News

The 10.0 update is now available on Android and iOS! Nintendo Switch version of the game is coming soon.

Changelog

These changelogs may not be complete (especially the old ones) but should give a good idea of the content of each update.

Update 10.5 2023-11-07

• 10.5.1 2023-11-07
  • Fixed lighting issue introduced in 10.5.0
  • Fixed Yeti boss fight collider
  • Slightly improved visuals for Yeti boss fight
  • Added version number to the bottom of the screen in speedrun mode
  
  
• 10.5.0 2023-11-07
  • New vehicle physics in Beemothep Desert
  • Added suspension simulation for more stable driving
  • Added drifting and drift boosts
  • Added automatic air control to always land right side up
  • Changed the position of the gold vehicle in rallye mission
  • Added go-kart in Arcade World
  • Arcade racing game vehicle is now a go-kart with more arcade-y vehicle physics and wall driving
  • Improved racetrack visuals
  • Added drifting and drift boosts to go-kart
  • Adjusted lap completion rewards for each racetrack
  • New ads system
  • Ads are now served from multiple networks
  • Added data privacy consent UI on iOS and on Android for players in the EU
  • Improved game localization
  • Game is now translated using Crowdin
  • Anyone can now suggest translation to any string in the game
  • Added link to Crowdin in pause menu to become a translator
  • New languages will be added in the future
  • Misc changes
  • Improved some player animations like jumping and attacking
  • Pressure plates are now animated
  • Jump pads are now animated
  • Level entrances pads now eject the player out when canceling the level selection
  • Added a pirate ship in Beemothep Desert. It's useless but it looks cool.
  • On-screen inputs for jumping and attacking are now replaced with icons when using a controller
  • Added icons on every button in the pause menu
  • Added help bubble on Capitalus tokens balance UI
  • Rings in rallye and airplane missions are now animated
  • Honey puddles now slow down the player smoothly
  • In-app purchases now support pending and cancelled purchases
  • Bug fixes
  • Fixed text scaling and margin in some UI elements
  • Fixed projectiles behavior in final boss fight
  • Fixed fingerprint sensor recognized as a gamepad on some devices
  • Fixed coin helper not working in The Hive and working in missions
  • Fixed NPC dialogue with colored text
  • Fixed running animation when running into a wall
  • Fixed credits not skippable using a controller
  • Fixed Guardian room camera position after intro cutscene
  • Fixed lighting issues across all levels
  
  

Update 10.4 2023-08-22

• 10.4.2 2023-09-02
  • Fixed bouncing on Tristopio stand sometimes not working
  • Player shadow now scales when you are further away from the ground
  • Fixed ads errors softlocking the game on the loading screen
  • Fixed Tristopio tokens obtained in practice mode
  
  
• 10.4.1 2023-08-24
  • Fixed infinite loading screen
  • Fixed wheel of fortune bugs
  • Fixed lootbox price bug
  • Fixed fridge door not opening in the giant house
  • Fixed Bear Village climb challenge train tracks collision and pyramid teleporter
  • Fixed saved bear UI bug
  • Fixed Yeti boss trigger bug
  • Fixed localization bugs
  
