Robo Instructus

Devlog

• 1.34.2 Update (ddd0be99)
  April 02, 2023 by Big AB Games

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  Fix menu background flickering issue on some platforms. Reduce size of demo build by ~30%. Linux: Enable wayland by default (Opt out with `WINIT_UNIX_BACKEND=x11` ). Linux: Remove ssl bundled libs. Up... Continue reading
• 1.34.1 Update (6e089a0e)
  August 13, 2022 by Big AB Games

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  Build using "fat" link time optimisation for best performance. Update steam sdk. Update window & audio libraries, other code dependencies and compile with rust 1.63. Linux: Native wayland support is n... Continue reading
• 1.34 Update (b1554d75)
  September 16, 2021 by Big AB Games

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  Add new "Autocomplete" option On ↲ which enables the return key ↲ to always trigger completion, instead of only in certain contexts. The default remains On ↹ using tab to complete. Accept either... Continue reading
• 1.33 Update (5e31e19d)
  July 31, 2021 by Big AB Games

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  Full translation for 简体中文 (zh-CN) . Support CJK text for intro, company messages, documentation, credits & partial support in code comments. Optimise random generation for colony encoded text... Continue reading
• 1.32 Update (660691b0)
  July 24, 2021 by Big AB Games

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  Full game translation for Español (es) ... Continue reading
• 1.31.5 Update (b73ec519)
  July 23, 2021 by Big AB Games

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  Update Español interface translations. Update code dependencies... Continue reading
• 1.31.4 Update (7256a8b7)
  June 24, 2021 by Big AB Games

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  Linux: Improve initial window creation / prevent error fallback. Update window libraries, other code dependencies and compile with rust 1.53... Continue reading
• 1.31.3 Update (8f14f03b)
  May 02, 2021 by Big AB Games

  Fix sound initialization panics & fallback to non-default sound devices. Update code dependencies and compile with rust 1.51... Continue reading
• 1.31.2 Update (0a0b37af)
  January 04, 2021 by Big AB Games

  Windows: Fix hangs related to minimising. Update window libraries, other code dependencies and compile with rust 1.49... Continue reading
• 1.31.1 Update (c2308854)
  November 28, 2020 by Big AB Games

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  Linux: Fix missing textures related to shader discard usage. Reduce game size. Update code dependencies and compile with rust 1.48... Continue reading
• 1.31 Update (ca600b33)
  November 14, 2020 by Big AB Games

  Fix game being always on top when fullscreen after alt-tabbing. Fix missing trailing newline on paste. Update audio stack, window libraries + other code dependencies... Continue reading
• 1.30 Update (acc85627)
  October 10, 2020 by Big AB Games

  Full game translation for Deutsch (de) . Update code dependencies and compile with rust 1.47. Many thanks to Darius Vollmer for adding the German colony translation (in additional to much of the exist... Continue reading
• 1.29.2 Update (5797c33d)
  October 02, 2020 by Big AB Games

  Update de translations. Update dependencies & compile with rust 1.46... Continue reading
• 1.29.1 Update (c8810dce)
  August 22, 2020 by Big AB Games

  Fix panic/crash related to transmission between probe & robot after the robot has fallen off the level. Update dependencies & compile with rust 1.45.2... Continue reading
• 1.29 Update (cdaee348)
  July 24, 2020 by Big AB Games

  Auto-scroll to errors that occurs during the code run. Auto-scroll to cursor when code is edited with "undo" or "redo". Auto-scroll to the paused code position after pause() function executes. Improve... Continue reading

  
• 1.28 Update (c42ab8ee)
  May 24, 2020 by Big AB Games

  Rewrite the text rendering stack improving performance & supporting .otf fonts in addition to the .ttf fonts the game previously used exclusively. Text tweaks for "company" messages for all languages... Continue reading
• 1.27 Update (baa00ea8)
  April 25, 2020 by Big AB Games

  Automatically follow execution when paused. So whenever you step forward , or step over , the code view will adjust to where the code execution has moved. Rework window resizing event handling again ,... Continue reading
• 1.26 Update (c52f41e)
  April 18, 2020 by Big AB Games

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  Reveal a previously hidden dark stage in Map The Way so this level will have an extra visible stage. A few solutions were getting stuck on the subtle differences of this stage. Update code dependencie... Continue reading
• 1.25 Update (c75a669)
  March 26, 2020 by Big AB Games

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  Add auto-correction for window resizing issues causing grey screens & improve related error logging (reported on macos). Update dependencies & compile with rust 1.42... Continue reading
• 1.24 Update (513fd35)
  February 28, 2020 by Big AB Games

  Fix join issues between facility view background textures, particularly visible at ultra wide aspect ratios on the left hand side repeated textures. Update dependencies & compile with rust 1.14.1... Continue reading
• 1.23 Update (d1f3d66)
  February 15, 2020 by Big AB Games

  Update window library (winit 0.19 -> winit 0.21) . Rework window resizing event handling, this should fix some rare game & window out of sync sizing issues. Handle sound initialization panics. Update... Continue reading
• 1.22 Update (c502c19)
  January 25, 2020 by Big AB Games

