Puzzles of the World: Changelog

Version 1.10

This update brings a refreshed interface, mixed reality puzzling, improved visuals and sound, and extensive performance improvements.

Build in Your Space

  • Bring your puzzles into your real surroundings with the new Your Space passthrough option. Enjoy building without environment music or ambience, while keeping the sounds of your interactions.

A Refreshed Interface

  • Redesigned the main menu with updated artwork, interactive puzzle boxes and clearer puzzle and location previews.

  • Improved text clarity, layout and positioning across gameplay screens.

  • Updated the Pause Menu with Resume, audio settings and a confirmation before returning to the main menu.

  • Refined the cabin tutorial with clearer instructions and consistent styling.

More Natural Interactions

  • Improved hand-tracking and controller interactions with the CD player and tabletop buttons.

  • Refined distance grabbing and controller interaction indicators.

  • Added clearer placement feedback: a white ghost previews the piece’s position, turning teal when it is ready to snap.

  • Standardized starting table heights for a more comfortable seated experience.

Improved Sights and Sounds

  • Refined environment lighting, skybox clarity, textures and materials.

  • Updated puzzle and environment outlines, with less visual clutter around foliage.

  • Added and refreshed sound effects for menus, puzzle pieces, page turns, buttons and puzzle-box shaking.

  • Improved audio balance and added sound variations for grabbing and snapping pieces.

  • Enhanced completion fireworks with larger displays and thicker, smoother trails.

Smoother Performance

  • Optimized puzzle assembly and collision handling to reduce frame drops when moving tables and assembled puzzles.

  • Improved performance as new groups of pieces appear.

  • Reduced texture-memory pressure from menu artwork and 3D puzzle previews.

  • Upgraded the game’s underlying engine and XR integration.

Fixes and Polish

  • Updated the Venetian Gondola manual with corrected instructions.

  • Fixed manual pages wrapping incorrectly after reaching the back cover.

  • Corrected viewpoint positions in Cuzco.

  • Fixed several water, foliage, ground-overlap and lighting artifacts.

  • Improved pause-menu pointers, tabletop button visibility and completion messages.

  • Corrected inconsistencies when opening the main menu for the first time.