I Wanna Maker news & patch notes

I Wanna Maker has reached v1.0 and is out of Early Access! Woo! With this v1.0 update, we've added a hand-crafted campaign mode with several worlds, Steam achievements which also unlock new player cosmetics, new options to visually enhance levels, and more! I Wanna Maker first started development at the end of 2016. We entered Early Access in February 2020. After 7 years of development, and over 240,000 levels made by players during Early Access, we're happy to officially release v1.0! Thank you to everyone who's been with us for a while, and hello to new players!

Post-release Plans

We decided to leave Early Access because we’ve implemented all the main features that were planned when the game was initially released. We will continue to work on the game after release, but the development will likely be slower. We’ll still be looking at adding highly requested features, fixes, etc.

Changelog:

• Campaign mode with several worlds
• Steam achievements which unlock new player cosmetics
• New Particle Emitter object
• Many new prop objects
• Object layers - sort most objects between 5 depth layers
• Object color blending - choose a color tint on many objects
• New shootable parameter on Walkers and Crushers
• Platform sprite variations
• Add "Next unused trigger number" option
• Add some new level visuals
• Add some new songs
• Featured levels view
• Online Lobby Players view
• Reset Early Access challenges and leaderboards, added separate Early Access leaderboard
• Add controller joystick controls on menus
• Allow saving uploaded levels locally if you're the creator
• Some UI updates
• Misc bug fixes

Please note that updated Chinese translations are still being worked on and will likely be available in the coming days!

Hey all, we unfortunately have decided to delay I Wanna Maker coming out of Early Access again. It'll now be coming out on November 10th (a 2 week delay). We're really close to the finish line, and we decided to take some extra time so that we can give the content the polish it deserves, and make the official launch as good as it deserves to be. We appreciate your patience and understanding.

Hey all, we unfortunately will have to delay I Wanna Maker coming out of Early Access from September 29th to November 10th. Important note: The release date was initially planned to be September 29th, but was delayed to October 27th and then to November 10th. This post was edited on October 24th to reflect the new date. We couldn't quite get the game to the point we wanted by the initially planned date, and we decided to take our time to deliver the best result we can. Thank you for your patience and understanding! Meanwhile, here are a few clips of what we've been working on. We're looking forward to releasing this update! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36704833/7925d08f0b8443925a75cc407d6eff739a98f017.gif

We’re excited to announce that I Wanna Maker will be coming out of Early Access on October 27th, 2023! (2023-10-27) Important note: The release date was initially planned to be September 29th, but was delayed to November 10th. We couldn't quite get the game to the point we wanted by the initially planned date, and we decided to take our time to deliver the best result we can. Thank you for your patience and understanding! This post was edited on September 22nd and then October 24th to reflect the new date.

Introducing Story Mode!

For the next update we’re introducing a beginner friendly Story mode that aims to provide a smooth introduction to the game and its various mechanics, while still being an enjoyable experience for everyone. The levels and bosses were primarily developed by members of the community. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36704833/5c7ddf72b6bb62f6bea9feced70431534b7d3571.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36704833/be44116490b2c113af6200676c6c9d2f1edb05a7.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36704833/0336f7e5aafb33d8d4db4186b9287b9eb9b5dab9.png{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36704833/2353e5b9328e920ee26580ae19add9742e62f3dd.png

New Features!

We’re also adding the following features:

• Player achievements and unlocks
• Particle emitter object
• Object layers
• Object color blending
• More tilesets, backgrounds, etc.
• Misc smaller features/polishing

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Post-release Plans

We decided to leave Early Access because we’ve implemented all the main features that were planned when the game was initially released. We will continue to work on the game after release, but the development will likely be slower. We’ll still be looking at adding highly requested features, fixes, etc. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36704833/31071181f8ef308c96260d82aee240539ee3a6e5.gif We’re looking forward to releasing this update. It’s been a long time coming, thanks for the support over the years! See you then!

