Demo Patch Notes

[Radiant Sloth]

Demo v0.9.1c

• Fixed an issue where the game was not loading after pressing "Go" on the generating screen (Windows)
  
• Fixed an issue where you could unlock starting classes despite not having enough tokens
  
• Added "Close" buttons to all UI menus as an alternative to pressing the Cancel key
  
• Made it clearer on the UI when a button is disabled because of not having enough money
  
• Reduced the base gun spread of the player

[Radiant Sloth]

Demo v0.9.1d

• Improved controls binding panel (keys now auto swap if the new selected is already bound elsewhere)
  
• Added a shadow marker to see where the player is related to the ground when airborne (helps to better aim the smash attack)
  
• Lumbricus: reworked behavior + new sprite + new SFX
  
• Mole: weakened attack pattern
  
• Added a new enemy (Godmole) as a stronger variation of Mole
  
• Squibull: added a charging sprite animation + some dust particles
  
• Zygaena: reload time is now the same between all shots
  
• Pandoney: can now teleport away from the player + reworked honey missiles (no damage anymore + honey puddle spawn is slightly delayed + see next item)
  
• Added a new enemy (Bombee) summoned by honey puddles from Pandoney
  
• Added a synergy related to honey items
  
• Fixed some typos in the localizations
  
• Made it clearer in the tutorial that game menu and quick menu are not the same + added an info about weather events
  
• Tweaked the generation so that bushes do not spawn too close to walls
  
• Optimized the loot trails that home into the player for better performance

[Radiant Sloth]

Demo v0.9.1e

• Added 8 new synergies
  
• Reworked the jump and smash animations of the player
  
• When enemies shoot several times during a powered attack, they target the player initial position all along instead of tracking the player movement
  
• Added short invincibility frames at the end of a teleportation from the void
  
• Added short invincibility frames at the end of a smash attack
  
• Optimized to remove lag spike at first game menu opening

[Radiant Sloth]

Demo v0.9.1f

• Made the tutorial easier, some jumps were a bit too difficult for newcomers
  
• Tweaked the player ground marker and added one to enemies as well
  
• Options panel: you can now choose to display controller key names as Xbox, PlayStation or Nintendo
  
• Made the enemies a bit less reactive when running away from the player
  
• Changes to Lunar enemies:
  
  • Purple slime has always the same attack pattern + sprite tweak + new sfx
    
  • Added Pink slime as a variation of Purple slime with a slightly different attack pattern
    
  • Batmallow now has always the same reload time and shoots two bullets at once
    
  • Purple slime, Pink slime and Ice urchin now have a bigger hurtbox, they should be easier to hit despite their constant jumping
    
  • Starfly: new charging animation + shoots bullets that spin slightly in situ instead of being completely motionless
    
  • Tweaked secrets enemies as well

[Radiant Sloth]

Demo v0.9.1g

• New title and menu background artwork
  
• Added 2 new equipment items
  
• Reduced player movement max speed and tweaked speed ramp up
  
• Decreased gun base reload time (from 1.5s to 1.3s)
  
• Increased game menu open animation speed
  
• Fixed possible soft lock with Mole enemy
  
• Slightly increased player jump force
  
• Critical hits are now x2 damage instead of x4 previously
  
• Fixed a pathfinding issue in Lunar Ridge causing lags
  
• Fixed occasional camera shakes when teleported from the void

[Radiant Sloth]

Demo v0.9.1h

• Animated the new artwork on title screen and menu backgrounds
  
• Added a new feature for combat: drone minions following the player and performing regularly some attack patterns
  
• Added 4 new equipment items (2 of which summon a minion, cf previous line)
  
• Added a new starting class available in the hub: summoner
  
• Added 5 new synergies
  
• Some changes in the tutorial: added a second dummy to practice the smash attack + removed some help messages to include them directly at relevant places in the first archipelago during the first five runs (hopefully this makes it less likely to forget/ignore useful information like the map)
  
• The player smash attack value is now displayed in the status menu
  
• Updated a few old item sprites and started polishing the UI icons
  
• Items rarity weights for random selection in shops now depend on the current level
  
• Fixed issue with enemies hurtbox still blocking bullets during death animation
  
• Fixed possible issue on the generating screen

[Radiant Sloth]

Demo v0.9.2

• Added ghosts to the tutorial to help and show the way
  
• Reworked all the GUI with polished sprites
  
• Challenges have a new UI layout to better show rewards tiers
  
• Challenge NPCs now give the score in their dialog line after the challenge
  
• Challenges rewards are better and lunar balls challenge price is cheaper
  
• Challenges have a loot animation for rewards similarly to when an enemy dies
  
• Map icons can be hovered to show a tooltip
  
• Dummies in tutorial are destructible and respawn after being destroyed
  
• Height number indicators are now off by default
  
• Curse of the void item also affects the player
  
• Polished all music tracks
  
• Some optimization to remove lag spikes when enemies die

[Radiant Sloth]

Demo v0.9.2a

• Fixed soft lock issue when falling in the void at some places in the tutorial

[Radiant Sloth]

Demo v0.9.2b

• Added 2 new items
  
• Added 7 new synergies
  
• Targeted spikes item is now rank D (previously B)
  
