Rebel Transmute

Fatal Fawn Games · JanduSoft

Released: Mar 11, 2024
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Last updated: 15 Sep 2026, 08:45 GMT

Updates & announcements

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18 Jun 2025Developer post
Scorchwalkers Announcement!
Hello! Evan here, solo dev of Rebel Transmute, with a very exciting announcement! The Steam page for my next big game project, Scorchwalkers, is now live!! Please WISHLIST and help me get the ball rolling on Game 2! View game page Being developed under Fatal Fawn Games (which for
05 Mar 2025Developer post
Patch Notes for March 5th Hotfix
- Fixed a bug where the first boss could get stuck during a phase transition. - Removed some of the destructible blocks from the first boss arena to ease in the platforming challenge better. - Updated the credits.
14 Feb 2025Developer post
Patch Notes for February 13th Hotfix
Fixed a bug where the Compound Heart augment effect would stay active after removing the augment. Fixed some blocks pushing the player into the ground when they spawn. By default Spin Bouncing no longer deals damage to enemies, instead the Motorized Blaster augment must be equipp
Fixed a bug where the Compound Heart augment effect would stay active after removing the augment.
Fixed some blocks pushing the player into the ground when they spawn.
By default Spin Bouncing no longer deals damage to enemies, instead the Motorized Blaster augment must be equipped to deal blaster damage to an enemy when you Spin Bounce. This should get rid of a lot of unintentional soft locks, but still allow for it to be useful in combat.
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11 Feb 2025Developer post
Patch Notes for February 10th Hotfix (Memory Leak Fix)
Fixed a nasty memory leak related to new map functionality. Added additional explanation text on the death screen.
Fixed a nasty memory leak related to new map functionality.
Added additional explanation text on the death screen.
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26 Jan 2025Developer post
Patch Notes for January 25th Hotfix
Fixed a bug where a small section of map wasn’t drawing correctly implying an extra room. Fixed a bug where falling lava would sometimes damage you without resetting your position. Fixed a bug where some Repair Stations weren’t being named correctly on the Teleport screen. Fixed
Fixed a bug where a small section of map wasn’t drawing correctly implying an extra room.
Fixed a bug where falling lava would sometimes damage you without resetting your position.
Fixed a bug where some Repair Stations weren’t being named correctly on the Teleport screen.
Fixed a bug where all Repair Stations weren’t being named correctly on the Teleport screen in any language besides english.
Moved a drill asset in a Quarry room so it properly draws in the background as opposed to the foreground.
Cerebellum boss’ lasers are now properly destroyed when the boss is defeated.
Map pins no longer disappear the first time you load a game save.
Each phase of the Small Bot quest line is now properly marked by pins.
Brian’s NPC pin now moves to reflect where they are on the map.
Fixed a visual bug with the active Repair Station marker.
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24 Jan 2025Developer post
Patch Notes for January 23rd Hotfix
Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash if the player used the Spin ability to enter water while also in the Swim Boost state. Fixed a bug that led to the player getting soft locked if they died in a certain story combat encounter. Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash if t
Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash if the player used the Spin ability to enter water while also in the Swim Boost state.
Fixed a bug that led to the player getting soft locked if they died in a certain story combat encounter.
Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash if the player healed while entering the water while also in the Swim Boost state.
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12 Jan 2025Developer post
Patch Notes for Jan 12th Hotfix
Added L3 and R3 controller button support to the rebinding menu. Fixed a bug that let the player damage the Goliath Drill boss before starting the fight. Fixed a bug that led to some graphical elements flashing during cutscenes. Fixed a bug that led to Echos not being visible in
Added L3 and R3 controller button support to the rebinding menu.
Fixed a bug that let the player damage the Goliath Drill boss before starting the fight.
Fixed a bug that led to some graphical elements flashing during cutscenes.
Fixed a bug that led to Echos not being visible in the player's inventory.
Fixed a crash when the player tried to upload the 31st imprint to Inaya.
Fixed a visual bug for the map when using a Repair Station's teleport function.
Added proper location values to the Repair Station next to HIVE in the Abandoned Quarry.
Fixed a bug that led to the game crashing / getting stuck in a loop if the player used all their map markers and tried to open the map marker sub menu.
Fixed a visual bug where the map marker count would draw over itself when on the map marker sub menu.
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06 Jan 2025Developer post
Hotfix for January 6th
Fixes a bug that crashed the game when a player tried to open the rebind menu on an old save
Fixes a bug that crashed the game when a player tried to open the rebind menu on an old save
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06 Jan 2025Developer post
'Enter the Synapse' Update Out Now!
Enter the Synapse is a completely free, massive update to Rebel Transmute that makes a great Metroidvania even better. I've been working on this update for around 6 months now, and I couldn't be more excited for it to finally be in your hands! 4 new bosses have been added that ar
Enter the Synapse is a completely free, massive update to Rebel Transmute that makes a great Metroidvania even better. I've been working on this update for around 6 months now, and I couldn't be more excited for it to finally be in your hands!
4 new bosses have been added that are harder rematches of existing boss fights, with new movesets and patterns. 5 major bosses have been tweaked, given new movesets, new animations, and new sounds to create more engaging, and fairer fights for their placement in the game.
A new fully optional, completely new weapon has been added to the game. This weapon is long range, deals less damage per shot, and is a lot of fun to use. But be careful, it doesn't collect sparkblood, so you'll have to switch to the short range blaster if you want to collect more to heal with!
In addition, the majority of the rooms along the main path of the game have been retouched to create a more fare and fun experience when traversing Terra 6. This includes removing some enemies from platforming sections, making certain platforming enemies invincible, and adjusting many of the required jumps to feel better. The player also now has more tools to help them platform, including a few seconds after falling off a ledge where they can still jump, and checks to move the player up or down a few pixels if they are about to bonk their head while dashing!
This update has a lot of big changes, and a lot of small ones, so without further ado, here is the full patch list for the update!
New Content!
New Bosses

