Game update

Difficulty resetting bug

EMPTY SHELL · published 11 Aug 2025, 14:26 UTC · build 19556080

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Hey everyone,

a quick patch to fix an issue that appeared after the latest major update. In some cases, the difficulty would reset to "Easy". This problem has now been fixed.
Sorry about that and thanks for pointing this out!

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