1.89.0 — Ring Circuit is clear, Vantablack is 60, SPACE reports reach us

1.89.0 is live (build 138)

Pushed yesterday to the full game and the free demo (Windows and Linux / SteamOS). Today''s change is on the intake side: when you press SPACE, mark a spot and SAVE, that report now reaches us.

Ring Circuit Vector

The pink X-braces at the start gantry no longer cross the road you launch through. The arch, clock ticks and pillars stay. (From the reports on that mission.)

Vantablack Loop

With three rivals alive the race had dropped to about 18 frames a second. It runs at full speed again. Same rivals, same course — they no longer scan the whole arena every tick just to find each other.

Online and LAN

• QUICK MATCH finds a host. Our partner rider sits in a public Steam lobby and plays as the Seeker when you join.
• CREATE warms Steam''s relay first, waits thirty seconds with a visible count, and tells you why if Steam does not answer.
• TEST LAN HERE on the LAN tab launches a second copy of the game on this PC that joins over real LAN broadcast. Two windows, one match, no second machine.

Controller

A confirms and B cancels on every menu, including pause. START pauses. Unplugging the pad or opening the Steam Overlay pauses. Every in-game prompt shows pad glyphs (PlayStation names on Sony pads). A Developer''s Recommended Configuration is published for the game and the demo.

The Warden

A hazard bar could sweep straight through a jump pyramid. The bar''s whole path is now kept clear of every ramp. Filed from the demo, shipped in this line of builds.

Bug reports now arrive

Press SPACE at any moment (playing, paused, dead, or on the results screen) to open the bug camera. Click the spot, SPACE again to capture, write a line, SAVE. The report carries the screenshot, marker, mission and seed. As of today those SAVEs reach us. Use it for unfair deaths, boring missions, and anything that reads wrong — not just crashes.

This is still a beta. Steam Next Fest is 19–26 Oct. Full game Early Access 28 Oct 2026, $7.99 once.

Demo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5188420/

Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5179670/Synapse_Grid/

— Tim / AlluringCoffee