Quantum Covenant Playtest · published
The tube is now 12,800 u long with two racing lines all the way down, and lanes along the bore.
Jump pads are aimed at where the next pickups are, and the kickers launch you at fixed angles.
A lap reset only resets the pilot who finished, keeps their forward speed and faces them down the tube. SPACE is off in the tube.
Wall turrets line the bore, and the wave roster is drone and lancer only. Suicide drones are out.
Trilithons are wider and outlined, and a clip slows you to 0.65 of your speed.
Two new songs on their own playlist. Trail pickups are about 10 dB quieter.
OVERGROWTH VARIANTS is a new run mode that swaps the arena mid-run. It draws three arenas from BOWL V5, TWIN LOBE, BOWL STONES and BOWL TERRACE (no repeats), swapping after waves 4 and 9, then returns to BOWL V5 for the wave 15 boss. ENDLESS keeps swapping every cycle.
A swap plays after the last reward pick: the old arena dissolves into a grid, the new one builds in with the grass sinking and regrowing, and pilots are steered to a safe spot before the flip. In co-op the squad waits for everyone's build to finish.
A run save restores the arena the squad was in.
BOWL STONES and BOWL TERRACE are new variants of the bowl.
The mode is a test: its runs record nothing (no boards, XP, best runs or unlocks).
NOW PLAYING is back: the song and stem name show on the HUD, read from the FMOD playlist. Settings > GAME has a NOW PLAYING toggle, on by default.
The playlist's first song now varies from launch to launch; every run used to open on the same one.
The strafe assist is a little stronger: sideways force up to 1.8 times (was 1.625), ramping at 0.65 (was 0.5), with the sideways target speed capped at 76 u/s (was 72.5). Still on above boosted cruise only, with DEV > CHEATS > STRAFE ASSIST (A/B) to turn it off.
The DEV menu is reorganized into seven sections down the left: LOADOUT, SET PIECES, CHEATS, TUNING, DEBUG, SCENE PERF PATHS and the spawn tools.
UNLIMITED BOOST and MAX SPEED now survive a respawn and a new run start instead of silently switching off while the checkbox still read ON.