Hover Queen network rematch.
Monstrous Carapace network rematch.
Bloat Specimen network rematch.
Reef Tamer network rematch.
Augments

Added the Recoiler augment. This augment negates knockback from firing your blaster.
New Weapon

Tired of having to get super close to shoot your enemies or hit a button? Well, now you have a new weapon to play Rebel Transmute with! The long range Particle Blaster is a perfect compliment to the game’s standard short range Planet Cutter.
Switch between weapons on the fly with the press of a button or a flick of the joystick!
Balance!
Boss Fights

Grey Matter’s health has been lowered to act as a more fair introductory boss.
Hover Queen has new graphics.
Bloat Specimen reworked to be more interesting, difficulty should be around the same or slightly harder.
Reef Tamer has been reworked to be more fair, added new attack animations, changed timing on attacks, and completely changed how the Urchin acts.
Half Eaten Moth has been reworked to be more interesting, and as such has been given a new arena.
Goliath Drill has had some slight tweaks to make timing of attacks more consistent.
Enemies

Minor Carapace now has better attack signaling and less frequent attacks.
Flying Transport Bot now has attack signaling.
Leaping Clay now has less frequent attacks, its attack reaches further.
Living Clay now has less frequent attacks.
Exploding Bloats now have a detonation timer, making them more interesting to avoid.
Acid Ballooners and Acid Bouncers (both Overgrowth enemies used as platforms) can no longer be killed.
Many enemies now drop more red matter.
Augments

Changed the Vital Readings augment to cost 0.25 energy, down from 0.5.
Increased blaster range significantly when using the Stabilizer augment.
Moved an Augment Battery item from a later shop to the shop in the Shipyard Commune on the Surface.
Moved an Augment Battery item from a later room in the Reef Set Subways to an easier to find room in the Abandoned Quarry.
Main Blaster

The Humming Symbiote blaster upgrade from defeating the first boss now additionally extends the blaster range and changes its color.
The Main Blaster now deals 25% more damage without upgrades.
Map UI

Map visuals reworked to show more at once, and be clearer to navigate.
Number of basic pins that can be placed per color increased from 8 to 12.
Reworked all basic pin sprites to be distinct shapes.
Added 2 new basic pins that you automatically start with.
Added a pin to track NPCs, you can buy this pin from a certain shop.
Now clearer how to pick up placed pins, which current pin is selected, and how many pins of each type are left.
The Welder who upgrades your blaster is now marked on the map after a certain conversation, or after finding a certain computer terminal, or if you’ve already found them.
Level Design

