Update Log for "Audio Player"

December 25, 2023

Started development on Audio Player together with Huk779.

January 1, 2024

Published the game, exactly one week after starting the project

January 2, 2024

  • replaced dropdowns with scrolling frames
  • fixed the chat breaking when a user has chat disabled
  • fixed the colour picker for mobile
  • added a label to show the amount of new messages
  • fixed chat history not loading when a player who chatted left the server
  • changed the default theme and audio to be less “childish” but appealing for everyone
  • switch chat recipient to “everyone” when previous left
  • fixed several errors related to streaming
  • fixed the action colour not applying to some ui elements
  • removed automatic scrolling when scrolled up
  • added smooth shutdown (when server shuts down, it teleports all players to an update place and back to the new game after a few seconds → new server, same people, no need to manually rejoin)
  • added filtering to feedback (5 character title and 20 character description requirement)
  • added automatic in-experience translation

January 3, 2024

  • clicking on the name or avatar of a chat message now opens their inspect avatar menu
  • changed the “new message” button to be part of the chat button (in brackets)
  • added an invite friends option to the + button next to the chat
  • fixed several issues related to live streaming
  • added a server message when friend leaves the server
  • it now plays your last played audio when you join/ opens the last playlist
  • fixed the padding of the playlist panel (was twice 10 pixels)
  • added a total/weekly statistics section in the menu + topbar button
  • added a message system + topbar button → informs about updates
  • modifiers work with live streaming now

January 4, 2024

  • moved the ID from being visible when clicking on the title to the details section
  • marked edit playlist and end livestream buttons as buttons (transparent background)
  • increased menu size from 0.5,0.5 to 0.8,0.8 scale (up to 700 pixels)

January 5, 2024

  • changed icon background from orange/red → purple/blue
  • removed the background image and replaced it with 3D background, similar to the old avatar creator
  • fixed the topbar icons for the old core gui
  • fixed a bug where it’d automatically translate the chat into whatever language you set Roblox to
  • added “background” section to settings

January 6, 2024

  • fixed some bugs that didn’t impact gameplay but caused error messages
  • fixed an issue where it didn’t reset the playback speed when disconnecting from a livestream
  • the progress bar now shows the original position while dragging in both directions
  • removed the toggle avatar option
  • added switchable backgrounds (for now only 2D and 3D)
  • added emotes: players can play their own emotes and buy new in-game
  • moved the avatar from a viewportframe to workspace to support shadows and be higher quality overall
  • volume visualisation is now 3D in the 3D background

January 7, 2024

  • added “cozy fireplace” background
  • decreased the size of the emote buttons and added a second row
  • backgrounds now livestream, same with emotes
  • changed how audios are tracked (has to be played for at least 25% of song length and 5+ seconds)
  • fixed friend notifications (again lol)
  • clicking on another player’s avatar opens their inventory

January 10, 2024

  • fixed padding of the time frame to be centered
  • fixed chat messages not underlining the username when they left
  • fixed the audio name clipping through the Roblox icon
  • moved emotes to mid
  • added blur when the menu is open (2D blur will follow when editable images are out)
  • improved the use of getProductInfo to send less requests
  • added a preview for emotes
  • thank-you-message when sending feedback worked
  • added two new stations (rock, classical)
  • fixed the gui sometimes clipping into the topbar
  • changed default audio from rbxassetid://1836321905 to rbxassetid://1836984809

January 13, 2024

  • renamed visuals back to “settings” and moved it to the topbar
  • moved statistics to where visuals were
  • removed the tutorial and added a welcome prompt
  • added shuffle to emotes
  • removed group-restriction from action and background colour
  • clicking on a “most listened to” song in statistics now plays it
  • added menu stacking (e.g. when opening the colour picker in the settings it now goes back to the settings when closing it)

February 4, 2024

  • renamed experience from “Audio Player” to “Play Audio!”
  • visualisation scales with screen size (instead of a fixed amount)
  • added a setting to enable dynamic fov
  • added “space” background

February 29, 2024

  • changed to 3D layout, 2D is still playable through a portal, will be outdated though
  • feedback now shows an error message when the title/description is too short or you’re on cooldown
  • added length, artist, album and title to the search
  • changed backgrounds to baseplate, classic baseplate, pink and space
  • removed background colour
  • added a “helper” as replacement for a tutorial

March 6, 2024

  • removed Huk779 from the development team with his consent, solo project now
  • removed the custom admin system, teleport to 2D version and VR features

March 7, 2024

  • visualisation color now is action color → removed visualisation colors boolean setting
  • decreased spawn location size
  • updated search: shows artist and album now
  • updated playlists: merged with playlist into one panel, shows artist and album too now
  • replaced adGui with leaderboard (not functional yet)
  • changed font to Builder
  • added a no other players setting
  • fixed the button color of “submit feedback” not updating
  • disabled showing the most played songs in statistics temporary

March 8, 2024

  • added back 2D-mode (had more than 20 requests in 2 days lol)
  • centred the panels (they were slightly off)
  • added a working leaderboard

March 9, 2024

  • changed the default background from island (accidentally set to default) to baseplate
  • added an invite friends dialog choice to helper
  • changed font back to sourceSans because it apparently does not load for many users
  • roblox logo now adjusts to actionColor
  • actionColor default 42669a → 6c5fb6
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