Experimental: Version 1.4.9 "Kaiju Update" Standing Scale test

Hi everyone! We're getting ready to release a pretty big update and could use your help testing it! The main feature we'd like to test is the new StandingScale, which let you play as a big person in a smaller contraption world and fits Vive Standing Scale room setups eg standing in place or sitting at a desk / even on the floor! To force the game into Standing Scale mode in version 1.4.9, Open the companion menu on your monitor (eyeball icon at bottom-left), then pick Settings > Standing Scale > Configure Standing. Please let us know what you think! To switch to the experimental branch:

1. Right-click the game in your Steam client Library view and pick Properties.

2. Switch to the BETAS tab

3. Select experimental from the dropdown list (no code/password required)

4. The game will say [experimental] beside it once you are using the experimental branch. If the game doesn't update right away, you can exit and restart the Steam client to force it to look for the update.

5. If you find any bugs, please report them from inside the game in the feedback box on your monitor

Full changelog:

• Kaiju Scale: full support for playing in smaller spaces including seated. (Re)configure world size and orientation via the companion menu on your monitor (settings > standing scale > configure standing). Config will automatically run once if SteamVR is set to “Standing Only”.

• Steam Workshop support for modding Neko skins. See http://steamcommunity.com/app/386690/workshop/ and http://northwaygames.com/contraption-modding/

• Workshop support for other languages. See http://steamcommunity.com/app/386690/workshop/ and http://northwaygames.com/contraption-modding/

• Japanese language support. Change language via the companion menu on your monitor. Other languages coming eventually and/or create your own using Steam Workshop.

• Rate and fave saved contraptions by giving them a smooch

• Throw level from maquette to frog to delete autosave and revert

• New avatars and improved avatar model physics

• Change avatar by squeezing grip while grabbing maquette

• New avatar hats and improved existing hat models

• Twitch chat voting on avatars and hats with "!avatar wolf" or "!hat 5", defaults to 60 second rounds. Twitch mods can disable, trigger rounds, or force a change immediately.

• Avatar shadows

• Command-line arguments to run in demo mode, eg "-demo". Contact us for full list.

• Rearranged things in dark world

• Combined level and contraption save tables into one

• New look for Neko

• Highlight Neko's parts when you're close enough to grab them

• Improve Neko animation performance

• New look and animation for victory spheres

• Improve stereo shader rendering

• Tweaks to tutorial messages

• Hourglass loading indicator

• Fade out effects

• Selection highlighting on camera bug and some other things

• Sound tweaks

• Tweak and tune all haptic responses

• Added arrows to tutorial umbilicals

• Minor tweaks to several levels (must delete autosaves to see)

• Hide online contraptions made with newer incompatible game versions

• Fix helmet obstructing first person companion view

• Fix error on loading corrupt save files

• Fix Twitch panel error and bloat

• Fix SteamVR init crash

• Fix physics issues caused by variable framerate

• Fix respawn delay after taking items from Neko

• Fix hitting start/stop while loading

• Fix several levels so they'll break less

• Fix snaps disappearing or being where they shouldn't

• Fix and tweaks to camera bug

• Fix Neko's missing eyes on blink with helmet

• Fix spelling "comfortably"