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As spring break has come and went, it seems like a good time for an update. As mentioned in the last update, I've been in the process of adding a lot of content, and I'm happy to say that the currently supported file types for all 33 original levels (8 tutorial and 25 main levels) have been converted and added to the game. To go along with this, the game now uses the original scrolling level select menu and images, as well as the original ore/crystal count portion of the UI. The original loading screen has been added and is now the first loaded resource. Upon being loaded, this script adds itself to the assetLoader, replacing the normal black background and white loading text. Numerous bugfixes have also been implemented, as well as a minor rework of the level converter to handle some edge cases, and some code cleanup related to Raider AI. Because things seem to be very stable at this point, I've gone ahead and updated the gh-pages branch with these new changes (meaning they can now be tested on the live site) but keep in mind that there is still a lot of work to be done and more file conversion to do before many of the levels will work as expected. In particular, most levels have been given a placeholder objective of collecting 5 energy crystals, and things like emerge maps and erode maps have not yet been converted as there isn't any monster AI or lava erosion just yet. Additionally, at least one level appears to have some kind of offset between the tilemap and the objectList file, and a few levels fail to load in entirely. I suspect that these are indicative of edge cases not being correctly handled by the map converter, and will be investigating them at some point down the line. As always, if anyone runs across any bugs while playing, please let me know! Expect some vehicles and dynamite (along with proper level objectives) some time in the near future, so that more levels will actually be playable

I was going through my bookmarks and remembered this was a thing because of it: http://rrucraft.webs.com/

Thought I'd piggyback on this topic with a comparison of the island to LEGO City from LEGO City Undercover. The comparison image is bit ugly, with LEGO City Undercover's low-detail model not 100% complete when it appears in-game, but you can still get a good sense of the scale differences of the LEGO Island island, Island Xtreme Stunts island, and LEGO City Undercover LEGO City map.