Gravelix v1.2.0 is here!

Combo bonus

A new combo system rewards a series of explosions that fire back to back without placing a new piece.

A longer chain means a higher score multiplier of current row A "CHAIN" indicator appears on the board, growing in size and changing colour with the chain length. New sound effects for chain combos and 4 new Steam achievements for reaching chain levels.

Full board clear bonus

Clearing the entire board with a single explosion now grants bonus points .

Visual improvements

Pre-explosion particle glow now scales with the length of the chain reaction. A pulsating outline highlights which particles form a match. Explosions briefly light up the surrounding area with a dynamic light source. Improved bloom and softer CRT edges (barrel distortion now fades to transparent instead of a hard black cutoff).

Usability

Difficulty can now be changed directly from the mode-select screen , no need to go through settings. Fix: quick-drop no longer triggers itself right after unpausing if the down button was held. Fix: controller vibration now reliably stops when the game is closed. Fix: the displayed chain multiplier no longer shows a higher value than the actual cap.

Performance & stability

Optimized connected-particle search (BFS) and more efficient buffer reuse. Faster explosion particle animation and glow-particle management. Fixed Steam stats that weren't saving correctly on Windows due to a library bug (FINALLY!).