Assault Android Cactus News

• when using the AI Players EX Option, Androids will randomly select from their unlocked costumes
  

• Linux and OSX now use SDL2 for input (recommended drivers for OSX users with xbox gamepads are https://github.com/360Controller/360Controller/releases )
  
• Fixed minor visual artefacts that occurred when transitioning from the after tutorial cut-scene to Android Select with more than one player
  
• Adjusted Venom's hitbox to prevent cases where some weapons would not reach him correctly in some circumstances
  
• Fixed even more edge cases to Liquorice's teleport attack
  
• Made enemies in Centrifuge less likely to get delayed outside the game space on spawn
  
• Low graphics setting now disables reflections but leaves Image Effects on. Image Effects affect the look of the game and have a low performance hit, but can be disabled manually
  
• Fixed bug that could occasionally result in the leaderboard scores displaying incorrectly on the Stage Clear screen
  
• Restored the Witchbeam video on the Attract sequence in Linux (had been deliberately disabled in the previous release)
  
• Tweaked an environment texture in Zone 3
  

We're proud to now offer language support for French, Italian, German, Spanish and Japanese! To celebrate we're on sale for the next week so we'd really appreciate it if you spread the word! This update also integrates improvements made during Playstation 4 development, including improved art, clearer UI on Boss Battles and various fixes and tweaks.

Our Demo has also been updated.

• Language support for French, Italian, German, Spanish and Japanese - language will be set automatically if your Steam client is set to one of these languages and can be overridden with the per game setting. It can also be changed in-game using the options menu
  
• new Shiitake level enter animation
  
• Boss Vitality bars show damage taken and spark on hit
  
• Peanut has an unlockable hat
  
• All Androids have unlockable 'metallic skins'
  
• New audio for Holly's Mega Seeker weapon
  
• New texture for Holly's Cannonball weapon
  
• New texture for Aubergine's Helo control device

• Fixed edge case were it was possible to break certain enemies if they were killed on the same frame their laser initialised
  
• Justice's shields have been given a different colour and don't flash on damage to better indicate their bullet blocking nature
  
• Improved Justice's cutting laser effect
  
• Improved smoothness of Starch's Micro Missiles at high framerates (60fps+)
  
• Improved blue Shut Down rings - now handle large and small enemies better
  
• Venom's fluid hazard in his final phase has a damage radius reduction
  
• Adjusted Holly's Mega Seeker behaviour in certain boss related situations
  
• Powerup icons are now visible through walls and characters
  
• Fixed edge cases where Liquorice's Vorpal Blade could leave her out of bounds
  
• Singularity distortion effect finally looks correct on Linux
  
• Increased controller support
  
• Overall performance increase, specifically in a number of bottleneck scenarios
  
• General bug fixes and improvements
  

as indie developers we weren't expecting to see our game shipped out in a box, but here we are!



We've teamed up with IndieBox to bring Assault Android Cactus to meat space in March as a limited run physical Collectors Edition box, complete with printed colour manual, soundtrack on an actual CD, the game on USB as well as Steam Code for the Soundtrack Edition and exclusive physical collectables.

IndieBox is a subscription service that sends out boxed copies of high quality indie games each month but you can sign up for just the one month if you'd like. Check out their site to see some of the games they've covered in the past and the sort of things they include in the box, but if you're after ours, make sure you get in before the 18th of March!

• Spectre texture improvements
  
• Embryo, Vespula and Justice interpolate their motion better
  
• Minor internal performance improvements
  
• Mouse and Keyboard users in co-op can locate their character with the Home key
  

• fixed inconsistencies when Leaderboards are set to Disabled - local ranks are retained
  
• fixed rare case where certain enemies could get stuck in an unresponsive state immediately after spawning
  
• fixed case where Boss music wouldn't transition at the start of combat when HUD was disabled through EX Options and their dialogue was skipped
  

• Launching the game in Big Picture mode on OSX can result in a crash when the Steam overlay box first appears. Until the issue is resolved, the work-around is to avoid launching through Big Picture mode or disable the Steam overlay
  

• Additional language support
  

• Soundtrack now includes FLAC - anyone with this DLC will find an additional directory inside their game directory
  
• Credits are now earned on Battery Depleted (stage loss) during the campaign and when restarting / quitting stages
  
• Credit earning rate has increased slightly
  
• (Windows / OSX) Gamepad disconnection detection - the game will attempt to pause and offer a chance to reconnect the controller or migrate to a new control device
  
• In co-op, if a player other than Player 1 pauses the game, the pause menu will say who it is so you can yell at them to unpause the game and keep playing
  
• added an Accessibility menu under Options
  • Fire Mode - able to switch to Inverse fire. The character will fire their gun all the time and only stop when the fire button is held - intended for anyone experiencing discomfort from holding the trigger for long periods
    
  • Colour Filter - filters that may increase game readability for players with limited colour perception (this is an experimental feature)
  • Enemy Hit Flash - to reduce the intensity of the white flash effect on enemies
    
  • Screen Shake - to restrict screen shudder to Events (eg, stage transformations, boss introductions) or disable it completely
    
• Small adjustment to battery frequency and Boss hitpoints when in 3 and 4 player
  
• Small adjustments to Phase 4 of the last boss
  
• Added a command line workaround for Windows 10 users who are experiencing phantom controllers and are not in a position to fix the underlying issue. Adding -p:1 to SET LAUNCH OPTIONS... will restrict the game to a single player
  

• Consistent enemy spawn rules for all screen dimensions. Extended resolutions (super wide screen) may experience enemy pop-in on some stages, but will now function normally without setting the -screens:# command line property (this command line argument can still be used to position the HUD better for multi monitor users)
• Failing Boss Rush will no longer present the enigmatic "Play Advice" text
  
• Attract Mode will no longer earn Achievements for you
  
• Restarting a level after being Battery Depleted will no longer sometimes mute the gameplay sound effects
  
• Fixed some cases where the Vorpal Blade could leave level bounds or place the character inside geometry
  
• Fixed missing sound on Autoturret in Control (5-2)
  
• On beating the game and watching the ending sequence through, the mouse cursor will no longer be hidden on returning to main menu when playing with Mouse and Keyboard
  
• Avatar silhouettes won't show during stage enter animations, even when the character clips the ground slightly in a totally-not-a-big-deal kind of way
  

• Additional language support