Mystopia News

Hey everyone! ✨ Thank you for playing the Mystopia DEMO! We're excited to announce a tutorial update that dives deep into Mystopia's lore ahead of Steam Next Fest. Hope you enjoy it!


Mystopia was once a vibrant city filled with Moni and his friends, but one day, everything changed, and Mystopia vanished. Now, it’s up to you to rebuild it, one piece at a time.



Moni will guide you through the tutorial and prepare you to create unique, amazing worlds. Listen to his story, and let’s build a world together!



Don’t forget to pet him anytime from the main menu—he loves it!


If our four current soundtracks (with more on the way!) aren’t to your liking, why not customize your own? Try the musical instrument mechanic—each instrument adds a unique layer to your song.




Got too many items? Fear not—store them in the Storage Boxes! They also function as surprise boxes, gifting you a variety of items before becoming storage you can use.



We've also made a ton of QoL improvements and fixed a bunch of bugs over the past week, so you should notice a smoother gameplay experience.


That's all for us for now. Hope you enjoy this wonderful festival!
If you have any questions, reach us from our Discord, or through [email protected]

Hey everyone! ✨ Thank you for playing the Mystopia DEMO! We're excited to announce that Mystopia will be featured in Next Fest this October, starting on the 14th. This update brings major changes to the DEMO, including Creative Mode, Water Blocks, and more! Without further ado:


Today, we're introducing a new way to play Mystopia! When creating a new world, you'll now be able to choose between two game modes: the regular experience or one without any limits!



In Creative Mode, you can build your dream worlds freely, adding anything you want without limits. You can also craft and use any potions without restrictions—let your creativity run wild! Here's a preview:




Tired of losing your worlds every time you press "New Game"? So are we! Today, we're introducing save states: you can now have up to three different world saves in the DEMO. The full release will offer even more!




We're adding our fourth culture, Oceania, to the game, along with a new grass block type and water blocks!


We’re excited to see how you design your worlds!


You're no longer stuck with 90-degree camera angles in Mystopia—hold right-click and rotate smoothly ✨




We weren't satisfied with how the old Mystopia looked, so we're changing it piece by piece. Today's update mainly focuses on the Main Menu:



We're also improving the Collection Book with improved visuals and a more organized way to track the blocks you've discovered:



Along with this update, we've added better outlines, better lighting, performance optimizations, made several QoL improvements, and fixed over 25 bugs.


- Over 300 blocks across 7 cultures.
- Over 15 potions.
- Houses and interior design ✨
- New types of mergeable blocks.
- Potion Book to keep track of your potions.
- More special mechanics like Cauldron and Pentagram.
- Free updates after the launch!

That's all from us for now—thanks for playing Mystopia, and we hope to see you soon! Have a great Next Fest!

If you have any questions, reach us from our Discord, or through [email protected].

Hey everyone! ✨ Thank you for playing the Mystopia DEMO! We're rolling out some balance tweaks and bug fixes today—check out the patch notes below!


We're also super excited to announce that Mystopia will be part of Back to School Games Celebration in Steam for a week starting tomorrow! We'd love to welcome everyone from the festival to join us while you're busy creating your worlds in Mystopia 🍃


[h2]Letters[/h2]

• Updated letter timers:
  
  • Second ground letter timer: 5s -> 3.25s.
    
  • Last ground letter timer: 8s -> 5s.
    
  • Last non-ground letter timer: 12s -> 9s.
    
  • First non-ground letter timer: 4.5s -> 4s.
    
  • Second non-ground letter timer: 9s -> 6s.
    
  • Ground letters had to be opened to get the last set of ground letters: 40 -> 24
    
  • Non-ground letters had to be opened to get the first set of non-ground letters: 12 -> 8
    
  • Non-ground letters had to be opened to get the last set of non-ground letters: 35 -> 16
    

[h2]Pentagram[/h2]

• Pentagram will now sell a ground tile as its first item, a non-ground item as its second item, and a block that can be either ground or non-ground as its third item.
  
• The first two items in the pentagram now cost 2, and the last one now costs 4.
  

[h2]UI[/h2]

• We've moved from hand-drawn UI icons to the vector ones.
  

• Fixed a bug where you couldn't start a new game in some cases.
  
• Fixed a bug where you could still play the game when you're in the Settings or Credits panels.
  
• Fixed a bug where moving blocks too fast could cause one block to get stuck inside another.
  
• Fixed a bug where transforming a block would cause the blocks above it to fly.
  
• Fixed a bug where you could use WASD to move past the world limit. Thanks to SadeAli for reporting this bug!
  
• Fixed a bug where you could still play the game when you're in the Settings or Credits panels.
  
• Fixed a bug where some blocks wouldn't fit together when placed on top of each other.
  

Hello everyone ✨ Thank you for playing Mystopia's DEMO! We got a lot of feedback from our last update, so today we're doing a balance update and some hotfixes. Hope you like it!


[h2]New Game, Save & Load[/h2]

• The background color is now saved.
  
• Starting a new game now nullifies the current potion effects.
  

[h2][/h2]Letters

• Updated letter timers:
  
  • Last ground letter timer: 9s -> 8s.
    
  • Last non-ground letter timer: 15s -> 12s.
    
  • Ground letters had to be opened to get the second set of ground letters: 12 -> 15
    
  • Ground letters had to be opened to get the last set of ground letters: 25 -> 40
    
  • Non-ground letters had to be opened to get the last set of non-ground letters: 25 -> 35
    
• Added a text indicator to remind you to teleport to letters if you haven't clicked on a letter for 30 seconds or more.
  
