- Small Patch! - 1 April 2026
What's up Wastelanders! We just released a small patch. It fixes an issue in New Hope where certain shop items were invisible sometimes. We also included minor performance updates. Thank you, Stay rad :fire:
- Silver Ghost Fix - 9 August 2025
We fixed a bug that could occur if you die at Silver Ghost.
- Turbo Kid PC update & Nintendo Switch (2) digital launch! 🎉🔥🚴 - 5 August 2025
What's up Wastelanders! 🤘Today, Turbo Kid launches on the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2's digital stores! While developing the Nintendo Switch versions, we worked on a ton of improvements to the game, optimization, balance and some features too. The Steam version of Turbo Kid just received the following improvements:New supported languages: Japanese & Simplified ChineseSecondary weapons now cost about half as much because more weapons = more funImproved Ooze Gun, leaving puddles that last longer on the groundImproved Rocket accuracy so they actually hit thingsImproved Lightning Gun, now reliably zaps enemies on the first tryBig performance optimization for lower-spec machinesAssorted bug fixes & polishFor those of you who pledged on the Kickstarter for a physical or digital copy of the game on the Nintendo Switch, check your e-mails, you should have gotten digital download keys…
- PixElated Fest Starts Today! - 29 July 2024
It's Today! PixElated Fest is finally here! Get Turbo Kid at a 25% discount during the celebration and play many other amazing pixel art games! There will also be an AMA today starting at 8 p.m. BST (12 p.m. PDT / 3 p.m. EDT), check out the PixElated Fest Website for more information. So get cozy, check out all the cool games, and bask in the nostalgia that only tiny squares artfully arranged and animated can generate! See you there!
- Turbo Kid Patch v.1.0.118196 - 22 July 2024
Howdy, Wastelanders! We've been busy fixing bugs! Improvements In the Last GG Crate cutscene, we reduced the loot spray radius so that the dialog isn't interrupted when picking them up. Adjusted the spacing between elements in the credits to make dividers seamless. Improved framerate in the credits. Reduced the rrrrrrrrrrrumble on Mecha preacher coming out of the floor. In the escape sequence, an alarm now plays when the flashing red lights start instead of when the countdown starts. All NPC icons in the map are now linked to the appropriate journal page with the More Info button. Updated the "More Info" button color in the map menu. Updated credits and various fixes for missing characters and funky display bugs in various languages. Added support for Japanese and Chinese. Fixes In the Last GG Crate cutscene, we fixed an issue where running to the left immediately after destroying the b…
- PixElated Fest is Right Around the Corner, Guess Who's Featured! - 22 July 2024
At Outerminds, we've been making pixel art games since like forever! We grew up on those games and we just love them. If you're anything like us, PixElated Fest is for you! We’re beyond excited that Turbo Kid is joining PixElated Festival starting July 29! This festival is featuring some of the best pixel art games on Steam. Retro-style classics? Yep! Contemporary indie gems, you betcha! It's basically a one-stop shop for anyone who still craves those pre-PS2 graphics! There will be 💰 discounts 📺 live streams 🎨 art contests 🕹️ demos 💬 developer chats ✨ all centered around pixel art games! Check out the official line-up and find more information about the event on the PixElated Fest Website.
