Strawhart Patch 1.2 Released!

Strawhart v1.2 is Live!

May 23, 2022

Strawhart 1.2 is a major content patch which includes a new stage, as well as the implementation of several new features. Read on for details!

New Level: The Gauntlet

• A new stage “The Gauntlet” is now accessible from the level select. Try your hand at this standalone adventure, first featured during Steam NEXT fest!

New Feature: Level Select

• You can now re-play stages that you have previously completed, or rewind your current adventure to an earlier stage
• Your collected Apocrypha will persist across re-plays and rewinds
• Level select will be active for all stages completed after downloading patch 1.2

New Feature: In-Game Timer

• You can now track your best completion times across stages. Your best recorded times will be displayed on the new “Level Select” menu
• A new “Speedrun Timer” gameplay settings option has been allowed you to display both segment and total timets during gameplay

New Features: General

• A curious character has made their way to Acre. You may run into them occasionally during your playthough—if you search hard enough
• You can now grapple to air sigils
• Gamepad menu navigation has been improved
• Added several new music tracks
• Maygar now more robustly responds to the player’s actions
• Maygar has now learned enough carpentry to construct critter houses

Fixes: General

• Fixed a navigation issue that prevented some characters from ever moving about
• Fixed an issue where music would cue incorrectly, or not play at all after a track switch
• Fixed an issue where music would desync if you paused during the beginning of a track
• Fixed an issue where some characters would display an interact “!” without anything to say
• Fixed a rare issue where ballasts would lose the ability to be amplified
• Fixed an issue where ballasts would turn the wrong color
• Fixed an issue where it was possible to carry a time dilation effect into a cinematic
• Fixed a rare issue where you would receive erroneous “new power granted” effects
• Fixed an issue where you could be granted powers, reload your previous checkpoint, and still keep those powers
• Fixed an issue where the player could amplify or imbue through a damping zone
• Tutorial text is now standardized
• Fixed several grammatical errors in character dialogue
• Fixed several typographical and grammatical errors in Apocrypha and Examinable text

The Homestead

• Fixed an issue that prevented the watermill from being repaired
• The critter can now respond properly if you’re behaving rudely

Stage 1

• Strawhart can now amply respond to your shenanigans
• Fixed several potential softlocks and stuck spots
• Mowed some floating grass
• Strawhart’s rooftop dialogue will no longer repeat on player respawn

Stage 2

• Improved player collision on the ramparts
• Fixed an issue where Strawhart would not be present if you re-loaded the game while in the Reliquary
• You can now fast forward through maygar’s dialogue if you are rude enough to choose to do so
• Fixed several instances where you could trap yourself on a rooftop

Stage 3

• Fixed an issue where several bodies of water weren’t being classified as water
• The Stage 3 Finale now more accurately checkpoints you
• Adjusted bounding on Protoglyphs and Beacons for better player experience
• Fixed a rare issue where a puzzle cube would sometimes not spawn
• Fixed several stuck spots
• Fixed an issue where the player could softlock themselves out of the core room
• Fixed an issue where the Factorium lights would not show the proper material
• Improved door opening and closing triggers
• Fixed an issue where glyph snaps were being incorrectly intercepted by geometry
• Serbots are no longer immune to lightning damage
• Fixed several issues where the player could place a puzzle piece into an unrecoverable situation
• Loudspeakers will no longer function if they lose their power source

Stage 4

• Adjusted bounding on Fel Conduits for better player experience
• Adjusted critter talk radius
• Fixed an issue where fog would not render correctly in front of an endless abyss

Stage 5

• The soup is now inevitable
• Fixed an issue where level geometry would load in before it was needed
• Improved animation timing during cinematics
• Improved Tower Keeper logic
• Small QOL and lighting adjustments to all puzzles
• Fixed an issue where you could re-enter the level after already loading in
• Fixed character navigation across the stage
• Fixed incorrect reflection data being loaded
• Fixed several potential softlocks and stuck spots

Thanks to the following community contributors for their help with identifying issues for 1.2!

• Carrot Helper
• Cyan
• RuneSnow
• Shelg0n
• skullchaser
• The SpaghettiBro
• Trihelix