  
• 10.4.0 2023-08-22
• Added Capitalus tokens
• If you have SBA Gold, or Removed Ads you can now spend Capitalus tokens instead of watching any rewarded ad
• Capitalus tokens are obtained when collecting enough coins in any level
• Added Capitalos' Wheel of Fortune
• You can spin the wheel for 250 coins if you have SBA Gold
• Legendary items are no longer all unlocked when byting SBA Gold. You will need to unlock them through the Wheel of Fortune
• New fancy splash screen
• Improved settings menu
• Revamped tutorial
• Improved flow
• Improved text popups
• Add ghost bears to show how to perform moves
• Level updates
• Added Bear Village secret climb challenge
• Added level exit teleporters: an alternative way to go back to the Bear Village
• Improved visibility in caves in Turtletown
• Adjusted timings for the platforms in the cave in Turtletown to make them easier to traverse
• Improved Crogo area in Giant House
• Updated cannon in Giant House
• Updated Giant House's exterior skybox
• Improved interaction bubbles
• Bubbles now show gamepad input if touchscreen inputs are hidden
• Added interaction bubbles to cages and grabbable objets
• Misc changes and bug fixes
• Updated oxygen UI
• Double health and coin detector bonuses can now be toggled on and off and are saved when you restart the game
• Improved loading screen
• Updated level unlock cutscenes
• Improved underwater screen effect
• Improved falling snow particles spawning
• Add quest markers on the Capitalus brothers that appear if you never talked to them
• Updated Tristopio token design
• Improved onboarding menu (first time you play the game)
• Added hit effect to various attack interactions
• Fixed enemies that can sometimes be hit twice
• Fixed cursor navigation bugs
• Fixed speedrun.com links
• Lots of internal changes to get ready for the Nintendo Switch release!

Update 10.3 2023-06-09

• 10.3.2 2023-06-27
• Revamped Turtle Golem boss fight
• Add new gamepad binding for exiting a vehicle
• Improvements and bug fixes to the Shicka part in The Hive
• Fixed Bee Queen dialogue sometimes not working
• Fixed health counter animation when pausing
• Fixed many minor bugs


• 10.3.1 2023-06-17
• Fixed performance regression introduced in 10.3.0
• Updated photo mode UI
• Shicka skin is now applied in The Hive
• Fixed shicka position in hive cutscenes
• Some cutscenes are now skippable in speedrun mode
• Fixed time resuming shortly during level loading
• Fixed enemies line of sight in level 4
• Fixed dialogue sounds when pausing the game
• Fixed pause button missing when driving a vehicle
• Fixed damage bug when falling in purple honey in The Hive


• 10.3.0 2023-06-09
• Improved level visuals
• Dirt paths now have depth instead of being a flat texture
• Added bushes
• Added big oak trees
• Added stone paths
• Added gold statues next to the level entrance based on obtained gold times
• Added actual lava to floor is lava missions
• Improved visuals for the rolling spikes area in turtletown
• New model for boss exit teleporters
• New sign model
• Updated level entrance teleporters animations
• Updated snow valley puzzle photo
• Minor adjustments to levels geometry
• UI changes (user interface)
• New level entrance UI
• New hive entrance UI
• New arcade world entrance UI
• New saved bear UI
• New save selection UI with improved animations
• New Game over UI
• Bear table can now be accessed from the pause menu
• Hiding inputs now hide the on-screen pause button
• Updated prices displays
• New camera angle when opening the cosmetics shop
• New cosmetic items
• Birthday cake hat: Celebrate SBA 6th anniversary!
• Added cute face: His cute little tongue is sticking out, how adorable!
• Added red bear skin
• Added a gold time to the hive
• Your time is now displayed after beating the final boss if the timer option is enabled
• Collected coins are now saved when respawning at a checkpoint
• Caterpillar no longer revives when respawning at a checkpoint
• Added vertical damping to the camera so it doesn't move as much when walking on small objects
• Bug fixes
• Fixed photo mode camera collider sometimes active when not using photo mode
• Fixed SBA Gold video playback
• Fixed weird camera movement during Guardian boss fight
• Fixed double coins window appearing when leaving a level with 0 coins
• Fixed inputs being active for controllers during level loading transition

