0.17.1 - New Overworld, New UI, You Thought You Knew New.

New Features

• New Overworld

• Evidence Scan System - Evidence scan now plays when trying to enter the truck at level end.

• Danger Level Briefings - Mission briefings now show threat level (Lockdown, Alert, Containment Breach) based on level contents

• Blood Evidence Display - Evidence intro now highlights blood stains as biological evidence with visual outlines

• Roadblock Dialogues - Gate dialogues now branch based on whether you saved or lost scientists in completed sectors

• Cinematic Gate Sequences - Roadblock unlocks now feature camera focus, animation, and sound effects

• Sector-Based Progression - Overworld levels organized into sectors with completion requirements

• Scientist Tracking - Track and display scientist fate across UI with dynamic icons

• Dual Leaderboards - Separate Any% and Saviour leaderboards for levels with scientists

• Tentacle Creature - New area-denial enemy with animated arm, eye tracking, and danger indicators

• DevMode Window - Developer menu for testing (debug builds only)

• Idle Hints - Escalating hint dialogues when inactive for too long

• Interactable Hints - Toggle "?" labels above inspectable items

• Employee Death Counter - Tracks cumulative deaths with darkly humorous termination messages

• Audio Muffling - Music and effects muffle when game is paused

Improvements

• Native resolution pixel-perfect rendering at 640x360

• Consolidated UI styling across all menus and panels

• Physical paper animations for report card comparisons

• Improved tutorial system with 7-step progression

• Better controller icon support via sprite atlas

• Improved level editor with line tool and context menus

• Smoother camera following without jitter

• Better dialogue system architecture

Bug Fixes

• Fixed scanner failure showing wrong color (was green, now red)

• Fixed truck exit allowed with only blood remaining

• Fixed crashes when leaving tutorial after progress reset

• Fixed audio effects getting stuck muffled after undo

• Fixed undo animation playing with no moves to undo

• Fixed reset not working when dead

• Fixed camera not focusing on player in tutorial

• Fixed level completion not saving when pressing continue early

• Fixed blood visible after truck drives off

• Fixed various race conditions in level/score loading

• Fixed creature path indicators persisting after death

• Fixed dath screen not appearing for electrocution deaths

• Fixed many UI focus and button visibility issues