Version 0.4.6 Beta Update

Changelog

Major Changes

• Cloak's Terminal Velocity has been lowered by almost half. This will cause Cloak to stop increasing speed as they fall after a few seconds, leading to a slower overall fall speed over time.

• Adjusted the sprite position for certain ascending/descending sprites on Cloak to make them line up better with their actual hitbox. This should help make things feel more visually consistent.

• All Crumble Bricks now have their terrain hitbox removed a bit earlier, to match the visuals of the brick being mostly gone. Feels better to me... how's it feel to you?

Minor Changes

• Various controller button names have been replaced with shorter ones. (e.g. "Left/Right Trigger" is now "LT" and "RT" respectively.

• Removed the obscuring of non-unlocked level names. Seems pointless.

• Box tiles in the dungeon area are now much brighter, helping them appear as terrain instead of appearing to be background.

• Can now use Left/Right for all diagonal menu controls as well as Up/Down.

Map Changes

Dash The Gap

• Moved the gem in an effort to prevent new players from accidentally touching the door when failing to reach it. As a bonus, it's now set above the enemy you dash into, which I'm hoping will help teach players that you bounce straight upward on enemies if you aren't pressing Forward.

Snatch The Key!

• Moved the gem in an effort to prevent new players from accidentally touching the door when failing to reach it. Placed in a position where the key's double jump will help you get it, but left a little ledge so newer players can still reach it without the double jump.

The Box Hop

• Removed the point orb above the 2nd gooncopter. Seems gratuitous.

• Lowered the 2nd gem to have players (hopefully) dash into the 2nd gooncopter.

• Added diagonal spikes to make things look better.

Cross Stitch

• Cleaned up the spikes a bit.

Unstable Ceiling

• Moved some of the point orbs around to make things a bit easier for the player.

• Moved the Massive point orb in the top right down a bit to prevent players from being able to go through it. (Yes, that means you Kadef...) That said, I kept the ability to slip it underneath the bottom point orb. I figure it's hard enough to do.

The Floor Is Lava

• Expanded the gap of the point orbs at the start.

• Added some diagonal spikes.

Dodge and Dig (Formerly Dig Around)

• This map is largely just unliked. I've modified the level to intead be based on arrow dodging while needing to trigger a single crumble block.

Spiky Fists

• Cleaned up the spikes a bit around the map.

• Added a spring to the middle area, instead of having the player climb up spikes.

New Security Measures

• Slightly lowered the rate of fire for some arrow traps.

In A Daze

• Replaced the bottom part. Wasn't liking the janky feeling of hitting your head and trying to get across. Now it's more about getting across spike gaps.

Right Above Your Nose

• Slightly lowered the fire rate of all the arrow traps.

• Shifted the springs on the upper right down a slight bit, allowing them to be reachable immediatly after getting the gem in the arrow traps.

The Guard Dogs

• Reworked slightly to allow players to destroy the Shieldfaces along the way. The idea is to let players choose between fighting them ahead of time, or fighting them now.

• Removed the patrooligans at the top area to reduce the chaos a bit.

The Spike Pits

• Slightly lowered the fire rate on the bottom arrow traps.

Stairway To Riches

• Removed two of the gems, making it easier to 100% this one.

Air Traffic Control

• Widened the gap of the point orbs a bit. Should make it easier to do the 100% path.

• Raised the back end patrooligan to make it easier to reach the upper patrooligans.

• Some cosmetic changes to the spikes below.

Shieldface On Patrol

• Heavily redesigned the top right area to add a bit more to the level. Can no longer go straight to the exit door, must go underground now.

• Modified the bottom area to be a bit less cramped.

Over The Hump

• Raised the floor a bit so you can get up the first hump without needing to get up the first tile.

• Removed the spikes that are no longer needed.

Bridge of Goon

• Raised the ceiling above the the bridge a bit.

