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Thinky Awards

Jan 17, 2024

I'm very happy to share that Can of Wormholes has been nominated for several Thinky Awards!

Can of Wormholes is a nominee in the following categories:

Game of the Year
Most Challenging Game
Best "Aha" Moment
Most Cursed Game (this one in particular brings me unreasonable amounts of joy!)
Most Innovative Game

The Game of the Year award is open to community votes and I'd encourage everyone to vote as well as check out the other games and content creators that have been nominated.

https://thinkygames.com/news/and-the-nominees-for-the-inaugural-thinky-awards-are/

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Update notes for May 18th 2023

May 18, 2023

Bug fix: The ‘Exit stage’ prompt no longer appears in a misleading time and place.
Updated some monitor display images.
Level numbers are now briefly shown when starting a level.
Slight change to 2-5, 4-6 and 4-8.
Changed 4-8’s insight.
Split insight puzzles for 3-13 and 8-24 into 2 separate puzzles.
Added additional insight puzzles for alternate wire solutions in 1-12, 2-8 and 7-4 that become accessible after learning the wire interaction and completing the puzzles for the first time.
Added entry-specific insight puzzles to puzzles with multiple entry points (Vessel 1 & Vessel 5).
Made the wire interaction easier to notice in 5-1.
Wires now persist until the puzzle is next completed.

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Update notes for April 13th 2023

Apr 13, 2023

Added Simplified Chinese language option.
Slight changes to puzzles to prevent unintended solutions (thanks MartianBlobFish, Kuru, Mountebank, Krakput and Icely).
Significant change to puzzle 5-2.
Improved some insight puzzles.
Slight visual change in the bridge rooms.
Updated a monitor panel texture.
Reduced the volume of the sigil collection sound.
Discovering other unmarked vessels on the map now requires finding the bridge room first.
It is now possible to hold down a movement key on the map screen for faster navigation.
Added a worm growing music trigger when growing from food as a worm without a body.
Reduced the number of worms required to throw the second can across the barrier from 8 to 6.
Bug fix: Movement controls during ending scene are now framerate independent.
Added rudimentary custom world support. This will be expanded upon in the future.

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Update notes for March 29th 2023

Mar 29, 2023

Slightly adjusted some puzzles to prevent unintended solutions
Improved some insight puzzles
Made it easier to discover a certain interaction
Added the ability to skip some cutscenes via the Escape key or Start button

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Update notes for March 28th 2023

Mar 28, 2023

Added identifiers to the puzzle pause menu to facilitate discussion of individual puzzles
Changed the Undo/Restart prompt to only show in early puzzles
Improved the responsiveness of analogue stick movement within puzzles and menus
Delayed the appearance of a certain destination marker hint to reduce confusion
Minor modifications to some puzzles to prevent unintended solutions (thanks OldCaptainWZJ, Staffhook, S_ocean and Leaving Leaves)
Improved some insight puzzles
Added decorations to some rooms
Restarting a puzzle from the pause menu now correctly clears the Undo/Restart hint prompt
Exiting an insight level now correctly clears the Undo/Restart hint prompt
Fixed an instance of a lid visually clipping through a wall

Can of Wormholes

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Update notes for March 26th 2023

Mar 25, 2023

Fixed an issue on certain hardware that would result in fast animations when VSync was disabled

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Update notes for March 25th 2023

Mar 24, 2023

Bug fix on Mac: Grid view on in levels now works correctly instead of showing a black screen

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