About this update: Finally, Understand has three save slots. That's all. To be honest, Understand started as a small project, I didn't notice it would be a success until the success comes. That's why it is lacking some features and looks over-minimalized. Late is better than never. --- By the way, our new game, A=B, is now available. It's basically a Zach-like with some Artless personality.
After publishing Understand, I worked on a few prototypes and this one is my favorite: A=B is a programming puzzle game with only one instruction: A=B, which means replace A with B. In the game, you'll solve various problems with this minimalist language: From replace each letter with its uppercase, to multiply two binary numbers. A demo is available during Steam Next Fest. Give it a try! By th…
I just noticed the amount went beyond 10k a few days ago. It's more than I expected. Thank you all for playing my game. And thank you for supporting a solo developer. I also want to thank my playtesters. They suffered from harder puzzles than the published version. And the games inspired Understand. Including The Witness for the line-drawing concept, Baba Is You for the meta stuff, Nikoli's pen…
Fixed a rare bug in level 7-?. (? levels not only break the game rules again and again, but also break the game again and again) Plus some minor changes on the credits level.
Recently, I was told: Despite this game is language independent, many players still skip it because the store page is not written in their language. That's why I need your help. To submit a translation, just translate the store page (including the short description on top-right) into your language and paste it here as a reply. (Let's take the easy way.) Your steam id will be mentioned in the cr…
Changelog: --2 is removed. New level: --4 --3 and --4 are moved to --2 and --3. 4-? reworked. Mac build is online. Sorry for delaying the build. Finding a good replacement for the least welcomed levels takes some time. Future plan: I decided to set aside Understand for a while. Take a rest and move on to new game prototypes. Follow my itch account or join my discord server if you want to try th…
This update adds chapter - into the game. (Yes, its name is chapter -.) Other changes: Chapter 10 and chapter 11 are renamed. Level selection is reshaped to fill in the new chapter. Sorry for delaying the update. Hope you can enjoy it. p.s. 1. My discord server: 2. Mac users have to wait for a few days as I have to borrow a device.
Fixed bug: Missing symbols in 8-10 Game crash in 2-? An unintended solution in 9-? I'm still working on chapter 12. It's supposed to be available next month.
I believe the bug is caused by a temporary unstable connection to steam server (according to the error code). It was fixed in a silly way: Ignore the error message and keep playing without connecting to steam API. (At the cost of not unlocking achievements. Achievements will be unlocked the next time game successfully connected to steam) I am still reading the documents at the moment, trying to…
Chapter 11 is available. It's placed below Chapter 7. Level update: 9-? is moved to 11-?, as it fits in chapter 11's concept. A new level is placed at 9-?. (Sorry, I am out of ideas on these levels.) Future plan: Mac and Linux build: In a few weeks. Android build: In a few months. Workshop support: Please tell me if you want to make custom levels for this game. I'm considering if Steam Workshop…
The bug is caused by: 1. Close the game inside a level. In that case, some unlock progress is missing. But the line progress is still there. Visit locked levels should unlock them. 2. Draw on a board of large width (7-3-8 and 8-?-3). In that case, the game crashes on saving and save file is lost. If you can find a file named "understand_old.sav" in your game folder, rename it to understand.sav.…
Level tweak: One more intro board are added to level 3-1 and 4-3. 4-9 and 4-10 are swapped. A few boards in 4-9 (previously 4-10) are reworked. If you find drawn lines in these levels missing, don't panic. 5-1 rules reworked. Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that causes game crash in 1-?. Functional: When you enter a level, the first unsolved board will be shown, instead of last visited one. Other: I uploa…
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