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Update 1.3.4 and new domain!Feb 19, 2025 - Community AnnouncementsHello, dear fans of the game Big Journey to Home! It’s been a very long time since the last update, over 4 years! A lot has happened in my life since then. Unfortunately, game development no longer interests me at the moment, but I still want to continue supporting my products. The first game I made is a special project that I poured a lot of time and effort into, and I learned a great deal from it. Recently, it has become more difficult to maintain the domain name bigjourneytohome.com. As a result, the game’s website has moved to a new address: https://bigjourneytohome.ru/. I’ve already transferred everything, including updating the databases, blog data, and so on. You won’t notice any issues with the game servers’ functionality. However, another problem arose that required a patch, version 1.3.4. I’m not sure how long this bug existed, but due to an incorrect server request, the game would crash if the player wasn’t logged into BJtH-Online but was connected to the internet. Fortunately, I was able to fix this. Please note that the patch is essentially a hotfix; the engine and even the game version in some places remain unchanged. Unfortunately, I couldn’t update the game on the SlideME and Amazon App Store platforms. The game is also no longer available on Kartridge due to its closure. The Microsoft Store version wasn’t updated because it doesn’t require the patch. Update 1.3.4 can be downloaded from the website, Steam, and itch.io. By the way, this year marks the game’s 10th anniversary. It’s a milestone, so I won’t let it go unnoticed. Stay tuned for news! Thank you for your support over all these years! Enjoy the game! Full changelog: Game server address changed Fixed a bug with the game crashing without login, but with the Internet enabled Best regards, Silver Sword!Update 1.3.3 is out!Jan 19, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHi all, dear fans of the game! You may have noticed that since January 16, the game at the launching gave an error and crashed. I deeply apologize for this problem! I'm fixed it and a few more in the new 1.3.3 update, which is already available for download on the site, on Steam, itch, Kartridge, Microsoft Store, SlideME and Amazon App Store! Basically, the new patch fixed a lot of bugs, critical and not so much. Of the particularly unpleasant ones, the controls didn't work in the Xbox One version and cloud saves in BJtH-Online didn't work correctly. In addition, the dialogs on macOS were reworked (now they don't require SDL2), and extension, which involves services BJtH-Online, was rebuilt for Apple Silicon. As a nice little bonus, the level completion screens have been slightly improved and a boss life bar has been added. This is actually the main changes of this update. The full list of changes, as usual, at the end. Thank you for your support! Enjoy the game! Full changelog: Game crash on launch outside of Christmas period was fixed BJtH-Online cloud save function was fixed Gamepad control was fixed BJtH-Online service on Android 9 and higher, macOS with Apple Silicon and Linux with ARM was fixed Message boxes on macOS was reworked. Now they don't require SDL2 and work on Apple Silicon Screen content with level totals was fixed Bug with music when switching to a boss room was fixed Some bugs in dark rooms was fixed Boss life bar when Hardcore mode is turned off was added Yours, Silver Sword!New 1.3.2 update! (Apple Silicon included)Jan 10, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHello everyone! It's been a long time since release of The Light Sword Team games. Big Journey to Home has a decade of history, Spectrubes was created as an experiment, ported to Xbox One, and grew into big project Spectrubes Infinity with Steam Workshop support. I remember times of development and releases with great warmth, it was awesome! Thanks to everyone for bringing these games into the world and having you play them (though not as often as I'd like)! Thank you all those who helped with development and supported me! Thank you for your votes on Steam Greenlight when they were so important to release of games on Steam platform! As you know, Apple recently introduced their computers with own processor. I was greatly inspired by this and decided to port games to this wonderful platform. So, new updates are already coming out! Of course, apart from just porting I did some more innovations. Original Spectrubes game remained unchanged and hasn't been ported, but I made a little surprise for the owners of this game too! Now directly to the Big Journey to Home update. The game now supports Apple Silicon processors on macOS and ARM processors on Linux! Unfortunately, there may be problems because other libraries were not recompiled. Hopefully, the game will run stably overall. Next, I finally implemented function to skip any room in the single player game. All you have to do is press F4 while playing the game. Of course, you can't do this without consequences. Skipping adds 2500 moves, and if you choose to skip more than 2 rooms per level, you won't be able to post a highscore and get achievements during it. Try the new feature (just try not to abuse it :P)! I've also optimized saves within a single room. They work faster because they are now written to RAM instead of hard drive. Especially this is noticeable on computers with HDDs and with not powerful smartphones. The game has been added a few small things and some bugs have been fixed. I want to mention