Gravity Circuit news & patch notes

ADDED

• Added a banner that links to GC2 Steam store page, how exciting! If you wish to disable this banner, create a file called "disable_sequel_banner.txt" (without quotes) in the game's save folder.

FIXES

• Little visual tiling fix in City Center's Master Level variant.

• Fixed a visual offset bug if player is holding something while on moving platforms.

• Fixed a slight wall collision animation bug (code was checking player's current velocity, rather than direction).

• Fixed a typo in French localization.

• Fixed the pause menu to display the correct description for a certain menu option ("quit current level") after player has used the boss rush feature at HQ.

• Fixed a small rendering error relating to the achievement pop-ups in-game.

• Fixed an issue where if player had disabled achievement popups in-game, they'd stop unlocking on the given platform. If you missed an achievement because of this, they should unlock by relaunching the game.

• Fixed an issue where one of the late-game bosses might "glide" along the floor if player crouched or performed a slide at the right time. This made the boss invulnerable until it touched either wall within the boss room.

• Fixed an issue where the final boss could crash the game, if certain Burst Techniques were used together to "skip" phases.

• Fixed the audio system to be less error prone, as there seemed to be some rare null reference error at seemingly when launching the game. Usually seemed to manifest only on slower/older hardware.

• Fixed an extremely rare game crash that could happen during Trace, the Patch Circuit's boss fight (1 in 65000 whenever she summons an enemy).

CHANGES

• Hot-Headed Red Armor Paint received a slight buff: the "bonk" upon touching an enemy is now a heavy bounce, adding an extra bit of damage.

• Made it easier to hug or grab onto walls/ledges on moving platforms that are moving away from the player. This was something that was added to GC2, so we are backporting this back into GC1.

• Modified the game's shaders a bit, so that the game doesn't crash if player is trying to use Reshade (an application to apply custom on-screen shaders, usually for CRT-like filter effects) or similar applications.

• (LINUX) Modified the default AppImage that it can now launch as stand-alone outside of Steam. This can help with launch issues, as AppImages may not necessarily play nice with all Linux distributions. If you run into issues on Linux, give the "linux-appdir" branch a try.

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• Find and right-click Gravity Circuit
• Pick 'Properties...'
• Pick 'Betas'
• Pick 'linux-appdir' branch from Beta Participation dropdown box
• Let Steam download and install the changes

• Added a number icon into player's hud when player is using more than one loadout. The icon will appear if player is currently using a loadout from any other slot than 1, or multiple slots have defined loadouts available. This number icon is not displayed while riding the Powered Walker (ex: Ore Mines).

• Fixed a game crash caused by Piercing Drill hitting a target, and Kai getting crushed on the same frame by an obstacle. This could only really happen in Cyberspace (Warehouse Area).
• Fixed a game crash caused by destroying Dave the Training Dummy with Scheming Pink Armor Paint's ability as Dave was spawning.
• Fixed a random game crash that happened whenever loading into Guardian Corps HQ area when loading a save file, or after finishing a stage. This was a race condition between regular player spawn logic, and the cutscene logic associated with the HQ. This crash happened on lower-end hardware more regularly, while newer PCs hardly ever had this issue, making it a tricky one to understand.

• Fixed hookshot (vertical) assist button to behave more consistently if mashing it.
• Fixed one visual tiling error in City Center stage.
• Fixed a visual issue if using Hardware Barrier during the boss fight in the game's second last stage.
• Fixed text overflow issues in pause menu in Chinese localization (traditional and simplified)
• Fixed a translation issue in Japanese localization during the ending sequence

