v1.43, release candidate 1

This is probably the last beta before release in the first days of December (this release had too much time in the oven...).

• Fixed out-of-bounds images for regeneration HUD.

• Added new gimmick, Defended:

  • it spawns flamethrowers and mini-turrets
  • mini-turret is a smaller variant of turret, that shoots flames
  • mini-turret cannot be destroyed, but gets shut down after taking 50 damage
  • mini-turret will reenable itself after 25 seconds of downtime

• Fixed/tweaked Boomerang Blades lvl3:

  • fixed its child blades dealing extreme damage on frame-1 (fixes #38)
  • reduced its damage from 7 to 0 (still can hit enemies with no damage)
  • increased child blade damage from 4 to 5

• Tweaked Sara's dashing state:

  • now deals 2 damage, instead of 1
  • fixed dashing hitting beetles and similar enemies across entire map

v1.43, beta 4

• Rewritten some TSC scripts to fix <NOD new line issues (fixes #13).

• Fixed Dragon's left side's stray pixels (fixes #26).

• Dragon is now invulnerable before first attack (fixes #27).

• Shadow Toroko's blocks now self-destruct after their master dies (fixes #32).

• The level boss door now spawns at highest priority possible (probably fixes #34).

• Made a bunch of other effects not trigger on ethereal entities (fixes #41).

• Fixed Terra Boots mislabeling Nice Skates in crafting description (fixes #42).

• Fixed Hunter getting Lily's descending items (fixes #43).

• Fixed Bubbler lvl1 spawning bullets on grass (fixes #44).

• Fixed some explosions following the player:

• this includes Sacred Aegis, Invidia's laser and Deleet.

• Reworked Energy Whip (again):

• renamed into Energy Flail
• updated sprites
• removed ability to control with a mouse
• increased static iframes from 10 into 15
• increased damage from 5/7/9 to 12/15/10, but damage is halved on retrieval
• increased both enemy and tile hitbox by ~40%
• on retrieving and when holding Shoot, drops down and shoots energy bullets every second
• when in such state, the projectile follows gravity and player's horizontal velocity
• those changes do not appear when using Bracket's hook shot variation

• Nerfed Gatling Gun:

• reduced firerate from 15/30 to 12/20 shots

• reduced bullet modifier from 2x to 1.5x rounded

• reduced recharge without Turbocharge from 2 to 3

• Nerfed Iron Bond: added 1 second to initial regen cooldown after taking damage.

• Nerfed Cool Sunglasses: increased iframes penalty from 50% to 67%.

• Slightly buffed Frontier Buster: - increased use time from 9/40/3/40 to 7/35/3/35.

1.42.3, beta 3

• refactored GetClosest into global NPC func and added maxDistance support
• refactored Nano Quiver's projectile spawning
• added Miracle Matter upgrade for Snake: Frontier Buster
• added function to check for a place of NPC in NPC array
• implemented local immunity frames mechanic:
  the difference from static iframes is that local iframes apply to specific bullets rather than all bullets with specific bullet code
• slightly refactored static iframes to be more efficient
• GetClosest no longer targets ethereal entities
• miracle sound cue no longer plays without miracle matter, to prevent some confusion
• actually made important stuff render above platforms (#21)
• reworked the entire turbo text option:
  • now is a toggle with its custom sound cue
  • <WAI stays at normal speed if the speed would break the script
• quick game start no longer asks player about save reset if there is no save

v1.42.3, beta 2

• fixed Fragile gimmick falling blocks not damaging players from the left (#17)
• refactored boss list from boss spawning metadata into its own tag
• changed boss arena invulnerability to only affect bosses (#18)
• changed the boss invulnerability lock position
• extended the boss area invulnerability range (#20)
• disallowed any kind of breaking blocks when boss fight is on
• added additional checks for water spreading (#19)
• refactored timestop effect to have its effects be regulated by its own tag (#6)
• allies and platforms are no longer affected by timestop (#6)
• reduced max amount of NPCs from 8192 to 4096
• NPCs and bullets are no longer affected by timestop for one first frame (#6)
• whimsical star is no longer affected by timestop
• removed in-wall semi-solid platforms from generation (#9)
• removed leftover Mimiga Mask calls for sprite change (#12)
• corrected the placement of allies and player in ending cutscene (#12)
• allies now attempt to follow Quote NPCs when player is hidden (#12)
• implemented turbo text button: it makes TSC parse 2x faster when hold and also can be used as interaction button, it is B by default

v1.42.3, beta 1

• refactored some NPC function names
• fixed incorrect bounds for crow tp (issue #2)
• sheeps no longer jump in the air (issue #5)
• fixed main tiling on random size maps (#8)
• fixed <NOD before equip on High-Octane Tank (#16)
• refactored g_GameFlags to feature less hardcode
• procgen depth values no longer show during credits (#15)
• the pause menu cannot be opened during credits (#14)
• refactored some surface names to be more understandable
• the Y/N confirm sound no longer plays on selecting characters from gameplay options (#11)
• NPCs inside boss arena cannot be hurt if player is not inside arena
• entering level boss fight regenerates its arena
• protection doesn't apply while boss fight is going
• "banned" chaos key and discord visor during level bosses
• refactored damage dealing into new function
• dashes, Little Man, Discordian Visor, super-booster, lightnings, puppies now use new damage function
• tweaked Little Man's damaging:
  • now does 3 damage every 25 frames, instead of 1 damage every 10 frames
  • no longer damages sheeps and laser gaudi's lasers
• made the rest of weapon data handled by weapon item mechanic (#1, #10)
• added beta toggle in code
• if beta is enabled, the update part of title screen goes to issue tracker
• the window title says "(beta)" when beta is enabled

v1.43, beta 3

• Whimsical Star now follows player instead of mouse's cursor by default.

