Sorry this took so long but I had to redo a good chunk of the last level, and I'm battling a very bad flu.
What is Explore Mode?
It aims to smooth out very difficult spots for players that were expecting an atmospheric exploration game throughout.
This means:
- No more chases (Chapter 3, Chapter 8)
- More platforms in Chapter 5 intro descent
- Chapter 6 wind tower has more platforms to help with some of the difficult wind sliding parts.
The highlight is Chapter 8, since it's basically completely different, and even has a different ending so that it makes sense lore-wise!
How do you enable Explore Mode?
It's in the Gameplay Settings menu as a check box.
If you start a chapter in that mode, DO NOT resume the chapter with the mode off (and vice versa)! This will likely cause issues with progress.
If you already started one of the affected chapters, I recommend starting it again.
Here's a video preview
I'm open to expanding on this mode, so if you have other places that could use smoothing, just let me know.
Enjoy!