Full Linux Support (v0.19)

We've got a bunch of small tweaks this week to particularly-troublesome enemies, as well as some quality-of-life updates, performance improvements, and a ton of bugfixes.

But the big update this week is full Linux support! This also includes a native build for the Steam Deck (instead of using the Windows build with Proton). We'll have more details on our Steam Deck compatibility soon; we're still stress-testing all the performance improvements on the Deck and tuning the default Deck configuration to feel great, even at infinitely-long runs.

So lets get into what's new!

Native Linux Support

• The game is now natively supported on Linux!

• This includes a native Linux build for Steam Deck, where we've been loving playing the game from.

Daily Challenge Changes

• The results of each day's leaderboard are now automatically reported on the Chroma Golem Discord when a new challenge starts. You're invited! Come say hi to the developers, rant about how hard the daily is, share feedback, or just hang out. :)

• The daily challenge boss now spawns 20 minutes into the challenge, rather than 30 minutes in.

• You can now select "Daily Challenge" as a level (at the top of the list) in the co-op lobby screen to jump into the daily challenge with your friends.

Balance Changes

• The amount of XP required per level up has been increased by 10%.

• The amount of XP required per level up in party play (where XP is shared across all players) has been increased from +25% per player to +75% per player.

  • Actual impact: co-op parties need +54% more XP per level at 2 players, +83% at 3, and +104% at 4 people.

Enemy Changes

• Bosses now spawn in the area ~30% closer to the player (but still off-screen).

• Jade Dragon (boss)'s phase 2 mechanics now start at 80% health rather than 70% health.

• Reduced projectile speed of Sky Sages by 75% (8->2).

• Reduced projectile speed of Hairball Hurlers by 55% (4.5->2).

• Reduced projectile size of Sphinx Stalker by 75%, and reduced projectile speed by 50% (6->3).

• Reduced projectile size of Coil Sentry by 75%, and reduced projectile speed by 50% (8->4).

• Reduced projectile size of Bamboo Recluse by 75%.

• Increased the size of Doxocology Chair enemies by 100%.

UI Changes

• The pause menu minimap now shows tooltips for each interactable object in the world, and a distance tracker of how far you are to them.

• Redesigned the open slots in the co-op lobby to make it clearer that you can click open slots to join opposing teams.

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug that prevented properly defaulting to Simplified Chinese language settings when playing on a Mac in China.

• Fixed a bug that made bots in Genesis Rift level up approximately twice as fast as the player.

• Fixed several places where text in the UI was wrapping incorrectly, especially on larger screens.

• Fixed more than a dozen small bugs that directly resulted in performance slowdowns, especially on longer runs.