Hi buddy cleasunnies. Hope you are doing well! Guys, I learned so much during Clea 2's development. When I look back at Clea 1, I go come on now, there is work to do here. So, work I did. Around two years after Clea's release, here is yet another big patch. Your love for Clea inspire me to keep the game healthy and at its best. New costumes: First, this is probably the biggest news of all. Three new costumes have been added to the game, unlocked by default! Two of them were previously costume mods. These are now handpicked to serve as official dresses, available on all platforms (once patches go up): Halloween:
I have made the lantern smaller compared to how it looked in the costume mod, because I noticed the pumpkin would poke through side walls. The smaller pumpkin is quite cute, actually! Rain:
Only the best costume mods deserve to become official. Let's face it. When I look back, some mods were simply texture filters, while others had visual glitches that would be hard to repair. This rain dress warrants an official spot by my books. Enjoy! 16-bit:
Last up, here is our discord community dress! We held an event where 16 chaos/chaos+ completionists were asked to let their presence be known. Our mighty 16 rocked up, so as promised, the 16-bit dress is now unlocked. By the way, we have a friendly community that has just passed 100 members, and we hope to schedule more fun events/hangouts in the future. I would love to have you can join us: https://discord.gg/Z2yP6fkqCr Now for the full list of updates. There is so much here I had to split these into categories. Enjoy, and seriously, please grab this update, then give the game a run. I hope you will like what you see! Major updates: - Lighting fixes across the campaign. Many light sources were far too bright in retrospect, now that I have the experience built from Clea 2's development. - Fixed an extremely rare bug where, after you peek left/right, your character could be stuck walking in place. For console players, until the patch is up, if you do stumble into this issue, please open and close the inventory, and you will be able to move again. - The UI used to look slightly wonky on higher resolutions (as you approach 4K). Some buttons would be too big, or the text would be too small, etc. This is no longer be the case. Enemy updates: - Enemies' hearing and sight ranges (when in close proximity) will now vary based on difficulty. - Subtle AI tweaks to grant players more breathing space on lower difficulties. - The final enemy now seeks the player out more reliably, in exchange for a reduced vision range (as per design). - Some enemies are no longer invisible on invisible mode, but they are still harder to see (removed light source). - Fixed a bug where, if you returned from the cells and headed right, you could find an enemy who failed to activate (and be frozen in place). Gameplay balances: - Clea's base speed increased by 0.5. When you return to Clea 1 after Clea 2 (featuring Florine), Clea's movement speed can feel like a slog. - Difficulty balanced in chapter two. Visual fixes: - Fixed some areas where your lantern can pop slightly through the side walls. - Fixed minor visual glitch on top of the lantern with the Invisibility Cloak. - Fixed minor visual glitch on the x-shaped key piece. - An assortment of other minor fixes. For instance, a cake floating a single pixel above a table in chapter 4. Bug fixes: - Removed an exploit where, if you cancel out of the upgrades pop up then immediately pick an option, you can re-use the same crystal ball to obtain all available upgrades. - Removed a bug where, if you spammed confirm while saving (with infinite saves off), the save could cost you multiple candles. Not replicable on PC versions. Price changes: I also wish to use this chance to be transparent about price changes for Clea 1 and 2. Once approved by Valve, both games will be 13.99 USD on Steam. Here are the key reasons behind the change: - Clea 1 was originally priced at only around 8 dollars. Both publishers I have spoken to, and even several players, mentioned this was far too low. I am thankful players would say that, and I learned a lot in terms of what price range is acceptable. To be honest, I highly doubt any game I release from now on will be priced that low, or I will not be able to sustain myself on these titles (unless I create mini-games). - After Clea 1's launch, chaos+, arcade mode, invisible mode, along with additional unlockable costumes, had been added. I hope these additions have increased the game's replay value, and therefore also worthy of the new price. - Clea 2, meanwhile, will have its cost reduced by a dollar to match Clea 1's. I want to do this, because now that Clea 1 has received the aforementioned updates, it has a similar amount of content as its sequel. It is only right for them to be priced the same in this case. Please note, this will happen in around 30 days. - The console versions are slightly higher in price, because they have bonus dresses to make up for the fact PC supports costumes mods. As usual, thank you for hearing me out. Any thoughts, I am here to listen and discuss. Everyone in the community has always been reasonable, which makes me comfortable with sharing my exact thoughts. To sum up, I feel like I have made a mistake with the pricing, so thank you for letting me make these corrections. I have the next four days off because it is Easter break here. Please, give the patched version a run, and let me know if you spot any issues. I am keen to resolve things right away. This is the best version of Clea yet, and I wish to keep her sparkling clean. Over the next few days, I will run regression tests on the console versions. Once they pass my tests, I will push patches out, and soon enough, Clea will be at her best on all platforms. Happy days. Thank you cleahappy!