Hey all, We're excited to bring you a very special feature update! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36704833/31370f2f0b2047c94ddb149ea400f66bce2af0e6.gif This time around we're adding multiple unique rooms per level! This allows makers to add up to 15 rooms to a level, and connect them together with room warps. This should greatly open up the limits of what's possible to put into a single level! You can access rooms at the bottom of the Level Info tab. To go with the rooms feature, we're also adding a new Keycard object, which is a collectible that persists between saves. This should make it easier to save progress/state between different rooms. This update also adds persistent saves when playing levels, which gives the ability to leave a level and come back at any time to continue your progress. No need to worry about losing progress from leaving a long or challenging level! This works for both challenges and normal online levels. Note that speedrun times won't be shared if you resume a persistent save, though. Hope you all enjoy the update, and we're excited to see what levels you all make with multiple rooms! - The Elephant Crew

Changelog:

• Multiple unique rooms per level
• Persistent level saves - when you leave a level and come back, it loads your previous save
• New keycard object - collectible that persists when you save (includes an event for grabbing)
• Add copy/pasting objects to the clipboard with ctrl+c/v
• Add a few new level visuals
• Add a few new songs
• Misc bug fixes

Changelog:

• Add 100% record tracking
• Count 100% records for users' total record count (if you have both any% and 100% record on a level, it only counts as 1)
• Add 100% record button and 100% personal record buttons to browse list
• Show 100% record message on clear screen
• Misc bug fixes

Changelog:

• Add Steam login option
• Misc bug fixes

Changelog:

• Add Replay Visibility setting
• Add 100% clear search parameters to level browsing
• Add Brazilian Portuguese translation
• Bug fixes

Hey All! It's the 3rd anniversary of I Wanna Maker! This time around, we're adding some frequently requested features and objects! Gems give the ability to add optional challenges to a level, with 100% clear markers and replays. Text signs make it much easier to talk directly to the player and explain mechanics. Stasis fields slow the player down when they're falling, increasing the possibilities for precise movements. Those are just some highlights, check out the full changelog below. Thanks for playing and enjoying the game!

Changelog:

• 3 year early access anniversary!
• Add level gems, 100% level clear replays
• Add text sign, shield remover, fake blocks, sawblades, and stasis fields
• Add rain and screen shake effects
• Add size and alpha parameters to spotlight effect
• Add tiny spike tileset
• Add copy/paste event buttons
• Add new event sound effects
• Add volume parameter to sfx event
• Add "When Destroyed" activator
• Objects in slots can be moved with events
• Add costume and death effect profile options (the classic costume and death effect are now unlocked by default!)
• Add hat color option
• New shield graphics
• New tutorial level (will be automatically started on first play)
• Leaderboards show top 10 times
• Change spike difficulty ratings to clear rate percentage
• Misc bug fixes

Hey All! It's already the 2nd anniversary for the early access release of I Wanna Maker! To celebrate, we're adding a few new objects: The Burst Block allows for some explosive new puzzles and contraptions with explosion chaining. The Jump Phantom gives creators a new obstacle which refreshes the player's double jump when shot. And the Target shows a clear indicator for the player to shoot to activate a trigger, useful for levels and bosses alike. We're also finally adding support for another language with the Japanese translation (thanks to contributor Slack!). Thanks to everyone who's been playing the game for the past couple years!

Changelog:

• 2 year early access anniversary!
• Add birthday cake hat
• Add new objects: Burst Block, Jump Phantom, and Target
• Add new tilesets from the 2021 visuals contest
• Add cuica event sound effect
• Add Japanese language support
• Misc bug fixes

Changelog:

• Add 6 new songs: Retro RPG Dungeon, Rosa Nera, Deep Woods 4, Beach 2, Ice Cave, and Frozen Forest
• Object linking bug fixes
• Fix autotiling corner cases for dreamland tileset

Changelog:

• Add the ability to link objects together
• Add "On Shield Loss" event
• Add parameter to select the jump type in the "On Jump" event
• Misc bug fixes

Changelog:

