• A new final boss fight song! Turn off Classic Music to enjoy it.
• Modern Mode
  • Enemy freeze time limit increased to 15 seconds (was 10 seconds).
  • Ice shards from the Icus Coldus rune no longer thaw enemies.
  • Skills that trigger on a frozen enemy also trigger if it was only unfrozen in the past half-second.
  • Fixed Frostbite to damage every second as intended (was every two seconds).
  • Armageddon now burns trees.
  • Armageddon and other explosions now do a better job of triggering on-hit switches.
  • Fixed timing/typos on some commentary nodes.
  • Chapter 1
    • Beginnerton: A visual hint has been added to the Fairy Bell puzzle.
  • Chapter 3
    • Off The Deep End: Added more feedback and fixed confusing resets on the skill shard puzzle.
    • The Guest Chambers: Added more feedback and fixed confusing resets on the skill shard puzzle.
  • Chapter 4
    • Puzzling Caverns: The rune puzzle now gives a hint when you fail.
    • Horkboxes: Added more feedback and fixed confusing resets on the skill shard puzzle.
  • Madcap
    • Fix enemies being thawed 5x faster than intended by damage.
• Challenge Mode
  • Fix bugs in Modern Challenge Mode after collecting 256 stars.

[ 2025-05-25 22:55:53 CET ] [ Original post ]

Modern Mode means modern bugs, but luckily also modern bug fixes. Enjoy the smoother experience!

• Camera direction shifts are more gentle now, perhaps helping with motion sickness? Let us know!
• On startup, Steam will properly credit you for any missing achievements.
• "Take a Break" achievement no longer fails if you use a pointy hat.
• Pteros are now capped at 25 total, but trying to summon more now heals them all to full health.
• Logs no longer accept non-human riders.
• Fixed a crash that occurred if you died while riding a log, and the log then crashed into things before you finished dying.
• Fixed possible crashes if Octon Juice goes off the map.
• Fixed CPU usage spiking in the credits screen.
• Modern Mode
  • The Skill Reset button is now always shown in the menu, with a message explaining you can only use it in the overworld.
  • Energy Barrage: Energetic Casting now makes the damage ramp up by 2% per 'shot', up to 300%, until you stop firing.
  • Otto Siko: No longer fires off seekers when you fail to cast Armageddon, during Armageddon, with the Mana Gettin' skill.
  • Fixed falling in water with exactly 10 life left breaking the game.
  • Chapter 1
    • Beginnerton: The villager who explains how to cast spells now has a modern explanation of it, instead of repeating his classic speech.
    • Beginnerton: You can no longer shoot the shootable target from inside the house.
    • Beginnerton: The shootable wall no longer looks the same as the pushable wall.
  • Chapter 2
    • Mush-Aid: The button that you step on, and enemies can't, now looks different from the ones for enemies.
    • Spiders' Lair: the ghost spitter can no longer be killed, and cannot reach the skill shard.
    • The Hidden Temple: The entry puzzle is now 1/3 solved for you, very modern!
    • Haunted Woods: all spells cost 1 now when they are blocked by ghosts, so you don't have to watch which spell you are using.
  • Chapter 3
    • The Gatehouse: fixed a single bad tile that was impassable for no reason.
    • The Guest Chambers: You can now exit The Skeletal Path multiple times.
    • The Vault: Enemies can no longer trigger switches, which made it difficult to complete.
    • Twisty Passages, All Alike: It is no longer possible for the spikey sign to go weird and cause a hole to appear in a wall.
    • Hot To Go: Shooting Peeping Bombs no longer resets your position.
    • Hot To Go: The trigger area for feeding a villager is now bigger, so you can't skip past it using Berserk.
    • Hot To Go: Prevented collectibles from spawning in unreachable areas.
  • Chapter 4
    • Horkboxes (and possibly elsewhere): Changed how you are repositioned after triggering a speech dialog, fixing an infinite conversation.
• Classic Mode
  • Mush-Aid: Added the 'soft lock protection' similar to Modern Mode.
  • Surprise guest monsters have returned to Classic Mode.
• 1999 Mode
  • You can no longer burn down trees, since you couldn't do that in 1999.
  • The Vault: Giving Up after getting the spell no longer prevents you from re-entering.
• Challenge Mode
  • Earning Challenge mode is now possible by getting 100% in any mode, not just Modern mode.
  • Swamp Stew: You no longer earn the star for good cooking if you fail for technical reasons.

[ 2025-05-12 05:20:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

Following Supreme With Cheese and Loonyland, Kid Mystic has arrived on Steam in an all-new Enchanted Edition!

• Modern Mode!
  • Choose how Kid Mystic's power grows in a new skill tree.
  • Collect new Runestones for additional upgrades.
  • Visit a new Beginnerton as well as a very special new level in each chapter.
  • Customize your experience with new Weird Options.
  • And other minor visual and convenience improvements.
• Brutal Mode! For when the base game becomes too familiar.
• 1999 Mode! Play the game as it was before the turn of the millennium, with all its frustrations.
• 24 Steam Achievements, and a path to unlocking special Cheatstones.
• A remixed and remastered soundtrack! Or a classic soundtrack option for the purists.
• Improved controller support.

Visit the LoonyChat Discord to chat with other players, or if you have any questions about the brand-new levels or skills! You'll also soon be able to get the game's source code and even make your own mods using HamSandwich.

[ 2025-05-06 02:30:35 CET ] [ Original post ]