We had to update the options save file structure such that you’ll have to agree to the EULA again. This will also reset your options so be sure to change things back to the way you had them

Button remapping is in! Functionally it works but the visuals aren’t final. Give it a try!

There are official Bandai Namco arcade cabinets in the game along with official arcade sounds. One of them has a chance to spawn a special artifact

The default camera distance is a bit closer now

When aiming the camera should pan a bit in the direction of the aim

Updated end story cards!

The speed buff on the growth trail has been tuned

Exo mutation icons will change to reflect different mutation ability states

Endo mutation icons now wiggle when they affect a situation

Speed buff and acceleration on growth trail has been tuned

Fixed a bug that kept the Mender Bat from appearing on the weapon rack after loading into the Town

The spin attack takes longer to charge to prevent certain exploits

Dying in fire no longer reports death by a lapse in judgement

The player can now turn when using the Beast Mode charge ability

Reduced the time between when a Death Roe hatchling dies and when another can be made

Farm fruit will only spawn once per run now

Teenybopper with The Mandible will do damage now

Fixed a bug where Barkley's heart sometimes dropped inside its husk

Base level Exobrain will no longer possess enemies that have health bars (this was inconsistent before). Only upgraded Exobrain will possess them now

Performance optimizations

A whole lotta bug fixes

New music has been added to every level!

Compendium and Equipped have been renamed to Tome of the Ancients and Notebook, respectively

Fixed issues with interior level generation that was kicking people back to the Main Menu

NPCs can be found in new places. They might appreciate some conversation

Home Slice can now be thrown in a particular direction if aiming when deploying the turret mode

Stink Eye should persist across levels and weather transitions now

Burrower thieves have been added to W2

Maxotaur variants have new names: Beefmaster and Longhorn

Ground pound timing has changed a bit. The character will now do a little flip before landing

Fixed a bug that caused the Elder to say “Loading!” twice on loading screens

Insulator added to pool of mutations the player can gain from mutation machines

Fixed the unfair damage radius of the alpha land louse spin attack

Hiding the UI on the Pause screen will also disable to CRT filter - great for screenshots!

Fixed the issue where sometimes low terrain caused the player to take fall damage

Feculord is now a boss for W1-2 and Dividulous is a boss for W2-2

Firestorm no longer has toxic pools, only lava pools

Toxic Dump has been tweaked so that it can no longer be stacked in a single spot

NPC text that requires interaction can be skipped by pressing the interact button a 2nd time

Daily Challenge will now show time elapsed on the results screen

One way teleporters will sometimes appear at dead ends in interiors to help reduce backtracking

Timed buffs will no longer run out when the player is mutating

Missiles from trapped chests have a lower arc so they hit the ground faster

Increased the range a NPC will see the player performing a trick to make it easier to complete the task

Fixed a bug where it was possible to exit a boss room before the doors finished closing, shutting the player out of the encounter

Fixed the bug where mutating while in fire resulted in the fire continuously damaging the player until death

Using Gnarly to trap a mutie and then setting the vines on fire will damage the mutie

Fixed some world generation issues in W3

Added clarification on the Assist Features screen to note that selecting a Quirk will override assist features

Bodacious and Heinous now affect Altar and Mutation Machine outcomes

Asset optimizations to increase overall performance

Many bugs were squashed in the creation of this build

W2 respirators will now rise when going through the teleporter

Rumble has been tweaked in several areas

Button prompts are now bigger and outline width on text has been reduced

Added a larger text size toggle in Gameplay Options

The Elder now says “Daily Challenge” and “Exit when those options are chosen

Some turrets now shoot in bursts

Many, many bug fixes

The save game version has been changed. Saves from a run currently in progress from a previous version WILL NO LONGER WORK. Persistent data and settings files from previous versions will work without issue.

“Equipped” menu added to Pause screen (final name TBD) - Due to popular demand we’ve added a first pass at a “loadout” screen. This will let you view all the mutations you currently have as well as the items you’re carrying. Right now the layout is similar to the Compendium. If you pause the game while a new mutation description is being displayed you’ll go straight to the Equipped page

Rumble pass! - We’ve gone through the game and added force feedback where it felt appropriate. Let us know what you think!

Mouse Aim Mode added! In Gameplay Options you can select between 3 different mouse aim modes. When in the game pressing Tab will turn the aim mode on and off rather than cycle through the 3 options

Tweaks to Suck Face that helped correct some wonky edge cases

Navmesh pass on W2 to help prevent muties from getting stuck on environment pieces

Various W2 level generation tweaks

VFX pass on the alpha embersnoot volcano attack - it should be a little more obvious when the attack is going to happen

Changed the damage sweep on all smushrooms to be a ring instead of a sphere. This prevents situations where the player took damage while being well above the attack because of the size of the sphere

Maxotaur shouldn’t cause damage when you run behind him during a charge now

VFX added to the alpha smushroom projectile. It was always had grenade behavior so now the visuals reinforce that

Selecting a Quirk will override any Assist features that have been selected

Homing Warhead will no longer target projectiles

Snakes like eating chickens :)

