Major Update: Ghost in the Plumbing

We are so excited to announce that you can buy Mr. Stretch Right now! With this major update, the game now has a total of 42 levels, and future updates will bring that total over 120 levels! Buy Mr. stretch now because we'll be raising the price as updates come out.

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Mr. Stretch is part of the Steam Halloween sale! Grab it now for an even lower price. Explore the Waterworks: A ruined hydroelectric plant that once powered the entirety of the manor! This update includes the 2nd section of the manor and a total of 42 levels to play! Main features:

• 20 Waterworks levels
• 1 New boss level
• Changing water level obstacle
• Warp pipes
• Shield Bubble wands

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Update Notes:

New Features

• Added achievements to the game. Most of them can currently be obtained in the demo version, but you will need the early access version to get them all. The Steam client will not track achievements for the demo version.
• Added a banner that appears when a checkpoint is reached in a Vault level.
• Added a pointer that points to Mr. Stretch's head when it is offscreen. This currently only appears in one level.
• Added an ending cutscene to the Grand Entry vault.
• Added a Restart button to the Artifact Vault win screen.

Early Access Features

To enable these features, you will need to purchase Mr. Stretch and the Stolen Fortune, now available in early access.

• Added the Waterworks area. This area features water that hurts Mr. Stretch on contact.
• Added the Waterworks Vault. Beat par score on all Waterworks levels to unlock it!
• Added Water Valves. Activating one of these temporarily lowers the water level so Mr. Stretch can get to submerged areas.
• Added Bubble Wands. When Mr. Stretch passes through one of these, he is covered with a bubble that protects from water damage, as well as a single hit from spikes or other ghosts.

Accessibility Features

These are present in both the Demo and Early Access versions and can be toggled on the ingame Settings screen.

• You can now hold down your controller's South face button (or Space on the keyboard) to move slower.
• Added the Pain Cam. This shows where Mr. Stretch was hit if the hit happened offscreen. This is enabled by default.
• Added a grid overlay feature to make it easier to judge distances between objects. This is disabled by default.

Changes/Improvements

• Updated Unity version to 2022.3.47f1.
• (WebGL) Controller support has been dropped (ONLY on Web builds) due to an input mapping issue.
• It should no longer be possible to pause the game during a transition between levels.
• Fixed a bug where restarting a level at the right moment after death could cause music to stop playing.
• Fixed positioning issues with parallaxing backgrounds when level bounds are changed.
• Tips are now shown more prominently in earlier levels.
• When the door opens on the "Gem Cluster" level, the camera will no longer move.
• Gem animations will now always be in sync with each other.
• Fixed an issue where the total area completion time on level select could show a minute too high.
• Changed "Restart Level" button to just read "Restart."
• Significantly reduced the amount of geometry used for rendering Mr. Stretch's body segments.
• The gem pointers that appear when there are only a few gems left now indicate which type of gem they point to.
• The pointers indicating where the camera can move while using binoculars will now only point in directions the camera can actually move.
• The intro cutscene for the Grand Entry vault now shows Mr. Stretch entering through the door.
• Legion will no longer continue their normal attacks during the vault end sequence.
• Fixed an issue where Mr. Stretch could respawn too close to a Pig Ball after being hit in the Grand Entry vault.
• Made the custom cursor look better.
• A certain hidden Easter egg now actually does something.
• The HUD will now show gem counts in the level while the binoculars are in use.
• Fixed a glitch where the lose screen could be activated while using level select in a level.
• Fixed the position of a respawn point in the Grand Entry vault so it is on-grid.
• The big pig ball in the Legion end sequence will no longer disappear when the screen starts to fade to black.

Changes/Improvements from Playtest

This section is for changes to fix issues that were present in the playtest version of the game, but not in the demo.

• Added animation and visual effects to the Waterworks vault doors.
• Added an intro cutscene to the Waterworks vault.
• Made adjustments to some Waterworks levels.
• The particle force fields on the Waterworks menu background no longer affect particles in levels.
• If a bubble around Mr. Stretch pops and he has gone through a pipe, the bubble around the pipe will now pop like it should.
• The underwater audio effects will now stop while win/lose screens or level select are open.

[ 2024-10-28 17:00:17 CET ] [ Original post ]