LAST THURSDAY: Alley Cat - Prank Event

The alley got mischievous, and you brought the sneakiest grins. Alley Cat, our brand-new Prank Event type, went live on 7/23 and ran all the way through Tuesday. You logged in daily for stacking rewards, dropped coins into the Pachinko Machine, and cashed them in for a whole new reward track. Huge love to everyone who prowled the alley with us, and to the crew who built it.

We know launch day was bumpy for some of you: a chunk of players couldn’t get into the event at all in those first hours, and a few of you weren’t sold on the T1 crew pet’s colorway. We hear you on both counts, more in Your Feedback below.

THIS THURSDAY: Summerrise - UDC Event

Summer’s peak is here, and this one’s yours. This Thursday (7/30) we’re launching Summerrise, a UDC event, so the spotlight goes to the community designers who made the looks you’ll be wearing all season.

New this round:

• Blackjack Minigame: a brand-new minigame, but with its own league to climb once you finish the participation track. Hit, Stand, and try not to Bust.

RECENTLY RELEASED

Here’s what dropped around the Alley Cat window:

• Mood Swing Emote (7/21, re-release) - express every emotion. → Open the sale
• Distorted Youth (7/20) - our masculine Blind Box: neon-lit late nights, skate-park concrete, unpardonable street style. → Open the grab
• Parisian Pets (7/19) - a grab created with UnLovable, full of chic little companions. → Open the grab

IN 4.29.8 (NEXT CLIENT UPDATE)

4.29.8 is in regression now. What’s notable:

• New Lobby registration flow: brand-new players now land in the room they actually picked. Why: your first minute in Highrise should match the choice you just made, not drop you somewhere random.
• Lobby layout fix on desktop: the lobby no longer appears cut off after you navigate back to it. Why: desktop and 16:9 players were losing part of the screen.
• Reward video and offerwall improvements: gold-earning surfaces got reliability work and a new gold rate that stays backwards compatible. Why: if you’re earning gold the free way, it should just work, on every platform.
• Chat bubble polish: fixes to bubble behavior in the new lobby. Why: small thing, constant thing.

YOUR FEEDBACK

You’ve been candid this month, so we will be too.

Bubbles: “we can’t earn them fast enough.” This is the loudest, most consistent theme in the community right now, and it isn’t just vibes: earn rates genuinely haven’t kept pace with what we’ve been asking you to spend on. We’re not going to pretend a single tweak fixes it. What we can say is that the bubble earn/spend balance is under active review, and your asks (returning complete grabs, old classic bubble items, more ways to earn while eventing and building) are all on the table.

Snugglin Merging: “we want heads and bodies.”" We hosted a call to hear you all out, and took in the feedback of the community to come up with a solution. We’re working on getting you more information on how retroactive merging heads and bodies will work.

#SUMMERRISE