so players could play the game more intuitively and added chill mode for players who want a more casual experience.

With our third major update, we focused on strategic elements to give players more goals and ways to strategise. Like introducing basic missions and seals to the game, reworking many buildings with limited uses and letting players select whichever factory they want more.

After that, we focused on improving the general player experience by working on clarity, quality of life and making the game feel better. We also worked on and improved optimisation specifically.

Let’s check out what’s new!

A Unique Mechanic for the Houses!

A certain game-inspired mechanic has been added to the Houses. Now, placing a house directly in the middle of different buildings will cause the house to have more population. 

New and Reworked Islands!

Now, every island presents a more replayable gameplay with unique mechanics. Within these new and reworked islands, you will be able to build on an unstable ruin, over a constantly travelling whale or on very high altitudes to send signals.

New and Reworked Buildings!

Three new building arcs are added. With the new buildings, you can make even more combinations.

Want to be rewarded for keeping your people happy? Try Utopia buildings.

Want to destroy your buildings to panic people and win? Try Fearmongering.

Want to build lots of Supports and get more population by doing so? Try Fundamentals.

New Seals!

6 new seals are added for more passive upgrades. Take Oracle’s Seal for a Special Building after building for a couple of turns, or you can try the Machinist’s Seal to get Supports for your Drained Factories.

New Missions!

Lots of unique missions added for islands and buildings! As you keep completing them, you’ll also discover about the BrickCorp with memoirs, as well as unlocking and upgrading your seals with the keys and XP you gather.

Reworked Chill Mode!

We reworked chill mode so it can deliver a more relaxed experience. You don’t need to think about buildings with different mechanics anymore. Just Houses and Amenities.

And More!

Lots of improvements have also been made! Sadly, we can't write them all here, so it's best to play the game.

This was such a great journey. Thank you all for the motivation and interest. We will keep updating the game until we believe it gets into a really smooth experience. Keep your eyes open for the State of The Game post soon, in which we will talk about it in more detail!

Also we made new bundles with great developers too! You can check them here!

Hello again!

The day has finally come... after almost two years in the Early Access, we now finally have a release date for the full release of "Pile Up!". So mark your calendars because Pile Up! V1.0 is coming out on 23th July 2025! For those who want a little bit of a sneak peek into the content of the V1.0 version, here is our release date trailer featuring some of them! 👀

Okay, but what's new?

• 2 Brand New Islands

• 2 Completely Reworked Islands

• More than 20 new buildings, adding up to a total of 70!

• 5 new seals, adding up to a total of 8!

• Brand New Building & Island Challenges

• Reworked Tutorial

• Reworked Chill Mode

• Brand New Soundtrack

• Better Performance (don't worry boss, we optimized it now)

• Lots of memoirs!

• Lots of new SFX & VFX!

• Reworked Blueprint & Handbook

• Improved clarity & QoL

• And more! (I don't know what else we have tbh, but they told me there were more so... I guess there are some stuff)

Do I have to wait for a couple of weeks?

No, actually if you buy the premium ultra deluxe edition of... just joking, we now have a "Request Access" button on our Steam page where you can use it to get a chance to try out our V1.0 before the actual full release for free! (No one should have to pay extra just to be a beta tester 🗿)

Since Steam doesn't support adding "Request Access" button directly to this announcement, here is a fake request access button which should take you to our Steam page!

Request Access!

Thank you for supporting us throughout this entire journey! 🥹 -Emir (Mahi) from Remoob

Hi everyone!

You can watch the teaser below!

What is the plan?

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Last Patch?

Game Breaking Bugs

Patch Info

• Only the current level is shown for the Special buildings on the in-game menu now.
• In-game special building UI now loads properly when you reload a game.
• The problem which some codes and rich texts are shown in the texts is fixed.
• The population typo at the end menu is fixed.
• Some absent localizations for languages other than English are added. (Such as seal menu localizations and island state localizations.)
• Brand new sounds added for most buildings.
• The typo in the German translation for the cafe's description is fixed. (Thx to Okami on Steam.)
• Some grammatically wrong Russian localizations are fixed. (Thx to Arkadiy on Discord.)
• Hospital and Toy Store description typos in Turkish are fixed.

