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Genre: Racing, Strategy, Indie

The Floor Is Really Cheap Lava

The Floor Is Still Really Cheap Lava

"The Floor Is Still Really Cheap Lava" or "The Floor Is Really Cheap Lava 2"?

Help decide on a title for the sequel to The Floor Is Really Cheap Lava!

The new game will include all new collectibles, improved graphics, and an online mode where you can race your friends to try to knock them into the lava or various "dangerous" power-ups!

Any suggestions that you would like implemented are welcomed!

Post Processing Update 1.6

Post Processing effects have been added to all game modes and are enabled by default. If you notice a decrease in frame rate, or just don't like the look of it, you can disable the Post Processing effects in the settings menu.

Wave Rider Update 1.5 Patch Notes

Patch Notes 1.5

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue where if the Robin Egg took more meters than you had, the meters would go below zero (still displayed as zero) and you would have to make up those lost meters before it would come up above zero.
  • Fixed an issue where your meters wouldn't be paused when coming out of pause mode.
  • Fixed an issue with the track limits not being set up correctly when in Snowflake and Flying mode.

    • While in Snowflake mode, you won’t hover over the edge.
    • While riding Johnny Pterodactyl, you can no longer ride the edge of the track to avoid geysers.

  • Fixed an issue where the Wilhelm scream and High Score audio would be cut off it you immediately hit ‘play again’.
  • Fixed an issue where scores from the Ghost Zone wouldn’t carry over towards distance related achievements.


Updates/Additions

  • Added a mini game, The Box Game. Spend virtual Pancake currency to play this mini game where you’ll be able to pick one of three boxes. Whatever is under the box, be it a hat or a marble skin, it will be added into your inventory.

    • Added a Wardrobe where you will be able to select the hat you want to wear and what type of marble you want to use.

      • Selecting the Black Top Hat icon will put the hat that changes color depending on leaderboard rank onto your player.

    • Pancakes are used as a virtual currency to play The Box Game.

      • A free Pancake is awarded every 8 hours.

        • The timer will not start again until you run out of Pancakes. It, however, will not stop if you get Pancakes while it is already counting down.

      • Can be found as a rare collectible on the lava track.
      • Can be purchased from your Steam Wallet.


  • New game modes:

    • Added a game mode, Volcano!

      • The track is cleared… except the Volcano is erupting. Look out for falling Lava!
      • Default speed multiplier set in the settings menu does not affect the speed of this game mode.
      • Bottle Rockets are not available in this mode.

    • Added game modes Classic (Normal) and Classic (Expert)

      • No collectibles spawn in these game modes. See how far you can get with just distance.
      • Has no meter multiplier (same as other normal game modes).


  • Collectibles:

    • Added a collectible, Wave Rider. Collecting a Wave Rider will summon the ocean. You can keep your inner tube infinitely, as long as you go through the golden rings. If you miss a ring, the ocean will disappear. Rings get closer and closer together as you progress.

      • Wave Rider is available in all game modes except Firefly.

        • Can only collect Lava Rocks, and Robin Eggs while in this state.
        • Speed multiplier of 7.


    • Added a collectible, Pancakes. Finding one of these rare stacks of pancakes will allow you to continue a good game if you die, or can be used once you return to the main menu where you can exchange a Pancake for a go at the Box Game to win hats and marble skins.
    • The Bottle Rocket now has an equip animation.

      • Reduced spawn rate from 23% to 19%

    • Collecting a Robin Egg can now only add meters if collected with a magnet.
    • The Thunder Cloud that comes from collecting a Thunder Bolt now travels 50% faster and can travel 200 to 350 meters. Previously 100 to 250 meters.

      • Increased the spawn rate from 15% to 25%
      • Thunder can be heard when collecting this item.


  • Added a second chance feature:

    • When you die, you will now be prompted with an option to finish the game or continue for the cost of one Pancake.
    • If you die after the second go, you get no more chances.
    • This option can be disabled in the settings menu.
    • Press ‘Space’ to quickly exit the prompt if enabled (enabled by default).

  • Achievement changes:

    • The ‘10M Only the Best’ achievement is now ‘5M Only the Best’ and requires 5 million meters instead of 10 million.
    • The ‘75M Record Breaker’ achievement is now ‘10M Record Breaker’ and requires 10 million meters instead of 75 million.

      • If you already had this achievement unlocked, you will be granted the Purple Stars marble skin for free.

    • In an effort to make the ‘Grim Grinning Ghosts’ achievement more attainable, when using a Ghost Jam, which can be found in the Ghost Zone, you can now collect other Ghost Jams to reset the three second timer. Ghost Jams can now also collect Lava Rocks, Thunder Bolts, and Robin Eggs.

  • The frames per second debug is now available on the main menu.
  • Added a separate sensitivity option in the settings menu for high speed power ups, such as the Bottle Rocket, Snowflake, Ghost, and Wave Runner. This will default to 2. (Normal sensitivity defaults to 1)
  • Leaderboard changes:

    • Your Steam Friends now show up on the leaderboards as a blue color with “(Friend)” besides their name.
    • Leaderboards now show progress when uploading scores. (There is a timeout if you’re unable to upload scores within a duration of time).
    • Added the new game modes, Volcano!, Classic (Normal), and Classic (Expert) to the leaderboards. See how your stats compare!

  • Performance improvements:

    • Lava tiles used to be cubes with 6 sides (what other type of cube is there). Now lava tiles are flat planes (only 1 side). This means the camera will have to render less polygons and will, therefore, slightly increase performance. Slightly.
    • Improved particle system for the clouds in the Thunder Bolt effect. This should reduce lag spikes for some users when collecting a Thunder Bolt.



