v0.9.25.47 -- online updates --

• fix issue where a dead remote-character could appear in the wrong location
• prevent server from making too many items
• play sword-hit sound when a client is fairly sure, but not 100%, that they'll hit a bomb (previously this was silent)
• a couple misc things

• a notification recommending gamepad controllers (that is, over keyboard/mouse)
• fix a couple bugs in Bot Battle mode

• fixed (well, prevented...) the stretched-blastZone graphical glitch that could appear if a blastZone got too close to the edge of the screen
• misc polish

In the spirit of Steam NextFest, we'll be doing a Bomb Sworders stream. Come hang out, watch some high-level Bomb Sworders, chat with the dev(s), and hopefully not notice any issues with the streaming setup.

• new background for Mighty Climb level
• ui color tweaks
• tweaks to QuickStart ui, backgrounds

Misc polish

• Slightly better colors for color-blind folks (there's still more work to be done on this)
• QuickStart promoted to its own mode. When QuickStart is completed --> auto-select Battle mode
• fixed some colors in QuickStart
• prevented exiting a tutorial by just accidentally pressing "cancel" once too many times
• fixed issue where the dynamite tutorial could display the wrong score
• fixed issue where blastZones could appear on the level but be inactive given an odd interaction with the freezer powerup
• fixed issue where reading an old save file from the cloud could ignore new default levels, modes, characters

We've been doing a lot of work on online multiplayer. It's coming... but first comes this update with a bunch of misc things:

• New BotBattle mode where you can team up with 1-3 players to defeat bots in 7 progressively-more-challenging rounds.
• Your cannons deathBeam will immediately explode your bombs. This minor tweak makes cannons much more valuable for advanced play.
• Better resolution-handling especially for people on 2+ monitor setups.
• Renamed reference button to library in an attempt to get people to notice it haha.
• DualSense controller support and controller vibration settings.
• Perfect hit if you swing/throw your sword at the moment it flashes white a bit of extra power.
• Removed Race mode it would have taken a lot of work to polish this to being decent and there are already a bunch of great race-platformers out there. (The FlowCam camera controller lives on in other projects)
• Some new level backgrounds.
• Continuing tweaks on the QuickStart tutorial. Seems to be in a great place.
• Tons and tons of little tweaks/fixes.

A few small changes come in v0.8.0.3 and v0.8.0.2

• better support for Steam Controllers. However, standard Gamepad controllers (ds4, XboxOne, etc) are still recommended
• added 2 big experimental levels (Burning Divide and Chute)
• improved AI
• 2 more levels accessible in Horde Mode
• fixed rare level-select bug, overlapped text on trapShot tutorial, spelling fix

This update (v0.8.0) focuses on the games early experience for new players.

• a new "Quick Start" tutorial
• 4 new experimental levels, including one with vertical wraparound
• 3 new characters (Ticket, Bully, and Toad)
• Random level select
• Refined sword swinging -- pump-faking, exhaustion, and charge bonus if you time your swing perfectly
• New song: Luwuk Logic Bomb

The Boost Update brings a *lot* of changes:

• Support for up to 8 players
• AI in Battle Mode
• New item in Race Mode: BOOST!
• New and refined race levels
• New characters
• Refined options menus
• New music
• Plus lots more including better color schemes, improved support for keyboard/mouse (though we still recommend using gamepads if you can!), and tons of bug fixes

v0.7.8.1 brings a bunch of small changes:

• better interpretation of players intent for recoil at near-horizontal angles
• more reliable, slightly-easier sword swing mechanics and animations
• fixed an exploit where you could assign multiple jump buttons and then mash them all to climb super fast. (As one of the primary abusers of this exploit I mourn the passing)
• Exploder mode: once again displays a running-out-of-time graphic accidentally had hidden it in the previous version as part of a larger-scoped optimization
• fixed issue where items could fail some interactions with other objects after a player death
• Race mode: fixed error when an enemy-owned bomb was near a target at the moment the level was completed
• Race mode: easier to jump off stars
• a couple minor tweaks to some race levels

The first pass at a new single-player mode: Race!

• Get to the flag as fast as you can
• Collect stars, explode targets to improve your score
• Race against your best time (a simple ghost-playback)
• Compare your best scores with others using Steam leaderboards

v0.7.7.2 is available!
The Groundwork Update adds

• 2 new levels
• better controller assignment, disconnection, and reconnection
• better resolution of multiple button presses that map to the same action (e.g. jump)
• keyboard movement: the most recent directional-input takes priority
• more predictable thrownSword behavior near walls
• refined result of jumping/dashing off an item
• improved AI on tutorial levels
• better interaction with feedback form (F10)
• default keyboard controls now listed in the reference section
• misc bug fixes

A minor update for keyboard/mouse:

• Revised mouse aiming
• Revised default controls
• Better multi-monitor support

We've released v0.7.6.2! Well, actually we call it "The Malevolent Update" It has:

• 2 hard (like really hard..) levels
• + a new sinister song!