Fossil Hunters Patch Notes

• Each character has a small point light to help you in dark
  
• Added a visual effect to player respawn
  
• Updated offscreen indicators
  

• Added exciting scoring visuals
  
• Triangular fossils now snap to Schematics properly
  
• Skeletons submitted for Quests now also reward cash
  

• New Collector quest dialog
  
• Revised quests
  

• New Mushroom Ruins Music
  
• New Magma Chamber Music
  
• Removed music from Level Select
  

• Good news for people with slow machines: Low Quality is now even lower - I mean faster!
  
• Good news for people with fast machines: High Quality is higher!
  
• Good news for everyone else: The game looks great at Medium.
  

• Added a short Intro Cinematic on new game (more to come!)
  
• Hidden People + Shops have been combined, so you'll be able to buy items underground as well as in the lab.
  

• Picking up Objects
  
• Cash UI is more responsive
  
• Mushrooms should no longer float on pits
  
• Game shouldn't get stuck at 1024x768 anymore
  
• New Game / Continue messages now display properly
  
• Fixed player arm IK issues (crossed arms)
  
• Many Schematics adjusted for easier completion
  
• Many holes patched so players don't fall into them unexpectedly
  
• Barrels are now smaller and easier to move with
  

Fossil Hunters Patch Notes

• Introducing two new characters for you to play as: Karin & Professor Buff
  

• We've changed how schematic snapping works (again)
  
• Fossils now fit in schematic connectors more easily & precisely
  
• We're looking for feedback on this - so tell us with the feedback reporter how you like it!
  

• Updated the character select screen with colored artwork & new characters
  
• Players can no longer move & sweep at the same time
  
• Fossils now flash briefly when connected to each other
  
• Added a Save and Quit option to the pause menu (ESC no longer closes the app)
  
• Feinting now loses you 1/3 of your money, down from 1/2
  

• Closed several schematic related bugs that prevented completion
  
• Fixed an issue caused by catching a falling (but not deploying) bridge item
  
• Can no longer see player models appear for a frame after selecting a character
  
• Fixed twitchy Lavamander movement
  
• Lavamanders won't use lava dive FX when not in a lava zone
  
• Lavamanders can now be pushed around, just walk into 'em!
  
• Increased player rotation speed
  
• Reduced joystick deadzone
  
• Dropped coins no longer float on pits
  
• Stopped Gamepad vibration when player quits/disconnects
  
• Paused Gamepad vibration when game is paused
  
• Fixed a 'stuck in elevator' bug
  
• Adjusted ceiling objects that would obscure the camera in multiplayer
  

Fossil Hunters Patch Notes

• Buy all the Lamps, Supports, Bridges and Bombs you can afford
  
• Unlock shops by finding the hidden people in the mines
  

• The final levels are well underway, if you can manage to get that far, you're in for a treat!
  
• Multi-Schematic doors should function properly now
  

• Small fossils now rotate to a more useful angle when you pick them up
  
• Adjusted the colliders & connection points of many fossils to make them fit together better
  

• Lava now renders properly
  
• OSX Metal support has been disabled, the game now renders in OpenGL (Surprisingly, OpenGL appears to be running faster than Metal was on our machines)
  
• More Macs are now supported
  

• Most interactable objects have action prompts on them now
  
• The button graphic should match your current input device; right now Keyboard, Xbox, and PS4 controllers are supported.
  

• Dialog windows should work much better now; we fixed a number of animation glitches and wierd alignment issues.
  

• On first launch, game should set itself to max resolution
  
• New intro screen more clearly introduces newcomers
  
• Fixed a tent that blocked the camera in the lab
  
• Fixed an issue with the level patcher that in some cases could make the game not launch
  
• Fixed colliders and dialog triggers on the hidden people throughout the mines
  
• Fixed an issue where a player that quit while their controller was rumbling would cause endless rumble
  
• Lamps now have a brighter ambient light
  
• Backer Plaques in the final levels will no longer rotate to talk to you (though that was kind of cute)
  
• Fixed the gold pickup material, and improved it's magnet-pickup behaviour
  
• Fixed issues in the Start Screen that prevented users from no save-data from playing
  
• Fixed issues with default save-data preventing users from selecting a player
  
• Performed our first big pass of Texture compression; Fossil Hunters installation is about 200mb smaller now!
  

Fossil Hunters Patch Notes

• Now, fossils will snap to a schematic if they are placed on one
  
• This takes the frustration out of aligning fossils to big schematics!
  

• Find powerup ponds deep underground to gain special powers!
  
• Speed: Move Faster
  
• Stamina: Drag Fossils Faster
  
• Strength: Dig any dirt in a single blow!
  

• We've placed ~one~ golden idol for you to collect
  
• More golden idols are on the way
  

• Gem Slabs
  
• Destructible Walls
  
• Schematic Barriers
  

• Better thanks to your feedback!
  
• Temporarily removed from the Start Screen
  

• You probably won't notice, but we now have the ability to patch specific levels where we made improvements.
  

• We've added the first pass of the Final level set, 21-28!
  
• These include Backer Skeletons!
  

• Fixed anti-gravity issue
  
• Fixed unsubmittable Schematics in various levels
  
• Fixed Fossil materials in final level set (21-28)
  
• Cleaned up the Start Screen
  
• Fixed an issue that caused some big fossils to be immovable
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Level Select to crash on final level
  
• Fixed an issue where a schematic would complete, but not destroy fossils or open elevator
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented users from changing resolution
  

Fossil Hunters Patch Notes

• Brightness and Contrast Control
  
• Volume Controls for Music & SFX
  
• Gamepad Vibration Level
  
• Resolution, Quality, Fullscreen
  
• Option to Reset your Save Data
  
• Accessible from the Journal (Start Screen coming soon)

• Lets you save without using the elevator
  
• Lets you start the game right where you left off

• Improved Sound Effects
  
• Fixed some shading issues on Herb
  
• Redesigned the Journal's tabs
  
• Balancing pass on the Digsite Levels
  
• Balancing pass on the Mushroom Levels
  
• Balancing pass on Fossil droprates
  

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Fossil Hunters is now live on Kickstarter!