Mondrian - Plastic Reality News

Hi all! Today we have a small update for you which includes some new cosmetics for the Museum. These are some cozy, autumn inspired decorations to help you customize your space even more. In fact, there are now over 11 BILLION different Museums you can build!

Also, just for good measure, and other reasons, there's a small bug fix.
[h3]Features[/h3]

• Museum: Added new cosmetics:
  
• Walls: Barn Wall, Craquelure
  
• Floors: Red and Grey Buffalo Plaid carpet
  
• Ceilings: Speckled Ceiling
  
• Columns: Corner Tables
  

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Game: Fixed chunked background images not loading beyond the first row in 720p screen resolution
  
• Studio: Fixed Chunked background images not loading when starting with a Fullscreen background image, and vice versa
  
• Maker: Fixed the cursor being able to drag the Main Swatch color across multiple Miniswatches
  
• Maker: Fixed the cursor not resetting to an arrow after dropping a color onto a Miniswatch
  
• Maker: Fixed the Main Swatch not setting its stored color when selecting a Miniswatch
  
  

[h2]Other News[/h2]
Makersmas starts in a couple weeks, and as usual, there will be more Museum cosmetics and Workshop uploads. As is tradition, we encourage you to post your artwork and Mondrian Maker creations up here and in our Discord during the event! We'll have more details on December 1 about the plans for the month, but needless to say, it will be a lot of fun!

As we've mentioned already, 2022 is looking like a super busy year for the game. Steam Deck poses some interesting opportunities for Mondrian Maker in particular, so expect to see some major QOL and UX improvements next year.

We're also working with a new technology partner you may have heard of. Very soon we'll be bringing back a contest from earlier this year with some added opportunities. A new video is in the works that'll shed some light on how and why we're building this game out to the extent we are. Finally, we'll be bringing the game to more digital AND in-person events that are right around the corner. I know, I know, this is all very vague, but needless to say, things are NOT slowing down!

As always, thank you for playing, and stay tuned for more updates.
- Danny

Thank you to those who sent in their pumpkins. Please make sure they're public so everyone can see! We'll be reviewing and organizing prizes this week.

Our next Gala, Makersmas, begins December 1, and we'll have news about that in the coming weeks. See you then!

It is the night of Arthur Hallows, and the Museum has gained some new cosmetics to celebrate! Plus, the Museum is now FULLY controller compatible! You can use the D-Pad to select your Spotlight areas, the lower face button to open the Spotlight inventory, place pedestals, and using the D-Pad again to select pedestals will shine a spotlight on them for you to place artpieces. You can also press the Start button to open up the Construction menu, and the bumpers to scroll through pages.

Here are the full patch notes for tonight's update:
[h3]Features[/h3]

• Museum: Added 2 new cosmetics for Art Hallow’s Eve, including the “Wheat Fields” wallpaper, “Warped Wood” floors, and “Haunted Columns”
  
• Museum: Added functionality for scrolling through inventory with Controller Bumpers
  
• Museum: Added functionality for opening Construction menu with a Controller (press Start button)
  
• Museum: Added functionality for placing Spotlight Artpieces on pedestals with a Controller
  
• Museum: Added Analog Stick compatibility to inventory screen selections
  
• Museum: Added functionality for returning to Main Menu (press Select button)
  

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• Museum: The Construction icon will stay Red, Blue, and Yellow when the inventory window is open
  
• Museum: The Inventory window will always highlight the first item when opened and when changing pages
  

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Studio: Fixed the game crashing when initially loading up a Fullscreen Background
  
• Museum: Fixed Pedestals not being marked as “Taken” if they have a Spotlight Artwork when loading the room
  

Don't forget you have until the end of tonight to submit your pumpkins onto Steam Workshop for the Art Hallow's Eve celebration! We'll be looking through all the levels in-depth this week and contacting winners with their prizes ASAP.

Thank you for playing and have a very Happy Halloween!
- Danny 🎃

Happy Art Hallow's Eve everybody! In case you missed our previous post, we are in the midst of a big Mondrian Maker contest to celebrate the Spooky Month. All you need to do is download the Pumpkin Template off of Steam Workshop, and use that to make your very own Jack O'Lantern designs in Mondrian Maker and Mondrian Studio. Then in just over a week, we'll be judging the designs, picking our favorites, and handing out prizes like custom thumbnail frames, sticker packs, and more. See the previous post for more details.



We're also currently working on some October & Halloween-related cosmetics for the Museum, so stay tuned!


We just released a small update for the game that should help you in your journey to create the best Jack O'Lanterns the world has ever seen. In particular, we've updated Mondrian Maker with increased precision on the brush tool, and made some minor design changes to it and some other tools to help with visibility. Here's the full notes:
[h3]Changes[/h3]

• Game: Altered the method by which Gems are destroyed when they leave the level
  
• Maker: Reduced the size of the Block Detector, used on various painting tools, to a single pixel
  
• Maker: Increased the precision of the Brush tool
  
• Maker: Increased the precision of the Paintscraper tool
  
• Maker: Added white outlines to the Brush, Eyedropper, Paintscraper, Stamp, and Eraser tools to make them more visible against any color block

So far we've felt some noticeable results on our end from the above changes to the Mondrian Maker tools, but please send us your feedback so we can continue to perfect the feel over time.


Last but certainly not least, we will be at Balance Patch in Boston on Sunday. They are hosting an event in collaboration with our old friends at BostonFIG. We'll have Mondrian on display and ready to go at their most excellent gaming cafe, likely somewhere in the back. The event runs from 2-10pm, with all manner of local indies displaying their games, plus a stream of the IndieCade awards. Guaranteed to be a great time! Stop on by, play the game, and grab a panini.

Learn more about the event and sign up here: bostonfig.com/event/indie-celebration-at-balance-patch/


There's always something happening so swing by our Linktree to find all the places to follow us!

As always, thank you for playing.
- Danny

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• Maker: Blocks will stay now at the Z-level at which they were initially placed
  

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Splash Screen: Fixed the Splash Screen being silent after the game restarts in the Main Menu
  
• Museum: Fixed the Museum construction fade being White in Night Mode
  
• Game: Fixed the Scoop Paddle being unable to grab the ball after it had teleported
  
• Studio: Fixed Night Mode slider not changing modes
  
• Maker: Fixed a bug where blocks that were placed on top of others would end up underneath them upon saving
  
• Maker: Fixed the “Save & Play” button saving an extra copy of the current level as an unnamed file in the Levels folder