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Steam News1 November 20258mo ago

This is no cave 1.2.0: Quality of life

New features Wavebursts are now more accessible and can be executed with a controller: when running on a platform, aim your burst under the platform forward to waveburst. Do it multiple times to gain more speed.

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  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
addedNew features Wavebursts are now more accessible and can be executed with a controller: when running on a platform, aim your burst under the platform forward to waveburst. Do it multiple times to gain more speed. Steam cloud support: your progress can now be shared across multiple devices More keyboards options for the lazy: turn around on platforms using arrows, commit suicide to return at nearest checkpoint using F and press V to restart at level 1
changedImprovements Improved shrink worm visuals in endless mode Greatly improved leaderboard load times Worm in endless mode will now follow its path and stop unfairly lunge at player Endless mode bonus will no longer feature shield restoration when all players have 4 shields Fireballs cooldown now starts at 4 seconds (before at 2 seconds) Display level name even when toolbar is disabled Added a restart button on endless mode Level buttons in level list are now colored depending on the difficulty level you finished them in
fixedBug fixes Fixed a bug where game speed would change after a tutorial or when exploding a gas cloud Fixed a bug where gaining infinite bursts in endless mode would not refresh bursts Fixed a bug where ghost ropes would still appear when ghost was disabled in settings Fixed a bug where losing a shield during the restore shield animation would trigger a permanent shield artifact on UI Fixed a bug where entering a gas cloud when invincible would add a bubble on the preview ghost Fixed a bug where invincible achievement would not trigger when restarting level 30

This Is No Cave changes

addedNew features Wavebursts are now more accessible and can be executed with a controller: when running on a platform, aim your burst under the platform forward to waveburst. Do it multiple times to gain more speed. Steam cloud support: your progress can now be shared across multiple devices More keyboards options for the lazy: turn around on platforms using arrows, commit suicide to return at nearest checkpoint using F and press V to restart at level 1
changedImprovements Improved shrink worm visuals in endless mode Greatly improved leaderboard load times Worm in endless mode will now follow its path and stop unfairly lunge at player Endless mode bonus will no longer feature shield restoration when all players have 4 shields Fireballs cooldown now starts at 4 seconds (before at 2 seconds) Display level name even when toolbar is disabled Added a restart button on endless mode Level buttons in level list are now colored depending on the difficulty level you finished them in
fixedBug fixes Fixed a bug where game speed would change after a tutorial or when exploding a gas cloud Fixed a bug where gaining infinite bursts in endless mode would not refresh bursts Fixed a bug where ghost ropes would still appear when ghost was disabled in settings Fixed a bug where losing a shield during the restore shield animation would trigger a permanent shield artifact on UI Fixed a bug where entering a gas cloud when invincible would add a bubble on the preview ghost Fixed a bug where invincible achievement would not trigger when restarting level 30
  • New features

    • Wavebursts are now more accessible and can be executed with a controller: when running on a platform, aim your burst under the platform forward to waveburst. Do it multiple times to gain more speed.

    • Steam cloud support: your progress can now be shared across multiple devices

    • More keyboards options for the lazy: turn around on platforms using arrows, commit suicide to return at nearest checkpoint using F and press V to restart at level 1

  • Improvements

    • Improved shrink worm visuals in endless mode

    • Greatly improved leaderboard load times

    • Worm in endless mode will now follow its path and stop unfairly lunge at player

    • Endless mode bonus will no longer feature shield restoration when all players have 4 shields

    • Fireballs cooldown now starts at 4 seconds (before at 2 seconds)

    • Display level name even when toolbar is disabled

    • Added a restart button on endless mode

    • Level buttons in level list are now colored depending on the difficulty level you finished them in

  • Bug fixes

    • Fixed a bug where game speed would change after a tutorial or when exploding a gas cloud

    • Fixed a bug where gaining infinite bursts in endless mode would not refresh bursts

    • Fixed a bug where ghost ropes would still appear when ghost was disabled in settings

    • Fixed a bug where losing a shield during the restore shield animation would trigger a permanent shield artifact on UI

    • Fixed a bug where entering a gas cloud when invincible would add a bubble on the preview ghost

    • Fixed a bug where invincible achievement would not trigger when restarting level 30

Source

Steam News / 1 November 2025

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