Change log

Changes:

• Some rooms have been changed to avoid teleporting into toxic fumes
  
• Setting the buttons preference to "Nintendo" will now invert the A/B button in menus (A = Select, B = Cancel)
  

Fixes:

• Fixes Polish menu titles
  
• Fixes Bubble Gum item not working properly
  
• Fixes Hard Skin blessing bonus rounding
  
• Fixes a typo in English during the tutorial
  
• Fixes a crash when reaching 100 000 droplets
  
• Fixes a crash if HP unexpectedly get negative
  
• Fixes a crash when skipping the intro at the speed of light
  
• Fixes a crash when displaying previous feedback on the feedback panel
  
• Fixes the map not disappearing when dashing into a room while holding the map button
  
• Fixes Explorer achievement
  
• Fixes Showtime! and Ultra combo achievements
  
• Potentially fixes Kyhra disappearing while smashing on the Game Pass version of the game
  

• Updated our engine's runtime to something completely different and new. You can expect better compatibility and performances throughout all OS.
  
• Added high resolution font rendering mode in accessibility settings
  
• Added support for Xbox Live and Windows Store
  
• Added Steam rich presence support (the game will tell to you friends in which world you are currently playing)
  
• Added anonymous analytics support (and a setting to disable them for privacy)
  
• Added a different sound effect to each drone weapons
  

• Reworked the skill tree (some skills have been moved, modified, fused, or entirely replaced by new ones)
  
• Reworked the items (removed irrelevant ones, and added random drops when cleaning rooms)
  
• Reworked the altars (removed irrelevant ones and added more of them)
  
• Reworked the Super Fury to recharge over time instead of using tokens
  
• Moved the combo system to a skill in order to make the learning curve smoother
  
• Removed demo mode (we'll implement a new a better demo mode soon)
  
• Made all button prompts clickable by mouse
  
• The cucumber now has a "purpose"
  
• The shop will now always have one health-related item, one utility items, and a weapon
  
• Introduced new enemies to World 1 (bats) and revamped some of them (flies)
  
• Bosses can now do some zoning to keep the player moving
  

• Fixes game not starting as borderless fullscreen if borderless fullscreen is set
  
• Fixes items tootlip being one over another
  
• Fixed items getting stuck in walls
  
• Fixes Altar of Blood mouse selection
  
• Fixes settings having control issues
  
• Fixes spawning enemy sound looping after game's over
  
• Fixes drone reload meter to wrongly scale to bonus items reducing the reload requirement
  
• Fixes Double-Bleeding altar not giving the correct amount of blood
  
• Fixes typos
  

Note:

• We expectionnaly unlocked the 4th skill branch earlier (once Boss 1 is beaten) because World 2 kind of require it. All the skills will be reorganized/remade later.
  

New:

• Added a new category of enemies: Alphas, bigger versions of existing enemies (including in World 1)
  
• World 2 with its own enemies:
  
  
  
  • 4 new normal enemies
    
  • 3 alphas
    
  • 1 mini boss
    
  • 1 boss
    
  
  
• A new skill branch with 5 new skills:
  
  
  
  • Parry: allows to destroy bullets with the Smash
    
  • Raining blood: bosses drop more skill points
    
  • Dirty barry: start new games with an enhanced revolver
    
  • Manual override: allows to choose a zone of attack when doing the special attack
    
  • Lethal Club: allows to throw bullets back with the Smash
    
  
  

Changes:

• In mouse aim mode, slash, dash, and smash direction will now use the mouse direction
  
• Reworked bullet contact particles
  
• Made flies to be less spammy
  
• Added new gamepad brands to the auto mapping
  
• Made slash/dash/smash and auto aim less snappy and more accurate
  
• Made the "!" mark bigger on bosses
  
• Improved aim assist (less snappy, more accurate)
  
• Adjusted a bunch of things regarding how smash and other attacks are impacting enemy timings
  
• Fine tuned the physics and controls when smashing
  
• Added debug launch options to test specific Worlds or setup:
  
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  • "-debugStartingLevel 2": make the game to start directly at the second world (mind that using this option will break the "restart" option and make the game to softlock)
    
  • "-debugMap": always generate the same map to quickly test out things
    
  
  

Fixes:

• Fixed map opening sound to repeat if holding the map button while choosing a blessing
  
• Fixed the drone getting into firing position even when ammo are empty
  
• Fixed enemies having difficulties to go around corners
  
• Fixed wall crabs firing toward their walls if the player is right on them
  
• Fixed ground pound not generating any waves if done next to a wall
  
• Fixed enemies firing on walls when they try to corner the player
  
• Fixed special softlocking some enemies in specific conditions
  
• Fixed bosses attack chances being miscalculated
  
• Fixed chain stunable enemies
  
• Fixed clicking to bring up the skill tree might purchase a skill
  

Important note:

• All prior settings are reset by this version. This is due to a change within our file format.
  

