Happy summer! Here's a patch with more quality of life changes, such as nonspell/boss practice and various bug fixes. We're still hard at work on new content - don't be spooked by it coming in the future.
NEW THINGS
- We've added a new "Practice" menu. This lets you practice nonspells or entire bosses in addition to the usual stage practice and spell practice.
- Added a display of how many times you've died/bombed/used Discord. This can be turned off in the options.
- Clearing the game will earn you a badge in character select. This is per-difficulty and per-character, so if you 1cc Normal Mode with Rin, you'll only see the badge if you pick Normal Mode and Rin again. Master an entire difficulty and you'll get a badge on it for your trouble!
BALANCE CHANGES
- Generally reduced the difficulty of Shizuha's second nonspell.
- Tokiko does more damage to the fairies in Daiyousei's third nonspell.
- Patterns that spawn bullets outside of the screen should spawn them in less "cheap" ways. Examples are some fairies in stage 4 and Shizuha's first spellcard.
MISC IMPROVEMENTS
- You now have unlimited continues.
- The title for stage 5 now renders under the bullets.
- Miscellaneous updates to the Japanese translation.
- Jellybean bullets should cause less lag.
BUG FIXES
- Bosses now have their magic circles around them again. They lost them in the last update.
- Spellcard cutins no longer have a graphic appear at the top left for 1 frame.
- Daiyousei can no longer become invisible if killed while teleporting in her first spellcard.
- Shizuha's lifebar is now transparent during her Encore Spell.
KNOWN ISSUES
- Replays may desync. We've added a warning for this in-game whenever you save a replay, just to be sure people know.
Feel free to come chat with us on Discord! We mostly speak English. https://discord.gg/25V97TU