The Xumi Post #4: What's Coming Up!

Introduction

Hey there fellow builders! BuildPort Xumia is finally available on Steam, and it's been amazing to see all the new players trying it out on this new platform. But our work isn't done yet - we've still got lots of big things coming for the rest of this year, and that starts with some new content additions coming in October!

TL;DR

• Our latest patch fixes lingering bugs.
• Wait, they have arms! Avatar arms are coming.
• New parts with custom behaviours are coming!
• The Rift activities are getting a glow up!
• Various other polish and quality-of-life improvements ✨

A Quick Post-Launch Patch

You might have noticed last week that we silently dropped a small update. This hotfix squashed some persistent bugs that couldn't get into the main release. One particular bug you may have seen was causing parts and gizmos to teleport into the ground when grabbed. It's almost like they had a mind of their own! This update greatly reduced the chance of it happening, and a complete fix is on its way.

New Ways to Customize Your Avatar

Avatars will be getting a whole new look real soon! This is something we've wanted to add for a while to make our avatars feel a bit more complete and expressive in-game. In the sections below are some early concepts so you can get an idea of how they're shaping up! Please let us know what you think when they're added, as full arm customization could definitely be on the table in the future…

And speaking of more customization, keep your eyes peeled for the upcoming Halloween-themed avatars at the end of the month!

New Parts, New Ways to Play

Building on the last new part additions that offered different shapes and structure for your gizmo, now we're trying to take things a step further by adding brand new functional parts too! These parts will open up completely new mechanics and gizmos to experiment with, and you'll be given at least one of each type completely for free!

We aren't going to reveal the exact parts just yet, but we'll leave you with a little preview of what we've been cooking up so you can start thinking about what they might do…

Updated Rift Challenges

For pilots looking for a new challenge, the Rift activities will also be getting some updates in this coming release! We can't say too much yet, but just know that those drones in the Drone Hunt might not be so defenseless anymore…

While these are only updates to the existing activities for now, completely new trials may well just be coming to the Rift and other game modes soon…

Other Content Updates

We're also making some tweaks to the continuous movement settings to make them feel more intuitive and smooth, such as a sprinting option, smooth turning, and ways to reduce motion sickness! These will help you move around the world easier, especially in bigger worlds - we'll have more on that soon!

More to Come

Another week and another blog! As always, we'd like to thank everyone for their continued support for BuildPort Xumia, and we'll keep working hard to deliver more fun content updates like this one!

See you around, Builder!

- The BuildPort Xumia Team