First Off:

Gameplay Fixes & Changes:

• Scrap rewards are increased.
• Factories not giving enough buildings problem is fixed.
• Watchmaker added back into the game.
• Factory warnings don't come up every second anymore.
• Support factory is reworked so it can give the same amount of support whenever you play it.

Clarity & Quality of Life Changes:

• A new UI added for you to check special building countdowns in-game.
• UI is reworked here and there.
• A couple missing translations for languages other than English are added.
• Night time color scheme is changed for better readability.
• You can load saved games smoother now.
• In-Game menus are active while making a selection now.
• Factories have a more clear description.
• Blueprint doesn’t automatically open after a game now.
• You can right click on a building in the blueprint to open that building’s page.
• You can right click to the roadmap in a game to open that island’s page.
• Steam roadmap is updated, we only have 1.0 on our sights now. (Other than more fixes.)
• FMOD is updated. (Which is important for the game’s sound.)
• Now you can see how leveling up effects that special building’s effect in description.
• In-game roadmap is color coded now, just like the book.

Bug Fixes:

• Important bugs like buildings flying after an explosion and buildings being stuck red are fixed.
• UI getting bugged after a reroll is fixed.
• Factories waiting 1 more cooldown after draining bug is fixed.
• Blueprint arc showcase effect bug is fixed.
• Linked words no longer stay on screen after getting clicked on.
• Starting a new game after an economical crisis no longer ends the new game at the start.
• You can no longer get 2 action factories from a jail selection by spamming.
• Sandbox getting hard locked after playing a jail is fixed.
• Mission UIs don’t intertwine anymore.
• Economical crisis countdown is fixed.
• Gas Tanks now in fact explode just like how they should.

What about these?

• 1.0: You might hear more about this at the start of the summer.
• Any new game content?: Sadly, no. We are keeping the good stuff for the -not so far away- 1.0 release.
• Undo Button: Even though we can not make an undo button since what can happen with a building is too complex, we still have an idea which might help you adjust your misclicked buildings.
• Island Mission Problem: We know there is a problem with them but it is really hard to recreate it. So whenever you encounter a bug please report in game using F8 and then write your report code here so we can try to find the cause together. We will update the game as soon as we fix it.
• Save Problems?: Again, hard to recreate. We fixed those bugs we could find but there still might be problems loading up not finished games. We promise to fix these problems for the 1.0. But in the meantime if you encounter a problem please contact us via Discord. Also, keep in mind to exit the game after a new turn has begun and the save icon appears -and then disappears- to ensure the least amount of problems.

Gameplay Fixes:

• Cafe now gives random supports just as written.
• Cafe doesn’t give a Support if there are no houses available in hand anymore.
• Cafe doesn’t destroy one additional house on hand while the house number in hand is odd.
• Leader’s Seal is fixed, now it works as intended.
• Factories no longer wait one more cooldown cycle to count as drained after giving all buildings now.
• The different islands in Farland won’t cause slight height differences anymore.
• Jackpot population is now shown correctly.
• Toy Store now gives the correct amount of buildings.
• You can no longer interact with the blueprint menu while there is an unresulted game.

Clarity & Quality of Life Changes:

• All UI’s have been scaled down.
• You can open multiple in-game information menus now.
• Factoling counter in the factory info tab has been fixed. Also the building counters also update based on your number of factolings now.
• Now unlocked buildings refresh faster in the book. So you don’t see your buildings still looking locked even after you’ve unlocked them.
• Selections are confirmed when you let go of the mouse button now. So if you select the wrong choice you can just drag your mouse to a blank space without letting the button go and the selection will be canceled.
• Factory menu will now warn you with colors if there aren’t many house and action buildings left in your factories.
• Economical crisis has a caution UI just like the happiness now showing you how many buildings you have left when the count drops low.
• In game factory menu icons are updated.
• You can see which arch unlocks which seal in the blueprint menu even after you’ve unlocked them.
• Mausoleum model is changed.
• Water tanks now modularly combine when placed on top of each other.
• Tutorial text backgrounds are changed to make the text more readable.
• Game will ask you for confirmation when you try to quit.
• Currency logos are added in the blueprint.
• A little surprise awaits you in the book when no results are found based on the filters.

Book Changes:

• Now you can also check which buildings are locked from the keywords page.
• Now you can click to the building icons from the keywords page to go to that building’s page.
• Island page roadmaps are all color coded and will show how many buildings will be given when the player reaches that milestone now.
• A new building arch filter has been added.

