The long-awaited Creators Update is here, and with it, we're introducing Mondrian Studio! This design suite is a major upgrade over the original Gallery Mode, and allows you to take control over the look of your Steam Workshop thumbnails, not to mention desktop backgrounds, postcards, or whatever else you want to turn your Mondrian Maker creations into!
Mondrian Studio is a toolchest you can access from the "Play Your Level" window in Mondrian Maker (select "Open in Studio," previously "Save & Exhibit"). By simply adjusting some sliders (and clicking a couple buttons), you can create beautiful artworks out of your level in no time! You can quickly adjust the frame size/rotation, color harmony, background artwork, visual effects, and logo visibility. When you're ready, you can save your image as a JPG file in the game's Thumbnails folder, or instantly copy it to your clipboard to paste onto social media, send to your friends in chat, or bring into other graphics editing software.
The original Gallery Mode was very barebones, and we felt it was important to lower the barrier to getting levels up on Steam Workshop, while also offering a variety of controls to exhibit your creations in ways the game never could, such as neon colors. There's a wide variety of possibilities for how you can show your level off, and we can't wait to see what you post both on Workshop and in the Community Artwork tab!
If you'd like to know more about how to use Mondrian Studio, we've put together an instructional video which you can watch right here:
We've also added a few bonus goodies, including a new Porcelain Collection in the Museum, some Mondrian Maker adjustments, and Pause Menu optimizations. Check out the 1.0.9 Patch Notes announcement for the full list of what's new, changed, and fixed in the game.
Now that Mondrian Studio is in place, we're aiming to get back to more regular updates. In the meantime, we're super excited to see what you can cook up using the new toolset!
As always, thank you for playing.
- Danny