A=B news & patch notes

Finally, Steam workshop support and MacOS build are available. And, thanks to HAC (@tigerauge0) and competor (@GugenTV)'s help, the game's Japanese translation is reworked. Finally, all proposed features are done, and the full release is coming. Thank you for your support. And see you in the next game.

Japanese translation is now available. That is it.

Mouse scrollwheel and Ctrl+Z should work properly now.

Now the game enters early access. Let's revisit last month's to-do list, and see what to do next: To-do list: 1. Edge case test We decided to test every possible test case instead. 2. English translation for chapter 3 and later Done. 3. Minimal challenge for chapter 3 and later. Actually, playtesters did better than I expected. Many levels in the game's minimal challenge isn't set as the real minimal value. Overbest the given value will unlock an achievement. 4. A story about how A=B and Pangu Project is created I'm never a good writer, nor a fluent english speaker. At least, the story is better than none. 5. User manual (pdf) In a thematical way. 6. Hotkeys and mouse wheel support Wait, this is on my to-do list? 7. Achievements Done. 8. Level editor and steam workshop support Will be available during early access. 9. Sound effect (Don't expect more sound effects than Understand) Unsure if we'll have one. 10. Minor UI tweak That's the endless quest. The game will enter early access after step 7. In late October or early November, I hope so. Obviously, 15th Nov counts as early November. Early access should last for a month if everything goes well. Maybe two? --- And, the future: Understand will get an update after A=B's full release. I have a few ideas for a new chapter, but I'm not sure if it would work. Sorry, I have a few ideas for Understand 2. New ideas have to be saved for that purpose. At least there will be an update for extra save slots. Depending on if Pangu Project is well received, our next game will be a dice game or a puzzle game. I changed my mind. Artless Games' next game will be an auto-generated minesweeper, currently named "10 Minesweeper Variants". Just imagine something like: "Normal minesweeper rules apply. All mines form a snake. The snake are connecting cells of width 1. It never touches itself horizontally or vertically." We'll share more details later. --- What to do next: 1. Bug fix. (if any) 2. Mac support. 3. Workshop support. 4. Undecided new features. 5. Take a break. 6. Next game.

The more test cases, the better: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41049618/1ebc81e472f89561ef5cfa174cf8d3ea12873e88.gif --- I've finished the second round of level design and I don't think there will be a third round. A few levels might be tweaked but everything looks fine at the moment. The game will introduce three more keywords (2 in chapter 3 and 1 in chapter 4), and consist of 45 levels. To-do list: 1. Edge case test We decided to test every possible test case instead. 2. English translation for chapter 3 and later Done. 3. Minimal challenge for chapter 3 and later. It's almost done. Some of them can still be improved. 4. A story about how A=B and Pangu Project is created 5. User manual (pdf), and user manual for Pangu Project 6. Hotkeys and mouse wheel support 7. Achievements 8. Steam workshop 9. Sound effect (Don't expect more sound effects than Understand) 10. Minor UI tweak The game will enter early access after step 7. In late October or early November, I hope so. Early access should last for a month if everything goes well. --- And, the future: Understand will get an update after A=B's full release. I have a few ideas for a new chapter, but I'm not sure if it would work. At least there will be an update for extra save slots. Depending on if Pangu Project is well received, our next game will be a dice game or a puzzle game. --- Fun fact: A=B is Artless Games' first game with save slots, and some kind of artwork (background for the minigame). It takes five years to make this happen. --- Edit: I just come up with a new idea. There will be the third round of development. Everything in the schedule might be delayed for a month. (maybe less)

According to the Steam Next Fest rules, I have to schedule a stream event. So be it. A=B is a programming puzzle game with only one instruction: A=B, which means replace A with B. In the game, you'll solve various problems with this minimalist language: From replace each letter with its uppercase, to multiply two binary numbers. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41049618/ea61a1d038cc5d5f022ab8e643a5bedca48ea587.gif In the first part of the stream, I'll be coding division with remainder. (Remember, our only instruction is string replacement.) If I succeeded or give up, the second part will be playing the game's built-in minigame, Pangu Project: The Dice Game, a dice management game about building a Mars colony. (As what is known to all, solitaire is a must-have to a Zach-like.)