Bug Fixes:

• A visual bug which happens when you unlock a building and right click it at the same time is fixed.
• Equipped seals’ infoboxes don't go out of screen bounds anymore.
• Freeze Day Cycle setting bugs have been fixed.
• The caution UI will no longer come up in the first round of the game if the last game is resulted with a loss.
• Roadmaps no longer trigger once more after a game is continued.
• Camera doesn’t drag differently based on FPS anymore.
• Happiness menu face icon is now relevant to what’s happening.
• Caution counter no longer continues from where it is left off when happiness drops below the threshold multiple times.
• Overall save fixes.
• Founder’s Seal’s level 5 description is added.
• Fixed the bug where factories without any buildings not being considered as drained and preventing the game from ending.
• Fixed the bug in which some texts still stay after you go to another building within the book via a link.

Handbook:

Tutorial:

Blueprint & Seals:

Bug Fixes:

Others:

Gameplay:

What we’ve done?

What are the plans for the future?

• Complete challenging island and building missions!
• Unlock Seals to get stronger strategically!
• Make use of new strategies with reworked buildings!
• Select which factory you'll get at milestones!

• Rather than getting random factories each milestone, now you have the option to select which factory you want at those milestones.
• When you're prompted to select a factory, you can select whichever factory you want -house amenity or support- until you reach a certain amount.
• We made this change to decrease milestone complexity and to give players freedom for strategy. You don’t need more support, then take a house factory instead, vice versa…

• All building descriptions and some keywords have been updated.
• 14 buildings are reworked, below you can find more information about the reworked buildings.

Why are we running a Closed Beta & Playtest while our game is still out on Early Access?

Will you give access to everyone who applies for the Playtest?

I already applied for the Closed Beta, do I need to apply to Playtest as well?

What is the difference between Closed Beta and Playtest?

Once again, what do we expect from our testers?

• Have fun and tell us what makes you have fun and what doesn’t!
• Use the in-game feedback button to inform us about the bugs, problems, your thoughts and your suggestions! (More information will be provided after being accepted to Closed Beta.)
• Report each bug you encounter. Try to recreate it if you can and use the in-game feedback button to tell us how it occurs as much as you can. Also, providing us with the visuals of the bug on Discord helps us immensely.
• Play the game! Play it as much as you want and can so the game can get better with the info we get from you!

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Let’s talk about what we are planning to do next now.

• You can choose tondisable building columns now.
• Lot’s of new and reworked sound effects. SO PUMP UP THE VOLUME.
• Changed colors for the day loop to help you see better while playing.
• A “disable interactions” button for the sandbox.
• New visual effects to improve clarity.
• More QoL changes!

THE CAMERA:

• Changed the camera rendering from Orthographic to Perspective and edited certain parts of the game to fit this rendering style.
• With the rendering style update, zooming now "zooms in" the camera instead of reducing the orthographic size, which can create more interesting camera angles.
• The camera also has angular bounds now.
• The vertical camera bounds now change with your city's height. So from now on, you need to build higher if you want to see higher.
• Top Down camera now aligns to your camera direction.

• It is the camera control scheme in the older versions of the game
• Left Click -> Rotate the camera around target on X axis / Move the camera vertically.
• Middle Button -> Drag the center of the camera on X/Z plane
• WASD -> Same as left click

• It is our first new scheme. It is mostly same other than the fact that you can do 3d orbital rotation with right click
• Left Click -> Rotate the camera around target on X axis / Move the camera vertically.
• Middle Button -> Drag the center of the camera on X/Z plane
• Right Click -> Rotate the cam around the center orbitally.
• WASD -> Same as the middle button.

• The concept is the same but the drag movement is related to the camera direction. So you can move related to the screen instead of the world.
• Left Click -> Rotate the cam around the center orbitally.
• Middle Button -> Drag the center of the camera, related to the screen.
• Right Click -> Drag the center of the camera, related to the screen.
• WASD -> Same as the middle button/right click.

