Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens

GAME BANS

Examples of cheating include:

• Manipulating saved games, souls, character levels, and memory values using an external application.
  
  
• Submitting illegitimate leaderboard scores.
  

If your account receives a ban:

• Information will be listed in your Account tab.
  
  
• Your game will no longer submit scores to the leaderboards, and existing scores will be removed.
  
  
• You will not be able to play online.
  

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS

Doors:

• You must now be facing a door to open the door.
  

Online Co-op:

• Added handling for unknown message IDs.
  
  
• Improved handling for invalid object data.
  
  
• Improved handling for malformed JSON strings.
  

Treasure Chests:

• Fixed particle streaking issues during loading, especially for Elite Chests.
  

Logging:

• Fixed a crash that could happen if "Verbose Stats & Achievements" was enabled.
  

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS

Menus:

• Pagination dots have been replaced with page numbers for clarity.
  

Couch Co-op:

• Fixed an error when trying to load a game with 3 or 4 players.
  

Steam:

• Fixed a crash when trying to submit a leaderboard score but unable to communicate with Steam's servers.
  

WEAPON INFO VISIBILITY

1. Full info
   
2. Basic info
   
3. Icon only
   

New action: Toggle Weapon Info

• Default keyboard binding: T
  
• Default gamepad binding:
  

New advanced options: Weapon Info Visibility

• Enemy Checking (Left Side of Screen / Whole Screen)
  
• Minimize When Attacking
  
• Minimize When Jumping
  
• Minimize When Using Shield
  
• Minimized Mode (Icon Only / Basic Info)
  
• Maximize After Combat
  

OTHER FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS

Gamepads:

• When using the Weapon Selector, you can now press or to navigate your weapons.
  

UI:

• Menu items with long titles now fade on the side, rather than being truncated with "...".
  
  
• Prompts for "Skip cutscene?" have been made smaller.
  

Other:

• Fixed an error with the internal aim target system.
  

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS

Online Co-op:

• Ranged weapon attacks are now synced properly across all clients, regardless of screen resolutions, aspect ratios, and creature visibility differences.
  
  
• Bow aiming, Multishot procs (especially for Boomerang), and Storm Cloud attacks are now properly synced.
  

Souls:

• If a soul spawns too deep within a corridor, the soul now moves closer to the door to ensure it can be collected.
  

Sound Effects:

• Reduced the volume of the Tallowmere's Keep entrance sound after using a waypoint.
  

Tilted:

• Walking calculations in Tilted rooms, for both players and AI, have been greatly improved.
  
  
• Creatures now walk smoothly up inclines.
  
  
• Improved wall checks and ledge checks for AI.
  

UI:

• Added progress bar animations to various alert boxes.
  

Weapon Rack:

• Fixed Poison Boomerang showing incorrect description text.
  

Unity:

• Updated engine to 2021.2.19f1.
  
  
• Updated Post Processing package to 3.2.2.
  

NEW

Hold to Jump:

• Added option: "Hold to Jump". Available under Options > Advanced.
  

Privacy:

• Privacy policy is now available under Options > Account.
  
  
• Added account option: "Delete Data". This removes any statistics and analytical data that is linked to your account.
  

CONTROLLERS

Desktop:

• Xbox One Controller is now the default fallback controller type.
  

Improvements:

• Left Stick Button (aka L3) and Right Stick Button (aka R3) are now bindable.
  
  
• Improved detection and support for 8BitDo controllers, Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, PlayStation 4 controllers, PlayStation 5 controllers, and Xbox controllers.
  
  
• Improved menu navigation if a controller uses BAYX layout instead of ABXY.
  
  
• Added warning messages if actions are assigned to buttons that are not detected.
  

macOS:

• InControl Legacy is now the default controller module type, rather than InControl Native. The latest macOS 12.3 Monterey update seems to be less compatible with InControl Native.
  
  
• The 12.3 Monterey update seems to severely break Xbox controller support.
  
  
• Recommended controllers are now 8BitDo, PlayStation 4 (USB), PlayStation 5 (USB), and Steam Controller.
  

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS

Couch Co-op:

• Improved camera positioning and zooming when inspecting treasure chests.
  
  
• Player weapon UI now hides after jumping, shielding, drinking, opening the weapon selector, or throwing a key.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where players couldn't attack if their creature was behind their weapon UI.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where treasure chest item pop-ups could show info for the wrong chest.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where player weapon UI would sometimes not appear.
  
  
• Fixed many jiggling UI text issues.
  

Debug Logging:

• Debug data now includes a screenshot of the game.
  
  
• Added advanced option: Verbose Statistics & Achievements.
  
  
• Improved overflow prevention to check for 10 recent repeated messages, rather than 1 recent repeated message.
  

