#Phogs "Magic Box" missing pieces bug

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timid temple
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Hey, I was encountering a bug in Phogs on the "magic box" level. I came across this official blog post saying that the dev team was not able to reliably recreate the error. But my son and I think we've figured out how to do it! The bug where the magic box pieces don't appear happens only if we're wearing one specific pair of hats. It's the lava lamp/plasma ball combo. If we put those on: the pieces are missing. If we remove those hats: pieces are back. There may be other hat combos that also trigger it, but that pair is definitely doing it.

Build version: not sure, whichever version the Nintendo switch is currently on?
Summary of the issue: the three puzzle pieces for the "magic box" level do not appear, interacting with the puzzle holes causes a game crash
Description: see effusive rambling above
What happened prior to the bug occurring: nothing of note. Normal level progression, but the three puzzle box pieces never rendered
What did you expect to happen: more pieces, fewer crashes. :)
How often: 100% of the time with lava lamp/plasma ball hats, 0% of the time without
Platform: Nintendo Switch
nocturne trellis
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Hey Jason, thanks for sharing this with us, how many times did you check this out? we'll add this to the feedback sheet

timid temple
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@nocturne trellis : We were able to recreate the error five times initially as we tried various desperate things:

  1. the first time we went through the level (we were already wearing our cool hats)
  2. exiting to the hub and starting the level from the beginning
  3. restarting the switch and starting back at stage 1
  4. exiting to the hub and starting the level from the beginning, but this time not barking and freaking out the whole time
  5. restarting the level again as we talked about what we could try next

After we removed the hats, we were able to see the pieces and complete the level. To verify that we were awesome bug hunters we then put our hats back on, went back into the level, and verified that the pieces were missing again.

We finished the game over the weekend (it was amazing, btw, thank you for making it!), but this morning we went back with and without those specific hats and it still appears that the hats are the trigger here.

To be clear, we have NOT tried wearing any other hats or having only one of us wear a hat.

edit: to actually answer your question: we've recreated the issue six times and were able to avoid the bug two non-contiguous times.

nocturne trellis
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Thanks Jason for your extensive information! we'll take a look

ornate ridge
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Just tested this myself. My wife and I were playing with the octopus and pinwheel hats, and had the shapes disappear on us when playing the level. Removing the hats allowed the shapes to remain.