Brave Escape news & patch notes

Idle Animations

You can now configure how idle animations are played.

On: Idle animations and sounds always play (default).

Quiet: Idle animations play without sound effects (no boombox mode).

Off: Idle animations never play.

Player movement is no longer locked when exiting boombox mode.

Level Changes

Ancient Cave - Bonus 1

• Fixed an issue where players could stand offscreen.

Ancient Cave - Bonus 2

• Lowered platform by pressure plate.

Serpent’s Hollow - Level 17

• Adjusted camera down.

Improvements

Audio

• Upgraded FMOD to version 2.03.13

• Adjusted volume of Colin’s 3..2..1.. sound.

Cross-play

• Upgraded EOS SDK to 1.19.0.7-CL52449437

Design

• Added PS5 create and options controller icons.

• Version number on title screen is now using a monospaced font.

Localization

• Russian/Ukrainian fixes courtesy of Sergey Khoroshykh.

Saves

• Deleting a save is now done in the background thread.

Settings

• Saving settings during game load is now done in the background thread.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where it would show skin preview while loading a lobby.

• Fixed a bug where keys and buttons could get stuck if they were pressed before entering the Steam Overlay.

• Fixed a bug where some controllers were still processed when Steam Overlay was active.

• Fixed a bug where receiving an empty packet from Epic Online Services would never be processed.

• Fixed a bug where the host could not recover a failed Epic Online Services P2P connection before the game started.

Brave Escape — Update 1.7

Features

Bonus Levels

All 7 worlds now include 10 Bonus Levels each, unlocked by collecting the world's green ram.

• 5 worlds have been restructured - Serpent's Hollow, Thunder Ridge, Moai Chambers, Glooming Depths, and Glacial Falls. 5 existing levels from each have been moved into the Bonus category, and 5 brand new levels have been added.

• The remaining 2 worlds have received 10 brand new Bonus Levels added directly.

• 45 new levels in total. 70 Bonus Levels across the game.

• Secret Levels and Red RAM are now available in Easy difficulty.

Battle for the Habitats

Brave Escape is participating in Battle for the Habitats, a global games event running from Earth Day (April 22) to World Environment Day (June 5). The event spans 100+ games with a goal of raising $1 million for the Rainforest Alliance and Oceana. As part of the event, two free exclusive character skins have been added:

Hey everyone, A free update is coming to Brave Escape at the end of April, and we wanted to give you a little peek at what's to come.

World Restructuring & New Bonus Levels

Five worlds are getting a restructure - levels are being reorganized, and 5 levels from each world are being moved out of the main path and into a brand new category: Bonus Levels.

• Serpent's Hollow

• Thunder Ridge

• Moai Chambers

• Glooming Depths

• Glacial Falls

Each world will have 10 bonus levels unlocked by collecting the world's green ram - that's 45 new levels in total.

Visual improvements

On the visual side, the game is getting a brand new title screen along with improvements to the lighting system across the game - and many others.

More details soon. Thanks for playing! - Hit Start Team

Disabling Epic Online Services

We’ve received several reports of connection issues with Epic Online Services (EOS).

As a workaround we have added a new launch argument that allows you to completely disable EOS and use Steam Lobby/P2P services instead.

In order for this to work both players must be running the same application (e.g., both using the main game or both using the Friend’s Pass).

How to Disable EOS

Improvements

• You can now unlock the achievements "You're Pretty Good" and "Look At Them Go" without starting a new game. Just open Level Select, choose Ancient Cave – Level 1, and complete it either with 0 deaths or in under 8 minutes to earn the achievement.

• Fixed some incorrect cross-platform icons.

• Textures are now being preloaded quicker.

• macOS now using an app bundle.

Bug Fixes

• Improved macOS build so the game correctly launches outside of Steam.

Friend's Pass

We’re excited to share that Brave Escape now includes Friend's Pass!

That means if you own the game, you can invite a friend to play with you for free - even if they don’t own the game. Friend's Pass can be accessed through the demo. Here’s how it works:

Visual

• Updated flame color in Final Expanse.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Colin could occasionally die while Floyd was the Snake, due to networking lag.

Level Changes

Serpent's Hollow - Level 30

• Adjusted ceiling height to be more forgiving.

New Movement Particles

• Added new particle effects for moving, jumping, boosting, and landing.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the jump animation could play incorrectly during reverse gravity.

Level Changes

The Expanse - Exit 2

• Removed some meteors.

Features

Idle Animations

Colin

Improvements

Improved the visuals and audio of the Ancient Cave exit.

Improved the visuals of the Glowing Depths exit.

Improved the visuals and audio of the Serpent’s Hollow exit, including some color balancing.

Improved the visuals and audio of the Glacial Falls exit, including the snow particles.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where sounds fading out during level reloads were affected by the new listener position. Now, a new listener is used for the next level, while old sounds continue on their original listener until they finish fading out.
• Fixed a bug where display settings were being applied twice during launch.
• Fixed a bug where Floyd would continue to use the magnet if input was released inside Pause menu.

New Features

• All exit levels (except The Expanse) will now speed up if you get ahead of the camera allowing you finish faster.

