• This track was previously absent from all collections despite being in the game since Early Access release. It is now a part of both the "Best Of" and the "Complete Recordings" collections.

• Expanded track names for all pixel lobby themes:
  • Pummelin' Plains (Arizona's Lobby)
    
  • Reine City (Velvet's Lobby)
    
  • A Dreary Place (Paprika's Lobby)
  
  
• Added "Break Bone" as track 17 (pushed forward everything after it by 1).

• Updated album art to make it easier to tell them apart.

• Reordered tracks according to this priority:
  
  • Default > Standard (All characters) > Final Round (All characters) > Idle
    
  • Regular and looping versions of the same track are next to each other.

• Renamed the title of the album from "Character Select​/​Training Stage" to "Character Select/Menus/Misc Stages".
  
• Reordered the "regular" character select theme to track #1.
  
• Added title and menu themes (the same as they are on the "Best Of").
  
• Added "Break Bone" theme (with bonus looping variant).

Unlockable Shadow Palettes

1. Win the "Apex Predator" bonus during a Salt Mines run to unlock the shadow palette for the character you played during that run.
   
   • "Apex Predator" is obtained when a player earns enough salt to become the boss bear, then manages to defeat all other players during the Final Showdown.
     
   • You must be playing on an official (blue) Pixel Lobby server to unlock shadow palettes this way. In the very near future, we plan to extend this capability to partnered (green) servers.
   
   
2. Purchase the "Shadow Palettes Pack" DLC on Steam, priced at $1.99 USD (subject to regional pricing). This instantly unlocks shadow palettes for all current and future characters.

"Tennis Shoes" Backer-Exclusive Palette

• You must enter a unique product code into Steam to unlock this palette pack. The code will be sent to qualifying backers via email through Backerkit.
  
• NOTE: At the time of this writing, Valve is still processing our request for the 10,000 keys we need for everyone. It might be a day or two after the patch until they go out. We'll make a separate announcement when that happens.
  
• EDIT: We received the keys and distributed them on 2/26/20.
  
• This palette pack will always remain a backer exclusive.

Menus/UI

• The title screen has been updated with the current logo.
  
• Fixed a typo on the match ready screen (the GGPO Frame Delay explanation).

Pixel Lobby

• There are now icons beside the button prompts on the Salt Mines HUD, to help players better match the prompts to actions.
  
• Press F to do whatever it is you bound it to do.

• Fixed a sound attenuation issue that was causing certain sound effects to play at full volume no matter where a player was in the lobby. This affected fight clouds (start and end), emotes, and water splash sounds, which should all now respect the distance you are to them.
  
• The length of a full day/night cycle has been extended to 10 minutes (up from 5 minutes).
  
• The time it takes to transition from day to night (and from night to day) has been extended to 10 seconds (up from 2 seconds).
  
• Overworld notifications no longer cut off long player names.
  
• Overworld notifications now have a black outline, making them easier to see over bright terrain.

Gameplay

• All characters' shadow palettes now have an improved, unified color scheme.
  
• All characters now have improved swipes and hitsparks on normal attacks, with more on the way.
  
• Tianhuo's stage now has additional background Longma characters.
  
• All characters now properly transition to a falling animation when KO'd into a stagger state while airborne. No more "air flop", sorry.
  
• Fixed various inconsistencies with the frame number meter is actually spent when activating a level 1 super. On all characters, meter is now spent on the same frame the input is completed, as intended.
  
• It is no longer possible to prematurely land on the floor when an air throw connects close to the ground.

• Arizona's Headbucks and supers have a new set of swipes and hitsparks.

• Velvet now has a proper set of animation effects for her Wind ability.
  
• The effect for Icicle Eruption now instantly disappears if Velvet is struck. Before, only the hitbox was doing so.
  
• Fixed an error on Velvet's command list (introduced in the previous patch) that said her level 1 super was "air ok". It is not, and never has been.

• Oleander now has an entirely new animation for 6A. The frame data remains unchanged.
  
• Oleander now has slightly-improved effect for the book's attack arc during 6C while Fred is out. We plan to do more with this later when there is time.
  
