That's Nuts! Release History

v1.5.2 [Release] 22/11/2024

All Platforms

• Added Marmalade the Mangolin, a new critter that can spawn after reaching a score of 300
• Added a character limit to the name input field for web/desktop platforms
• Updated all weather and particle effects so they use world lighting and have consistent brightness
• Fixed buttons in several pop-up menu using incorrect color tints and sprites when selected or pressed

v1.5.1 [Release] 25/10/2024

All Platforms

• Added a new Hawk critter that spawns on the left of the screen and flies horizontally at a fixed height - the Hawk only appears after a score of 300 is reached
• Fixed an issue with critters spawned during the tutorial briefly flickering
• Fixed an issue with the Sharpshooter and Anti-Air achievements not being counted properly

v1.5.0 [Release] 22/10/2024

All Platforms

• Fixed an issue with the separator in the Settings page clipping through the name field on mobile
• Fixed an issue with critter parachutes clipping through the ground
• Fixed an issue with the parachute goggles on the Dog critter rendering on top of hats in the Toronto theme

v1.4.7 [Beta] 11/10/2024

All Platforms

• Added a white outline to walls created using a Walnut
• Added a button in the scoreboard to center on the current player's score
• Fixed a bug with the lives, nuts, and scoreboard briefly appearing at the start of the tutorial before being hidden
• Fixed an issue with the post game scoreboard not automatically scrolling to the current user's score
• Fixed the resolution of the nut icons in the Nut-o-Pedia
• Changed the hit boxes on the pause button and sound buttons in the main game screen so they extend beyond the button graphics
• Changed power-ups so they use a quasi-random number generator

Mobile

• Added a graphic showing the touch controls in the first step of the tutorial on Android and iOS

v1.4.6 [Beta] 10/10/2024

All Platforms

• Added a Nut-o-Pedia entry for Hank
• Fixed a bug with the falling critter probability not reseting at the start of a new game
• Fixed a bug with music not always looping seamlessly
• Updated falling critters so their random horizontal position can be closer to the right hand side of the screen as the game goes on
• Updated the main menu pages so they scale better to the aspect ratio of the current screen

Mobile

• Updated main menu for Android and iOS so it supports both portrait and landscape modes, instead of just landscape

v1.4.5 [Beta] 06/10/2024

All Platforms

• Added a pulse animation to the scoreboard value and the life heart icons
• Added softer/simpler critter hit sounds that are used when playing with the Minimal sound setting
• Fixed a bug with the life display not updating when the player has exactly two lives, and gains a third life
• Updated the time out between tutorial stages so there's an extra second to read the text

Desktop and Android

• Added automatic detection of default graphics quality based on the CPU, RAM and VRAM available on the first launch of the game

v1.4.4 [Beta] 05/10/2024

All Platforms

• Added a dedicated button to the main game screen to turn music on and off
• Updated positions, text content, and styling of various tutorial elements
• Updated background clouds so they no longer move when time is stopped using Clock power-up

v1.4.3 [Beta] 03/10/2024

All Platforms

• Added an introductory tutorial when a player first plays the game
• Added animations to the main game UI elements, i.e. nuts, lives, and score
• Added an idle animation to each critter, which plays when it's blocked by a Walnut wall
• Changed critter spawn rate so it starts off faster, but increases at a slower rate
• Changed parachuting critter spawn ratio so that a higher perctange of parachuting critter spawn in the later stages of a game
• Updated flowers in the Tokyo theme so they're slightly more pink

v1.4.2 [Beta] 30/09/2024

All Platforms

• Added dynamic UI scaling based on screen width/height ratio -- core game elements are shifted towards the middle on square screens

v1.4.1 [Beta] 29/09/2024

All Platforms

• Added a new Stylist achievement, which is awarded after playing as game using a theme
• Added a new Critters Hit personal stat, which is updated at the end of each game
• Fixed a bug with the achievement popup text wrapping incorrectly for long achievement names
• Fixed a bug that was causing the Nut's Fired stat to not updated properly

Desktop

• Fixed window handling so that the game window can now be manually resized when playing with fullscreen disabled

macOS

• Added initial support for the macOS App Store, including a custom icon with rounded corners

Mobile

• Fixed Hank being cut off on phones with a camera notch in the screen

v1.4.0 [Beta] 27/09/2024

All Platforms

• Added a small selection dot to the entry icons in the Nut-o-Pedia
• Updated look and size of the Sound and Pause buttons in the main the game UI
• Fixed a bug with the way the Chicken Sandwich achievement was detected, which was causing it to be credited to players incorrectly
• Fixed power-up sounds always playing regardless of sound settings

