Gatlin' - The Easy Update (V1.1.0)

Introducing... Easy Mode!

• Blot can take two additional hits before dying horribly. That's right, his suffering is prolonged and even worse - you horrible, horrible, person.
  
• Boss achievements cannot be earned
  

A new level modifier - Tumbleweed!

Entirely Organic Achievements!

Update Log

Changes

• Added "Easy Mode"
  
• Added three new achievements ("Suck It Up, Buttercup", "Why?", "But Why Though?")
  
• Added a new level modifier ("Tumbleweed")
  
• Hovering over a toggle in the settings menu now displays a tip about what it does
  
• Added death FX for Blot
  
• Added impact VFX for touching spikes
  
• Added splash VFX for falling into or shooting a liquid
  
• Added SFX to the pause/settings menu
  
• The screen now shakes whenever Blot dies or is hurt (only occurs when the "Screen Shake" setting is enabled)
  
• Added a new stat to the Lobby's leaderboard ("Easy Mode Hits Taken")
  
• Unhid the "Dumb Ways to Die" achievement on Steam
  
• Reworded the tutorial's hint about pausing to indicate that pressing "ESC/Start/Etc." also shows settings
  
• Adjusted Level 15 to match the changes brought to the "Intro" map in the 1.0.5 patch
  

Fixes + Performance

• The "Timed" level modifier now displays the initial amount of time given instead of starting one second later
  
• The "Level Modifiers" button in the lobby now properly displays a modifier's name instead of the variable name
  
• Settings now additionally save when closing the pause menu instead of solely when the game is closed
  
• The "Dumb Ways to Die" achievement can no longer be earned by having an enemy walk over a landmine
  
• Landmines can no longer visually be defused
  
• Fixed the picture frame's hitbox in all boss fights
  
• Fixed the range of the lighting of the lava in Level 6
  
• Fixed the z-layer of Apprencii's easel's text in Level 18
  
• Splash SFX are now played locally instead of globally
  
• Explosion SFX are now played locally instead of globally
  
• Polished the collision hitboxes of Blot's corpse
  
• Moved bullethole décor to the proper z-layer to prevent weird clipping
  
• Optimized the code for level modifiers
  
• Optimized the code for the pause/settings menu
  

Gatlin' - The Dusty Patch (V1.0.5)

Highlights:

• Lowered the threshold of kills needed for a large amount of achievements
  
• The "Free Fallin'" achievement is now actually possible to earn
  

Changes:

• Lowered the number of Note kills required for the "Symphonic" achievement from 1,827 to 44
  
• Lowered the number of Knight kills required for the "Midknight Crisis" achievement from 1,500 to 250
  
• Lowered the number of Photo kills required for the "Right to Privacy" achievement from 2,000 to 500
  
• Lowered the number of targets required for the "Target Practice" achievement from 1,000,000 to 1,000
  
• Lowered the number of deaths required for the "Live, Die, Repeat" achievement from 10,000 to 5,000
  
• Adjusted the "Intro" level to make it more feasible to jump off the map (what are these patch notes??)
  
• Changed the credit text on the main menu to credit dotcopycat for the sake of being succinct
  
• Removed a legacy, defunct, and unused save system
  

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug which made the "Free Fallin'" achievement literally impossible to earn
  
• Nothing else, Gatlin' is literally perfect
  

Gatlin' - The Promised Update (1.1.0)

Highlights:

• PROMISED graphical polishing! Nearly all sprites are enhanced. Now that's what I call jpeg!
  
  
• BOUNTIFUL bug fixes! That's right, if you complain about a bug, we'll fix it!
  
  
• PLENTIFUL new OST! Thank DJIVVI (aka Cadence Hira) or else.
  

Three new achievements!

• Dumb Ways to Die
  
• Photo Finish
  
• Ramblin' Man
  

Changes:

• Almost all of the game's sprites/terrain overhauled graphically
  
  
• The current level name is displayed in the pause menu
  
  
• Entering a level now has a transition
  
  
• Performance increased drastically in all levels where Blot has his gun
  
  
• Graphic priority changed from "Very Low" to "Medium" by default
  
  
• Default FOV changed from 0 to 6
  
  
• FOV is now on a scale from 0 to 12 instead of -4 to 6
  
  
• All levels polished to allow for increased FOV
  
  
• A toggling option to zoom the camera has been added to the alt-fire button
  
  
• An option to toggle this new zooming feature has been added to the settings menu
  
  
• Gatlin' now fully supports the Steam Controller!
  
  
• Gatlin' now supports Xbox, Playstation, and Nintendo Switch controllers!
  
  
• Removed unused target portals from the lobby
  
  
• Opening cutscene conga line movement made less awkward
  
  
• Opening cutscene tweaked to allude to more of the story
  
  
• Various world tweaks from the opening cutscene replicated to Level 15
  
  
• The NPCs in the intro cutscene now have an idle animation
  
  
• Cutscene Blot can now reset using the reset keybind (M) while walking
  
  
• All liquids start their flow at the same time
  
  
• Dying in a liquid now has a sound effect
  
  
• David now flashes when damaged
  
  
• Several annoying ceiling structures removed on Level 10
  
  
• Added dead trees to the water in Level 14
  
  
• Level 21 remade from scratch
  
  
• Credits takes damage when its letters fall into the ink
  
  
• The Protector now flashes when damaged
  
  
• The Protector's 1st and 3rd stages are more consistent
  
  
• The Protector's 2nd stage is more dangerous
  
  
• World 4's background has been made less trippy
  
  
• Wind particles reduced by 50%
  
  
• Camera flash made less bright
  
  
• The Beholder shoots a tear every time you shoot it during it's second phase because I don't like you
  
  
• The Beholder now has SFX when shooting a tear
  
  
• Art now performs a waltz instead of flexing for her attack
  

Fixes:

• Gatlin' now launches in Fullscreen instead of Windowed Fullscreen
  
  
• Gatlin' can no longer be launched in a 19:10 aspect ratio
  
  
• The Credits target now works in the lobby (fantastic work QA)
  
  
• Fixed an issue with options not visually carrying over HUD-wise when entering a new level
  
  
• You can no longer pause on the victory screen
  
  
• Tut corpses now properly block bullets (hitbox fixed)
  
  
• Blot's minigun no longer clips through the secret rock tunnel in the tutorial
  
  
• Blot's corpse's hands no longer clip through liquids
  
  
• Blot's running cloud in the opening cutscene no longer clips over the ground
  
  
• Clouds no longer clip through levels
  
  
• David's light rays now appear behind his head
  
  
• Apprencii's paintbrushes no longer clip through his picture frame
  
  
• Scribbles no longer render behind Apprencii
  
  
• Bridge pieces in Level 15 have been modified to prevent visual clipping
  
  
• Visual ground clipping areas in Level 15 and Level 16 have been fixed
  
  
• Wind Z-clipping fixed
  
  
• Wind is transparent again
  

Future Plans

• Steam leaderboard integration
  
  
• Steam cloud save integration
  
  
• Flawless music looping (doesn't stop for 1 frame when you die)
  
  
• More worlds?
  

Gatlin' - The Promised Update (1.0.4)

Highlights:

• PROMISED graphical polishing! Nearly all sprites are enhanced. Now that's what I call jpeg!
  
  
• BOUNTIFUL bug fixes! That's right, if you complain about a bug, we'll fix it!
  
  
• PLENTIFUL new OST! Thank DJIVVI (aka Cadence Hira) or else.
  

Three new achievements!

• Dumb Ways to Die
  
• Photo Finish
  
• Ramblin' Man
  

Changes:

• Almost all of the game's sprites/terrain overhauled graphically
  
  
• The current level name is displayed in the pause menu
  
  
• Entering a level now has a transition
  
  
• Performance increased drastically in all levels where Blot has his gun
  
  
• Graphic priority changed from "Very Low" to "Medium" by default
  
  
• Default FOV changed from 0 to 6
  
  
• FOV is now on a scale from 0 to 12 instead of -4 to 6
  
  
• All levels polished to allow for increased FOV
  
  
• A toggling option to zoom the camera has been added to the alt-fire button
  
  
• An option to toggle this new zooming feature has been added to the settings menu
  
  
• Gatlin' now fully supports the Steam Controller!
  
  
• Gatlin' now supports Xbox, Playstation, and Nintendo Switch controllers!
  
  
• Removed unused target portals from the lobby
  
  
• Opening cutscene conga line movement made less awkward
  
  
• Opening cutscene tweaked to allude to more of the story
  
  
• Various world tweaks from the opening cutscene replicated to Level 15
  
  
• The NPCs in the intro cutscene now have an idle animation
  
  
• Cutscene Blot can now reset using the reset keybind (M) while walking
  
  
• All liquids start their flow at the same time
  
  
• Dying in a liquid now has a sound effect
  
  
• David now flashes when damaged
  
  
• Several annoying ceiling structures removed on Level 10
  
  
• Added dead trees to the water in Level 14
  
  
• Level 21 remade from scratch
  
  
• Credits takes damage when its letters fall into the ink
  
  
• The Protector now flashes when damaged
  
  
• The Protector's 1st and 3rd stages are more consistent
  
  
• The Protector's 2nd stage is more dangerous
  
  
• World 4's background has been made less trippy
  
  
• Wind particles reduced by 50%
  
  
• Camera flash made less bright
  
  
• The Beholder shoots a tear every time you shoot it during it's second phase because I don't like you
  
  
• The Beholder now has SFX when shooting a tear
  
  
• Art now performs a waltz instead of flexing for her attack
  

Fixes:

• Gatlin' now launches in Fullscreen instead of Windowed Fullscreen
  
  
• Gatlin' can no longer be launched in a 19:10 aspect ratio
  
  
• The Credits target now works in the lobby (fantastic work QA)
  
  
• Fixed an issue with options not visually carrying over HUD-wise when entering a new level
  
  
• You can no longer pause on the victory screen
  
  
• Tut corpses now properly block bullets (hitbox fixed)
  
  
• Blot's minigun no longer clips through the secret rock tunnel in the tutorial
  
  
• Blot's corpse's hands no longer clip through liquids
  
  
• Blot's running cloud in the opening cutscene no longer clips over the ground
  
  
• Clouds no longer clip through levels
  
  
• David's light rays now appear behind his head
  
  
• Apprencii's paintbrushes no longer clip through his picture frame
  
  
• Scribbles no longer render behind Apprencii
  
  
• Bridge pieces in Level 15 have been modified to prevent visual clipping
  
  
• Visual ground clipping areas in Level 15 and Level 16 have been fixed
  
  
• Wind Z-clipping fixed
  
  
• Wind is transparent again
  

Future Plans

• Steam leaderboard integration
  
  
• Steam cloud save integration
  
  
• Flawless music looping (doesn't stop for 1 frame when you die)
  
  
• More worlds?
  

Joining The Beta Test In Four Easy Steps

1. Own Gatlin' on Steam
   
2. Right click Gatlin' in your library, go to "Properties"
   
3. Go to BETAS, enter the password "gatlinbetapassword"
   
4. Select the Beta build - you're good to go
   
5. Scream bugs at us via discussion boards or Twitter
   

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