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MakerKing

MakerKing 0.13.2 is out!

Version 0.13.2



Improvements :




  • The daily reward menu now also shows the daily missions and the number of new levels since last login
  • Increased database password security (hashing with salts now rather than just hashing)
  • Going borderless fullscreen now goes fullscreen in the monitor the window was located in
  • Made keys to go in fullscreen and take a screenshot rebindable in the input config menu


Bug fixes :




  • Fixed layout of LevelBrowser not being large enough when in languages other than english
  • Fixed game crashing when removing a wire by dragging both ends to the same point
  • Fixed angler fish lantern mob part having its light disconnected from the bulb in the editor when scaling
  • Fixed emote being stuck forever on your player or other players after resetting level
  • Fixed crash window spawning out of the screen for some concave monitor setups
  • Fixed level thumbnail capture showing editor selection and clipboard
  • Attempted a fix for players who's level thumbnail capture failed at hiding the UI in the editor

MakerKing 0.13.1 is out!

Version 0.13.1



Bug fixes :




  • Fixed favorite button not showing until there's a review present in the Finish Menu
  • Fixed 5-star review UI hiding a star when clicking on the UI twice in a row
  • Fixed "Empty" label in level browser sometimes getting corrupted when resizing the window
  • Fixed crash happening when getting teleported while dead
  • Fixed crash in editor from unselecting wire or magic carpet while dragging the wire of carpet path

The Thumbnail Update is here! MakerKing 0.13

Version 0.13 : The Thumbnail Update





New features :




  • Added thumbnail images to levels, captured from the editor and shown in the LevelBrowser
  • Added chat bubbles on top of players that are chatting (with a setting to disable them)
  • Added the metal door, a simple door that requires power to be opened!
  • Re-added the ability to favorite levels and browse your list of favorited levels!
  • Added a new level song! (Thank you Rufse)


Improvements :




  • Made the layout for levels in the LevelBrowser more minimal, with some information now in tooltips
  • Made the filters in the LevelBrowser expand on the side instead of vertically, making the menu easier to use
  • You can now click on the name or head of player in LevelBrowser to see the player's stats
  • You can now click on the name of a player who sent a message in chat to see their stats
  • Deleted the obsolete "player menu" only shown when clicking on a player, now replaced by player stats menu
  • Added button in player stats menu to visit the player's hub
  • Now when the player has a big fall, the camera moves lower to see what's below
  • When the user is missing file permissions in AppData/MakerKing, a custom dialog will now show to help them
  • Added a dialog to display any audio device problems to the user in the title screen
  • Improved the swear filter by preventing it from being bypassed with s p a c e s


Bug fixes :




  • Fixed scrolling in editor being broken after using the CosmeticDresser
  • Fixed chat auto retracting when editing a level, making chatting while editing tedious
  • Fixed chat tab positions sometimes getting corrupted from normal use
  • Fixed editor grid not rendering fully on the right side of the screen (under the object picker)
  • Fixed very RAM and GPU memory leak occurring when opening the editor many times
  • Fixed resizing the window breaking tooltips
  • Fixed crash from pressing escape right after opening a level
  • Fixed metal gate making a sound right after loading the level
  • Fixed wood doors not having handles in the dark
  • Fixed Steam tickets expiring leading to inability to login or purchase coins without restarting the game
  • Fixed horizontal pressure blocks not remaining pressed by a motionless object
  • Fixed rubber blocks spamming bounces really fast when touching them from under while in the water

MakerKing 0.12.7 is out!

Version 0.12.7



Improvements :




  • Now hovering notification messages make them disappear and allow clicking the UI under it
  • Prices for frisbee coins on Steam are now adjusted based on the user's country and currency
  • Hovering a line in the trail editor (Magic Carpet, Wire) now shows a transparent handle to indicate the ability to segment it
  • When in your hub, UI that would previously hide the player like the LevelBrowser or CosmeticDresser now move the camera to show the player
  • Removed submit button in the FinishMenu's level review section, now auto submits


Bug fixes :




  • Fixed discord rich presence not working on Linux
  • Fixed mobs getting stuck on the corner of conveyors without getting pushed off
  • Fixed finish menu appearing on top of chat
  • Fixed shutdown warnings not showing when finish menu is open
  • Fixed broken frisbee coin purchases on Steam
  • Fixed UI not closing with Escape or Pause key (LevelBrowser, CosmeticDresser, etc.)
  • Fixed LevelBrowser's search bar not being selectable with the mouse-free UI navigation

MakerKing 0.12.6 is out!

