It's finally time for an update - patch 1.8.232 is here, and it's got a lot of things in it!
Here's the full list of changes, improvements, and additions:
The big stuff:
Added a new game mode, "Limited", which lets you play the game in a set order (and has an actual finish!)
Added seasonal game modes that appear to play for a limited time every month
Added a new high score screen which tracks many more high scores
Added language options for Spanish, German, and French
Added new stats for Limited and Holiday games
Added/updated several achievements
Added a version of the game for Ubuntu
Updated to new game engine (GameMaker Studio 2)
Graphic enhancements & updates:
Made the rabbit's belly expand as he progresses through a level
Added a callout and new artwork to the title screen for when holiday modes are available to play
Added an extra layer of background effects to the edges of the hole, to give it more depth
Added particle effects for when rocks bump the edge of the hole
Added a new effect to water so that upcoming obstacles are a easier to anticipate, but still obscured
Added a new splash animation and sound effect for when rocks (and other similar obstacles) exit water
Added new particle effects to end of round "finish line"
Added extra effects to the "end round" rabbit for when you sustain lots of damage during a round
Changed the "round complete" text to better on 4:3 aspect screens
Switched out "bonus blip" font for an alternate version
Switched out the "spinner wheel" font for an alternate version
Smoothed out some of the motion in the game where objects, text, or the camera zoom or move
Cleaned up the way the falling food on the title screen is generated/drawn so there are less gaps
Audio enhancements & updates:
Added new sound effects for when rocks hit the edge of the hole
Added a new sound effect to levels with water for when the water lowers
Added a new sound effect for when Scoop Mail drops
Gameplay enhancements & updates:
Made taking damage reset edge scraping to stop double hits from happening
Made it slightly more likely for the eyeball boss to perform the flying attack
Bug fixes:
Fixed a spelling mistake in the tutorial
Fixed a small bug in "Nest" which made egg images less random than they should have been
Fixed a bug where falling time stat wasn't incremented if the player died before finishing the round
Fixed file syncing between platforms
Miscellaneous:
Adjusted the way Grizzly Bearista enters the room, to hide a split-second where he wasn't visible when the game starts
Improved the way swiping/flicking the screen works on touchscreens
Enabled fullscreen switching in macOS version
Removed some unused assets
Known issues:
The game name appears as "Unknown" on the Activities bar on Ubuntu
Switching the game to full screen while in the video menu will not change the state of the fullscreen toggle button on macOS and Ubuntu
Performance may be lower on the video options screen on macOS
Whew! We hope you enjoy all the improvements, and thanks again for playing the game!
The Big Fat Update!
Hello again Fatty Rabbit Hole fans!
It's time to lift the curtain and unveil the newest update for the game - version 1.8.23, or as we'd like to call it, the Big Fat Update.
There's a lot of new stuff, so here are the biggest new additions to the game:
New Limited game mode
Fatty Rabbit Hole now has two main game modes: Endless, which is the original game, and Limited, which is a new way to play. Instead of suffering the pseudo-randomness of the spinner wheel, you can now play the game's levels in a set sequence - which have been thoughtfully put in order to make the difficulty of the game ramp up as you make your way down the list.
This mode levels the playing field for Leaderboard positions, so everyone gets the same game, and you don't have to hope for a good wheel spin to achieve a high score.
12 new seasonal games
We've added 12 new seasonally appropriate games to Fatty Rabbit Hole, each with its own special challenge. Every month, for about 2 weeks, a new seasonal game is available to play, and each game has its own scoreboard, both locally on your computer and on Steam. We hope you'll try each new game, and see what's new!
New scoreboards, stats, and achievements
We couldn't add a new game mode and 12 seasonal games, each with their own scoreboard data, without including an improved scoreboard experience, so this new version of Fatty Rabbit Hole comes with a massively improved scoreboard, which highlights the top 3 winners and has multiple pages - for both Endless and Limited game modes, and all the seasonal games. We've also greatly increased the amount of scores the scoreboard tracks, and added level numbers to scores, so you can see how far you got.
There are three new stats on the stats screen as well, for the new seasonal games.
Finally, we've added some new achievements for completing the game in Limited mode, and for playing each of the game's seasonal game types!
Linux support
This update also brings support for Linux (Ubuntu 18.04), so if you're interested in gaming on Linux, we've got you covered!
New languages supported
Fatty Rabbit Hole now comes with full translations in Spanish, German, and French. Now you can fill your panza with süßigkeiten while you fall down the trou!
And a lot more!
In addition to everything above, we've made a lot of small changes, enhancements, and improvements to various parts of the game. We'll include the full list in a patch note following this post.
The Big Fat Update will launch soon, so keep an eye out for it. Thanks for reading!
It's been a while, fellow eaters!
Hello everyone - long time, no see!
We've been busy working on an update for Fatty Rabbit Hole, which we're hoping to have out soon. It'll bring a lot of big and little improvements/changes to the game, and clean up a few bugs we've found since the last time we pushed a patch.
There's a new article on IndieDB if you want to read the details about what lead up to all these changes.
The long and short of it is that we've had to do a lot of work under the hood to get the game updated (which has included upgrading the game engine itself), but we're excited to show you what we've been working on and hope it's something you'll all enjoy.
Apologies for being so vague, but please stay tuned! See you sooooooooon! ːsteamhappyː
Patch notes - 1.7.82
We're happy to announce that Fatty Rabbit Hole is now available on Mac! Both versions are available in the same bundle, so if you've already bought the game, you're good to go - just install Steam on your Mac and play!
