Hey everybody! Didja miss us? We're hard at work on the spring event, but with Valentines on the horizon we came to put out a patch!
FEATURES AND CHANGES
- You can now press escape on the title screen to skip the intro - Boss armor in the Summer Event has been cut in half. Originally if you tried to spam down bosses they would slowly reduce all damage to 0, now the damage is reduced to 0.5x. - Temporarily removed the sound test menu, with plans to add it back during the coming Spring event - Load times have been shortened in some scenes
BUG FIXES
- Fixed a major inconsistency with Paper Jadon and Robot Jadon's unlock conditions in regards to their costume menu conditions - Fixed broken respawns in the Valentines event - Fixed Giga getting stuck at the huge size during the Valentines event - Fixed players accidentally having character pass 2 instead of 1, everything should be in order now! - Fixed the Time Attack button breaking if clicked multiple times
WHAT'S NEXT?
We're HARD at work on the Spring event! If you thought Summer was big, be ready for a spring break of epic proportions! Chapter 4 has reached its beta testing phase, with very positive reception within the team. We're expecting a release within this year- likely during the Summer! And speaking of Summer, be on the lookout for minor changes when the Summer event rolls back around! Last year, we buffed Halloween up with the cut Spooky Squad attacks. This year, we-
Actually, perhaps some things are better left as an extra special surprise.
Big Ol' Bug Fix!
As we CONTINUE to prep for chapter 4, we found and squashed a handful of SERIOUS bugs that managed to crop up during its development!
- Removed all debug functions - Fixed the Jonas fight - Jadon's ability should properly unlock in chapter 1 - Fixed a desync in Paper and Robot Jadon's unlock conditions
Holiday Hotfix!
We're getting ready to re-release the Halloween event, so we're adding a few changes to it that we couldn't get around to last year!
- The Spooky Squad's three members have been given a final stand - Hellish Hunt has been given a second wave of enemies - All events now indicate when they'll be going live from now on, as we've made a system to automate the process!
Happy Halloween (in three days), and look forward to chapter 4!
Summer Event Ending with Fall Cleaning!
Ever heard of fall cleaning? It's like spring cleaning, but in the fall. We're closing out the summer event for the year and opening up the store page for it soon, but in the meantime we've done a bit of cleanup to prepare for the future influx of characters as we close in on chapter 4, character pack 2, and later seasonal events!
- Completely redid the character select screen. For the time being it's mouse operated, but key controls will be finalized with the chapter 4 update. - Fixed a few layering issues introduced throughout various graphical updates - Gave Blaze her own distinct spawn-in sound effect - Remastered the main music and shooter music for chapter 3
Also, we'll be hosting our first developer livestream on the 29th to get in touch with the community and elaborate on our plans for the future of Dimension Quest Pinball and other projects! Join our discord server to get updated on when we go live!
https://discord.gg/yVRVEjwKr5
Dimension Quest Pinball is Cloud Storage Compatible!
THAT'S RIGHT, STEAM CLOUD COMPATIBLE!
After ages of progress being lost when uninstalled or when you need a new PC, we're migrating to a new file system to help store your data anywhere! And furthermore- we've got a few new changes!
WASD COMPATIBILITY
Until recently WASD has been in an odd spot, sharing Q & E with keyboard controls. No longer! WASD is now fully supported with attacks mapped to J, primary abilities mapped to K, and secondary abilities mapped to L! Arrow key controls have also changed, supporting traditional ZXC controls! And speaking of abilities...
JADON GIVES IT A SPIN
For the longest time our plan was to introduce Jadon's ability in chapter 4. After a while of considering and a bunch of new, powerful character additions we've moved his ability to the very first chapter! That's right, EVERY character now has their ability fully unlockable in game! Jadon's scores have been adjusted to accommodate for the sheer power of the Spin Slash, so strive for new heights!
REBALANCES TO THE SUMMER EVENT
Linda and Jonas have been slowed down substantially due to player feedback! Marlimega can no longer spit Blaze into walls!
GOING FORWARD
To be a bit transparent, the old board designs are starting to feel outdated. With the release of the summer event, the team has come to realize that throwing in a few boards made for each character would go a long way to keeping the game fresh and making abilities more interesting to use! We'll be rolling out these new boards in batches, but in short- every unlockable character is getting an alternate path! Some boards will be shared between characters such as major bosses and the start of every chapter, but expect to go down wildly different paths as each character in the future!
Blazing Summer Hotterfix
Caught and cooked even more bugs! - Fixed Giga not rolling in chapter 1 - Fixed numerous dialogue errors - Fixed a pause menu sprite overlap in S-10 (Summer 10) - Fixed a potential softlock in chapter 3
Thanks again to everyone who found and notified us about these!
Blazing Summer Hotfix
We caught a few bugs quickly, and toasted them quick! - Fixed checkpoints no longer working in chapters 2 and 3 - Added proper death text to each level of the event - Fixed an unachievable achievement in level 8 - Gave Blaze proper death graphics across the entire game
Thanks to everyone who found and notified us about these!
A fix for Valentines!
The Valentines EX event has been busted for a while, so what better way to celebrate the season than to bring it back? For a limited time, Valentines Day is back in season!
Robot Jadon's Smashing Update!
Chapter 4 is nearly finished, but after some behind-the-scenes decision making we've decided to released Robot Jadon's ability before the final update! For an explanation as to why, join the official discord server at https://discord.gg/XtJGUHVavG .
+ Added Robot Jadon's ability, which is now unlocked in chapter 2 and is then available across the game. + Chapter 2's scores for Robot Jadon have been entirely updated and are much, much higher. - Restarted everyone's progress on Robot Jadon.
We hope you enjoy the final update before chapter 4's big release, enjoy slamming enemies to bits with your newly upgraded robot!
End of Halloween
The Halloween event has closed, and will be entering the steam store soon! For those that enjoyed it, head over to the official Discord server to share your thoughts on it while we resume working on chapter 4!
+ Fixed Flash's outfits not working in Halloween
+ Fixed Noxina's broken timer in stage 6 of Halloween
