Hello all, I hope you've been continuing to enjoy The Spiral! An update that adds a new item and a new challenge is now available. The highlight of this update is the Monkey's Paw, a dubious item that promises to lead you to riches...
Changes in this update
Added a new item: Monkey's Paw
Added a new challenge: The Hand That Feeds
Find the Monkey's Paw to unlock this challenge
Lodestone is now viewable in Collection
Reduced the range at which physics sounds can be heard, and reduced their frequency
Fixed a visual issue when trying to place a cursed item in a chest while using a controller
Updated engine from Godot 4.5.1 to 4.6.1
On Windows, the default renderer is now DirectX 12 instead of Vulkan
Launch options have changed, if you previously selected the DirectX 12 launch option you may need to change it
You can select the Vulkan launch option if you want to continue using the Vulkan renderer
Another Note on DirectX 12
Until now, The Spiral used Vulkan as its default rendering backend. While this worked well on many setups, there were a few GPU/driver combinations that had issues on Windows, so DirectX 12 was added as a launch option shortly after launch. Godot 4.6 has updated the DirectX 12 backend to have feature parity with Vulkan, so DirectX 12 is now the default renderer for Windows. There's of course still a launch option to use Vulkan if you so desire. (Vulkan is still the default for Linux and SteamOS.)
I hope you'll have fun with the Monkey's Paw, and I'll see you again in the next update!