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Placement Steam news

Albin Bernhardsson | Sep 26, 2017 | game

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  • Review score85% positive

Placement news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

  • Latest observed playersNot available
  • SteamPulse tracked peak2
  • Units sold (VGI)No data available
  • Revenue (VGI)No data available
  • Review score85% positive
  • Total reviews75
  • Release dateSep 26, 2017
  • DeveloperAlbin Bernhardsson
  • PublisherAlbin Bernhardsson

Genres: Casual, Indie

Company pages: Developer: Albin BernhardssonPublisher: Albin Bernhardsson

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Placement Steam news

Placement news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

  • 3rd Year Anniversary: Major news! - 26 September 2020

    Placement was released three years ago today. In celebration of this, I have made the game free forever. It is currently available for free on itch.io, a popular platform for indie games and it will become free on Steam as soon as Valve have reviewed my request to do so. I have also released the source code for the game on GitHub, a popular platform for hosting open source projects. I have also released a free sequel. Placement Colors Placement Colors is the sequel to Placement, and builds on the concept in the first game by introducing both black and white pieces. The game contains over 100 new levels. The game is free on itch.io. I have also released the source code on GitHub. Get Placement Colors for free!

  • Game Update 5 - Patch Notes - 5 January 2018

    This release is focused on improving the windowed mode, especially on Linux. The game now remembers whether you last played it in windowed or fullscreen mode and starts accordingly. (Use Alt+Enter to switch between windowed and fullscreen mode.) Made resizing the window easier. The window can now be resized like any other window, by simply grabbing the corner and dragging. Fixed missing window borders on Linux. Fixed multi-monitor issue in Wayland where fullscreen mode would be stretched across both monitors.

  • Game Update 5 - Patch Notes - 5 January 2018

    This release is focused on improving the windowed mode, especially on Linux. The game now remembers whether you last played it in windowed or fullscreen mode and starts accordingly. (Use Alt+Enter to switch between windowed and fullscreen mode.) Made resizing the window easier. The window can now be resized like any other window, by simply grabbing the corner and dragging. Fixed missing window borders on Linux. Fixed multi-monitor issue in Wayland where fullscreen mode would be stretched across both monitors.

  • Game Update 4 - Patch Notes - 7 November 2017

    Right-click on pieces to remove them from the board. Fixed keyboard input bug. Fixed a bug where pieces could still be moved when fading between levels.

  • Game Update 4 - Patch Notes - 7 November 2017

    Right-click on pieces to remove them from the board. Fixed keyboard input bug. Fixed a bug where pieces could still be moved when fading between levels.

  • Game Update 3 - Patch Notes - 5 October 2017

    When an invalid (red) piece is hovered, the pieces protecting it are now highlighted so you can see exactly what's wrong. This is a feature I'm still uncertain about and would like more feedback. Added a quit button so the game can now be controlled entirely with the mouse with no need to touch the keyboard to quit. Fixed a visual bug when closing the game when inside the instructions menu. Added a windowed mode. To switch between windowed and fullscreen mode, press Alt+Enter.

  • Game Update 3 - Patch Notes - 5 October 2017

    When an invalid (red) piece is hovered, the pieces protecting it are now highlighted so you can see exactly what's wrong. This is a feature I'm still uncertain about and would like more feedback. Added a quit button so the game can now be controlled entirely with the mouse with no need to touch the keyboard to quit. Fixed a visual bug when closing the game when inside the instructions menu. Added a windowed mode. To switch between windowed and fullscreen mode, press Alt+Enter.

  • Game Update 2 - Patch Notes - 30 September 2017

    This is a bug fix release with a primary focus on Linux. Smoother piece movement at large screen resolutions. Added a 64-bit Linux version. Fixed libpng dependency in 32-bit Linux version. Fixed scaling issue on Linux.

  • Game Update 2 - Patch Notes - 30 September 2017

    This is a bug fix release with a primary focus on Linux. Smoother piece movement at large screen resolutions. Added a 64-bit Linux version. Fixed libpng dependency in 32-bit Linux version. Fixed scaling issue on Linux.

  • Game Update 1 - Patch Notes - 28 September 2017

    Added an instructions menu that explains how pieces take. Previously, you had to know how chess pieces move in order to play Placement. Now that information is contained within the game itself. Simply press the ? at the bottom right of the screen to bring up instructions explaining how the pieces take. Fixed a visual bug where pieces would become stretched.

  • Game Update 1 - Patch Notes - 28 September 2017

    Added an instructions menu that explains how pieces take. Previously, you had to know how chess pieces move in order to play Placement. Now that information is contained within the game itself. Simply press the ? at the bottom right of the screen to bring up instructions explaining how the pieces take. Fixed a visual bug where pieces would become stretched.

Patch notes and updates

S.noRelease datePatch nameGID number
15 January 2018Game Update 5 - Patch Notes4249665521687788868
25 January 2018Game Update 5 - Patch Notes2284879949562175140
37 November 2017Game Update 4 - Patch Notes4249665521687788967
47 November 2017Game Update 4 - Patch Notes2140760316609080371
55 October 2017Game Update 3 - Patch Notes4249665521687789072
65 October 2017Game Update 3 - Patch Notes2145261379785360001
730 September 2017Game Update 2 - Patch Notes4249665521687789166
830 September 2017Game Update 2 - Patch Notes2175660043472680980
928 September 2017Game Update 1 - Patch Notes4249665521687789293
1028 September 2017Game Update 1 - Patch Notes2175660043465309200

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