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wow.. just a few bits from the update: To be super clear, there are no new levels, no new characters, no new battle royale deathmatch mode. This is just a gent
by senectus1 8y ago
wow.. just a few bits from the update:
To be super clear, there are no new levels, no new characters, no new battle royale deathmatch mode. This is just a gentle remastering we did for fun.
The framework has been replaced. This is the thing that draws all the graphics onto your screen, and sends all the audio to your speakers, etc. This means the Win / Mac / Linux version should work on modern computers again without freaking out, and you can run the game on modern displays at whatever resolution you want.
Game now runs at a hi-def widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio by default. The original ran at a squarer 4:3 ratio.
Resolution of graphics is doubled. The original game ran at 800×600, and the tiny graphic files didn’t scale to huge monitors very gracefully. We used a few different high quality upscaling tools to start, and then went over each image by hand, tweaking each image further as needed. In a few lucky cases, we still had the original source files and were able to use those. But if you still really want the original flavor, there’s a setting to use the original graphics, also included with the game.
Fabulous joke about looking good in hi-def has remained unchanged.
Brought over graphical and UI improvements from releases on other platforms, like Nintendo Switch.
No more encrypted assets or save files. We hope this makes the game more open and friendly to mod.
The config.user.txt file is now located wherever your save file is stored. So no more editing that file in your Program Files folder. It has a bunch of new config vars exposed as well.
We’ll be updating the game everywhere Win / Mac / Linux versions are available in the next few days.
These updates 10 years after the initial release. These guys love their fans.
- ocdtrekkie 8y agoIt's worth noting that they're launching on Epic Games, free for two weeks, tomorrow, I believe. So this is an update they were just recently effectively paid to do. Though of course, it also benefits the folks on Steam as well.
- notafraudster 8y agoWill it benefit the folks on Steam? I was under the impression the update was not coming to Steam for a year, although the end of the blog post does seem to suggest it'll be coming out. Maybe unclear reporting when the patch was announced a few weeks ago?
- stordoff 8y agoMy reading of the blog post would be yes - "We’re slowly updating the game everywhere it’s currently available over the course of this and next week." - but I wouldn't take it as a definitive statement.
- masklinn 8y agoThe post says they're updating it on every platform it's published on. The "Secret World of Goo Download Location" already has the 1.5 built, if it hasn't rolled out to steam I expect it'll come soon.