Hey all! We've got two pieces of news for you. First, the Ants Took My Eyeball original soundtrack is now available also on Steam! Second, the newest update for the game is out with new content as well as many fixes.
New quick select wheel
The first new feature that we'd like to showcase here is the new quick select wheel for switching between your ranged weapons, melee weapons and gadgets. The game has always had a quick select button, but we weren't happy with its design because it wasn't convenient and quick enough to allow you to switch between items mid-combat, which is how it was intended to be used in the first place. We also got a lot of feedback from you players that aligned with our opinion of that design.
The new wheel is used with the same old keys as the previous one (1, 2 and 3 on keyboards and d-pad on gamepads), but it looks and feels totally different. It's now a wheel that shows your first four items of that item type and lets you select between them by aiming towards one of them. The game speed is slowed down while the wheel is visible, but only in singleplayer mode.
Collectible cassettes
To celebrate the release of the soundtrack on Steam, we've added 21 collectible cassettes, each with a unique track from the game. They're hidden around the world in specific places and require a special secret method to get them. Once you've found a cassette, you can play its track at any cassette player, for example the one in Haymo's Hideout.
New items
We've added 10 new items, including the Guitar, which is most powerful if you hit with it on beat in sync with the music of the game. Many of the other new items' effects are also related to staying in sync with the music.
Tutorial skip option
Many of you have asked for the ability to skip the initial tutorial area of the first level. We've added this as a toggleable option that you can unlock for free at Haymo's Hideout.
Full changelog
- New quick select wheel for switching between ranged weapons, melee weapons and gadgets.
- Added 21 collectible Cassettes that you can find in hidden places and take them with you using a special item.
- Added two achievements related to the new Cassettes.
- Added the ability to skip the tutorial area of the first level. It's a free upgrade at Hideout Renovations.
- Added 10 new items: Eject Button, Chromium Capo, Fast Guitar Pick, Metronome, Vengeful Harmonica, Unstable Amplifier, Studio Headphones, Jewel Synchronizer, Guitar and Electric Guitar.
- Ranged weapons now slowly reload automatically while they're in your inventory unwielded.
- Added tutorial signs for using the quick select wheel to the tutorial area.
- Buffed Grip Tape.
- Bloody Key, Soul Key and Trash Key now appear in the logbook after you've found them.
- Made the "Show outlines around players" look nicer.
- The Fly Twins now drop the items they took once they die.
- Fixed potential softlock if you kill the Fly Twins super fast.
- Fixed Frequent Donor and Pilgrimage achievements not getting unlocked if you don't finish the run in one session.
- Fixed Glass Barrel's scaling multipliers and description.
- Fixed Crippled status not working as intended.
- Fixed not being able to melee attack at all if your attack speed is very high.
- Fixed visual issues with inventory items staying gray even after their cooldown has ended.
- Fixed scrollbar not visible in some menus + other layout and visual issues with menus.
- Fixed the item info above the inventory sometimes showing the wrong item.
- Fixed some items not appearing in the logbook even after you've found them.
- Fixed Clock's discount going to negative if you spend enough time.
- + Other miscellaneous visual, bug and crash fixes.
We're always looking for feedback and bug reports, so feel free to join our chat on Discord or the Steam community forums!
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