Game update

Hotfix — Steam invite join

Velocrash · published 3 Sep 2026, 11:55 UTC

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Fixed an issue where joining a lobby through a Steam invite from the main
menu left the main menu visible on top of the lobby screen. The menu buttons
stayed clickable, so it was possible to hit QUIT by accident mid-session.

Joining through the lobby code was never affected.

Thanks to maousami and the Garden crew for catching this on stream and for
sending over the repro steps afterwards.

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