Frame - Portals on Steroids

Devlog

• Grab
  April 06, 2024 by MechanicsDriven

  This update changes the behavior of objects, while they are grabbed and carried around. Friction is greatly reduced for objects that are held by the player. This means that objects can be dragged alon... Continue reading
• Minor Stuff
  February 02, 2024 by MechanicsDriven

  The changes are: The green frame in the credits no longer disappears when closed. Correction of grammar error in "94. Mirrored Translation". The perdiodic translation modifiers stack up correctly, now... Continue reading
• A Bit Of This And That
  November 04, 2023 by MechanicsDriven

  This update includes the following changes: Added a "secret room" in the first level that allows to unlock all levels immediately. This is meant as a fallback for people who loose their save data and... Continue reading
• Negative Scaling DLC now available
  September 06, 2023 by MechanicsDriven

  The DLC is now out of beta. Enjoy! Here are the finishing touches that were made to the DLC: Frame rendering works correctly during closing animation, even if the frame was closed by adding/removing a... Continue reading
• Another Tiny Update
  August 06, 2023 by MechanicsDriven

  Only these changes: minor change in level "41. Keep Things in Order". The level is basically the same, but an unsolvable state is avoided. Correction of spelling error in hints for level "39. Wanted"... Continue reading
• DLC "Frame - Negative Scaling" now in Early Access
  July 31, 2023 by MechanicsDriven

  I'm not sure why, but for some reason I decided to make a DLC for a game not many people played. The DLC comes with a brand new mechanic, 9 new levels and some story. The DLC is close to complete, but... Continue reading
• A Tiny Update
  July 27, 2023 by MechanicsDriven

  Nothing major, just these few changes: In addition to the next/previous weapon buttons there are also buttons to select guns directly. For the base game with three guns this isn't that important. Howe... Continue reading
• Le Fromage
  April 15, 2023 by MechanicsDriven

  Let's keep this short: Small changes to levels 3, 29, 37, 82, 83, 84, 85 to prevent (or disincentivize) unintended solutions. Fixed uv-mapping issue in level 28. A small force is added to character-co... Continue reading
• A Few Small Things
  February 05, 2023 by MechanicsDriven

  This is a pretty small update, so the list of improvements is quite short: Adjustments to levels 80 and 85 to avoid unintended solutions. Correction of typo in level 80. It is no longer possible to lo... Continue reading
• Post-Release Update 2
  January 25, 2023 by MechanicsDriven

  These are the changes in this update: The black arrows, indicating movement, look a bit different. The handles, indicating that an object can be grabbed, look different (and should now be easier to re... Continue reading
• Quick Post-Release Update
  January 18, 2023 by MechanicsDriven

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  All in all the release went smoothly. However, I guess it is inevitable that there are always some things that need fixing. Small changes to levels 13, 17, 20, 21, 23, 66, 74, 82 to avoid unintended s... Continue reading
• Finally!
  January 11, 2023 by MechanicsDriven

  After such a long time it feels kind of weird to say this, but version 1.0 of Frame is finally here! First of all I want to thank everyone who bought Frame while it was still in development. I know th... Continue reading
• Close To Final Version
  November 15, 2022 by MechanicsDriven

  With the release date getting closer this update concentrates on fixing the little things. cross hair is a bit wider and bigger cross hair scales with fov, so that it doesn't change size when changing... Continue reading
• The Little Things
  October 14, 2022 by MechanicsDriven

  This update comes with one new level. This level is build around the idea that bigger objects also move faster and this faster movement can be used to gain more height. Besides the new level this upda... Continue reading

  
• New Look
  September 22, 2022 by MechanicsDriven

  In the last devlog I already mentioned that the visuals are a constant source of criticism. It was never the goal (and frankly speaking it's not realistic with the resources available) for Frame to ha... Continue reading

  
• Shadows
  August 23, 2022 by MechanicsDriven

  The most common feedback I get for Frame is something along the lines of "Interesting mechanics, but why does the game look like shit?". One reason for this is, besides the lack of highly detailed pro... Continue reading

  
• Almost Bug Free
  May 24, 2022 by MechanicsDriven

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  This update is all about bug-fixes and general improvements, so there are no new levels. However, concentrating on fixing things means that I could resolve several issues I was putting off for way too... Continue reading
• Just Another Update
  May 07, 2022 by MechanicsDriven

