Features:
BADGING SYSTEM
Badging system was added so you can get rewarded with monthly endless run medals! Not only that, but you can also get special badges such as a game disc badge and the speak bubble badge, which you get by buying the OST of the game or the upcoming developer commentary mode. Well, I guess badges could be used for verifying too.
MONTHLY ENDLESS RUN
At the end of MONTHLY ENDLESS RUN, players will receive a endless badge displayed at the main menu!
- 1st place receives a golden endless run badge
- 2nd place receives a silver endless run badge
- 3rd place receives a bronze endless run badge
- 4-10th place gets a participate endless run badge
- Added world 4 secret way
- You can now see details of badges in the main menu
- Hardmode levels more balanced (thanks KD)
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed zero gravity
- Fixed tutorial challenge
- Fixed narrator text
- Fixed hungarian translation
- Fixed some skins while in zero gravity (thanks dha)
- Linux version is currently not working, I highly recommend for linux users to use proton to launch and play the game. Native support will come eventually again when the problems are fixed :)
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Future DLC coming soon:
A future DLC is coming where the game will include a commentary mode. Commentary mode is a mode where you get to see how the development process of The Colorful Creature went throughout the years and what I've learned throughout development (and believe me, I learned a ton!).
The developer commentary DLC will be available at the end of this year and will cost 1 euro. To be honest, I hate making stuff like DLC's but I don't want to put like "2500 LEVELS DLC" because that's just plain stupid, all levels are free to play! This mode is entirely optional and you do not have to buy it, only do so if you feel like supporting me.
There will be also two upcoming bundles for TCC:
TCC Deluxe Edition which will include developer commentary and base game
TCC Ultimate Edition which will include Base game, game ost AND Dev Commentary
GAME PRICE CHANGES
I plan to increase the base game price from 2 euros up to 3 euros, dollars will stay the same but I am still concerned because of the recent USD value increase. Generally, the game will just cost more, but when you ask? Well, it will be somewhere at the end of 2022, or somewhere around Beta 1.9 or the Release 1.0 versions!
Dropping 32-bit support for The Colorful Creature this September
I'll be dropping 32bit support for TCC for a couple of reasons, the main reason being that Gamemaker, the game engine I use, will no longer support 32-bit exports from this August. What I could do is essentially try to stay in the same gamemaker version, but that will mean that the game will miss out on game engine's bugfixes or performance improvements.
32-bit is considered obsolete by many, because 64bit became a standard in 2003. If you have a computer that is like over 20 years old or is very weak, you likely have a 32-bit system, however with android phones, this issue could be very common.
Will this affect you? Most likely not. Windows emulates 32-bit pretty well because of backwards compatibility. Making TCC 64-bit may give benefits such as surpassing the 2GB memory limit, and other important factors. One thing that won't exactly work is discord API in TCC, since the dll file is 32 bit that is used, this will be fixed soon!
4th year anniversary and Beta 1.9
On 3rd September, the game will be on sale for 30% off, including the soundtrack. This will be the BIGGEST SALE yet for The Colorful Creature, with larger sales also happening in the future.
The game will be updated to Beta 1.8.9 (pre-beta 1.9), where the game will include the following features:
- Full Language Support
- New Challenge (new skin too)
- Potential new hardmode medal in challenges
- 4 new hats
- Fixes to the game in general
BETA 1.9 PLANS:
Beta 1.9
- Main Game Expansion (More secrets, levels, perhaps new ending)
- Few optimizations (better player/troop code rewrite, more flexibility etc)
- Return for languages with a WAY better flexible system (English, French, Spanish, Italian, Magyar), which also allows you to do custom languages too
- Better Level Editor functionality for mobile
Beta 1.9.1 September 2022
- Fixing potential bugs in Beta 1.9
- Adding lesser languages (Portuguese, Czech, Chinese, Ukrainian)
Beta 1.9.2 - October 2022
- Better Menus (I plan to change it for future controller support + I wanna make a way better workshop menu)
Beta 1.9.3 and onwards - October to December 2022
- Commentary Mode DLC
- Polish up to Release
- Bugfixing until release
Release 1.0 Hopefully December 2022
- From here I'll work on the calendar, further localization and smaller fixes