Stuff you'll see (Visuals)

• Leaderboard entries that were game wins now have a lil star flair next to their placement
• Time Bonus popup is more prevalent
• Cleaner gameplay entrance
  • Removed unnecessary UI sounds on enter
  • Combo bar sliiiiiiides in all smooth like
• Updated game finale to be more GRAND

Stuff you'll feel (Design)

Combo Rebalancing

• Before this update combo scoring was calculated linearly as `score = combo * 100`. This essentially meant that 2 small combos (ie, 2x25) were worth the same as 1 large combo (ie. 50).
• Now it uses a more complicated function: comboScore = (1 - cos((combo * PI)/(2 * maxComboNumber{100})) * maxComboScore{20000}
  You can see a visual of this here.
• If this freaks you out, all you need to know is that larger combos are now rewarded more heavily than multiple smaller combos.

Time Bonus Rebalancing

• Before this update time bonuses were very simple, complete the stage under 30 seconds you get 5000 points, under 60 seconds you get 1000 points
• Now it's calculated using a linear function timeBonus = min(maxTimeBonus{10000}, maxTimeBonus{10000} - (seconds - startTimeBonus{10}) * step{200}
  You can see a visual of this here.
• Simply put:
  • Under 10 seconds = 10 000
  • After 10 seconds = -200 points per second
  • (So at 30 seconds = 6000, at 60 seconds = 0)

Claw BUFF

• Claw now also drops scatter bombs on BITE action while reeling in

Two new Gameplay Settings

• Simple Walls
  • Makes walls blank (avoids distracting patterns)
• Slow Wormholes
  • Makes travelling through wormholes WAAAY slower

And then some...

• Made porters a bit more patient in end game instead of nopeing out immediately
• Bumped bottom stardust trails on Zone 1-1 down one unit for better symmetry

Than's Backend (Code)

• Made stage hashing no longer generate every change in order to retain leaderboard identifier
• You can now pause and exit the game finale without breaking your run
• Lot of lil bug fixes
  • Fixed bug where "CHOMP" button prompt was visible in pause screen / stage outro
  • Fixed bug where some rumble effects would still go off even when config specifies no rumble
  • Fixed bug where stardust trail score popup values (display only) would leaks into later score popups
  • Fixed bug where stardust autopiloting was restricting movement in dangerous moments (this has been causing a lot of end game deaths)
  • Fixed bug where directional input mode was not allowing forward eat actions while navigating stardust trail
  • Fixed bug where entities being held by worm were not being destroyed on zone completion
  • Fixed bug where porters would navigate off stage if travelling wormholes near the edges
  • Fixed bug where Sector Select minimap was improperly highlighting the last sector visited
  • Fixed issue on low end platforms where countdown (3 2 1) would be inconsistently timed