Version 0.7.1 - The Leaps and Bounds Update

This update mainly focuses on polishing this game from its... not-so-desirable state. Thank you to everyone who playtested and gave feedback!

Major Polishes:

When you playtest your game 24/7 with bad controls, you unfortunately get very good at them. Thanks to invaluable feedback, this update brings an incredible amount of reworks/polishes to movement.

Notable Highlights:

• Added Jump Cancelling

• QoL changes to Coyote Time, Jump Buffers, etc.

• Consistency across all FPS

• Many movement bugs fixed

• Consistent Chunkfish hitboxes

Key Additions:

The Movement Gym:

Staying on theme, you can now access the Movement Gym! A place built by devs, for devs, to fine-tune movement.

• The Slime Tracker™

  • A giant orange mass. It's one of the most useful tools I've had in development. It tracks your highest vertical position, leaving a fading shadow at its mark.

• New Dev Tiles

  • You'll see some new tiles in the gym, allowing for easier testing of some mechanics. Such as the No-Ground tile! Implemented mainly for testing wall jumps.

Key Changes:

Speedrunning:

Speedrunners live and die by saving time, so a lot of our runners requested for these features.

• Warehouse Prologue Cutscene skipped when Speedrun Mode is enabled

• Warehouse Intro Cutscene is skipped when Speedrun Mode is enabled

• Warehouse Elevator Cutscene goes straight to Results Screen when Speedrun Mode is enabled

Bug Fixes:

• B-Hopping Base Slime having a tiny jump fixed

• Volume Sliders sometimes not reflecting true volume fixed

• Movement inconsistencies fixed

• Permanent camera shake fixed

• Chunkfish force players through walls fixed

Current Thoughts:

First, thank you all for playing this game, and interacting with the community. I never expected this silly game to get traction. Unfortunately, that means a lot of cracks were revealed, and it goes to show how you can never playtest too much.

Ultimately, a lot of invaluable feedback came out of it, so I'm grateful.

Future Plans:

Funny enough, with these movement polishes, comes an even greater purpose of it.

I'll just leave this here.

Full Changelog:

Base Slime:

• Jump

  • Now exactly 4.5 tiles tall

  • Now can Jump Cancel

• Emotes

  • Now tied to 1-9 on Keyboard

  • Removed random emote option

  • Added new emote "Cat Ears"

• Jump Buffer:

  • Increased Jump Buffer from (0.1s -> 0.15s)

  • Jump Buffer now only unloads on Idle State

• Sticking:

  • Increased Sticking Wall Speed"Falls slower"

  • Holding the opposite direction now instantly detaches

  • Now only sticks to walls when falling (Y Velocity < 3)

  • Now instantly sticks to walls after Wall Jump succession"Basically you can still spam wall jumps"

  • Animation / Sprite changes only happen if not jump buffered"Reduces harsh sprite changes, during instant state changes"

  • Can't unstick until (0.2s) has passed

• Wall Jump:

  • Wall Jump no longer gains infinite height

  • Increased Wall Jump Movement Stall from (0.2s -> 0.28s)

  • Matched Wall Jump Vertical Power to Jump (21 Power -> 4.5 Tiles)"Same as Jump Height"

  • Wall Jumping now instantly switches to Airborne State

  • Wall Jumping is tied to Airborne State

• Miscellaneous:

  • Now faces direction solely based on X velocity

  • Movement options now match current state

  • Airborne State now has same width hitbox as Idle State

  • Vertical Correcting raycast now starts in the middle of Slime

Miscellaneous:

• Dev Tool: No Dark, now is active even when Dev Tools UI is hidden

• Dev Tool: Toggle Debug Console, now is active even when Dev Tools UI is hidden

• Chunkfish Hitboxes are now isolated from their Sprites

• Added dedicated Results Screen exit button

• Main Menu music no longer pauses

Speedrunning:

• Warehouse Prologue Cutscene is skipped when Speedrun Mode is enabled

• Warehouse Intro Cutscene is skipped when Speedrun Mode is enabled

• Warehouse Elevator Cutscene goes straight to Results Screen when Speedrun Mode is enabled

Areas:

• Warehouse

  • Some rooms reworked / nerfed

• "Movement Gym" added

Bug Fixes:

• "B-Hop" on Base Slime

• Volume Sliders not reflecting true volume

• Warehouse Fans can clip players

• Wall Jump inconsistency

• Permanent Camera Shake