0.24.0 - One more step

New Features

• End-Sequence Music - Ending sequences now play a dedicated music track
• Final Choice Truck Exit - After making the final choice, you can leave the level immediately without scanning remaining evidence
• Rolling Credits - Scrolling credits play after the newspaper ending screen (skippable)
• Ending Replay - After credits, ending progress resets so you can replay for all 3 conclusions without starting a new save
• Transient Gate System - Roadblocks and fences can now re-evaluate and reblock when conditions change
• Sector 5 One-Way Block - Prevents backtracking while the ending is in progress
• Final Choice Dialogue - Gate dialogue branches based on your final choice
• Creature Reaction Dialogue - Scientists now react to nearby tongue and tentacle creature events
• Tentacle Tutorial Levels - New teaching and reinforcement levels for tentacle creature mechanics
• Creature Indicator Toggle - New setting to show/hide tongue path and tentacle plan visualizations
• Collector Creature - New static prop with eye tracking
• Ash + Tongue Creature Recipe - Pushing ash into a tongue creature now works in both directions
• Scooter Prop - New decorative scooter
• Replay Tape Outline - Tape on level preview now shows a highlight on hover/focus

Improvements

• Steam Achievements - Now active in playtest builds
• Dialogue Highlights - Key terms highlighted in gold across all dialogue
• End-Sequence Timing - More reliable ending sequence with proper conclusion detection
• Overworld Tuning - Shorter failsafe drive path and reduced helicopter fly distance
• Vent Artwork - Updated vent sprites
• Floor Tiles - New floor tile variants
• Sprite Refreshes - Updated fern plant, rebel scientist, and collector base sprites
• Credits - Updated music credit attribution
• Level Design - Revised multiple levels across Sectors 3-5
• Level Editor - Scene filters, sticky structure panel, inline log, middle-click tile cycling
• Wire Editor - Connection-aware wire system with two-click line tool, debug overlay

Bug Fixes

• Fixed crash when teleporting truck during non-failsafe endings
• Fixed end sequence triggering before the finale level was actually played
• Fixed crash in Sector 5 cinematic with empty rebel cells
• Fixed end boss cinematic ordering issue
• Fixed tongue creatures ignoring tentacle tip positions
• Fixed tongue merge path indicator not displaying after merge
• Fixed path indicator circle/line alpha mismatch
• Fixed Level Editor button destroying unsaved work
• Fixed wire editor click spam and stale peering merge issues