+ Edit Mode
~ Moved Special tools to the edit tab
~ Expect more tools in the future
+ Relations - Multiple pixels as a single entity
+ Group and Ungroup tool in edit tab
+ Grouped pixels fall and move as one structure
+ Grouped pixels are ungrouped when broken or changing states
+ Grouped pixels can displace fluids (Experimental)
+ More Shift-Select functionality:
+ Battery can set a frequency to create timers
+ Image tool can set element
~ Fire begins more yellow and gets redder quicker
+ Icing (Hidden) made with Butter and Sugar
~ Liquids and Gases appear less grainy
~ Settings changes
+ Speed option in Settings to replace TPS button
+ Keybind: T to change TPS
~ Renamed E button to Elem button
~ Improved simulation speeds
- Removed World Gen
~ We recommend the PRNGworldgenlib.js mod, a much better world generator
- Removed Cheerful Mode
[Changes]
+ Escape can be pressed to cancel while drawing a line
+ Fillers can be painted and will fight other colors
+ Portals show destination lines when hovered over or selected
+ Portal In can be selected with the Elem button by typing 'Portal'
+ Lightning placed near certain elements will change color
+ Worms can break down Flour, Dough, Adobe, Paper, Confetti, Cellulose, Cheese, and Potato
+ Worms can move through Mulch
+ Radiation will radiate Batter
+ Rad Steam causes Cheese to rot
~ Filters and Gates are Acid-resistant
~ Portals no longer teleport Fuse
~ Ruler measures diagonal lines as a pixel count instead of hypotenuse
~ Unique flame colors for Nickel, Iron, and Mercury
~ Rearranged Special category
~ Opening the Info, Mods, or Settings menus will pause the game
~ Steam: All canvas sizes now stretch to the full screen width
+ Assigned densities to many solids
+ Keybind: Quote (") to toggle Edit Mode
[Bug Fixes]
~ Fixed: Dragging pixels through Filters creates ghost pixels
~ Fixed: Filters can break when transporting to Gates or Pipes
~ Fixed: Pixels are rendered in incorrect position when mixing with Pipe, Filter, or Gate
~ Fixed: Broken modded saves are loaded every bootup
~ Fixed: Precision Dot is misaligned with 2- and 4-wide brushes
~ Fixed: Portals can't transmit electricity if surrounded by pixels
~ Fixed: E-cloner can't be set to Fuse by clicking on it
~ Fixed: Some saves throw TypeError "Cannot set properties of undefined"
~ Fixed: Prop tool always unpauses after dialog
~ Fixed: Z and Backspace keys select Heat by default instead of Sand
~ Fixed: Random can't place Fire, Plasma, Ink, Bless, Rock Wall, Cold Fire, Sun, Pointer, or Art
~ Fixed: Elem dialog doesn't close if button is pressed again
~ Fixed: Wrong font when language set to Italian
~ Fixed: Magnesium melts at a much lower temperature than expected
~ Fixed: Shift-selecting Random and inputting 'random' causes errors
[Technical]
~ Note: Optimizations mean a lot of code was rewritten, please report any issues and be patient
~ Note: Don't pass an 'rgba' color to drawSquare, use the 'alpha' argument instead
+ Pixel relations system
+ Used to group pixels together
+ '_r' pixel property to identify its relation (should be an integer)
+ 'trackPaint' element property (boolean)
+ 'painted' pixel property (color code) given to these elements when painted
+ "Failed to load" message instead of hanging forever
~ 'con' contents only render if element has existing 'canContain' property
~ 'onMouseDown' element event only triggers with left clicks
~ Acid Gas 'ignore' property is now identical to Acid
~ Elements with a set density but no state are set to solid
~ Fuse no longer shows hidden element
~ Save version is now sb7
+ Filter
+ Only allows the first element it touches to pass
+ Gate
+ Only allows pixels to pass if electrified
+ Only conducts electricity into itself and Wire
+ Canvas background images
+ Some presets and custom image URLs
+ Outline View (Press 5)
+ 2-wide and 4-wide brushes
+ Ruler tool in Special to measure lengths and angles
+ Manual element control
+ Shift-clicking certain element buttons prompt the user for more information
+ Erase tool allows only deleting certain elements
+ Cloners allow multiple comma-separated elements
