🔧 Technical: Pete Says runs on a new engine. It's the first of our "arcade" games to move off the 2013 engine they were all built on, so we can work on them again. Your scores, high score tables, and achievements carry over.
The engine we were using previously hasn't had updates since 2013, and the community on the engine we've moved to (Phaser) is really active.
This was the easiest game the old engine with the least moving parts, but the rest of the games should start getting moved to the new engine (and then start getting new modes, levels and stuff like that!)
👑 New Feature: Pete Says plays on your phone. The board scales to your screen and the buttons take taps.
🔍 Improvement: Pete Says works with a keyboard and screen reader. Number keys 1 to 5 press the buttons, and the menus and sound toggle are reachable without a mouse.
🆕 Achievements. A couple of new achievements (with placeholder images for now!) that take advantage of the new engine. The ones that could be backfilled were!
Here's hope for a mobile-friendly Subeku in the near future! 🤩
Nice!
Thank you so much for making these games accessible to screen readers and alternative interaction methods! This is so exciting to see!
Great news! The Pips experience is getting a serious upgrade. I'm excited to see the community-driven Phaser engine breathe new life into all the games. It's smart to tackle the easiest one first, and those new achievements sound like a fantastic way to keep us engaged. Mobile play for Pete Says is a huge plus!
Heck yea, excited to see my fave game Spectrail get moved to a new engine. Also excited to try out the other arcade games :D