- Event type
- patch note
- Published
- 28 January 2016 - 16:57:13 UTC
- Source
- steam_community_announcements
Hello everyone! This is the biggest update so far in the 1.x era. We've read your feedback in the reviews and made many changes to the game's feel, speed, and features. First and foremost, we've introduced a new gameplay mechanic: Gems! Gems have a chance to spawn when a block gets popped, and will fly out of the arena. Walls don't stop them, so make sure to grab them, because now you unlock all the goodies in the game with the gems you've collected! You can also gain 50 gems instantly just by sharing Mondrian on Facebook and Twitter from the main menu. On top of the gems, we've completely revamped paddle controls and made them much smoother, with lower initial speed, higher top speed, MUCH greater precision on minor movements, and another acceleration step. You can also now use your controller's bumpers or triggers (a long overdue control scheme) or the A/D keys to move the paddle as we...