One Last Major Update
Hello everyone! I know it’s been a while, but I’m excited today to tell you all about what’s going on with Mondrian – Plastic Reality’s final update, “The Last Exhibit.” This is shaping up to be the ultimate Quality of Life update, with a few fun new features too. Let’s take a look.
First and foremost, Mondrian Maker? More like Mondrian Makeover. Everyone’s favorite level editor has been getting some fine-tooth comb improvements, from top to bottom. The menu and context buttons are now more in-line with the rest of the game’s UI. Input text has been set to a higher minimum size for better legibility on Steam Deck. Everything interactive now properly displays the hand cursor. The RGB values have been darkened, making them more legible. You can now click any number to bring up an entry box and type in a value! Last but not least, there are two new block shapes, Right Triangles and Quarter Circles. But there’s more. So… so much more.
A New Way to Showcase your Work
When you go to open a level, you’ll now see a checkbox for “Speed Paint.” Opening a level with this checked will make your level open one block at a time. You can use this to record video of your level’s creation and upload it to your YouTube. Then you can share it on the Community page’s Videos tab! Combine this with playing your game in testing mode and our free-to-use, newly made “shorts ending” to make some instant content. You can download it in MP4 or MOV format off of GitHub.
Other changes include some asset reversion, other bug fixes, and a couple new levels on Steam Workshop. The full 1.6 update is still several months away, but Lifetime Pass owners can grab the current changes off the Beta Branch if you’d like to check out the Speedpaint Mode for yourself. Right click the game in your Steam library, go to Betas, and select “beta” in the dropdown menu. Note that since the new levels use the new block shapes, you will need to be running this latest beta in order to try them out, or they may look… weird. Or may crash the game entirely. No promises.
A Call for Help!
I will be honest with you: this update is actually coming at a cost, and has become a lot of work. There are many ways you can support this update, including buying the game for a friend, getting the whole Mondrian Series Bundle, or purchasing a t-shirt, hat, hoodie, or pair of socks from our merch store. But if you can’t afford any of that, please leave us a review on Steam! Good or bad, we’d greatly appreciate the support either way.
Expect a beta update every 2-3 weeks until “The Last Exhibit” drops for real sometime late this Fall! Please send feedback on the Steam forums or join our Discord.
As always, thank you for playing, and see you at the next update!
– Danny
