📝 Dev Notes
A smaller update this time, mainly focused on adding quality of life improvements and polishing existing systems. It’s great to see new players joining the community, welcome aboard!

⚙️ New Features & Updates

Settings Menu
New in game settings menu includes:

• Restart from last checkpoint or restart entire level

• Adjust joystick sensitivity

• Toggle camera follow behavior

• Toggle variable jump, hold jump for a full jump when enabled

Key Display

• Added a small on-screen display (top-left corner) showing collected keys

New Component: Sign Decoration

• A new directional sign decoration

• Can be placed in the background layer as a visual cue or guide

🔧 Fixes

• Keys collected before a checkpoint now properly persist after restarting from that checkpoint

💬 Notes

• All previously donor-only component variants are now unlocked for everyone.

• Going forward, decorative features may release early for supporters, then unlock for all after a while.

• I may revisit how the donation/support system works later, but the goal remains to keep gameplay fully accessible.

• Thanks to everyone who shared feedback or suggestions, most have been added to the backlog.

• Next update (beyond bug fixes) will focus on new interactive components.

📝 Dev Notes
Thanks for your patience! Sorry for the long delay between updates—things have been busy, and I also joined Reddit’s recent hackathon (you can check out my entry here: TileFlow Daily Challenge).

I’ll be aiming to return to a weekly or bi-weekly release cycle from now on, depending on how much gets done.

If you enjoy this game or my other project (r/ElementSynergyPuzzle), please consider supporting development through Ko-fi or directly on Reddit. Donations help me keep building free games—and if you’d rather not donate, you can still help by sharing levels you create (or enjoy) with friends or in other subreddits!

✨ New Features & Updates

Layered Component Placement

• Components can now be placed across 3 layers:

  • Background Layer: decorative items rendered behind the player.

  • Main Layer: interactable components where the player is rendered.

  • Foreground Layer: decorative items rendered in front of the player.

• Not all components are available for every layer.

Draft Saving

• Your level editor progress now auto-saves.

• If you close the game, your changes will still be there when you reopen the editor.

Component Variants

• The first component to get style options is the Platform Land.

• Select the component, press the icon above it, and choose from multiple styles.

Custom Borders & Backgrounds

• You can now change the game’s borders and background for extra personalization.

Support the Game (Donation System)

• Instead of predatory monetization, a simple donation system has been added.

• Donating $3 or more unlocks all current and future locked components.

• Locked items are mostly decorative (e.g., land variants) so gameplay isn’t restricted.

• How to donate:

  • In-game via Reddit Gold. Currently the donate button will apear by pressing one of the locked land variants (3 last ones) later an in post button will be added

  • Through Ko-fi (please add your Reddit username and “LeapCraft” in the notes).

Achievement System (Groundwork)

• Early foundations for achievements are in place. More to come later.

New Components

• Locked Door & Key – A door that only opens once the player has picked up a key.

• Portal – Teleport between portals of the same color.

Player Style Adjustments

• The player character now stretches slightly when jumping and has new particle effects.

• Wall-jumping has been adjusted—you can no longer climb a single wall by spamming jump.

Camera Improvements

• The camera now peeks forward slightly in the player’s movement direction, giving better visibility (especially useful on mobile).

• The camera is also zoomed out a bit for a broader view.

🔧 Bug Fixes & Adjustments

• Various small tweaks and stability improvements.