Beta Release 9

New GUI, game balance changes and improved countdown

• Reworked the GUI, added an animated background, completely new score/chat display, 2 different themes (dark and light), you can set the transparency of the ghost piece
• Combo lines sent was reworked. The exponential curve is now much more flat. This mostly effects the high combos (10+). Before the curve got very steep after a while and as an example one 16-combo would send as much lines as a 14-combo + 10-combo. Now the <10 combos will send 1-2 lines more, and the increase above 10 is not as drastic as before.
• How much combo time gained from clearing lines was reworked. Clearing 4+1+1 lines, 1+1+4 lines or 2+2+2 lines will now result in exact same amount of time gained. 3+1+1 will still give more then 4+1 since you are gaining a time bonus for each combo you increase, but if you then even it out to 3+1+1+3 vs 4+1+1+2 both variations will again have given the exact same amount of combo time.
• The countdown for a round was reworked, and now uses a simple version of timestamp sent over UDP. The timestamp is also given a latency compensation. High latency and unstable connections should experience much more consistent countdown results.

Some notes on the new GUI:

• Whenever you are connected to the server you can use Enter to chat. Use tab (while the chat is active) to switch where the message is sent. Use /w nickname to send private messages to a player.
• The scorescreen now toggle on and off as you press the button binded to it. Players can be selected on the scorescreen (small visual improvement).

Full changelog

SpeedBlocks homepage

If you are looking for people to play with, join the Cultris lobby on Discord (find it in message of the day when you log in to Cultris). There we have a speedblocks room where you can find opponents.

Here are some instructions to run it on linux