• You start each game with a dump in your hand.
• Completing each island needs less population.
• You get way less action and special buildings.
• You can pass any action factory or special building selections. If you pass an action factory selection you get a factoling, if you pass a special building selection you get a house factory.
• Requirement buildings’ provide radiuses are 2.5 units bigger and danger radiuses -like explosive or igniting- are 0.6 units smaller in chill mode.
• Chill mode will be available for every island you’ve unlocked.
• Completing an island in normal mode will unlock the next island’s both normal and chill mode but completing an island in chill mode will only unlock the next island’s chill mode. So you need to also complete the normal mode if you want to play the next island’s normal mode.
• Chill mode gives less scraps than normal mode in comparison.

• Now action and support factory models are different.
• House Factory: Pools are changed.
• Hotel: Gives the right amount of population now.
• Dump: Isolated effect now works. So if you don’t place any buildings next to the last dump you’ve placed, the passed buildings will stay with you.
• Satellite: A little cooldown problem has been fixed.
• Satellite: Now gives Night Club rather than A Platform.
• Terrace: You will be able to place this on top of *any* roof building. But we are still working on it because it’s quite tricky to do. We just wanted to give a heads up.
• Fixed the problem which some buildings give 1 population.
• Coffin: Fixed a behavior issue where Coffin forgives a percantage of all of the deaths rather than forgiving a percantage of deaths that itself has caused.
• Coffin: Now forgives at the end of the countdown rather than each turn bit by bit. Just like how it should.
• Hospital: In-game death and forgive numbers were different than the building text so we fixed the in-game numbers. Now the numbers should be same all across the building description and in-game variables.
• Industry: Is explosive now. This was the intended while designing this building. Please note that we are still experimenting with this building and may change the effect in the future.
• Production Line: Fixed an issue when sometimes the support didn’t make the factories work faster.
• Cinema: Now with each level the count of needed factories drained to give a factoling gets reduced rather than increasing the given factoling count.
• Court: Fixed a bug where the building was giving a lot of jails before stopping giving them. Not it works as it should be.
• Watchmaker: Fixed a cooldown problem.
• Lab: Added missing buildings from its pool. So now you should be able to get watchtower and support parts from it.
• Tent & Plaza: Like Terrace, these buildings are quite tricky so we will need some more time to develop and fix these buildings.

• Visuals of the night club are updated. More visual updates are on their way!
• Now the activation / deactivation of the Chimneys & Smokes on top of the factories are more accurate.
• Screensaver behavior is updated.
• You can disable the building columns from settings now. No more blocking vision.
• New Sfxs and Vfxs for clarity and feel. If you try to pass the round while having too many buildings you’ll see an animation for an example.
• New clarity and text updates. One especially for the new camera schemes.
• The deep red dawn color has been updated to help you see better.
• Some unnecessary buttons has been disabled.
• Down left menu icons are now more flashy.
• Sandbox has an interaction deactivation now. This was from our last update but we just wanted to write here.

• We fixed so many bugs that we can’t find the exact number, but we can say that there are no game breaking bugs in the game at the moment and we keep fixing each minor bug.
• The bug where a lot of achievements are getting unlocked by themselves while the initial launch of the game is quite a complex problem since we can’t recreate it with Steam and there are no visible problems with the code. So until we fix those we will disable the problematic achievements. We hope that you don’t mind.
• Also starting this update we will give you information every time we fix a bug or get informed of a new one so we can develop our communication with you. You can check the pinned post in discussions to get the latest info about what we are doing or are we informed about a bug you’ve encountered.

What’s Changed?

• Now, newcomers can select the language as soon as they enter the game. No more saying “The game opened in a language I have never seen before.”. By the way, that language was Turkish (which is our native language!), and you’ve learned something new about us today.
• Camera movement improved to be more fluid.
• Overall animations and day-night cycle transitions are much faster.
• You don’t have to wait for the “happiness balls” to reach the menu to end the round.
• You can right-click on a building on hand to open that building’s page in the handbook.
• The color of the little happiness bar menu icon now changes depending on how well you do. So you can still learn how your people feel without having a big wheel on your screen.
• A red vignette will appear if your happiness level is below the limit to make you realize the risk.

What’s Fixed?

• The major bug occurring in the selection that prevents you from continuing the game is fixed.
• Buildings’ scroll field in the sandbox is fixed.
• The game prevents duplicate selections now.
• Minor bugs.

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What's More?

Above the Clouds is here so it is time to build;

What’s new?

1- Locking System:

2- New Island!: Noland

3- Free Mode:

What’s fixed?

Quality of Life Improvements:

Last Words: