DESIGN FIXES

• Simplified hacking mechanics. Buddy will now just level up and will be able to hack enemies equal or lower his hacking level. The clunky key-chain mechanic with the need of aligning the right protocol with your aim-line was removed in total
  
• The wall jump air control got a larger input buffer, as some players tended to accidentally shorten their wall jumps by pushing against the wall for too long
  
• Tutorial billboards were adjusted and reworked for more clarity
  
• The player will be granted + 1 health on every respawn to combat situations where players got stuck in difficult situations on low health ending in a frustrating “death loop”
  
• The main menu now starts with the cursor set to “Options”, as some players reported being at risk to accidentally override their saved games with the cursor starting on “New Game”
  
• Flashing-Fx of big boss sprites were adjusted to be compliant with photosensitive epilepsy guidelines
  

• Entering the Moxan Boss room from the “backdoor” will no longer be possible. Also, it will now be very difficult to reach the Moxan without having reached the intended hacking level 2
  
• Proceeding in the Cenote and getting the Bubble Beam will require the Steam Boots, so the Nautilus boss and Double Jump ability can hardly be missed
  
• Advancing to Topa and getting the Jetpack/Triple jump will require the Bubble Beam, making sure most players won’t have to fight Topa without the Steam Boots equipped
  
• Venturing deeper inside the lower Corridium mines will require the Bubble Beam, Galvanizer and Homunculus. The lower mines especially had a high risk of soft-locking players that went off-track
  

BUGFIXES

• Assigning the camera to Buddy failed if player 2 chooses the mouse-setup to control Buddy.
  
• Removed old legacy code that may have corrupted split-second inputs for high-level keyboard players
  
• Fixed more typos
  

NEW FEATURES

• Modified the game's color grading shader to allow more colors
  
• Reworked the Buluc boss sprite
  
• New option to choose a CRT shader with scaling interpolation

NEW FEATURES

• Getting the Jetpack upgrade will now also unlock a triple jump ability.
  
• Performing a wall jump with the Spin Blade instantly refills the Steam Meter
  

DESIGN FIXES

• The Jetpack movement consumes less Steam Meter and can also directly connect to a Steam Jump
  
• Buluc Boss Fight: Evade spots are now prompted
  
• Dropping from platforms is now accelerated to make it more suitable as an evade-strategy
  
• Changed CoOp menu handling: Only the Nicolay player will be able to control the menu
  
• The Topa Boss fight could be cheesed when accessing the room with late-game equipment
  

BUGFIXES & PERFORMANCE

• Implemented a more aggressive particle handling to ensure stable FR on lower-end setups
  
• Shifting from a zoomed-out CoOp display to the 360p compatibility fix was not working correctly
  
• Plants sometimes covered the tutorial billboards in the backgrounds
  
• The map progress achievements are re-implemented. To claim your achievements with a saved game, load your map screen, then exit to gameplay again and wait for 2 seconds. The achievement should unlock on the game‘ s main screen when exiting after that.
  

NEW FEATURES

• Added over 40 new background assets and tile-variations to the game to provide more guidance and give each sub-biome and key room a look to remember. The assets were made by pixel artist Louis Zuno. I just recently started supporting him on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ansimuz/posts
  
• The 8-bit color mode was replaced by a "Muted Backgrounds" option. While I personally prefer it colorful you may now use this to turn backgrounds grayscale and darken them as well. The 8-bit option was dropped cuz it seemed rarely used and the colors really were too hard on the eyes in some areas
  

DESIGN FIXES

• Run speed is now 200% of the walking speed (compared to 150% in the earlier builds)
  
• The Steam Dash underwater is a bit faster
  
• Bombs will now be auto-attached to enemies more generously when in crawling or Homunculus (ball) mode
  
• The Spin Blade now does double damage
  

BUGFIXES

• Made the Topa boss room robust to sequence breaking. Leaving the room through the ceiling gate with late-game equipment permanently glitched it.
  
