Unification
Walljumping, Gem Powers, Gravity Claws, Inventory Wheel
- changed energy orbs to octahedral gems
- increased gem attraction after getting within close range
- added energy depletion over time
- added energy decay buffer which depletes based on energy consumption
- added energy depletion when blaster is fired
- added cycling pitch based sound when energized and collecting gems
- refill energy timer if gravity shifting while energized
- use up 0.5 energy per gravity shift
- use up 2 energy per stun
- added energized version of laser pointer
- added movement speed buff while energized
- added black hole shot while energized
- added boot rockets while energized
- increased gem attraction while energized
- added attacking claws
- added boosting when using claws
- added angular drag and braking when using claws in EVA
- activate 0.7 gravity while holding either of the gravity claws down
- integrated pickup targeting toggle into tool claw grasping
- added gem suction while using left claw
- added gravity toggle and energizing toggle on the secondary face button/Z
- slowed down time during inventory
- added item selection wheel during inventory swap
- added shifting to second layer on wheel with tool claw grasp
- added dedicated blaster selection to wheel with trigger
- added wall jumping
- prevented wall jumping when falling too quickly
- prevented wall drag unless within a range of speed moving upwards
- increased max airborne gravity rotation cooldown
- restored gravity shifting upon stomp or walljump
- disabled stomping while in 0G
- increased stomp damage to 3
- removed vertical angle multiplier on right hand for more consistent aiming
- added back in vertical scaling to speed instead of angle
- enabled instant control of camera movement in first person xr simulation, instead of smoothing
- increased vertical range of xr hmd simulation
- added large sphere for detecting enemies
- added pointer line for detected enemies
- added purple highlighting to enemies when detected
- decreased beast trap damage from instakill to 2, added upwards knockback
- increased size of hawk, frog, and scorpion
- added stun period after damage kills player
- added hp to crates
- added crates to all dead ends
- added fallback max hp up to crate if no entities can be generated without duplication
- enabled randomized choose from 3 upgrades after each level
- re-enabled prices on shop items
- added repair to the shop
- added max hp upgrade to shop
- increased jackhammer damage to 4
- prevented items from being destroyed in crush
- added gem growth which is stompable, 4 health, spawns 30 gems
- added gem wall greeble to biomes
- added large gem to jar
- added stompability to capsules
- added capsule smoke ring
- adjusted tutorial sequence flow to account for no key
- added back in targeting state to tutorial
- updated text for new Up/Down inputs on gamepad
- reworked tutorial to teach hotswapping and blaster forcing
- added separate hit effect sound management
- adjusted sounds for death and hits
- changed default menu button to tab
- added master volume slider to sound menu
Visuals
- improved frozen laboratory and gravity grotto colors
- improved brightness ramp for entities
- decreased saturation of blue brick colors in gravity grotto
- added walldragging puffs
- added screen space stats and energy counter
- increased contrast on uv ramp materials
- adjusted teleporter ring to green when active
- adjusted scorched canyon secondary color to ashy
- updated colors of capsules
- prevented rope from rendering on whip
- changed color of gems and trails
- added highlight hit effect to cactus
- changed claws to white
- changed claw highlight to dark orange
- changed minecart debris to dark purple
- inverted cat avatar torso
- adjusted colors on cat avatar
- adjusted avatar view to be over the shoulder for better view of right hand
- added overlay minimap for non-xr
- added rim lighting effect to entities
- hide stats and energy wheel on hand in non-xr
- straightened out left hand in xr simulation, as seeing stats or map is no longer necessary
- added highlighting to inputs in tutorial tip text
- added current max hp to stats
Fixes
- tuned ambience volume levels per biome
- improved energy orb collection hitbox
- prevented grounding while gliding
- fixed order of grounding detection
- only show grab whip if in confirmed grab
- fixed ambient sounds and music while time stopped
- prevented shots while mid grab or initiating grab
- fixed cactus not dealing damage when stomped
- added player velocity to grappling hook shot
- reset enemy velocity when in hitlag
- prevented grounding when changing vertical speed across 0
- fixed gravity grid behavior when swapping to zero g
- fixed stun highlighting not matching stun time
- fixed not being able to gravity shift consecutively while grounded and in tight spaces
- fixed crate not spawning all possible rewards of area
- generated crate rewards at the level start
- prevented haptics on controller while using mouse
- give back gravity shift upon glancing blow of wall
- always make gravity shift available when grounded
- corrected gravity realignment direction calculation when using down by reflecting and inverting
- fixed calculation of downward gravity shift by normalizing vectors
- ensure gravity shift is returned quickly when using failsafe timer
- ensured effects are controlled by effects mixer
Enemy and Game Loop Overhaul
- filling up the energy ring with 10 orbs now gives 1 health back, instead of providing an upgrade point
- 1 upgrade is now always provided upon level end
- restricted gravity-shifting to once per air-time
- prevented climbing while moving upwards quickly
- extended left claw into climbing position while falling
- removed gold chunks from wall blocks for performance and game balance consistency
- removed prices from shop items to encourage using items without needing to grind money collection
- removed item targeting action and replaced with auto continuous pickup
- automatically swap to 3rd person camera when avatar is enabled
- increased whip hitbox radius by 50%
- added -vrmode launch option to control whether XR is requested
- allowed timekeeper to continue controlling time while swapped to inventory
- added low-speed hitbox to spikes dealing 1 damage
- increased minimum death speed for spikes to require falling multiple blocks of distance
- added 0.1s hitlag locking enemies in place during a damaging hit
- prevented knockback stacking on enemies when in hitlag
- frog now explodes upon death
- frog now always dismounts the ceiling upon receiving damage
- allowed scorpion to quickly combo into another attack if the player doesn't reposition after getting hit
Visuals
- added smoke trails when enemies are launched
- changed frog color to orange, added white belly
- added balled-up rolling stun animation to scorpion
- added dark accents to scorpion
- added light accents to hawk
- replaced matching-wall-color spikes with consistent white
Fixes
- tuned gravity shift head camera compensation to match rotation
- fixed event horizon loop seam timing inconsistency
- improved smoothness of rotation while climbing
- improved double jump magnitude consistency
- enabled interpolation to energy orbs for smooth movement while using timekeeper
- decoupled joystick and mouse movement to work independently and without conflict
- tutorial tips now only swap between controller and keyboard tips when a mouse click or bumper press is detected
- improved consistency of mouse movement in menu on variable framerates
- fixed controller detection not occurring on Steam Deck
- adjusted controller tutorial tips to use Xbox terms
- fixed flickering of menu fade on first opening
- added trap triggering to grappling hook rope
- added 1.5s auto reset timer to hammer
- ensured stats are updated instantly when damaged or collecting money
Experimental support for Non-VR: Flatscreen, Gamepad, Keyboard+Mouse
- added keyboard+mouse input remapping to Options -> Controls -> Keymap
- added mouse menu and game sensitivity sliders to Options -> Controls -> Mouse
- added laser pointer to right claw
- moved scrolling/map rotation to left hand stick
- changed colors and positions of compass arrows for clarity of orientation (Up/Down -> Up/Forward/Right)
- added gravity arrow to map
- added tutorial state for targeting the second item
- adjusted tutorial tips using current key mapping and controller
- added icons to simplify minimap tutorial tip
- replaced rock in tutorial with sword to prevent accidental throws and ensure second item is targeted next
- fixed enemy hurtboxes activating teleporter
- applied camera rotation to timekeeper timescale
- increased volume of floaters
- enabled fullscreen desktop mirror by default
Tutorial redesign, Visual upgrades
- redesigned tutorial to teach exploration, key collection, teleporter, zero G, and lore
- prevented impact damage in tutorial
- prevented multihits and impact damage from hawks
- hawk now retreats momentarily after attacking
- hawk aggression radius decreased
Sounds
- collecting money now dynamically generates sound based on a scale
- swapped ambience and music of Event Horizon and Core Collapse
- pressing "back" in menu now plays a different sound
Visuals
- converted teleporter map visuals to use continuous rotation
- swapped biome index and energy level on stats to prevent overlap with player claw base
- removed snap turn arrow indicator on gravity-shifting
- adjusted tutorial colors
- added more vibrant colors to player hand capsules
- fireflies in gravity grotto now glow from dim orange to bright green
- updated energy orb color
- added orange trail to energy orbs
- added collection effect for energy orbs
- recolored gravity grotto low-gravity field to blue
- redesigned minecart rubble to be more chunky
- redesigned spikes to be more gnarly and visible
Fixes
- fixed gravity block not being destroyed by Cursed Tomb boss
- eliminated unnecessary function calls on non-zero-gravity climbables
- prevented XR interaction function calls when un-paused
- fixed regression of climbable release event not triggering
- improved rendering performance of Event Horizon control rod tower
2023.03.05.1
Desktop view spectating improvements
- Desktop view now uses smoothed wide-FOV camera for better spectating/recording/streaming
Unification is available now!
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Unification is just beginning!
Available on all VR headsets March 1st!
https://crushpoint.games/unification