Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Out Today & News on Yooka-Laylee Update!
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair has just received an update! We also begin the celebrations of the third year anniversary of the original Yooka-Laylee with an update for it coming soon!
Here are all of the changes:
Yooka-Laylee and The Impossible Lair
We’ve made some changes to the Lair itself, as it could feel, well… quite impossible. With this update we want to offer more options for taking on the Impossible Lair whilst still keeping the sense of challenge and achievement.
Impossible Lair “State Change”
Simply flip the switch on the difficulty to choose which version of the lair you want to tackle!
Not So Impossible Lair
Each section now ends with a checkpoint. These checkpoints save your best 'Bee Shield score,' meaning you can choose which sections to start from, practice and improve on! Using these checkpoints is entirely optional.
Impossible Lair
No Bee Shield and no checkpoints either! For taking on this ultimate challenge, you can recieve the 'Golden Try' Tonic and you require no new save file to attempt it.
8-Bit Soundtrack
The excellent Tater-Tot Tunes has composed an entire 8-Bit Soundtrack which covers every 2D level in the game. You can access it in the pause menu. If you love grooving out to chiptunes, then be sure to turn it on and crank up the volume!
Yooka-Laylee
64-Bit Tonic Update
Yooka-Laylee has turned 3! As a Birthday treat, we have included the long awaited 64-Bit Tonic to Playstation and Xbox! This will also include the updated 'Impossible Lair' version of Yooka-Laylee seen below as free DLC to the PC and Switch Tonics! This patch will go live soon so keep an eye on our socials!
Chat with Vendi to activate the 64-Bit Tonic and be taken back to the 'good old days' with this down/upgrade!
Want to take on the new Impossible and Not So Impossible Lairs game for yourself? Head over to the Steam store page:
Thanks for reading! We hope everyone will be able to find their own challenge this update!
Demo Patch - Notes Inside
As you may have heard, a free demo for Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is now available right here on Steam!
We’ve also patched in a bunch of bug fixes and added the functionality for demo saves to carry over to the full game.
If you’re insect inclined, feast your eyes on the wall of bug fixes below – don’t worry, no Beettalion were harmed in the process!
Changes
• Billboard tutorial signs added to Tutorial and Capital Causeway levels.
Fixes
General: • Fixed V-sync issue which changed the behaviour of some physical objects. • Removed jitter from some 2D objects in 2D levels • Multiple localisation fixes • SFX for Quack Bomb explosion & Gun Senior death explosion no longer disregards volume settings from the Pause Menu. BOOM. • Fixed an issue causing some players to not get achievements when reaching the required criteria. • Yooka-Laylee will no longer be offset when entering through a door If the player holds left/right on the control stick when loading in. • Fixed an issue which prevented Steve Mayles from growing an additional 0.00001cm • Fixed an issue which caused some TWIT coins to not show as collected when dying after passing a Checkmate.
Impossible Lair: • Section 1 – A saw blade has been fixed after it was discovered a section of it wasn’t correctly cutting into Yooka’s flesh. • Section 2 - Player will no longer be instantly killed at the top of the winding rope surrounded by propeller minions. • Section 2 - It's no longer possible to lose two bees at one of the drop off points in the second 2D level. • Section 3 - Player can no longer become stuck between two chainsaw objects below the first Gun Senior. • Section 3 - Player can no longer force themselves between the chainsaw hazards at the start of the section and become stuck. • Section 3 - Player can no longer get stuck by rolling after a buddy slam in a low section. • Section 4 - It's no longer possible to take damage from Capital B’s hive mind after bouncing off of his head • Game will no longer crash after completing the Impossible Lair multiple times in the same session
Overworld: • Overworld - Late Mountains – No longer possible for the crate behind the cracked blocks to clip through the wall at the end of the wind volume and become inaccessible. • Overworld – The movable crate next to a Paywall can no longer get stuck in the air after being pushed over the ledge • Overworld - Player movement no longer broken when interacting with a circuit piece in the Pumping Plant room • Overworld - Player movement can no longer be broken when interacting with the movable pipes within the desert. • Overworld - Movable crate on the ledge to the right of Pumping Plant can no longer get stuck if you push it on top of the fan • Overworld - It's no longer possible to go out of bounds (please send help Vendi is making me write patch notes) in the water area that's originally blocked by the fisherman Blamphibian • Overworld - Player can no longer use the Bounce-Bloom within Rampo’s cave to get behind the exit trigger.
Buzzsaw Falls: • Buzzsaw Falls state 2 - Checkmate 8 with the 'More Checkmates' Tonic will no longer spawn the player off the edge into a potential hazard if they die. • Buzzsaw Falls state 2 - Checkmate 2 with the 'More Checkmates' Tonic is no longer using anti-gravity hacks to float above the ground • Buzzsaw Falls state 2 - Players can no longer get stuck between the wall and crates at the end of state two if they don’t have Laylee.