separately the removal of BJtH Updater. In the regular version update through the game has been removed, because the game is updated rarely, and mainly update is going through store launchers. Overall, not bad update came out, I think. As usual, a list of all changes is listed at the very end. By the way, version for Xbox One, Linux ARM and update for Android in Amazon App Store may be delayed for a few days. Thanks to everyone who is still playing games from The Light Sword Team! I may surprise you with something new soon, stay tuned! ;) Full changelog: Added support for Apple Silicon processors Added support for Linux on ARM machines (Raspberry Pi and similar) Added ability to skip rooms in single player mode Running game on Steam for Linux was fixed Discord status was fixed and improved Updating via BJtH Updater was removed Save system within a room was optimized Christmas snow was added, it goes in main menu from December 15 to January 15 if effects are enabled Team logo was updated Game engin...1.3.1 update is out!Jan 20, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHi all, dear fans of the game! Today new patch 1.3.1 has been released! Unexpectedly, isn't it? In new update has been added Discord support. Now your friends can see, which level you're exploring on current moment. Also, save system in room has been changed. Now you can save on the scrolls infinite number of times, R button rolls back on one save before. If you press R multiple times, you can return in start of current room. E button is not using for roll back now. Try to use this saves. They're more usable than previous one! In this update also has been fixed a some bugs and added other little improvements. You can read full list of changes, as usual, below. Thank you all again for supporting the game! I can't say for now, if game gets new updates or not. If you find any critical bug, write about it! Full changelog: Support for Discord status was added Save system was reworked. Now on the scrolls you can save infinite number of times, R or left button rolls back one save until completely restart room Functionality of E and right button was removed Algorithm of smooth movement of player and monsters was reworked Steam Cloud functionality has been untied from BJtH-Online Bug with the animation of the sword attack was fixed Bug with incorrectly working touch controls in side story was fixed Bug with clicking on avatar in the side story was fixed Bug with displaying Xbox buttons on pause screen was fixed Bug with displaying dialogs in side story was fixed Bug with creating a clone in level editor was fixed Aspect ratio of the screen in full screen mode was fixed Game size has been optimised Game engine was updated Yours, Silver Sword. Big update 1.3!Jan 8, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHi all, dear Big Journey to Home fans! I'm thought a lot after the Xbox One release and decided to make the last update. Last update was released about 3 years ago. And as result, I was worked 20 days with a few new functionality and bug fixing. I'm thought about increasing Xbox One version, and other versions too. I knew that cooperative game mode is not popular and I was added this levels for playing alone. Now you can complete it. New 40 rooms for single player! I named it "Side story", you can change stories from main menu in top right corner. But how it can be played, if you must play with 2 characters? Switching through Tab button, it's simple! By the way, cooperative game is now fully fixed, earlier few rooms causes crashes. Next, I wanted to redesign dialog system. Earlier they are appeared above speaking character and was pretty small. Now they're big and appearing below screen, character name is write before a dialog. It's good choice for small screens! If you don't like this appearance, you can change dialog system in settings. According to your wishes BJtH-Online linking is now optional. In main menu registration window isn't appeared every time, achievements and leaderboards are now working without BJtH-Online registration. Unfortunately, for technical reasons achievements are still requires Internet connection, and if registration in BJtH-Online had complete after getting Steam achievements, they can't be transferred. Last thing that I wanted to make was modify macOS version until fully working state. Now it's fully working! Also, iOS version is built, and the game changed game engine. Now it's GMS2. Unfortunately, game is not working on 32-bit OS Linux and Windows XP. Saves from older versions also may be not work. Game has more new useful functions, but this post is too big, so, as usual, I will show full changelog below. And check this new update trailer. Thank you all for game supporting! https://youtu.be/VgYkWbsnvE8 Also, because update is released, you can buy the game in main stores for 50% discount for a week, in Microsoft Store 20%. Hurry up! Full changelog: Cooperative game for playing alone was added Main menu was redesigned, now you can switch the campaign through the Tab button New dialog output system was added, now dialogs of heroes are displayed below Achievements and Steam leaderboards now working independently of BJtH-Online Game engine was updated, increased system requirements Faster routes were added for some rooms The iOS version is out of beta Game crashes when displaying message boxes in the version for macOS were fixed Input and login message boxes was redesigned Game controls was redesigned. Now all the layouts work simultaneously, you can turn on touch controls in the settings Gamepad control was