Hello Creators!

We wanted to let you know that yesterday we had a hotfix to fix an undetected bug which prevented new players from creating their own world (which is super not great).

We wanted to reiterate that All players are supposed to get their own world. We're sorry if you were affected by this issue.

We've since fixed the bug with this hotfix and reached out to those affected. If you were affected, the next time you log in, your own world will be there waiting for you.

If you encounter further issues, please email us at support@playfulstudios.com.

-The Playful Team

It’s the weekend! Remember those?

Let’s commemorate this one with an water-themed community build-off! It’ll be fun and most importantly, rewarding. As in, everyone who participates will receive 150 coins for the Creativerse store!

To participate, simply build something under water, or build something featuring the new Atlantis blocks. Remember: we’ve added a new Ocean Potion that allows you to move faster and breathe longer underwater. We also now have a new water mob, Karrotfish, whom you will need to politely murder to unlock the first of the Atlantis blocks.

The most important step: post a screenshot of your build to Artwork on our Steam hub and include #OceanEmotion in the description text. Do this before Monday at 9am Central US time and we will credit your Creativerse account with 150 coins to spend however you choose. We hear the Rockster Claw is nice.

We will be adding our favorite screenshots to our in-game loading screens, so be on the lookout for those.

(post photo credits: A Spicy Meatball)

Hello, Creators!

The servers are now up from out hotfix today! Thank you for your patience. Here is what the team worked on for this patch.

Hotfix notes

• Inability to empty chests in Creative Mode without free slots, fixed
  
• Inability to removed "non-hotbar" items from chests and displays in Creative Mode, fixed
  
• Advanced Options buttons in Adventure gate menu, fixed
  
• Hidden Temple Alter no longer ignores player orientation
  
• Atlantis Altar is now aligned with Hidden Temple Altar, orientation of contents fixed
  
• Saplings and Queen Bees can now be fertilized and should grow now
  
• Keepas can no longer be pulled with gauntlet in Creative Mode
  
• Speed potion and Turnip sandwich effects, fixed
  
• Washer can be used on dirty pets
  
• KarrotFish scales are now placeable
  
• Lettuce, Turnips, and Wheat can now be placed on displays
  
• Paint can now be omitted while rebuilding BPs
  
• Atlantis Roof masks and texture fixed
  
• Hitting escape while customizing colors in capture blocks causing interface exit, fixed
  
• Costume interface occasionally showing costumes as locked even if purchased, fixed
  
• Costumes appearing twice, unlocked costumes not showing, fixed
  
• Tracked recipes being hidden in Creative Mode and not appearing after leaving Mode, fixed
  
• Various Graphics and text fixes
  
• QB glitch on store popup, fixed
  
• Loot spawner interface issues, fixed
  
• Mob spawner interface issues, fixed
  
• Phaser interface issues, fixed

Features

• New custom world option: No more foggy days, ever!
  
• Pressing "Safe Walk" while swimming now causes descent

If you have any issues, please email support@playfulstudios.com.
We will be back with more news in the coming days.

Until then, stay creative!

Cheers,
Playful B

Have you heard, Creators?

The Next Wave update is now live!

And it seems a cute little Karrotfish rode the wave along with it.

A proper welcome seems in order. So, in honor of our new friend,
the Karrotfish Welcome Bundle, is now yours to claim in store.

Redeem in store with code, “WAVE”

Available until April 10th.

Legend has it…long ago a brave Creator set off to investigate the underwater world of Creativerse. Somewhere, deep under the surface, they found a mysterious set of blocks called ATLANTIS. They appeared to be the remnants of a civilization long forgotten. Even stranger was the discovery of a small creature hiding within the ruins. Almost carrot-like in color, the Creator named it Karrotfish. The fish swam away but not before dropping a magical potion.

Go forth, find the Karrotfish, and discover the creative potential that awaits in the deep!

— The Playful Team


NEW FEATURES

• A new creature draws near: Karrotfish!
  
• Found in larger bodies of water
  
• New exploration tool: Ocean Potion
  
• Swim faster and breathe longer underwater

The Atlantis Block Set
Free for everyone! Loot some Karrotfish to get started
Includes 13 new items

• Atlantis Wall
  
• Atlantis Trim Wall
  
• Atlantis Sunken Wall
  
• Atlantis Tile Wall
  
• Atlantis Door
  
• Atlantis Lamp
  
• Atlantis Chest
  
• Atlantis Roof (plus inner & outer corners)
  
• Atlantis Stairs (plus inner & outer corners)

Atlantis Bonus Bundle
Unlock TEN additional Atlantis recipes!