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• Fixed a bug where on certain screens, the displayed time may "freeze" if the save file's timer has been maxed out. This is merely a visual issue.
• Fixed a rare bug where the game might crash (only about two-in-65k chance to happen) after launch, due to a bug in the game's RNG mechanism.
• Fixed the checkpoint menu for Blade's stage at Mission Select, after he has been defeated. Picking any checkpoint led to you spawning at the first checkpoint, as opposed to the intended target.
• Fixed a minor oversight where Dave the Training dummy spawned with a different amount of hp if easy or hard mode was enabled.
• Fixed the displayed names in Chinese (traditional and simplified) for the game's last two levels, where they were using old names that were accidentally left in from earlier parts of development.
• Adjusted some camera triggers in the game's second last stage (both regular and Master Levels version)
• Adjusted jumping while holding an object: previously, while grounded and pressing down+jump, you wouldn't slide or jump at all. Now you jump normally (so long there's no pass-through platform below Kai).

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• Fixed some spikes being on the wrong layers in two of the final levels, when Master Levels were enabled. This led to those spikes not having any collision.
• Fixed a camera connection between two screens in Cyberspace (Warehouse Area), which led to players being able to lead the camera to a place where it's not supposed to go.
• Improved performance of couple of object types in Power Plant. This should make the stage run more smoothly on lower end hardware.
• Warp Portals (the green ones) in Cyberspace (Warehouse Area) now refresh air actions like air slide when exiting them.

• Fixed an issue with the aerial version of Flying Strike, where its hitbox may spawn on the "wrong side" if player changes direction during the startup.
• Fixed an issue where Clone Array did not get its duration refreshed if it was already active, and player used a "dumb cancel" (slide on the same frame as the technique activates).
• Changed how Surface Render Burst Technique's multhit timers work, making it do a bit more damage against bosses.

• Made hazard damage calculations consistent. When player touched spikes or lava, the game would check if Surge Protector (Booster Chip) was equipped, apply its effect if it was, and then increase damage based on if player had Fading Onyx equipped. However, if player got crushed by a moving object, these two steps were done in the opposite order, which could cause some slight difference. This change makes Surge Protector apply its effect first in both cases, because the spike situation is more common than being crushed.
• Added some safety precautions into the Bestiary screen's code, if the game's Linux AppImage is being run through Proton. Specifically, one particular shader seems to not work correctly when the AppImage is running through Proton, leading to a game crash. This fix attempts to pre-empt that particular crash, though it may make the bestiary enemy/character sprites invisible if the issue does occur.
• Fixed an oversight where the description boxes did not update on the equip screen in pause menu, if the loadout swap button was used
• Fixed an issue where grabbing and throwing an icicle (Mountains stage) would break the icicle if you grab and throw it a second time.
• Fixed an issue with doors, where if some upwards vertical velocity pushed you slightly above the door (on Y axis) just as you entered it, the door transition might play out a bit weird. Fixed by forcibly moving Kai down a few pixel units if he was higher than the door upon the door transition starting.
• Fixed a minor issue where data chips may float in place, as opposed to bouncing when they spawn.
• Fixed an issue where a certain boss in the final levels might clip out of bounds, possibly softlocking the fight.
• Fixed an issue where Kai's palette may appear wrong when he dies under certain circumstances (ex: while frozen, or while Function Overload is active).

• Fixed a softlock in the final stage of the game, if the "start from checkpoint" feature is used from Mission Select.
• Fixed an issue with Medley (Wave Circuit) when playing with Rude Enemies game modifier enabled, where she might lock up and freeze, if she was launched during the startup of a certain action. If this happened before or when she reaches half-way health, she'd be invincible for about three minutes, requiring you to either wait, or reload from checkpoint.
• Fixed one respawn zone in City Center leading to a bit of a weird spot when Master Levels game modifier is enabled.
• Fixed one miscolored square bracket ("]") on the Mission Complete screen.

• As per a suggestion from a player, if "manual slide" is disabled from game's control settings (and player has assigned the dedicated slide key), the only way to trigger Blade's Armor Paint's air slide is by pressing the dedicated slide key.
• Made all object types (excluding bosses) destruct when Heavenly Piledrive gets interrupted, for example through touching hazards. Previously, this was only limited to certain enemy types (eg. Lava Crawlers in Steelworks). This prevents some weird behavior from certain enemy types.
• Made it so that player needs to take more than 0 damage from any source or hit, before the "perfect" status against a boss is nullified. This is mostly to account for Trace (Patch Circuit), where touching her goop didn't deal damage, but still registered as a hit that would prevent a perfect boss clear.

WHAT'S NEW?!

• MASTER LEVELS: Remixes the game's levels to provide more challenge for those who have mastered the game's movement.
• RUDE ENEMIES: Changes up enemy and boss behavior to make them all, well, ruder. If this is picked in tandem with Hard Mode, bosses have more health.
• DOUBLE HAZARDS: Makes the game's hazards (spikes, lava, crushing) deal double damage. Ouch.
• SINGLE CREDIT: Levels need to be beaten in a single go from start, and no restarting from checkpoints via the Pause Menu. Death sends you to the Guardian Corps HQ (or beginning of level if you haven't reached that far yet). It cannot be enabled with Iron Circuit.
• IRON CIRCUIT: No saves until the game has been cleared, and no restarting from checkpoints via the Pause Menu. Death sends you to the title screen. It cannot be enabled with Single Credit.
• FLIP WORLD: Walk on... Ceilings? Who's the joker that asked for this? (Note: doesn't necessarily flip everything)

QUALITY OF LIFE ADDITIONS

• Added a checkpoint menu in the mission select screen. This allows you to warp to a checkpoint in a previously cleared level, as well as toggle any in-level cutscenes to play again (like boss confrontation dialogues). Mission rewards and certain challenges are disabled if this feature is used.
• Added an extra toggle in the game's settings, which determines if speedrun mode is enabled by default or not when starting a new save file. If the setting is set to "default", speedrun mode is enabled by default when accessing the file select screen. Otherwise, it's off. However, even if the setting is set to "off" or "default", you can manually toggle speedrun mode on/off on the file select screen, like you have been able to do up to this point. The intention is to remove any confusion caused by some players wanting to have the on-screen timer on during normal play (which determined if the speedrun mode was toggled on/off when launching the game).
• Added an additional setting for enabling an aiming arrow that appears around Kai, which can help with aiming the hookshot during platforming sections or similar. There are three different settings for its behavior. The aiming arrow is disabled by default.
• Added a toggle for adjusting double tap tolerance.
• Mission Complete screen now shows the target values for max rank in relevant categories in square brackets (clear time, enemies defeated, damage taken). Rescues, if available for the level, are displayed with the icons as usual.

GAMEPLAY CHANGES/TWEAKS

• Made it possible to cancel to divekick (down+attack while mid-air) from air jab (attack while mid-air).
• Made it possible to gain sprint speed if the run button is held down, or "inverse" run button behavior is in use, when exiting quick warp portals in cyberspace (Warehouse Area).
• Similar to above, certain aerial Armor Paint abilities are refreshed when exiting a quick warp portal.
• If Loadout Swap button is assigned to the same button as Accept or Cancel, the Accept and Cancel buttons override the Loadout Swap button on the pause screen (ex: when exiting out of the pause menu with Cancel, the game won't do double input by closing the pause menu, and also swapping loadouts).
• Fixed an issue where pressing attack after a wall jump might lock you out, and prevent you from moving back towards the wall. The game was simply treating like you were still in wall jumping state, and as such was applying some forces onto you.
• Fixed an issue where crumbling blocks (Ore Mines) may sometimes block the hookshot from going through them when they've been crumbled.
• Retracting metal spike blocks (final level) have had their hittable boxes increased in size, making them easier to clear out.
• Fixed an issue where Kai did not gain sprint speed if he jumps out of a crouch while the run button is held, by releasing the down button roughly on the same frame as the jump input is detected.

