PixPhys
What's going on with PixPhys?
At the moment there is an almost ready update on the experimental branch, which we will release very soon and it will be the last update of the BETA version of the game. Now we have started redesigning the game for the fourth time (and hopefully the last) to perfect it and release it from early access! Of course it will take a lot of time, but we plan to do it by the fall.
Maybe PixPhys BETA will get a few more small bugfixing updates, but content updates are unlikely.
Follow PixPhys development on our Discord server!
PixPhys on Linux
In case you find any problems, you can write about them on our Discord server or Steam Discussions.
1.2.1 — Halloween update
Hello engineers! Halloween is coming, in honor of this holiday, we have prepared a thematic update for you.
Map update
The Birch Grove map has been stylized with a Halloween theme. Now it will meet terrifying-themed objects: pumpkins, some of which will glow at night, and gravestones.
New props
Smoke machine
Sparkular
Pumpkin
Carved pumpkin
Gravestone
Golden toilet
New achievement
Jack O'lantern
Insert a candle into the carved pumpkin.
We wish you a good Halloween!
1.2.0 — Lua & Localization
Hi, engineers!
Almost a month has passed since the last update – it's time to release a new one. It brings some new content to the game, but a lot of new features, and fixes a lot of bugs.
I would like to thank you for still playing our game after such a long stagnation. September 25, 2022 (the day after the release of update 1.1.0) there was a record number of active players – 131 people. I'd like to invite you to our Discord server, where you can find out about experimental releases and participate in discussions about future updates.
Programming in Lua
Processor
Lua Processor is a new item that has a node with one Composite input and output. The main task is to carry out calculations.
[Pong]
Display
Lua Display is a new item that has a node with one Composite input. The main task is to draw graphics in the game world.
Editor
To write code in the game, there is a built-in script editor, which includes documentation.
Localization
Now you can translate PixPhys into the language you are interested in, for this we have made a convenient utility that you can find along this path: PixPhys\Tools\Localization Tool. To start the translation, open the utility and open the default language in the game files (File>Open): PixPhys\GameData\Languages. On the left are localization keys, click on one of them and start editing its content.
Improving the quality of life
Now you can collapse the list of props of a certain category by clicking on the arrow on the right.
Added the ability to fix the setting of weather events.
New props
Inertial gyroscope
[expand type="details"]A device that has very heavy disks inside that accelerate to high speeds and due to this spin the spacecraft.[/expand]
Flare launcher
[expand type="details"]When activated, fires a chemical projectile that flares up over time and begins to glow.[/expand]
Hand crank
[expand type="details"]Allows you to set the shaft in motion, using only the labor of robots.[/expand]
Glass sheet
[expand type="details"]It's fragile.[/expand]
Hose
[expand type="details"]This is a flexible pipe, perfect for connecting moving parts with a pipeline.[/expand]
New achievements
Lua is now an integral part of PixPhys, which means highlighting its importance with three new achievements:
- Bug != Bug
- Documentation
- Optimization? What's this?
Lua & Localization Update - Teaser
1.1.0 - Desert Update
[Jet Plane, Sky crane, Humvee]
Hello engineers!
Almost a month has passed since the release - it's time to release a major update. A big part of this update is technical improvements to the game: the system for saving nodes has been completely rewritten, which will allow us to localize them and protect them from problems in the future.
Main innovation
The main innovation is the desert map. The main difference of which is that it has a relief, while it is endless. Also in its sands lives something that will impatiently destroy your building.
Redesigned ports
All ports in the game have been reworked, which may require you to rearrange them in your buildings in order for them to work correctly. Ports now have:
- built-in magnets for easy docking
- indicator lights to indicate when a connection is established between ports
- boolean output indicating when another port is connected
Visual layers
The ability to customize the display layer of an object in a building has been added, now you can bring beauty to your building.
[Rally buggy]
Wikipedia
Thanks to the initiative of the players, PixPhys has an official Wikipedia on Fandom.