• Taking 1 damage gives less immunity frames.

• Curly now starts with Air Tank.

• Improved ProcGen's air control.

• Re-added water splashing for Diving Suit.

• Switched hardcoded NPC flags to use constants.

• Fixed Curly not having Machine Gun.

• Bosses can no longer be hurt during star collect jingle (fixes #40).

• Fixed Flaming Booster and Universal Catalyst conflicting with each other.

• Removed rest of irrelevant references to vanilla's Curly AI.

• Overhauled air supply mechanic:

• no longer is restored instantly, but at 2.5%/frame
• air tank/diving suit no longer remove air supply, but make it deplete 3x slower (doesn't apply to lava)
• drowning is slowed by 33% if air tank is equipped
• hearts restore 10%-30% of air when picked up

• Reworked Energy Whip/Hook Shot:

• reduced its damage from 10/13/15 to 5/7/9
• reduced its static iframes from 25 to 10
• increased its lifetime from 15/20/52/6 to 25/30/70/12 frames
• the bullet now moves 30%-40% slower

• Adjusted Floodtide:

• now properly damages enemies faster underwater
• tweaked animation speed to be more correct
• fixed sword's position when swung to the right (fixes #39)
• reduced amount of bonus droplets from lvl2 from 24 to 8

• Buffed Robotic Equipment:

• no longer uses its booster functionality while underwater
• increased Snake's projectile probability per shot from 4% to 4.5%
• increased Bubbler's spike projectile probability per shot from 25% to 33%

• Buffed Gatling Gun:

• reduced firerate and recharge rate by 2x, to fit with Machine Gun's changes
• now fires 1-(level*2) bullets at once, not just one
• this has a chance to be doubled, with overclock equipped
• now always consumes 1 ammo
• reduced max ammo from 600 to 200

• Reworked Hellsweep:

• damage adjusted from 5/7/10/11 to 12/19/25/32
• lifetime increased from 26/20/18/16 to 48/38/34/28 frames
• ported animation code edits from Floodtide
• lvl2 spawns 2 fireballs instead of 1
• lvl2 fireballs spawn 0.5 tiles lower
• reduced amount of lvl3 flames from 10-25 to 5-20, but made them last 2x longer
• empowered state now triggers at 33% max HP, not 50%

• Changed Ballos Burger:

• reduced its bullet's damage per frame from 2 to 1
• increased explosion lifetime from 15 to 35 frames
• explosion now roughly follows the player
• explosion's area is increased to better match visuals
• reduced the radius of visuals from 48 pixels to 32 pixels
• reduced visual smoke rate from 7 to 5

• Rebalanced Little Man/Augmented Man:

• significantly increased his inertion, acceleration and friction
• he now follows player more tightly and jumps more frequently
• fixed damage dealing not properly conforming to 3 damage per 25 frames
• set his damage rate to 1 damage per 4 frames
• going into interacting animation now makes him hunt nearby enemies
• in hunting state, little man shows targets over enemies and deals 3 damage instead of 1
• reduced Excerpt's little man count from 4 to 2
• reduced Augmented Man's attack rate from 6 to 9

• Nerfed Pair of Wings: reduced charged jump's power modifier from 0.4 to 0.75.

1.43, beta 2

• Hunter's food now actually drops and does so more frequently.

• Tweaked game's main RNG (may cause issues later).

• Tweaked Cool Sunglasses: now reduce player's immunity frames by 2x instead of making player take 1.75x damage.

• Slightly buffed Nice Skates: now removes low friction in Hekichu Caverns; this effect also carries to Terra Boots.

• Slightly buffed Gravity Necklace: reduced its cooldown from 90 to 60 frames.

• Buffed Cape of Shadows: increased the speed modifier of its dash by 12.5%.

• Added some gravity force to Doctor P1's projectile phase (fixes #25).

• Fixed wrong weapon icon for Frontier Buster's crafting info (fixes #28).

• Cape of Shadows now properly applies slow gravity after a dash (fixes #29).

• Failing to do teleport-dash will still replenish Cape of Shadows's double jump (fixes #30).

• Added a check for weapons going past max xp in some rare cases (fixes #31).

• Fixed Ame's up-aiming and interacting sprites shifting too much (fixes #35).

• Fixed saved game's cooldowns not properly restored (fixes #36).