• Atlantis Symbol Trim Wall
  
• Atlantis Accent Wall
  
• Atlantis Trident Accent Wall
  
• Atlantis Wave Wall
  
• Atlantis Vase
  
• Atlantis Goblet
  
• Atlantis Table
  
• Atlantis Chair
  
• Atlantis Altar
  
• Atlantis Trap Door

Atlantis Bonus Bundle available for FREE to all Creativerse Pro members!Claim the store bundle to add them to your crafting menu
These gilder costumes will sweep you off your feet - NEW in the store!

• Angel Wings
  
• Hot Rod Gilder
  
• Bat Wings

Slay in style with these new weapon costumes

• Miru's Hammer
  
• Rockstar Claw (sword)

IMPROVEMENTS

• Mob Summons: all summons can now be placed into containers
  
• Try adding a Pigsy to a placemat…
  
• Updated UI for a slicker and more intuitive look and feel
  
  • Main Menu
    
  • Store
    
  • Character Customization
    
  • In-game UI panels

BUGFIXES

• Block Phaser Sprite fixed
  
• Hidden Temple Torch now follows correct placement orientation
  
• Fixed cornerstones going into inventory instead of hotbar when captured in Creative Mode
  
• Sensor ranges no longer show without Wiring Tool
  
• “Disable Spawning” option in world settings occuring inconsistently, fixed
  
• Holiday Lights turning all white fixed
  
• Category fixes for the Creator Mode menu
  
• Iron bars now have a full hitbox

r.2.64.1

Patch Notes 3/12/2020

NEW FEATURES

• Mob summoners added to Creator Mode
  
  • Add any mob to your quickbar and spawn them into existence. Make yourself some new friends!
    
  • The #1 most requested Creator Mode feature on our recent survey. Thank you for your feedback!

BUGFIXES & IMPROVEMENTS

• Jingle Juice and Love Potion have been removed from Creative Mode inventory
  
• Fallen Leaves removed from Armor category in Creative Mode inventory
  
• Cornerstone Info message missing colors fixed
  
• Spawns enabled option on claims
  
• Corruption spreading on claim overriding world fixed
  
• Mob spawning in wrong areas fixed
  
• Mud available in crafting
  
• User created screenshots for non-Pro member players fixed
  
• Magic Snow Globe overt brightness in full darkness fixed
  
• Typo in Non-Pro menu overlay fixed
  
• Snow Blower now uses both primary and secondary colors when painted
  
• Masked Fix:
  
  • Industrial Switch
    
  • Gingerbread Set
    
  • Various grass with dirt variants
• Primary/Secondary mismatch in painted lights fixed

r.63.15

Hello Creators!

In the spirit of more transparency, we will be posting more regular patch notes for when they are available. ICYMI, we are combining this week and lasts below.

Patch Notes 2/19/2020

• Enable Sensors in Creative Mode
  
• Glider appears when it shouldnt.
  
• Various dirt / grass variants masking inconsistencies
  
• The per-player "creator" permission doesn't work / doesn't override world settings
  
• Snowy the Blockman has part of the texture borked / black
  
• Provide proper explanations about the new graphics settings and better ways to deal with them
  
• Users can get authentication errors and be unable to join game
  
• Slow/Stalled Chunk Building
  
• Missing options in the Template Selector on world creation
  in rare circumstances, a cornerstone entity can be removed but the cornerstone info remains, resulting in a baked blueprint with no cornerstone
  
• items missing from the normal crafting interface
  
• Prefabs on racks and shelves flicker
  
• Pulling ore nodes in CM doesn't really get rid of them, they come back
  
• Candy Skull Statue / Candy Skull Banner / Galactic LED don't apply LED-like coloring properly (or at all)
  
• Extractors are not working
  
• Allow touchstone menu to be opened even if you don't have one placed, so even if you dig it up in Creator Mode you can always get it back!
  
• The player list in claims interface doesn't react to clicking (prevents changing privileges of players in a claim)
  
• Non-Pro players do not have proper creative mode inventory

Patch Notes 2/27/2020

• Hidden Temple Torch flame and color use (only used one color) fixed
  
• Primary/Secondary light mismatch changed for Paintable blocks
  
• Wood slab and Bungalow door no longer loose saturation when painted
  
• Ore nodes that come back once pulled in Creative Mode fixed
  
• Holiday Masks fixed for:
  