• Executing a Corridium dash on a vertical room transition could lead to wall glitching
  
• Holding joystick left when calling the options would cause a black screen
  
• The claw arm of Razoth would not generate properly in rare cases
  
• Tutorials would not display correctly when playing with a keyboard + mouse setup
  

NEW FEATURES

• Gamepad rumble can now be turned off in the options menu
  
• Map scrolling can now be inverted in the options menu. The default control was set back to regular
  

DESIGN FIXES

• The Moxan Boss now has a better visual clue how to beat it
  
• Reworked object accelerations to allow more precise telekinetic movements with Buddy
  
• Simplified rotation control on telekinesis. Objects will now always rotate clockwise
  

BUGFIXES

• The code for gamepad rumble transmission induces a high CPU load on weapon-charging
  
• Implemented a new resolution option [Fixed 360p]. This is a compatibility fix that solves rare issues with window-flickering on room transitions on Windows 7 as well as crashes that occurred with screen-recording software that hooks to DX9 APIs. This option will create black borders on non-standard resolutions and a zoom-out on CoOp ist no longer possible
  
• Feeding the Soul Eater by holding [LB] had stopped working on build 1.36, you had to hold [LT] instead. Now both inputs are valid
  
• Fixed issues with gamepad rumble not triggering on CoOp play
  

DESIGN FIXES

• New wall jump input: Close to a wall, any horizontal joystick input + jump will now execute the wall jump. So the common input most games use [push towards wall + jump] is now supported as well.
  
• Improved early game tutorials: Adjusted some pictorials, especially the ones explaining hacking were very confusing. The OUTBUDDIES Wiki can now also be called from the main menu, providing in-depth explanations and GIF images of the game's mechanics and controls.
  
• Two more hacking protocols were hidden to enable reaching level 6 now (Red Hat Achievement). I had messed the protocol count up, sorry for that.
  

1. The first one is hidden in the perfect room to hide an Easter Egg
   
2. The second one is where all the other eggs are
   

BUGFIXES

• Mashing buttons in tubes and during screen transitions could lead to game-breaking wall glitches
  
• Heavy impulses close to the ceiling could lead to wall-glitching
  
• The Nocturne Boss could be glitched to death by pausing the game in a specific sequence
  
• Collecting missile tanks before the launcher still was not robust to sequence breaking
  
• Rare bug in the loading routine granting you weapons you don't own yet
  

CHANGE-LOG BUILD 1.45

• DirectInput mode (6-8 button retro-gamepads, no Right-Stick or Trigger functions). Changed default button mapping. DirectInput controls can be remapped in the [Input Mapping] tab.
  
• New movement abilities: Player is now able to aim downwards while jumping forward by pressing the joystick diagonal-down. Larger dead-zone for joystick-down input to avoid accidentally aiming down when jumping forward.
  
• Inputs for map scrolling are now inverted
  

Design Fixes

• Buddy Telekinesis: Abandoned the push/pull mechanic in favor of pull only. A lot of players were confused or annoyed by the old implementation.
  
• Adjusted some key-rooms in the Toxic Swamps due to a high danger of soft-locking when venturing in that area without the proper equipment.
  
• More Treasure Medals were hidden in the game's last area (Sanctum), for a better chance to rescue all Wozan or use a resurrection batch in the last boss battle.
  
• Rebalanced drop chances to account for players low on health or missiles.
  
• Rebalancing of some sound Fx volumes.
  
• Improvements in the tutorial section.
  
• Upgrade chains and Achievement unlocking should now be robust to heavy sequence breaks.
  

Bugfixes

• Fixed various typos and grammar errors in the dialogues.
  
• Improved the jump-buffering readout
  
• Rare animation bug when falling, corrupting the double jump input
  
• Player was able to jump/ skyrocket while activating a teleporter
  
• Player was able to jump after being killed
  
• Fixed animation bug when respawning in a crouching stance
  

• Implementation of mouse + keyboard setup (currently only keyboard possible).
  
• Adjustment of how early-game tutorials display and adapt to your status, especially when it comes to the hacking abilities and collecting Corridium Protocols
  
• Rebalancing drop-chances when low on health or missiles
  
• Tuning down the player's heartbeat volume
  

But this is not the end, but the beginning of my journey making this game! :)