• Reworked Electrum Shotgun:

• increased slightly the spread and the lifetime of bullets
• decreased max ammo by 2x
• increased recharge duration from 60 to 100 frames
• now deals 0 damage, but marks enemies with target signs
• targeted enemies take 3x more damage from next hit, but deal 1.5x more damage to player
• attacking with shotgun again with any enemies targeted will zap them to deal heavy damage

• Reworked Rocket Launcher:

• reduced max ammo by half
• now can collect xp, collecting 20 xp refills one ammo
• missile deals damage 2x more frequently

• Nerfed/tweaked Blade:

• blade's slashes now deal 0-1 damage instead of 1
• decreased hitbox of slashes by 2 pixels
• increased hitbox of main blade by 4 pixels
• increased damage of main blade from 1/2 to 2/3

• Reworked Rifle:

• removed ammo requirement entirely
• now pierces infinitely, with 10 local immunity frames instead of 16 static-ish immunity frames
• reduced damage from 10/14/22 to 4/7/10
• reduced lifetime from 27/36/52 to 24/30/46 frames
• increased lvl1's hitbox by 50%
• increased lvl2/3's hitbox by 12.5%

• Buffed Mining Laser:

• reduced its static iframes from 8 to 4
• doubled its recharge speed
• recharging no longer applies when xp bar is empty and only reduces movement speed by 33%
• recharging no longer reduces teleport-dash's distance

• Water Gun can now slowly charge when player is underwater.

1.43, beta 1

• Attempted to fix the strange things and crashes with newer RNG behavior, which may change stages on reloading the save.

• NPC's immunity frames are now reset on its death.

• Attempting to fix GetClosest function being weird (due to overflowing).

• Significantly buffed wetness effect by making wet projectiles inflict effect for longer and stack up to 120 frames.

• Buffed Spur:

  • increased the hitting rate for spur beams from 3/2 to 2/1
  • uncharged shots now have no range limit but travel slightly slower and deal 4 damage instead of 5

• Buffed Snake:

  • now travels 2.5x faster (and covers 1.5x more range on lvl2+)
  • reduced lifetime from 20/21/26/38 to 9/12/15/19
  • changed damage from 3/5/7/10 to 4/5/5/5
  • now can pierce 2/3/4 times with 15 local immunity frames at lvl2+
  • slightly increased hitbox

• Changed Fireball to always have 2 hits instead of 3 on lvl3, but reduced damage of lvl3 to 8(42) from 9(33), also extended its lifetime from 100 to 120 frames.

• Reworked Machine Gun:

  • reduced firing and recharge rate by half
  • bullets move 2x faster and have 2x larger hitbox
  • increased damage from 2/3/4/6 to 3/5/7/9
  • increased Curly's damage from 2-3/3-4/4-5/6-7 to 3-4/5-6/7-8/9-10
  • now can pierce 2 (6 on lvl4) enemies with 10 local immunity frames

• Reworked Bubbler lvl1:

  • reduced damage from 4 to 0
  • now has 3 bullet limit
  • increased lifetime from 40 to 250 frames
  • bullets travel slightly slower
  • now acts as homing mine, flying to closest enemies and exploding into wet droplets
  • increased xp requirement from 5 to 25

• Changed Bubbler lvl2 to have 1.5x faster speed and 25% less spread, but reduced its damage from 3 to 2, its lifetime from 60 to 50 frames and its attack rate from 3 to 4.

• Reworked Floodtide:

  • increased hitbox and changed animation to be more accurate
  • increased damage from 5/7/10/11 to 6/9/12/15
  • increased attack speed from 32/27/24/22 to 24/19/17/14
  • lvl1 watery explosion now triggers when killing the enemy, increased amount of droplets by 2x
  • lvl2 droplets now appear only every 5 swings, increased amount of droplets by 2x
  • only lvl3 whirlpool can now exist on the level, extended its lifetime by 2.5x
  • lvl3 whirlpools spawn less droplets, but can do 3 damage with 16 iframes
  • lvl3 whirpools explode into 2x more droplets
  • lvl3 sword spawns nano quiver projectiles when hitting

• Buffed Boomerang Blades lvl1:

  • now have local immunity frames instead of static, allowing each one to hit individually
  • now deal same amount of damage on way forward and way back
  • increased lifetime from 40 to 50 frames
  • blades move 16% faster
  • decreased bullet limit from 11 to 3

• Reworked Boomerang Blades lvl2:

  • the blade travels 2x faster
  • reduced lifetime from 20 to 13 frames
  • reduced base damage from 15 to 7
  • now deals more damage if it travels longer, with up to 15 damage at max range
  • no longer deals reduced damage on the way back
  • reduced amount of flames at max range by 2x
  • now shoots occasional flames on its way back

• Buffed Boomerang Blades lvl3:

  • now have local immunity frames instead of static, allowing each one to hit individually
  • now deals the same damage on the way forward and the way back
  • blade travels 20% faster, but reduced lifetime from 33 to 30 frames

• Nerfed Boomerang Blades lvl4:

  • now deals the same 8 damage on the way forward and the way back
  • now is only limited to one blade on the screen
  • reduced amount of spawning slashes by 2x