The VR player has received their first side-arm, the LightSpeed HandCannon. You can shoot it to blow up pink blocks or instantly teleport to blue blocks.
The PC player has a new active, 50/50, that places a barrier in the center of the grid to lock the VR player into one side. SMUSH is now always available on a 5 second cooldown :)
Here's a video showing the new mechanics: https://youtu.be/vxvgxG-CqxE
Patch Notes:
CORE MECHANIC REVAMP - MAJOR CHANGES:
1) VR Player has been given a side-arm, the LightSpeed HandCannon(LSHC)
- Grab from waist with grip button, trigger to shoot. Game starts with it fully charged, 5 second cooldown with visual+audio indicators. Cooldown unaffected by BPM cooldowns modifier.
- Bullet travels instantaneously to destination. Destroys any pink block it hits or teleports instantly to any blue block it hits.
- Only collides with Blocks. As such cannot be used to destroy Redeemer, but can also shoot through the new 50/50 active skill.
2) PC Player's SMUSH active skill is now always available and mapped to Triangle/Y/LShift. Game starts with it fully charged, 5 second cooldown unaffected by BPM cooldowns modifier.
NEW FEATURES
1) New PC Instant Skill to replace SMUSH: 50/50
- Places a projectile-blocking divider in the center of the grid for 5 seconds. The LSHC can shoot through this divider
2) Restart menu added at end of game with three options: Rematch (same song/skills), Back to Selection, Back to Main Menu.
Changelog:
- Mirror Arrow has been changed to last for 3 teleports instead of 5 seconds, allowing the VR player more strategic options when using it
- Throwing/shooting arrows onto the block you're currently standing on no longer activates the teleport marker because it was too blinding
- Phazer Lazer's charging animation is now more transparent for the VR player because it was also too blinding
- Block-indicator above teleport marker now becomes more transparent the closer you get to it, making it very visible at a distance, and not vision-impairing when close to it.
MISSING FEATURES
- The tutorial has not been changed to include the LSHC and SMUSH. We'll be updating the tutorial for the next patch.
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