Early Access Archives

Release Notes for May 8, 2018 (0.873)

Epic Skater 2 is now available in Australia and New Zealand!
NEW Basics Training level
Added e360tv to the game. Welcome aboard!
More optimizations to Endless and Career Mode
Added vehicles toggle to settings menu
New Launch Icon
Extra checks for pause button
Ad Hang fix if network disconnected mid run
More menu polish
Lots of optimizations to sound files to decrease load times

Release Notes for April 24, 2018 (0.864)

CLOUD SAVE! Now you’ll never lose your progress!
Added new sponsors: Dune Haggar, True Skateboarding Mag, and Art School Skateboards! Welcome to the Epic Skater family!
Fixed empty space in between spin and grab buttons causing unintentional ollies
Fix for game sometimes hanging during an ad if network disconnected
Added buy shipment partcile and hooked to menu
Menu polish
Fixed an issue where HUD was disappearing in Subway
Disabling reward video buttons if no internet
Updated no internet icon
Menu fixes for wide resolution
Connecting new shop UI IAP and shipment fix
Updated new MOTD for text overlapping bug
Auto open after drop on end run and mid run cash in
Auto take all items when any clicked
Make one big button for open at front end so you don’t have to click on the crate
Make one big button for reveal so you don’t have to click on any individual item
Back-end optimization for crate menus
Using new remove ads panel instead of special offer panel for post interstitial offer
Fixed a bug where you were rewarded a shipment, but weren’t actually receiving a shipment

Release Notes for April 13, 2018 (0.855)

Fixed terrain sounds on Rooftops
Updated The Friend Ship billboard graphics
Added timed reward notifications if you haven’t played the game in a while
Adding bail continue reward image to pre ad panel
Added +30 sec badges to bail get up text, and run stats continue buttons in career
Starting to add support for larger and uncommon aspect ratios for devices like iPhone X and Galaxy S8. Will be fixing issues with these in the coming weeks.
Fixed some issues with UI text not being contained in buttons and panels in shop

Release notes for April 3, 2018 (0.853)

Resetting save for single country Production Release
Adding our newest sponsor, The Friend Ship, to the game. Welcome to the Epic Skater family!
Tweaked slow motion moments for Career levels 1-10, 1-11, 3-02, and 3-03
Stokens are easier to collect in Career levels 1-02 and 1-03
Swapping T-shirt and Long sleeve sub category buttons in Shop
Cleaned up hair categories in Shop
Removing max ollie sparkles and twinkles
Stopping manual loop sound on boost
Stopping skate sounds during run finish pose
More optimizations to particles, skateshop items, and environments
Disabling dev display by default
Unity IAP Update
Removing some menu forced garbage collection
Made Back buttons easier to press on credits, sponsors, news, and how to play menus
Updated Sponsors
Updated App Icon
Daily Challenge Cleanup
Added Daily Challenge menu open sound to flow with end run
Fixed issue where you couldn’t navigate through menus after completing 5th Daily Challenge
Fixed spins not notifying achievements anymore

Release Notes for March 28, 2018 (0.849)

Added a new sponsor, Pharmacy Boardshop. Welcome to the Epic Skater family!
Added gap list to Records menu
Added AdColony and Chartboost to ad rotation
Added Daily challenge countdown to Main Menu
Added extra lottery rewards for getting up after a bail by watching an ad
Fixed an issue where game was sometimes still playing and active during an ad
Updating graffiti in environments
More optimizations to UI, particles, and environment across the game
Texture fix for rent a cop in the shop
Integrating Notification services
Added logic to rate us
Added Android System Requirement popup
Fixed issue where landing spins sloppy would add two spins to score and goal counts
Adding Offerwall to main menu introducing new ways for users to get free coins
Revised point values of Achievements
Added Restore Purchases button to settings menu

Release Notes for March 13, 2018 (0.846)

Updates to lots of SFX
Updated Career 3-01 – 3-06 bg buildings
Lots of optimizations across Streets and Rooftops in Endless
Lots of optimizations to UI across the game
Connected quality and toggle settings to iOS device detection
Revised the red hair color to be a little darker to work better with darker skin colors
Revised setting for ui_wreath to hopefully fix issues with this texture
Updated SFX import settings on vehicles for optimization
Skybox now changes when switching layers in applicable levels in Career mode

Welcome Morningwood Skateboards to the Epic Skater family!

