Verticube

Verticube

Also known as: Luminator (DE)
Developer: Frogtoss Games
Publishers: Frogtoss Games (INT), BHV (DE)
Platforms: Windows, Mac OS X
Released internationally: April 2005 (Windows), May 24, 2006 (Mac)
Released in DE: September 2006

This game has unused graphics.
This game has debugging material.
This game has regional differences.
This game has revisional differences.

Verticube is one of the very first Lumines clones to be released on a commercial format.

Unused Graphics

fallback.jpg, found in resources\base\images, is a placeholder for missing textures.

Debug Console

A debug console can be opened by pressing ` during gameplay. Below is a list of commands, which must be inserted as "set [command] [value]". Inserting commands also works in the command line, and some only work there.

Command	Function
developer	Enables logging in the debug console. Only works on command line. Using theme: bugoff Caching resource resources\HighScore Caching resource resources\Score Caching resource resources\Level Caching resource resources\BlockEmpty Caching resource resources\BlockOne Caching resource resources\BlockTwo Caching resource resources\BlockOneClearance Caching resource resources\BlockTwoClearance Caching resource resources\Background Caching resource resources\Dust Caching resource resources\SideBar Caching resource resources\BlockOneSpecial Caching resource resources\BlockTwoSpecial Caching resource resources\ClearBar Caching resource resources\ClearBarTop Frame hitch: 2783 ms Frame hitch: 765 ms
cheats	Enables cheats. Only works on command line.
g freezetheme	Upon clearing a stage, the game won't advance to the next one. cheats must be enabled.
quit	Exits gameplay.
nextlevel	Advances to the next level. cheats must be enabled.
g drawfps	Displays an FPS counter on the top-left of the screen.
condump	Dumps the debug console to a text file.
writeconfig	Writes a configuration file.
bind	Binds a key.
unbind	Unbinds a key.
bindlist	Displays a listing of binded commands on the console. "ESCAPE" quit "`" console "SHIFT" speed "CTRL" speed "ALT" rotright "SPACE" rotleft "LEFTARROW" moveleft "RIGHTARROW" moveright "DOWNARROW" movedown "D" moveleft "A" moveright "S" movedown "JOYLEFT" moveleft "JOYRIGHT" moveright "JOYDOWN" movedown "JOY1" rotleft "JOY2" rotright "JOY3" speed
memorystats	Displays memory information on the console. ------------- int: 0.031250kB UserState: 11.843750kB ConfigVar: 1.750000kB ConfigVarList: 2.093750kB Tile: 2.375000kB GfxHandler: 0.187500KB Console: 590.375000kB Font: 608.125000kB Timer: 0.187500kB Sound: 0.031250kB
videoinfo	Displays video information on the console. ----------- hw_available: 0 wm_available: 1 blit_hw: 0 blit_hw_CC: 0 blit_hw_A: 0 blit_sw: 0 blit_sw_CC: 0 blit_sw_A: 0 blit_fill: 0 video_mem: 0 Pixel format: ------------- BitsPerPixel: 32 BytesPerPixel: 4 colorkey: 0 alpha: 255
renderstats	Displays rendering information on the console. ------------ Backend renderer (null if default): (null) Screen surface: Software Mode asked for: 1024x640@32bpp Mode got: 1024x640@32bpp

Version Differences

Five versions of the game are known to exist; they are versions 1.0, 1.01, 1.2 and 1.3 of Verticube, and the sole version of Luminator. However, only the demos for each of the English versions, as well as the full Luminator game, are known to have been archived.

Verticube

v1.0

The game's first release.

v1.01

The game's installer was changed from Clickteam to Innosetup.

v1.2

Released on May 24, 2006. According to this archived web page, the changes are as follows:

Added Mac OS X support.
A harder difficulty level, "Normal", was added.
The sweeping clear bar is more closely timed to the songs' tempo.
Sample quality has been improved.
Highscore tables were added for each of the game's difficulties.
The theme order was changed.

v1.3

Released on December 27, 2006. According to this archived web page, the changes are as follows:

Added support for Intel Macs.
Compatibility fixes.
Support for localizations has been added.

Luminator

Released in September 2006. This version is based on v1.2, with a few changes:

The order of the skins is different:

Verticube v1.2	Luminator
Bugoff Candy Stalingrad Checkers Spider Digital Dream Jewel Sludge Factor	Bugoff Lava Digital Dream Leaf Checkers Stalingrad Grold Candy Sludge Factor Spider Whistle Jewel

The Sludge Factor skin plays "Song for James" by Dkdent. In Verticube, it was "Stay in Progress" by Pomp.
The skins' background images have more detailed info about the songs they use: