Vibrant Venture

A new patch has been released for Vibrant Venture!

• Reworked Azura's Homing Attack
  • You can now bypass the charge animation entirely by performing a homing attack while moving at sprint speed or faster
  • Moving slower than sprint speed triggers the charge animation
  • The duration of the charge animation increases based on your initial speed when initiating the homing attack; slower speeds result in a longer charge time
  • Bouncing off an enemy after a successful attack now retains your momentum
• Removed the movement speed cap
  • Momentum is now always fully preserved
  • Friction is applied when landing
  • Azura's Dash now has no speed limit, allowing you to maintain your speed while airborne
• Fixed crawling while being carried by a moving platform in a one block gap causing the player to bob up and down
• Fixed the background flickering in the Level Builder when entering playtesting right above the death pit
• Fixed walking up against the underside of stairs sometimes moving the player onto the stair
• Fixed sliding into the underside of stairs causing the Slide Kick to cancel
• Fixed Brachin and Brachin Goo animations ignoring time scale
• Fixed a checkpoint trigger being too small in 3-3

A new patch has been released for Vibrant Venture!

• Added missing decoration in 2-S
  
• Fixed completing a Gauntlet level after the timer ran out while swimming causing the game to softlock
  
• Fixed being unable to jump when standing on a slope next to a wall
  
• Fixed the World 1 Brachin and Brachin Goo using incorrect textures
  

Changelog

• Added a new level: 2-G
• Added a new lock animation for the Character Wheel when entering a Character Barrier
• Added a joystick vertical sensitivity option
• Added checkpoints in 1-G
• Added new Pause Menu sprites
• Overhauled several graphics
  • Updated Brachin Goo tile graphics
  • Brachin Goo tiles are now animated
  • Updated Brachin sprites and animations
  • Updated Seedle Bush sprite
  • Updated Violastro's leaf trap sprite in 1-4
• Overhauled and tweaked controls and physics
  • Max sprinting speed is now slightly faster
  • Using the Double Jump now reduces less horizontal speed
  • Azura's Dash is now easier to stop
  • Characters have more weight now, making them less floaty and easier to control
  • It now takes slightly longer to reach sprinting speed
  • Momentum now functions properly on springs and other objects that can bounce the player, and you can no longer turn around immediately in mid-air after launching off a sideways spring
  • Jumping off slopes while climbing no longer halts horizontal movement
  • The wind physics in 3-2 and 3-3 have been improved and no longer causes significant speed losses
  • Fixed several inconsistencies with sprinting
• 1-1 design changes
  • The hole at the very start now includes a platform, making it easier to exit
  • The Seedle enemy is now introduced later on its own instead of close to the Leafly enemy
  • Redesigned the area where the Seedle is introduced to make it easier to fight or evade the Seedle without it following the player all the way to the first checkpoint
  • Redesigned the Air Kick tutorial
  • Slightly adjusted the Dash tutorial
  • Redesigned the section following the cave exit
  • Added a new checkpoint after the final Character Barrier in the level
  • Removed several poorly placed Brachin Goo spike tiles that caused frustration for new players
• 1-2 design changes
  • Redesigned the opening area to now include a tutorial board reminding players to use the Slide Kick attack
  • Redesigned the area featuring the first stompable Bramble Bopper to clarify that it can be stomped
  • Removed the Breakable Rocks at the end of the second section due to their poor placement and the frustration they caused when trying to destroy them
  • Readded the Glide tutorial board after the Vine Stab tutorial
  • Redesigned the area following the Glide tutorial to teach players that holding the jump key while Vine Stabbing allows for higher bounces
• Redesigned the launchable boulders in 1-4 and 1-Boss
  • Changed boulder sprite to a flower bomb
  • Now explodes on impact
  • Updated sprites in 1-4 to glow, making them consistent with their appearance in 1-Boss
  • Updated vine sprites in 1-4
• 1-G's second section now features one fewer enemy and has been redesigned on the left side for improved movement
• The platforms in 1-Boss are now graphically distinct, and the wind does not lift you as high
• Dying 10 times without reaching a checkpoint will now prompt the player to try Assist Mode
• The Character Swap animation is no longer affected by slow motion, making it easier to identify the active character while slow motion is active
• The Character Wheel is now visible on-screen by default
• Covered a death pit in the final section of 1-4
• Platforms added beneath the Coral Springs in the sky sections of 2-2 prevent the player from falling to their death at the end of the section
• Fixed gamepad controls in the Level Builder using the incorrect joysticks
• Fixed the Character Wheel tutorial board layout in 1-1 not matching the actual Character Wheel layout
• Fixed several instances where enemies did not respawn, potentially softlocking the player
• Fixed the Double Jump tutorial board speech bubble obscuring a platform in 1-1
• Fixed being able to clip into walls in 3-4 using Moving Hooks
• Fixed the Challenge Coin HUD appearing when playing levels in the Level Builder
• Fixed weird camera movement in the third section of 2-3
• Fixed camera issues near the end of 3-1 when using Assist Mode's Infinite Abilities modifier to Double Jump to the ceiling
• Fixed being able to repeatedly use the Homing Attack ability with Assist Mode enabled even though Infinite Abilities was disabled
• Fixed getting stuck on ceilings with spikes while using Assist Mode's Hazard Protection modifier
• Fixed an issue where the interact arrow above doors was not affected by slow motion blur

