While performing a routine review, we discovered that there was one girl who was uncertain as to whether or not she liked robots. This was unacceptable, so we stopped everything and dedicated our beings to refreshing Girls Like Robots.

• 100+ improved textures
• Delicious font crispness everywhere!
• Support for modern Macs + 64 bit Linux
• Better multi-monitor support
• Much improved controller support
• In game display options (no more launcher before the game)
• Underlying engine updated for increased compatibility and future proofing
• Made Nerd Drop level up way faster
• 10% smaller install size!

This update is a labor of love that took a year of weekends. Well, for Ziba, not so much for Luigi. Luigi had the foresight to draw the original images at GIGANTIC RESOLUTIONS. Modern advances in image compression now let us use those original images while actually reducing the overall size of the game! That was the fun part. There was also a bit of less fun stuff. You see, GLR was running on a 10 year old version of Unity. It would no longer run on macs. Multiple-monitor support was wonky. The clock was ticking on its general compatibility. But updating Unity was not just clicking a button. 100s of tiny, unexpected shifts an cracks opened up. Particles disappeared. Textures were flipped. Animation timing was broken. Audio levels were all over the place. So I went over every little bit, and put it back in place... and them some. I couldn't help but polish up some parts along the way. Girls Like Robots has shaken off the dust and is ready to shine on your first or fiftieth romp through the world's best seating arrangement puzzler with an old time string band soundtrack!

[ 2023-04-24 16:17:31 CET ] [ Original post ]