Up to Par

Up to Par is out now on Steam!

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What's Next?

• The game no longer freezes on startup on MacOS!
  
• Many items in the shop now cost 1 or 2 less to unlock.
  
• All course unlocks are now 3 holes easier to obtain.
  
• Hex courses are now 20% easier and shorter!
  
• Chip shot is 10% more powerful.
  
• Skip is now more expensive to equip.
  
• Added more environment models for the Woods courses.
  
• Added particle effects when the courses and objects are created and destroyed.
  

• Shop model is slightly smaller to better fit space beside menus.
  
• Game over view can now be skipped so you can get back in the game faster.
  
• Fixed bug where mouse would require an extra click to focus the game after opening the Steam overlay.
  
• Newsletter signup form shows native UI prompt on Steam Deck.
  
• Value selector correctly focuses when one of the arrow buttons disappears.
  
• Newsletter signup view can be navigated by keyboard and joystick now.
  
• Fixed bug that broke the game if you pressed continue too fast.
  
• Music now plays correctly when repeating a course of the same type.
  
• Fixed the pond socket obstacle collider that had some strange behaviours.
  
• Player name scales in the UI, instead of overflowing.
  
• Added feedback button in game settings view.
  
• Updated the aim preview visualisation to be at floor level, this is the same as the normal aim, and feels more intuitive.
  
• Icons are no longer fuzzy in low quality mode.
  
• Free shot zone no longer generates on the start tile or the hole tile.
  
• Your attire resets if you leave a team and no longer have access to it.
  
• History is cleared on progress reset.
  
• Escape key can be used from the player setup menu, even if you're playing with the mouse.
  
  

• There are some issues around the teleport in multiplayer, where it sometimes doesn't trigger or triggers too often.
  

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Wishlist it now

• You can now ready your player at the end of the game when using the keyboard or a controller.
  
• Support for roughly 4000 new character glyphs and emoji in highscore names.
  
• The aiming bar is now dark on light backgrounds for better visibility.
  
• Major updates to networked interpolation, to make for smoother games on worse connections.
  
• Updated collisions at high speeds, so 7-iron can no longer hit through walls, and some odd bounce behaviours where the ball lost energy should be fixed.
  
• New pond obstacle!
  
• GPU optimization so that the game should be less resource intensive when playing.
  
• Short and long previews are now less jittery and don't randomly appear to jump into the air.
  
• Dynamic obstacles in courses are no longer all synchronized in timing.
  

• Weekly challenge timing should be synchronized correctly across the week changeover.
  
• Butterfly flapping is now synchronized between players in multiplayer.
  
• Ocean ground is now solid, even outside of the borders.
  
• Added collision to all environment objects.
  
• Contour lines on dark backgrounds are slightly brighter now, not grey.
  
• Butterflies now interact with all environment objects.
  
• All configuration entries now reset correctly from the settings menu.
  
• Bug fixed where resolutions would appear twice in the list.
  
• Planter obstacles now slightly smaller for the farm levels.
  
• Butterfly movement is now smoother in multiplayer games.
  
• Contour lines are now hidden when courses are being shown/hidden so they don't appear on preceeding or following courses.
  
• All menus in the game have default selections, for easier controller navigation.
  
• Fixed a countdown error in the shop.
  
• Game now correctly handles the case where you leave during the shop score counting.
  
• Support for PlayStation Joystick glyps in menus.
  
• Butterfly now correctly spawns on the first hole of every course.
  
• Game UI will fade out when the game isn't selected.
  
• When rejoining a game setup after playing a previous game, the ground no longer flickers.
  
• Fixed some game-breaking errors around connection establishment.
  
• No longer a purple flash when moving from game back to main menu.
  
• Trails and bounce effects now display correctly at high lags.
  
• Support for joystick-as-a-button including UI glyphs.
  
• Foresight item now on left of shop for visibility in 3p, shows next course in shop for 4p.
  
• Fixed UI glitches in settings when switching rapidly.
  
• Tweaked shop UI position for 1-3 players.
  
• Camera follows butterfly if no other balls are remaining in local teams.
  
• Metal ball is shinier.
  
• Transferred host now sees game setup button in menu.
  
• Can join multiplayer lobby from anywhere in the game when accepting invitation.
  
• Camera no longer snaps to first hole.
  
• Team selection information no longer runs off the top of the screen in 4 player setup.
  
• Fixed text overflow in game end screen.
  
• Easter egg ball colours synchronized between players.
  

• There are some issues around the teleport in multiplayer, where it sometimes doesn't trigger or triggers too often.
  

• Major changes have been made around game creation and connection. There should be fewer issues due to joining, hosting, restarting matches, and when machines drop out of matches unexpectedly.
  
• Players now correctly regain control of a ball in new multiplayer matches that are started after the player has controlled a butterfly.
  
• The pond 'socket' obstacle now generates correctly once unlocked, previously it didn't appear at all. Keep your eyes out for this new piece!
  

• Butterfly now correctly hides at the end of a hole.
  