+ Filters allow states (solid, liquid, or gas) or multiple elements
+ Sensors allow sensing specific elements
+ Portals allow the setting of channels
+ Void allows only deleting certain elements
+ Random tool allows pre-selected element choices
+ Explosion allows custom radius
+ Antibombs allow pre-selected explosion elements
~ Replaced LED Red, Green, and Blue with a single customizable LED
~ LEDs in old saves are automatically converted to the new element
- Merged Superheaters and Freezers with Heaters and Coolers
+ Heaters can be heated to heat the same as a Superheater
+ Coolers can be cooled to cool the same as a Freezer
- Removed Tesla Coil and Shocker
~ These elements in old saves are automatically converted to E-cloners
~ Drag tool is faster and smoother
~ Pixelated and colorful button borders
+ Translations for Swedish
+ Parital translations for Japanese, Thai, Arabic, Hebrew, and Viossa
[Changes]
+ Pipes can transport pixels directly with Filter and Gate
~ Pipes no longer conduct heat
~ Brightened blue stage in Pipes
~ Incomplete pipes darken after being initialized
+ Oxygen can be used to dispose Molten Lead in reactors
+ Electrolysis of raw Salt
+ Smashing hot Cooked Meat releases Grease
+ Worms can compost Lettuce, Tomato, Corn, Pickle, and Bread
+ Rats can eat Spiders
+ Caramel and Herb make peppermint-colored sugar
+ Baking Soda can be made with Lye and Carbon Dioxide
+ Melting Ash with Dirt creates Tuff
~ Poison Gas no longer makes Slag from molten elements
~ Perfume can exist at room temperature
~ Acid doesn't dissolve Mercury or Diamond
~ Sulfur ignites when hot
~ All Cloud types can be smashed like Rain Cloud
~ Thermite burns into less Iron
~ Rock Wall deletes Light when placed over it for better eclipses
- Removed Gallium-Sodium reaction
~ Copper Sulfate reacts with more carbs
~ Rainbow recipe uses Pointer instead of Flash
~ Bless deletes Strange Matter instead of turning it into Neutron
+ Static recipe
+ Malware can mix with some metals to create machine parts
+ Tea stains Paper
+ Unique fire color for Tin
~ Element buttons are consistently spaced on all sides
~ Recolored Pyrite
~ Acid has a smoother texture
~ Purple Gold is slightly more purple
~ Hyphae and Lichen are grainier
~ Recolored Random button
~ Recolored Balloon button
~ Recolored Confetti button
~ Recolored Hair button
~ Recolored Pistil button
~ Reordered colors in many buttons for consistent "lighting" look
~ Rice, Candy, Nut Oil, Dye, Rainbow, and Spray Paint buttons display with dark text
+ Firefly alias 'Lightning Bug'
~ Shortened hiding setting labels
~ Language should automatically be set from browser preferences (Untested)
~ Re-saving after saving automatically fills in name, author, and description
~ Save browser thumbnails are crisper
~ Steam Deck compliance
[Technical]
+ 'onShiftSelect' element property, called when selecting element while holding Shift
+ 'onlyConduct' element property, list of the only elements to conduct electricity into
+ 'renderTool' element property, renderer function called once per frame while selected
+ 'updateOrder' element property, prioritizes (positive) or deprioritizes (negative) tick order (integer; default 0)
+ autoResizeRatio(height,width) function (e.g. (16,9))
~ 'shiftDown' variable is set even when in a menu
[Bug Fixes]
~ Fixed: Placing Humans with Replace Mode causes a gory mess
~ Fixed: Using Human on Cloners cause a gory mess
~ Fixed: Bottom pixels can be cut off on certain window sizes
~ Fixed: Line-drawing preview is opaque when using a theme
~ Fixed: Text in Debug popup can't be selected
~ Fixed: onClicked passes "unknown" when no element is selected, now passes null
~ Fixed: onMouseDown doesn't get called on mobile
~ Fixed: onMouseDown is called when clicking out of a menu
~ Fixed: Using Heat Ray on Stained Glass can make Rainbows
~ Fixed: Saves with pipes containing invalid elements fail to load
~ Fixed: Some Fireflies stay illuminated after hitting another
~ Fixed: Liquid/gaseous pixels with 'skip' property can be displaced by denser pixels
~ Fixed: Salt isn't considered a food and can't be eaten by Humans