Update 10.2 2023-05-10

• 10.2.1 2023-05-11
  • Fixed a crash related to pets
  
  
• 10.2.0 2023-05-10
• Added Photo Mode
• Added SBA Gold
• Donor status has been rebranded as SBA Gold and bring exclusive features such as photo mode filters
• Donor items are now legendary items
• Added new item category: special items
• Rainbow trails, brittany cloud, tiny bear, the dust, ghost trail are now special items
• Added new legendary items
• Noire vision: see the world in black and white while playing
• Magical foosteps: your footstep will emit make magical particles
• Pet bird: A little bird follows you around in your adventure
• Pet Violette: LOOK AT HOW ADORABLE SHE IS AND SHE'S RUNNING WITH HER TINY LEGS
• Added motion blur: Enable this in the options menu to get satisfying sense of motion (can be expensive on some device
• Improved reflections for metallic objects (coins, keys, golden skins, metal objects in the giant house)
• Removed the ability to disable birds, flowers and fish
• Added post processing effects in the backrooms (requires motion blur to be enabled)

Update 10.1 2023-02-25

• 10.1.4 2023-03-16
  • Improved UI
  • Added better font for some non-latin languages
  • Bug fixes
  
  
• 10.1.3 2023-03-08
  • Bug fixes
  
  
• 10.1.2 2023-02-27
  • Bug fixes
  
  
• 10.1.1 2023-02-25
  • Bug fixes
  
  
• 10.1.0 2023-02-25
• New cosmetic items
• Various game feel and quality of life improvements
• Added the backrooms

Update 10.0 : THE HIVE UPDATE 2022-11-10

• New Hive level
• Replaces the old Hive level
• New boss fights
• New areas: Hive river, factory, backyard and throne room
• New shop: Maybee's gift shop! Unlock special items by doing tasks
• New cutscenes
• New enemies to fight
• New stickers to find
• New OST
• Every music in the game has been changed, it's now all composed by Pierre Thibault
• Unique music for each boss
• New adaptative music
• New player and coins sounds
• Other new content
• New animated story introduction with illustrations made by Édouard Didelot
• Rewrote story with new dialogues and new cutscenes
• Coin doors have been replaced with bear gates. You no longer need to collect 60 coins to start saving bears
• Coins collected in previous runs are now transparent so you can track which one you already found
• Improved camera system
• Added progression tracking in the pause menu
• Shicka and player eyes are now animated
• You can now collect multiples keys at once and Shicka will carry them with new animations
• Technical changes
• Updated the game engine to Unity 2021
• Updated Shicka's 3D model

Update 1.9.9 2021-07-26

• Content
• New keyboard/gamepad bindings menu
• New camera behavior
• New item: Scarf
• Updated yeti and reindeer animations
• Improved FX for the yeti and rat boss fights
• Bees no longer get stuck on walls and make sharper turns
• Crocodiles swimming mechanic has been changed a bit
• New keyboard/gamepad bindings menu
• Improved overall UI navigation with gamepad
• Improved path texture and shader
• Technical changes
• Updated the game engine from Unity 2019.3 to Unity 2020.3
• Added "Rewired" to handle inputs
• Enemies now use the same physics system as the player
• Enemies are now disabled when far away from the camera to improve performance
• Bug fixes
• Fixed ground detection in missions
• Fixed objects clipping through the walls in the desert
• Fixed an animation bug in water
• Fixed yeti snowball throws when reviving
• Fixed Alix's camera
• Fixed the camera bug when dying during the reindeer king intro
• Fixed the rat head collider
• Fixed incorrect momentum when jumping from a ledge grab
• Fixed coin spawning the arcade
• Fixed incorrect teleportation when ledge grabbing

Update 1.9.8 (physics update) 2021-06-07

• Player physics overhaul
• Physics system has been internally rewritten to fix collision issues
• Added coyote timer: you can press jump a right before touching the ground and it will still count as a normal jump. The same goes for pressing jump right after leaving the ground.
• Long jumps are now triggered even if you press B before touching the ground
• The quad bike gravity has been increased and various FX has been added
• Improved bears in the hub
• Changed bear names
• Added unique clothing to each bear
• You can now talk to babies
• Adult bears now walk around the hub
• You can now try out items before unlocking them
• Added the IMABEAR item
• Added rythm platforms to the arcade parkour
• Added lilypads
• Improved the look of the desert tower
• Improved the desert igloo
• Added colors to the stones in the puzzle in Turtle Village

