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Hey everyone,
It is my pleasure to finally release Marble Blast Fubar Beta Build 40000 for public testing. Included in this build is your first look at Marble Blast Fubar's Exploration levels. I will be releasing additional Exploration content over the next few months, so be sure to check the release notes carefully for new additions to this exciting game mode!
In addition to the new game mode, today marks the first of three Player Level Resets, as mentioned in my initial news post. Any player that was above level 14 has been reduced to Level 14 (with maximum experience) and 0 Credits. This is to ensure proper and fair testing of the new Exploration Game mode, which unlocks at Level 15. Any players level 14 and below prior to the release of Build 40000 were not affected by this.
In addition, the global Leaderboard times have been RESET. This was done primarily to ensure the database revisions made in Build 40000 work as intended and to optimize the performance of world record calculations and global leaderboard score displays. I do not anticipate resetting the Leaderboard times after Build 40000 (unless, of course, a particular level is reconstructed or revised, in which case the scores for THAT LEVEL may be reset.)
Other exciting additions include:
- World Record Notifications!
- An all new Play UI!
- More Screen Resolution Settings!
- Code Optimizations!
- and much, much more!
As always, I strongly invite testers to please post feedback and bug reports in the Marble Blast Fubar Feedback Forum.
I hope you all enjoy the new Build! Next up is Conquest Level modifications, due shortly after March 1st, so stay tuned for more fixes, improvements, and additions!
Cheers,
~Aayrl
Marble Blast Community Manager
Marble Blast Fubar Lead Developer
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... ME! If I remember to lock and bury the Time Capsule on time (protip: won't happen)
On a serious note, the last post's poll results were checked and they were as follows:
So what does this mean for MBP?
Right now, everything stays as-is. This poll was designed for MBP 2.00, which includes PlatinumQuest.
So why did we want the community to make the decision? How does it help us?
For the Platinum Team, we can continue to roll with a number of plans we have for MBP 2.00 in terms of unification. News and trailers will follow in the next few months to show some of the standarization and advancements we're undergoing right now. These exciting changes are a first for the community and we are looking forwards to sharing them with you.
- The Platinum Team
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Self-explanatory: http://strawpoll.me/6565666
Your participation is thanked in advanced. We will check the poll results and decide in the next 24-48 hours.
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We had been having some issues recently with our email server on this site, and were unable to send password reset or activation emails for a week or so. After wrestling with postfix for roughly two hours, I have restored our ability to send mail. Please note that any messages that were sent during these last few weeks may not arrive (or they may arrive all at once, I'm uncertain whether they were lost to the void). Hopefully there will not be any problems with our mail server in the future.
HiGuy
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Hey everyone,
It is with mixed emotions I am writing this update. Only 9 years ago did we begin a mod that changed the community, and the game, as we know it. There are countless people who should be thanked for all the work they have put in, and continue to pour in, into this community. As a fan of Marble Blast, all I want to say is: Thank You!
Our promise to finish development on Marble Blast Platinum now comes into effect. We will continue working on the mod in terms of major bugfixes, but otherwise not much further. Nonetheless there are a standing items that we want to complete, and they will be released during 2016.
These items are: Leaderboards and Achievement changes, minor level fixes, new custom levels thanks to the CLA team (Regislian, Kalle29, ProMarbler and Kurt) and maybe a couple more things. Challenges and Super Challenges will not be touched further.
The next time Marble Blast Platinum gets a major update, will be when PlatinumQuest is released in 2017. PlatinumQuest has seen active development recently and has gone into full production stage, which will continue until its eventual release in 2017.
Thank you all for an amazing journey, and here's to more!
- Matan, and the Platinum Team