- Removing Little Einar from Steam - 8 January 2024
Dear community, After careful consideration, we have decided that Little Einar will no longer be available on Steam. Little Einar was our first foray into commercial game development. For those that took the time to play the little VR game, I hope you enjoyed the experience. Best regards, MadBones Games
- Achievements Update - 25 March 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F30009933%2Fadfd5cf49c30b59a8da6f6303fe775ac37e6c737.png This update introduces Steam achievements. As more levels are released, more achievements will be created. Additionally, a couple bug fixes have been made. Enjoy
- Looking ahead - 13 February 2019
Little Einar has been out for about a month, and for a first game, I'd call it a success! I hope everyone who played Little Einar enjoyed it. Looking ahead, I want to begin development of Chapter 2, Ten more levels for Little Einar with an entirely new feel and theme that will be available as a free update. I'd like to release all ten levels at once instead of one ad a time like I did when I was in early access. In the near future, you'll be able to look forward to continued code optimizations and small game features such as achievements. Additionally, I'll begin prototyping my next game. Sufficient to say, 2019 will be busy for MADBones Games! Stay tuned for more updates.
- Another Hotfix Inbound! - 21 January 2019
While testing the last hot fix, I found out that the spectator feature was causing stuttering. As it is a neat feature, but not an impact to game play, I am removing it for now. The update should be live shortly.
- VR Optimization Hotfix - 20 January 2019
Thanks to a recent review, I discovered that some of the system settings used to keep VR applications running at a decent framerate were not migrated to the shipping version of Little Einar. This issue was mostly prevalent on the Oculus Rift. After confirming the issue, I quickly patched it. An update has been released.
- Little Einar has been released out of Early Access! - 19 January 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F30009933%2Faa460a295ff6413d348be6d08d7693da74cc1005.png We're very proud to announce that after two years, Little Einar has finally left Early Access! This release brings a ton of new updates and optimizations. Things like 3d liquids and gases, a leader board and new colorful and challenging environments. Just because Little Einar is now out of Early Access doesn't mean that you won't see any more updates. This is only the first chapter of his adventure. There's another 20 levels to go. Keep an eye out for more updates and more stuff coming from MADBones Games soon! Enjoy
- 3 Days Until Full Release! - 16 January 2019
We're three days away from full release and we're getting pretty excited. We've got a huge update brewing. Everything has been polished. Bugs have been smashed and levels have been tested. Thank you to everyone that has supported us. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F30009933%2F2c6bfe8b44ff39cbb1c27a83b486690513aaf3a4.png
- Happy New Year! - 31 December 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F30009933%2Fa6184cec116388d9a362c38f7d9c6901486dcfc3.png 2018 was a very productive year for Little Einar, after going into early access late December 2017, there has been a ton of great feedback from players, family and friends. Everyone did their part to make Little Einar better and more enjoyable. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F30009933%2F90e295aa7b441e6d063f1c8f18bb97b6f5dff5d5.jpg The game has matured since Early Access release. Several levels have gone through a review in preparation for full release in late January. It's hard to believe it's the same game. I'm really looking forward to releasing the update to the public. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. The full release will be dropping sometime late January. I'll post a more specific date in the coming days. https://steamcdn-a.a…
- Dev Update: Level 3 Beautification Complete! - 5 November 2018
Little Einar's road to full release is long, but coming along nicely. Some stuff to look forward to when the next update drops (hopefully in the next few weeks) Level 3 beautification is complete, a leaderboard has been implemented and several bugs have been smashed. Even the motion controls got some attention. Hopefully you'll find controlling Little Einar with the Vive wands to be a bit easier when this update drops. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F30009933%2Fed41960daccab13b747384e5bfa8d3887a15e95a.jpg
- Little Einar Full Release January 2019! - 17 October 2018
I'm happy to inform that game play development has completed on the first 10 levels of Little Einar. It's a major milestone and one of the final steps before full release! The work is not done however, more levels for Little Einar will come as free updates and feedback will always lead to continuous improvements. Before release, I'm going to root out any remaining bugs and beautify the levels. Here's some pictures of level 1 and 2. I hope you enjoy the aesthetic as much as I do! :) https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F30009933%2F2bc631aa7cf1c601e58ac8dd01e4681caf9566ca.jpg https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F30009933%2F10f10af8315792e6ee3ac2a7327007479b6e3a4d.jpg
- The Bigger They Are... - 8 August 2018
Hello! Just a quick touch base and a little teaser photo for the last level of Chapter 1. https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F30009933%2F46b4077c034eca69468a5db82424c8b4197dbd9f.png Hope to have Level 10 fully designed and tested in the next few weeks. Then after a last design pass to fix some nagging issues and add some more polish, Little Einar will be leaving Early Access. Development will continue though! By the end of it's development cycle, Little Einar will have 30 levels set across three different themes. Thanks for reading.