Update 1.9.7 (stickers update) 2021-03-08

• Added 3 hidden stickers to find in each level
• New game logo
• Improved level tutorial
• Various changes in levels (flower beds, new sand texture and ruins in the desert, moved stuff around a bit)
• Bug fixes (some UI fixes in 4:3 screens, buying impossible in some instances)

Update 1.9.6 (UI update) 2021-01-21

• Complete UI overhaul!
• Full controller support (options menu and cosmetics selection still needs work though)
• New mission: Airplane in the desert
• New shop algorithm: items are more evenly distributed and can be predicted on the discord server using ?shop
• Bug fixes

Update 1.9.5 (enemies update) 2020-11-18

• All enemies now have a unique behavior
• New enemy in level 4: The cockroach
• Enemies will now respawn after a short period of time when out of range
• New arcade music made by Pierre Thibault
• Player animation system overhaul, it should feel smoother and more responsive
• Various bug fixes: hive button, lamp collision in level 4, OoB in level 2, airplane OoB in level 4
• Bug fixes

Update 1.9.4 2020-10-26

• New death screen
• Improved speedrun mode
• New cosmetic items

Update 1.9.3 2020-10-01

• New mini-game and new racetrack in the arcade world
• Improved the desert flooding mission
• Quality of life improvement and bug fixes

Update 1.9.2 (iOS release)2020-10-01

• Initial release for the iOS version

Update 1.9.1 2020-08-29

• Added 3 new items: two capes and cartoon eyes
• Updated some areas of the bathroom in level 4
• Fixed moving platforms issues
• You can no longer talk to capitalus while he's moving
• Fixed the headset ad button sometimes not working
• Fixed floor is lava mission ground collision
• Headsets are now removed at the beginning of missions to fix an exploit
• Updated destoyed fences visuals
• Fixed bear customization UI for special items

Update 1.9.0 (missions update) 2020-08-18

• Added Tristopio: he gives daily missions with unique changes to levels
• New shop system: items you can buy change every 6 hours
• Added new special cosmetic items
• Added support for Turkish and Indonesian
• Bug fixes and visual improvements

Update 1.8.5 2020-05-07

• Vehicle physics improvement
• Updated localization files
• Bug fixes

Update 1.8.4 2020-04-21

• Added cutscenes to show new areas when you unlock them
• New area in the hub
• Added an optional tutorial at the beginning of level 1
• Tons of bug fixes and gameplay tweaks

Update 1.8.2 2020-03-30

• New cosmetics and bug fixes
• Added support for Japanese and Italian

Update 1.8.1 2020-03-23

• LOTS of bug fixes
• Small gameplay changes
• Improved translations

Update 1.8.0 (graphics update) 2020-02-29

• Graphics overhaul! The game now looks very different.
• Updated engine, bug fixes
• New loading screen
• New NPC behavior

Update 1.7.0 (giant house level update) 2019-08-03

• NEW LEVEL: Giant House!
• New move: belly stomp (hold B mid-air)
• Improved hub, bug fixes, new cosmetics, gameplay tweaks

Update 1.6.6 2019-04-21

• Easter update (easter cosmetics and easter eggs to find in the hub)
• Bug fixes

Update 1.6.5 (dive move update) 2019-03-10

• Major changes to player movement and added diving
• Press B while in the air to dive and slide
• Lots of bug fixes and improved performance

Update 1.6.4 2018-11-21

• Overhauled cosmetic unlocking system
• Bug fixes and gameplay changes

Update 1.6.3 2018-11-02

• Improved camera
• Added objects grabbing
• Bug fixes

Update 1.6.2 2018-10-14

• Added the donor status
• Added spooky new items
• Bug fixes and gameplay tweaks

Update 1.6.1 (speedrun mode update) 2018-09-30

• Added the ability to resume the level after saving a bear
• Added speedrun mode
• Bug fixes and new options in the pause menu

