Blackshift

Really enjoying the game, I loved playing the original as a kid, along with your Flash games.

5/1 is piquing my curiosity big time though, there are a lot of elements that don't seem to come into play, and there don't seem to be any secrets. There's no reason to destroy the 2 mines at the start for example, so you don't need to touch the down block or the wooden block. There are grills near the start that don't pose any hazard, along with what seems like a superfluous one-way door. I felt that the level was nudging me towards bringing the metal block through the one-way door maze (the two left-most rollers turn that into a clever little puzzle, but don't pose much hazard otherwise), but it doesn't seem to be possible to get the block through the maze.

Am I overthinking this or have I not discovered a secret yet? Put me out of my misery please! :)

Now that it's on Steam...

Purchase comes with a Steam Key, but what if I bought it *before* it was on Steam? Can I still get a Steam Key for it, and how?

I am SOOO looking forward to getting stuck into Blackshift 2, but I want to wait until it's the finished product :D  LOVED the first one 10 years ago and I've just completed it agian for my new YouTube channel - here's the complete series, if you're interested: (spoilers!)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkBFZjer6ImPjcQIHQko1YB093Unfk60A

I've been playing Blackshift for a while now (and love it!), both the original version years ago and now the new version. However, I've been stuck on Level 57 for MONTHS and am at my wits end.  Either I'm an idiot or there's a bug.  What am I missing?

And yay... after 15 years I *finally* beat level 100 of the original Blackshift v 1.24!

Woah there, didn't realise there was still development on this. I have an old version, version 1.24 it calls itself - when the game was a free download and it still works just fine on my current Windows 10 computer. Trouble is I've forgotten how I managed to beat some of the levels (and I never *did* manage to beat level 100) and am currently stuck on level 82. I remember there used to be a video of a full playthrough but it seems to have disappeared...

Anyway, is the "classic" version of the game available in this game as a set of levels? If not, is there a reason that it couldn't be, or could the old levels still be made with the new engine?

I came across Blackshift randomly -- I was researching scene graphs and your devlog turned up. This game looks interesting (and I absolutely LOVED Chip's Challenge). Any plans for a Linux release?

Loving the game so far. Really takes me back to the days of Sokoban and Chip's Challenge.

Would it be too much to ask to have the level editor available in offline mode? I assume unpublished levels are saved locally, anyway. My internet hiccups a lot and it would be great to work on and playtest levels while I'm not connected.

Hi Robin,

I just baught the beta (2016-04-07).

Congrats ! It really feels like the good old version 1.24 Blackshift.

One problem: I understand you may need internet connection during beta testing for telemetry, but please make it stand alone once out of beta. Internet is no safe place for kids and there is no reasons a game could not be playable offline, at least for single players.

(By the way I didn't noticed the old Blackshift from the XP times failed in Windows 10. Last time I checked I was under Windows 7 x64and it worked great. Good idea to rewrite it for modern OSes)