Touched up many rooms in the Foray Surface Labs to be less punishing.
Reworked enemy placement.
Extended some platforms to ease platforming difficulty.
Adjusted laser hazards to be easier to read and avoid.
Touched up many rooms in the Abandoned Quarry to be fairer to navigate.
Reworked enemy placement.
Reworked some enemy behavior.
Adjusted platforming sections to have more consistent jump spacing.
Adjusted wave fights to fit the location better.
Removed Fossilized Clay from this area, moved to the Fossil sub area.
Touched up many rooms in the Sparkblood Mines to be more fun to explore.
Reworked enemies.
Added map markers for a certain platforming puzzle.
Adjusted falling lava behavior to be easier to anticipate and dodge.
Touched up a few Coral Fissure and Overgrowth rooms to ease a player’s first time in those areas.
Adjusted platforming sections on the main path to be more forgiving.
Replaced a very hard to find hidden room with an Augment Battery reward with an easier to find platforming challenge room with the same reward.
Changed the way bomb blocks work, they now respawn upon re-entering a room, as opposed to staying destroyed forever.
Removed some hidden blocks / a hidden path that was necessary to find and complete the subsystem in the Mines, the path is now visible and easier to find by default.
Added a new repair station at the second entrance to the Arboretum, also much closer to the Devouring Worm boss fight.
Added a new repair station in the top room of the Sparkblood Mines Tower, much closer to the Cerebellum boss fight.
Added a warning when entering the Subway area to let the player know it is fine to come back to that area later.
Added a new room in the overgrowth! Go find it near the entrance for a powerful new ability.
Death / Lost Cores

Recovering a lost core from a Repair Station now only costs 35 red matter, down from 50.
Dying without any auxiliary cores only loses you 30% of your current red matter, down from 50%.
Accessibility

Added a 4th extra health as an option to the already existing 3 extra health.
Polish!
Misc.

Added new sound effects for the Half Eaten Moth boss.
Added new sound effects for the Flying Transport Bot enemy.
Falling lava has had a graphical update and has new sound effects.
Vines have a new sprite that is more clearly in the background / not interactable.
Dried vine platforms have a new sprite to be more clearly in the foreground / interactable.
Added a new item to coincide with an important plot point.
Made looking up or down with the camera trigger faster.
Looking up or down uses a dedicated button / joystick movement. If you’d like to look using the movement keys or joystick, that option can now be found under Accessibility options.
Water boosting now slows time, allowing for players to control the player even when traveling at high speeds.
Cutscenes now visually show you new map markers when you acquire them.
Added another fuse to the Surface Scavenger shop’s inventory.
Controls

Made the ‘interact’ and the new ‘change weapon’ buttons rebindable on keyboard and controller.
The rebind page for controller now shows all used controls in the game.
The rebind pages now grey out controls that can’t yet be rebound.
Interact has moved from the d-pad to the right analog stick (up).
The look ahead / peak feature is now exclusively bound to right analog stick (up/down).
Bug Fixes!

Fixed ‘Force Respawn’ not working if inside a Network room.
Updated the way leaving Network rooms is handled, which should make behavior when leaving a room more reliable.
Fixed a bug with ‘Force Respawn’ confirmation text not disappearing when it should.
Made some short, more gameplay focused cutscenes unskippable.
Fixed a bug where the ‘Skip Cutscene’ text would pop up at the start of every cutscene unprompted.
Fixed the last 2 map pins placed of each color not showing up correctly.
Fixed a bug where the Goliath Drill boss could get stuck during a few of their attacks.
Fixed a bug where the Particles on / off option in the menu didn’t do anything. Particles can now be set to ‘Few’ or ‘Many’.
Fixed an animation for an object or enemy being shot but not damage only playing partially.
Fixed lost cores showing on the map in the map square you died, not the map square they dropped.
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28 Dec 2024Developer post
Patch Notes for December 28th Hotfix
Fixed a bug that led to many augments in the game being rewarded to the player incorrectly. If players spent money on these incorrect augments, they will now be properly refunded when they first launch the game, and the shops will restock on the appropriate augments.
22 Dec 2024Developer post
'Enter the Synapse' free update out January 6th!
Boss Rematches! - Enter the Synaptic Network and battle smarter, faster, and more dangerous versions of your favorite bosses! - Earn the ability to turn repair (save) stations into teleport destinations! Updated Boss Fights! - Most bosses in the games have had a giant heaping of
20 Dec 2024Developer post
Patch Notes for December 20th Update!
This is a quick update to deal with some of the most common feedback / grievances about the game since launch. It also sets the groundwork for our huge content / feedback / polish / bug squashing updating due out January 6th 2025! HUD augment equip cost cut in half. Less Red Flux
This is a quick update to deal with some of the most common feedback / grievances about the game since launch. It also sets the groundwork for our huge content / feedback / polish / bug squashing updating due out January 6th 2025!