Localization

• Added Korean translation! Thank you Jaehyeon Park.
• Added Polish translation! Thank you Piotr "Viddaer" Samulik.

Level Changes

Glowing Depths - Level 8 (Casual Mode)

• Modified Spikes.

Glowing Depths - Level 10 (Casual Mode)

• Removed Moving Tiles.

Glowing Depths - Level 12 (Casual Mode)

• Modified Ground Tiles.
• Modified Falling Platforms.

Moai Chambers - Level 12 (Casual Mode)

• Modified Flame Spitters.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the game would crash if too many old resources were being reused.
• Fixed a bug where hours on the level timer were being rounded up.

Casual Mode

• Added Casual difficulty, a more approachable experience with fewer spikes and more forgiving timing, ideal for players less experienced with precision platformers.
• You can swap between Casual and Standard difficulty at any time.
• Secret levels are only accessible when playing the level on Standard difficulty.

Localization

• Added Chinese translation! Thank you Skyler Jiang.
• Added Russian & Ukrainian translation! Thank you Petro Kovaliv.

Visual

• Improved the clarity of the countdown timer.
• Fixed order of caves in Lobby to match World Select.

Level Changes

The Expanse - Finale 4

• Modified meteors.

Serpent’s Hollow - Level 22

• Added camera zone.

Save Files

• Backups are now created when a save is overwritten or deleted.
• Saves are written to a temporary location before being moved, reducing corruption risk.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a networking bug that caused a visual error with Floyd’s tool if Colin picked up the rope while Floyd was on it.

Localization

• Improved word and character breaks per language.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where you couldn’t get on the rope when it overlapped one way platforms.
• Fixed a bug where some spikes in The Glowing Depths did not have a collider.
• Fixed a bug where the game would crash if a non network entity killed the player.
• Fixed a bug where the player could die when trying to grab the rope while entities were being refrozen.

Visual

• Improved the background of save files.

Level Changes

Glacial Falls - Level 25

• Modified ground that blocked wind platform.

Features

• Added a new option called Session to Show Deaths and Show Level Time. Session will reset the deaths and in-game time (IGT) whenever a level is loaded from world select. This is useful if you are trying to speedrun a specific cavern using LiveSplit.

Localization

• Added German translation. Thank you Melanie Burgmer!

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the time played was incorrect when over 24 hours.

Improvements

• The random seed per level used for visuals is now based on the level name.

Level Changes

Serpent’s Hollow - Level 22

• Modified spikes. Added a Venus Trap Platform to assist with timing.

Serpent’s Hollow - Level 26

• Fixed Level End Flag position.

Moai Chambers - Level 23

• Modified spikes and falling platforms.

The Expanse - Level 8

• Modified sinking ground positions.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where switching devices during dialogue could cause text to display incorrectly.
• Fixed several bugs causing LiveSplit to not work correctly.
• Fixed incorrect colliders on the fans in Glacial Falls.
• Fixed Graphical error on Serpent’s Hollow - Level 10
• Fixed a bug where the last save file was not transferred from the demo.

Localization

• Added Italian translation. Thank you Davide Mirto!
• Adjusted some French translations.

Improvements

• Player will now grab the other side of the rope if their initial side is blocked by spikes. If both sides are blocked, they won’t grab it.
• Slime jumpers will now cancel their land animation to jump more consistently with the player’s jump.
• Reset the Cheers To You achievement because its stats were off. If you have gotten this achievement just recomplete a level to trigger it again.

Visual

• Added new jump and land particles to Slime Jumpers. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44658531/ddf06236b1a8bf3033e1927f81f0c707340c45ea.gif
• Added new respawn animation for the Falling Blocks. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44658531/541119bce77e6fc0034f535c0281b49e26e0149f.gif

Level Changes

Ancient Cave - Secret 5

• Modified moving platform timing.

Features

• Added some static data to help integration with LiveSplit. Thanks @Coltaho for helping us get it started!

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the jungle leaf animation wasn’t properly looping.

Localization

• Fixed capitalization in the Pause Menu.
• Fixed prologue text (Portuguese BR).
• Renamed a few achievements.

Visual

• Made visual updates to the secret levels.

Level Changes

Level Select

• Reordered caverns based on difficulty.

Glacial Falls - Level 9

• Modified pressure grid timing.

Glacial Falls - Exit

• Modified spikes near the rotating platform to allow players to progress without waiting. Adjusted the size of the oscillating platform.

The Expanse - Finale 3

• Modified meteors and spikes.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where you could coyote jump after your gravity changes.
• Fixed a bug where drone didn’t perform a little jump during the cutscene.
• Fixed a bug where a checkpoint didn’t charge the drone on respawn.
• Fixed a bug with the camera death bounds in The Expanse. Shout out to FluffyQuack and Icewave for experiencing it live on stream.

Visual

• Added missing tutorial sprites for Thunder Ridge & The Expanse.

Level Changes

Moai Chambers - Level 28

• Modified fireball spawn time & spikes.

Moai Chambers - Level 29

• Modified fireball positions and timing.

Thunder Ridge - Level 29

• Removed electric ground above level end flag causing level end bug.

Serpent’s Hollow - Level 22

• Modified path to exit & spikes.