Piece by Piece News

Fixes a minor bug preventing the player from entering portals at the edges of a puzzle piece.

Hello everyone!

The puzzle box is ready to be opened, we're very excited to announce that the newest demo for Piece by Piece is live!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3429540/?snr=1_5_9__205

Our team has been working hard on the full release of Piece by Piece which will feature 100 handcrafted levels with increasing difficulty and new mechanics/themes to explore! In the meantime, we'd like to showcase 13 of our beginner/intermediate levels in our NextFest demo!

Whether you're new to puzzle games or a puzzle master, we invite you to check out our literal puzzle platformer and see what you think. If you'd like to support our efforts, please wishlist the game on Steam so you'll be notified of when we launch in May/June of this year!

Thank you for your support and we look forward to your feedback on the demo!

-Neon Polygons

[h2]Changes :[/h2]

1. New custom cursor
   
2. Added menu sound effects
   
3. Changed the "Back" button for an arrow
   
4. Updated the "Reset speedrun timer" progress bar to look cleaner
   
5. Updated the dust texture
   
6. Added a subtle glare effect to the puzzle boxes
   

[h2]Fixed Bugs :[/h2]

1. Puzzle pieces can no longer be picked up when the player is digging inside
   
2. Fixed a bug where the collectable piece was sometimes impossible to collect
   
3. Fixed a wrong texture in the Alien tilemap
   
4. Fixed a bug where the player was sometimes not able to enter portals
   
5. Fixed a bug where the back button didn't work in the Credits menu
   
6. Fixed settings panel size to work with all languages
   

[h2]Known, Unfixed Bugs :[/h2]

1. The player's speed can increase temporarily if they try to dig while in between a dirt block and a wall.
   
2. Glowing dirt in the miner theme sometimes has its light flicker.
   
3. The player will sometimes enter a door if next to it when the piece snaps in place.
   
4. Player movement can be a bit jittery when inside a tilted piece.
   

[h2]Fixed Bugs :[/h2]

1. You can no longer zoom / unzoom during screen transitions
   
2. You can no longer zoom / unzoom in the settings menu
   
3. You can no longer drag pieces outside of the viewport
   
4. Aligning two flat sides perfectly no longer connects them if they are not connected through other pieces
   
5. The player will no longer disappear if a piece is picked up when they are standing exactly in the middle of the two pieces.
   
6. Pieces will now prioritise snapping to the biggest connection group, instead of moving the already placed pieces towards it.
   
7. Pieces now correctly lose their focus when the game is paused.
   

[h2]Known, Unfixed Bugs :[/h2]

1. The player's speed can increase temporarily if they try to dig while in between a dirt block and a wall.
   
2. Glowing dirt in the miner theme sometimes has its light flicker.