Hello everyone! Welcome to the first of our quarterly updates for Puzzle Compound. Currently we are aiming to release the full game with five maps sometime Spring 2023. Between working on the new maps, our goal is to add various quality of life and polish updates which will be added to the demo once every quarter, starting with today!
Let’s get on to what changes we’ve made as of this update.
Patch Notes
Map Update
We have redesigned the look of the mansion map. While the puzzles and overall layout remain the same, the walls and floors have better coloring and textures and there is actual lighting throughout the map. This was done in order to closer match the quality of the other maps we’ve been working on.
Hint System
The hint system has been completely overhauled. Now hints will be available to you regardless of your proximity to the puzzle, and each puzzle has a series of hints which get more and more specific. There’s also a reminder about hints if you haven’t solved a puzzle in 8 minutes. If players find a particular puzzle too confusing or challenging, continuing to press the hint button after all hints have been displayed will automatically solve the next puzzle. Hints can also be accessed by the pause menu.
Item Snapping
Some items need to be placed in specific locations to solve puzzles, and to make the process easier, we have created a system where items will be snapped to their particular location if you are pointing near where the items need to be.
Other Features
- Objects that you can interact with now have a slight glow to make sure they are visible in low light environments.
- We have added a feedback form to the game which is accessed after completing the demo map or by the main menu. Any feedback, either positive or negative, will be very helpful in making the game as good as it can be!
- Additional character models were added for players on the mansion experience map.
- Additional sound effects have been added to the game.
Future Plans
Next Update
Our goal is to release another update to Puzzle Compound in the Summer with some additional quality of life and polish updates, including a ping system that will allow players to point out something in game that they want another player to pay attention to.
New Maps
As of this post, we have fully completed our second map in the game, the Castle Experience, and are finishing up polishing the third map, the Heist Experience, following some playtests with friends. While these won’t be available in the demo and will only be a part of the full game when it is released, we hope you look forward to seeing more of them when we start to show more of them off in the future.
Social Media
In an effort to try to gain at least 1000 wishlists by the time we release, we hope to start releasing more content on our YouTube channel and Twitter account to show off puzzles, new features, and how we developed parts of the game. If you’re interested in getting a sneak peak of some of the things we’re working on, we recommend you give our YouTube channel or Twitter account a follow!
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6VIBlXXvw56l-mXP3V3DQA
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Noble_Phantom
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Thank you for reading our first Quarterly Update post. We hope you all enjoy the demo and look forward to the full game when it’s released.