BURST TECHNIQUES

• Burst Spark's hitbox has been increased to hit a larger area. Does damage ticks slightly faster, duration slightly shorter. Essentially you're stuck in place for a shorter duration (overall duration reduced by ~25 frames, or ~0.42 seconds).
• The support Platform has been buffed. Creates three platforms to cover a wider area, the platforms take a few frames longer to start falling, side platforms do slightly less damage than the main one. You can still perform the original version by holding the Burst button during the startup.
• Cycle Kick can now be cancelled with a jump or hookshot at any point. Can gain sprint speed out of it if run button is held down.

ARMOR PAINTS

• Hot-headed Red Armor Paint's Float Beam now does its damage ticks faster. How it affects boss invulnerability times has been adjusted.
• Heavy Orange Armor Paint now grants a slight damage boost for hookshot on top of its other effects.
• Scheming Pink Armor Paint can now be set to activate by pressing and holding jump while holding up, or double tapping jump while holding up. The setting can be found in the controls menu. Shop description changes to match the selected setting.
• Fixed an issue where the "powered up" state of certain Burst Techniques (Heavenly Piledrive, Surface Render, Catch Interrupt) were not handled correctly if they whiffed, or Kai got struck by hazards, when using the ability of a certain Armor Paint. A similar fix was applied for Powered Walker's Self-Destruct ability (Ore Mines).

ENEMIES

• Contact damage has been removed from Flip Panel Turret enemies (City Center).
• Crystal Floater enemies' contact damage has been removed (Cyberspace).
• Fixed an edge-case game crash involving the Battie enemies. It was unlikely to happen, but there was some potential for it.
• Fixed an issue where the Virus Zombie and Turret Zombie enemies had their usual behavior code running when they were grabbed by the player (normally, any normal behavior is paused on grabbed objects). This led to some weird interactions at times.

BOSSES

• Trace's (Patch Circuit) Burst Technique can now hit her own minions. This is so to prevent situations where her minions might cause undodgeable damage.
• Fixed an issue with Ray (Optic Circuit), where after a certain action he always jumped towards the wrong direction from what was intended.
• Fixed an issue where Crash (Break Circuit), in rare circumstances, might wind up defeating themselves due to some of the larger falling blocks.
• Fixed a minor visual error where certain bosses' mugshots in their lifebars got mirrored on the horizontal axis during their Burst Technique activations.
• Fixed Crash's (Break Circuit) mugshot to have a "weak flinch" animation during his boss fight. He can now properly feel pain.

• Fixed a phantom hitbox from one of the later game bosses, where they grabbed an object off of the floor, and threw it. During this throwing animation, the boss would have a hitbox beneath them for one frame, that could hit the player if the boss jumped before the throw.
• During the Final Battle, if you have gotten to a certain phase, the transition to the next happens much faster. This behavior happens by default on Speedrun Mode. If you hold down the run button before the transition were to occur, the transition plays normally without any skips.
• During the Final Battle, if you have gotten to a certain phase, on subsequent attempts the game will drop a little health before the transition described above occurs. You know you'll be receiving the health drop if your opponent is a different color from before. This behavior only occurs if you are playing on Easy or Normal Mode. Hard Mode won't see this extra drop. The intention of this change is to make the Final Battle little easier for first time players, by giving them a little token of encouragement on subsequent attempts at the final portions of the game, while retaining the challenge of clearing the encounter in one go the same as before.

LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS

• Adjusted the clear time goal for the main eight levels from 5min45s to flat 6 minutes for max rank.
• The final level in the game has had its target clear time increased from 6 minutes to 7 minutes for max rank.
• Adjusted the enemies killed goal count from 45 to 40 for the first two of final levels.
• Adjusted certain enemy positions in a couple of levels to make them a bit less messy or rude.
• In the Steelworks level, adjusted geometry to remove a single tile gap that was possible to squeeze into with Support Platform Burst Technique.
• The final level of the game has had its level layouts slightly touched on the blue floor.
• Am I hearing things in Cyberspace (Warehouse Area)?