• Letters will no longer appear over blocks that are not full or half ground.
  
• Special blocks such as Cauldron and Pentagram will now show up through a special letter.
  

[h2]Blocks[/h2]

• Wooden ground tiles can now be joined just like grass ground tiles.
  
• There are no more world limits. You can place blocks wherever you want.
  
• Transformable blocks now light up when a transformable circle is hovered over.
  
• Updated placement error circle sprite.
  
• Updated witch hat, stump, crystal, candle and mushroom models.
  
• Updated flower models. Each culture has a flower now.
  
• Items will now appear a little less frequently once they have appeared.
  
• The flowers will now appear unplanted. You will need to click on them to plant them.
  

[h2]UI[/h2]

• Added borders that pop up when you hover over a main menu button. Thanks to hayri for suggesting this!
  
• Added sound effects to main menu buttons.
  
• Transformation blocks are now disabled when the block is moved.
  
• The Cauldron UI will now close after you get an item back from it.
  

[h2]Potions[/h2]

• The Turn World Upside Down potion has been removed from the game for a while while we work on improving it.
  

• Fixed a bug where the default bamboo fence model was incorrect.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused shadows to jitter.
  
• Fixed a bug where restarting a game with the Cauldron UI open would cause the Cauldron UI to be displayed even though the Cauldron no longer existed.
  
• Fixed a bug where dropping a block would sometimes cause it to not work properly.
  
• Fixed a bug where block outlines were sometimes incorrect.
  
• Fixed a bug where moving a block underneath another block a second time would make that block float.
  
• Fixed a bug where the leaves of grass ground tiles would sometimes fall off.
  
• Fixed a bug where rails would have their barrier on after being moved, even though they should be connected.
  
• Fixed a bug where trains wouldn't run over rails that had just been moved.
  
• Fixed a bug where rotating a rail wouldn't update the connected rails.
  
• Fixed a bug where transformation blocks remained active even after the block was sold. Thanks to Hive for reporting the bug!
  
• Fixed a bug where you could transform a block while it's being sold.
  
• Fixed a bug where starting a new game didn't reset the letter timers.
  
• Fixed a bug where one of the potions would spawn and stay in the cauldron.
  
• Fixed a bug where the cauldron's eyeball would fly out of its eye.
  
• Fixed a bug where moving blocks under a Pentagram would not move the Pentagram, but teleport it instead.
  
• Fixed a bug where flowers weren't being placed in the pot.
  
• Fixed a bug where flowers didn't play the 'plop' SFX at the correct time.
  
• Fixed a bug where the fences and walls could have been miniaturized.
  
• Fixed some missing block sprites.
  
• Fixed a bug where a specific potion had the wrong tag.
  
• Fixed a bug where you couldn't make another potion if you started a recipe with nothing in the cauldron.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Pentagram could spawn decors inside an another decor.
  

Hey there ✨ Thank you for playing Mystopia's DEMO! We're doing a major graphical update this week, changing the look and feel of the game. Hope you like it!



[h2]Color & Lighting Rework[/h2]
We're moving away from bright colours to cozy and chill colors - to a game you can play while relaxing and sipping your favourite drink. This is how Mystopia will look from now on:


You'll also see a Mystopia with a better lighting and shadows 🔮

[h2]Trains & Rails[/h2]
What's Mystopia if you can't build your own roads, right? We're adding trains and railways with this update, and we can't wait to see what you come up with!


Build railways with straight or curved tracks, then place the train on the tracks to make it ride 🚂

[h2]Fences & Walls[/h2]
We've been wanting to add more interactivity to the game for a while, and this will be one of many updates to do just that. Check out fences and walls! Use them to beautify your worlds!


Place two or more compatible blocks next to each other to merge them! Each culture has its own fences or walls ✨

[h2]Transformable Blocks[/h2]
We wanted you to be able to build your worlds without having to wait for a block that might take a while to arrive, so we've added transformable blocks! Don't like a block, want a variation? Click on it to transform.


Keep in mind: you need to find the variant once in your world to be able to transform it into it 🦋

[h2]Get your items back from the Cauldron![/h2]
No longer want to make the potion you once wanted to make? You can retrieve items from the Cauldron by clicking on them!


Click on the Cauldron to access this panel 🧉

[h2]Other Game Updates[/h2]

• Newly discovered cultures will now show up more than the others for a while after they're discovered.
  
• You can no longer put any blocks over zigzags, stairs, solos and ramps.
  
• Block spawning animations have been updated.
  
• Blocks will shake a bit stronger when clicked on them now.
  
• There are now less grasses on grass ground tiles.
  
• Added two VFX to the Cauldron.
  
• Added VFX to Pentagram.
  
• Updated Pentagram and Cauldron sprites.
  
• Added clouds that will sometimes appear in the world.
  
• Camera movement is now smoother.
  
• The minimum zoom you can make is now 1 from 2.
  
• Music volume and sound effects volume are now different settings.
  
• Added a way to change camera movement speed to settings.
  
• Updated Credits page.
  
• Change Background Potion has different colors now.
  

• Fixed a bug where loading "Yúnnán Zhī Tiān" music would freeze the game for a second.
  
• Fixed a bug where blocks clip to the camera.
  
• Fixed a bug where clicking a block after moving one below would move the block to its latest position.
  
• Fixed a bug where the camera pivot would be misaligned after pressing F to move to a letter.
  
• Fixed a bug where restarting the game would break some blocks' rotations.
  
• Fixed a bug where starting a new game would break block algorithms.
  
• Fixed a bug where the collection book wasn't reseted when you started a new game.