Hello everyone, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? Since the last patch in 2021, I’ve been steadily working on making Timespinner 2: Unwoven Dream. It’s coming along really well and I’ve recently begun working on the final levels of the game!
Since the sequel is built on top of the Timespinner 1 engine, I have made several accessibility and quality of life improvements that I really like. So, I’ve decided to backport them!
The biggest changes revolve around attacking and backdashing. I’ve added a “Turbo Attack” option, that lets you attack with your melee orbs by simply holding the button, instead of needing to spam it. I’ve also greatly lowered the cooldown on backdash, allowing you to spam it to move much faster than before. In addition, you can now backdash out of Spells which lock you in place, allowing you to quickly get out of the way of an incoming attack!
One change that might be controversial is a bug that I fixed, one that previously would allow you to maintain backdash speeds if you jump and attack on the same frame. This is something that is used in the most speedruns of the game. Unfortunately, this tech is quite difficult to do, hurts players’ hands, and needs to be executed perfectly hundreds of times throughout the run. I’ve heard complaints from many would-be speedrunners that this is the one thing preventing them from picking up the run. Accessibility is important to me, so it bothers me that the game can’t be speedrun by anyone who wants to. Hopefully, the new backdash spam will help spice things up in a fun way!
For those who wish to speedrun the old version of the game, I have added an archived version of v1.033 on Steam.
Anyway, back to working on the sequel for me!
Updated to latest FNA Framework! Now uses SDL3 instead of SDL2. Hopefully fixes driver issues on some machines.
Added “Hold to Attack” option for player controls. When enabled, holding the melee attack button will continue attacking.
Lowered the cooldown for reusing Backdash.
Fixed a bug where jumping and attacking on the same frame while Backdashing would not properly reset your maximum movement speed.
Spells which lock you in place can now be canceled early by pressing Backdash.
Added the ability to disable Screen Shake in the Video Options menu.
Adjusted the collision logic for the rotating circle platforms in the Emperor's Tower, making them solid.
Added a prompt in the Main Menu to Wishlist Timespinner 2.
Added a Dream Wisp item to Lake Desolation.
Added a warning prompt when converting a save file into a Speedrun Save file in the Passwords Menu.
Changed the Golden Idol's logic to use the Sawblade after every 4 moves, instead of spamming it often.
Fixed a render bug on some devices where the background fill color was not properly being drawn.
Fixed a render bug for the background arches in the Ballroom.
Fixed a crash caused by the Zeal enemy’s attack going off the edge of the screen.
Changed some backer names in the Credits.
Lowered time to delete a Save File from 2.5 seconds to 1 in the Save Select Screen.
No longer forces the player to face a direction when entering a room.
Adjusted the Crimson Vortex Spell to allow for multiple copies of it to be on screen at once.
Adjusted the Nether Spell's soul count to not reset when changing spells, levels, or even save files.
Adjusted how damage numbers are updated, to hopefully prevent crashes in the randomizer.
Equipped Rings now contribute Experience to their associated Orb.
Controls: Split the Player Settings menu into Player 1 and Player 2 settings.
Controls: Fixed a bug where choosing Default settings would turn Controller Vibration on, but not update the UI to match.
Audio Settings Menu: Pressing Up or Down or Page Left or Page Right will now change the volume in jumps of 10.