Version 0.12.6



Improvements :




  • Magic carpets can now be configured to start automatically
  • Optimized the cosmetic retrieval for queries level list, leaderboards, friend list and level review list, making them a bit faster
  • You can now link your MakerKing account to Discord from your account settings


Bug fixes :




  • Fixed newly created levels that were never played being inaccessible in the level browser
  • Fixed crash happening when entering level gate
  • Fixed server being slow for the level Baby Steps due to the crazy amount of equalities (fix already applied during 0.12.5)
  • Fixed rank achievements being given to unranked players when finishing a level
  • Fixed visual bug where editor would let you edit tags of locked levels
  • Fixed crash happening in title screen when Steam is down
  • Fixed misplacement of flip handle and scale handle for some mob parts when they are flipped in the mob editor

MakerKing 0.12.5 : Server optimizations, score fix

Version 0.12.5



Hello Makers! This version improves server loading times for the sake of making MakerKing a game that can scale up with the number of players. With 70k players we already had performance issues when loading statistics, listing levels or finishing a level. The optimizations should make the experience of the game a lot more fluid for all of that. Furthermore the score system had for a long time been broken due to difficult math needed to keep it. It now has been fixed to the best of our abilities. I also added 2 new type of global leaderboard that can be consulted in game, since the server changes made this quite easy.

Enhancements :




  • Global leaderboard can now also shows ranking for number of world records and levels cleared
  • Optimized the time to query levels in the database by a factor of about 32 (3.2 sec -> 100 ms) making the level browser much more responsive
  • Optimized the time updating score at the end of a level, making the completion of levels much quicker, especially on more popular levels
  • Optimized the time to fetch the stats of a player from 1-2 seconds to nearly instantly
  • Slight performance improvement of inverse kinematics for mobs (less likely to cause occasional fps drops)
  • Now other players in cobweb will have the cobweb graphic on top of them


Bug fixes :




  • Fixed next button in tutorial restarting the tutorial when pressing it too quickly (before the hub could be uploaded)
  • Fixed bug where new players would never have their score updated until an admin refresh of score
  • Fixed bug where scores of players in the leaderboard would diverge from the "real score" which needed frequent admin refreshes, now score has been extensively tested to be correct, hopefully no bugs remain

MakerKing 0.12.4 is out!

Version 0.12.4



This patch is the step one toward a better network infrastructure. If you had trouble playing the game due to internet issues recently, this is a good patch to try and give me feedback on the discord server. Now when a network request fail it will retry indefinitely. However if you get disconnected from the game server you will have to reconnect to the level.

I have tested this patch using Windscribe's VPN using locations in Turkey and Hong Kong (servers are in Canada) and didn't encounter issues. If you do, please contact me and we can look into fixing those as well.

Enhancements :




  • When a network requests fail, the game now retries indefinitely instead of kicking to the titlescreen
  • When connection with a game server times out (after 30 seconds), now reconnects to the level instead of kicking to the titlescreen
  • Renamed all instance of "level locking" to "level publishing" for better clarity
  • Added ability to resize the editor level border while using other tools


Bug fixes :




  • Fixed editor sometimes playing 2 tracks at once when randomizing music
  • Fixed finish menu preventing quick restart when pressing the restart button in the pause menu while the finish menu is active
  • Fixed friend list being too wide for its window when the level someone was in had a name too large
  • Fixed instrument blocks not pausing when watching a replay, leading to tracks playing on top of each others
  • Fixed shape tool in editor not working properly when used in erase mode depending on the direction of the shape
  • Fixed crash that would sometime happen when opening player stats

MakerKing 0.12.2 is out!

Version 0.12.2



This update is a small patch to fix bugs with the new partition editor as well as old editor issues. The Dynamic Lighting in the editor is actually usable now, no longer freezing the game and it's much easier to select notes in the partition editor. Following changes made with the sprint button (now no longer being inverted by default) we added a new piece of tutorial UI to teach players how to pick up items.

Enhancements :



  • Dynamic Lighting in the editor no longer freezes the game to update itself
  • Composer Menu now auto scrolls when hovering edges of the partition area while selecting notes
  • Added floating tutorial UI for how to pickup an item


Bug fixes :



  • Fixed beginning of partition being muted when dying on some computers
  • Fixed inability to drag the table while right click selecting in Composer Menu
  • Fixed umbrella set to closed state manually from the editor not resetting properly in world
  • Fixed incorrect text on the cancel button of the blind badge dialog
  • Fixed instrument block not pausing when pausing the game
  • Fixed crash when double clicking on a set of blocks that is too large
  • Fixed electric switch's appearance being wrong when connecting or disconnecting it using undo or redo
  • Fixed player being stuck in the wrong animation when selecting it and clicking on another block
  • Fixed editor light map not being updated properly with undo and redo

The Composer Update is out! MakerKing 0.12.1

Version 0.12.1



The Composer Update brings the Instrument block to the game, which allows you to compose your own music for your level. Several life improvement features have also been added! This update has been made a minor version of the 0.12 update, since it is technically part 2 of the Music Update.