improved Some critical bugs in the cooperative game were fixed Bug with the displaying room numbers in version for Xbox One was fixed Portrait of Jack in the cooperative game was added BJtH Updater for Linux was f...Xbox One release!Dec 14, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsHi all, dear fans of the game! More than three years was passed since release. It's pretty big period, isn't it? Thanks you all, who supported and followed this game! I'm really appreciated this! Recently I've got an idea, how to refresh Big Journey to Home. And now, this version of game has been appeared. Now you can play on game console Xbox One! This version of the game includes only single mode, represented by 12 levels. Level editor, cooperative game and BJtH-Online functions has been removed. But this version has new functionality. Achievement system doesn't removed. Achievements and process are saving inside the game, you can look it in main menu. Gamepad controls has been improved and fixed, Settings menu - fully rewritten, now it's look like this from game Spectrubes. Version of the game is 1.2. If you don't have Xbox One, this version is also working on computer with installed Windows 10. Keyboard and mouse are supporting with "Laptop" configuration. You can buy it only for 2.49$! Try it now! Also, from now you can buy Spectrubes for Xbox One with 50% discount only until 21 December. Hurry up! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/9475868/5d1e2bf1c4da06341849d2a301fcb5497c32d17e.png As you can see, support of other version has been cancelled for indefinite period of time. But game servers will not turned off, you can play cooperative game or use BJtH-Online services as usual. Thank you all again for being with us! Yours, Silver Sword!Spectrubes Infinity announcementMar 25, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsHello, dear fans! Today, the 25th of March, Spectrubes turns 2 years old! Thank you for your support! Thanks to you, the game was released on a variety of different platforms, including the XBox One. To celebrate, I have a new announcement to make. I have been away from game development for a while, but decided to return to Spectrubes. I am pleased to introduce you to a new, improved, extended and endless Spectrubes Infinity! This new game moves away from a classic ZX Spectrum look in favour of a modern 1080p Full HD visual style. It includes 50 new levels with new game mechanics, including cubes with even more complex movement patterns. Why is this game called "Infinity"? This is due to the introduction of Steam Workshop support, providing user-made content such as new levels and themes which can change any visual or auditory aspect of the game. If you already have Spectrubes in your Steam library, you will be able to play the original 100 levels and/or use the original visual style in the new engine. There's also bonus content for the owners of my very first game, Big Journey to Home! The new game comes out on the 20th of April in Steam. The Steam Store page will be up in a few days, so stay tuned! Finally, I'd like to show you a trailer for the new game: https://youtu.be/UAXaAkHzfU4 Yours, Silver SwordSpectrubes Infinity announcementMar 25, 2018 - Community AnnouncementsHello, dear fans! Today, the 25th of March, Spectrubes turns 2 years old! Thank you for your support! Thanks to you, the game was released on a variety of different platforms, including the XBox One. To celebrate, I have a new announcement to make. I have been away from game development for a while, but decided to return to Spectrubes. I am pleased to introduce you to a new, improved, extended and endless Spectrubes Infinity! This new game moves away from a classic ZX Spectrum look in favour of a modern 1080p Full HD visual style. It includes 50 new levels with new game mechanics, including cubes with even more complex movement patterns. Why is this game called "Infinity"? This is due to the introduction of Steam Workshop support, providing user-made content such as new levels and themes which can change any visual or auditory aspect of the game. If you already have Spectrubes in your Steam library, you will be able to play the original 100 levels and/or use the original visual style in the new engine. There's also bonus content for the owners of my very first game, Big Journey to Home! The new game comes out on the 20th of April in Steam. The Steam Store page will be up in a few days, so stay tuned! Finally, I'd like to show you a trailer for the new game: https://youtu.be/UAXaAkHzfU4 Yours, Silver SwordBJtH 1 year anniversary!Aug 25, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsHello, dear fans! It's now exactly one year since Big Journey to Home was released, which was on the 20th August of 2015. The development first stated on 5th August of the long forgotten year 2010. During all these years, both us and you have done a lot. Thanks for everyone for supporting us and buying the game! Those who haven't gotten the game yet are welcome to join the celebration with a 66% discount until August 30th! Hurry up! There's a surprise waiting for you after the sale as well. The game hasn't received any updates recently. Unfortunately, due to the lack of engine updates, we're still unable to fix the OS X version bugs. We will likely release our last update soon, which will disable the mandatory linking of BJtH-Online and Steam accounts. Thank you again for your support. Yours, Silver Sword!BJtH 1 year anniversary!Aug 25, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsHello, dear fans! It's now exactly