• Oleander can no longer cancel her backdash into a forward dash during the i-frames.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused Oleander's palette to scramble during her fall animation after certain knockdowns.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented Oleander from double jumping after an air tech if brought into the air from a grounded state. Air techs now always refund her double jump.

• Paprika's backdash now behaves more in-line with all other characters.
  
• Paprika can no longer cancel the startup of Zippy Teleport into a throw.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused Paprika to reappear in the wrong spot during Zippy Teleport while affected by Velvet's level 2 super, or when another Paprika teleported at the same time.

• Pom can now combo Bark! into her level 1 super when her opponent is airborne and at max Juggle Decay. Previously, this would only work if the opponent was on the ground when hit by Bark!
  
• Fixed various puppy palette miscolorations on spawn/exit animations.
  
• The animation effect around Big Papa during Pom's level 1 super is no longer cardboard, again.
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented Pom from floating or air dashing after an air tech if brought into the air from a grounded state. Air techs now always refund those options.

• All Firecracker attacks have a new swipe effect.
  
• Fixed inconsistency in damage between grounded and air throws during Ran Shao Feng.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused Volcanic Crash to push Juggle Decay beyond its limit.
  
• Volcanic Crash no longer keeps a hurtbox through its animation (after it connects). Tian now loses her hurtbox when Volcanic Crash connects.
  
• Tianhuo's collision box during her airdash now properly matches the position of her character model.
  
• Tianhuo is no longer obscured by the flames of Volcanic Bash
  
• Whiffing an air grab during Flight now ends Flight (while NOT in Ran Shao Feng).
  
• Fixed a bug that prevented Tianhuo from air dashing after an air tech if brought into the air from a grounded state. Air techs now always refund her air dash.

Known Issues

• If you choose "random" on character select and it lands you on the Tennis Shoes palette, the special announcer line may play improperly.

Backer-Exclusive Palette: Tennis Shoes

Shadow Palettes: TFH's First Unlockable Content

1. Win the "Apex Predator" bonus during a Salt Mines run (on an official Mane6 Pixel Lobby server) to unlock the shadow palette for the character you played during that run. "Apex Predator" is obtained when a player earns enough salt to become the boss bear, then manages to defeat all the other players during the Final Showdown.
   
   
2. Purchase the "Shadow Palettes Pack" here on Steam, priced at $1.99 USD (subject to regional pricing) that instantly unlocks shadow palettes for all current and future characters.

• A lot of players have been asking us to make Shadow Palettes playable and we want to honor that request, but they're too special to just give away.
  
• Unlockables are an important part of fighting games, and games in general, to give players a reason for playing, a meaningful goal to strive towards.
  
• We also wanted to offer players a convenient, affordable way to unlock the palettes without having to complete the ingame challenge.
  
• And, there is precedent for this type of unlock condition in many other fighting games.

Upcoming Story Mode Progress Stream

FAQs

What’s the difference between the two collections?

I’m a crowdfund backer. Where do I get my soundtrack rewards?

Do these collections include high-quality audio formats?

Why is the “Complete Recordings” collection only available on Bandcamp?

Will more tracks be added over time?

What happened to the pixel lobby track expansion on iTunes and Spotify?

Who gets the money from soundtrack sales?

Menus/UI

• Added pageleft/pageright icons on either side of the main menu newsfeed to make it more clear that you can manually scroll.
  
• Added a black stripe on the bottom of the main menu to make navigation easier to see.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused player portraits on the casual XP display to appear blank.
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the “backer” portrait banner to appear for players who were not backers, and to not appear for players who were backers (on the main menu only).
  
• There is now a “Mane6” portrait banner to help identify devs.
  
• Fixed some errors/inconsistencies with keyboard button glyphs.

Pixel Lobby

• Fixed a bug that caused the screen to get stuck on black if a player entered a fight during a difficulty level transition, or as the Final Showdown began.
  
• Many more predators now spawn during high-population runs to prevent starvation.
  
• The controls display on the salt mines HUD has been expanded to include interacting/opening chests and mining in addition to throwing dynamite.
  
• All players are now invulnerable to dynamite stun for 4 seconds just after coming out of a fight (yes, this includes the boss bear).
  
• There is now a “diminishing returns” period on dynamite stuns, where if a player is stunned again shortly after coming out of their invulnerability period, that stun’s duration is reduced (yes, this includes the boss bear).

• Fixed yet another spectate bug where if a player canceled at the spectate ready screen, they would no longer be able to fight or spectate other players.
  
• Added pageleft/pageright icons to the hintstripe of the wardrobe menu.
  
• Players will no longer receive matchmaking requests while they claiming an overworld chest. If a matchmaking accept prompt is already onscreen and a chest is claimed, the matchmaking prompt cannot be accepted. The player remains in the matchmaking queue (This change is intended to prevent the occurrence of a bug that breaks matchmaking (until that player leaves and rejoins the lobby) if they receive a matchmaking request while claiming chest).
  
• Fixed a bug where the GGPO ping display would not be the same as the actual match ping.
  
• The Bunny Ears hat now layers properly with Oleander’s horn.

Gameplay

• Fixed a bug in Velvet’s tutorial during her specials section where the dialogue explaining Shatters were using QCF glyphs instead of QCB.
  
• The font of the input display list during combo trials has been condensed to allow more lines to appear onscreen at once.

• Instructions on how to perform “Slide” now appear on Velvet’s command list.

• New palette: “Royal Gold”.

General Updates/Bugfixes

• The tutorial now takes you to your character’s stage instead of just Arizona’s.
  
• Dialogue in all “basics” sections have been revised for better clarity. The rest of the tutorial will get a pass later on.
  
• Oleander now wears her glasses in all “basics” sections... She’s been reading too much.
  
• The tutorial dialogue’s font has been increased in size... For Oleander’s benefit.
  
• Fixed the “Rebound” bug where a successful execution of Arizona’s level 2 super would fail the trial if done a little on the late side.
  
• Fixed a bug where the advance dialogue arrow would not show up for any prompts past the very first intro.
  
• Input display across all tutorials is now locked to stick only.
  
• Renamed certain options in the tutorial pause menu for better clarity.
  
• There is now a “previous section” command in the tutorial pause menu that takes you to the start of the section before the one you’re on currently.
  
• During objective tests, the "FAIL" text now says "TRY AGAIN". (Oleander is slightly nicer to you… But you still failed.).
  
• Greater input leniency is now allowed for the basic combos section. Example: rapid fire jabs no longer fail the trial.
  
• Fixed a bug in the Combo Trial move list where Crouch Rapid Fire A moves wouldn’t show the crouching arrow icon.

• Fixed an oversight that set Xbox controllers’ pageleft and pageright defaults to RT/RB. The defaults are now LB/RB, respectively.
  
• In options menus, fixed a bug where a section’s “restore defaults” would restore defaults for options that were moved to other sections.
  
• Added a “restore defaults” to video options, excepting display resolution options.
  
• Fixed a bug where player portraits would not appear next to players’ names in the Classic Lobby.

• There is now a nicer background while you’re waiting to join a Pixel Lobby via “Quick Join”.
  
• We believe we have fixed “spectate bug” #8. This one required you to watch your next match before you could spectate anything else or enter a fight, even after closing the game.
  
• Fixed a bug where ping information on the match ready screen would be wildly incorrect if a player had previously timed out from the server.

Gameplay

• All command lists have been updated to include more details on moves (as room allows).
  
• Tianhuo’s stage now has additional background characters, including animated longma NPCs in the distance. There was always a population in Huoshan, we swear!

• All of Arizona's "reference" palettes now properly list credit as "Mane6" rather than "Mane6 Original.

• We have temporarily removed the (intentional) asymmetrical leg color on the “Dusk Royalty” palette to fix widespread color errors with Oleander’s palettes in general. (Meanwhile, we've committed Leed and Anu to the laughing academy).

Known Issues

• The Video Settings menu will not scroll back up once scrolled down. Don’t worry, no options are missing, just the header for Display Settings.
  
