Patch 1.0.3: playing together, every stone breaks, smoother big caves

thank you for playing, this patch is mostly about playing together.

playing together

• joining a friend's cave is quick: no more waiting for a READY step when they are already digging. one line shows the cave you are joining and how far along it is
• the players already in the cave show their names on their seats
• a friend off screen now shows an arrow at the edge with how far away they are, and their balls get a ring in their colour
• a friend's throws and digs look and sound like your own, quieter the further away they are
• a book find counts for everyone in that cave at that moment
• the open caves list shows who is hosting, how deep they dug, who is with them and the free seats, caves with free seats first. press F5 or Y to refresh
• every way of joining was tested again: invites with the game open or closed, the overlay, the list and a code. taking an invite in the middle of a dig saves your dig first

the first ten minutes

• a bar under NEXT POINT shows how close the next point is
• a few new one-time hints for new players, and the camera pulls back once to show you the cave
• finding something, breaking a chest and opening a new book page feel better

stone and speed

• every ball can now break every stone. the black stone before the demo's wall is about half as hard, so you are no longer stuck throwing only the charge ball
• ringing metal and ironstone now chip a little every time any ball bounces off them, instead of not at all. the special balls still break them at full strength
• big late caves with lots of balls run smoother

fixes

• the FEEDBACK button opens this game's discussions, not the store page
• PAST WINNERS: the dates no longer overlap, days before the release say BEFORE LAUNCH, and a board Steam did not answer shows a dash instead of NOBODY

if your game still stutters in a big cave, tell us in the discussions with your PC and how many balls were flying. we read everything.