Nothing Unusual 0.967: Multiplayer and Combat Feel Update

Version 0.967 is here, with improvements to multiplayer, item handoffs, hit feedback and visuals.

New

• The main menu entry is now called Multiplayer. Join with an invitation code or choose directly from open rooms hosted by friends.

Changes

• Multiplayer no longer increases monster health. Instead, more monsters spawn.
• When a co-op save exists, starting lets you choose Continue or New Game. Solo and co-op saves are completely separate and cannot overwrite each other.
• After a multiplayer defeat, everyone stays on the defeat screen until all players select Retry. The button shows how many players have voted.
• On the multiplayer backpack screen, the host sees how many players have arrived. The button becomes Depart once everyone is there.
• When handing an item to a teammate, the item and its trigger and marble slots appear above their badge. Sending and receiving now have clearer animations and prompts.
• Teammate badges in the lobby and backpack screen now use hand-drawn holders and lanyards, with a hand-drawn red ready stamp.
• Held weapons are slightly larger along with the characters, including their attack hitboxes. The combat camera has been pulled back slightly.
• Hit feedback has more variety: light hits no longer pause the action; heavy and critical hits have longer hit pauses, screen shake and stronger knockback. Rapid fire no longer keeps combat stuck in slow motion.

Fixes

• Room buttons no longer overflow their cards when there are many of them.
• All teammates can now see the bad-luck setting selected by the host on the room card.
• The Pearl boss tentacles no longer visually clip through characters. Depth ordering now uses the point where each tentacle is rooted.
• Locked marble slots are now drawn with dashed lines. Paper airplane marble slots unlock inside a pencil case or schoolbag. Inserted marbles apply their effects to every paper airplane.
• Gently pushing the left stick to walk now immediately switches to controller input, preventing the mouse position from pulling movement in another direction.

Please use the in-game bug report feature to let me know about any problems, including whether you were playing solo or in multiplayer. Thank you!