Patch Notes - v1.1.0.375 July 3rd 2023

Hey there, heroes of the gaming world!

It’s been a couple of weeks since we released our groovy game Pixel Ripped 1978! Things have been great, with new players coming in daily! But you know, our game is about getting bugs fixed so what’s better than us fixing some tiny stuff as well?

On this first patch, we have not only bug fixes but also some balancing and things to get the Pixel ‘78 even more polished. Why not?

So, without further ado, on patch 1.1.0.375 we’ll get:

Balancing

• Third Boss balancing
  Made the third chapter boss a bit easier to avoid frustration. The main change was a 25% increase in barrier respawn time to give the player a bigger window to hit the boss.
• Final Boss Meteor Delay
  Increased last boss' meteor shot delay.
• Removed slower movement speed
  Well, that’s kinda self-explanatory.

Bug Fixing

• Growing Trees
  Fixed a bug that allowed players to walk through pixelable palm trees before the object was completed.
• Farofa 83 Temples
  Fixed Far-of-a-Land temple having no collider.
• Teleport Progression
  Fixed an issue that could halt Grave Yar progression when using the teleport movement.
• Mission Object Release
  Fixed an issue that could cause mission objects to be released when they shouldn’t.
• Progression Inconsistencies
  Fixed an issue where players needed to deliver a mission object again if they left the scene before grabbing the reward, among other inconsistencies when changing between worlds.
• Grab pose on Dot's Toy
  Tweaked the grab pose on Dot's Doll.
• Grab Pose on Michelle's Distraction Stamp
  Tweaked the grab pose on Michelle's Distraction Stamp.
• Grab pose on Melee Weapons
  Tweaked the grab pose on a few melee weapons.
• Duplicated dog
  Fixed an issue where after delivering the Code Stone, a duplicated dog appears inside a rock in Far-of-a-Land (we still love dogs tho. Dogs are never enough in real life!).
• NPC blocking house
  Fixed NPC not properly blocking the entrance to the house next to the Tavern in Far-of-a-Land.
• Missing Subtitles
  Fixed missing subtitles for some office voice lines.
• Openings in Grave Yar
  Blocked passages next to the collectable baseball bat and near the end of the level.
• Silence at the end of voice cameo calls
  Removed silence at the end of voice cameo calls affecting subtitle duration.
• Openings in Bentley’s Quest
  Fixed player being able to walk behind the Castle and fixed some overlapping objects.
• Enemy moving through walls
  Fixed Red Robot ignoring walls when returning to its original position.
• Persistent Progress Bar in final scene
  Fixed persistent player sync progress bar after defeating the boss.
• Enemies Final Boss
  Fixed enemies not resetting after player death in Final Boss.
• Sound Pixel Stone Forged
  Fixed sound of the Pixel Stone being forged occuring every time you return to Far-of-a-Land after the credits.
• Dot puke
  Added the sound of Dot puking after drinking beer.
• Wrong SFX in Intro
  Removed wrong SFX playing when Master arrives in the intro scene.
• General code fixes
  Code fixes to prevent errors.
• Far-of-a-Land Music Area Bounds
  Fixed triggers that changed music in Far-of-a-Land.
• Frog Shadow
  Fixed frog in Bentley’s Quest having a static shadow when moving.
• Haptics speech box
  Removed the haptic feedback that occurred when advancing a speech box while jump was unavailable.
• Final Boss Meteor
  Fixed the meteor being interrupted and falling elsewhere after canceling the Boss's special attack.
• Wrong Cartridge in the final scene
  Fixed the wrong cartridge art and title screen for Pixel Ripped in the final Basement scene.
• Destruction Particles
  Fixed missing VFX when destroying objects in the 3D world.
• Stamp Release
  Fixed hand glitching when the stamp object was disabled while being held.
• Dot Frilly Thrills song
  Fixed missing background music in Far-of-a-Land during the final mission.
• Bentley Material
  Fixed some z-order issues with Bentley.
• Food Fight Timer
  Fixed timer appearing on top of Dot's head right when the game starts.
• Hand Prompt position
  Fixed wrong Hand Prompt position for cartridges in the office.
• Paper Ball Throw
  Fixed paper balls being thrown with the right trigger even after being released.
• Far-of-a-Land Signpost
  House sign still had "..." on top, even after interacting with it.
• Second Boss dragons
  Fixed dragons straying too far from the player.
• House sign
  Fixed the house sign speech box color in Far-of-a-Land.
• Chicken grab
  Fixed an issue with grabbing the chicken when already too close to it in Far-of-a-Land.
• Noah Dialogue
  Fixed Noah not talking anymore after the initial interaction.
• Telephone Audio End
  Removed long delays before the end of most phone calls.
• Repeating Distractions
  Fixed repeating distractions in the office during the second and third missions.
• Duplicated Chicken
  Fixed an issue that caused two chickens to be briefly visible in Far-of-a-Land.

Polishing

• Far-of-a-Land NPCs Dialogues
  Tweaked NPCs dialogues in Far-of-a-Land to update along with the town and not before it.
• Office NPC Mixing Changes
  Lowered the volume of the voice-over and footsteps of NPCs in the office, and tweaked spatialization to a few phone calls.
• Boss Music Volume
  Fixed balance between boss’ music volumes.
• Update Credits
  Credits updated with testers' names.
• Out-of-Bounds Check
  Polished out-of-bounds check in the 3D world to be more consistent.
• Object Throw SFX
  Added missing SFX when throwing some objects in the office.
• Bug Hunt SFX
  Added SFX to real-world bugs during the Bug Hunts.
• Intro 96 haptics
  Removed jump haptic feedback from the 2D game in the first scene.
• Paper drawings
  Display a random selection of drawings in the notepad when grabbing a paper ball.
• Head Collision
  Added colliders to objects that didn't have them and polished darkening vision when putting your head inside objects or straying too far from the center.
• Yar Wings Feedback Sound
  Yar's wings had no audio feedback after being grabbed.
• Delivering Objects
  Fixed issues that could cause difficulty when delivering some objects to office characters when asked.

That was quite a list huh?
If you have any issue not listed in this patch note please feel free to join our discord server, where you can get in touch with the Pixel Ripped team and get help as fast as possible! And of course, keep an eye on new patch notes that could pop up in the future.