Way of Rhea

Full Release Notes

• Added dialogue sounds for Hermie and Snow Crab (professor and Player remaining)
  
• Added presets for common types of colorblindness (colors can still be set to whatever you like by selecting "Custom")
  
• Added an in-game achievements menu
  
• Fixed a number of specific locations where the camera was configured in such a way that it would move oddly if moved via a teleport of save point load
  
• Fixed alternate solutions to a number of end game puzzles
  
• Modified the second puzzle in the second level o the Professor Biome to require what used to be an alternate solution because it was more interesting than the intended solution
  
• Fixed an alternate solution to the last puzzle in the second level of the Professor Biome
  
• Slightly increased the difficulty of the final puzzle
  
• Added missing entrance portals in some levels
  
• Increased size of elevator levers for better visibility
  
• Improved visibility of puzzle elements in some puzzles
  
• Fixed visual artifact that previously showed up when NPCs use portals
  
• Speed controls are no longer toggles on keyboard (experiment, may revert later)
  
• Visual polish
  
• Fixed alternate solutions to some puzzles in the second Ice Biome level
  
• Fixed a way to cheese the penultimate Ice Biome puzzle by messing with save points
  
• Slightly increased difficult of second puzzle in the first Ice Biome
  
• Fixed some physics glitches that affected some circuit puzzles
  
• Spaced out some crab puzzles to make them less fiddly
  
• Added some tele fields that aren't strictly necessary to prevent the annoying situation where a tele is left on from an old puzzle inadvertently
  
• Fixed a place Snow Crab could get stuck in the last puzzle
  
• Shows completion percent in the secret area
  
• Adds UI indicating you can take items from Snow Crab the first time it's possible
  
• Fixed a very difficult to execute timing sensitive alternate solution to an end game puzzle that was more "obvious" than the true solution which is easy to execute
  
• Only shows interesting checkpoints in checkpoint menu, resolves issue with how hidden checkpoints interact with this menu (they are shown if they are most recent)
  
• Fixes issue with text centering on speech bubbles
  
• Fixed objects that spawn just above the ground
  
• Improved load times (should be fairly fast anyway, but there was some low hanging fruit)
  
• Fixed open gates popping in and out when at edge of screen
  

Release Notes

• Resolves an ambiguity caused by an unintended solution to a secret.
  

Full Release Notes

• Added timers for speed runners. The game now counts your total time in each level, as well as a segmented time when you play a level from beginning to end, and includes a stats screen and ranking that shows totals and best of.
  
• Fixed a problem where the hovered object could flicker back and forth between near objects (most recent hover now gets slight priority)
  
• Discovered an alternate, more challenging solution to one of the secrets, modified the secret to make that solution required & increased the difficulty (for those that want to replay it: it's the looped secret)
  
• Fixed an issue in some crab puzzles involving teleporters left on between puzzles
  
• Fixed a bug where secrets were not counted in a very specific situation
  
• Fixed a problem where an end game crab puzzle was easier than intended because the crab couldn't make the jump to a ledge it was supposed to be able to reach
  
• Removed a number of inadvertent solutions to the secrets that were much easier than the intended solutions
  
• Fixed a problem where an end game puzzle had an alternate solution that was very timing sensitive but easier to see than the "correct" solution
  
• Improved readability of the intro color/undo UI
  
• Fixed some camera glitches
  
• Fixed a puzzle that you could solve without getting Snowcrab out and then reset to get Snowcrab back
  
• Fixed a bug where solved secret items could move and become unreachable after exiting to the main menu then returning to the game
  
• Shows more controls in game, but also provides an option to turn them off
  

• Dramatically improved performance of undo/redo and save point switching, especially on lower end machines
  
• Added a weather system with snow and rain and varied skies
  
• Visuals on the main menu now change throughout the game
  
• Reworked the first ice world puzzle to be less confusing
  
• All levels now exist in game (not included in demo)
  
• We've made more progress on the Linux port, though you won't see the effects of this outwardly in the demo yet. (Side note: our Steam Deck arrived today! Way of Rhea doesn't yet work on Steam Deck as far as we're aware, now that we have one that should change soon.)
  
• Minor polish throughout