- ㄒㄩ尺乃ㄖ Ҝ丨ᗪ ㄩ卩ᗪ卂ㄒ乇 ᐯ.1.0.117736 - 18 June 2024
Listen carefully, kid. Remember the weird symbols and sightings we've spotted across the wasteland in the past weeks and no one could figure out what it was all about? Well, there's a new visitor in the Wastes, somewhere.. I have a hunch they know something. 👀 What are you waiting for? Grab your helmet and your bike and go! There's a mystery to uncover! Besides this intriguing, otherworldly mystery, this update also contains multiple fixes and improvements! Additions A new mystery awaits Turbo Kid in the wastelands.. Questions will be answered! Improvements Multiple improvements related to performance and physics. Various work done in preparation for consoles upport. Hogarth's first description is now displayed when speaking to him before completing the Scramblers quest. Balanced the required times, scores and rewards for multiple Minigames. The Minigame panel remains displayed when co…
- Turbo Kid Patch v.1.0.117279 - 17 May 2024
Hey hey HEY! We're back with another update, kids! 🔥 Turbo Kid will be part of a few digital festivals soon, we'll have news for you. Until then, be sure to leave a review and tell your besties and favorite creators about the game, it helps a ton! 🙏 Without further ado, let's dive right into today's patch notes. Keep the bug reports and suggestions coming! Improvements Added a restart button to the Arena and Bike Tricks mini games. Multiple tweaks and improvements to most of the boss fights. New animation for the energy bar when getting an upgrade. Improved texts in the menus. Added a Discord button to the main menu. (Join us! https://turbokid.gg/discord ) Improved the auto-rotation on the bike so it's harder to fall when not using any tilts. Added Naomi on the west side of the Skatepark to give you the zone intro if you arrive by the Junkyard teleporter When the player runs out of Tu…
- Turbo Kid Patch v1.0.117151 - 7 May 2024
Hey there, Wastelanders! 🌟 We're on a roll with the fixes! 💪 Huge thanks for all the glowing feedback. And remember, if you're loving the game, leave us a review on Steam. It's incredibly meaningful to us! 🤩 Improvements • Refined Shivers audio. • Tweaked a platform in the Wasteland Cliffs area. • Modified Nea Vanda Ouk dialogue bubble overlap during head delivery. • Made sure Jimmy 7 and arena are removed only when offscreen. • Adjusted teleport pads pixel alignment in Skatepark and Sewers areas. • Improved minigame reward system. • Improve Shivers animation. Fixes • Fixed Kunoichi bug in Church. • Fixed Wasteland Bike Race minigame issue with Apple skin reward display. • Fixed issue with incorrect controller recognition in control mapping window. • Fixed randomly occurring crash when opening file selection menu. • Fixed interaction overlap between Shivers and their neighbors at end…
- Turbo Kid Patch v1.0.117126 - 2 May 2024
Howdy, Wastelanders! 🤘 It's time for yet another patch! 😁 We appreciate all the feedback we're getting, please keep it coming! Also, your friendly reminder to drop us a review on Steam if you're enjoying the game, it helps us a ton! 🙏 Improvements Improved how the achievements are triggered. Tweaked the number of teleports in the Church. Added a teleport in the Skatepark after the Ramp of Judgment, in the Sewers under the Scramblers' HQ and one after the really tough room after Hogwarth. Multiple tweaks and improvements to the flow of Shivers' quest. Fixes Fixed the number of teleports for the achievement from 19 to 26. Removed unused teleport pads. Removed Shivers' NPC marker in the Middle-Waste. Fixed a loading bug around the Wasteland/Cliffs area. Fixed an error with achievements references that didn't exist. Fixed an issue during races where music was not stopping after a reset.…
- Turbo Kid Patch v1.0.117105 - 1 May 2024
Gooooood day wastelanders! Bike chain oiled up? Good, we've got a nice big patch for you to ride through today. 🚴♂️ We've been watching ALL the streams and Youtube videos (no really, obsessively looking out for them! Be sure to post any and all Turbo Kid content on our Discord server) and it's been great seeing how everyone is enjoying Turbo Kid - it's great feedback too! If you haven't yet, consider dropping the game a review on Steam, it helps a ton! 🙏 ANYWAYS, today's patch is pretty HUGE! Here's the deets: Improvements Added a new quest to unlock more teleports! That's all we'll say for now. 👀 Happy turtle hunting! Updated the particle effects of the sawblade gates. Added an energy tutorial video when the player gets his first weapon. Added a pulsing effect to certain hint texts to better catch the player's eye. Added a heavy jingle sound effect to the weapon beam. Changed the s…
- Turbo Kid Patch v1.0.116973.1 - 24 April 2024
Hello to all the wastelanders out there! Dust your boots and come on in, we have another great patch for you today! As a reminder, if you haven't yet, be sure to leave a review for Turbo Kid on Steam - also, tell your friends and favorite content creators about it, it helps us tremendously! 💛 Improvements Multiple improvements and tweaks to the tutorial that helps explain the controls better, improve the flow of the tutorial and resolves visual hiccups with the texts and instructions. Improved the indicators in the Skatepark, Sewers and Junkyard races. Increased the trigger sizes in races to cover the starting line. Tweaks to make the framerate more stable. Slightly increased Turbo Kid's jump height. Added a sound effect when instruction bars move up. Made sure all the gauntlet wave fights play the right music. Revamped the log bar's HUD. Made multiple tweaks to the audio and music in…
- Turbo Kid Patch v1.0.116828 🚴♂️ - 18 April 2024
Whaaaat's up wastelanders?! 🔥 It's been a great week since launch and we're so, SO thankful for the support! Please keep talking about Turbo Kid to your friends, favorite streamers and whoever's willing to listen! If you haven't yet, remember to leave a review, it helps tremendously. 🙏 We just released a patch with tons of fixes and polish. Here are the deets; Improvements Added a new tutorial video for the cartridge menu. Added an arrow at the start of the race in the cliffs to help players with an initial direction. Updated the conditions that made Naomi's huge crate unintentionally respawn. Improved the flow & UI of the Cartridge system. Darkened the tutorial doors to improve the ~vibe~. Improved the Junkyard race with new arrows, checkpoints positioning and obstacles. Go try it again! Improved the timed switches visuals with smol lights and wires that go to the door as a visual cu…
- Update notes for April 11th. - 11 April 2024
Minor camera fixes NPC interactions flow Minor audio fixes
- Turbo Kid is LIVE!!!! 10% Discount for 7 Days! - 10 April 2024
Here We Go! After years of development, we are finally releasing Turbo Kid! We're kinda freaking out! To celebrate this launch, we're offering a 10% discount for the first 7 days. Get it while it lasts! The game is playable on PC and Steam Deck. Give Us a Review We deeply appreciate feedback! Please give us a review (especially if you enjoyed the game) as it really helps with the Steam algorithm. See You in the Wasteland Thank you so much for following and supporting our game! We're really proud of the game and we can't wait for you to play it! Follow us on socials to stay up to date with all Turbo Kid news as well as our upcoming projects!
