How's skating in space been?

Today's patch is the second part of the Lost in Space update, or as we've been calling it internally, Lost in Space 2: Unlockable Boogaloo. This patch will feature all of the content previewed in the Lost in Space LTM released in-game as unlockable obstacles, with  a total of 10 new obstacles for players to grab! The Lost in Space map, Space, is also featured in this update as a permanent selectable map! Full details on the acquisition of each of these obstacles and map are in the full patch notes. Here's just a tease:

Past adding in those new obstacles and a map, we've also completely revamped the customization menu which should make it even easier for us to add more content going forward. Perceptive skaters might also notice there are two new categories in the customization menu, those being Maps and Grinds. Skaters will now be able to choose the environment they want to skate in, and can change their grinding style. Tailsliding, pictured below, is one of the new grind styles! All unlockables from these can be earned by reaching certain High Score Threshold goals which are detailed more in the full patch notes below. 

Finally, we've had somewhat of a complete overhaul on our tutorial to account for all of the new  systems and complexity of the game's progression. It's really cool, featuring Nyami walking new skaters through all of the basics, in addition to everything Beat Skater has to offer. Also it has wicked slow mo effects, so that's rad. We recommend it to both our new and OG skaters, it can be played in the main menu through the credits button.

New Content

• A new tutorial has been implemented to account for some of the newer in-game systems.

• Skater Rep rank has increased to 35! Each new rank will have a Lost in Space obstacle as a reward, being: 
  • Space Rock (Purple) - Rep 31
  • Space Rock (Blue) - Rep 32
    
  • Planet - Rep 33
    
  • Space Junk (Grind) - Rep 34
    
  • Obelisk - Rep 35
    

• 5 new obstacles from Lost in Space have been added to the shop! The new items and theirs costs are:
  • Robot Ramp - 10,000 Style Points
  • Space Rock (Red) - 10,000 Style Points
  • Space Rock (Green) - 10,000 Style Points
  • Strange Sign - 1250 Notes
  • Obelisk Rail - 1250 Notes

• Grind Styles have been added! These can be changed in the customization menu, and are unlockable via high score thresholds:
  • 50/50 Grind - 750,000 High Score reached
  • Tailslide Grind - 1,500,000 High Score reached

• Selectable maps have been added! These can be changed in the customization menu, and will have a variety of unlock methods
  • Space - 1,000,000 High Score reached

Gameplay

• Added invisible ceiling to normal gameplay
• Did some under the hood grind changes
  • This should result in smoother feeling grinds and nonlinear grinds
  • Made grinding between multiple rails more seamless
• Touched up player hitbox to improve consistency when landing on a rail
• Touched up Note hitbox to improve pickup consistency
• Improved input consistency for tricks
• Fixed turning providing skaters an increase in speed
• Disabled hidden in-game push mechanic
  • This was a legacy feature and was interfering with our new tutorial, so we turned it off
• Point Changes
  • Increased grinding point bonus by 100%
  • Combo reset time has increased from 2 seconds to 2.5 seconds
  • On Beat bonus when doing a trick has been increased from 2x to 10x
  • Combo multiplier bonus when going over obstacles has increased from 1 to 5

UI

• The customization menu has gone through a complete visual rework
  • There are 2 new categories, Maps and Grinds
  • Rider and Board menus have had a visual and slightly functional change 
  • Criteria for unlocks can now be previewed by clicking the lock icon on locked items

• Added Lost in Space obstacles to the main menu background... if they're unlocked

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