Graphical Changes
- Added a new lighting system called "Radiance". Makes stuff look nicer but if it's too heavy on your machine you can turn it off in the options.
- Renamed the "Glow Effects" option to "Bloom".
- Added a bit more variety to the soil tiles.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where, if you managed to destroy a silicon crystal with an explosive, the game could wrongly record which silicon crystals you collected.
- Fixed a bug where if you enabled the Level Pit Timer it would sometimes not be enabled when you quit and ran the game again.
- Fixed a bug where the framerate would sometimes drop the first time you saw certain objects.
- Fixed a bug where Blackshift could sometimes crash on exit.
Graphical Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where there would sometimes be gaps between a level's outer walls and the surrounding decorative terrain.
- Fixed a bug where the particles dropped by the glowing maze-runner enemy would draw above it.
- Fixed a bug where, when the game started up in full-screen mode, the white outline of a window would be visible while it loaded.
- Fixed a bug where switching off "Glow Effects" (now "Bloom") would make some things look too dark.
Editor Changes
- Added a new tileset for the walls. You can choose it for your Level Pit levels if you like, using the "Walls" selector in the "Info" window.
- The maximum map size is big but not infinite. The editor now clearly shows you the maximum map boundaries if you build a level big enough to get near them.
- Fixed an editor bug where copying or moving chunks of the level with the Select tool close to the maximum map boundaries was glitchy.
- The editor now recalculates the maximum map boundaries when you delete tiles from your map.
- The origin cell, which the maximum map boundaries always include, is now marked with an O if empty.
- Holding Space to pan the view now also works when the Select tool is active.
Level Pit UI
- Improved performance of scrolling in the Level Pit while level previews are being rendered.
- The Level Pit browser now caches network requests, so you'll spend less time waiting for pages to load.
- Fixed mouse hover indicator getting stuck when navigating between pages.
- Fixed several crashes caused by threading bugs.
Audio Changes
- Gave the secret portable purple teleporter a less annoying sound effect.
Windows-Specific Changes
- The Windows version no longer supports OpenGL.
- The Windows version no longer supports Windows 7.
Mac-Specific Changes
- The Mac version now supports Apple Silicon natively.
Misc Changes
- Blackshift now keeps rolling backups of your save file, in a Backups folder next to it.
- If you're on the "Preview" release channel, you'll now see "Preview" on the main menu.
- Added Ogg Vorbis to acknowledgements.
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