# Continuous Development

### 2026.04.01

**New Features**

* Level cap increased from 40 to 60
* Players can now customize World and Bubble emote wheel thought Profile overlay
  * Profile --> Avatar --> Emotes

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**Content Updates**

* Holiday event activation added (will begin 04/03/26)
* New Swamp Daily Tasks
* 5 New Badges Added
* 3 New Challenges Added
  * Bone Wurm Challenge moved to Bone Biome

**Bug Fixes**

* **5000 Series driver issue resolved**
* Fixed a crash when opening the Profile overlay
* Allowed players to set their own camera zoom level
* Chaos collectibles can now be muted via the volume slider
* Fixed an issue with the update username function timing out after 10 seconds
* Improved the time between taking a photo with Kodacam and it appearing in your gallery

### 2026.03.19

**New Features**

* Mega Koda room now accessible to all Kodas and Mega Kodas
* New Challenge - find your way into the Mega Koda room
* Top Challenge times are now displayed on the video wall in the Pulse District
* Challenge Daily Task entry points now appear on the HUD and compass
* Chaos Particle minigame with associated Daily Tasks

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**Content Updates**

* Reset of Challenge leaderboard times
* New Daily Tasks - Help clean up the Chaos energy in the Temple
* New Badges - Earn new badges with your Koda Cam
* Updated Challenge HUD to improve chest tracking

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**Bug Fixes**

* Accuracy of player position co-ordinates on the Map overlay increased
* Fixed a crash when travelling between the FTUE and Nexus
* Right click no longer unlocks the mouse cursor, functionality has been moved to the “U” key

### 2026.02.05

**New Features**

* New Multiplayer challenge
* New Single Player Challenge
* Updated Player HUD to show keybinds on demand
* 10 New Daily Tasks
* 7 New Badges
* Activities & content for upcoming seasonal events

**Content Updates**

* Reset of Challenge leaderboard times
* Player position co-ordinates added to the Map overlay
* Updated Leaderboard layout
* Improved Challenge UI
* “Amateur Geologist” Badge can now be earned by visiting either of the Crystal Cave locations
* Added Daily Tasks that include Co-op Emotes

**Bug Fixes**

* Fixed an XP exploit related to World travel&#x20;
* Allowed Mutant Apes to leave Challenges via Entry Portals
* Fixed a character scaling issue when bouncing on Sludge
* Fixed a number of floating rocks in the Nexus that were spinning too quickly
* Updated audio attenuation on spinning lasers
* Stopped the “Cosmic Wanderer” Badge from being truncated when awarded
* Portal VFX no longer get culled at the edges of the screen

### 2026.01.22

**New Features**

* “Action in Location” Daily Tasks
* 10 New Daily Tasks
* 9 New Badges

**Content Updates**

* Gator contents added to the Swamp
* Visual updates to the Opensea Ship
* Updated the keyboard layout in the Help menu to reflect latest keybindings
* Adjusted Chest collection volume to avoid rare cases where the chest could be opened while the forcefield was still in place
* Grounded floating rocks near the Nexus spawn point
* Updated the wording of the “Daily Challenge” daily task to make the objective clearer
* Tweaked the layout of the Koda Cam gallery so that photos no longer overlap the UI
* Updated Koda Cam UI to only display hotkey buttons that have applicable functionality
* Bubbles Hosts no longer receive speaker request notifications if their Bubble has ended
* Bubbles Hosts can now search for their own Bubbles&#x20;

**Bug Fixes**

* Fixed a rare GPU crash on native client
* Improved window focus logic to resolve an issue where some controllers could control the player avatar and desktop mouse cursor simultaneously&#x20;
* Rescaled wormhole VFX on Falling Path & Void Dive Challenges
* Updated “The Finer Things” Daily Task to avoid the user’s photo occasionally failing to register
* Removed some conditions where the user could be awarded a Badge they had not earned when logging in
* Fixed an issue where opening the Koda Cam while creating a Bubble stopped the user from closing the Koda Cam afterward
* Fixed an issue on “Leap of Faith” where the chest occasionally failed to open after collecting all Gems
* Improved performance when switching between tabs in the Overlay Menu
* Fixed flickering sand in the Crystal Caverns
* Improved closing of the Emote Wheel when using a controller
* Fixed an edge case where some users were unable to open the Koda Cam using the G key
* Fixed a freeze that could occur when playing the Tutorial on Mac

### 2025.12.18

**Bug Fixes**

* Fixed KodaCam inputs not working on controller (take pic, gallery etc)
* Fixed KodaCam prompt showing in Bubbles
* Fixed calling KodaCam and Bubbles simultaneously causing a soft lock.
* Kodacam can be enabled/disabled with controller
* Fixed HUD keybind hints overlapping chat
* Challenge 25 chest unlock can no longer be blocked
* Tilt controls in Kodacam now work on controller
* Disabled Kodacam in Bubbles
* Disabled glide & camera rotation when in Kodacam selfie mod
* Fixed Infinite glide exploit when using Koda cam
* Voyager NPC Santa Hats added