Thanks to the players Laska and Sovmeshchenets.
Changelog
Added:
- Case (Node).
- Observer (Node).
- PID (Node).
- Tanks are resistant to internal explosions if they were low on fuel.
- Visual layers.
- Possibility to turn off the machine control through the machine control panel.
- Possibility to freeze objects.
- Possibility to change the initial filling of tanks.
- Joystick (Prop).
- Copy/Paste nodes.
- Setting the speed of movement of the camera on the keys.
- Displaying the game version in the main menu.
- Loss of foliage from trees that have fallen.
- Pipes transfer heat.
- Hotkeys: delete, reflect.
- Achievements: «National property», «Lumberjack», «Worms Hunter».
- Motion blur
Improved:
- Electric port (Prop).
- Fluid port (Prop).
- Socket port (Prop).
- Logical connections are moved to the background.
- Adjustment of the beam of light for spotlights.
- Audio settings.
- Saving nodes.
- Camera shake.
Fixed:
- Color Picker.
- Speech Module eye area.
- The winch does not give out the length of the cable.
- Pipe construction continues after selecting another tool.
Patch 1.0.1
Changelog:
- New examples - the main innovation
- Added a button to restore the list of saved
- Added display of values for Dial
- An excess of electricity will now follow
- Now Socket Port updates the connection value
- Fixed description on Twitter
- Fixed interaction with Gizmo tools when the camera zooms in
- Dial node name fixed
- Fixed a large number of numbers in the dial
- Fixed display of packages in Socket Editor when minimizing the application
- Detection of a negative pitch for a propeller has been fixed
- The image of the button has been fixed, the size of the text on the display has been changed.
PixPhys Beta is here!
Foreword
More than one year has passed since the last update of the game. Unfortunately, we brought the game to such a state that it was impossible to add content.
We made the first attempts to start development back in January 2022, when we wanted to take part in the Indie Cup competition. We did not have time to finish the game and the contest was cancelled. Due to some events, we had to abandon most of the ideas of the game that we called "PixPhys 2" as a joke, but some moved on to what is now PixPhys.
We started a full rework of PixPhys at the beginning of April 2022. From "PixPhys 2" was taken: workbench, weather and node system.
You probably won't find much in common between the Alpha version and the Beta version, as they are two different games with the same name and idea.
And now, after 5 months of active work, we are ready to present you PixPhys Beta!
Design on Steam
We have completely redesigned the store page. We made new screenshots and a trailer, added GIF to the text and stylized the titles, rewrote the description.
The images for the Steam client library have also been reworked.
What will happen to the Alpha version?
The alpha version of the game will be available as a another branch on Steam, which will not be updated.
Saves from the Alpha version cannot be played in the Beta version, so they are marked as "incompatible". You can read more about this here.
Innovations
The main innovations of the Beta version of PixPhys are:
- Workbench building system
- Node system
- Fuel system
- Weather
- Heating system
- Aerodynamics
You can read more about the development process, changes in our development logs:
Achievements
Since the last devlog, we have added 15 achievements to the game:
- Brainfuck
- Junior-Developer
- Amphibian
- Perpetual engine
- Take a note
- Height is not scary
- Granite of science
- User manual
- Outer space
- Meteorological station
- Prestige
- Cheater
- Nuclear reactor
- ****
- ****
You can see each achievement in detail here.
Modifications
We've been working on user modification examples to help guide you through the modding process. All code is commented out in detail and disassembled into blocks. We are also working on modding documentation. If you have any difficulties feel free to write to our Discord server!
Statuses
We have integrated support for Steam and Discord statuses into the game. Now your friends will see what you are doing: you are in the menu, testing or building your new creation.
Alpha saves
Open PixPhys Beta testing
We've released the PixPhys Beta into open testing.
REPORT A BUG
You can install it right now by following this guide:
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Go to the properties of the game in Steam.
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Go to the Betas tab.
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Select the experimental branch.
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Wait for the installation and open the game.