Crystal Caves HD News

• Christmas holidays themed pickups lasting through the whole December (festive content can be disabled in settings)
• Weather system - Snow
  
• New level editor toys to play with:
  • New object - Gas Burner (can be turned on/off with switches)
  • New object - Timed draw platforms (platforms that are going on and off)
  • New object - Ice Block (watch out, it's slippery)
  • New object - Space Light (similar to the one you can find in overworld)
  • New background - Crystal Caves
  • New terrain - Snow land
  • New tiles - Animated lights, middle window pieces, vertical hill tiles, air pipe crossroad, hanging grass, a metal grid, and more!
  

• Workshop Level Browser is now showing unique downloads & votes amount for each level
  
• When playing Workshop levels, filter & page position will be remembered when returning to the menu.
  
• Hammer objects will update top and bottom position if collision changes in the runtime (eg. invisible blocks show, doors open...)
  

• The level editor doesn't recognize changes (switching music, targeting objects, changing objects)
  
• Steam level browser showing invalid page count
  
• Rockman always going in the same direction, regardless of the starting direction
  
• Custom level browser doesn't scroll properly through a bigger amount of levels
  
• Weird behavior when selecting sound/music (mute) removed
  
• Top levels filter in Workshop level browser wasn't working properly
  
• Hammer objects won't hit invisible blocks if they are not visible yet
  

• Pick a date between Dec. 1st - 24th and publish your level on that day
  
• Level must be finishable!
  
• Name the level in the following format: "Advent Calendar - 01"
  

• Let others know which date you've picked to avoid multiple submissions on the same day.
  
• Try to conjure the Christmas spirit (description, visuals, shape...).
  
• Everyone is welcome to join, even if you haven't made a level before.
  

• At the end of the competition, we'll pick one random participant who will receive a free copy of the game for gifting!
  

What looks to be a HD remaster done rather well, the 1991 title Crystal Caves got remaster with Crystal Caves HD back in October and it's now supported on Linux.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/11/get-a-piece-of-gaming-history-with-crystal-caves-hd-now-supported-on-linux

• Snake & Spring monsters ignored starting direction set in the level editor
  
• In level editor save dialog, input was filled with random letters on start
  

• Double-eyed miniboss fire ratio increased slightly
  

• New tiles
  -- Lava fall
  -- Steel hanging block
  -- Bottom part and platform for grass & rock hills
  -- Middle pieces for red and blue metal hanging blocks
  -- Apogee Software sign
  -- More
  
• Turrets can now be rotated in all directions, not just horizontally (moving turrets included)
  
• Fire pipes can now be turned upside down.
  

• [FIX ]Missing fruit spawns on E1L15 (glass block maze)
  
• [FIX] One fruit pickup was not reachable in E1L14 (grey background, grey blocks)
  
• [FIX] Missing 2 bonus eggs on E4L10
  

• Falling rocks have too small collision
  
• E3L10 banana fruit spawn position changed
  
• Secret Level - Gamepad rumbling effects added
  
• Secret Level - Gamepad rumbling won't stop if you restart the secret level
  
• Secret Level - Restore menu height incorrect
  
• 'q' letter could not be used in any text boxes
  
• Level Editor - Music ignores audio settings
  
• Level Editor - Some enemies will ignore direction set in the editor
  
• Restore game wording not consistent (Load Game replaced with Restore game)
  

• Halloween holidays themed pickups lasting from October 28th to November 2nd (festive content can be disabled in settings)
• [Workshop level browser] You can skip pages with Page Up/Down
  
• Menu options reorganized
  
• Mylo sprite got updated with proper shading instead of mirroring the sprite
  
• New terrain tileset and background (space) added to the level editor, get creative ;)
  
• You can now scroll through map tiles with Page Up/Down