• Add a new background, tileset, and spike from the 2021 visuals contest
• Rework options screen UI
• Add option to rebind the key for level lobby chat
• Fix exploit to crash the client using level lobby chat
• Localization tweaks/fixes

Changelog:

• Add options for online player/name opacity
• Increase max online level lobby size from 15 to 20
• Fix some words getting unintentionally filtered

Hey all, Back with another update. This time we're adding a new online feature called level lobbies! Basically, whenever you are playing a level, you can see and chat with people who are playing the same level at the same time. You can try meeting up with your friends, or maybe just run into random people as you play. In the future, we plan on expanding this with more online modes including private lobbies and race modes. Hope you all enjoy it!

Changelog:

• Add online level lobbies

Changelog:

• Add 4 new backgrounds from the 2021 visuals contest
• Add ability to copy only events or only params when using the paint roller tool
• Add "Low jump cancels in upload mode" setting to prevent accidentally low jump canceling during upload
• Fix crash when deselecting objects when multiple are selected at once
• Misc minor adjustments

Changelog:

• Add 3 new tilesets and 7 new spikes from the 2021 visuals contest
• Add Set Random Rotation and Toggle Bounce events
• Allow deselecting objects and selecting a single object when multiple objects are selected at once
• Misc bug fixes/improvements

Hey all, We're back with another feature update! This time we're adding some experimental random events to spice up your levels. We're seeing how this feature impacts level design in the game, and these events may be heavily modified or removed in the future depending on how testing goes. Furthermore, levels that are completely random whether you can clear the level or not will be manually reviewed and removed from challenges. This doesn't include levels where you are able to clear the level every attempt. Additionally, we're adding 4 new tilesets and 4 new spikes from the 2021 visuals contest, and adding the ability to use 2 different types of spikes per level. These new visuals are only a portion of the total that won in the visuals contest. We will be adding more soon as we tweak and touch them up. Hope you all enjoy it. Until the next update!

Changelog:

• Add 4 new tilesets and 4 new spikes from the 2021 visuals contest
• Add the option to use 2 different spikes per level
• Add experimental random events: Set Random Speed, Set Random Angle, and Fire Random Slot
• Add 4 new songs: midstream jam, Cat and Mouse Rag, Pub In The Woods, and Secrets of Kingdom
• Add length parameter to platform object
• Add ease in/out/inout options to the follow path event
• Fix the "Play Music" event playing music even when music is disabled in the editor

Changelog:

• Add "Appear in challenges" option when uploading a level
• Levels that use low jump cancels will automatically not appear in challenges
• Fix not being able to upload unlisted levels when using a non-English language
• Misc minor fixes

Changelog:

• Add 5 new songs: A Long Way, Action Dynamic Track #1, Classic Dynamic Track, Freedom, and Unseen Enemy
• Add "Set Rotation" event to spinners, shurikens, cannons, and sabers
• Update Chinese translation
• Fix level descriptions not appearing correctly in the notification menu

Changelog:

• Add level descriptions
• Update Korean translation
• Slightly reduce the intensity of the wiggle effect
• Misc minor fixes

Hey All! It's the 1 year anniversary of the early access release of I Wanna Maker! We're adding a couple celebratory items with the party hat, firework effect, and push block. We're also revamping the challenge mode. You can now have multiple ongoing challenges at once, challenges have leaderboards, and we're introducing new Endurance, Hardcore Roulette, and Custom Challenge modes! Thanks to everyone for playing the game for the past year and we hope you enjoy the update.