• Updated player icons on the end game screen so that they don't show the upgrade icons and instead show the correct ball.
  
• Fixed rendering issues on some machines with the upgrade icon on the end game screen.
  
• Swapped the name of skip and teleport to make it clearer - skip will skip every second shot, teleport activates every 3rd shot.
  
• Gimmie hint only appears for machines where a local player is in a team with a gimmie available.
  
• Fixed tip of jump so that ball should roll off as expected and not be diverted in odd directions.
  
• Game no longer crashes if teams are established faster than the first level generates behind the scenes.
  
• Fixed bug where if the teleport activated on your last shot, and the ball ended up in the hole, it would incorrectly mark your team as out.
  

• Keyboard & Controller players can't Ready-up to restart after a match, they need to go back to game settings and ready from there.
  

• Refactored how game data is stored on disk, which should make loading faster.
  
• Fixed bug where clicking on an item in the game menu would waste a shot.
  
• Chip shot is 20% more powerful.
  

• Game end buttons now work in singleplayer modes.
  
• Fixed bug where the game end buttons could be clicked too early in multiplayer games.
  
• Setup no longer shows the unlock prompt when everything is actually unlocked.
  
• Countdown doesn't go below 0
  
• Course list numbering is now correct when setting custom courses in game setup.
  
• Item in shop wiggles as a deny animation if you can't buy it (keyboard & joysticks).
  
• Fixed bug where model normals were being imported wrong and making objects look strange.
  
• "Done" button is now selectable in the shop after you alt+tab.
  
• Fixed bug where contour style reset even when set in settings.
  
• Audio sliders now correctly reset to defaults when you revert settings.
  
• Fixed bug where boardwalks could generate so close to other tiles balls would get stuck in the gap and make the game unplayable.
  
• Resolutions in the game settings fade out when not selectable.
  
• Refactored countdown code so that it's consistent throughout the game.
  

• Players can still control their butterfly after selecting 'New Round', making the game unplayable.
  
• Keyboard & Controller players can't Ready-up to restart after a match, they need to go back to game settings and ready from there.
  

• Purchasing shots for upcoming rounds in the bank now costs 2 instead of 3.
  
• When you're knocked out of 3+ team game, you turn into a butterfly that you can control for the rest of the match. Useful for pointing out the hole to your friends, getting in the way of your friends, landing on top of your friends, and other butterfly-related fun.
  
• We're now sharing the winners of the weekly challenge on It's Anecdotal's social media! Reach the podium, become famous!
  

• Fixed bug in 3-team games where a team further away from the hole could be declared winner.
  
• Added glyph support for RU, KO, JA, TC and SC characters. This will fix the squares in names in the leaderboards.
  
• Fixed occasional crash when exiting the game due to a multithread error in the music system.
  
• Game now returns to the main menu correctly when you have items equipped in-game, rather than freezing.
  
• Fixed bug where settings menu would display multiple options if you switched between sections too quickly.
  
• Metal ball and golden ball now have fragments that match their colours.
  
• Updated 2-stroke teleport name to "Skip" to make it clear it's a separate item and doesn't stack/refill.
  
• Enviornments (except farm) should now generate deterministically, especially important in the weekly challenge.
  
• Fixed issue where submitting online data didn't use HTTPS.
  
• Framerate setting now works as expected and doesn't reset.
  
• Unlimited framerate works as expected.
  
• Big update to the game's interface. UI panels look different depending on whether they're interactable or not.
  
• In multiplayer games, you can now see who's ready and who's waiting for that.
  
• Fixed chip shot (again).
  
• Fixed crash for clients in online games when using Gimmie.
  
• Game settings option now only shows for server.
  
• Game setup closes when you use the back button.
  
• Ceiling item now shows it being used as soon as it happens.
  
• Free shot position is now always centered in the course, and won't spawn on awkwardly sloped pieces.
  
• Contour lines are now shown for all non-flat pieces. You can change the visibility in settings.
  
• Fixed some minor missing geometry in the pond levels. Now all gaps have correct walls and there are no odd sharp pieces sticking out of causeways.
  
• Can no longer buy both short and long aim (there's no point). Buying long aim after short gives you a discount, and upgrades the existing item.
  

• Sometimes client balls spawn out of bounds.
  
• Clients can't score their final shot if it's via teleport.
  
• Butterflies don't animate for clients in online games.
  

• Purchasing shots for upcoming rounds in the bank now costs 2 instead of 3.
  

• Fixed issue where chip shot wouldn't fire.
  
• Ball now correctly despawns in edge case where client disconnected during level change.
  
• Inviting friends to a game now works all the time, not only when they'd already started a game in the same session.
  
• Changed level generation to fix occasional de-sync bug where courses would appear differently for different clients.
  
• Magnet effect now applies to all clients, making for smoother physics.
  
• Made the ocean "wiggle" piece wider so that it didn't block the ball when identical pieces were placed next to each other.
  
• Fixed the pole catcher item that had broken.
  
