Patchnotes v1.1.0 - Content Update

Hi :) After the release of Cellfish I received a bunch of wonderful feedback about the game; enough that I thought: “I should add some of these things”. So I did. I’ve been hard at work adding more content to the game which you can read more about in these patchnotes.

Abilities

• Added Orbit ability

• Added Orbit evolutions to all other abilities

• Reworked Dash upgrades.

• Reworked Heal. Heal is now on a cooldown that you can affect with various upgrades

Split projectile ability

• Removed projectile size upgrade

• Added projectile lifetime upgrade

• Now starts with 1 piercing to make up for early weakness

• Boomerang evolution is now not affected by framerate anymore

Explosion ability

• Reworked ability. When activated you fire a chain of explosions in front of you

• Chain zap evolution now makes killed enemies zap other nearby enemies

• Mines evolution, lesser explosions now have improved targetting

Boomerang ability

• Updated upgrade sprite colors

• Projectile now keeps hitting enemies that spawn inside it

• Decreased ability cooldown

• Removed catch cooldown decrease

• Removed distance upgrade

• Added linger upgrade, allowing the projectile to linger at its maximum distance before returning

Chain zap ability

• Boomerang evolution now adds more, and faster, chains

Mines ability

• Chain zap evolution now makes the first set of shells explode into more shells, which then turn into fragments. This is now compatible with the Boomerang evolution

• Tweaked the angle of which shells are shot from

Player Customization

• Added Jelly player body

• Added Roots player body

Gamemodes

• Reworked difficulties into gamemodes

• Added new Double Boss gamemode

Upgrades

• Global cooldown multiplier upgrade now shows as a percentage

• Chance to avoid damage upgrade now shows as a percentage

Areas

• Added background objects to the Abyss area

• Changed background objects in the Roots area

Enemies

• Reworked how common and special enemies are spawned. Each area now has a common, and a special, enemy type.

• Added a new special enemy to the Leaves area

• Added a new special enemy to the Crystal area

• Added a new special enemy to the Jelly area

• Added a new special enemy to the Kelp area

• Added a new common enemy to the Roots area

• Added a new common enemy to the Abyss area

• Updated the Kelp boss to work in the new gamemode

• Updated the Abyss boss to work in the new gamemode

• Increased the Eye Shooter enemy cooldown

• Increased the radius of the Volatile enemy explosion

• Removed shaking from the Puff enemy

• Fixed an issue where the Puff enemy would be at max radius before it finished animating

• Tweaked the weak points of the Leaves boss (Eye boss)

• Reworked the Jelly boss and increased its difficulty

• Added shield visual effect to Jelly boss

• Decreased the volume of Crystal enemies when they are farther away

• Decreased time cells are invincible when spawning from a multicell

• Added animation to boss health duds for better visibility

• Bosses that create arenas now destroy obstacles inside

Tweaks and bugfixes

• Added a button rebind category for keyboard players in the Options menu

• Fixed an issue where dashing into obstacles would leave you stuck until the dash was fully completed

• Fixed an issue where the game would crash if upgrading the radius of the Zap ability

• Fixed an issue where the player would be pushed back way farther than intended

• Improved the radial menu selection when using keyboard

• Improved camera follow logic

• Mouse now hides if no input is received from it

• Ability and player stats are now shown in the pause menu

• Changed ‘Main Menu’ button in pause menu to ‘End Run’

• Updated Credits

• Tutorial input now does not show ability input if ability does not use input

• Improved performance of various sound effects

Achievements

• Added new achievements for winning in the new gamemode

• Added new achievements for unlocking new player bodies

• Added new achievements for the new Orbit ability

I had a lot of feedback regarding an Endless mode, and I attempted to implement a version of it, but it became apparent that the game, as it is, does not mesh well with an endless mode. So, instead of including a half-working mode, I decided against it. I'm sorry if you were looking forward to this. I hope you can still enjoy the game as it is with the new gamemode :)

If you encounter any bugs or unintended behaviour, please create a new thread on the message board here on Steam, and I will try to make sure it is fixed