[p]Hey everyone, [/p][p]The holidays are here, and we’ve got a little gift for you! 🎁 [/p][p]We just released a brand new cozy holiday escape room, playable solo or with friends. It’s inspired by classic Christmas movies and full of warm lighting, festive details, and that relaxed winter vibe. A short, comfy escape made to be enjoyed together. [/p][p]This room is our virtual holiday card to all 300,000 of you already escaping in ES2. Thank you! 💌
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🎄What’s in the Holiday Update:

• [p]A new holiday themed room [/p]
• [p]A new Darkest puzzle[/p]
• [p]New festive outfits[/p]
• [p]A new festive soundtrack[/p]
• [p]100+ new holiday props for the Room Editor, perfect for building your own cozy winter escapes[/p]

🛠️ Room Editor updates

[p]We also shipped a bunch of fixes and improvements to the Room Editor, focusing on stability and quality of life. The full changelog is available at the end of this post.
[/p][p]And if you’re looking for great community rooms, don’t forget that there’s now a Build-a-Room Winners category in game, where you can quickly jump into all the winning rooms from our last competition.[/p][p][dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2879840/view/498340611488743759?l=english"][/dynamiclink][/p]

🎁 Holiday Sale

[p]One more thing before you go.
Escape Simulator is on sale! You can grab Escape Simulator 1 with 40% off and Escape Simulator 2 with 20% off, (or both games in a bundle deal!) which makes it a great last minute gift for friends or family you want to escape with.[/p][p][dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2879840/Escape_Simulator_2/"][/dynamiclink][dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1435790/Escape_Simulator/"][/dynamiclink][/p][p]Happy holidays, and enjoy escaping together! [/p][p]- Pine team [/p][p][/p]

Full Changelog v17103:

[p]Room Editor: [/p]

• [p]Added new Christmas themed props[/p]
• [p]Added a Line connection type option with tweakable settings[/p]
• [p]Fixed Line connection scaling[/p]
• [p]Improved Lua safety by checking 0 index usage when defining array variables[/p]
• [p]Removed the unnecessary “None” option when selecting light cookies or sprite sheet textures for Displays[/p]
• [p]Fixed and cleaned up some prop names[/p]
• [p]Fixed transparent material rendering on Displays[/p]

[p]Core:[/p]

• [p]Fixed an issue where some custom rooms would fail to load[/p]
• [p]Disabled level saving and drop-in multiplayer on rooms that use Lua scripts to prevent issues[/p]
• [p]Fixed model count jumping when loading custom rooms with custom models[/p]

[p]Lobby:[/p]

• [p]Fixed custom level collection ordering[/p]
• [p]Improved error messages when failing to join a Steam lobby [/p]