Update 1.6.0 (old hive update) 2018-09-15

• Added the hive with a final boss fight and ending
• Added hearts to regen health (coins no longer heal you)
• Added Shicka's tips
• Tons and tons of bug fixes and gameplay changes

Update 1.5.1 2018-07-14

• Improved options menu
• Lots of bug fixes and small gameplay changes
• Added Greek translations

Update 1.5.0 (arcade update) 2018-07-01

• Added Google Play Games services: cloud saves, achievements, leaderboards for each bear
• Added the Arcade world where you can play mini-games to earn coins
• New save system with up to 3 saves on the same device
• Added a main menu
• Visual and gameplay improvements
• Updated game engine

Update 1.4.2 2018-05-10

• Added a new booster: coin detector
• Bug fixes and small changes

Update 1.4.1 2018-04-28

• Improved options menu
• Each enemy now have distinct sounds
• Lot of bug fixes and small changes

Update 1.4.0 (desert level update) 2018-04-08

• New desert level with 8 new bears to save, a new boss fight, new enemies, new gameplay mechanics and a lore
• New original musics (6 new tracks)
• Improved joystick and buttons
• New cosmetics
• Lot a small tweaks and improvements

Update 1.3.5 2018-01-14

• Added gamepad support (tested with Xbox360 controller and Dualshock 4)
• Added ledge grabing mechanic
• Fixed boss exploits
• Lot of small improvements

Update 1.3.4 2017-12-29

• Added an early version of the desert in the test world
• Improved UI
• Improved introduction
• Improved enemies (bees now fly and penguins throws snowballs)
• Improved vehicle physics and controls
• Improved water physics
• The coin door now costs 60 coins to open (80 before)
• Lot of small improvements
• Added language support for german

Update 1.3.3 2017-12-16

• Added the test world, a new area to test feature of upcoming update
• Added a vehicle in the test world
• Added language support for portuguese, russian and dutch

Update 1.3.2 2017-12-09

• Bug fixes
• New cosmetics
• Added a mailbox in the hub so I can post news about the developpment of the game

Update 1.3.1 2017-12-03

• Bug fixes

Update 1.3.0 (cosmetics update) 2017-12-02

• New hub world
• New cosmetics system: you can now unlock hats, costumes and skins for Baaren and Shicka
• Cosmetics are now obtainable through cases that can be bought with in-game coins
• Improved some animations
• Baaren's movement is less slippery
• Added spanish language and fixed text in english and french

Update 1.2.1 2017-11-05

• Improved pause menu
• Gameplay tweaks

Update 1.2.0 (snow level update) 2017-11-02

• Added a new level: Snow Valley
• The level features new gameplay elements and a new boss fight
• Fixed the joystick on screens with high resolution
• Lot of small gameplay tweaks and improvements
• Bug fixes

Update 1.1.3 2017-09-10

• Fixed the joystick on Android 6.0
• Added keyboard controls
• Added a confirmation when exiting the game
• Fixed bugs

Update 1.1.2 2017-08-19

• Added 2 new hats: Gas mask and Swollen head
• Added rewarded ads to get boosters, revive and more
• Hats are no longer free: you have to collect coins to unlock them

Update 1.1.1 2017-08-02

• Added sharing button to show your best scores
• Added decorative birds and fish in higher graphics settings
• Characters now look at the player

Update 1.1.0 (level 1 update) 2017-07-13

• Level 1 enlarged: new zones and 8 bears to save
• Improved visuals of water, seaweeds, waterfalls and caves
• New camera system
• Added Jump Pads
• Fixed a lot of bugs and many gameplay tweaks

Update 1.0.2 (gold times update) 2017-06-17

• Added time challenges for each bear
• Improved hub
• Added death animation for each enemy
• Added more flower colors
• Fixed moving platforms
• Fixed minor bugs

Update 1.0.1 2017-06-10

• Collecting coins underwater gives you oxygen
• Fixed some text mistakes

Update 1.0.0 2017-06-10

• Initial release