~ Fixed: Corn can't be dragged or put into Pipes
[Version 1.12 - July 17, 2025 - Saves For All]
+ Featured Saves tab
+ Discord Saves tab
+ Browse community-made saves from our server
+ Lye, a reactive powder
+ Invar, a dark metal alloy (Hidden)
+ Streak View (Press 4)
[Steam Edition Changes]
+ Workshop support
+ Add and load community-made saves
+ Publish saves for everyone to discover
+ Save tagging support
+ Rich Presence support for Discord and Steam Chat
+ Show off your current element and canvas state
~ Saves are stored in a new game data folder instead of slots
+ Mods can be loaded from the game data folder for offline use
~ Dependencies are currently not supported for local files
+ "Open Data Folder" button in Settings
+ Steam automatically selects supported languages
+ Save author name will default to Steam username
- Hid "Clear Saves" button
~ Version and element count are shown again
[Changes]
+ Button click animations
+ Corn has gravity
+ Cloner elements can be set by clicking over them
+ Dyes can be mixed into liquids
+ Sand can be dyed into Color Sand
+ Stained Glass can be made by melting Glass with certain metals
+ Batteries are breakable
+ Vaccine and Antidote can freeze
+ Small amounts of Vaccine can be made by boiling Antibody
+ Vaccine can be made by mixing Antibody with Sugar Water
+ Cream can be turned into Yogurt
+ Clay and Brick Rubble makes Clay Soil
+ Slime rots Meat
+ Glue turns Crumb into Bread
+ Yeast ferments Wheat
+ Vinegar-Ammonia reaction
+ Bleach-Baking Soda reaction
+ Blood bubbles before boiling
+ Infection passively creates Plague
+ Pool Water slowly breaks down DNA
+ Distilling Oil with Hydrogen makes Sulfur and Water (Claus process)
+ Greek Fire is made with Oil and Sap, instead of Sulfur
+ Sulfur stains Silver
+ Candy from freezing Honey or Molasses has a unique color
+ Ember changes color when hitting elements with flame colors
+ Plasma can heat existing pixels when placed over them
+ Magnesium-Acid reaction produces Hydrogen
+ Gold variants are immune to Acid
+ Acid decomposes at extreme temperatures
+ Ammonia decomposes at high temperatures
+ Copper Sulfate reacts with other carbs like Sugar
+ Molten Caustic Potash electrolysis
+ Virus and Strange Matter ignore Pointer
+ Neutrons radiate Glass Shards
+ Cancer kills Homunculi
+ Anesthesia and Alcohol Gas calm Humans
~ Human will be selected when using Pick on Head or Body
~ Tweaked Diamond formation
~ Walls and Pipes don't change Light color
~ God Ray is better at extinguishing fires
~ Ember no longer produces Fire on its own
~ Salt Water electrolysis produces Lye (Chloralkali process)
~ Sodium-Water reaction produces Lye
~ Improved Sodium-Acid reaction
~ Potassium-Acid reaction is more violent
~ Acid no longer deletes Smoke or Fire
~ Gallium-Aluminum reaction is more destructive
~ Supernovae create Mercury and Aluminum
~ Antimatter no longer explodes when hitting the border
~ Lightning no longer explodes when hitting the border on Void mode
~ Uranium releases Radiation more consistently when falling
~ Rats release Plague more consistently when falling
~ Molten Stained Glass has colorful Fire
+ Rainbow and Static affect the color of Fire
~ Canvas will shrink dynamically to fit screen width
+ Empty canvases will be reset automatically when window is resized
+ Saves menu tabs
~ Saves menu takes up more screen space
~ Modded saves automatically reload the save and remove new mods after session
+ Sandboxels will reload on canvas reset after changing mods
+ TPS is restored after unloading a save
+ Button to reload after adding or removing mods
~ Currently-loaded save will be underscored in menu
~ Saves keep track of standalone version (i.e. Steam)
~ Save warnings use native Sandboxels prompts
~ Reset Warning setting affects save loading popup on non-empty canvas
- Loading a save no longer changes your selected view
~ 'Reset Scene' buttons in Settings now confirm before resetting
~ Cursor color is affected by theme color
~ Canvas Size and Worldgen settings automatically reset empty canvases
~ Updated styling of bottom links
