It took 9 days to go though Microsoft certification due to Christmas but it has made it up now!

It should be in most regions already and if not it will be in the next few hours.

Now we actually finished the next patch this morning which was already bigger than it was going to be but we fit a few extra things in it before it went of to certification an hour ago. The next patch brings the game up to version 1.1 to better represent the stability of the game in compared to our original release.

Many of the changes to 1.1 are under the hood, including a new save system (we wrote a converter so you wont lose your levels, it will auto convert an old save when you next load your game). It also uses about 60% less memory which means no more out of memory crashes! Also we fixed many memory leaks and improved performance by 15% on average.

I have been working quite hard on some of the changes in this version (working through Christmas actually…) I hope that you enjoy the version when it makes it up.
The update should take 3-6 days to go though Microsoft’s certification, then I hope you all enjoy it!

Happy new year!

See the rest of this post for the change log.

This is not the complete log, but contains many of the changes.

Version 1.1 Updates List

• Fixed: Two crash bugs in framerate option.
• Fixed: Crash on loading graphics option scree
• Fixed: Typos in book and menus
• Fixed: Paintings retain image when dropped
• Fixed: Memory leak in drop blocks (crash)
• Fixed: Auto jump can be disabled successfully
• Fixed: Drop blocks ‘shoot’ out
• Fixed: “falling” bug when re-spawning
• Fixed: Camera if left in belt, no longer lost on load
• Fixed: Crash in smelter result stack
• Fixed: Dropping/picking up items works properly
• Fixed: “cannot dig” bug
• Fixed: Interacting with smelter/workbench/chest now triggers save system
• Fixed: Item duplication when dropping item from result to world
• Fixed: Item duplication when dropping item from result to window frame
• Fixed: Item duplication when closing and opening menu
• Fixed: Item duplication when using various stacks, creating secondary items with the remainder
• Fixed: Result re-evaluated when dropping fails
• Fixed: Pick deals correct damage to red and stone brick
• Fixed: Smooth stone rendering
• Fixed: Graphics scramble on intro
• Fixed: Door saves state correctly
• Fixed: Paintings keep index correctly. No more ‘gray’ paintings
• Fixed: Paintings index local to world, no more paintings crossing worlds
• Fixed: Trial timer ran slow, or fast based on device

• Added: Paintings render image when dropped
• Added: Paintings render image when held
• Added: Improved periodic saving, eliminating quitting screen
• Added: Coal item now harvestable item from coal blocks
• Added: Can craft cobblestone from gravel
• Added: Can craft smooth stone from stone
• Added: Craft red brick from stone and sand
• Added: Craft stone brick from 4x stone
• Added: Server Communication. Ticker, heading and updates/goals now come from live feeds fresh from the 2.0 server
• Added: craft sandstone from sand

• Improved: Memory consumption decreased
• Improved: Screenshots taken with camera 1080p
• Improved: Loading screen hints, more
• Improved: Level generation time
• Improved: Decreased save file size
• Improved: Download size, by removing more content and using procedural generation.
• Improved: Survivors guide, now includes ALL crafting templates and more information. You didn’t lose yours did you?
• Improved: Pause window placeholder replaced with proper screens system menu
• Improved: Saves system now uses validation system, to preserve save data not just between successive updates, but for users who skipped an update or two
• Improved: UI Rendering, Now crisper.
• Updated: Update book.

Note this is partial list, many things never made it onto this list or were too small to bother adding.

The update should take 3-6 days to go though Microsoft’s certification, then I hope you all enjoy it!