- Cyclone - Update - 5 February 2026
An update has been released for Cyclone. These changes were available on the preview branch prior and now have been pushed to the default branch. Changes in this update are: The energy ball bounces now properly reflect off of surfaces. There's no puzzle that needs this but if for what ever reason you nudge a ball at a slanted wall, it'll reflect as expected.Fixed issues with fullscreen mode when playing on the Steam Deck.Box model polygon count reduced by 864 polygons.
- Cyclone - Update - 9 September 2024
An update has been released for Cyclone. Changes in this update are: Added Flag Run 02 Adjusted projectile so it spawns away from the camera. Added an angle clamp regarding picking up objects. You'll no longer be able to hold things above your head or under your feet. Crash Course 17 has been adjusted based on player feedback, There is now only one timer with a generous amount of time for puzzle execution. When the player falls in the water in Crash Course 17, the ball will reset to the dropper. The game will now pause when Print Screen is pressed. Player launch movement has been tweaked to allow strafing in the air.
- Introducing Flag Run! - 19 June 2023
It's been a year since Cyclone shipped in Early Access and it has been such an experience collecting feedback, improving systems, and learning new things. Today I'm happy to announce a few big changes in this update! Flag Run Besides puzzles, one thing that was apparent is how Cyclones are also good for platforming. Flying yourself across pits and wall climbing with the Cyclones is really fun. However, when you put these requirements in maps that advertise themselves as "Puzzles", reactions come back mixed and I didn't want to leave this style of game play all together. With Flag Run, it's all about execution. You're tasked with retrieving the flag and bringing it back to the exit as fast as possible. Your time is saved and shared on the Steam Leaderboards so every second counts! Missed stepped? Did your launch fall short? No problem! Using Flash Chamber technology, you can just telepor…
- Cyclone - Update - 14 March 2023
An update has been released for Cyclone. Changes in this update are: Added missing scripts for testing. Fixed Alt-Tabing when running in fullscreen,
- Cyclone - Update - 7 March 2023
An update has been released for Cyclone. Changes in this update are: Fixed raw mouse speed reduction when zoomed in. Fixed the world's fog not resetting upon a respawn if the Post Processing Effects option is disabled. Cyclones now push players off ceilings.
- Cyclone - Update - 6 March 2023
Cyclone - Update An update has been released for Cyclone. Changes in this update are: Restored raw mouse input and it's now working correctly. This option is accessible by Action Mapper. Action Mapper can now be resized. Adjusted player's max deceleration from 1.0 to 0.8. Fixed respawn loop when impacting the hazard water at a high velocity.
- Cyclone - Update - 20 February 2023
Back in the last update, Cyclone adopted to raw mouse input for mouse look. Upon receiving customer feedback, it was clear that the calculation wasn't responsive. This update changes the mouse aim back to relative movement. It's recommended you delete Config/useractioncontroller.json and revert to the game to use the default settings. Huge thanks to awk for assisting with this! Changes in this update are: Reverted back to relative mouse movement and adjusted the calculation. (Your current mouse sensitivity settings might need to be changed.) Added more range to the mouse sensitivity slider. (Both in-game and within actionmapper) Added a clear button for each action in actionmapper. Added DPI window scaling support for actionmapper. Aim sensitivity is reduced to 25% when zoomed in. Fixed vsync setting not being applied after restarting. Removed the 120fps frame cap. Minor adjustments in…
- Input Update - 12 December 2022
Since releasing in Early Access in June, one of the things that received feedback on was how input was managed. Although Cyclone shipped to allow players to bind keys to actions, the end result wasn't really intuitive. The entire system was made from the ground up polling key and mouse events directly from WinAPI instead of the engine's API. This will allow more fine control over it and better address any issues going forward. Today I'm happy to announce that you'll be able to now easily bind keys and buttons to actions via a GUI application! The Key Mapper application has now been replaced with Action Mapper. You can find this application in the root game directory. The input system relies on Window's Virtual Keyboard and what Action Mapper does is listen for the value of whatever key you pressed on your keyboard. Mouse sensitivity, look inverse and more can also be changed within this…
- Cyclone - Update - 3 September 2022
Changes in this update are: Fixed debug application not launching. Added flash chambers to example_template.map. Added additional functions and constants scripts. Fixed floating radio in Crash Course 11.
- Cyclone - Update - 28 August 2022
An update has been released for Cyclone. Changes in this update are: Removed deprecated assets. Added a package extraction argument.
- Cyclone - Update - 12 August 2022
An update has been released for Cyclone. Changes in this update are: Fixed the FOV setting not being written to the settings file when applied from the menu.
- Cyclone - Update - 7 August 2022
An update has been released for Cyclone. Changes in this update are: All user settings have been relocated to /Config to ensure settings will always be properly read. Environment settings were changed throughout all the maps. The Post processing effect was removed in-favor of adjusting the final global illumination color. Added more details to the concrete and metal walls Reduced reflection brightness on glass. Overhauled cleansers to be more responsive and less likely to dissolve things incorrectly. Fizzling objects now play a particle. Jumping in-front of cyclones placed on a wall or ramp will trigger a push. Timer buttons no longer need to complete before being reset by default. Removed the need for Steam to be connected to the internet in-order for the app to launch. Fixed decal glitch in Crash Course 07.
- Cyclone - Update - 10 July 2022
An update has been released for Cyclone. Changes in this update are: Fixed a crash when grabbing the first box in Crash Course 00 too quickly (Thanks to MCKnight for finding this). A slight adjustment with wall cyclones. The position of the player's eyes is taken into consideration before launching the player.
- Cyclone - Update - 2 July 2022
An update has been released for Cyclone. Changes in this update are: Added launch argument -reset_radio_stats. This will reset all sets relating to the radio achievement including the actual achievement. Added new setting: physssteps. Modifying this value will cause the engine to do more or less physics steps per frame. The default is 2. Added base bumper for the pedestal button. Increased player jump force from 4.25 to 5.0 due to player feedback. Increased player interact radius from 0.1 to 0.15. Decreased player max deceleration from 0.25 to 0.2. Fixed players getting trapped within Crash Course 05. Fixed objects from floating above a cyclone after a failed push. Fixed pedestal button from being pressed spammed. Radios will now start asleep until the player picks it up or awaken by a cyclone.
- Cyclone - Update - 27 June 2022
An update has been released for Cyclone. Changes in this update are: Fixed "Radio Down" achievement rewarding players too easily.
- Cyclone - Update - 25 June 2022
An update has been released for Cyclone. Changes in this update are: Fixed custom sound settings not communicating with the sound engine upon restarting the game. Fixed a possibility in which Pedestal Button presses wouldn't register. Increase stability with item droppers. Removed Pedestal Button for the Item Spawner in Crash Course 17. If a system directory fails to be detected, a relative directory to the game's install path will be created and used instead. * * A test file will now be written to the %APPDATA% and %USER%\Documents directories. If the write tests fail, files such as settings, screenshots and logfiles will be dumped in a directory relative to the game's install path (\UserData). Users that were running into issues of settings not saving are encouraged to delete their %APPDATA%\Cyclone directory and relaunch the game. You may still force this behavior by using -userdata…
- Cyclone is now available in Early Access! - 23 June 2022
After sixteen months of week-by-week development, I'm happy to announce that the anticipated spiritual successor of the Portal mod, Blue Portals is now available as an Early Access title on Steam! I want to take a moment to thank everyone who has played the demo and gave feedback. There's still work to be done! Being an Early Access title allows Cyclone to continue keep players involved in the development process to help it evolve into the best it can be! I hope you're all excited as I am to see where Cyclone will be in the near future!