Charging purchases with the bank card works again

Cobruh can no longer steal keys from shops

Smushroom attacks leave a mark on the ground temporarily to make the range of the attack easier to read

Juice Cleanse should provide proper cleansing now

Increased key drop weights on evolved mutants

Ribs and cooked ribs give the proper amount of health now (2 and 3 respectively)

Muties will now treat destroyed columns as destroyed

Tweaks to the rules of the Toxic Moon climate

Fire Dawn climate got an art pass to make it more fire dawn-y

Light bridges in W3 have been tweaked. The interact button will no longer activate them (must hit the post with the bat) and once activated there’s a cooldown period before a switch can deactivate them

Fixed a bug where depositing tapes into the ATM in Town and then quitting to the Main Menu would result in the tapes bring lost

Projectiles will now destroy themselves when they hit other projectiles

Button icons are a bit bigger now to help with readability

Graphics optimizations - the game should run better for just about everyone

A cornucopia of bug fixes

We needed to update the settings file version which requires everyone to agree to the EULA again

VFX for teleport pads have been fixed to work throughout the entire teleport

AI has been updated to navigate small ledges better. Now they’re more likely to jump down after the player

Lightning damage radius has been reduced

Stealing floppy disks with Suck Face no longer results in the ghost floppy disk

Fixed some instances where Billy wouldn’t chatter

Turrets no longer have the Perception effect once they activate

Caves have been updated to have different layouts and different rewards

Caves are now locked by default and require a key in order to enter them

Colossus has gotten a VFX pass

Fixed an issue that caused the player to be trapped inside a W2 respirator as it was rising

Billy’s garden now has a chance to spawn special kinds of fruit (exclusive to the farm)

New item: Chrome Brew! Makes you invulnerable for a short time and automatically deflects projectiles

New Endo Mutation and Item: Insulator! This mutation will make you invulnerable against lighting and electric floors

Hitting a mutie with a Boom Berry used to heal the mutie. Now the mutie will get hurt

Fixed the issue that caused Warhead to bounce off of Wither clouds

Withering and Toxic Dump will now kill spiky vines

Gnarly Tumbleweed no longer blocks projectiles

Fixed some instances where tasks from NPCs wouldn’t register as being completed

Puzzle Cube and Memory Loss will now carry their effects across levels

When a reward is unlocked there’s text to make it more clear where that reward can be found

Death Roe babies now hatch a little faster and can take a few more hits

Cobruh has been adjusted so that the poison effect no longer stacks and it’s not as easy to stun lock enemies with bites

Score multipliers on annihilation, kill streak and variation bonuses have been adjusted

The effect of the Scuzzy Dongle artifacts should be easier to determine now. The number will be green to show the reduced number of keys needed. If the dongle can open the chest without additional keys then only the interaction icon will show

There should only be one Colossus in the final boss fight now

The Elder will now comment on your sweet tricks again

Increased the amount of time dialog stays up by default. It should feel a lot better for most players

Fixed an issue that caused the Beast Mode charge to stop seemingly at random

Swapped the positions of Accept and Cancel on all UI screens

Dividulous now has a spin attack to use when the player is at close range

The Divided (Dividulous, phase 2) now shoot larger direct shots instead of slow lobbing shots

Increased the odds of Vampiric Hits giving the player health

Fire Boost and Toxic Boost now last a little bit longer

Exploding plants in W2 were doing too much damage. They’ve been toned down

Fixed issues with the health UI when using Brittle, Glass Cannon or Deviated Fire Heart quirks

Fixed a number of AI issues with Muteens. They’re a lot more formidable now

Feculord now spawns fewer, larger babies that take more hits

Dank Maullusk toxic trails have been tweaked

The enemy layout of the arcade tile has been updated

Shark Style and Hurts So Good quirks have updated icons that reflect their current status

Tweaks to W1 to make the levels more performant

Loot crates have been hidden in Town. See if you can find them!

Increased the chances of Lore items appearing in W1

Various and sundry bug fixes

New Double Fine logo screen(s)!

There were two instances of the Colossus which was one too many and the lighting was busted. All that’s been fixed

The Vestigial were sharing a generic name. They are now distinct individuals

Fixed some instances in W3 where a Flinger wouldn’t get you where you needed to go

The Compendium is no longer available from the Pause screen in Daily Challenge. The Daily Challenge will no longer unlock Compendium entries

The Town cutscene (when starting from an empty save slot) now highlights how the player can get to the Fallow

All Slamphibians have had an art pass to pretty them up a bit more

Cathode Raider outfits have been revamped

Fixed a bug where in some cases previously unlocked End Cards would become locked again

There was a Vestigial task that asked for a trick that was a bit ridiculous. Now the task is for a trick that’s more achievable

Refined collision on a number of mutants

The time bonus in the Daily Challenge has been tuned

Teenybopper talks a lot less now

Dropping an item in a W3 interior should now place the item next to the player character

Adjusted the chance of a Leveler or Swapper to appear in W1-2 and all of W2

Adjusted the chance of trapped chests to appear

Secret rooms will now always have a chest

New tiles have been added to the interior generation set to allow for more variation when generating the interiors

Electric floor VFX have been updated to make the hazard a bit more obvious. The likelihood of an extended electric floor has been reduced

The “Face Split” room now has a more interesting fight and more goodies as a reward

Fixed the bug that kept a bat from being visible in the Armory after it was unlocked

Teenybopper was a bit OP. It’s been tuned down a bit

Fixed issues with Dividulous turning into The Divided

Various optimizations to help overall performance

Some mutation descriptions have been updated to better explain how to use the mutation

There is a new graphics option for Max FPS

V-sync is fixed

A multitude of bug fixes

New splash screen!