  • Holiday Window masks
    
  • Cabernatious cabinets
    
  • Snow Globes masks
    
  • Industrial chimney masks
    
  • Industrial Door masks
    
  • Industrial fan masks
    
  • Iron Gate masks
    
  • Elderwood masks
    
  • Medieval Fireplace mask
    
  • Medieval Chest mask
    
  • Wood Table mask
    
  • Iron Table mask
    
  • Wood planter mask
    
  • Medieval Switch Mask
    
  • Wildflower mask
• Incorrect currencies no longer showing up in store
  
• Option to toggle paint mode added
  
• Stamina consumption loss increase (while gilding) fixed
  
• Transparent paint feature fixed
  
• Teleporter codes breaking in Creative Mode, fixed
  
• Year of the Pigsy, New Year of the Rat, and Year of the Dog lantern lighting inconsistency, fixed
  
• Year of the Pigsy, Year of the Rat, and Year of the Dog lantern rotation, fixed
  
• Toggling mode affecting hover state of nearby players in CM, fixed
  
• Crops reverting to seed/spore state once painted, fixed
  
• Odd graphics peeking thru Main Menu (World), fixed
  
• Forbidden Red Wood Wall not processing into slab, fixed
  
• Claims disappearing, fixed
  
• Transparent Paint feature preserved
  
• Colors no longer missing from Cornerstone Message
  
• Industrial Air Vent now shows painted color in air effect
  
• Pressure plate ignore presence of Creator, fixed
  
• All throwables can now be used in Creative Worlds
  
• Added separate "Copy" action that applies to both CM Mode blocks and Copy and Paint Color Copy.
  
• Coal Nodes removed from CM inventory (or fix cornerstone conflict and add all the other ones)
  
• Pulling Cornerstones in Creative Worlds fixed
  
• Added Eye Adaptation to graphics options
  
• Added auto-focus on item search bar options
  
• Changing Steam accounts shouldn't delete recently visited worlds
  
• Several Backend fixes

We look forward to sharing more with you. Thank you for all of your support!

cheers,
your Lady of Community
Playful B

This is a big one. And it’s long overdue. But it’s finally here!

In keeping with our tradition of making a game for the community, this update contains some of our all-time most requested features, all geared toward unlocking the game’s full creative potential.

1. Creative Worlds — A new kind of world where you can fly, hover, and get an infinite supply of every item in the game.
   
2. Paintable Blocks — You can now customize the color of any block or item and create swatches to quickly change the look of your builds.
   
3. Creative Camera — A full suite of filters and visual tools, including a detachable drone camera for getting epic shots of your builds.

Another popular request has come from players near and dear to our heart: Creativerse Pro members. They’ve repeatedly asked us to add more features to the Pro version. In this update we are increasing the value of Pro in two ways: 1) While anyone can join a Creative World, only Pro members can create and customize them. 2) Pro members now get discounts on everything in the store. In fact, many of the premium recipe blocks are currently FREE for Pro members.

The future is bright for Creativerse. This update is just the start. We have exciting plans and a ton of content in the pipeline. Thank you for being on this journey with us!

<3 The Playful Team

• Unlimited items! The sky is literally the limit
  
• Hover Ability! Double tap the jump button to toggle hover mode
  
• Flat worlds! At world creation, choose “Flat Grass” or “Flat Sand” in the template drop down for a blank canvas experience
  
• Turn on Creator Mode while in a Creative World by pressing “ESC” and selecting “Enable Creator Mode” just above Game Settings (and repeat the process to toggle back to “adventure” mode)
  
• While in Creator Mode...
  
  • Your inventory and “adventure” quickbar are replaced by an all-item selection menu and a “creative” quickbar
    
  • You cannot equip a weapon; however mobs will ignore you regardless of world settings
    
  • Toggle back to “adventure” mode to do things like moving your touchstone or attacking mobs
• World owners can decide whether to grant Creator Mode to all players, specific players, or tie its access to a permissions level (e.g. admins only)
  
• Creating and customizing Creative Worlds is an exclusive Creativerse Pro feature
  
• Not a Pro member? You can still access the Creator Mode features by playing in someone else’s Creative World

• Change the color of every block and item that can be placed in the world, including lights and even smoke
  
• Build customized swatches, with the option to designate a primary and secondary color (press “.” to open swatch builder)
  
• Add your swatches to a paint quickbar to quickly switch between colors while playing (hold “Ctrl” to open quickbar)
  
• With a swatch selected, blocks will be painted as you place them; or you can hold “Ctrl” and left mouse click to paint already placed or found blocks
  
• Blueprint capture blocks will retain your custom paint settings

• Capture epic screenshots with new visual tools and filters (press “~” to toggle)
  
  • Color settings (brightness, contrast, saturation)
    
  • Fog control
    
  • Bloom sliders
    
  • Tilt shift
    
  • Vignette effects
    
  • And much more!
• Player movement is possible in camera mode (press left “Alt” to toggle)
  
• Detachable drone camera (press “O” while in camera mode to toggle)
  
  • Separate from your player character to get at impossible angles, clip through terrain, and channel your inner Roger Deakins
    
  • Keyframe animation! While in drone mode, toggle back to Creative Camera (press left “Alt”) to access keyframe animation buttons

• Monkey King Costume - Full Set
  
• Unicorn Costume - Full Set
  
• Unicorn Sword (a cosmetic version of the elusive Rainbownator 5000)
  
• Emperor's Blade
  
• All existing costumes now have helmets!
  
  • First Fantasy Helmet
    
  • Master Creator Helmet
    
  • Metal MK1 Helmet
    
  • Electro Cycle Helmet
    
  • Fury Warrior Helmet

• World Management and Search Menu expanded
  
• Post processing filters and block art retouches

• Canvas Flower Icon fixed
  
• Trailer stuttering during first world intro fixed
  
• Friendzilla quest spawn instruction fixed
  
• Glowing and Brown mushrooms texture changes in Planters fixed
  
• Dustevils and Troggington can now drown (yikes). Pebbles, being crab-like animals, are immune. WEEE.
  
• Ritzy Pigsy Hotel Couch corner misalignment fixed
  
• Grass color is lighter throughout worlds
  
• Player no longer floats on Halloween Spooky Bench
  
• Block phasers deleting blocks when player walks too far away resolved
  
• Framerate drops when returning to previously built world fixed
  
• Excavator's yield fixed
  
• Trog traps’ glitches, drops, and gameplay fixed
  
• Loud sounds from gates and trap doors fixed
  
• A ton of under the hood bugs

r.63

Creativity: Evolved

Coming to Creativerse on February 19

Greetings, Creators!

You may have noticed that the team has put out a steady stream of patches up until now, ironing out the wrinkles and swatting bugs left and right. Today's update is similar but on a bigger scale, with particular focus on optimizing the game's performance. This included an engine upgrade (Unity 2018), rebuilding old code, lots of tinkering and elbow grease, and extensive testing on the worst, most min-spec PCs we could find. As a result, the Under the Hood Update offers a smoother, more optimized experience, along with a bunch of smaller improvements and bugfixes. It’s certainly not the end of performance fixes, but it's a pretty good foundation for more.



Updates, Additions, and Tweaks:

• Major Engine upgrade to Unity 2018
  
  • Assorted bug fixes related to engine upgrade
    
  • New graphics quality settings
• Mud is now craftable using Water and Dirt
  
• Water no longer requires any mining cell to be pulled
  
• Max view radius has been increased
  
• Lava and Corrupted Water can now be pulled by Diamond mining cell
  
• Hidden Temple and Medieval Chests no longer require Stone mining cell to pull
  
• Selection highlight in Action Bar is a little wider and easier to see
  
• Gift Boxes are rotatable in any direction
  
• Pet information window is simultaneously dismissed with its associated pet
  
• Lilly pads can now be put in containers
  
• Automatic text censoring logic has been improved to try and help reduce the number of false positives, i.e “Grass”

Bug Fixes:

• Pet bubbles render on top of water correctly
  
• Glowing mushrooms are glowing again
  
• Pets are properly dirty after harvesting (get the soap ready!)
  
• New adventures show up under the New category
  
• Fixed a few issues with Pets disappearing (i.e in some instances, pets that were told to “Stay” would either disappear or wind up clumped together)
  
• Fixed a few issues related to player names (such as when a user is banned)
  
• Decogorgeous Door disappears at the same distance as other doors
  
• Blocky the Snowman is visible when placed in a container
  
• Fixed snow caps spreading and showing up inconsistently (how rude!)
  
• Fixed issues related to recipes not carrying over between worlds properly
  
• Magic Snow Globe should no longer create snow when placed in displays
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented purchase of block kits for a moss block-customized blueprint
  
• All firework types give off sound effects
  
• Sleeping in a bed for the first time no longer triggers a “New Area Discovered” message/ reveals a grid on the map
  
• Mobs can now be attacked while they are in a teleporter
  
• Customizing Curtains no longer create error blocks around them
  
• Frozen Container no longer mysteriously hides itself after leaving and returning to an area
  
• /setspawn should work again
  
• @ and other symbols can now be correctly used in text fields regardless of the keyboard layout
  
• Safe walk now prevents players from walking off slopes
  
• Player preferences are now tied to your Steam account instead of the client

From Jeremy: "Small easter egg, when you save your costume customization in the menu, a high res screen of your character is saved to C:\Users\your user\AppData\LocalLow\PlayfulCorp\Creativerse\avatar

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