  This update comes with four new levels. This level is just a small one demonstrating the fact that objects falling through a self connected frame block themselfs. Immovable objects can gather speed by... Continue reading

  
• Bunch of Bug-Fixes and Improvements
  April 05, 2022 by MechanicsDriven

  This time I concentrated on bug fixes and general improvements, so there is only one new level. This level is a rather easy one, introducing the concept of using frames of different size to change the... Continue reading

  
• More Levels And Some Stuff
  February 12, 2022 by MechanicsDriven

  As the title of this devlog says there are several new levels within this update. Eight of them, to be precise. A previous level already used differently orientated frames to rotate objects. This leve... Continue reading

  
• Lets Talk About Physics
  January 15, 2022 by MechanicsDriven

  I made a change to the physics simulation and a level build around a weird paradox emerging from moving portals. So I thought this might be a good moment to talk about some aspects of the physics-simu... Continue reading

  
• A small, but maybe important, update
  December 23, 2021 by MechanicsDriven

  A very common critique from playtesters was that the controls "feel bad". Since Frame is a puzzle-game and not skill-based, I decided to postpone the problem. However, given the prevalence of that spe... Continue reading

  
• ...
  November 23, 2021 by MechanicsDriven

  As usual this update contains new levels and several bug-fixes. Lets start with the new levels. In this level the momentum of a falling frame has to be used to cross a gap. There is already a level ba... Continue reading

  
• The Most Requested Feature
  November 01, 2021 by MechanicsDriven

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  A common feedback from play-testers was: "The game is really great, but where is the story?". Well, from now on I won't have to hear that question, because there is now a story. I think the story turn... Continue reading
• On And On It Goes
  October 06, 2021 by MechanicsDriven

  OK, this is actually a rather big update, so lets get right to it. First I want to thank NestedBugs for showing a bit of Frame on his stream. It was a fun experience seeing my game being presented tha... Continue reading

  
• bug-fix, bug-fix, animation
  September 10, 2021 by MechanicsDriven

  The new feature of this release is that color-changes of objects and the opening/closing of frames is animated. From a developers viewpoint it is annoying how sensible the human brain reacts to instan... Continue reading
• Content, Content, Content
  July 20, 2021 by MechanicsDriven

  This time I concentrated on building new levels. So here are the eight new levels: The continuously moving platforms were introduced and then not really used, so I made a level using that mechanic in... Continue reading

  
• Lots of Boring Stuff and a Feature Request
  July 10, 2021 by MechanicsDriven

  The New Stuff To improve the store page I changed the font to the one that is used in Frame, made a few animated gifs and added a demo. The store-page is probably still far away from representing the... Continue reading
• Maturing And Growing
  June 08, 2021 by MechanicsDriven

  Recently I concentrated more on bug-fixing. Some of the resolved issues are: Sometimes light could not be removed from frames, despite there being no logical reason for it. Frames did not close proper... Continue reading

  
• Visual Overhaul (and More Levels and Bug-Fixes)
  May 15, 2021 by MechanicsDriven

  As said in the caption there are visual improvements. One consists of removing a lot of text and replacing it with icons. Some playtesters complained about to much text and with the icons "tutorial-le... Continue reading

  
• Four New Level And More Finetuning
  April 19, 2021 by MechanicsDriven

  Thanks to YourZombieMop for play-testing Frame. Based on that experience I could improve on the levels introducing "unportable" objects, self-connecting frames and gravity changing frames. Furthermore... Continue reading

  
• Streamlining of Levels
  March 28, 2021 by MechanicsDriven

  This update exists thanks to jinke, Ömer Talha and MW-Systems who play-tested frame. Due to their invaluable feedback I could identify several bottlenecks in the level design. Based on that I impleme... Continue reading
• Two more levels and a crucial bug-fix
  March 15, 2021 by MechanicsDriven

  This update contains two new levels and a few bug-fixes. My intention in the future is to make less frequent but bigger updates. However, since I found a bug that hard-locked the game a smaller update... Continue reading

  
• Launch, Current Status and Outlook
  March 06, 2021 by MechanicsDriven

  Here is the early access beta of "Frame - Portals on Steroids". A game where you explore the world of movable portals, called frames. Here are a view bullet points to give an impression about the stat... Continue reading