Scareship Scroll: • Scareship Scroll state 2 – Areas of cliff face no longer lack collision allowing the player to jump out of the world. • Scareship Scroll state 2 - The lowering crate platform no longer has collision issues. • Scareship Scroll state 2 - Yooka no longer instantly dies like a noob when he climbs to the top of the ropes near the end of the level.
Windmill Way: • Windmill Way state 1 - Certain level object textures no longer appear black during normal gameplay. • Windmill Way state 1 - TWIT Coin Banker Tonic now correctly applies to the second TWIT coin.
Boom Boom Blast: • Boom Boom Blast state 2 - It's no longer possible to get stuck in a grapple cannon near the start of the level. • Boom Boom Blast state 2 - Damage is no longer caused to (are you looking for other funny bits in the notes?) Yooka Laylee by a Meanyion when they are sat in one of the Boom-Bloom Blasts. • Boom Boom Blast state 2 - Odd behaviour (like dabbing) can no longer be seen when the player in a moving Boom-Bloom reaches an obstacle. • Boom Boom Blast state 2 - The end of some pipes no longer can be seen under the final Checkmate.
Pumping Plant: • Pumping Plant state 2 - It's no longer possible to enter the swim state whilst on land in state two
Gasping Glade: • Gasping Glade state 1 - It's no longer possible to get stuck between a wall and some crates. • Gasping Glade state 2 - It's no longer possible to go outside of the intended play area during the second zipwire section.
Factory Fright: • Factory Fright state 1 - Camera issue fixed.
Hazard Hangar: • Hazard Hangar state 1 – Stacked blocks no longer damage the player. • Hazard Hangar state 2 – Hyle off of DK Vine no longer falls through the floor when respawning at the third Checkmate.
Urban Uprise: • Urban Uprise state 2 - Tonics – The spawn point for one of the additional Checkmates in state two is no longer outside of the intended play area
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair FREE Demo Out Now!
If you haven’t given Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair a go yet, you’re in luck! A free demo is out now!
The demo has no time limit and will include:
An assortment of vibrant and exciting 2D levels.
A terrain-transforming "Pagie Challenge".
A State Change!
Tonics to sample. Give Yooka a massive head.
The Impossible Lair itself!
Saved State! Progress from the demo carries over when the game is purchased.
Vote for Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair in the Steam Awards.
We hope you have all been enjoying yourselves playing Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair! We just wanted to take a moment out of your time attempting to overcome Capital B to humbly ask if you would support us during the Steam Awards and nominate us for the Outstanding Visual Style award.
Thank you for the support so far!
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair – Out Today!
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair launches today on Steam! You better BEE ready to take on Capital B’s most dastardly challenge yet…
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Rescue Queen Phoebee’s Royal Beettalion Guard and prepare to take on Capital B’s Impossible Lair in this brand new platforming adventure hybrid!
Yooka and Laylee must combine their abilities to take on a series of challenging and vibrant levels, some of which have alternate states too! There’s also a beautiful 3D overworld to explore with puzzles to solve!
Mix up your gameplay with the return of ‘Tonics’! There are more than 60 game-modifying Tonics in Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair including infinite rolling, harder enemies and super speed. They can also unlock new environmental and visual effects!
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is out today and priced at £24.99 / $29.99 / €29.99 for the standard edition.
There is also a Digital Deluxe Edition available on Steam for £39.07 / $47.57 / €45.87. This includes:
Base game
Trowzer’s Top Tonic Pack (four extra Tonics to use in game!)
Original soundtrack
Digital graphic novel
Want to see more? Tune in right here on the Steam store page today where we’ll have live gameplay broadcasts taking place throughout the day!
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Pre-launch livestream!
Tune in today at 4pm BST / 8am PT / 11am ET for a pre-launch livestream where we'll be chatting with the Playtonic devs and taking on Capital B's Impossible Lair!
Mix up your gameplay with the return of 'Tonics'! There are more than 60 game-modifying Tonics in Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair including infinite rolling, harder enemies and super speed. They can also unlock new environmental and visual effects!
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair will be available digitally here on Steam for £24.99 / $29.99 / €29.99.
Pre-order Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair and get the exclusive 'Trowzer's Top Tonic Pack' - a collection of four cosmetic Tonics including Large Head Tonic, Glow Worm Tonic, D.I.S.C.O. Tonic and Yooka 64!
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair – Alternate Level States
On your quest to defeat Capital B, you’ll discover secrets and solve puzzles in the overworld to unlock alternate level states!
Spark some change by hooking up electricity, flood chapters with running water or literally flip them upside down for radically altered challenges!
Check out the brand new trailer below…
https://youtu.be/Yfk72Js6rTE
Team17 x PlayTonic Games Livestream
Join us at 3pm BST / 7am PDT on Thursday 25th July for a Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair livestream! We’ll be showing off some of the alternate level states and have some of the dev team with us to answer your questions!
