I've posted a very small short Playtest on Itch.io if you'd like to try it and let me know how you feel about the movement and shooting, some changes to the enemy as well. Just a small bite sized test and fair warning there are even some bugs in here like the Test 1 map having messed up collision but that ones mostly a visual test. A dash was added to the shift button as well I hope you find cool ways to move around with it, its momentum based and depending on what direction your moving in.

Any feedback you can give me would be great to hear! thank you for your time.

The Cube Factory Play Test[aaronfry.itch.io]

image of the current work in progress tutorial level

Optimization and Settings
More settings will be included in the main menu to lower settings or lock your frame rate and the methods used to make the maps currently in the game seem to cause a lot of performance issues for people, new maps will be made using less hardware demanding tools.

Difficulty
The biggest complaints are often about the difficulty of the game, many encounters will be better tested to be enough of a challenge to hopefully need your attention without being frustratingly hard. I'm also changing the player movement.

Controls
The second biggest complaint is that the controls feel hard to control in various ways, some changes are being made to the gravity, the jump height, the speed of the character. Ive added in sound effects for walking and landing which help with the feeling of the new controls as well.

The tutorial
All the iterations of the tutorial that there has been have all had many many flaws. The new tutorial that I'm working on now for the new controls and everything will let you learn the game at a slower pace, in smaller chunks, and the tutorial wont push you into challenging situations, I'll save that for the actual levels as it should be.

For those who do like the secrets...
They will still be around, just much much much harder to find.

This game released in a pretty bad state and there's been a few needed updates but many changes have been needed that haven't come around yet. I want to keep trying to improve the game and really rework everything. I hope you have enjoyed the game to some extent and it'd be very motivating to hear your feedback and thoughts on the game. It may still be a while before the update will come out since the changes affect the game in so many ways that the current levels can't be beat with the new controls so everything needs to be changed. Anyway, thank you for playing!


image of the current work in progress tutorial level



image of the current work in progress tutorial level

Mouse sensitivity has been added under the options menu! many people have requested this feature and it's finally here, enjoy!

I really didn't like having text all over the tutorial trying to teach players what to do so instead I made a new level that has little question mark icons where when next to give you tips on how to play the game!
Hopefully this new tutorial level is a better introduction to the game! and remember to give me your feedback linked in the main menu if you run into bugs or want to tell me anything directly from opinions comments questions or concerns anything you'd like I would appreciate the feedback! Thank you for playing The Cube Factory!

Thanks in advance for anyone who takes the google form I've linked to in-game. Feedback is extremely useful and I would love to hear what you think of my game! so let me know by filling it out, its asks you a couple questions and then you can type in your feedback!

Feedback Form[forms.gle]

Thank you anyone who has played this game! I decided to finish and release a level I had done work on previously because of the speed runners in the discord server that still enjoy the game! so because of that level 4 is out now!


I am working on a new project right now but working on this new level definitely gave me a lot of new ideas for the cube factory so there may be more coming eventually! or even a 2nd game! for now I hope you enjoy the 4th level to the game hopefully it's not too rough around the edges. If you want any info on the new game subscribe to my youtube channel

My Youtube Channel

Some people have been speed running the game so I will try to regularly showcase who has the fastest time on Speedrun.com

I've added some additional tutorial text notes to help players understand the game as well as adjusting the difficulty in a couple of areas but as the game is a challenging game I don't intend the make it easier just hopefully give the player a better chance! The tutorial is redone in a way that will hopefully set players up with the right expectation and understanding to get through the levels. I am looking into possibly adding some additional features in future updates such as a timer so you know how long you take beating each level.

If you don't mind taking the time any and all reviews are welcome, I would love to get as much feedback as possible!

I happened to notice many people not being able to wall run properly due to the shortcomings of the tutorial. I went through and updated the system to only turn the camera upon successfully activating the wall run as well as teach wall running better through the tutorial. I also changed the start point of the intro song to include a better portion of the song that being said it now feels very abrupt and is subject to more change if I make another update. In addition to these changes 1 final secret was added and the others were slightly updated. Thank you for playing this game!!