New:

• Added the hub world from where every run will start and from where the skill tree is accessible
  
• Added permanent skill tree (accessible from the hub world)
  
• Added 13 of the 29 skills
  
• Added dialogs to the NPCs (they don't have that many lines for now, but the system is fully implemented, hence it'll be easy to add more as we go)
  
• Added portal to next level when beating the boss (which brings back to the hub for now)
  
• Added Altar of Blood sounds
  
• The game now saves your progress (skill points and unlocked skills)
  
• Added button prompts to tutorial
  
• Added more juice to the boss HP bar
  
• Added a setting to disable to the low HP blinking background feedback
  
• Added a demo mode: using the "-demo" launch parameter will run the game in a demo state with exit and settings disabled, as well as load/save being disabled and defaulting the game with 3 skill points available. The demo can be reset with F3.
  

Changes:

• Some of the default abilities of Kyhra are now a skill (fast travel, kill combos, ground pound...)
  
• Keyboard and mouse inputs are now ignored when the window is not focused
  
• The map will now be locked while in combat
  
• Simplified keyboard keys and mouse buttons names to be shorter
  
• All menus now loop when navigating
  
• Mouse wheel can now be used to scroll through menus
  
• Made the "!" smashable symbol more visible
  
• Traps are now disabled when rooms are cleared
  
• Made the base revolver more precise and the master revolver more impactful
  

Fixes:

• Fixed super attack soft locking if you hold down the slash input
  
• Fixed super attack soft locking if you launch the attack right before the only remaining enemy is about to go an invulnerable state (e.g. teleporting)
  
• Fixed smash sound when spamming the smash input
  
• Fixed mouse selection having a priority over keyboard inputs
  
• Fixed mouse selection still working on Altars while the game is paused
  
• Fixed pause menu being accessible (yet invisible) while teleporting Kyhra
  
• Fixed gamepad vibrating with low HP warning pattern after the teleportation animation
  
• Fixed teleportation not properly landing Kyhra on ground
  
• Fixed boss not being properly invulnerable during its introduction animation
  
• Fixed gameplay still running during the game over animation
  
• Fixed inputs still working during the game over animation
  
• Fixed tutorial mouse inputs
  
• Fixed pause not being unpausable with gamepad pause button
  
• Fixed a few typos
  

New:

• Added fast travel through the map (this will later be limited by skill acquisitions)
  
• Added Altars of the Blood: in each world, you can find an Altar of the Blood that will grant you new powers (Blessings of the Blood) lasting for the current run
  
• Added 12 Blessings of the Blood
  
• Added French localization of the tutorial
  

Changes:

• Enhanced map display
  
• Upgraded our Linux and macOS runtime (stability and performance improvements on those platforms)
  
• Removed the unimplemented languages from the settings until they are implemented
  
• Allowed to bind the "back/share/select/-" gamepad button in the settings (PC only, because that's forbidden on consoles)
  
• Changed the enemy bullets color to be different than the player ones
  
• Removed the unused "return to hub" pause option and replaced it with a quick restart option
  
• The super attack is now automatically slashing, but you can still slash yourself to speed it up
  
• The game auto-pauses when the window gets out of focus
  

Fixes:

• Fixed map input style being saved as mouse aiming (and therefore not restoring properly)
  
• Fixed mouse selection of the mouse aiming setting
  
• Fixed Linux issues with http requests
  
• Fixed middle mouse button not being bindable
  
• Fixed tutorial typos and wording
  
• Fixed "New Game" not being selected when engaging the main menu with a gamepad
  
• Fixed returning from pause or menus ghosting the previous input from closing the pause/menu
  
• Fixed shop items being selectable before they appeared
  
• Fixed hits on bosses not counting as combo hits