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It's a Cube
3 years ago

It's a Cube is now in it's beta stage! I plan to push a new update every week from this point forward. You can purchase the first beta version (and all future versions from this point for that matter) for $1 USD.


Here's what's changed since the tech demo (see changelog.txt included in download for more details):

- Visually improved the game in all aspects

- Added music

- Added a main menu

- Fixed cube jittering bug

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