Gamma 2.2.5 Released

Important! The new updater is having some teething problems. If you aren't successfully getting updated to 2.2.5, please update manually using these links:

Windows: Download and run the 2.2.5 installer
Mac: Delete Blackshift from your Applications, then download and extract the 2.2.5 app bundle

Edit: Does anyone want to help me test the Steam version? E-mail me or comment below with your Blackshift username and I'll send you a Steam key. If you want to keep your existing Level Pit account, then include your Steam User ID as well and I'll link your account.

Edit 2, for you secret-hunters: it can be a bit of a slog, hunting them all down without knowing where to look. I'm planning a feature that'll make it more fun, but for now, I'll just tell you. The secrets are on these levels: 9 14 19 40 41 44 47 63 70 71 80 85 95 98 100.

What's New

 

2.2.0

• New UI
• The UI used to use CEF. CEF works by embedding an entire web browser in the game, and having the UI written in HTML and Javascript. This decision was made by past-me, who has now been fired.
• The new GUI is written in C++ like the rest of the game. It uses NanoVG. This should all now be way, way smaller, faster and smoother.
• Editor changes
• You can now use the level editor in offline mode.
• You can now press Ctrl+E to quickly switch between edit and play mode. 
• Blue police robots are now available in the editor.
• Windows users can now zoom with the mouse wheel.
• Level Pit changes
• You can now only publish a level once you've played it and won at least once. Once published, the level is made available on What's New automatically.
• You can now see pictures of all Pit levels before playing them. 
• You can now see little flags next to usernames showing where the person is from.
• What's New now shows 120 levels, not 12, and the rule that limits how many levels from a single author can appear in the list has been relaxed.
• The Level Pit now calculates the difficulty of each level using advanced machine learning*.
• Fixed many bugs related to editing levels after publishing them. This whole feature was totally broken. Works now.
•  Gameplay changes
• Replaced the level select menu with an overworld map. Have fun!
• Bug Fixes
• Fixed bug where, if you teleported and died straight away, the camera wouldn't move to where you died. 
• Fixed bug where you would sometimes be immune to bullets while pushing blocks.  
• Removals
• Removed DirectX 9 support.
• Removed the Awards page. It will return.
• Removed the ability to "star" levels.
•  Miscellaneous
• Rewrote the updater from scratch.
• Delta updates didn't make it in, so all updates will be quite large (about 40MB) until this gets done.
• One new music track.
• As usual, many small graphical, sound & performance updates.
• As usual, some changes to the campaign levels. 

* Some SQL queries.

 

2.2.1

• Fixed a bug that stopped sound playing on Mac.
• Fixed some minor UI display bugs on Windows.

 

2.2.2

• Fixed a bug that could cause save-file corruption.
• Fixed a bug that would cause some objects to be invisible.
• Fixed a collision bug in the overworld.
• Fixed a Windows display bug on the login page.

2.2.3

• Fixed an editor bug that would corrupt your levels if you put certain objects in them.
• Fixed an editor bug where you could put objects in your levels that you shouldn't be able to. 
• Fixed an updater bug on Windows where it would pop up the "Failed to install update" error even if the update actually installed successfully.

 

2.2.4

• Fixed a collision bug that rendered some parts of the world map inaccessible. 

2.2.5

• Fixed a bug where the credits would roll even if you failed the last level.
• Fixed a bug where you couldn't drop items on bridges, making level 100 unwinnable.
• Made bridges available in the level editor.