### 2025.12.11

**New Features**

* KodaCam
* 3 New Single Player Challenges
* Multi-objective Daily Tasks
* 19 New Daily Tasks&#x20;
* 7 KodaCam Daily Tasks
* Map function
* Replay the 'A Spark Reborn' any time from the World Travel overlay
* Challenge Leaderboard Reset
* Added 'Show Player Names' toggle Graphics Settings menu

**Content Updates**

* Rebalanced chest speeds for all chest chaser Challenges
* Profile overlay is now bound to “P” (previously Tab)
* Map is bound to Tab
* “70s dance” renamed to “Ritualistic Dance”
* Descriptive Tags added Challenge Entry Portals so players can understand what the challenge contains
* Reoriented the Compass so the Koda Temple is North from the starting area
* Reduced chance of getting the same Daily Tasks multiple days in a row
* Reworded 'A Spark Reborn' initial tasks to make them easier to understand

**Bug Fixes**

* Fixed an XP exploit related to World travel
* Challenge Entry portals sometimes didn't appear as completed when they were
* Removed broken textures on Challenge Entry Portals
* Improved collision on Swamp train
* Made it clearer that Daily tasks don’t award XP at max level
* Corrected grammatical issues in Daily Tasks & Badges
* Fixed issue with Badge names being truncated when awarded
* Fixed issues with Daily Tasks failing to claim
* Fixed issues with Badges sometimes failing to award
* Fixed getting stuck in 'A Spark Reborn' when chain is down
* Fixed Server Crash in Morpheus Array
* Removed invisible gems in gem collection Challenges
* Collision improvements across all Challenges
* Fixed soccer ball not appearing when a soccer event is active
* Fixed 'A Spark Reborn' occasionally awarding double XP
* Fixed Bubble deeplinks
* Re-enabled trails on soccer ball
* Avatar clipping with assets in Gaming room
* Grounded floating grass outside the Crystal Caves
* Updated collision around Nexus spawn point
* Fixed visual distortion on the black hole in Fortune’s Rise IV
* Fixed issue with users getting stuck in Challenge chests
* Fixed visual distortion when viewing grind rails from certain angles
* Fixed visual distortion when viewing Challenge entry portals from certain angles
* Fixed performance micro spikes during normal gameplay

### 2025.09.12

**Dress Code avatar system for Clubhouse**

* This should prevent non-Ape and MAYC avatars from appearing in Clubhouse

**Free Bubble mode (Walkie Talkie)**

* User can now talk to each other without constraints of Bubble
* Still uses Bubble system

Listen Mode - Users can now listen to any Public bubble without joining

**Bubble List improvements and fixes**

* Resolved duplicate Bubbles appearing in Browse Bubbles
* Resolved duplicate user entries
* Placeholder name tags (different to privy id issue)
* Scrolling improvements
* Correct profile picture should appear
* Fix for Bubbles UI being greyed out if User is kicked
* Bubble UI and buttons have received some TLC polish updates
* Bubbles are now sorted by attendance in Browse Bubbles menu
* Bubbles should no longer appear with jagged edges
* Bubbles notifications will now appear on far right of screen if Bubbles menu is closed

**Other notable fixes:**

* Launch pads should no longer put User in somersault animation
* Fix to volume sliders in Settings menu

### 2025.09.05

Hotfix follow-up.

* Updated skybox with islands
* Change to make gliding easier when jumping from the ground / low rocks
* Fix for white characters on low graphics settings
* Fix for solid cylinder volumes for co-op emotes on low settings
* Black screen on initial loading of GFN reduced
* Bubbles UI getting overlapped by host disconnect message
* Users are now unable to interact with each other in Bubbles with F

### 2025.09.03

This update finishes the migration of existing worlds to UE 5.5.  The focus was addressing community feedback around UI improvements and environment upgrades.&#x20;

* Updated Social Spaces to UE 5.5 and ODK v9.1
* Reworked Settings menu for better responsiveness
* Updated Settings UI to match ODK
* Fixed Broken bubbles character animation due to UE 5.5 update
* Fixed Bubbles mesh not appearing as soon as Bubble is created due to UE 5.5 update
* Fixed Players aren't falling when they leave Bubble or when Bubble is popped due to UE 5.5 update
* Reworked Tokengating system (new version working for Clubhouse)&#x20;
* Add Bubble collisions volume around clubhouse to prevent Bubbles overlapping token gate area
* Upgraded Swamp Train route and added with functional trains
* Revised Train Stops
* Fixed lighting for Medium graphics setting
* Added Live Config option to allow 'F to interact' in Bubbles
* See Bubble User count in participant list
* Disabled current SFX in Bubbles UI when changing Movement Mode
* Improved Medium graphic Shadow performance
* Re-added Bubble Backflip emote
* Set default movement speed for players to Sprint
* \[Platform Web update - not content] GFN Disconnect fix


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