• Reimplemented checkpoints in 1-Boss and 2-Boss
  
• Spewshrooms in 1-Boss now fire less frequently and only when the player is close to them
  
• The log in 1-Boss now automatically aims at Madeline when slamming it
  
• Improved Spewshroom projectile visuals
  
• Increased default slow motion duration from 2 seconds to 2.5 seconds
  
• Increased Longer Slow Motion upgrade duration from 3.5 seconds to 4 seconds
  
• Fixed Longer Slow Motion upgrade being usable in Time Trials
  
• Fixed the file select screen rounding up file completion percentage resulting in incorrect values being displayed
  
• Fixed the Character Orbs showing up immediately while jumping out of the minecart in 3-Bonus
  
• Fixed the upload button in the Level Builder being visible even when offline
  

• Fixed the Gem Counter and Challenge Coin HUD always staying on screen in 3-Bonus
  
• Fixed losing your speed in between section transitions in 3-Bonus
  
• Fixed being able to land on moving platforms while using Azura's Homing Attack
  
• Fixed Cardinal's double jump animation not playing in 3-Bonus
  
• Fixed moving platforms being able to move the player while Homing Attacking
  
• Fixed a rendering issue in the temple in Cornucopia Town
  

• Added the ability to rewatch Power Crystal cutscenes
  • Recovered Power Crystals in the town temple can now be interacted with
  • Interacting with a Power Crystals prompts you to rewatch the cutscene
• 3-3 level design adjustments
  • Several sections are now easier, less precise and leaves more room to react
  • Upon solving the crate puzzle, it now closes off the area the player came from and spawns in a couple of Rocket Platform deflectors to make ascending easier
  • Arrows indicate when to move up with rocket platforms
  • Design oversights have been addressed and fixed
  • Fixed an issue in section 2 that made it impossible to grab 2 Large Gems
• Tweaked the Stamina wheel, Wall Jump wheel and Iron Oyster gauge
  • Now pulsates when gauge is 25% or lower
  • Pulsates faster the closer it gets to 0%
  • At 25% gauge, they slowly turn red
• Tweaked Azura's Homing Attack
  • It is now easier to target enemies
  • A targeted enemy has an additional threshold distance before becoming untargeted
  • Enemies on ceilings no longer causes the attack to sometimes fail
  • Targeting bubble has a quick animation now, making it easier to tell that an enemy has become targeted
• Improved performance in multiple World 3 levels
• Various 2-3 level design improvements and tile fixes
• Removed a Mollet in 3-4's 2nd section that was impossible to react to upon first playing the level
• Updated control scheme selector UI
• Fixed being able to clip into the ground using Azura's Homing Attack at the start of 2-1's third section
• Fixed being able to clip into the wall in 3-4 using the Moving Hooks
• Fixed grabbing a hook while in Anti Gravity forcing the player to jump at max height
• Fixed opening the Character Wheel after respawning instantly switching to Cardinal
• Fixed character icons in dialogue sometimes lingering into the next dialogue
• Fixed the lift in the temple being usable while the game is paused
• Fixed Clawmads being listed as "cephalopods" in Azura's Journal in English
• Fixed the Goal Balloon in 3-3 not temporarily freezing time when grabbing it
• Fixed camera shaking sometimes not working
• Fixed an invisible collision near the town in the World 1 map
• Fixed the HUD in the Level Builder not becoming transparent when using a draggable tool