one year since Big Journey to Home was released, which was on the 20th August of 2015. The development first stated on 5th August of the long forgotten year 2010. During all these years, both us and you have done a lot. Thanks for everyone for supporting us and buying the game! Those who haven't gotten the game yet are welcome to join the celebration with a 66% discount until August 30th! Hurry up! There's a surprise waiting for you after the sale as well. The game hasn't received any updates recently. Unfortunately, due to the lack of engine updates, we're still unable to fix the OS X version bugs. We will likely release our last update soon, which will disable the mandatory linking of BJtH-Online and Steam accounts. Thank you again for your support. Yours, Silver Sword!Spectrubes ReleaseMar 29, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsHello, dear fans of Big Journey to Home! We'd like to remind you, that a new game from The Light Sword Team, Spectrubes, is out! It's a cube-based puzzle game. Details may be found on the Steam page of the game, or the official website. I'd also like to inform you about the BJtH 1.1.2 upgrade. It's coming along, just really slowly. I'm hoping that main bugs of the OS X version will be fixed very soon. Thank you for your support! Yours, Silver SwordSpectrubes ReleaseMar 29, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsHello, dear fans of Big Journey to Home! We'd like to remind you, that a new game from The Light Sword Team, Spectrubes, is out! It's a cube-based puzzle game. Details may be found on the Steam page of the game, or the official website. I'd also like to inform you about the BJtH 1.1.2 upgrade. It's coming along, just really slowly. I'm hoping that main bugs of the OS X version will be fixed very soon. Thank you for your support! Yours, Silver SwordCollection of Builds DLC release!Mar 18, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsHello, dear fans of the game! The Collection of Builds DLC is finally out! It brings you 14 early builds of Big Journey to Home. You can discover these old versions, understand the flow of our development and even browse through the game resources. You can buy it now on Steam (with a 10% discount!) for $0.89, or on itch.io (game+DLC costs $6.49). Besides that, in the coming days the discount will be extended to cover Big Journey to Home itself (33%) and its soundtrack (50%). Hurry, and get it now at a discounted price! Regarding the OS X update, the deadlock has finally been resolved, so the bugfixes for this version of the game should be available within the next month or two. Thank you for your continued support of Big Journey to Home! On a final note, our new game, Spectrubes, is coming out soon, so stay tuned for updates! Yours, Silver Sword.Collection of Builds DLC release!Mar 18, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsHello, dear fans of the game! The Collection of Builds DLC is finally out! It brings you 14 early builds of Big Journey to Home. You can discover these old versions, understand the flow of our development and even browse through the game resources. You can buy it now on Steam (with a 10% discount!) for $0.89, or on itch.io (game+DLC costs $6.49). Besides that, in the coming days the discount will be extended to cover Big Journey to Home itself (33%) and its soundtrack (50%). Hurry, and get it now at a discounted price! Regarding the OS X update, the deadlock has finally been resolved, so the bugfixes for this version of the game should be available within the next month or two. Thank you for your continued support of Big Journey to Home! On a final note, our new game, Spectrubes, is coming out soon, so stay tuned for updates! Yours, Silver Sword.1.1.1 update is out!Mar 13, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsHello, dear fans of the game! A new, unplanned patch (v1.1.1) was released today. We originally intended to release it later, but we found a critical bug in the game that wouldn't allow to pass level 6, room 5. This bug was fixed, along with a few other minor bugs. The full changelog is available below, as usual. I also regret to inform you that the OS X engine issues are still present, so await further updates to fix those. I also would like to inform you that we no longer work with the Desura game distribution system. If you would like to update to 1.1.1, you need to download the older 1.1 version from Desura, and then run the upgrade from the game itself. Besides that, support has ended for all betas that never got a final release, to be specific, on iOS and Windows Phone 8, as well as the Modern Windows 8 app. Also don't forget that the Collection of Builds DLC is coming on March 18th. You can buy it for $0.99. You can also obtain this DLC on itch.io, along with the game OST. Thank you for playing Big Journey to Home! It's thanks to you that new updates and DLCs are still coming out. I am especially thankful to those who bought the Every Monday 101 Bundle! Full changelog: Fixed a bug related to killing some monsters with a fire sword Fixed a bug with sensor buttons disappearing after Esc has been pressed Fixed some graphical artifacts in level 1 Fixed the BJtH updater on OS X Updated the news feed Yours, Silver Sword.1.1.1 update is out!Mar 13, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsHello, dear fans of the game! A new, unplanned patch (v1.1.1) was released today. We originally intended to release it later, but we found a critical bug in the game that wouldn't allow to pass level 6, room 5. This bug was fixed, along with a few other minor