GENERAL BUG FIXES

• Fixed Medley's (Wave Circuit, City Center) concert billboard's despawn and respawn radiuses, so it doesn't disappear if you weave back-and-forth between the screens.
• Fixed a minor edge-case oversight in Warehouse Area, where in a certain portion of the level, you weren't able to drop from a ledge-grab-jab with the 'up' button, like you are supposed to. Had to press 'down', like you generally have to in all other instances.
• Fixed a little oversight where during Bit's (Shift Circuit) Burst Technique, if you position yourself in certain ways, one or two of the screen slashes may not render because they're deemed "off-screen" based on their starting positions.
• Fixed a scenario where if Kai is using a certain Armor Paint to carry an object, and Kai then picks an end-of-level item, releasing the hookshot button to throw the object may softlock the game entirely.
• Fixed an issue where if Hardware Barrier Burst Technique was active at the same time as Emergency Accumulator Booster Chip, taking a hit would trigger both at once.
• Changed the order in which certain damage calculations are applied, to fix an issue with Underflow Guard (Booster Chip). Underflow Guard is supposed to prevent you from going below 1 health if you had 2 or more, but if Function Overload (Burst Technique) is active, the damage becomes fatal anyway (because Function Overload multiplied the incoming damage after Underflow Guard's reduction by 1.2, and rounded up, meaning at low enough health any damage would bypass Underflow Guard).
• Fixed an oversight where if player took damage from hazards (spikes, lava, crushing), this was not reflected in the damage number reported on the Mission Complete screen.
• Fixed an oversight where when Kai grabs a stunned (gray blinking) enemy he is standing next to, the enemy may become overkilled (red blinking) from the grab action itself. This means that upon throwing the grabbed enemy it would not do any damage to other objects, due to overkilled enemies becoming intangible.

LOCALIZATION

• Fixed one minor color tag issue in some dialogue in Japanese localization.
• Fixed some missing text strings in Chinese (traditional) localization.
• Fixed some text overflow issues in a text box in Chinese localizations.

MISC

• Applied a fix that should prevent any flickering issues while streaming the game through Discord.
• Wrote additional code to better ensure that, if in the event that the file that locally tracks player's challenges progress (ie. "Pat's Challenges") has through whatever means become corrupted, the game treats that as though starting from scratch. This prevents the game from crashing during startup.
• Made the game crash screen a little more readable with a darker blue background, as well as deploying an additional support Pat for your comfort (PC versions only).
• Improved the code efficiency of various objects (ex: gray breakable crates, explosive barrels, goop dispensers, and several others). These changes help with general performance on lower-end hardware.

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• Fixed a small contextual error in Japanese localization (thanks to a forum user for the heads up!)
• A small change to the final boss behavior (on easy/normal modes, hard mode is unaffected): the bosses won't regain their shield/armor until they have taken a bit of damage first. This makes the final gauntlet a bit easier for first time players.
• Fixed a camera trigger in the Power Plant stage (Power Circuit), since there was a tiny gap you could slide under and this would cause the camera to behave strangely for a moment.

Patch Notes for Gravity Circuit 1.1.1

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• Fixed a handful of instances where the Chinese languages displayed a "[]" when the font used by game couldn't support a given character. To address these issues, alternative translations were implemented.

• Fixed an issue where Kai could be damaged by certain boss patterns after the ability of a certain Armor Paint activates. Player is supposed to be an immune during this activation, so this was an oversight.
• Against certain specific end-game bosses, fixed a potential soft-lock if they are struck with a delayed attack (eg. Hologram Trap) during specific attacks.
• Fixed a small visual issue where enemy gibs might remain on-screen after carrying certain enemy types into an "open" boss arena (Opening Stage, Highway).
• Against a specific boss, adjusted Emergency Warp (the teleport Kai does when touching hazards like spikes) to move its target position, so to prevent Kai from spawning in unintended places.
• When starting New Game+, your clear times (boss refight times via C.O.M, level clear times shown on level select screen) are carried over.

