Hello everyone! Last month I talked about major changes coming to Shadows in terms of design and the following is now the largest patch to have ever been released for the game. Without further ado:
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where double jumping onto a wall would cause the player animation to stutter between frames.
- Fixed a bug where the main game death screen would take the player to the player-made game screen.
- Fixed a bug where the item collection sound effect was not being affected by sound effect volume settings.
- Fixed a long-standing bug where options on the main menu wouldn't appear checked off despite having been selected.
- Fixed a bug where the footsteps sound effect would disappear if the music volume was much greater than the sound effects volume.
- Fixed an uncommon bug where the player could fall through large mushrooms when trying to bounce on them.
Feature Changes
- New vine decorations have been added to the Ancient Hall.
- Ground fog has been added to the Stygian Maze.
- The transition in the Stygian Maze is now smoother and faster, especially when at a high firefly count. Likewise the transition into the Deep Below is now smoother and faster.
- Using the arrows to change volume on the main menu will now increment more slowly.
- Grass is now animated to sway lightly back and forth.
- Added various new sound effects.
- Added several new songs to the soundtrack, courtesy of Chris Zabriskie!
- Implemented new hidden paths and secret rooms -- a couple of which contain special notes.
- Added special particle effects for the Luminous Caverns.
- Wall hangs have been implemented; now if you jump onto the side of a cliff in the caves, you will latch onto the edge.
- The design of the Deep Below has been completely reworked to make it more fitting to the theme of being the deepest location in the caverns.
- The obelisk runes have been moved from floating above the top of the obelisks to static below the top.
- Walking through the Stygian Maze is now itself a puzzle; be wary, the tunnels may not lead where they appear to!