Warcube Patch Notes — March 17, 2020
Aggregated from Steam, cross-tracked with Battle.net coverage on GamePatchNote.
Introducing "Normal Update Numbers"
I've ditched boring update names like "0.4.15v1" for something that you know, sounds like a human wrote it 😉 Like a good old regular number that corresponds with what update it is! Though I will say, I don't actually know if this is my 55th update, but it's gotta be somewhere around there, or even more (we should ask Myriad 🤷♂️)State Of Warcube
Welcome to the very first 'State Of Warcube' post. After nearly a year of no major update, I feel this is totally necessary. But before I start, I just want to say how incredibly thankful I am to every person who reached out to me on every platform (specially my Discord fam) with encouragement, kind words, and gentle prods of 'when will you update things?' as well as the ever unique 'hello?' (looking at you Bup). Suffice to say it's probably easier if I give a timeline of the past year to better put things into perspective. But to be succinct for you TL;DR folks out there: I really broke the game and started also working full-time.1. November 2018: Was working on my first boss fight and physically moving states
2. December 2018: Moved, published a beta build, and started a full-time job.
3. January-March 2019: Broke the game by upgrading unity and not backing things up, like a fool
4. April - August 2019: Patched nearly every broken scene in the game to get it where things were roughly before.
5. Sept - December 2019: Worked way through backlog of bugs amidst full-time job. Again, I really struggle with time management at this point.
6. January - February 2020: Had another kid, finished fixing the arena, publishing beta builds again.
7. Now: Published the first of many updates for the 2020 year, featuring basically everything the game had in it before, as well as a few new things ;)
Early Access
I've recently gone through and looked through my original Early Access descriptions on Steam (oof) and have decided I need to revamp them to better communicate my goals with the game, and my sincerity to finishing it. Everyone who knows me will understand the grit I have with finishing projects, and also my complete paralysis that comes from wanting to DO EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME. This is on my list to do for next week 😁 (good timing with your message Myriad!)So bear with me, and if my new descriptions don't fit your experience with owning the game these past few years, let me know :)Big Stuff
- Arena mode is back- New start screen
- Mac version is stalled for a bit due to some new build criteria via Apple
Small Stuff
- A million bugs have been fixed- Slight performance improvements in large levels
How You Can Help
I'm adding a new section to help guide all the incredibly passionate people I've met who just want to help. Sometimes this will be a useful section, other times it wont. BUT. Right now, I could REALLY use help identifying other REALLY obnoxious bugs in the game, I'm not talking about the occasional clipping through walls and stuff, more the things that happen that really ruin the game while playing it. Here's some information on how to best describe a bug (to better help me fix it!). Or even just providing images and succinct descriptions is VERY helpful, similar to what Hedgie did here.Or list some details in the #issues-and-bugs channel of the Discord Server. I'm a little behind on logging them just a heads up :D
Bottom Paragraph
Oh hey! You've made it to the bottom paragraph! Boy are you in for a treat ;) this is the little section where I just say hi. To you specifically. And this time I just want to take the time to say thank you. Thank you for being patient with me, thank you for believing in me, and for really being the kind of friend, player, fam a developer really appreciates :) making Warcube has changed my life in so many ways, and being able to connect with REAL people who are REALLY passionate about life in some way, is the biggest source of encouragement to me. So hey, have a great day... OR RATHER... have a great week! Wake up tomorrow and dig into life, it's certainly strange and wonderful (even amidst The Great Plague™)-craigz