Developer Notes

  • If you want to avoid the loading process of getting the leaderboard stats every time you load a level, go into your wardrobe, and switch out the top hat for another hat or disable the hat altogether if you don’t have another hat. Levels will then load immediately.

New Game Modes and Collectibles

We would love to here some of your ideas for new game modes and collectibles!

Hotfix 1.4.3

The 'Get Leaderboard Stats' feature has been re-enabled. Regardless if you're able to access Steam, you should be able to load levels.

Hotfix 1.4.2

We've temporarily disabled the hat selection feature from levels while we work out some issues with the Steam stats.

Also, there is now a 12 second timer when loading leaderboards that will automatically load them if it is unable to upload your scores in time. There will hopefully be a better fix for this in the next update.

Spooky Update 1.4 Patch Notes

Patch Notes 1.4



Bugs

  • Fixed an issue when coming out of the pterodactyl flying mode where you would no longer be able to jump.
  • Fixed an issue with the mouse controls where it would be possible to go past the track limits on the left and right.
  • Fixed an issue with the resolution dropdown in the settings menu where it wouldn’t update the screen resolution.
  • Fixed an issue in the settings menu where the resolution selection wouldn’t properly save.
  • Fixed an issue where if you collected a Bottle Rocket directly after coming out of the Snowflake power-up, the music audio wouldn’t continue playing.
  • Fixed an issue causing all levels to have a meter multiplier of 2.
  • Fixed an issue causing an automatic frame limit of 60 even if it was set to a higher value in the settings menu.
  • Fixed an issue with the fireflies in Firefly mode where they would fly under the ground.
  • Fixed an issue in Meteor Mayhem where if you were riding a pterodactyl and you hit a meteor, the pterodactyl would stay in place and the marble would float into space.
  • Fixed an issue where the Robin Egg could only give a max of 9,999 meters instead of 10,000 meters.

    • Meters gained or lost from Robin Eggs now are rounded to the nearest hundredth.



Updates/Additions

  • Added a game mode, Ghost Zone.

    • Beware! The lava has come to life!
    • Added a collectible, Ghost Jam. Collecting a jar of this Ghost Jam will turn you into a ghost. Your speed as a ghost is very fast, however, this only lasts 3 seconds.

      • While in use, you will be unable to pick up any other items ‘cause ghosts can’t pick stuff up, duh.
      • Has a speed multiplier of 20.

    • Bottle Rockets and Snowflakes do not spawn in this mode.

  • Leaderboards can now be found on the main menu on the ‘Leaderboards’ tab. Check it out to see how your stats compare to other players!

    • Your hat color corresponds your best ranking in any of the 10 current leaderboards. For example, if you have 2nd place on one leaderboard and 38th on another, you will be ranked as 2nd for hat color.

      • 1st Place: Gold Top Hat
      • 2nd - 3rd Place: Ruby Top Hat
      • 4th - 10th Place: Silver Top Hat
      • 11th - 100th Place: White Top Hat
      • 101th + Place: Black Top Hat
      • If you have at least two 1st place positions, your hat will be Ultra Purple.
      • You only keep your color as long as you maintain your position on the leaderboards.


  • Added 8 additional achievements:

    • Archaeologist: Collect 5 Dinosaur Bones in a single game.
    • Zeus Caboose: Collect 7 Thunder Bolts in a single game.
    • Magnet Machine: Collect 10 Lava Rocks using Magnets in a single game.
    • Grim Grinning Ghosts: Collect 7 Ghost Jams in a single game. Note, this item can only be found in the game mode ‘Ghost Zone’.
    • Lava Rock Extraordinaire: Collect 50 Lava Rocks in a single game.
    • Collector 2.0: Collect a Lava Rock, Bottle Rocket, Snowflake, Robin Egg, Dinosaur Bone, Thunder Bolt, and a Magnet in a single game.
    • 10 Million Only the Best: Avoid 10 million meters worth of lava.
    • 75 Million Record Breaker: Avoid 75 Million meters worth of lava.

  • Achievement icons have been updated.
  • Congratulations. You now have more firefly friends.

    • Fireflies now start at a random position instead of being all clumped together on start.

  • Falling meteors now rotate.
  • You can now choose your default speed multiplier from 1.0 (default) to 2.0. This is located in the settings menu. This, however, will not affect the game mode Meteor Mayhem as the meteors are timed according to the marble’s speed.
  • The settings menu now has a fullscreen toggle option.
  • Added a 3 second delay in between each time you can jump. The 3 seconds does not start until you land the jump.
  • The Snowflake audio no longer resets when you collect another Snowflake. It will now just keep playing out.
  • The Magnet now only lasts 15 seconds. Previously 17.
  • Reduced the rate the Wilhelm Scream plays after a death from 5% to 1%.
  • Performance improvements:

    • Optimized the steam that the lava produces.
    • Improved the way the green fog gets produced in Firefly.
    • Reverted the 3D blizzard effect back to the 2D overlay.

Outside the Barriers

Hotfix 1.3.3

Bug Fixes

  • Improved performance when collecting a Snowflake.
  • Fixed an issue where if you jumped over one of the side barriers, you could hover over the lava infinitely.
  • Magnets now can only collect Lava Rocks, Robin Eggs, and Thunder Bolts.


Developer Notes

  • There is a known issue where the program will automatically put a frame limit of 60. To fix this, every time you launch the program, go into the settings menu and click save. Until we have a permanent fix, this will temporarily resolve this issue.
  • Sorry for the frequent updates. This latest patch released a few game-breaking issues. Is anyone still experiencing lag when collecting a Snowflake?