• Fixed swimming into Centeels in 2-3 sometimes causing the player to get stuck in the Centeel body
  
• Fixed opening the Character Wheel just before obtaining a Power Crystal causing the white fade cutscene to play at normal time scale
  
• Fixed sliding off an edge as Pistachio while holding the Jump button causing her fall animation to play while gliding
  
• Fixed a bug where Pistachio, upon reaching the top of a vine/ladder while holding the Jump key, would repeatedly enter her gliding state and fall even when holding the Up key
  
• Fixed switching resolution in the Level Builder causing the zoom to behave strangely when zooming in and out afterwards
  
• Fixed the Night background being cut off in the Level Builder when the camera is zoomed out
  
• Fixed the S+ rank icon in the Totals menu not animating when accessing the menu through the pause menu
  
• Fixed repeated screen shaking eventually causing the game to render a solid color at very high framerates
  

Changelog

• Added a tooltip in the Level Builder for modifiable objects
  • Instructs you to right click (or use the corresponding button on the controller) to edit the object
• Added Range Editor support for the Seedle Bush in the Level Builder
• Updated the My Levels and Workshop Levels menu in the Level Builder
  • Now displays the name of the currently selected level on the right panel as well
  • Automatically selects the level currently being edited when opened (if any)
  • When a level is renamed, it will now appear at the top of the list in the scroll panel, correcting the previous problem where it sometimes disappeared above or below other levels in the view
• Updated the Level Builder tooltip UI
  • Now slightly transparent
• Updated the Level Builder Gizmos visuals
  • All Gizmos now feature improved sprites, making them easier to see against brigther backgrounds
  • The Waypoint Gizmos arrows are no longer visible behind waypoints
  • The Waypoint Gizmos arrow drawing animation is now slightly slower
• Updated the Intro Cutscene
  • The background now gradually fades back to the original background as Violastro flies away
  • The animation of Violastro flying away now uses new sprites and animations for the disc and Violastro himself
• Updated the Totals UI
  • Now shows a Power Crystal icon instead of a flag icon for completed levels with a Power Crystal
• Updated some tiles on the 2-1 and 2-2 tilemaps to improve readability and fix tile cutoffs
• Updated the Yellow Grass and Orange Grass tilemaps to improve readability
• Fixed particles rendering incorrectly in the temple in the Town
• Fixed some text in the Help menu being too long when the language is set to Brazilian Portuguese
• Fixed an issue where setting the camera zoom during 1-Boss causing the camera to center elsewhere before snapping back to focus on the player
• Fixed setting the resolution to a 4:3 resolution, getting close to the ceiling in the first phase of the 1-Boss, then switching to a 16:9 resolution (or higher) allowing you to clip out of bounds
• Fixed the resolutions selection dropdown cancelling scrolling if the mouse ended up between two options
• Fixed Magnet Shooters detecting platform tiles as an obstruction
• Fixed being able to clip out of bounds during the first phase of 1-Boss when the screen shakes
• Fixed the camera zoom option not working during the Intro Cutscene
• Fixed the camera not following the player when jumping from a Flower Platform moving vertically at a high speed
• Fixed changing resolution inside of Cardinal's house during the Intro Cutscene causing the camera to incorrectly reposition itself
• Fixed changing resolution inside the temple from a 4:3 to a 16:9 resolution causing the camera to incorrectly focus on the center of the temple instead of the player
• Fixed changing resolution from to a 4:3 resolution from a 16:9 resolution (or higher) in 2-Bonus while on the left side of the screen causing the player to die
• Fixed the unique death sound in 2-Bonus not playing when the player dies from getting crushed
• Fixed the shield in 2-Bonus not breaking when the player dies from getting crushed
• Fixed missing Tall Grass tiles in 1-4
• Fixed the water at the start of 2-4 not working properly
• Fixed character swapping particles in the World Map sometimes not rendering correctly
• Fixed exiting the Time Trial in 2-4 causing the keys to disappear
• Fixed being unable to swap characters at the end of 3-Bonus until respawning
• Fixed a softlock caused by skipping the final part of the intro cutscene just before the transition to 1-1
• Fixed swapping from Banana to another character during a Wall Slide resulting in the latter character displaying Banana's Wall Slide sprite briefly
• Fixed a tile error in the first section of 2-S