• Fixed a game crash caused by one of the armor's abilities not playing nice with pass-through-platforms (eg. the ones found in Hash's boss arena).
• Fixed an issue with Catch Block and one other armor's ability accidentally granting invincibility.
• Fixed a softlock where if Kai uses Speedy Teal paint to slide around after a boss is defeated, he may get stuck against a corner.
• Fixed an issue where Hot-headed Red armor paint's ability could hit the healing chamber at HQ in unintended ways.
• Fixed an issue where if Kai is pushed around by certain things (eg. wind), the ability from Hot-headed Red armor paint might disconnect and get disjointed from Kai.
• Fixed Light Alloy particles from spawning when using the ability from Hot-headed Red armor paint. The said ability overrides Light Alloy chip, so this is more to prevent visually confusing information.
• Can no longer break K.I.D's ball with a certain armor paint's ability; plays error sound if attempting to do so.
• Fixed an issue where checkpoints or the training room at HQ do not grant full burst energy when using armor paints.
• Fixed an issue where the power up ability of a certain armor paint accidentally disabled player-on-enemy contact damage checks during it.
• Fixed a certain armor paint's ability to work with Hardware Barrier, as well as fix one visual bug relating to it.

• Added some precautions to possibly fix a bug where when Kai grabs onto a ledge, he might randomly float up to the skies while still in the ledge-gab animation/state.
• Fixed the punching bags in training room from phasing out of view because of too intense screenshaking caused by some specific armor paints or combos.
• Grabbed objects can no longer block enemy projectiles.
• Fixed an animation bug with Cable where one of his attacks might not play properly on hard mode, if he queues up the same attack twice.
• Possibly fixed an issue with Crash having a "phantom hitbox" when he activates his desperation Burst Technique. This phantom hitbox could hit the player, so it was sometimes unfair, unavoidable damage.
• Added precautions against an issue where you might be able to prematurely end Heavenly Piledriver, which may lead to situations where you can throw bosses in a way that clips them out of the arena.
• Fixed a small visual issue with the C.O.M boss refight background visuals.
• Fixed a small issue where the monitor settings menu incorrectly always displayed that the chosen fullscreen mode was "desktop" when launching the game, even if the loaded setting from player configurations stated "exclusive".

• Fix a game crash when Emergency Accumulator chip is equipped, and taking damage.
• Fix a game crash when using a certain Armor Paint against a specific boss' attack pattern.
• Fixed an issue with double-tap-to-run (Command Run), where it wasn't working properly due to changes to controls code.
• Fixed an issue where one of the Armor Paints allowed hitting the healing chamber in Guardian Corps HQ in unintended ways.
• Fixed a small typo in English. Gotta remember to use a spellchecker!
• Changed C.O.M so that you can not access him immediately after clearing the Opening Stage (Central Station). This is to fix an issue where Wrecker Tank may not spawn properly when refought via C.O.M. Come back later when you have visited at least one other stage. An error beep will play when you try to step onto the platform in the room, to signify he's not available yet.
• Fixed a potential softlock where if an enemy is off-screen upon Trace's defeat, the enemy survives the "clear all enemies on-screen" check Trace's defeat does. This was not introduced by 1.1.0, but rather was a bug that nobody had noticed until now!

Patch Notes for Gravity Circuit 1.1.0

New features

• Boss Rush: Guardian Corps HQ now features Combat Memory Bank, a computer which lets you refight any of the game's bosses at your leisure. Good for practice, or for chasing record times!

  Armor paints: Prim, a painter NPC that hangs around in the Guardian Corps HQ, now offers swappable armor paints, allowing further customization! These armor paints each bestow new abilities or effects, so give them all a try! Prim will explain to you how to unlock the paints to her shop.