New features :

  • Added the Instrument Block, a block that plays music you compose from several instruments
  • Added mob armor, gear that can be added to a mob to make it survive multiple hits
  • Every piece of the game's UI (except in the editor) can now be navigated using controllers
  • You can now see the names of other players, or disable them if you don't want to (Thanks Manmellon!)
  • Ability to register using Steam account instead of password, registration for non Steam users now require email
  • Added a settings page to modify your account username, email or link your account to Steam
  • Added Anisotropic Filtering graphic setting for mob parts, making stretched mob parts look much better (need good GPU)


Enhancements :

  • Game now translated to Polish! (Thank you Ranik!)
  • Simplified the tutorial and removed all use of the chat in the tutorial, added hint about sprinting in the tutorial
  • Eyebrows can now be flipped
  • Optimized game's rendering engine (Thank you Manmellon!)
  • Added ability for mobs to mount other mobs
  • Added running, splash and water breathing particles for mobs
  • Added visual feedback portal destination when portal linking
  • Made the "Walk by default" setting now on enabled by default for new players and renamed it to "Invert Sprint"
  • Changed the player's walk speed from 2 to 6.5 (sprint speed is 10), making walking actually usable for beginners. Old replays are unaffected by this change and still use to the previous speed. Similarly mob walk speeds have been tweaked as well.
  • Removed dialog warning the user about quitting the game when in a race with no one else in it
  • Added a new editor track custom made for us by Rufse
  • Zooming out in the editor now reveals a larger grid that shows the borders of the chunks


Bug fixes :

  • Fixed crash happening in the editor when interacting with the undos and redos
  • Fixed bug where level music would play in the editor after doing undo
  • Fixed level browser not changing its language when changing the language of the game
  • Fixed bug where some mob parts could get stuck and not be draggable
  • Fixed a game freeze sometimes happening when dragging mob parts
  • Fixed bug that would disconnect the client from the server sometimes
  • Fixed bug that would break multiplayer for players who registered after the 32767'th player (Thank you Manmellon!)
  • Fixed bug where scared mobs after getting hurt would never stop running
  • Fixed bug that would make some errors in crash reports unreadable and also cause a memory leak
  • Fixed bug where resizing Window during loading would not properly scale fonts after load
  • Fixed bug that would cause exported replays with electric switches to not function properly
  • Fixed bug where blind badge protection could be bypassed by having the replay locally
  • Fixed a crash on Linux happening sometimes for users without XRandR
  • Fixed glitchy appearance of pressure plate
  • Fixed bug where held item wouldn't follow hand of the player perfectly when mounting a mob

MakerKing 0.12 the Music Update is out!

The music update is out! A small update that adds extra internal music options as well as a system to share any music from the internet. Various optimizations also have been made. Try it out!

New features :

  • Added more in-game and editor music options
  • Added possibility to link an external song to a level (from Youtube, Soundcloud or Bandcamp)
  • Added the ability to color electrical wires


Enhancements :

  • New editor settings tab in settings menu
  • Hide liquids settings now saves permanently and no longer resets when selecting a liquid
  • Added option to choose between editor music and level music in playtest
  • Improved rendering performance of torches when used in mass numbers
  • Improved rendering performance of beartrap propellers when used in mass numbers
  • Made the level browser keep its current query when switching screen
  • Added ability to sort levels by number of players online in level browser
  • Added ability for server admins to ban or mute users when necessary
  • Improved speed at which the game searches for random levels (Thanks to Manmellon!)
  • Now pasting wires on top of each other will overwrite the wires to avoid accidentally duplicated wires.
  • Improved rendering performance of light sources
  • Added option for ever lower dynamic lighting setting (32 x 18 pixels light quality)
  • Added option to choose the maximum number of lights to ensure no FPS drops
  • Improved support for Steam Deck


Bug fixes :

  • Fixed bug where CTRL + Z in DoorMenu would not undo the last editor action
  • Fixed bug where objects could be stuck in between rubber blocks
  • Fixed bug where times on level could be negative
  • Fixed bright spots that would happen when there are many lights overlapping
  • Fixed issue where the game could not support more than 120 lights (now 1022 maximum)
  • Fixed flickers that would happen with light settings to very low