Vlobs version history
Version 1.0.4 Released 2023-04-22
Changes and improvements:- Progress is now saved if you quit during a game so you can continue later.
- Save game window size if it's been resized and restore next time game is launched.
- Properly center window mode game window when using multiple displays.
- Fix some shadows on mobile at later level far camera distances.
Version 1.0.3 Released 2023-03-25
Changes and improvements:- Better connection select spotlight size based on game zoom level.
- Better game window size based on monitor resolution when switching to windowed mode.
- Added little name labels to the special power icons to help remember what they do.
- Added a dialogue asking once if you want to turn off fancy graphics if the game is running very slowly.
- Fixes a graphical glitch with moving blocks on some devices.
- Fixes a bug with the game over screen highscore display after restart.
- Fixes a bug with the time bar max value after restart.
Version 1.0.2 Released 2023-03-20
Changes and improvements:- Prevent board clicks while the board is animating to avoid misclicks.
- Removed gray vlob color as it was a little too similar to the black.
- Better Settings and Credits menu scaling on narrow screen mobile devices.
- Fix bug that could sometimes cause incorrect game over on the last vlob placed, even if it should have saved you.
Version 1.0.1 Released 2023-03-15
This is a iOS only update, with some improvements for the mobile build and preparation for Android support.Changes and improvements:
- Support for mobile portrait mode!
- Improved shadow consistency on different resolutions.
- Improved camera zoom for different devices and orientations.
Version 1.0.0 Released 2023-03-10
Full release version! Available on Steam (windows and linux), iOS/macOS App Store and itch.io (macOS, windows, linux)Version 0.9.3 Released 2023-03-08
iOS and macOS appstore only updateChanges and improvements:
- Better camera zoom adaptation on non-wide screen resolutions.
- Adjusted brightness levels on iOS platform.
- Adjustments to level board rotation.
- Limit the number of special blocks that will spawn on the board to one as intended.
- Fix some incorrect vlob glow animations.
- Fix a stutter issue first time a vlob group pops.
Version 0.9.2 Released 2023-03-01
Changes and improvements:- New best scores in ongoing games are now saved even if you quit or restart without getting a game over.
- New zap power sound effect.
- New bomb power sound effect.
- Added some new best score game UI and game over screen effects.
- Update to new Godot engine version for improved compatibility and stability.
Version 0.9.1 Released 2023-02-21
Changes and improvements:- Made special power select more interesting with more vibrant effects and new sounds.
- Improved hint text for placing vlobs and using zap power.
- Improved excess vlob count display on level ups.
- Tweaked stressful mode level time bonuses and added a new time up sound.
- Properly apply fancy graphics setting anti-aliasing to next preview as well.
- Fix dismissing hint text also hiding game board frame on full size levels.
- Fix hint text placement on larger and rotated boards.
- Fix scaling and offset of mute button on mobile.
- Fixed some bugs related to getting multiple levelups from the same group.
Version 0.9.0 Released 2023-02-16
Changes and improvements:- Special Power blocks (replace old bombs) that appear at random and give you a special action you can use.
- Added moving blocks.
- Added another rare surprise challenge on level 8+.
- Added a quick sound toggle button in the game interface on web and mobile builds.
- Added a new mute all audio setting to quickly toggle on/off all sound and music in the settings.
- Preloading of sound effects to avoid stutters first time the sound effects are played.
Version 0.8.7 Released 2023-01-31
Changes and improvements:- Residual pop particles don't live as long.
- Performance adjustments to some effect shaders.
- Fixes Esc-button resuming game in settings menu when paused instead of first closing the settings.
- Fixed an issue where the vlobs bar animation would not finish in some cases, preventing level progression.
Version 0.8.6 Released 2023-01-29
Changes and improvements:- Added a new Fancy effects toggle in the settings to turn off post processing and reduce shadow quality on low-end machines.
- Added post processing glow and anti-aliasing (when Fancy effects is on).
- Tweaked pop/glow animations and effects with more particles and glow (when Fancy effects is on).
- New menu game start transition.
- More performance improvements.
- Fix taskbar and window app icon on Windows.
- Fixed offset Game Over Highscore animation on wide screen resolutions.
- Fix shadows disappearing on later levels where the camera is further away.
- Fix to accidental buttons clicks in the game over menu trying to place a last vlob on time up.
Version 0.8.5 Released 2023-01-18
Changes and improvements:- Changed Next Vlob generation to avoid some unlucky random sequences.
