September was a month of creative power-ups.
With major improvements to UI Builder, a refreshed Starter Kit, and expanded Game Event parameters, this update gave both designers and developers more control, polish, and inspiration for building LiveOps experiences.
It’s one of those releases that quietly expands what’s possible.
New LiveOps Package v154 — More Depth for Game Events & Items
The newest LiveOps package (v154) expanded two of Balancy’s foundational systems: Game Events and Items.
Game Events — Cooldown & Manual Remove
Events now come with two new parameters:
- Cooldown: defines the waiting period before the event can re-activate.
- Manual Remove: allows the event to be cleared manually from a player’s state when it’s no longer relevant.
These small additions open up smarter pacing, better event control, and smoother player journeys.
Items — Components System
Items gained a new Components parameter, paving the way for more modular, dynamic item behavior.
Developers can now build items that “contain” other attributes or behaviors — an important step toward deeper systems design and bundle customization.
Items with the decay component now automatically spend over time — every second — reflecting real-time consumption logic.
UI Builder: New Tools for Creative Teams
UI Builder saw one of its biggest quality-of-life boosts this year, adding a suite of features designed to make iteration faster and more flexible:
- Copy-Paste for visual elements — easily duplicate UI layouts or sections.
- Find/Replace in the JS editor — streamline logic updates across scripts.
- Spin animation support via CSS — more dynamic, responsive animations without custom code.
- Navigation panel improvements — cleaner, faster, easier to navigate.
- Dozens of minor fixes that make day-to-day editing smoother.
This update is all about speed — you can now go from idea to polished UI faster than ever.
Starter Kit v25 — Fresh Templates & Playable Examples
The Starter Kit package v25 arrived this month, and it’s packed with inspiration.
Included directly in the “Starter Kit” demo project on your Dashboard, this version showcases a fully built calendar of 8 scheduled LiveOps activities — ready to explore, modify, or repurpose.
Here’s what’s inside:
- 🗓 Calendar: pre-scheduled activities showing how to layer LiveOps events.
- 🎟 Season Pass: reworked activation phase and clearer reward flow.
- ⚡ Power Matrix mini-game: includes a new rewards list window accessible by tapping the current reward level.
- 🏔 Tower Climb winstreak event — high-engagement event example.
- 🏎 Car Race mini-challenge — quick competitive event template.
- 🛍 Simple Offer and Group Offer 3-in-1 examples.
- 🔗 Two Chain Deals with different layouts for comparison.
- 🎁 Full support for Items with Bundle component — now opened in a full-screen claiming window.
For teams exploring what’s possible with Balancy’s systems, the new Starter Kit serves as both a learning tool and a creative launchpad.
Plugin Improvements (5.1.9)
September’s plugin release introduced a few essential technical improvements:
- Save-size warning: Balancy now displays a warning when saving data larger than the maximum allowed size — helping prevent corrupted saves or sync issues.
- New Facebook authentication method — simplifying FB login integration for games with social connectivity.
- Order ID added to payment completion response — improving transaction traceability for analytics and support teams.
- Icons added for Items and Game Events, making project navigation cleaner and more intuitive.
Small but crucial refinements that help teams keep everything secure, trackable, and easy to maintain.
Demo App Refresh
The Balancy Demo App was also updated to reflect the new LiveOps package features — including automatic decay for items and the new “Finished” state for manually removed events.
This ensures that every example in the app mirrors real-world scenarios you can directly apply to your own projects.
Wrapping Up
September 2025 blended creative flexibility with system reliability.
From smarter LiveOps parameters to a more powerful UI Builder and refreshed templates, this update deepened Balancy’s ability to serve as both a toolkit and a playground for modern LiveOps teams.
If you haven’t explored the new Starter Kit yet, it’s worth opening — everything from Season Pass logic to event scheduling is ready to test, learn, and build upon.