Beta Finale Update

The final planned content update toward the game's main development! Bug fixes and other improvements will continue to be addressed leading into the full release.

Newly Added Maker Tiles:

• Hive Mind - Upgrade that enables taking control of Enemies.

• Gel Ball - Ball that behaves like and moves through Gel Blocks.

• Enemy Camps/Forts (6) - Dispensers that release the indicated Enemy.

• Shot Hazard Dispensers (6) - Dispensers that release Fly projectiles.

• Fatal Bomb Hazard Dispenser - Dispenser that releases lethal Pillbug bombs.

• Ceiling Lizards (16) - Lizard enemy variations that move across ceilings.

Fixes and Improvements:

Gameplay Adjustments:

• Player character is no longer knocked back when hit during a Hyperfocus.

• Damage from environments is now dealt in chunks when not in water.*

• Slashing Deflect can now also direct projectiles straight up or down.

• Camera now pans up or down when holding Up or Down while not moving.

• Play HUD temporarily turns transparent when panning the camera upward.

• Outlines of single-hit knock-out tiles are now tinged magenta.

• Improved player jump trajectory when jumping from Climbing Surfaces.

• Player now grabs Climbing Surfaces more quickly after leaving one.

• Added player character animations when grappling.

• Added dust-cloud effects to player character.

• Updated the animation for air-jump effects on player character.

• Added jump effects on Enemies and Bosses.

• Added more effects when Enemies and Bosses are defeated.

• Added more visual and audio effects for Player knock-out.

• Added more visual effects to the Start Point and Checkpoints.

• Added visual effects to Elevating Blocks and Oscillating Blocks.

• Added visual effect to successful Slashing Jumps and Slashing Deflects.

• Added visual effect to unlocking Padlock Blocks.

• Player character now snaps to the Goal Point once reached.

• Tweaked the speed and animation of deflected projectiles.

• Reduced the hitbox of Checkpoints, Starting Points, and Goal Points.

• Reduced the hitbox of Spike Blocks and its variations.

• Reduced the hitbox of Fire Pits and Air Pockets.

• Reduced the ground-detection hitboxes on Bat, Fish, and Rabbit enemies.

• Tweaked the behavior and speed of underwater Drago Wasp projectiles.

• Limited the maximum speed of Drago Wasp projectiles.

• Randomized the animation speed of collectable Upgrades.

Maker Mode Adjustments:

• Limited physics-based tiles per Room to remediate gameplay slowdowns.

• Checkpoints and most Hazard tiles cannot be placed next to each other.

• Nested the Boss Compass Upgrade as a Tile Variation of Compass Upgrades.

• Moved the Bomb Dispenser selection into a new "Hazard Dispenser" selection.

• Rearranged the Tile Variations layout under the "Dispensers" selection.

• Added visual effects when placing or removing individual Tiles.

• Large flood fills now have a screen-shake effect.

• A checkmark badge now appears after clearing a World Playtest.

• Clarified affected projectiles in the Slashing Deflect Upgrade description.

• Tweaked Slashing Deflect Upgrade description to reflect updated behavior.

• Tweaked Super Shot Upgrade description to reflect Gel Ball tiles.

• Tweaked Hyperfocus Upgrade description to reflect negating knockback.

• Tweaked Environment Generator descriptions to reflect updated behavior.

• Renamed "Dispenser (Bomb)" tile to "Hazard Dispenser (Bomb)".

• Renamed "Compass" Upgrade tile to "Room Compass".

• Mouse-hover tile previews no longer show outside of the Room's canvas area.

• Rearranged the Tile Selection and Starting Items layouts to fit new Tiles.

UI Adjustments:

• Play categories now appear after selecting New or Continue Game, not before.

• Most in-game buttons now have minor animations when hovered and clicked.

• Improved mouse-wheel scrolling speed for World selections on title screen.

• Popups now move off-screen before transitioning from Playtest into Maker.

• Health value flashes red when hit, and yellow when taking environmental damage.

• Health value turns green when standing at a Fire Pit or any type of Checkpoint.

• Environment icon displays near health if affected by the current environment.

• Underwater icon displays near health if hindered from being underwater.

• Now able to back out of Pause menus and submenus when using a gamepad.

• Updated Controls menu to reflect latest default Steam Deck Layout.

Other Adjustments:

• Updated bonus Training Stage 16 to include use of the latest tiles.**

• Added bonus Training Stage 17 to cover Hive Mind gameplay.

• Tweaked the sprites of the Dash Boots and Super Dash Boots upgrades.

• Updated the text that displays upon clearing a bonus Training Stage.

• Behind-the-scenes refactoring to help improve game performance.

• Added support for PlayStation controllers***.

Bug Fixes: "Fixed a bug where..."

• player character could behave unexpectedly during Goal transitions.

• some actions could delay instead of cancel when player character is hit.

• movements of some Enemy types were very slow when first spawning in.

• highlighted text for New World name entry was difficult to see.

• Elevating Blocks could randomly turn around mid-travel.

• Penguin enemies could continuously oscillate above and below water.

• Rabbit enemies could not jump through Sidestepping player character.

• Rabbit enemies had the potential to air-jump when pressed against a wall.

• Frog Fly projectiles would move incorrectly whenever the Frog enemy moved.

• all deflected projectiles were using Bee sprites.

• Drago Wasp projectiles could sometimes phase through walls.

• Goal Points would not trigger when Proximity Warping directly onto them.

• Proximity Warp visual effects were not displaying properly.

• shatter effects on blocks with custom sprites were sometimes too large.

• shadow effects could sometimes lag behind their shadow casters.

• certain conditions could speed up flashing effects from environmental damage.

• spamming the Playtest button in Maker Mode could corrupt the current Room.

• Maker Tile placement would not work with some Steam Deck input settings.

• the default Steam Deck Layout would not properly load for the Demo version.

• texture artifacting could appear on the Title screen's background filter.

*Previously, environmental damage was always applied immediately for each single hit point (this is unchanged when underwater). After this update, when not underwater, environmental damage is applied in chunks of 5/10/20 hit points, depending on the severity of the environment. The overall damage over extended times is equivalent before and after the update. **Because Training Stage 16 has been updated, it must be started as a New Game first before it can be launched through Continue Game again. ***In-game text will still display controller inputs in Xbox format (A, B, X, Y, etc).