Switch Blocks

v0.10.0 introduces switch blocks! Switches can be pressed to toggle the blocks that match their color. Other highlights include:

• Extra life collectible

• Shape surfaces with their flat/slope brushes

• Rotate specific objects before placing

• More speedrun toggles

• Improved load times in level menus

Play the demo and let me know what you think!

[0.10.0] - 2025-05-04

Added:

• Level: Red switch/red switch blocks to the "Tutorial - Surfaces" level

• Gameplay: Catto, the lure, and enemies can press switches

• Gameplay: Switches make a clicking noise when counting down

• Gameplay: Switch blocks blink when they are about to be reactivated

• Gameplay: Catto and enemies die when overlapped with activated switch tiles

• Gameplay: The line and lure break when overlapped with activated switch tiles

• Gameplay: Alternate squash animation when getting crushed by collision

• Gameplay: Songbirds perches to checkpoints

• Editor: Extra life collectible object

• Editor: Red/green/blue switches and switch blocks objects

• Editor: Switches can be rotated and the time can be customized

• Editor: Challenge conditions related to switches/switch blocks

• Editor: Arcade continue catnip cost slider

• Editor: Store levels metadata in an extra file named metadata.res

• Settings: Toggle for visible speedrun milliseconds

• Settings: Toggle for visible arcade run time when entering doors

Changed

• Gameplay: Improved walking on slopes

• Gameplay: Level timer only starts when pressing input that will control Catto

• Gameplay: Ensure random songbird flight patterns are seeded

• Gameplay: Ensure random flower patterns are seeded

• Arcade: Split the tracking of lives and catnip

• Arcade: Require catnip to be paid for continues

• Arcade: Ensure random secret catnip sources are seeded

• Replay: Store RNG seed in replays and apply before playback

• Editor: Allow surfaces to be shaped using their corresponding flat/sloped brush

• Editor: Make Squeaks Jr., trees, signs, and flowers rotatable

• Editor: Increase the internal editor version to 2 (requires levels to be upgraded)

• UI: Drastically improved load times in loader menus by utilizing new metadata files

• UI: Allow button focus wrapping in the pause menu

• Engine: Upgrade the engine to Godot 4.6.2

Fixed

• Gameplay: Fixed player jumping farther than intended from corners

• Gameplay: Fixed lure getting stuck on moving platforms during retrieval

• Gameplay: Fixed lure breaking on slopes in very rare situations

• Gameplay: Fixed broken lure sprite not using customization

• Gameplay: Fixed songbirds glitching between visual layers

• Map: Fixed map arrows not being drawn correctly when specific levels were not discovered

• Editor: Fixed initial grid when using a non-tile cached object

• UI: Fixed catnip/lives HUD not being hid properly when Catto is behind