Happy November everybunny! Another month has passed, and we're here to tell you what's new!

Firstly, last month, we said: "We're a small team, so minor setbacks can change the timeline really drastically, but it's looking like we'll be able to share the first of our final two areas with you around January or so." Obviously, this was a severe test of fate, and caused multiple work setups to break down almost immediately! We're back up and running, and still on pace for January, but I felt it was appropriate to mention that our hubris did not go unpunished. Ah well!

What have we been working on for the last month?

For one, we released a minor hotfix where a certain sequence of events was causing Rocket to forget how to land back on the ground. As of last month, we had the main background art for the next area just about finished, and were starting to get into design. I'm excited to say that we now have Track 1 of the next area fully playable from start to finish! We'll need to finish up drawing the foreground elements for that. Track 2, meanwhile, has a handful of concepts already ironed out. I can't wait for everyone to see it!

The new area will introduce more unique interactable elements than any other area in the game, and we thought it would be fun to offer you a little code snippet so you can speculate what one of them might be:

```
if(input.Jump() && !activated)
{
activated = true;
direction = (Vector2)player.transform.position - fulcrumpoint;
direction.Normalize();
direction *= launchspeed;
}
```
What could this mysterious code be for...?

Lastly, here are some cool moves from the team:

As always, thanks for playing hoptix!

Happy 364-days-until-Halloween-day! We're just sweeping up one minor bug for you today:

- Fixed an interaction where Rocket could momentarily forget how to correctly land on the ground in one of the later areas of the game (hint: should involve 4 paws).

Thanks for playing hoptix!

Hello everyone! While we're in Early Access, we'd like to do a monthly check-in to let you all know how things are going!

How'd Early Access launch go?

Really awesome! Right now we're sitting at 100% positive reviews here on Steam, which we're really grateful for. It's been amazing seeing people finally playing our game and showcasing their unique approach to it. This is a really exciting foundation for our big 1.0 launch to build off of!

What have we been working on for the last month?

Initially, we spent some time working on polish based on feedback from the first wave of players. Some spots needed to be walled off a bit, and some seams needed to be tightened up so Rocket couldn't fit through them and get into the wall anymore. Oops!

Since then, I've been working really hard on the background art for the next area in the game. This one's really important, so I've been letting myself go a little wild; there's about 3x the sheer amount of art as most of the other backgrounds. I think this is really gonna knock some socks off!

Soon we'll be able to get into the meat of level design for the next area. We're a small team, so minor setbacks can change the timeline really drastically, but it's looking like we'll be able to share the first of our final two areas with you around January or so. I hope you're half as excited as I am!!

Finally, here are a few gifs from the team:

As always, thanks for playing hoptix!

Happy Friday rad rabbits! We've just got a handful of very minor bug fixes for you today.

- Tightened up some seams in a few spots in Bright Autumn and Sunset Static that Rocket was able to clip through under precise conditions. We swear, rabbits are made of liquid...
- Rocket has brushed up on their basic physics and will now make extra sure to properly dispose of their inertia after jumping off of a moving platform.

Thanks for playing hoptix!

Back at it again with another hotfix!

- As part of a minor physics change in hotfix #1, Rocket was a little overeager to jump ahead to new surfaces while walking at low speeds. They've learned to be a bit more patient.
- A certain early game rooftop has been somewhat rabbit-proofed. We're not here to tell you what to do, but we think that particular skip was a little too easy...
- Some landings have been softened to be not so bad, even if Rocket misses landing on the downhill slope.
- Our gif camera operator will get less dizzy in Bright Autumn.
- Changed behavior of a UI element during certain sequence breaks. :)

Thanks for playing hoptix!

Happy Friday rad rabbits! Our first hotfix is live, tackling some recurring bugs that are hopefully gone for good.

- Rocket should always remember to stay in time trial mode when restarting a time trial level now.
- Rocket should have a much more difficult time clipping into walls, where they're not supposed to be.

Thanks for playing hoptix!

Hello everyone! We're happy and excited to announce a surprise Early Access launch for hoptix! The time just felt right to get the game in players' paws as we wrap up the final stretch of development, and we hope you have as much fun with the game as we do. We can't wait to see what you'll all do!


Thanks for being interested in hoptix!