PaddleUP! Update
PaddleUP! Update — Achievements, New Tracks, and a Pile of Fixes
Steam Achievements are live — 17 to chase, from your very first run to taking down the meme boss. New Music — 8 new tracks across early/mid/late/final bands, so the soundtrack actually evolves as you climb the levels instead of looping the same song from Level 1 to the boss fight. New: Thumpers — bouncy helper hazards now live on Levels 3-5 and 9. They won't kill your ball — bounce off them for bonus points. Level Variety — every level now has its own distinct background color, and Levels 2 & 4 got gentler hazard intros so the difficulty ramp feels smoother early on.
Fixes:
- SFX and music volume sliders actually apply during gameplay now (yes, really)
- Local leaderboard was silently not saving your runs — fixed
- Chat messages were overlapping in the corner instead of stacking properly
- The first ball launch of every run looked floaty/broken — now launches clean
- HUD text was unreadable on the darker late-game levels — auto-contrast fixed
- "LEVEL UP!" text could get silently overwritten mid-popup — now you'll actually see it
- Steam Deck: fixed the pause overlay not showing correctly in some cases
Quality of Life:
- Instant restart — hit confirm right from the game-over screen for one more run
- High scores now tracked separately per game mode
- macOS is now supported!
This announcement was originally published by Sharkbowl Games on Steam on Jul 23, 2026.
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