• Client balls should now always register as being in the hole.
  
• Metal ball now has metal fragments.
  
• Highscore list font support for KO, RU, JA, TC and SC glyphs.
  
• Fixed issue where the tie-break distance from hole was recorded incorrectly when both players were out in the same hole.
  
• Game now correctly quits to main menu with no delay after equipping items.
  
• Fixed bug where ceiling wouldn't fire if you were in line with the hole.
  

• Playing an online multiplayer game directly after playing the Weekly Challenge will result in connection issues.
  

• Removed the Birde and Eagle items. These didn't require any skill to use, and were so overpowered that they were required if you wanted to get a high score - removing any interesting choice of items or tactics while playing.
  
• Added a new Mulligan item that you can unlock in the demo. If you make a mistake and your ball bounces back near where it started, you get a do-over and can take the next shot for free.
  
• Added a Ceiling item. It keeps the ball low to the ground, even if you launch it off a ramp or over a bump.
  
• Added a Chip Shot. Your first shot each hole launches high into the air - giving some fun possibilities for shortcuts!
  
• Added a Free Shot item. A small target appears on each course, and if your ball lands inside the target you get your next shot for free.
  
• Added the Foresight item. It's a permanent upgrade, that shows you the next course when you're shopping. This should make it easier to tune your upgrades for each course, picking the items that will be the most useful!
  
• There's new music for the main menu!
  

• Fixed missing toasts/popups saying who has left or joined a networked game.
  
• Stopped balls from respawning on top of moving objects.
  
• When levels generate, corners of courses will no longer overlap and trap the ball.
  
• If a team is out in a 3+ team game, and the game progresses to the shop, the team who is out will no longer get a shop, and won't be spawned back into the game in the next round.
  
• F1 now works to report bugs in the full version of the game for beta testers.
  
• Fixed a bug in the game and settings menu where it was possible for everything to end up unselected and a player using a controller would get stuck.
  
• Stopped game menus and settings menus from appearing *underneath* the previous menu.
  
• Tweaks to some of the in-game sound effects and volumes.
  
• New sounds for the new seasonal balls.
  
• Fixed bug where the ball would bounce directly away from the pontoon in ocean levels and never cross it.
  
• Sound effects for UI popups.
  
• Graphics pass for the pond level, because reflections weren't rendering for many players. Removed the reflections but added ripples and depth.
  
• Player names in networked games now show up properly along with their correspending controller icon.
  
• Fixed a major bug where slower clients wouldn't show the level introduction information, and could join into the level so late that their ball didn't appear.
  
• Fixed bug where the teleport item, if equipped, was used up fully when the ball was within 1m of the hole.
  
• Teleport no longer drops you onto the pond ramp, or into the troughs on the farm level.
  
• Ball trail breaks correctly when the ball respawns or teleports.
  
• Fixed a bug where a ball would respawn infinitely if bounced off the level during spawn.
  

• Game no longer crashes when a client player uses a Gimmie.
  
• Lobbies filter correctly for Nobody/Friends/All when set in game setup.
  
• Balls should no longer be able to fall infinitely when hit out of bounds.
  
• Controller now works in Yes/No confirmation dialogues.
  
• The in-game interface correctly disappears when the in-game menu is shown, so they don't overlap.
  
• Fixed the issue where not all teams or balls would appear for all players.
  
• Added a "New Team" button for the mouse player, so they can create their own team.
  
• The shots remaining panel in-game is highlighted for the local player, so that when playing large online games you can tell at a glance which team is yours.
  
• Added some exciting (and secret!) new seasonal balls. Keep your eyes peeled for details.
  
• Balls will now never overlap when starting a new level, this means they won't ever hit each other out of the course by accident when playing with collisions on.
  
• Fixed an infinite-respawn bug that occured when a ball was knocked off the course before the player took any shots.
  
• Tweaked the angle of the row-jumps in the farm crop level obstacle. It's now a bit smoother and more predictable.
  
• Fixed one of the achievements that was broken.
  
• Stopped the aiming cursor showing up sometimes when the ball spawned, before it touched the ground.
  
• Teleport upgrade only fires once per shot, and only uses one of the items in stock.
  
• Teleport also looks ahead to where it's going to drop the ball, and will shorten the teleport length if needed to ensure it never drops out of bounds.
  
• Controller remapping dialogue now shows up correctly in front of everything else.
  
• The remapping settings will appear/disappear when you plug/unplug a controller. This means you can no longer get stuck trying to map buttons from a controller that you can't input from.
  
• Fixed the progression view so that you can't end up with multiple versions of it open at the same time.
  
• Disallowed connecting while a countdown is happening to ensure that all players have had a chance to select their balls before the game starts.
  
• If a client is in connection handshaking when you start a countdown, it will now stop the countdown and wait for them to join.
  
• Added a friendlier error message when something fails in the connection process.
  
• Fixed the missing "Join" buttons for mouse players when setting up a new game.
  
• Fixed the bug in networked games where balls would freeze randomly in the middle of a shot.