Release Notes for February 27, 2018 (0.82)

Very long wait through black loading screen for some Android users. The Unity team is on the case.
Lots of new sounds and voice overs added throughout the game. Let us know what you think!
VFX and SFX iterating across all UI
VO: Skater Post Bail, Skater Losing Balance, Skater Fall, Ped Startle, Ped Cheer, Rent a cop
SFX: Skateboard terrain additions, Vehicle horns, Vehicle engines
BGM: Updated Ambience for Streets, Subways, Rooftops, Skateshop, and Loading Screen
UI: Shop menu revisions and updates
UI: Updated credits menu with new sound people
Replaced a couple QP’s in Career 1-4 with rails
Buying a headstart before perks finish spinning no longer traps you in endless loop
Added our first sponsor, Morningwood Skateboards
Updating Training Combo level and their time limits

Release Notes for February 13, 2018 (0.75)

Very long wait through black loading screen for some Android users. The Unity team is on the case.
Lots of new sounds added throughout with more coming next week Records menu is back in the main menu to track your progress!
Lots of sparklies and eye candy added throughout UI
Fixed broken skybox switching in 2-06
Boosted smoke FX on limited-use kickers and QP’s
Disabled timer countdown on crossing finish line
Added fireworks and confetti bursts to finish lines in Career levels
Added missing bg geo in 1-12
Added props to training levels
Added trail render lines to plane, airplane, and chopper
Added new camera angle to finish line state
Lots more optimizations to Endless

Release Notes for February 5, 2018 (0.73)

Very long wait through black loading screen for Android users. The Unity team is on the case.
LOTS of new clothing items added to Skateshop
Seagull feathers now sorting correctly
Reduced size of the sparklies on the cash-in button in hud_menu
Made it easier to grab stokens you’ve passed up in 1-5
Plane no longer hidden if props are turned off
Fixed scrollbars in Skateshop submenus
When 100%’ing a career spot, goals are hidden, now displays high score and combo for that spot
Added blob shadow to skater when all shadows are turned off
Add bail and finish panels to hud_menu
Added pops and FX to all non navigating menu buttons
Economy Tweaks
Lots of UI tweaks across the game and optimizations in general

Release Notes for January 30, 2018 (0.71)

Very long wait through black loading screen for Android users. It’s a unity bug we’ve reported that is out of our control.
Adding placeholder sponsors to skateshop and environment. If you’d like your brand to be in Epic Skater 2, visit https://epicskater.com/sponsor/
Lots of edits to Endless goals and goal types throughout all Endless Goal Tiers
Lots of updates to the perks upgrade menu
Added some grate smashes for going from streets to subway
Goal text while in game has some extra pop to draw your attention a bit more
Career fly cams now display if current level is a session level
Runstats now easier to see what your current score is vs. your highest score
Updated prices on tricks and their min and max durations
Remove existing Endless Score goals on Retry and New Run
Added some more gaps to Training Basics
Revised Spot Menu tabs so it’s easier to tell what’s selected
Adding finish line checkers to sidewalks behind finish lines in Career
Lots of improvements to limited-use skate objects so the numbers read more clearly and VFX is more juiced up with each use
Fixed combo not landing when crossing the finish line
Fixed some fail safes and layer transition triggers in Endless mode
Fixed Crate menu not showing the correct type of crate
Fixed runstats not showing current highest combo this run
Fixed buy goal with drink goal not updating goal UI on purchase
Fixed controls menu not updating trick lock/unlock on purchase
Fixed skater can nose manual before purchasing nose manual
Fixed checkpoint particles to emit from plane and not always facing camera

Release Notes for January 22, 2018 (0.69)

Very long wait through black loading screen for Android users. It’s a new unity bug we’ve reported.

Career finish state polish. Now slows to a stop and powerslides

Made finish line look way more finish-y in Career

Storing ordered list of stokens in Career Manager so you can now see the order of Stoken placements per level when you collect them

Updated materials, art, and texture atlases across the game to improve performance

Tweaking quality settings to help load times

Skipping to main menu after unlocks on first training run

Shop now has a notification image on main menu when you have new items

Fixed Subway T0 piece access

Iterating on final goal designs for expert Endless goals

Tweaked the loading screen and we’re now using the same one for all loading screens except for initial boot-up

Additional Session indicator to spot menu in Career Menu

Fixed broken trick upgrade button in shop

Locking in purchased perks on upsell menu

Offsetting Madonna trick in skateshop so skater’s foot isn’t underground

Removing Pigeons from bird pool and decreasing active peds to improve performance

Adding placeholder sounds for accept, deny, and menu open for further iteration

Adding percentage complete number to both career and endless buttons in main menu

Added system for air trick duration, flip, and roll speed progression when upgrading tricks. Now when you upgrade tricks, that trick will give you more points *and* execute faster to sweeten the deal.

Added BG hills narrow to tunnel to avoid seeing vehicles passing through