Shieldface Gorge

• Extended the edges of the "safe zone" a bit to help encourage players to dash into it instead of jumping into it.

• Replaced the Point Orbs above the safe zone with spikes.

• Slightly moved the spring over to the left a bit to let the Shieldfaces make it over the new spikes.

Hallway of Arrows

• Opened up the right side a bit more for the spring up.

The Second Time Around

• Made the ceiling a bit heigher above the key.

• Tightened up the space you fall to reach the gems, ensuring while you fall you'll get the gems.

Boxed In

• Removed the gooncopter, it's no longer needed.

• Modified the right side of the map to no longer have crumble bricks, instead put a small point orb in the middle of one of the blocks that must be avoid on the way down.

• Slightly shifted the Shieldface at the end to the left, giving the player more room to slip through them if they wish.

• Shifted the point orbs to help the player a bit.

Over Your Head

• Basically a full redesign.

• Note: Will probably rename this level in the near future, since the name doesn't make sense anymore...

Somewhere Above The Rainbow

• Moved the lower key up a bit.

• Added an extra gooncopter on the right side.

• Made the upper key area a bit larger.

The Under Over

• Cleaned up the spikes quite a bit.

• Removed one of the gems on the left side.

• Removed one of the gooncopters that helps you get to the gems at the start.

• Shifted the gooncopters in the upper area to make it easier to chain them.

The Over Under

• Opened up the gaps in the small point orbs.

Excel-eration

• Some cosmetic changes to spikes.

The Key Alcove

• Modified the upper area to be fully spike based instead of Point Orbs.

• Greatly opened the upper area up.

Tight Corridors

• Modified the final gooncopter stomp section to give you much more space to play with, and to prevent you from hitting the ceiling spikes.

Perilous Pits

• Made the pit on the right lower.

• Reshaped the upper area to not require the dash grace mechanic to get in there.

• Placed the upper arrow shooters on the right side and set them to fire at the same time.

Pillars of the Community

• Heavily modified the pathing to be a bit easier.

• Less spikes in some areas.

• Removed some no longer needed Gooncopters.

• Added an extra Gooncopter to the right side.

Gnats in the Garden

• Tons of changes to help widen everything and make it a fair bit easier.

All Roads Lead To Treasure

• Reworked the bottom area a bit.

• Slowed the arrow rates.

Bridge of Keys

• Raised the ceilings a bit along the "bridge".

• Lowered the fire rate on the arrows just a bit.

Hallway of Arrows

• Opened up the right side a bit more for the spring up.

• Added a slight delay to the arrows shooting at the start, giving the player a bit of time to drop down safely at the start.

• Added another tile of open space after the dash at the end 100% route.

Fly to the Finish

• Made the starting platform solid, giving players to evaluate the situation.

• Shifted the small point orb above the lowest key up a bit to make it a bit easier to grab.

• Shifted the small point orb on the top right down a bit to make getting the gem a bit easier.

Soaring Past the Spikes

• Removed most of the arrow traps. It felt too hard to time, and not fun. Instead I've replaced the challenge with point orbs above the keys, making climbing a bit trickier.

• Placed the arrow traps on the right side above pointing down at the gem instead.

Valley of Thorns

• Made the 100% route much wider.

Order of Operations

• Replaced some of the Massive Point Orbs with Large Ones.

• Cleaned up the spikes a bit.

• Lowered the hump at the end that leads to the door.

Boxed Out

• Complete rework of the bottom area.

• Removed the spikes on the ceilings of the middle area.

Ruler of the Mountain

• Modified the lower area to be easier to get out of/into.

• Removed the arrow trap from the top right.

• Added more thorns all over the place.

Bug Fixes

• FixedMAJORFixed bug in Marathon mode that would hard lock the game if you tried to go to Next Chapter despite there not being one to go to. (Thanks Amber!)
• FixedMAJORFixed bug where Marathon stats would not update the proper chapter you're on if "Next Chapter" was chosen.