v0.10.2

Major Additions

• Added the Cursed Shell relic: removes hunger decay, but spawns an invincible Giant Snail that hunts you each level.

• Added the Giant Snail enemy.

• Added Big Gems for every gem color, giving higher-value XP pickups later in a run.

• Added Big Shield as a stronger shield item.

• Items can now be carried into the exit and you will start with it on the next level.

• Vamp now has a "direct" shot style that comes down from the sky.

• Added a new Fusion Pixel UI theme and smaller font tiers for clearer, crisper text across menus, cards, tooltips, and HUD elements.

• Added a Pause on Focus Loss setting.

• Improved fullscreen and windowed resolution handling, including better multi-monitor positioning.

Progression and Balance

• Rebalanced XP scaling around the new larger gem payouts.

• Added normal enemy health scaling so later rooms hold up better against stronger builds.

• Large balance pass across relics, minions, upgrades, enemies, traps, and shop costs.

• Adjusted minion attack speed display and runtime scaling for clearer upgrade behavior.

• Adjusted speed items and speed foods around the new flat movement-speed system.

• Reduced poison damage amplification.

• Adjusted Spider and Vampire minion damage.

• Increased offering frequency for Hawk's Eye and Soul Magnet.

• Moved several relics into the starting unlock set instead of later score thresholds.

• Resetting stats now also resets run achievement tracking correctly.

• Fixed show tutorial checkbox sometimes showing unchecked.

• Changed default config values for fullscreen and the default starting minion.

• Adjusted Magnet behavior so attracted gems move in more cleanly.

Combat and Effects

• Multiple different debuffs can now be active at the same time instead of waiting in a queue.

• Debuff visuals now cycle between active effects on enemies.

• Improved damage indicators so repeated damage numbers are cleaner and less noisy.

• Updated Blood Pendant behavior to trigger after losing a segment instead of only checking low snake length.

• Improved projectile setup so projectiles with missing or zero direction resolve a valid direction or expire safely.

• Improved pooled projectile cleanup so old targets, sources, and hit areas do not leak into reused projectiles.

• Improved enemy attack-area handling so enemies only count live snake segments and stop attacking stale overlaps.

• Debuff damage indicators now use the debuff's color when applicable.

Enemies and Traps

• Added support for invincible enemies and enemies that should not despawn off-screen.

• Improved enemy targeting edge cases, especially flying projectile enemies on wall tiles.

• Updated off-screen enemy despawn rules so special enemies are preserved correctly.

• Updated Sling Blade trap animation timing and warning visuals.

UI and Quality of Life

• Added new on-screen and off-screen compass indicator visuals.

• Improved setup screen locked-item details.

• Improved store tab attention behavior so it only highlights affordable offers.

• Improved end of level sound behavior so tally animations are less repetitive.

• Added achievement and unlock support for Cursed Shell.

• Updated the pillar graphic to look more wall-like, while still being visually distinct.

• Improved upgrade and store cards so only one card description is shown at a time.

• Improved inspect label cleanup so stale labels are less likely to remain after objects disappear or focus changes.

• Lowered controller/keyboard deadzones for more responsive menu navigation.

Gameplay and Controls

• Reworked snake speed math so speed boosts, slowdowns, held shoes, and size penalties behave more consistently.

• Improved turn buffering to prevent invalid or duplicate queued turns.

• Fixed the hidden tail spacer so it no longer behaves like a real snake segment for enemies and traps.

• Modifier keys no longer accidentally toggle pause.

Fixes

• Fixed XP gain so collecting enough XP for multiple levels processes every level-up correctly.

• Fixed item and trap spawning so they avoid reserved tiles, exits, existing pickups, and occupied trap positions more reliably.

• Improved Hammer wall breaks so breaching earlier rooms opens the correct doors.

• Fixed several targeting and projectile edge cases involving dead, invalid, or invincible enemies.