Welcome to this week's blurb!

Customization menu (Top: Alpha 4 Patch 1 / Bottom: Alpha 5 Patch 6), the biggest differences between both versions is the fact that you're able to rotate hats on A4P1 and continue moving while in the menu, contrary to what A5P6 currently offers. While the new menu is certainly exceptional, it would be interesting to see alternating views where we can choose to customize in the closet setting and also have that option to view our character without that closet view and actually customize them while we're able to move:

Flat Bill Hat (Left: Version 0.3.5 / Right: Alpha 5 Patch 6), while the hat is mostly the same, it is interesting to see just how the form of the hat has changed in that regard, going from square to a bit more round around the sides:

Beanie with Pom Pom (Left: Alpha 5 Patch 6 / Right: Alpha 4 Patch 1), again, while the hats are mostly the same, it is interesting to see how the top of the beanie has been changed from a sphere to a more cuboid shape:

From left to right: Alpha 5 Patch 6, Alpha 4 Patch 1, Version 0.3.5, Version 0.1.3, and Preview Version. You'll note that the Brickadian itself has gone through a vast array of changes over the years; comparing A5P6 to A4P1, you can see how the avatar is mostly the same apart from one crucial bit: the hip piece. As a result of the missing hip piece, the foot ends up being its own piece while the two pairs of leg pieces above are pushed up, becoming the same size, In A4P1, the bottom leg piece and the foot piece were part of the same piece. Comparing A4P1 with 0.3.5, you'll notice how the top leg pieces have the LEGO round-bit to it (might be a little difficult due to lack of contrast, I was dressed up as a chicken lol). You'll also notice, surprisingly, that the lower arm piece was actually really short compared to the first two current iterations of the Brickadian avatar, a surprise to be sure. Now the last two iterations from the oldest versions of Brickadia are interesting to look at since we can see that, interestingly, these two iterations are shorter than the version we have now! Now if anything, I don't need to explain the huge differences for the last two, you can easily see them. One thing I will note is that the avatar scaling is not to perfect scale, and I mean that in regard to the picture scale, so there may be some discrepancies for height:

From top left to bottom right: Alpha 5 Patch 6, Alpha 4 Patch 1, Version 0.3.5, Version 0.1.3, and Preview Version: This is the build menu for each of these versions of the game, going from a side-menu to a large, simple menu for what we have currently. It's also interesting to note how in 0.1.3, the paint menu was open with the build menu, and I imagine this was removed in 0.3.5 going forward since it was redundant to have the paint menu open if you have your own paint tool in the first place. However, I do find it quite interesting having that side-profile build menu while you're still able to play the game. If anything, I feel like this sort of arranged menu should make a come-back as an option for how you want to build. Luckily, throughout these versions, you can see the evolution of the color scheme go from dull and gray to a nice eye-candy blue:

Character Color Customization (Version 0.3.5/Alpha 4 Patch 1):

The Dotted Bandana was in older versions of Brickadia but is currently not in the game (Alpha 4 Patch 1):

The Headdress and the Pumpkin were also in older versions of Brickadia but are currently not in the game either, but the Pumpkin helmet still exists as two separate brick objects that you can place in-game in the current version (Alpha 4 Patch 1):

In this version of Brickadia, you were able to go from third person and first person and have the avatar transition in very interesting ways, though this is currently not in-game (Version 0.3.5):

Brick Selection and Brick Objects (Version 0.1.3), in versions during 0.1.3 and before, bricks were the same that were used in Blockland plus a couple extra special bricks, allowing you to create interesting dioramas such as these. As of right now, Brickadia does not use any of these objects/bricks, as it would probably be wise for the developers of Brickadia to use their own pieces and NOT have a piece called meth lab:

In the early preview version of Brickadia, you were unable to paint objects individually. This is largely as a result of the fact that this version of Brickadia was just a Blockland build viewer. That or they were probably too lazy whenn making this version, which would explain kinda why each brick placed is randomly colorized whenever placed. Not only that, in this version, we have vehicles!!! (they do not work lol) (Version 0.1.3):

In this version of Brickadia, as you may have seen from the last blurb, there are no name tags for other players. Additionally, there was no limit to the size of the nicknames for players when they set their names using the /setname command (Version 0.1.3):

In this version of Brickadia, if you died or self-destructed in first person, you were able to stay in first person and have your camera rotate in orientations not currently possible to see in the current version of Brickadia. This is largely as a result of the fact that there is no first-person death view or contraptions of any kind to rotate the camera to angles such as these. (Version 0.3.5/Alpha 4 Patch 1):

EDIT: Turns out you're still able to do this, it was just disabled by default since it gave people motion sickness:

Perfect death pose! (Version 0.1.3):

And last but not least, a comparison of the menu screens and the logos! From top to bottom, Preview Version, Version 0.1.3, Version 0.3.5, Alpha 4 Patch 1, and Alpha 5 Patch 6. As you can see, the logo has gone from a LEGO looking block to the current Brickadian block we see today at the bottom! It's easy to note that the Preview Version and 0.1.3 look exactly the same, though the differences mainly in the options and quit settings. You might think the developers for some reason removed the credit and options button in the first two title screens, but that's only disabled because the button just says "Oops, there's nothing here!". It's also important to note that this is essentially the same case for buttons like Friends, Mods, and Tutorial in A4P1 and Version 0.3.5::

The question this week is:

If you could remove a feature that annoys you or irks you in Brickadia, what would you remove?