bugs. The full changelog is available below, as usual. I also regret to inform you that the OS X engine issues are still present, so await further updates to fix those. I also would like to inform you that we no longer work with the Desura game distribution system. If you would like to update to 1.1.1, you need to download the older 1.1 version from Desura, and then run the upgrade from the game itself. Besides that, support has ended for all betas that never got a final release, to be specific, on iOS and Windows Phone 8, as well as the Modern Windows 8 app. Also don't forget that the Collection of Builds DLC is coming on March 18th. You can buy it for $0.99. You can also obtain this DLC on itch.io, along with the game OST. Thank you for playing Big Journey to Home! It's thanks to you that new updates and DLCs are still coming out. I am especially thankful to those who bought the Every Monday 101 Bundle! Full changelog: Fixed a bug related to killing some monsters with a fire sword Fixed a bug with sensor buttons disappearing after Esc has been pressed Fixed some graphical artifacts in level 1 Fixed the BJtH updater on OS X Updated the news feed Yours, Silver Sword.Our game in the new bundle + new DLC announced!Mar 7, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsHello, dear fans of the game! I have good news regarding Big Journey to Home! If you still haven't bought the game, or want to gift it to a friend, you can buy it with a discount price right now! You can get our game, and 6 other excellent games for $2 in the Every Monday Bundle 101 from IndieGala. You can buy the bundle here. Apart from that, a new addition for the game is coming on the 18th of March. This isn't a traditional DLC, infact, it's fairly specific. It's named the Collection of Builds, and includes 14 different early builds of the game: demos, alphas, betas, and an early concept prototype. All of this comes with a nice launcher where you can see some information and screenshots of each build. Due to the specifics of early development, this DLC will only be available for Windows, and some of the earliest builds don't have support for the English language. This DLC will cost $1, and you can find more details on its Steam page. Regarding the OS X engine bug that causes the game to crash in some places, it still hasn't been fixed by the engine developers. Unfortunately, I can't provide an approximate release date for 1.1.1. Thank you for supporting the game! I hope that the game will still find its way to new players! Yours, Silver Sword.Our game in the new bundle + new DLC announced!Mar 7, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsHello, dear fans of the game! I have good news regarding Big Journey to Home! If you still haven't bought the game, or want to gift it to a friend, you can buy it with a discount price right now! You can get our game, and 6 other excellent games for $2 in the Every Monday Bundle 101 from IndieGala. You can buy the bundle here. Apart from that, a new addition for the game is coming on the 18th of March. This isn't a traditional DLC, infact, it's fairly specific. It's named the Collection of Builds, and includes 14 different early builds of the game: demos, alphas, betas, and an early concept prototype. All of this comes with a nice launcher where you can see some information and screenshots of each build. Due to the specifics of early development, this DLC will only be available for Windows, and some of the earliest builds don't have support for the English language. This DLC will cost $1, and you can find more details on its Steam page. Regarding the OS X engine bug that causes the game to crash in some places, it still hasn't been fixed by the engine developers. Unfortunately, I can't provide an approximate release date for 1.1.1. Thank you for supporting the game! I hope that the game will still find its way to new players! Yours, Silver Sword.Our new game Spectrubes!Feb 6, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsHello, dear fans of Big Journey to Home! Today, the Light Sword Team announces a new game, Spectrubes! The genre remains the same, that is, it’s still a puzzle game. The idea is to move around cubes which follow different movement patterns, that is, when one cube moves up, another would move down. The game will be stylized as old games on computers such as the ZX Spectrum. The game is now available in Steam Greenlight. Please vote! A small trailer is available here. You may find out more about the game and discuss it, as well as download the demo, on the game’s page. By the way, Big Journey to Home is currently discounted by 33% in celebration of the Lunar New Year. Buy the game now! Thank you for your support! Yours, Silver Sword.Our new game Spectrubes!Feb 6, 2016 - Community AnnouncementsHello, dear fans of Big Journey to Home! Today, the Light Sword Team announces a new game, Spectrubes! The genre remains the same, that is, it’s still a puzzle game. The idea is to move around cubes which follow different movement patterns, that is, when one cube moves up, another would move down. The game will be stylized as old games on computers such as the ZX Spectrum. The game is now available in Steam Greenlight. Please vote! A small trailer is available here. You may find out more about the game and discuss it, as well as download the demo, on the game’s page. By the way, Big Journey to Home is currently discounted by 33% in celebration of the Lunar New Year. Buy the game now! Thank you for your support! Yours, Silver Sword.

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