Update History

This page contains the changelogs for every version of CubeRunner.

Release 1.0.1

Dec 13, 2022

• Fixed minor UI scaling issues

Release 1.0

Aug 21, 2021

• Power-ups can now only spawn in rows with two or more gaps
• Changed the Death / End Game animation
  • Crashing now destroys and pushes the collided obstacle back, preventing the crashed player from clipping into it
  • There is now a Skip button during the Crashing animation
  • The Cube Gibs in the Game Over screen have reduced speed and variation in placement
• First-time players are now prompted to check out the Tutorial section upon clicking Play
• Graphics settings gibbing values have changed slightly
• Main Menu now has post-processing disabled until the Play button is clicked
• Small performance upgrade from disabling Canvas Raycast Targets

Beta 1.3

May 7, 2021

Gameplay

• Upgrade System has been added.
  • Every power-up can now be upgraded.
  • Upgrades cost Bits and enhance the power-up's abilities.
  • Most power-ups (all except for Decimate and Align) have two distinct paths to choose from.
  • Every path has four levels of upgrade.
• Some balance changes to the difficulties' values.
  • Most notable: Impossible difficulty is now slower, but obstacles are packed more densely.

Technical

• Binary save system has been added.
  • Saves are now stored in a .dat file instead of using the built-in Unity PlayerPrefs.
  • This fixes the issue that caused the stats to reset on game version update when playing the browser version. Desktop was and still is unaffected.
    • Unfortunately, old stats from Beta 1.2 browser version will not carry over as it is still on the old PlayerPrefs system, but everything Beta 1.3 onward will.
    • Please note, due to how the system works, that clearing browser cache will still clear the save files for the browser version! Again, the desktop version is unaffected.
• Changed Bits to have sphere colliders.
• Made the Bits sound effect quieter.
• Fixed a mostly unknown bug with row distance calculation which may have caused some moves to be impossible.
• Fixed button click sound effects not working for browser version.
• Fixed a bug that caused the player to sometimes physically collide with Bits.
• Fixed a bug that caused the default difficulty to be Normal in the Main Menu, but Easy while running.

Beta 1.2

Mar 26, 2021

New Features

• Added new Power-ups:
  • Guidelines
    • Active type, timed duration
    • Sends out a guiding beam that highlights obstacles in front of you
  • Align
    • Active type, timed duration
    • Overrides movement to snap to certain positions
  • Decimate
    • Instant use
    • Randomly removes an obstacle each from the next few rows

Changes

• Performance Improvements
  • Materials' shaders have been changed to Unlit or Simple Lit
• All music tracks' loudness levels have been matched to each other
• All SFX are now Mono
• Edited a music track that previously took a while to start
• Colorblind Mode has been removed, and its features are now added by default
  • The sole feature was an indicator on the top right corner to reveal the upcoming power-up, since they are distinguished by color
• The Tutorial has been updated for the new power-ups
• Credits have been updated

Bugs Fixed

• Bits SFX didn't actively update with volume slider
• Powerups could still be activated shortly after crashing
• Simultaneously having a power-up disappear and getting a new one caused glitched UI
• SFX continued while paused
• Pausing and resuming in Time Dilation caused music to play

Beta 1.1

Feb 28, 2021

New Features

• Added Bits
  • An in-game currency to be picked up during runs. Uses for this are coming soon.
  • Bits spawn in various patterns on the field, and can be picked up by running into it.
  • Harder difficulties have a higher chance of spawning Bits, and they are also worth more when picked up.
    • Currently, the multipliers are:
      • Easy: x1
      • Normal: x2
      • Hard: x3
      • Impossible: x4
• Quality of Life features
  • On Desktop, pressing [Esc] during a run now brings up the pause menu.
    • Please note that while this works in the Web version, it is overridden when in fullscreen.
  • On Desktop, pressing [Space] in the menu now starts the game.

Changes

• Hardened has been rebalanced.
  • Now has a time limit before it expires. Activates instantly upon pick-up.
  • When impacting between two obstacles, Hardened now works properly.
    • Before, the shield would absorb one impact, but the other would cause the game to end.
    • This was actually a bug, not intended behavior.
  • The UI color for Hardened has also been changed.
• Score has now been replaced with 'Distance'
  • Measured in meters
  • Before, Score increased independently of the speed. Rather, it depended on a separate variable per difficulty.
  • Now, Distance is entirely dependent on the forward speed of the player.
  • It also increases notably faster than the previous Score system.
• Game Progression has been tweaked in response to the new Distance system
  • Game Progression is in charge of speeding up the run as it goes.
  • Hopefully there is little to no difference visible to the player.

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed a bug where pausing the game as Time Dilation ended would yield in the game resuming while paused.
• Hardened can now absorb multiple simultaneous impacts. (See the Hardened entry under Changes for more info.)
• Fixed an audio bug with the Power-up pickup sound.
• Fixed a graphical bug with the Photosensitvity warning.

Beta 1.0

Feb 9, 2021

Features

• Infinite Runner
• 4 Difficulties (Easy, Normal, Hard, Impossible)
  • Differences in Speed, Spacing, Points, and Music
• Game Progression (Speed ramps up)
• 4 Power-Ups
  • Blaster: Shoot down Obstacles
  • Hardened: Survive one impact
  • Time Dilation: Slow down time temporarily
  • Compression: Halve your size temporarily