Changelog:

• 1 year early access anniversary!
• Add party hat (with a unique death effect!)
• Add Firework Effect
• Add Push Block object
• Revamp challenge UI
• Allow multiple challenges at once
• Add challenge leaderboards
• Rework Mr Scribble's Challenge into Mr Scribble's Quest (now 15 levels with 200 lives, always ends with a boss level)
• Add Endurance mode
• Add Hardcore Roulette
• Add Custom Challenge mode
• Add Activate Effect and Remove Effects events
• Update Editor 2 song with new version
• Add upload date to level sidebar info

Changelog:

• Add 4 new songs: "Wake Up", "赤の砂丘", "Curse of the Inner Self", and "Silent Machine"
• Fix a small number of maps desyncing when watching a replay

Changelog:

• Add invert and layer parameters to light prop
• Update Korean translation
• Fix incorrect behavior when using the Walker Jr set walk speed event with negative speeds
• Fix Walker Jr bouncing off of block corners
• Misc minor fixes

Changelog:

• Add 6 new songs: "Black Friday !!", "堕天", "電脳漂流記", "When The Time Comes (Take Down The Corporate)", "Desert Level", and "The Edge Of The Village"
• Update Chinese and Korean translations
• Change bubble powerup sounds
• Fix drill spike hitbox
• Fix some event parameters being incorrectly labeled
• Fix light object sometimes not drawing properly when slightly off-screen
• Misc minor fixes

Hey all! We're back with a larger update! Adding some new objects, events, and misc improvements. Hope you enjoy!

Changelog:

• Add new objects: Walker Jr, Bubble, Light
• Add events for pressing up/down buttons
• Add wiggle effect
• Allow up to 3 instrument sound effects to play at once
• Add event for toggling whether the cannon follows the player
• Add inverted movement option to follow player event
• Add option to only move on the X/Y axis to move to position event
• When a Camera Follow event is used during the first frame, immediately snap to the object's position instead of easing in
• When an effect trigger (i.e. spotlight) is used during the first frame, immediately activate the effect instead of fading in
• Display playlist info in the sidebar when playing a playlist
• Misc bug fixes

Hey all! It's been a while but we aren't finished updating the game yet! We're starting back up here with a smaller update, with more updates coming soon.

Changelog:

• Add playback speed and skip death options to replay mode
• Minor performance optimizations and bug fixes

Hey all, We just put up the new v0.71 update. This adds Barrage Bullets to the game, which are a new type of projectile that always rotate in the direction they're moving. Additionally, there are new event actions for setting the speed only or setting the angle only for any object. This should open up the possibilities for objects to move around in a variety of new ways. We've also added Steam Cloud support for saving map files so they should now transfer between PCs!

Changelog:

- Add Barrage Bullets - Add event actions for Set Speed Only and Set Angle Only - Add event action to set Cherry/Barrage Bullet colors - Add Steam Cloud map save synchronization - Misc bug fixes/improvements

Hey all, Update v0.70 is now live! Here's what's new:

Weekly Mix

Every week there will be a new list of featured levels selected by the developers! We're aiming to select a variety of level types with a range of difficulties.

Global Leaderboards

New leaderboards to check out the top players and how you stand in the ranks. For this update we're ranking players on clear count and record count. More leaderboard types will be added in the future.

Notifications

We're adding a new notification system to notify you about important events. Wondering if one of your records was beaten? Now there's a place to check.

New objects

More objects to add some variety to your levels. There's now a special blue coin that saves with you whenever you save. There are also several new visual props that were made by the community in our prop community contest!

And More!

Many more improvements and additions to the game to make the experience better overall. For instance, we're raising the room limit per level from 4 to 6 to make more elaborate creations possible. We're also changing Roulette mode to always start with 3->5 skips and changing the maximum skips from 10->5. This is intended to make it more of a challenge to go infinitely. As an alternative, we're making Explorer mode give endless levels instead of stopping at 10.

Changelog:

- Add weekly mix - Add global clear/record leaderboards - Add notifications - Raise room limit from 4 to 6 - Add new objects (blue coins and kid size changers) - Add new props (made by the community in the prop contest!) - Add new event sfx - Add new level effects - Add option for persistent level effects - Add more music - Loosen some parameter range restrictions - Change Crusher to default to wallhacks off - Reduce the max roulette skips from 10 to 5 - Change Explorer challenge to give endless levels - Misc bug fixes/improvements We hope you all enjoy the update!