Hello, drivers!
This is one of the biggest Busway Islands updates so far. The headline feature is native Linux support, but we also reworked the controls, gamepad support, languages and the save system.
What's New
- Native Linux support: the game now runs directly on Linux, no Proton needed.
- Full controller support: play and navigate every menu using only a controller (Xbox, PlayStation and Switch). The left stick moves the cursor and, in menus, the B button (Circle on PlayStation) goes back one screen.
- Button icons that match your device: the HUD, cursor hints and zoom tutorial now show the right icon for keyboard and mouse, Xbox, PlayStation or Switch, depending on what you are using.
- 9 new languages: the game now supports 18 languages. We added Ukrainian, Italian, Czech, Hungarian, Korean, Polish, Romanian, Thai, Traditional Chinese and Turkish.
- Your camera is now saved with each level: position, rotation and zoom come back exactly as you left them when you resume a level.
New Controls (keyboard and mouse)
We reorganized the controls to feel more comfortable:
- Rotate piece: mouse wheel (scroll up rotates right, scroll down rotates left). The Q and E keys no longer rotate pieces.
- Move camera: W, A, S and D, middle mouse button drag, or moving the mouse to the edge of the screen.
- Zoom: up and down arrow keys, or the + and - keys. The mouse wheel no longer zooms.
- Rotate camera: left and right arrow keys, or holding the right mouse button.
On controller: LB/RB rotate the piece, RT/LT zoom, the D-pad moves the camera and the right stick rotates the camera.
Improvements
- New save system: your progress is now stored in the user data folder instead of the game's install folder. Safer, and ready for other platforms.
- Your old progress is migrated automatically the first time you launch the game. Nobody loses anything.
- Reset progress now only clears the game's local progress and no longer touches your Steam achievements. The warning text was updated in all 18 languages.
- Fonts were reviewed: Cyrillic, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai and Turkish characters now show with the correct font.
- Several translations were reviewed. For example, "Credits" had been translated as "balance" in German and as "points" in Chinese, and now correctly refers to the team behind the game.
- The word "Island" on menu buttons is now translated too and follows the selected language.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where replaying an already completed level, then pausing and unpausing, made the level lose its completed status and could lock the next island in the menu.
- Fixed an issue where going back from Options inside the pause menu flipped the pause state, so buses started moving again with the menu open.
- Fixed an issue where build mode could get stuck after reloading a level, blocking piece selection.
- Fixed an issue where the game kept receiving input while paused (for example, pressing F released the buses behind the menu).
- Fixed an issue where the splash screen triggered the transition repeatedly if the button was held down.
- Fixed an issue where mouse camera movement speed changed depending on FPS.
- Fixed an issue that could make the game start in the wrong language on some systems.
📌 Additional Information
If you run into any problem after the update, especially on Linux or with a controller, let us know in the game's Steam discussions. Your reports help a lot!
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Thanks for playing!