Online Co-op:

• Final preparations for cross-platform play between mobile and desktop clients have been added. Stay tuned.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where a key could be incorrectly held by multiple players.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where disconnection alerts were not visible during a room transition.
  
  
• Improved error handling when applying player creature data when joining a game.
  

Other:

• Camera positioning is now improved if treasure chest UI exceeds top screen bounds.
  
  
• Changelogs are now translated in-game (for recent and future versions).
  
  
• Controller Debugger window now scales text to fit.
  
  
• Feedback and bug report submissions now timeout after 10 seconds, rather than 7 seconds.
  
  
• Fixed a raycast issue with many creatures where eye-check points were positioned on foreheads rather than eyes.
  
  
• Fixed an error when applying poison particle effects.
  
  
• Fixed an error when creating healthbar render textures.
  
  
• Fixed an error with creature states.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where local options could get reset during startup.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where arcane arrow particles would linger too long.
  
  
• Fixed an issue with the Loadout tab where weapon info could overlap description text.
  
  
• Updated Unity to version 2021.2.16f1.
  
  
• Updated Unity Post Processing package to version 3.2.1.
  

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS

Online Co-op:

• Fixed an issue with saved games from previous sessions where enemies and objects could fail to spawn.
  
  
• Improved data syncing when server vacuums an old room.
  

Lightning Bolts:

• Fixed an error where damage could be 0 if its casting creature had died.
  

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS

Leaderboards & High Scores:

• Times for entries longer than 24 hours are now formatted correctly.
  

Creatures:

• Added measures to ensure unique creature states can only exist on the state stack once.
  
  
• Improved clean-up methods after drinking potions.
  

Online Co-op:

• Added measures to ensure multiple potions can't be consumed in quick succession.
  
  
• Added measures to prevent creatures getting stuck in a soft-lock state with potions and keys.
  

Graphics:

• Updated Unity Post Processing package from 3.1.1 to 3.2.0.
  

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS

Boomerang:

• Fixed and improved many collision and positional checks.
  

Boomerang + Multishot:

• Added a max distance check of 3.25 blocks when seeking an additional enemy. This prevents the boomerang from traversing across the screen too far undesirably.
  
  
  

Online Co-op:

• Increased debug logging, especially for room transitions – still investigating a rare error that can occur.
  
  
• Added checks to ensure master NetIDs can't be created client-side when playing online.
  

Zaeries:

• Improved collision detection with shields and walls.
  
  
• Added minimum bounceback velocities when the buzzsaw collides with a creature, shield, or wall. Zaeries should bounce back more reliably now.
  
  
  
  
• Fixed an issue where saving a game with a death-spiralling Zaerie would have the Zaerie be alive when the saved game was loaded.
  

Other fixes:

• Improved hit detection for projectiles and flail balls.
  
  
• Fixed an error in the menus when a category became empty.
  
  
• Fixed an error when a Stun Bomb collided with an enemy on first frame.
  
  
• Fixed an error with creature states.
  
  
• Fixed sprite ordering issues with giblet body parts.
  

FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS

Blood:

• Improved layer ordering for blood splats, chest items, and doors.
  
  
  
  
  

Damage:

• Fixed issues with Elemental Spinner Traps, Flails, and Leaf Shield where position checks were not reset between room transitions. This caused improper collision sweeps during the first frame after a room became ready, causing creatures to receive damage incorrectly.
  

Keys:

• White keys no longer warp inappropriately when dropped against a wall or door.
  
  
• Improved interaction priorities when multiple keys are near each other while also near a door.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where a key could respawn after loading a saved game with key being held then unlocking a door.
  

Online Co-op:

• Improved handling if a room transition occurs while using the Demon Statue, Magic Mirror, or Weapon Rack.
  
  
• Fixed a sync issue where the "Auto-equip Loot" option would apply to non-local players.
  
  
• Added checks to resync if a player reconnects just as a chest is being looted or a door is being opened.
  
  
• Added sound effect when resyncing.
  

Steam Leaderboards:

• Removed pagination buttons for Nearby and Friends entries.
  

Weapons:

• Improved hit detection for Leaf Shield and Stun Bombs.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where Bow rotation would not reset after drinking a potion or if their owner became incapacitated.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where weapons could be held at a weird angle after resuming a saved game.
  
  
• Fixed issues where weapons remained visible while shield was raised or while holding a key.
  

Other fixes:

• Handled an error if an audio clip fails to load.
  
  
• Handled an error when attacking.
  
  
• Improved handling if the Discord module fails to initialise.
  
  
• Fixed an error when equipping a melee weapon.
  
  
• Fixed an error with game states.
  
  
• Fixed an error with the Demon Statue.
  
  
• Fixed an error with the menus.
  
  
• Fixed errors with damage-dealing methods.