Hey! I've signed up for the next Next Fest! In anticipation of this, I've been working closely with a coterie of gracious gamers to eliminate as much chuff as possible. This is the result of those efforts. Special thanks to Slopcore for some amazing perspective!

General

• fix softlock during arbor fight in Muldahara (?)
• made enemy body collision a bit squishier
• line up timed platforms in 2nd hive histhana
• zyng projectile is destroyed on collide
• condense and streamline the collection sequence in anahata
• add checkpoint before ryx encounter
• increase speed of 2nd wall platforming challenge in anahata
• fixed mystery hitbox for lub in histhana
• widen final column in the path ov hum
• make hall longer before ragakeet
• make last platforming challenge in muldahara a little longer
• increase ground friction when not holding a direction
• added a new platforming challenge in muldahara
• reduced overall number of projectiles
• reduced difficulty in path ov visions
• raised default stick deadzone
• added new blocking sfx
• made all required switch sections permanent in main levels
• adjusted xp reward for most sources
• rebalanced almost every enemy
• changed how encounters spawn enemies
• made gun a little punchier (no change to stats)

Charlet

• nerf tackle stam damage
• boost hammer stam damage
• increase hammer speed
• you can now block to cancel the rolling animation
• you now hold block to lock facing while aiming weapons instead of some holding and some not
• you can now do short dashes while shielding instead of dashing out of shield

Moika

• spray duration, frequency and accuracy decreased
• reduce poise recovery
• increase damage recieved while stunned
• decrease gatling duration
• square up the walls in arena ( no more choke point at start of fight )

histhana

• removed 3/4th the enemies
• rebalanced the encounters
• reduced the number of spikes
• added a checkpoint before the final arena

UI

• fix the fight name for chamber of the aspirant
• unsquished input flags for xbox controllers
• shorten the checkpoint activation and add some charging sfx
• gave different realm types distinct portal sprites
• added boss hp bars
• added teleportals to warp the player around in a more friendly way
• removed the word fart from the file menu
• added stick deadzone options
• removed all portal tab from teleport menu
• added transparency to and extended duration of encounter and level curtain events
• fixed focus bug in inventory
• added images to every checkpoint in teleport menu
• reduced loudness of some music
• changed trauma shard image
• cleaned up some item description formatting
• reformatted the save file menu
• spiced up xp label
• reformatted IRC to more closely reflect modern chat apps
• fixed camera look not cancelling sometimes when sliding