Hello, and welcome to our first set of patch notes! We've been busily adding features and fixing bugs behind the scenes, all while running our Kickstarter, so we'd like to take a moment to share what we've been working on.
You might notice the new build is labelled "version 0.2" in the bottom right corner of the main menu screen. Going forward, we'll be numbering builds with a more human-friendly version number in addition to the internal build identifier used previously.
Without further ado, here's what's changed between the very first public Steam release of the demo and version 0.2!
Major updates
- Native macOS and Linux builds are now live on Steam and itch.io (though currently without the custom engine)
- Game includes dedicated Steam Deck default settings for better out-of-the-box performance
- Game files no longer trigger false-positive detections in any major antivirus products (as reported by VirusTotal)
Features added
- New option to adjust the global volume in-game
- New option to select audio output device
- New option to disable whole-screen flashing or flickering (currently only the Flipper Snapper camera shutter)
- Settings are now divided into tabs for easier access
- Hammer Time and Meet & Tweet now have dedicated images for Cool on the results screen
- More buttons are supported (Enter and X for confirm, WASD for menu navigation)
- Most audio configuration errors are explicitly detected and automatically switch to the fallback engine
- Scoring a Perfect on all three stages in a row gives a sticker on the fourth CD
- Unlocking the stages at the beginning of the demo now has a dedicated sound
- The "skip tutorial" text is now more visible
- Hidden shortcut to reset all settings to default for those who get truly stuck
- Custom engine logs much more information on failure to aid in troubleshooting
- Graphical update to fourth CD to make it more apparent that it isn't a level (sorry)
Bugs fixed
- Title screen and stage select music now loops correctly across a variety of audio configurations
- Hammer Time no longer shows another camera angle for a few frames at the beginning of the stage
- Hammer Time no longer allows you to move the hammer from its position at the end of the stage
- The block that fades out at the end of the Hammer Time tutorial is now completely invisible
- The beach ball at the end of Flipper Snapper now animates correctly when some inputs are missed
- The game no longer responds to input when the Steam overlay is active
- The nail and hammer sounds pan correctly on the beats where the camera flips and flips back
Thank you so much for playing the Bits & Bops demo! As always, you can get support for any issues you encounter in the #bug-reports channel of our Discord server, and keep up to date with the latest news by following us on Twitter and reading our Kickstarter updates.