- Community Update - March 9 - 8 March 2024
What’s good Wastelanders?! Inching Closer With a little under five weeks left until our launch date, we’re definitely in the final stages of production with a basically finished game with a few pesky bugs remaining to find and fix. We’ve shown you a lot of what Turbo Kid has to offer already and we want to avoid spoilers from now on so you can discover all the wonders of the Wasteland on your own. The Future of the Past is Now So, instead of looking to the future, let us gaze into the past. We’ve dug up a bunch of relics from the early production days when we were all oh so young! Brainstorms, sketches, concept art, mood boards, references, and research, are what make a game like Turbo Kid such a well-thought-out project. So, here’s some of our early stuff for your viewing pleasure. The World of Turbo Kid Here are some early sketches and ideas of what would become the different zones yo…
- Big Demo Update! - 5 March 2024
Wastelanders! For those of you who missed it, we just released an update for our Demo. We're working hard to eliminate all bugs and this release takes care of many of the stuff we missed and that you guys found. Patch notes for this update Fixed uncleared race indicator Fixed Naomi's quest Fixed broken thugs waves Fixed going through the floor while crouching and being hit by a rat Fixed some save game issues Fixed broken enemy waves during the fetch quest gauntlet Fixed French race text loop soft lock That's it for now! Thanks so much for playing our demo and wishlisting! It makes a huge difference! Happy riding!
- Metroidvania Fusion Showcase! - 4 March 2024
Hello, Wastelanders! Today is the start of Metroidvania Fusion, an event hosted by the Ravenage Games, March 4-11. For all you platforming lovers, the event showcases 170 titles ranging from upcoming indie titles (including yours truly) to classic franchises. Metroidvania Fusion shines a spotlight on games that showcase different mechanics or push the boundaries of the genre forward. Epic journeys filled with exploration, action, and puzzles... you know... Metroidvanias... Metroidvania Fusion officially kicks off today at 10 am PST / 1 pm EST. Have fun!
- Development Update March 1 - Welcome to the Wasteland! - 1 March 2024
Welcome Wastelanders! A lot of you are new here, so we’d like to say: welcome to the wasteland! Thanks so much for the support! We’re beyond thrilled with all the attention our game has been getting! In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past week, you know it’s been a big one! We finally announced the release date for Turbo Kid: April 10th! We also released a new trailer which we humbly think is super rad and got showcased during IGN Fan Fest. Feast your eyes on that thumbnail before you press play, it's our new banner, just in case you missed it... Join the Fun! Here are just a few videos and streams featuring Turbo Kid since we announced the release date: Arex's stream of our new demo BabyMobbie's stream of our new demo From Brazil, the amazing TocaDosCoelhos' stream (in Portugese). And finally, from our own neck of the woods EpicJoystick (in Quebec French). Find Cuteness i…
- New Demo is LIVE!!! - 23 February 2024
Hey, Wastelanders! Just a quick update to remind you that we've launched our NEW DEMO today! We've been working like crazy on the game and we really think it shows! In this version, you'll get polished art, enhanced gameplay, new zones to explore, new NPCs to interact with... basically, a much better representation of what the full game will look like. Be sure to stay tuned here and on our socials for more news! Have fun!