- Added extra UI feedback to the time bar to show when time is added.
- Changed Game mode selection to a second step after clicking Play in the main menu.
- Added a preview of the next piece in the game board cursor.
- Added gray color blobs in some color sets.
- Improved shadow quality.
- Added an additional game music track for more variation.
- Added some subtle shading to the UI overlay and progress bars.
- Added a transition effect when starting new game from the main menu.
- The Give Up button now appears a little earlier on later levels.
- Added support for both landscape orientations on mobile.
- Move camera a little closer on small mobile screens (phones).
- Some adaptations for future possible Web versions.
- Performance improvements.
- Fixed music bug where the game would get stuck on one specific track and keep looping that instead of picking the next.
- Fixed a bug with UI-scaling of the top left corner buttons in the in-game overlay.
- Fixed a bug where the Give up button would remain on screen after giving up and restarting.
Version 0.8.1 Released 2023-01-11
Changes:- Added an introduction hint to get started for first time players.
- The board cursor shadow now changes shape based on what you're placing next.
- Added a Give up button that is shown where there are just a few empty spaces left.
- Added a more pronounced animation to the last 10 sec tickdown animation for the time bar.
- Some improvement to shader pre-loading.
- Updated to new version of Godot engine.
- Fixed background gaps on edges of very wide screens.
Version 0.8.0 Released 2022-12-27
Changes:- New unlockable second game mode. 100% more stressful!
- Added more sound effects and tweaked some animations.
- Added a new game music track and music is now played in a randomized order.
- Added glow animations when UI bars fill up.
- Added a little idle animation to vlobs dots that triggers at random after a while.
- Added steam page wishlist link to main menu.
- Music and sound is now paused when game is in the background.
- Game is now automatically paused when game is in the background.
- Popmarks are no longer colored by vlob color.
- Fixed a bug where the first vlob could be an unexpected color when restarting right after reaching a level that introduced a new color.
- Placed vlobs connection markers are correctly rotated to match preview even if the board is rotated.
- Fixed a crash in 0.7.5 when restarting game while hovering mouse over a game object.
Version 0.7.5 Released 2022-12-20
Changes:- New mechanic for placing blocks on later levels to mix up gameplay.
- Added a hover animation to some special blocks to indicate they can be clicked.
- Made background a little lighter and smoother.
- Vlobs spawning is now more generous with ones and twos for the last tiles before game over.
- Performance improvements.
- There's now a secret fps counter you can toggle on by clicking in the top right corner.
- Added Godot license text to credits menu.
- Fixed a lighting bug with special blocks and vlob popping slights.
- Fixed bug where the UI would block placing blobs bottom right corner on some window sizes.
- Fixed bug where you could get stuck in connection select mode by selecting a connection during the transition animation.
Version 0.7.0 Released 2022-12-08
Changes:- New special blocks appearing on later levels offering a new mechanic to clear space.
- Improved level transition animations with growing gameboard, block spawning and color changes.
- More music tracks for a bit more variation during play.
- Added a frame that appears around the game board when it has reached full size to show it won't expand any more.
- Added Enter keyboard shortcut for all main recommended menu buttons (Play, Resume, Restart).
- Added Quit items to pause menu and game over screen to quit without needing to go to main menu first.
- Added board highlight if you click the next vlob preview, to hint you should click the board to place it.
- New music handling code the allows for cross-scene music playing and sequencing from music lists.
- Pre-loading of shaders to reduce stuttering when new shaders appear for the first time during game.
- Improvements to background shader coloring and lighting.
- New custom splash screen during startup.
- Performance improvements.
- Fixed fullscreen default setting not being applied correctly on first launch.
Version 0.6.4 Released 2022-12-05
Changes:- To make later level progression more rewardning the board now resizes in more horizontal and vertical steps up to the max.
- The background color now changes when new vlob colors appear for more visual variation.
- Set a minimum window size to avoid some scaling issues.
- Added feedback and bug report link to the main menu.
- Added itch.io link to the main menu.
- Fixed bug with being able to place blobs outside the board if you clicked on the edge.
- Fixed Play button in main menu losing y letter when resolution is scaled down.
- Detect if fullscreen has been changed the system and update game fullscreen setting to match.
- Fixed/improved adaptive UI scaling in Settings and Credits menus.
Version 0.6.3 Released 2022-11-30
First public testing build available on itch.io