Update Set 1.5

Happy Lunar New Year, folks 🏮🐎!

Here's what we've been working on over the past several months:

[h2]Inventory Overhaul[/h2]

We've been reworking the inventory to be more intuitive and to encourage multitasking between items.
There are now 4 hot bar inventory slots.

1. For main weapon
   
2. For offhand weapon/tools
   
3. For Offhand abilities/tools
   
4. For Offhand abilities/tools

Additionally:

• In Weapon wheel mode, shortcuts exist to choose between categories (1-4 on keyboard) or the trigger or bumper buttons on gamepad.
  
• Pressing a button corresponding to a slot in grid inventory/weapon wheel mode will map the selected item to that slot.
• Dropping Items: Most items can now be dropped from your inventory in grid view, to make more space.
  
• There are multiple other refinements to display and sorting of items.

[h2]New Arenas[/h2]
Added new survival arenas to challenge your combat skills in late game areas of
Cold Crust Caverns

and Mantle's Edge.


Completing an arena can open a shortcut to optionally skip one level (so long as it's not the boss of the area).


[h2]Control Updates:[/h2]

We've reworked the controls to be more intuitive, in addition to working around the mapping of the 4th item hot slot on gamepad.

On Gamepad (Xbox/Steam Deck or your equivalent on dual shock controllers):

• A: select/swap item.
  
• /Up: Interact/Pick Up/Tackle stunned enemies.
  
• RB (Right Bumper): item slot 4 for offhand items/abilities.
  
• In weapon wheel mode, the trigger and bumper buttons may also be used to filter items by category.

On Keyboard/Mouse:

• /E: item slot 3
  
• R: item slot 4

Rebinding: Remember, you can rebind the controls in Options Menu->Controls

[h2]Progression[/h2]

• Early game progression is now faster and more forgiving.
  
• Purchasing cosmetic pets, now also grants resonant for upgrades, just as unlocking equipment/character backgrounds/world shortcuts does. If you've bought pets in the past, you will be rewarded with resonant fragments accordingly.
  

[h2]New Audio 🎼[/h2]
The Colossal Worm boss fight now has its own unique music theme 🎵.

[h2]Bosses and Enemies[/h2]

• Several bosses have had their attack patterns reworked for greater variety.
  
• Several enemy telegraphs have been reworked on moderate & easy difficulty modes to be clearer/easier to exploit.

[h2]Improved Mac Support [/h2]
We've reworked the engine to better support macOS platforms, fixing compatibility issues and supporting up to Mac OS 15 Sequoia.

NOTE: Please be advised that you will need to mark the application as having special "Open Anyway" permission to run on macOS 14 Catalina and macOS 15 Sequoia.

[h2]Other Quality of Life Enhancements Include:[/h2]

• Fixed bug where dodge roll lost momentum on the last frame
  
• Reduced mobility penalty (jumping height and running speed) when carrying heavy objects by hand.
  
• Fixed numerous edge cases where objects would unintentionally block friendly projectiles or thrown objects
  
• Reworked various menu and HUD layouts.
  
• Reduced penalty of wearing down crystal weapons (from 25 to 10% reduced damage).
  
• Much more

[h3]Be sure to claim your gift at the top-left of the hub:[/h3]



[h2]Patch 1.5.2[/h2]

• You can now roll twice in succession.
  
• Fixed dark garden theme never appearing.
  
• You can now pick up chests without automatically looting them on gamepad.
  

We thank you for your support ❤️, especially those who took a moment or so to review the game.
It's what makes updates like this possible 🌠.