Web

• Fixed logic for detecting touch input support when playing via the web app

iOS

• Added Game Center leaderboard integration

v1.3.12 [Alpha] 26/09/2024

All Platforms

• Updated weather effects so that they freeze while a Clock power-up is active

Mobile and Desktop

• Added support for CJK font rendering

iOS

• Added initial iPhone and iPad support, including Game Center integration

v1.3.11 [Alpha] 23/09/2024

All Platforms

• Added support for customizing the world lightning color and intensity for each theme
• Added a new Tokyo theme
• Added a pop-up dialog that prompts the user to delete their global high score data when disabling score sharing
• Added a slightly jiggle animation to large wooden buttons in the main menu and post game screen
• Updated tree models for all themes
• Updated Toronto theme so the sky and overall environment is darker

Android

• Fixed performance issue with opening the Progress tab and reporting achivements caused by converting time values from UTC to local time

v1.3.10 [Alpha] 19/09/2024

All Platforms

• Added unique angular velocities for each nut type
• Added fade in/out effect to UI and music when changing scenes
• Updated various button hitboxes to them easier to tap on touch devices
• Fixed rendering of extra long scoreboard names

v1.3.9 [Alpha] 18/09/2024

All Platforms

• Added background music
• Changed critters spawning so the critter type uses a quasi-random distribution
• Fixed an issue with critters being able to fall too far and end up slightly below the ground level

v1.3.8 [Alpha] 15/09/2024

All Platforms

• Added an animation to Coconut puddles and Walnut walls when they despawn
• Improved accuracy of nut collisions with power-ups and critters
• Changed the Skull power-up so it no longer triggers critter death sounds
• Changed grass and flower densities so they scale based on the chosen graphics quality setting
• Updated the splash screen image to include the game's title
• Fixed an issue with the Skull power-up double counting creatures that were already playing their death animation

Android

• Increased the size of drop down menu entries and text to make them easier to tap on mobile

v1.3.7 [Alpha] 14/09/2024

All Platforms

• Added scoreboards to the post game screen
• Added a toggle to the game UI that adjusts the sound settings
• Restored the original game UI layout with the scoreboard, lives, etc on the top of the screen
• Updated the conditions for the Timelord achievement to make it easier
• Replaced the Exterminator achievement with the Overkill achievement
• Fixed the game font so that 7 and 1 are more easy to tell apart

v1.3.6 [Alpha] 13/09/2024

All Platforms

• Added a sound when a life is lost due to a critter making it across the screen
• Added clothes to Hank based on the current theme selection
• Changed the nut generation logic to use a quasi-random distribution instead of true random, which reduces the chances of a long streak without a particular nut appearing

Web and Desktop

• Added an achivement completed popup. Mobile apps will continue to use their own native dialog instead

v1.3.5 [Alpha] 12/09/2024

All Platforms

• Changed the current score, lives, and nut status game UI elements so they appear at the bottom of the screen instead of the top
• Changed power-ups so each one has a parachtue with a distinct color
• Changed the number of personal and global scoreboad rows from 10 to 8, to give each row more space
• Changed the highlight and pressed colors for all major UI buttons

Web and Desktop

• Added support for using the escape key in the main menu to leave sub-pages and quit the game

Android

• Added support for using the native back button in the main menu to leave sub-pages and quit the game

v1.3.4 [Alpha] 10/09/2024

All Platforms

• Added critter descriptions to the Nut-o-Pedia
• Improved Nut-o-Pedia navigation behavior
• Reduced Coconut puddle duration from 8s to 7s
• Increased Coconut puddle max move speed from 1.0 to 1.5
• Fixed highlight colors on name input fields

v1.3.3 [Alpha] 09/09/2024

All Platforms

• Added Hank the squirrel to the main menu
• Simplified the settings menu into a single page

Web and Desktop

• Added options to customize display names

v1.3.2 [Alpha] 08/09/2024

All Platforms

• Added in-game summary stats, including total games played, longest game, nuts fired, etc
• Added local and global leaderboards
• Added sounds for critters
• Updated UI sound effects

Web

• Added a high scores page to the homepage

v1.3.1 [Alpha] 05/09/2024

All Platforms

• Added various achievements
• Changed Pistachio explosion behavior so it also triggers power-ups
• Fixed bugs relating to pausing or starting a new game with a time stop active
• Fixed an issue with critter collision boxes becoming out of sync with their visual component

Android

• Added initial Play Store and Play Games integration

Desktop

• Added native Windows and Linux build downloads

v1.3.0 [Alpha] 01/09/2024

Web

• Added initial support for That's Nuts! on web