Update 0.40 Patch Notes

Patch 0.40 is now live for testing. Here are the following changes made to the game since the previous version of 0.18.

ADDITIONS

• Added 3 new levels (The Iksae Catacombs, Tower of Amagrodahn, and the Tempest Valley)
• Added Enemy Creatures with combat to battle against these little buggers!
• Added the ability to shoot fireballs that will change based on the element you are currently
• Added the first 3 elements (Fire, Ice, Earth)
• Added 12 new collectibles throughout existing levels
• Added Eating/Sleeping animations to Tirsy
• Added blinking to Tirsy and her companions
• Added various pickup objects you can use in a variety of ways to progress a level
• Added ability to swim in the deep waters
• Added various loading level objects based on what you collect
• Added Encounter of the Spirits
• Added multiple branching paths in existing levels
• Added various lore interactibles throughout the existing levels
• Added the ability to jump to various enemies making combat more interesting

CHANGES

• Changed various animations for Tirsy and companions
• Changed the way interactions work to run more smoothly
• Changed how randomly generated sections are calculated in existing levels
• Changed how weather works to run more smoothly
• Changed the way gliding works to run more smoothly
• Changed various interactables to better reflect the world's lore
• Changed existing objects in the loading level to work with the new interactions
• Changed various dialogue for the companions in existing levels to fit their personalities better
• Changed how enemies detect the player
• Changed how jumping works to run more smoothly with the animations of Tirsy
• Changed how loading works to account for the loading level.
• Changed the way the sky changes with lighting to better reflect the atmosphere and weather
• Changed how lighting is done in several levels to run more smoothly
• Changed how hints are displays in several levels to be more visible

BUG FIXES

• Fixed the animations for eating not playing
• Fixed the animations for sleeping not playing
• Fixed the random super jumping in the swamp and canyon levels
• Fixed Tirsy's animations randomly stopping when bumping into objects
• Fixed various textures not loading in the Tutorial and Canyon levels
• Fixed enemies not spawning in several levels
• Fixed the speed on several companion dialogue interactions from going too quickly
• Fixed issues with the pause menu overwriting the health bar
• Fixed Chippy's quest reward not dropping
• Fixed the Dragon Heart object being dropped as a normal gem object, now drops correctly
• Fixed several of the customization options from not saving, now saves correctly through all levels
• Fixed saving from not saving your location upon saving, now saves the location and rotation
• Fixed physics objects from launching into space unrealistically, should now apply weight correctly
• Fixed various ways from escaping the early levels and falling infinitely, should all be blocked now
• Fixed gate opening animations to work in a smooth way instead of instantly opening
• Fixed lighting in the Swamp from being overly bright when it's a night level
• Fixed various crashes relating to interacting with companions and collectibles
• Fixed the cutscene from the Iksae Catacombs from crashing the game
• Fixed the animations in the Iksae Catacombs from not playing
• Fixed snow effect not showing in the snowy levels
• Fixed rain effect from not showing in rainy levels
• Fixed various sound effects from not playing
• Fixed settings from not saving properly
• Fixed interactions with lore objects crashing the game, should now work correctly
• Fixed several areas where you could get stuck forever, should no longer be able to get stuck there
• Fixed a graphical glitch that caused the terrain to disappear in the Meadows level
• Fixed distant objects from flashing constantly, should be correctly visible at all times now
• Fixed disappearing enemies when running towards them

Thank you all for testing and for the feedback regarding the previous build! There is a lot more coming soon and more quality of life changes are on the way as well. I look forward to the feedback on everything that is new in 0.40!