Major update5 Apr 2024CHR$(143) version 1.28: new and improved building strategies!Version 1.28 has been released :-) This version introduces a fun new feature (which has been much requested...) Four new building strategies have been introduced. These are explained at the end of level 11, but if you have solved it already and don't want to solve it again, here are a few hints: · the 2 historical strategies (" upward " and " downward ") are now completed by " leftward " and "…
Because all players who surpass level 22 deserve to be honored worldwide, they now appear in a Steam leaderboard that assign them an overall score according to the highest level they have solved, the number of levels they have solved, and the sum of their best time in each level... NB: As this leaderboard has been introduced in v1.27.12, former veterans must launch at least one level to be incl…
fixed a critical bug (game not working for Windows users with non-ASCII usernames...) · additional polishing in the first levels to avoid scaring off new players: · information on the use of CTRL + to immediately restart a level · addition of a system for resetting the end of level 5 in the event of an error (without having to start all over again).
This is an original workshop level with a very simple goal: You have an infinite source of water and you need to pour as much as possible into the big pipe in one minute! That's all... Design the device of your choice, whether it is automatic or manual, whether it uses CPUs or not... and maximize that amount. By checking the worldwide statistics sharing in the setup, you can compare your result…
I have added a point system to the workshop levels management ;^) Players earn points when: · playing a workshop level, · solving a level, · finding a better solution... So now show us what you can do: Subscribe to workshop levels, collect points and conquer the leaderboard! This function is dedicated to CirPoka (aka TheDyingCat ), who is currently at work and doing great things...
This is a workshop level for programmers (solving level 51 is therefore a recommended prerequisite...) Take your revenge on the painful level 31 and leave the work to the CPU! This new workshop level uses the score management feature from version 1.27. Once you have solved the level, you can try to optimize your code to get the shortest functional listing. Compare your design with other players…
Version 1.27 (.03) introduces various developments, the most notable of which are: · Korean language support (thanks to the recent evolution of DeepL...) · level polishing , again and again, integrating various feedbacks and notably the latest known twitch stream (level 4 is less and less nightmarish btw!) · some bug fixes (one of which paralyzed the agent while trying to move a too heavy load.…
Since the machine translation into Chinese was not very good, UnluckyNinja has re-translated large parts of the original texts into simplified Chinese! Many thanks to this generous contributor for this great work: it should make the game more accessible to native Chinese readers...
I am happy to share the latest production of my troubled mind ;^) This is a Workshop level for very good players (>L51 or ideally L61) that should appeal to those who want to put their high level skills to good use. The solution is complex but if you succeed, you will have built a very nice factory, among the most sophisticated in the game... This level is dedicated to NeverOddOrEven, who stron…
Santa is a bit late, he couldn't solve his CHR$(143) level... Let's build a sophisticated automatic system to sort presents by quantity! A new-and-rather-difficult workshop level: * Christmas Puzzle 3 * A Christmas nightmare! A Zachlike delight!!
I would like to take this moment to warmly thank all the players who give me feedback or publish videos of their games. Thanks to them, CHR$(143) is improving little by little. Among other things, version 1.26.26 slightly simplifies the diabolical level 18 ... and fixes a small bug in the terrifying level 71 ! (even if... that was a bug that could sometimes allow to win more easily!!) Additiona…
Version 1.26.25 now allows you to record game footage as animated GIFs... WOW! Based on a suggestion from Shifty , backed by ishanpm and Gawain ;^) NB. this feature requires the separate installation of the free open source software FFmpeg; all necessary instructions are provided in the settings menu.
Fixed a regression bug when using keypad emulation... (messed up with the new keyboard configuration function!) · Added a warning in the introduction to explain that the game does not fill 100% of the screen due to its "pixel perfect" nature... (comment from evilmaster)
GUI: · key bindings are now configurable! (after solving level 3 ; experimental feature) Levels: · added ANOTHER (FLASHING) visual hint in level 4 ;^) Bug fixes: · fixed a bug which prevented water from flowing in very particular configurations (hot/cold mixtures in a narrow L-shaped pipe...)
GUI: - the key now displays all links (for more understandable screenshots) Levels: - added a visual hint in level 4 (I am repentant of having been so cruel for so long...) - fixed a tiny mistake in level 71 Bug fixes: - fixed a bug that caused a delay when teleporting to a long distance in a very large level
In addition to some improvements resulting from player feedback (including in level 71...), this version introduces some new internal mechanisms to counter the demonic tricks invented by @AlcHolic42k to get an undue victory in some Workshop levels! (though @AlcHolic42k deserves all my admiration for this amazing ability to find the weak points of the levels)
Was "Core Dump" too simple for you? Try pmuD eroC ! A new workshop level strictly based on the use of elementary logic gates, with a goal that is easy to explain... Demonstrate your skills as a logic circuit designer!
Some minor evolutions, one of them for an upcoming Workshop level... ...and A FREE CPC464 SPRITE in the main menu ;^) (this sprite is revealed with the resolution of the first 20 levels, if it doesn't encourage beginners, what would?!)
Thanks to @kishimi_284304 (きしみ仙) a series of CHR$(143) commented videos are now available on the famous Japanese video sharing service "niconico". An opportunity to also pay tribute to some excellent Japanese players, two of whom solved all the built-in levels: @Rottytops and @AlcHolic42k... Looking forward to the next episodes!
Four new languages (Italian, Romanian, Dutch and Greek) have been added to the eight already supported (also an opportunity for me to discover specific Romanian diacritics... and therefore to create them in the default font !^)
The main texts of CHR$(143) can now be displayed in 8 languages ( English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese and Chinese ). Much of the new texts are based on machine translations, they may not win the Nobel Prize in Literature but they are often quite accurate and will make the game accessible to people who are not very fluent in English! This version also includes an othe…
Some minor bug fixes and improvements, including the indispensable ALT-ENTER to toggle the full screen mode in the main menu! More ambitious developments are underway to facilitate access to the game for non-native English speakers...
It's time to distribute the gifts ... in the CHR$(143) way ;^) Let's build an automatic gift distribution system! A new friendly and not-too-difficult workshop level: * Christmas Puzzle * Another friendly and slightly-more-difficult workshop level: * Christmas Puzzle II * Paris, Drew and Brett are counting on your ingenuity...
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