~ Links are underlined when hovered over
~ Prompts are closed when elements are deselected
~ Confirm buttons for data reset prompts are red to show danger
~ Entering an invalid TPS no longer resets to 30 TPS
~ Recolored Gold
~ Recolored Zinc
~ Recolored Nickel
~ Recolored Tungsten
~ Recolored Sulfur
~ Recolored Brass
~ Recolored Sterling
~ Recolored Solder
~ Recolored Molten Aluminum and removed heat glow
~ Recolored Molten Caustic Potash and removed Fire
~ Recolored Soda made from Juice
~ Poison, Radiation, God Ray, Aluminum, Insulation, Bead, and Color Sand display with dark text
~ Prop tool can convert between boolean and number types
+ Broth alias 'Soup'
+ Jelly alias 'Jam'
+ Soda alias 'Cola'
+ Hard Yolk alias 'Fried Egg'
+ Gunpowder alias 'Black Powder'
[Bug Fixes]
~ Fixed: Enabled mods can be stuck behind input box
~ Fixed: Flies and Bees get stuck on Loop border modes
~ Fixed: Rock Wall and Bless can't be used as Image element
~ Fixed: Screenshots don't include background color if it was never set
~ Fixed: Corrupted save error messages don't appear
~ Fixed: Large save canvases can go off-screen
~ Fixed: Cheerful Mode setting button has old behavior
~ Fixed: Cheerful Mode setting 'Refresh Page' button doesn't work
~ Fixed: runEveryTick() runs even when paused
~ Fixed: World gen replaces Destroyable border pixels with Wall
~ Fixed: Random events and modded per-tick events don't happen when stepping ticks
~ Fixed: Maximum cursor size doesn't fill entire canvas with odd widths
~ Fixed: Unpaint tool removes fancy textures
~ Fixed: Category buttons don't glow in Unlock as Discovered mode
~ Fixed: Coolers and Freezers affect insulative elements
~ Fixed: Lightning heats insulative elements
~ Fixed: Dark element button text isn't triggered by buttonColor
~ Fixed: Force-loaded mod dependencies don't load properly on Steam
~ Fixed: Theme background doesn't affect entire page on Steam Edition
[Technical]
+ New helper functions:
+ getPixel(x, y) -> Pixel object or null
+ tryCreate(element, x, y, replace?) -> Pixel object or null
+ tryDelete(x, y) -> Pixel object or null
+ 'onCollide' element property, called when the pixel moves into any other (function(pixel1,pixel2))
+ 'onClicked' element property, called when the pixel is clicked on (function(pixel,element))
+ 'skip' pixel property, skips simulation of the pixel
+ 'RL' behavior rule, releases an element in any available space
+ 'clear' view property for clearing the canvas layers, defaults to true
+ modIsEnabled(str) function, checks only file names (e.g. "glow.js")
+ promptChoose() for multiple-choice prompts
+ promptDir() for direction-based prompts
~ Debug console has been re-enabled on Steam Edition
~ Pick and Erase tools are no longer hard-coded
~ Sensor 'sense' property can take multiple comma-separated values
~ Save version is now sb5
[Version 1.11.2 - May 16, 2025 - Steam Release]
+ Sandboxels is now on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3664820/Sandboxels/
+ Theme color setting
+ Destroyable border mode
+ Support for Korean, Italian, Serbian, and Australian English
[Changes]
~ Backgrounds of menus are blurred
~ Solids are no longer affected by Void or Loop borders
~ World gen is surrounded by Wall with Void or Loop borders
+ Notice when window is resized for the first time
~ Saves Menu, Mod Manager, Debug, and Reset settings use native Sandboxels prompts
[Bug Fixes]
~ Fixed: Category buttons show underscores in names
~ Fixed: World gen doesn't fill entire canvas horizontally
~ Fixed: Elements dynamically added repeatedly aren't selectable
[Technical]
+ Multiple mods can be added at once, separated by semicolon (;)
+ 'locked' element property, will prevent selection when set to true
+ 'fancy' view property, will allow rendering with Fancy Pixels off when set to false
[Version 1.11.1 - April 1, 2025 - FOOLS-2-5]
+ Border setting
+ Void deletes pixels that touch the sides
+ Loop teleports pixels that touch the sides
~ Improved Thermal View now uses hottest and coldest pixels as bounds
+ Finnish and Indonesian languages
[FOOLS]
+ Element Modulator
+ FOOLS Mode is back!
