When playing the game in normal mode, dying in chapter 9 no longer sends you back to chapter 8. You're welcome! Hard mode remains the same, however you can now reset a hard mode save file to chapter 1 without beating the game all over again.
Balancing Update
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Build 6855576 · public branch
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