Hi everyone, Weve been working on multiple enhancements and new features for you, over the past couple of months:

New Hub

• Now almost double the size with far more polish than its predecessor.
• Added a plethora of decorations and new tiles.
• Added difficulty select station.

Better Level Generation:

• Level rooms are connected in an even more varied network, joining in a more labyrinth-like fashion.
• Tuned down the probability of large pits.
• Rebuilt the method of random tile graphic selection, to be much less repetitive.
• Chests are more spread out, with higher reward chests more likely to occur in dangerous detours.
• Grotto tiles have a cleaner generation pattern:

Graphics:

• New background objects, including these stained glass windows:
  
• Various U.I. improvements including an updated confirmation dialog box.
• New terrain tiles including those in the picture above.
• Certain background objects can give off a glow when appropriate.
• Updated the sprites of some collectable runes.

Bug Fixes/Balance changes:

• Made the player's hitbox snap more accurately to the animations.
• Fixed colliders on the wooden platforms seen in the hub.
• Fixed diagnostic script printing to console continuously.
• Fixed a glitch where the first grotto level was sometimes too short.
• Tutorial Level 1 has been rebuilt
• The poison status effect now carries more of a punch.

More updates/patches in February

Bushfire Appeal

• Victorian Country Fire Authority: https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/home
• Wildlife Victoria: Dedicated to protecting and rescuing wildlife during this crisis https://www.wildlifevictoria.org.au/
• World Wildlife Fund: Environmental protection and animal rescue during the crisis https://www.worldwildlife.org/

To be transparent about what this means:

• All proceeds exclude taxes and Steams cut.
• The charities listed above, have ways to donate directly to them. This is much more efficient as theyre not subject to the fees that we are.
• If roguelites/platformers arent the type of game you enjoy at this stage than dont buy (there are other ways of contributing to the appeal, for those interested).
• We receive proceeds from sales, one month after the end of January, though we will offset this with the previous month's sales in the meantime.
• If anything is unclear, please feel free to enquire either by email cognitiveforge@gmail.com or by posting a comment here.