• demo now available on steam store page
• fixed macOS steam cloud issue
  

• add 3 additional taunt animations
• minor UI alignment update
• fix issue with turret enemy sound effects not playing
  

• add taunting game mechanic
• decrease hop enemy attack rate
• menus/interface minor formatting/selection fixes
• Steam Deck Verified
  

• update menus/interface for better readability across varying screen sizes
• decrease bat enemy attack rate
• adjust enemy attacks that phase out their body (e.g. hammer/boss enemies) to:
  [list]
• remove lock-on targeting reticle
• remove shards ranged weapon marks
  

• surviving a combat arena now clears any remaining enemy projectiles
• fix dog enemy AI not turning around at walls in some situations
• adjust flying enemy attack projectile animation
  

• make mouse cursor lock-on targeting more lenient
• adjust summon platform skill
  [list]
• add 5s max duration timeout
• fix platform not desummoning when player gets off in some situations
  

• shards ranged weapon blink strike no longer randomizes order/side swap, for more predictable behavior
• add additional visual effect variations for ranged weapons
• pause menu show equipment name for current selection
• fix ethereal scythe attacks not appearing when immediately weapon swapping
• fix grenade launcher mine throw cancel window
  

• add spikes ranged weapon alternate fire - circular formation
• add various visual effect variations for ranged weapons
• increase sword delayed spin slash hitbox width to better match visuals
  

• add visual hit effect variations for all melee weapons
• increase meter gain for various melee weapon delayed basic attacks
• regain primary skill charges when using spring launcher
• fix shards ranged weapon explosion interaction with enemy direction
• fix melee weapon charge overlay positioning when moving at high speeds
  

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• update game title logo
• allow canceling fastfall skill earlier after landing
• add visual effects for gambling event win/loss result
• update visual effects for spikes ranged weapon
• add particle/hit effects for grapple hook
• add additional particle effects for hitting gold chunks
• update bouncing ball event to bounce exactly off top of screen
• when rebinding keys hide controls not used for that input type
  

• add lock-on targeting tutorial, accessible from new sign in starting room
• add stone form skill extended deflect option
• add navigation wall markings to all challenge rooms
• update various additional melee attack animations with stronger posing
• update background for room before boss encounter
• show "LOADING..." text when loading new game
• allow ethereal scythe blade slash during floating scythe attacks, but delay cancel window
• increase spirit blade knockback slash meter gain
• change spikes release point to match other ranged weapons for aiming consistency
• fix player melee weapon charge overlay visual offset for various player animations
• fix lock-on target overlay visual offset for various enemy animations
• additional improvements to gamepad right stick aim lock-on/targeting behavior
  

• fix error with shotgun incendiary shot hit effect
• fix spirit blade spirit form attacks activating when the weapon is inactive
  

• update attack hits to use dynamic particle effects
• update hit effects for revolver, shotgun, spikes, shards ranged weapons
• update various melee attack animations with stronger posing
• increase grapple hook range +65%
• adjust gamepad right stick aim lock-on/targeting thresholds for more intuitive behavior
  

• add mark/recall (new secondary skill)
• add grenade launcher alternate fire - proximity mine
• update all arena backgrounds with lighting improvements
• update flight secondary skill initial speed boost to function as an 8-way air dash
• update build to FMOD 2.02.08
  

• add fastfall secondary skill stun effect on landing impact
• add revolver alternate fire - continuous shot
• rebalance meter gain to no longer stack for each additional enemy hit
• increase spirit blade weapon air slash hitbox height
• lower unlocks music tracks cost from 5000 -> 3500
• fix ranged weapon muzzle flash effects to render consistently on 60hz displays
• update starting room background with lighting improvements
  

• add summon platform (new secondary skill)
• add shotgun alternate fire - incendiary shot
• change explosive fist weapon charge indicator to overlay effect, instead of a flash
• change shards weapon shard explode to no longer launch enemies, but deal increased damage
• fix issue closing game window through the title bar close button on some systems
• enable Steam Cloud support for unlocked equipment
  

• add stasis blast (new secondary skill)
• add input slot selection prompt when buying a secondary skill
• add replacement selection prompt when buying an item with full equipment
• update equipment info screen backgrounds + various clarity improvements
• update settings menu background
• fix various instances of blurry text in menus and in-game
  

- add spirit blade (new melee weapon)
- decrease stone form secondary skill cost from 350 -> 300
- decrease flight secondary skill cost from 250 -> 200
- rename scythe weapon to "Ethereal Scythe"

• increase flight secondary skill air move speed
• add sound effect for hitting red aura super armor enemies that can't be stunned
• fix main menu quit prompt cancel button
  

• update boss enemy encounter
  [list]
• add new special attack patterns at specific health thresholds
• adjust attacks screenshake
  

• add ricochet beam (new ranged weapon)
• add sound effects for gambling event
• increase revolver damage slightly
  

• add hurt vocalization sound effects for all enemies
• limit amount of flying ranged enemies that can appear in later arena waves
• add small amount of hitstop to shotgun shots
  

• add new gambling event that can appear during a game run
• change lightning strike event to randomize between 4 different patterns instead of 1 fixed pattern
• randomize platform placement for a specific room
• improve memory usage for text rendering
  

- fix issue with windows build failing to start in v0.8.5

• add game tab to settings menu[/*][list]
• new enemy health option (100% - 500%) for adjusting difficulty and combo length on enemies[/*]

- adjust grenade launcher fire cost from 10 meter units to 7 meter units
- update scythe weapon recall-slash to always move towards player's current position
- add short delay before removing room exit barriers, also fixes issue where the barriers could stay up longer than intended
- reduce bouncing ball event gold drop amount
- minor help UI adjustments