New Character!
The mysterious Gunn Powder Knight is here! Helmsley is our first character update for Samurai Gunn 2. He can grind for unlimited ammo and stomp on bullets—even his own! Check out his movelist:
We know what you’re thinking... No, there is no ammo limit! Grind as much as you want, but don't get greedy! Helmsley gets weighed down by each bullet, making hoarders easy prey.
So who is this deadly machine? One of these new Versus stages may lift a ragged curtain on Helmsley's past:
New Stages!
New Lives Mode!
Introducing Lives Mode, the new default for online matchmaking! Can you cut down your opponents’ bamboo before they do? You have ten lives, so make ‘em count! Even those Spelunky traps are deadlier now...
New GFX Tech!
To make these levels possible, we built some intense new graphics tech! First up is dynamic water caustic reflection. Hi Fi meets Lo Fi!
And how about some fully dynamic cloth? Push it! Slash it! If it's hanging by a thread, our wind system will even rip it apart!
8 New Music Tracks by Doseone!
For the entire list of gameplay tweaks and bug fixes, scroll to the bottom for the full Update Log.
Community Creations
Check out what the incredible people on our Discord have been making! (And while you are here, join us!)
Party Trick by Rotten
Akahime by Rotten
Samurai -STRIVE- by TheFatFairy
Lure by Rariaz
This is super cool! Monorail built a tool for practicing super shot angles, all running from her website! You can even use your controller. Practice at https://hollymcfarland.com/sg2-super-training/
EA4 Update Log
NEW CHARACTER!
- HELMSLEY - GUNN POWDER KNIGHT
NEW VERSUS STAGES!
- Cell Block
- Spines
- Moat
- Mountaintop (Showdown Stage)
NEW GRAPHICS TECH!
- Water caustic reflection and distortion FX
- Interactive cloth simulation
- Dynamic wind system
- Snow FX
NEW MUSIC!
- 8 new Versus tracks by Doseone
NEW MODE!
- Lives Mode - 10 lives per character, survivor wins
- New animated bamboo HUD for Lives mode
- Online Versus matchmaking is now in Lives mode
Features and Gameplay Changes
- Changed tumble fall and wall bounce behavior
- Slug can now fast fall during tumble (but it increases tumble duration!)
- Adjusted Slug's kunai tilt inputs to be more forgiving
- Adjusted bullet-wall collision masks
- Pops can no longer trap his opponents in the jelly
- Pops's throw goes in the direction of his last input instead of defaulting to right if no input is pressed
- Arrows can now be re-fed to Spelunky arrow traps when deflected
- You can now take screenshots with Steam by pressing F12
Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements
- Fixed an interaction where Pops would explode if he shot downward while standing upside down on goo ceilings
- Fixed Golem’s super bullet making other bullets appear super
- Fixed Hayao wall-jump height being inconsistent between the left and right walls
- Ana's rope can’t go out of bounds on non wrap levels anymore
- Controller detection adjustments
- Fix Bamboo not drawing when it wrapped the screen (noticeable on Canyon)
- Fixed fullscreen setting not loading correctly
- Fixed several collision-related desyncs
- Fixed various crashes
- Fixed joining friend’s invites from the desktop resulting in a black screen
- Menu rendering optimizations
That's it! Have fun grinding for bullets, and tell your friends to jump in on the action!