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Brick InventionsNewsMajor Update 1.1
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Major Update 1.1

Brick Inventions · published 22 Jun 2016, 12:34 UTC

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The big 1.1 update is out and brings a lot of new features and improvements for the game. Besides many others, the main additions/changes are:

  • 10 New Singleplayer levels
  • New Special block: Bouncing Ball
  • Invention tool
  • First person camera (shortcut , only in Sandbox mode)
  • Slow motion function (shortcut )
  • Redesigned menus & in-game UI


Have a look at the changes in the new trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCclmdqeKS0
The singleplayer levels included in this update are split into two categories in a new singleplayer campaign so that they can be played even if you haven't finished the old levels. Furthermore, each category has it's own progress so you can choose which type of levels you want to play first. The new category system also allows me to easily add new categories and levels.

The Invention tool allows you to save things as inventions in any game mode without having to leave the game and switch to the Inventor mode. This makes it a lot easier to build repeating structures and is especially useful in multiplayer games.

A major part of this update is the redesigned menu and in-game UI, which is now easier and faster to use while offering more information (like preview images for maps/inventions). In the game, I got rid of the menus at the top which you had to click on to open the tools or blocks and grouped them together. Another change is that the multiplayer sandbox menu is now integrated in the multiplayer menu and can be selected as game mode.

Apart from everything mentioned above there are a lot of smaller changes like object highlighting, performance improvements or more precise dragging of blocks. I'm currently working on the Steam workshop implementation which is about halfway done and will be part of the next update. Have fun!

Full update notes:

New Features

  • 10 new Singleplayer Levels
    • New campaign with 2 categories
    • Does not require original campaign to be finished

  • New Block: Rubber ball
  • New invention tool (Save constructions as inventions everywhere in the game, without having to switch to the inventor mode)
  • New first person camera (shortcut , only in Sandbox mode)
  • Selection outline around blocks (Block highlighting)
  • Info for inventions & maps
  • Preview images for inventions & maps
  • Added slow-mo function (shortcut )

Improvements/Changes

  • Redesigned main menu
  • New, faster ingame UI
  • Performance improvements for particle systems
  • Faster editing of big amount of blocks (Hold button for delete and join)
  • Added Ambient Occulsion
  • More accurate dragging of blocks
  • Moved multiplayer sandbox creation to multiplayer menu
  • Level 3: Changed height limit from 25 to 20.
  • Level 4: Moved construction area closer to the castle, increased resources from 500 to 750
  • Level 7: Increased resources
  • Level 12: Increased resources from 1000 to 1200
  • Level 13: Decreased height limit from 60 to 50

Bugfixes (since v1.0.5)

  • Fixed camera flying into space if not above terrain
  • Fixed wrong physics calculations on Level 2
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