- Working with Cloth. - 25 June 2018
Now that the slime monster is out, I'm working on a few things. One being simulated cloth using NVIDIA Flex. for a sneak peek take a look at the videao. https://youtu.be/_0bw-MEVmbg
- Update 1.1.2 - 22 June 2018
This update of Little Einar introduces a new monster that takes advantage of NVIDIA FleX GameWorks integration, the Slime Monster. You can see him in action here: https://youtu.be/hkOdn3fvlBg Additionally, there are now help signs that provide in-game info and guidance. Thanks to everyone who provided feedback. For anyone interested, in a week or so, I'm going to go over how I made the Slime Monster in Unreal.
- Update 1.1.1 - 28 April 2018
Just a small update. Fixed Oculus Rift height in menu area Fixed Controllers not showing up until a button is pressed Fixed issue with transportation tubes on level 7
- Bug fixes incoming and removal of the demo - 23 April 2018
Hello everyone, I hope you're enjoying the update. In the next few days you'll see another update come through that will fix some issue identified in this update. Namely, the camera height on Oculus Rift in the main menu, and some issues with the transportation pipe in level 7. Also, I'll be removing the demo from the Steam page and will no longer be supporting updates for it. It was really useful to get feedback, but the first two levels are not representative of the game as a whole. I'm concerned that people may try the demo and feel the game is too easy when the first two levels are more so meant to teach the player the main game play mechanics. Lastly, I'll be doing a minor price review of the game based off some feedback. Thank you for your support and please post in discussions if you have any feedback.
- Early Access Update 1.1.0 - 19 April 2018
It took a bit longer than anticipated, but update 1.1.0 has been released for the full version as well as the demo. Here’s a summary of some of the updates. - Level 9 out of 30 is complete - Nvidia Flex Flud implementation - Oculus Rift Support - Improved lighting and optimization - Revamped menu UI with settings - Spectator camera and player avatar - To activate, press M and control it with the mouse and keyboard. - WSAD to move and Q,E to go up and down. The next few days will be continued play testing, bug fixing and refining. After that is complete, I’m going to do a pass through of all the levels and redo some things that can be done better. Then it's on to level 10 and Chapter 2! As Little Einar is in open development, there are bound to be bugs I don’t have recorded. If you have feedback or questions please submit them through the community hub. Thank you for your continued suppo…
- Nvidia Flex Fluid Simulation Sneak Peek - 25 February 2018
If your into goo and lava and slime, take a look at the video below. hoping to implement sometime in the near future. https://youtu.be/WteJwCXEsJk
- Nvidia Flex Fluid Simulation Sneak Peek - 25 February 2018
If your into goo and lava and slime, take a look at the video below. hoping to implement sometime in the near future. https://youtu.be/WteJwCXEsJk
- Little Einar Blog! - 17 February 2018
Hello everyone. To provide more transparent exposure to the development process and to satisfy my deepest narcissistic desires, I've started a blog! You can read about everything about it on MADBonesGames.com. https://www.madbonesgames.com/dev-blog/ Thank you for your continued support!
- Little Einar Blog! - 17 February 2018
Hello everyone. To provide more transparent exposure to the development process and to satisfy my deepest narcissistic desires, I've started a blog! You can read about everything about it on MADBonesGames.com. https://www.madbonesgames.com/dev-blog/ Thank you for your continued support!
