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It's a Cube
3 years ago

I've released an update for It's a Cube! This version mostly adds API support, but I also cleaned a lot of the code and made a few other technical improvements.


Changes since previous version (see changelog.txt for more information):

- Added Game Jolt trophies and scoreboard support

- Technical improvements

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