We've made many other changes as well, which you can read about in the notes below:
Added two new resolution options for 16:10 aspect displays
Made a small change to the way video resolution buttons work so they can't be pressed immediately after the screen changes sizes
Improved performance on options screen and with settings pulldowns
Fixed an error that caused highscores to not be uploaded/updated on the Steam leaderboard
Adjusted the staggering of food that releases after each phase of the Jock vs Nerd boss round
Adjusted the amount of food that drops after each phase of the Eye Am Legend boss round
Small adjustment to timing of Eye Am Legend boss phase after food drops
Added Home key to keys that take screenshots
Updated the screenshot funtionality to work better in fullscreen mode
Revised controls page in tutorial for when gamepads are supported and not
Updated splash screen on macOS to fit starting window size
Removed fullscreen option from macOS version because it didn't function properly (fullscreen is still available via the fullscreen button on the app's title bar)
Known issues:
Screenshots taken in fullscreen on macOS are usually cropped weirdly
Thanks for playing!
Patch notes - 1.7.75
We've made more improvements to the game, some based on suggestions we've gotten from people playing in our open beta on Android! Here's what's new:
Improved performance on highscores screen when prompted to enter a name
Disabled 3D backgrounds on mobile devices to improve performance
Updated artwork on static hole background and decreased scaling on some backgrounds, so they'll appear a bit sharper
Added the ability to change touch/controller settings from the pause menu
Made touch control appear briefly when size/opacity are adjusted to help make those settings easier to tweak
Changed text on confirm dialogs to be more clear about which option does what
Removed splash screens on mobile versions
As always, thanks for playing, and please let us know if you encounter any issues or have a suggestion for us!
Patch notes - 1.7.74
Hello again everyone! We've got another small round of fixes/improvements - this time mostly focusing on the touch controls. The primary change is that the touch controller will now follow your movements around if you push beyond the maximum range, which should help the controls feel a little more natural.
Here's the full changelog:
Made dynamic touch controls move if the player's touch moves outside the maximum movement area
Fixed an issue that made the touch controller appear in the wrong location when set to lock mode and playing on a non-3:2 aspect display
Fixed an issue on the title screen that would sometimes make the game play an annoying sound
Thanks for playing!
Patch notes - 1.7.7
Wacky weekend update time! Just a little tune-up, with a few issues fixed. Here's what's changed:
Made pausing the game stop time tracking for stats
Fixed an issue that allowed local highscore names to be larger than the 32 character limit
Fixed an issue that disabled screenshots from being taken while the game was paused
Switched out "3D" hole backgrounds with actual 3D hole backgrounds
Fixed an issue on the video settings page that would sometimes make the game play an annoying sound
Added support for native device keyboards on mobile versions
Fixed an issue on mobile versions that would cause the game to be letterboxed on 4:3 aspect screens
Thanks again for playing, and please let us know if you discover any problems or have suggestions for future updates!
Patch notes - 1.7.6
Hey everyone, and happy Friday! We've got an update out today that adds a few new features and fixes a some smaller issues, mostly under-the-hood stuff. The biggest changes are:
A new stats page, and game-wide stat tracking
More options for touch and controller input
A little extra time after bonus rounds complete to gain your bearings
Overall though, there are many tweaks here and there, so please take a look at the full changelog if you'd like to see what's new:
Added statistics tracking and new statistics page
Reconfigured settings to be better organized
Renamed video options and control options sections in settings
Moved fullscreen toggle to video options
Added more touch control options, including "digital" setup and opacity slider
Changed touch control lock position setup to go full screen
Made touch controls fade out (and get ready to reposition) much faster
Added the ability to toggle controller rumble to control options
Moved credits out of the settings screen and onto its own page
Added credits and stats buttons to title screen
Added the ability to cycle through button/slider options in menus by using the tab key
Reworked the way the game screen aligns the hole and UI (gameplay should now be more centered in the display)
Made the game fade fully to black before exiting from the main menu
Updated the font on the spinner wheel
Updated the animation and size/positioning of the Ice Cream Social splash screen
Adjusted the size of the logo and positioning of text on the Massive Catapult splash screen
Changed the speed of the falling food items on the title screen to be a bit more random
Cleaned up various portions of the UI, including the pause button, menu button alignment, and high score badges
Changed the amount of time during which the spinner wheel can be skipped, so it can't be skipped when it's trying to stop
Small adjustment to the way highscore text input works to make it more cross-platform friendly
Fixed an issue where the mouse would re-appear without being the active input method
Slightly increased the amount of free time the game waits to continue after finishing a bonus round
Fixed a problem with Pigasus flipping animation and improved overall quality of Pigasus animation
Fixed an issue where Pigasus wouldn't react properly if the player finished a round while he's on screen
Sped up Iron Fist McGee's post-attack routine
Gave Iron Fist McGee more arm, better animation
Added some extra body parts to Deerdevil, repositioned him when he peeks in from the side
Fixed an issue where a missing file could cause the game to hang while loading
Thanks for playing, and please let your friends know if you've been having fun with the game!
Patch notes - 1.7.3
Hope nobody's suffering from update-itis here, but we've got one more update out for Fatty Rabbit Hole, live now! here's what's new:
Added support for non-Xbox gamepads - if you have multiple gamepads plugged into the system, the game will only accept input from the first one it finds
Added the ability to skip the "rabbit falling" and "title card" screens
Added the ability to skip to the results of the wheel spin screen
Reduced the amount of time "start" shows on the screen when the round begins
Reduced the time it takes for "round complete" and "game over" screens to roll into score tallies
Fixed an issue where mousing over a confirmation dialog would change the focus to the button beneath it after it disappears
Thanks again for playing the game, and for your feedback. It has helped to shape the game into something better!
Patch notes - 1.7.2
A small update for the game is out now. Here's what's changed:
Tweaked the screenshot function to work better in cases where Steam isn't available (local screenshots are saved to %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Fatty_Rabbit_Hole\screenshots)