~ Note: FOOLS features will disappear April 4th
[Changes]
+ Keybind: Ctrl+O to load a save file
+ Keybind: Ctrl+Shift+O to reload the last loaded save
+ Flame test can be done on elements with fire colors
+ Honey and Molasses freeze into Candy
+ 'Golden Wind' Tornado variant
+ Milk variants can be churned into Butter
+ Udders can absorb certain liquids to produce Milk variants
+ Cheese can be made with Cream
+ Soda foam has a unique color
+ Candy dissolves in Water
+ Void is insulative
+ Bless stops panic in Humans
+ Gunpowder explodes when shocked
+ Ozone can cure Infection
+ Dust and Ash dirty Seltzer
+ Calcium can react with Steam
+ Magnesium reacts with Water and Steam
+ Sponges can release Water absorbed from soils
+ Sponges separate Water variant contents
+ Primordial Soup can freeze
+ Positrons shock Antimatter
~ Antimatter no longer explodes when touching Cloners
~ Thermite burns into Molten Iron
+ Acid stains Silver
~ Tweaked Acid-Potassium reaction
~ Frogs have a unique egg color
~ Molten Rad Glass is greener
~ Recolored Pilk Cheese
~ Bless removes Filler, Lattice, Vertical, and Horizontal
~ Copper Sulfate is no longer flammable
+ Copper Sulfate produces Poison Gas when burned
+ Baking Soda alias 'Sodium Bicarbonate'
+ Cellulose alias 'Paper Paste'
+ Cyanide alias 'Hydrogen Cyanide'
+ Acid Gas alias 'Hydrochloric Acid Gas'
+ Adobe alias 'Mud Brick'
+ Saves can keep Limitless Mode if settings are included
~ Saves no longer update cursor size
+ Partial translations for Dutch, Korean, Italian, Serbian, and Emoji
~ Halacae translations completed
~ Prompt inputs no longer allow autocomplete
[Bug Fixes]
~ Fixed: Half-pixels on the edges of smaller canvases
~ Fixed: LEDs can create ghost pixels when absorbing Light
~ Fixed: Eggs break when placed with Drag tool
~ Fixed: Frozen Yogurt variants don't retain color when melting
~ Fixed: Frozen elements aren't generated properly when no state is present
~ Fixed: Tea and Coffee start boiling when placed manually
~ Fixed: Duplicate mods can be added
~ Fixed: Portals can't teleport pixels being dragged
~ Fixed: Embers are never deleted when Burning is disabled
~ Fixed: Mix tool can be used on ghost pixels
~ Fixed: Saves can set cursor size to impossible sizes
~ Fixed: colorOn isn't applied by reactions
[Technical]
+ Mod dependency system, see dependency_test.js for more info
+ Elements can be added dynamically with addElement()
+ onAddElement(callback) function, called when element is added dynamically
+ loadedMods array holds mods that have been loaded
+ onSelect and onUnselect properties for custom views
+ Portals display channel on hover
+ 'mouseColor' setting
~ Unknown is now in the Special category (Still hidden)
~ Save version is now sb4 and includes new border settings
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