Fixed a bug that prevented Firearm from branching

Assist features added to Gameplay Options. They only take effect at the start of a new run and they do not apply to Daily Challenges

All character portraits have been updated

Tuned RADs needed to mutate

Tuned XP needed to unlock items

Fixed some bugs related to unlocking achievements

Fixed bug with damage over time effect on Alpha Embersnoot volcano attack

Quirks now have icons associated with them. They appear where Endo Mutation icons do

Fixed UI issue with health hearts when using the Brittle quirk

Daily Challenge is now based on UTC time instead of a player’s local time. This means that the challenge will roll over for everyone at the same time globally.

A multitude of under the hood fixes

The save game version has been changed. Saves from a run currently in progress from a previous version WILL NO LONGER WORK. Persistent data and settings files from previous versions will work fine.

Cliff damage has changed

Daily Challenge scoring has been changed. Scores will be much higher now.

Quirks are now in the Compendium

Item unlock requirements have been tuned to unlock a little faster in single player.

Some endo mutation descriptions have been updated to better call out which exo mutations they effect

W1-1 is now smaller in general. There is also a chance for evolved mutants to be in W1-1

W1 has more mutants overall

Vombats are now bigger so that they’re easier to see. And hit with a bat

Embershrooms are bigger now as well. They also have a bigger attack

There is a new Camera Distance slider in Gameplay options. The default camera is now closer as well

There are more potions that grant internal mutations. They have a chance of spawning at Eli’s shop

The progress bar has been removed for Loading screens

New visuals for the upgraded versions of Wind Bag, Teenybopper, and Beast Mode

Common chests only spawn items now

Home Slice shoots a little faster, can take more hits while in turret mode, and turns faster now.

Projectiles now have a drop shadow to help make them easier to see

Herbivore endo mutation will prevent the player from picking up meat

Boss compendium entries now unlock when you get to the boss, rather than when you defeated it

Chest and key spawning has been rebalanced

Bankpacks only show up at shops now

W3 has a chance to have Respirators that don’t activate a shield

Flux Escapatron item has been added. It will let you warp to the boss doors and instantly open them (does not work in a boss fight or in Town). Handy for speed runs!

Dank Maullusk mutant has been added to caves. Like a regular Maullusk, except this one leaves a trail of toxic goo during its charge

Exobrain effect lasts longer and will give the possessed mutant a speed boost

It’s a little bit easier to pull of tricks

Shops in W2 and W3 now charge more for items so save up for the good stuff!

Fire starts to hurt you (and enemies) a lot quicker

Thief Land Louse has a new look. It’s better at blending in while it’s burrowed

Removed progress bar from loading screens

The bug where entering a cave would sometimes cause a black screen has been fixed

Many, many bug fixes

Modified the likelihood of certain mutations showing up

Night climates are all brighter now. Still dark, but more reasonable

Tuned the size of the drop shadow on flying mutants to make their height more clear

Tweaked the amount of Rads needed to mutate early on

Meat is now more emissive and easier to see in dark environments

Drupes will sometimes spawn in W2 and W3

Boom Berries will sometimes spawn in W3

Grenade projectiles have been tuned to have AoE knockback and damage

A veritable butt-load of bug fixes

Warhead no longer does double damage.

Eyeball bombs now do a lot of knockback.

Most objects have an inactive state icon on the mini map

Temporary Battle Hearts can now absorb damage from falling off a cliff

Mutation branches have more distinct visuals for

Tape Worm endo-mutation now working properly

Fixed collision on Dividulous so now it’s easier to land hits

Scuzzy Dongle works as described now, and will update the number of required keys shown on a chest to make its effect more clear. Additional visual tweaks to the lock display are pending

Armory visual upgrades in Town were happening WAY too soon. This has been fixed

The fountain statue in town wasn't behaving as intended. Now it is

Button icons have been updated globally

Instances of “the Fallow” have been updated to be consistent

More shops added to W2

ATMs can now appear in W2 and W3

The Waterproof potion will no longer spawn from chests. Only shops will have it. It’s also more expensive to reflect its usefulness

Death Roe tweaks

Graphics settings default to Medium quality instead of High. This should give more people a better framerate without needing to go into the settings

More variety in fire related mutant types added to the Fire Storm climate

ATMs directly deposit currency into the player’s wallet to avoid an exploit with the Tape Doubler artifacts

“Mutation combo” line will only be said once per run

Fire pits will now damage the player and muties

Some art polish in W2

Boss gate in W3-2 has been updated to be more awesome

Steam achievement icons have been updated to be 100% more RAD!