• Status UI: hovering the slot upgrade button triggers an animation to show the slot that will be unlocked
  
• Some status UI tweaks
  
• Journal entry unlock notifications now use specific icons instead of the generic journal icon
  
• Tweaked the shortcut quests UI to be consistent with the rest
  
• Polished demo achievements icons
  
• Polished many in-game sprites
  
• Removed some lag spikes with Jokelf enemies
  
• Optimized to reduce lag spikes with flak bullets
  
• Fixed some issues with the audio during scene transitions
  
• Upgraded game engine to Godot 3.5 + some cleaning and optimization

[Radiant Sloth]

Demo v0.9.3

• Reworked the equipment system:
  
  • There are now 20 item slots available, all unlocked from the get-go
    
  • Items now auto equip when bought from shops
    
  • Getting an item outside of a shop will trigger a popup giving the choice to either equip or ignore the item
    
  • Removed: equipment slot capacity system upgrade, inventory tab in game menu, sell tab in shops
    
  • Moved the synergy trigger animation to happen in-game instead of in the menu
• Buffed the items related to honey puddles to summon a friendly bee
  
• Current number of free item upgrades owned is now displayed in the status menu next to the money count
  
• You can now teleport to the starting island of the archipelago on the map
  
• Polished the look of smash particles
  
• Fixed issues with challenges when pausing the game
  
• Fixed issue with enemy bullets spinning when they should not

[Radiant Sloth]

Demo v0.9.3a

• Reworked the starting class system
  
  • There are now 6 main presets
    
  • Improved some starting items
    
  • Tokens are gained at each run depending on how far it went
    
  • Tokens gains are showed on the end run screen
    
  • Added the Random class to start a run with 3 random items
• Added 5 new items
  
• The final boss can now be hurt by all types of builds (smash attacks, dash moves, drone minions, etc)
  
• Improved the tooltip when upgrading items in the forge tab of shops
  
• Items not yet discovered in the journal are now more likely to appear in shops and challenges rewards
  
• Some optimization and cleaning to improve performances

[Radiant Sloth]

Demo v0.9.3b

• Fixed several issues with the final boss fight

[Radiant Sloth]

Next Fest Demo v0.9.4

• Added 36 new item synergies (total is now 60)
  
• Improved how enemies knockback is handled (repel drone minion is now more efficient)
  
• Enemies now remain idle during their death animation
  
• Fixed issue with lost honey missiles resulting in portals not unlocking at the end of the fight
  
• Fixed an issue where drone minions were not properly cleared at the end of a run
  
• Drone minions can no longer become stuck below the terrain when the player falls into the void

[Radiant Sloth]

Next Fest Demo v0.9.5

• Reworked how entities, bullets and missiles can still be seen behind terrain obstacles (should improve performances!)
  
• Reworked enemies and dummy damage flash (should improve performances!)
  
• Added a fade in animation for lunar balls appearing
  
• Improved shields visuals with hexagonal patterns
  
• Increased the visibility of shadow markers beneath entities
  
• Enemies with a charge attack now inflict contact damage only when charging
  
• Added a particle animation on the HUD to emphasize the presence of a weather event
  
• Invincibility frames after being teleported back to the ground are now longer (0.5 -> 1s)
  
• Flak bullets Mk3: the flak effect now applies recursively only on the central bullet instead of all three
  
• Bullets: any sub bullet created by an item effect now starts with the same bounce count as the parent instead of 0 (this is to prevent flak + mitosis combo from creating hundreds of bullets from a single one)
  
• Enemies are now teleported to their previous ground location if they are detected as stuck
  
• Reworked how the ice friction is handled internally (no gameplay change, but should improve performances!)
  
• Increased the token earnings (a bit more than doubled)
  
• Fixed a few SFX issues
  
• Fixed issue with music track not playing when loading a game save
  
• Fixed issue with bullets having wrongly critical hit visuals
  
• Fixed issue with camera aim offset not locked during challenge cutscenes
  
• Fixed issue when going back to hud after dying on a island with certain weather events
  
• Fixed issue with shops being empty after loading a game save
  
• Some code cleaning and optimization to improve performances
  
• Updated game engine to Godot 3.5.1

[Radiant Sloth]

Next Fest Demo v0.9.5a

• Drone minions now wait for enemies to finish spawning before attacking them
  
• Fixed issue with drone minions getting stuck (they now teleport back above the player if stuck)
  
• Fixed issue with quick menu sometimes displaying the wrong playtime

[Radiant Sloth]

Next Fest Demo v0.9.5b

• Buffed Vampiristic boots effect trigger probability chances
  
• Fixed item description for Vampiristic boots
  
• Fixed issue with allied bees not hurting the final boss
  
• Fixed issue with energy balls being static instead of orbiting the payer after loading a game save
  
• Fixed issue with energy balls duplicating themselves when loading a game save
  
• Fixed issue with honey missiles which could lead to a soft lock during certain weather events
  
• Fixed issue with lightning strikes animation being interrupted before completion when triggered by Lightning bullets
  
• Fixed issue with some missiles when affected by certain weather events