v0.46.0

Map editor

• Three new Boons: Launch Pad, Barrel Cannon & Slingshot Rings. A trio of helpful placeables that send you flying. Drive over a Launch Pad to be flung through the air in the direction it points — while you're airborne nothing can touch you (lava and hazards included), and you land wherever the arc drops you, so authors aim it across gaps and over danger. A Barrel Cannon scoops you in DK-style: the barrel spins on its own with a burning fuse, and you time your punch to fire in whatever direction it's pointing — or let the fuse burn all the way down and it launches you automatically. It's a longer, committed flight than the Launch Pad, and in the editor a dashed ring shows how far it throws so authors can place it. Slingshot Rings give you a speed burst as you drive through them, along the ring's axis; the more centered your pass, the bigger the kick, and hitting a row of rings in quick succession stacks the boost into a real launch. Authors place all three from the Boons palette and rotate them to aim; as with every boon, rival AI racers drive straight through them, and each switches to a watery look when placed on water.