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.

Smoke machine

Sparkular

Pumpkin

Carved pumpkin

Gravestone

Golden toilet

Jack O'lantern
Insert a candle into the carved pumpkin.

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[discord.gg], where you can find out about experimental releases and participate in discussions about future updates.


Lua Processor is a new item that has a node with one Composite input and output. The main task is to carry out calculations.

[[url=https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2876171149]Pong[/url]]
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.

To write code in the game, there is a built-in script editor, which includes documentation.

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.

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.


[expand type=details]A device that has very heavy disks inside that accelerate to high speeds and due to this spin the spacecraft.[/expand]

[expand type=details]When activated, fires a chemical projectile that flares up over time and begins to glow.[/expand]

[expand type=details]Allows you to set the shaft in motion, using only the labor of robots.[/expand]

[expand type=details]It's fragile.[/expand]

[expand type=details]This is a flexible pipe, perfect for connecting moving parts with a pipeline.[/expand]

Lua is now an integral part of PixPhys, which means highlighting its importance with three new achievements:

• Bug != Bug
  
• Documentation
  
• Optimization? What's this?

From day to day, update 1.2.0 should be released, which will bring many new features to the game, the main ones are the ability to program displays and processors in Lua, as well as partial support for localization in the game.

[[url=https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2861120097]Hover car[/url], Sky crane, Humvee]
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.

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.

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

The ability to customize the display layer of an object in a building has been added, now you can bring beauty to your building.

[[url=https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2864195635]Rally buggy[/url]]

Thanks to the initiative of the players, PixPhys has an official Wikipedia on Fandom[pixphys.fandom.com].
Thanks to the players Laska and Sovmeshchenets.

1. Case (Node).
   
2. Observer (Node).
   
3. PID (Node).
   
4. Tanks are resistant to internal explosions if they were low on fuel.
   
5. Visual layers.
   
6. Possibility to turn off the machine control through the machine control panel.
   
7. Possibility to freeze objects.
   
8. Possibility to change the initial filling of tanks.
   
9. Joystick (Prop).
   
10. Copy/Paste nodes.
    
11. Setting the speed of movement of the camera on the keys.
    
12. Displaying the game version in the main menu.
    
13. Loss of foliage from trees that have fallen.
    
14. Pipes transfer heat.
    
15. Hotkeys: delete, reflect.
    
16. Achievements: «National property», «Lumberjack», «Worms Hunter».
    
17. Motion blur

1. Electric port (Prop).
   
2. Fluid port (Prop).
   
3. Socket port (Prop).
   
4. Logical connections are moved to the background.
   
5. Adjustment of the beam of light for spotlights.
   
6. Audio settings.
   
7. Saving nodes.
   
8. Camera shake.

1. Color Picker.
   
2. Speech Module eye area.
   
3. The winch does not give out the length of the cable.
   
4. Pipe construction continues after selecting another tool.

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.

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!


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.


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.


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:

1. Important news
   
2. Development log, May 2022.

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.


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[discord.gg]!


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.

The Beta version of the game will be released very soon. So that old saves do not overlap new ones and do not mislead beginners, they were marked with the “Incompatible” label. Don't worry, saves can also be downloaded, for this you just need to check the "Show incompatible items" box, which is located at the very bottom of the filters.

Hello Engineers! This is the promised development log, in which we assume and possibly what we have managed to do since the beginning of the development of PixPhys BETA (development began on April 8) and what our plans are. Also at the end of the post, you must apply for participation in closed beta testing.

I would like to note that we have finished making the main "skeleton" of the game, and at present we are filling it with game content: we are restoring the game content of the upgraded version and developing new gameplay features.


We're especially focusing on editors, as they're the main places where you'll spend your time designing insane devices.


The appearance of the transport editor now looks like this:
And Toybox has been completely redesigned:
At the moment, there are 77 different characteristics in the game, which are divided into several categories: aerodynamics, decorative, displays, explosives, lighting, fluids, propulsion, mechanics, sensors.

The toolbar has been improved:

As you know from the publication that was published earlier, the logic system has turned into a socket editor.
In the socket editor, you can find two types of nodes:

1. Dependent
   
2. Independent

Dependent nodes are those nodes that belong to the created prop in the transport editor. Independent, respectively, are those nodes that do not belong to props, they can be created through a special menu of a special node.
At the moment, there are over fifty unique nodes in the game. Most of them were added according to your wishes.
Full list of independent nodes:

1. Press (mathematics)
   
2. Add (Math)
   
3. Add (Vector)
   
4. AND (logic)
   
5. Angle (Vector)
   
6. In (String)
   
7. Character (String)
   
8. Clamp (Math)
   
9. Clock Generator (Utils)
   
10. Concat (string)
    
11. Contains (string)
    
12. Counter (Utils)
    
13. Delay (Utils)
    
14. Delta (mathematics)
    
15. Distance (vector)
    
16. Divide (Math)
    
17. Divide (Vector)
    
18. Point (Vector)
    
19. Ends with (String)
    
20. Equals (Comparison)
    
21. Equals (Vector)
    
22. Equals (string)
    
23. Extender (Utils)
    
24. Function (x, y, z) (Math)
    
25. Greater Than (Comparison)
    
26. Length (string)
    
27. Lerp (mathematics)
    
28. Lerp (Vector)
    
29. Less (Comparison)
    
30. Value (vector)
    
31. Multiplication (mathematics)
    
32. Multiplication (vector)
    
33. Negative (Math)
    
34. Normalized (vector)
    
35. NOT (logic)
    
36. OR (logic)
    
37. Analysis (string)
    
38. Perpendicular (vector)
    
39. Strength (mathematics)
    
40. Pulse (Utilities)
    
41. Randomizer (Utilities)
    
42. Reading (Composite)
    
43. Reflection (Vector)
    
44. Replace(String)
    
45. Root (mathematics)
    
46. Round (Math)
    
47. Divide (Vector)
    
48. Sqr value (vector)
    
49. Starts with (String)
    
50. Subtraction (mathematics)
    
51. Subtract (vector)
    
52. Switch block (Utils)
    
53. Threshold (Comparison)
    
54. To string (String)
    
55. Toggle (Utilities)
    
56. Vector (Vector)
    
57. Write (Composite)
    
58. XOR (logic)

You can also choose 4 styles for displaying links for the editor in a running game:
1. Basic:
2. Axis:
3. Linear:
4. Curved:
Now, in order to start the engine, you will probably need its fuel. In the screenshot above, you can see the fuel tanks that connect to the rocket engine through a separator to connect these 3 components to each other, which are routed by themselves, using solid collision joints.

The temperature system has been introduced into the game. Now objects are warmed up from phenomena with emissions and energy emissions.

Some materials may ignite due to high temperatures:
In the new version, we decided to work out the liveliness of the world. The first step was to add the weather. Now, in addition to changing the time of day, the weather cycle is changing, which includes precipitation and nebula.


At the moment, there is a version for closed testing for performance. But we would like to improve the efficiency of this process by recruiting testers, so we are recruiting! To enter, you need to make an interesting build in PixPhys that showcases your skills and complete the survey[forms.gle].