Build 7 release notes

Thanks to everyone who helped make the release a success! We’re pleased to announce the first post-release update. This update clears up a few release bugs, improves onboarding, and makes several balancing updates that we believe will bring the difficulty more in line with your expectations.

New Features 🙌

• New custom adaptive final boss music

Bug Fixes/Improvements 🐛

• Explosions now have a 50% chance of causing ceiling enemies to drop

• Allow pausing in player ship

• Increase hitbox size for world 1 boss

• Various minor audio and visual fixes

• Start world 2 boss faster to minimize chance of player walking into swords

• Close final boss gate faster to minimize chance of player trapping themselves outside

• Potential performance optimization (pause some distant off-screen enemies to reduce CPU/physics load)

• Add HUD feedback when collecting oxygen, coins, and activating switches

• Improve usability of oxygen refill stations by clearly showing coins -> oxygen exchange details

• Spikey enemies can now be killed via explosions

• Fix some issues with physics-based coins

• Fix for world 1 boss not always taking damage

• Fix for player stuck moving slowly after holding exploding barrel

• Fix various scenarios in which player could remain in the shooting state

• Fix for pausing during teleporting leaving player frozen

Balance Changes

• Increase world 1 boss health, add ceiling worms

• Fix for world 3 boss head health not refilling fully after each phase

• Decrease probability of bottles spawning hearts and oxygen (50% -> 33%)

• 50% chance of chests being trapped

• Remove item spawns for world 1 and 2 bosses

• Increase difficulty of challenge rooms

Known Issues See this forum post for known issues with the latest build

P.S. We will soon be posting a devlog with our plans for the future. We have lots of cool stuff in the works and we’re excited to share! Stay tuned...