2026-07-01 12:44 UTC · Community Announcements · Wikkl
Hello everyone!It's been a while. Today I've fixed the star achievements, and the workshop tool.Development is going to be slower than when we were in Early Access, but not completely halted.Of course we also need to make money to live and stuff, so we can't fully work on New Heights. But new locations will drop, just a much slower pace. And at least - now the full custom map creation is supported again!
2026-04-29 09:41 UTC · Community Announcements · Wikkl
We added a new part of our 'How we created our climber' blog, with insights how we handled the physics and game design of the climbing system in New Heights. For people who like to know the challenges and considerations when making the complex climbing system of New Heights.Enjoy!https://newheightsgame.com/blog/how-we-created-our-climber-3-how-we-gave-muscles-to-our-ragdollMore coming up soon.
2026-04-29 09:25 UTC · Community Announcements · Wikkl
We released a fixes-patch today! It covers a lot of fixes for reports from both the Discord and Steam forum. Mostly route fixes about checkpoints, star times and geometry fixes on Al Legne, Hanshelleren and Fontainebleau. For example, routes like B.I.G., Change and Ronja are now way better climbable. Happy climbing!
2026-02-28 09:29 UTC · Community Announcements · Wikkl
We fixed a few UI & localization issues with this patch. The Dyno tutorial showed the wrong buttons. The workshop menu didn't localize well for non-latin characters. And some other minor things.
2026-02-26 17:57 UTC · Community Announcements · Wikkl
New Heights is now officially out of early access! It comes with a gigantic update that has cost us 19 months to develop. This update reworks the climbing system completely, optimizes a lot, includes rope based belaying and the legendary location of the Hanshelleren Cave in Flatanger, Norway. Now you can climb some of the world's most famous (and difficult) routes like Silence, B.I.G. and Change. We are very excited to have reached this moment. This of course doesn't mean that we will stop updating the game. We are always looking to add new locations and improve the climbing system.Rope physic
2026-02-18 16:04 UTC · Community Announcements · Wikkl
New Heights will go out of early access with an enormous update featuring the Hanshelleren location and more than a year's development worth of features and fixes. We're working on the last bits. And finishing up the absolutely awesome Hanshelleren cave. We'll upload a Beta version a few days before, probably around tuesday. More can be read in previous announcements. Or if you really want to follow the development very closely, you can see more on our Discord server!
2025-12-09 11:12 UTC · Community Announcements · Wikkl
Hello everyone! i everyone! It's Steam Sports fest, and we've joined it with a 20% discount. If you didn't have the game yet, you can grab it for the discounted price, just before the huge update! It was meant to be timed nicely with the new update, but alas, we could not make that in time. Still working very hard on that though. I know that there is the banner that says 'this game has not been updated, it might be abandoned'. Our fault for combining too much in one update. But if you're in doubt: no, we have not abandoned this game and we're working on it very steadily. So a development updat
2025-07-23 16:50 UTC · Community Announcements · Wikkl
The biggest update yet coming in 2025We have been working hard on the biggest rework and update for New Heights to date. The update will land near the end of 2025, though a beta version will be accessible in September. Rope physics belaying systemIt replaces the respawning system with a full rope physics based belaying system! Including a (limited) rapelling mode. Climbing system reworkThe climbing system is being reworked to be much more consistent, flexible, realistic, performant and user friendly. Super high fidelity locations reworkExisting locations are being reworked in much higher detai
2024-07-27 10:43 UTC · Community Announcements · Wikkl
The Major Summer Update is live! Adding workshop support, 65 new Fontainebleau routes and much more. Now you can really climb on anything in New Heights! You can browse the steam workshop page for user made content, create your own routes from within New Heights or create new locations with a Unity-based workshop tool. New Fontainebleau Locations The update brings three new Fontainebleau Locations: The fortress of Tour Denecourt and some nearby boulders - 18 routes The famous Elephant boulder and some nearby boulders - 12 routes Abaye Notre Dame du Lys, beautiful ruins of a large cistercian ch
2024-07-23 17:18 UTC · Community Announcements · Wikkl
A large update with both Steam Workshop Support and three Fontainebleau locations comes out this week, allowing you to create any custom climbing location or route! Here's a quick preview of the three new locations: And some reads on how to workshop support will work: https://newheightsgame.com/blog/how-to-create-your-own-routes https://newheightsgame.com/blog/how-to-create-your-own-locations More to follow very soon!
2024-01-31 10:08 UTC · Community Announcements · Wikkl
Hi people, we have released a new bug-fix patch! Thanks everyone for your bug reports and suggestions 😊 It helps a lot. Fixes include: Ghosts don't turn off (mostly - there were some more edge cases discovered just now) Route 11 OOB Regraded routes AL #60 and CdC #3 Made a volume slider for stamina / beating heart sounds Outfit not saving bug Says 264 stars Get all stars achievement Camera problems on cul de chien (somewhat fixed) Achievement unlock issues Game crash on exit Steam / deep-links to routes Improved steam-deck compatibility Also some suggestions were implemented: Shift / leg togg
2024-01-08 15:33 UTC · Community Announcements · Wikkl
The big Dyno's and Bouldering update has arrived! It contains three locations in the boulder-rich Fontainebleau Forest near Paris, many fixes and new features. Plus brand new climbing moves: Dyno's / Jumps! Thanks everyone who participated in the testing and gave us feedback on the dyno's. It helped a great lot. And now you can view the leaderboards online! The season has been bumped to Season 1, but the site also works for Season 0. You can find it here: https://newheightsgame.com/leaderboards/ Congratulations to DK37 for having very much dominated Season 0! Also honourable mentions to runner
2023-07-20 10:15 UTC · Community Announcements · Wikkl
A new small bugfixing patch is live! Some of the changes in this patch are: Settins & Resolution are now saved correctly Leaderboard loading problem fixed Sometimes not respawning bug fixed UI bugs in travel screen & menus fixed Stuck on loading screen issue tried to fix, not sure if it's better now More Al Lègne problems fixed Crèvecoeur colliders & clipping fixes Gym's dog is now inside the second route's bounds
2023-07-14 14:08 UTC · Community Announcements · Wikkl
We've just uploaded the first Early Access patch. It's focused on fixing bugs. Some of the changes in this patch are: 'L-stick not working' bug with Steam Input is solved Username bugs fixed: error message if you have a duplicate name, more characters supported Restricted username length Aiming when not yet climbing fixed - now selects and shows the correct place and support value A lot of route issues in Al Lègne fixed Crash on ALT+F4 fixed in a lot of cases Difficulty of Crèvecoeur route #4 bumped a bit, route #5 lowered. As route #4 seems to be harder. No shoe glitch fixed Fixed a leaderboa
2023-07-07 13:04 UTC · Community Announcements · Wikkl
It's finally time! You can now officially buy and play New Heights, which directly supports us to improve the game and to include as many amazing locations as we can! For who played the demo or the beta: the Early Access version is kind of a big update. The climbing system has been improved a lot, there is much more character customization, and we've included a location that has mány more hours of playtime in store than the others combined. You can find more information about what we'll do this year in the roadmap post. Also if you have suggestions, if you've found bugs or if you just want to
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