Quality of life additions

• Loadout swap: A dedicated button for quickly swapping loadouts on the fly. During gameplay any unset or empty loadouts are skipped when the button is pressed, so you can choose to use only two loadout slots, or all three.
• Slide: A dedicated button has been added for sliding. Down and jump will still continue to work, but this button may be useful for those who need it.
• Hookshot - vertical: A dedicated button that locks the hookshot's aim only to upwards vertical directions. This may help with any platforming involving the hookshot, for those who might need it.
• Mouse control mapping: You can now map mouse buttons on PC, in addition to keyboard keys.
• Effect Timer: An additional toggle setting has been added to the game's system options menu. This toggle adds on-screen visuals for certain effect durations, removing ambiguity. This setting is enabled by default, but can be toggled off at any time.

Adjustments & Bug fixes

Burst techniques

• Cycle Kick: In-game shop price reduced from 2000 to 1500.
• Surface Render: In-game shop price reduced from 2000 to 1500.
• Gravity Freeze: Affected area increased, damage slightly increased.
• Piercing Drill: The chain portion now also damages enemies, not just the tip, making the technique easier to use effectively.
• Flying Strike: Fixed an issue involving the Speedrun Mode, where it was possible to accidentally skip acquiring the technique by saving and quitting during the Opening Stage (Central Station). It was still possible to buy the technique, but Flying Strike is intended to be given to the player for free.

Gameplay

• Pass-through platforms: Kai can now gain sprinting speed by holding the run button (or having "inverse" run button behavior enabled) when dropping through pass-through platforms.
• Sprint jumping when hugging walls: Previously, if Kai was hugging a wall while grounded (holding left/right while up against a wall), Kai would be unable to gain sprinting speed when run button was held (or having "inverse" run button behavior enabled) when jumping. This behavior has been fixed.
• Hopkick: Kai's hopkick (up+attack while grounded) has been sped up by a few frames based on player feedback.
• Telefragging: When Kai is struck by a hazard (lava, spikes, crushing), Kai will perform an Emergency Warp to last safe ground. Because this behavior could sometimes lead to Kai respawning inside an enemy, Kai now automatically defeats any enemy around him.

Data chips

• "NPC" type data chips: Research cost reduced from 150 to 100.

Stage changes

• Highway: Fixed an issue where it was possible to skip over the stage's checkpoints with certain actions.
• Ore Mines: Fixed a certain area not having correct camera triggers when entering it in a specific way.
• Guardian Corps HQ (visuals): Additional sign has been added to hint towards the location of the training facilities.
• Guardian Corps HQ (design): Additional platforms added to make reaching the Training Room easier.
• Guardian Corps HQ (training room): When Dave the Training Dummy is hit, the Training Room door will be inoperable for a few seconds. This is to prevent players from accidentally exiting the room while performing combos.
• Guardian Corps HQ (NPCs): "Prim" and "Shock" NPCs have switched places. Their dialogue has been adjusted slightly to match these changes.
• Final stage: Additional respawn points added in a certain section.

Localization

• Chinese: A certain scene had an issue where the talking characters were accidentally reversed, and there were other issues involving few untranslated words. This has been fixed.
• English: Fixed a slight typo in Pat's dialogue.

Misc

• macOS: Loading times improved by changing some code, that made some of the game's threads run slower on systems with M1 chips.
• Speedrun Mode: If the in-game timer is enabled from the game's system settings, Speedrun Mode is enabled by default when launching the game (if Speedrun Mode has been unlocked). This is so that speedrunners do not need to remember to toggle this setting every time they launch the game.
• General code performance: Slight improvements across the board in various places, that cumulatively help the game run more smoothly on lower end hardware.

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• Boss rush: good for practice, or for chasing record times!
• Armor paints: an additional customization feature that lets you not just recolor Kai, but also gain new perks and benefits!
• Quality of life additions: Additional button bindings for loadout swapping on the fly, sliding and hookshotting (vertically locked). Also a toggle for displaying effect durations, such as Function Overload's timelimit!
• And other smaller tweaks and fixes!

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