  Update ru translations. Update code dependencies... Continue reading

  
• 1.21 Update (7717e6c)
  January 11, 2020 by Big AB Games

  Support translations for "initial code" & "last level code" static branch names. Update ru translation. Update code dependencies... Continue reading
• 1.20 Update (810e83c)
  December 30, 2019 by Big AB Games

  Switch live stats font, size and shadow to improve readability and support translations. Support translating the save/load branch UI. Use thin space U+2009 separators instead of , as this is more natu... Continue reading
• 1.19 Update (4039c38): Привет, Робо!
  December 20, 2019 by Big AB Games

  As an early holiday gift to Russian robo instructors we have the very first full game translation. Let me say a huge thanks to those that helped translate, in particular Henry Steinway who appeared th... Continue reading
• 1.18 Update (4fd1c6d)
  December 13, 2019 by Big AB Games

  Optimise draw performance for 4th act tile assets, reducing draws from ~55 -> ~20 per frame. Update code dependencies... Continue reading
• 1.17.1 Update (9085ff6)
  November 30, 2019 by Big AB Games

  1.17 (4bafdf4) Make a particular dark stage visible in Remember Your Discoveries so this level will have an extra visible stage. A few solutions were getting stuck on the subtle differences of this pr... Continue reading
• 1.16 Update (04b1b0e)
  November 23, 2019 by Big AB Games

  Update German language UI translations. Thanks Squirkyy . Update code dependencies... Continue reading
• 1.15 Update (efaf282)
  November 16, 2019 by Big AB Games

  Remove a possible pathing cycle in the dark stage of Launch Safety that unfairly caught out a couple of legitimate solutions. After updating players will see the level has become incomplete but runnin... Continue reading
• 1.14 Update (b42e06e)
  October 19, 2019 by Big AB Games

  Tweak Map The Way dark stage so that there are no non-unknown exit tiles, for consistency with the visible stages. After updating players will see the level has become incomplete but running any previ... Continue reading
• 1.13 Update (42494f2)
  October 12, 2019 by Big AB Games

  Support CJK translations in colony messages, function docs, score screen & primer. Update 简体中文 & 繁體中文 translations... Continue reading
• 1.12.1 Update (7bd9241)
  October 05, 2019 by Big AB Games

  Prevent input of unprintable characters in the Co private use unicode category. These can be input when using arrow keys in macOS, now possible as non-ascii chars are generally allowed since 1.12... Continue reading
• 1.12 Update (89fea71)
  October 04, 2019 by Big AB Games

  Allow non-ascii character code input, e.g. Cyrillic. Replace Exit Level text button with icon, which will work consistently for all languages. Translation project big-ab-games/robo-instructus-transl... Continue reading
• 1.11 Update (cc5c226)
  September 27, 2019 by Big AB Games

  Add Deutsch Function docs translation. Fix missing translated title in de Primer. Fix probo_scan() short doc to correctly reference "current tile". Improve some de grammar. Update code dependencies an... Continue reading
• 1.10 Update (fa60137)
  September 20, 2019 by Big AB Games

  Add Deutsch Primer translation. Update code dependencies. Thanks to bert2 & Darius Vollmer for the latest Primer translation at big-ab-games/robo-instructus-translation... Continue reading

  
• 1.9 Update (e527cbb) - Mac Support
  September 13, 2019 by Big AB Games

  Make Mac support official. Make one of the hidden stages of Melting Pot visible to make it possible for players to debug a scenario where a few players were getting stuck. Update dependencies. Fix exa... Continue reading
• 1.8 Update (7db4aca)
  September 06, 2019 by Big AB Games

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  This week's update lays the ground for improving localization. Add information about the current status of partial translations into the game settings menu. This should give a better idea how well a g... Continue reading
• 1.7 Update (b7c24d1)
  August 30, 2019 by Big AB Games

  Native Mac builds are available on Steam. Mac support is not yet final or advertised on the store page as I'd like for the builds to get a little more testing. Please report any issues at #229 , mac b... Continue reading
• 1.6 Update (a11c7d3)
  August 23, 2019 by Big AB Games

  Rework editor key hint to use non-mono font with better support for translated text. Switch up threading to compute & handle window events on main thread & render off main. Lowers CPU usage. Required... Continue reading
• 1.5 Update (37e93a9)
  August 16, 2019 by Big AB Games

  Add the pause() function what when called will pause the code execution in a similar way to the pause button. New message unlock when starting The Ring about pause() . New message unlock when starting... Continue reading
• 1.4 Update (9a73c4a)
  August 09, 2019 by Big AB Games

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  The game's OST composed by Richard Thomson is now available for all game owners. Steam: Available in the soundtrack directory next to the game files. Itch: Available as a separate downloadable. Format... Continue reading
• 1.3 Update (76968a2)
  August 02, 2019 by Big AB Games

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  Release notes Devblog... Continue reading