Puro Alpha: January/February (0.0.3f1+)

Latest Version: v0.0.3f13 (2/11/2019)

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THANK YOU SO SO MUCH FOR WAITING!! These last two months were a wild ride for development, but the pieces are finally falling into place and I feel like I can truly proceed with new enemy types, stages, puzzles, what have you. This project would've have gotten anywhere this far without your help, and I appreciate it more than anything ~❤ 

Please keep in mind that updates may be a little slow for a bit as I'll be shifting to a planning phase, although a good amount of concept art will be uploaded during this time. Thank you for understanding!

 v0.0.3f13 (2/11/2019) 

GAMEPLAY:

• Removed 2/3 hit combo, attacks are slightly slower but can be performed infinitely
• Staff no longer does damage to stunned enemies
• Puro moves forward less if the stick isn't touched while attacking. Pushing in the direction of the attack makes her move as far as before
• Grabbing an enemy immediately after stunning them results in a different grab animation

GENERAL:

• Added "auto attack" option to the debug menu as an accessibility option - Puro will keep attacking automatically as long as attack is held while facing an enemy. This will be canceled if she misses, is blocked, or the enemy is grabbed.
• Pressing start while in a sub-menu of the pause menu now backs out of that menu instead of unpausing the game. Does not apply to the debug menu.

TWEAKS:

• Significantly improved timing of attack inputs
• Increased health of crates slightly, now requiring three staff hits or two melee item hits.
• Thrown weapons can now hit multiple crates in a row, instead of shattering with the first one hit
• Deflected baseballs in the batting cage now restores health.
• Attacks now have less starting lag. Total time to perform the attack remains unchanged

FIXES:

• Slightly improved hit detection for fastballs
• Fixed bug where Puro could start moving around freely during an attack if attacks were spaced out slightly
• Fixed bug where Puro could resume attacking immediately after performing a dodge attack

v0.0.3f12 (2/7/2019)

FIXES:

• Fixed major bug that would reset player settings to their saved settings every time a new room was entered 
• Fixed serious camera issue that would be caused by pausing in certain circumstances and could only be fixed by restarting the game
• Fixed bug where stunned enemies would do damage on contact if the player bounced off of them 
• Fixed bug where the player could take a weapon with them to the HUB area by pausing and entering it via the debug menu while the grab animation was playing but before the item was grabbed
• Puro's hat now flashes along with the rest of her when she takes damage
• Training dummy now properly shows the staff does zero damage
• Fixed issue where repeatedly attacking the training dummy would change Puro's attacks to consistently deal triple damage

ADJUSTMENTS:

• Melee combo is now every so slightly slower
• Adjusted timer for bouncing, players that get trapped between an enemy and a wall will no longer get stuck
• Further adjusted bounce direction, players will now bounce in the direction held if they land near the center of an enemy's head

EXPERIMENTAL:

• The weapon dropped by the Snapper now allows for a 3-hit combo

v0.0.3f11 (2/6/2019)

GENERAL:

• Stunned enemies no longer do damage on contact
• Player is pushed away from the enemy when bouncing off of them instead of just Puro's backwards direction
• Improved detection for the autograb somewhat
• Significantly optimized save times
• Game now slows down when it drops below 20fps, to prevent the player from falling through everything

VISUAL/AUDIO:

• Added option to have the game automatically pause if the application loses focus
• Staff now has a unique swing and hit effect
• Unique sound now plays when an enemy is stunned

FIXES:

• Fixed magpad cling particle missing
• Dying in the batting cage no longer increases the pitching rate
• Snappers now respawn when dying/resetting a room
• Dodging no longer cancels blink time
• Dive Drifters can not longer be pushed around
• Fixed lower platforms in enemy test from being too close together
• Puro can move sooner after recoiling from hitting a shatter stone
• Stun effects no longer linger when resetting a room
• Fixed Puro sliding forwards when attacking enemies to the left (she slides forwards a bit when attacking but stops automatically when close enough to an enemy)
• Improved (but didn't entirely fix) camera flipping out after hitting a fastball
• Camera trigger at top of tower works again
• Fixed various pause menu bugs

v0.0.3f10 (1/31/2019)

GENERAL:

•  Added the Staff of Ruyi, a weapon Puro has by default! It isn't very powerful, but can stun enemies, deflect projectiles, and break crates. You can still get items for enemies, just as before. 
• Pressing jump in the air when not carrying an item will make Puro do a little twirl that gives a little bit more airtime. This is reset every time you land or double-jump with an item.  
• Puro's got a new hat!
• Hats are now customizable! There are three in this build, accessible via the pause menu.
• The doorway near the top of the tower has been opened!
• Two new enemies, though one is using a recolored driftered model atm.

GAMEPLAY:

• Puro will still attempt to grab enemies that are vulnerable to grabs when facing them with the attack button. This can be turned off in options.
• Updated control scheme! Mag is now a dedicated grab/throw button, and the action button will now attack with the staff when not carrying an item.
• Added a "Legacy Controls" option which makes the controls work closer to earlier builds.
• Two-handed melee weapons can hit multiple enemies in a row when thrown.
• Added shatter stone, which can only be broken by throwing an item at it
• Puro will no longer slide off ledges while attacking
• A "quickdodge" option has been added, which makes Q and E/L2 and R2 dodge left/right, respectively.
• Added a health pickup, with temporary model.

TWEAKS:

• Landing in the middle of an aerial attack has ending lag
• Throwing a two-handed weapon has more ending lag
• There's a small amount of recoil when throwing in the air
• Distance of dodge has been tweaked
• Attack combo has been reduced from three swings to two. This may be reverted in a future update.

 VISUAL: 

• Most weapons now are held with two hands, with a few animation changes to match
• Small tweaks to various particle effects
• Fixed issue where swing effect direction would change if the attack was interrupted with another action
• Improvements to camera movement

MISC:

• To go with the new control scheme, the Advanced Magpad, Shatterjump Input, and Quick Mag Button options have been removed.
• Quick double-jump is still present, but requires legacy controls be enabled.

FIXES:

• The movement Puro does when attacking is generally cleaner
• A lot of bugs have been removed int general just from changes to the mechanics, so, you know, not much to list here

Note: There is currently a saving bug that is being worked around by saving only when quitting the game, but this leads to the game hanging for a bit when doing so. It shouldn't last more than a few seconds, though.