• Tianhuo’s specials tutorial doesn’t yet contain an explanation for Volcanic Bash. We are working on it!

Menus

• TFH now supports button glyphs for “Fun-Location Shaped-Based”™ controllers. (Please don’t sue us.)
  
• An option to manually specify the type of button glyphs you want displayed for each player has been added to the button config menu.
  
• Accepting a matchmaking prompt is now done with Start/Pause instead of Utility 1.
  
  • Utility 1 is now an entirely vestigial input, but we’re looking into repurposing it for other modes. It remains an empty shell in button config until then. Don’t think about it too much or you’ll give it power.
  
  
• During config all in button config, Voice Chat (formerly Utility 2) now uses the correct text in the prompt.
  
• The game now displays a notification if you have less than 2GB of RAM available when you start the game, which is recommended for a smoother experience.
  
  • You may disable this notification in the options menu.
  
  
• Fixed some inconsistencies with confirm/cancel buttons across various menus and prompts.
  
• Fixed a bug that showed an odd notification if you mashed join on a full Pixel Lobby server.
  
• Targets Mode: Fixed an issue where the hover/selection bar would be white instead of magenta.

Pixel Lobby

• We’ve added unique glyphs to show when you’re in range to interact with chests, ore, and characters.
  
• You should now be able to stand next to both a chest and salt ore and interact with either (using the relevant button) without having to move your character.
  
• Fixed a bug where the boss bear could use its super from the background during its magic attack.
  
• Fixed a bug where players would not be awarded salt if they started a predator fight during a difficulty level transition.

• The overworld HUD now tells you when you’ve reached the salt cap of 50K.
  
• The salt mines gate now asks you to confirm you still want to enter the mines despite having max salt.
  
• Fixed a bug where the matchmaking icon displayed over a player sprite’s head layered over the quick chat menu.
  
• The bone pile on the east cliff of Arizona’s lobby now has proper layering on the top edge.

Gameplay

• Classic Lobbies have been un-broken’d.
  
• We’ve added a feature that automatically resets a player’s button config if their controller is removed and an entirely different controller is plugged in. This is intended to alleviate an issue with button configurations remaining from a previous controller, particularly at local events.
  
  • To clarify: it only does the reset for one player if you swap that player’s controller while the game is running. It will not reset if the same controller is unplugged then replugged, nor if you shut the game down, unplug the controller, launch the game, then plug a different controller in.
    
  • This feature is disabled by default, for now. You can enable it using the "Automatic Controller Reset" toggle in the gameplay options menu. We would like to make this the default option in the future if it doesn’t cause more problems than it solves, so please try it out and give us your feebdack.
  
  
• Adjusted analog sensitivity to allow for more consistent diagonal inputs on certain gamepads.
  
• In Training Mode we’ve added a “standing” state for the dummy, which is now the default on new configs. This is intended to give players a way to have a standing dummy without the risk of accidental inputs from player 2’s controller.
  
• The image previews on stage select for Pom’s stage now use the new stage instead of the old one.
  
• Tutorial mode: dialogue for all character’s specials and magic sections has been revised.
  
• Tutorial mode: clearer circle-gate input glyphs (that show up better on a black background) have been added to all relevant sections.
  
• On the tutorial section select screen, the titles of various sections have been revised for better clarity.
  
• Added the blinking red “low time” visual warning to minimal HUD.
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed juggle decay settings from Training Mode to carry over to Arcade Mode and the Salt Mines.
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed characters to take damage after the match timer had run out.
  
  • This issue would have never made the difference between a win or lose, it was purely visual. Matches were already decided before the extra damage was taken. Still, we added a safeguard that prevents characters from taking damage after the game decides a winner, to make things more clear.

• Walk animations have finally been sped up to better fit her current walk speed.

• Bear can no longer do foreground specials and super while in the background.

Known Issues

• There’s a color error on Oleander’s far-front leg during certain animations.
  
• In Arizona’s tutorial for her super attacks, the game sometimes doesn’t recognize the input buffer on Rebound properly, and will not register a successfully executed move.