HUD augment equip cost cut in half.
Less Red Flux lost on death when you are out of extra cores, from 50% down to 30%.
Fixed a bug where a few sound effects didn’t scale properly with audio settings.
Background elements now appear dimmed, to make it easier to tell what is in the foreground and a wall / hazard, and what is in the background.
Fixed a bug where you could be forever trapped in Network locations. (Worst case scenario Force Respawn now works there, full fix coming in our next update!)
Optimized game file size.
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23 Jul 2024Developer post
Rebel Transmute Soundtrack is Released!
You can now purchase and download the Rebel Transmute soundtrack on sale for just $3.39! Some of the tracks are touched up a bit and extended from the version in-game, and I'm really excited to finally get this out there! "The eclectic original soundtrack to Rebel Transmute, a sp
25 Mar 2024Developer post
Rebel Transmute - Trading Cards
Now you can unlock the amazing trading cards of Rebel Transmute! Collect 'em all!
19 Mar 2024Developer post
Patch Notes for March 18th Hotfix
fix for an interaction between the spin ability and bombs, allowing players to clip into walls and objects (such as conveyor belts) adds what is hopefully the final room map data that was missing from the map screen item and augment descriptions now scroll if they don’t fit in th
fix for an interaction between the spin ability and bombs, allowing players to clip into walls and objects (such as conveyor belts)
adds what is hopefully the final room map data that was missing from the map screen
item and augment descriptions now scroll if they don’t fit in the description box (for pixel art fonts only, HD font fix for this still to come)
fix for some missing collision geometry in a Sunken Basin room
visual fix for some HUD elements drawing when they shouldn’t (namely during room transitions)
fix for water bugs ending up in the air or underwater in some instances
updated some computers that would read out the same outdated text
added collision to the sides of screens, so players can’t walk off into the unknown if a room doesn’t have a left or right wall
fix for some sfx overlapping leading to an increase in volume (flames, shooting an enemy with the wave blaster, etc.)
fix for a bug involving the player’s hitbox shrinking when recoiling from a shot, causing some players to get stuck in ceilings
added more variability to various combat sounds to avoid things sounding monotonous
fix for a crash related to the friendly Armadillapede companion you can get trying to attack enemies that already died
the friendly Armadillapede can now swim (previously they were struggling)
screenshots now work on Steam (through hitting F12)
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16 Mar 2024Developer post
Patch Notes for March 16th Hotfix
- fix for a visual bug where Moon would stop ‘wall clinging’ when charging a Thruster dash or while static on a wall - fix for a puzzle room in the Abandoned Quarry so the puzzle has a wider solvable time window - fix for an incorrect hitbox on the Leaping Husk’s (Quarry enemy) a
16 Mar 2024Developer post
Patch Notes with March 15th Hotfix
- fix for another pesky room not drawing on the map - increased the jump window after running off a platform to make the platforming feel more fluid and less pixel-perfect - fix for coral barriers (broken using the swim ability) respawning when you re-enter a room, now should sta
13 Mar 2024Developer post
Patch Notes for March 13th Hotfix
- fix for a few Arboretum rooms not showing up on the map - removed another problematic underwater door - adjusted the health for the Grey Matter boss to create a more gradual difficulty curve - fix for a rare crash while fighting the Goliath boss - fix for a devious death and re
13 Mar 2024Developer post
Hotfix for Door Bug and Other Crashes
- fix for a few rooms not drawing on the map - removed an unnecessary underwater door leading into a vital room that could trap players - fix for a softlock related to water currents in a Surface Labs room - fix for a crash related to using the wave augment on the final boss - fi
12 Mar 2024Developer post
Hotfix number 2!
-Makes a puzzle in the Sunken Basin easier to complete -Adds an item to a room that was previously missing an item -Fixed doors not opening when you beat a certain boss -Fixed a very rare crash that was happening on game launch

Updates & announcements

New Content!

New Bosses

Augments

New Weapon

Balance!

Boss Fights

Enemies

Augments

Main Blaster

Map UI

Level Design

Death / Lost Cores

Accessibility

Polish!

Misc.

Controls

Bug Fixes!