v.1.1.0 Change log

Gameplay Updates

• Remove Score, and update Grades as a result
• The last 100 levels of a session are faster now
• Update fuel regeneration mechanic now occurs after every 100 levels
• Update depletion rates between modes
• You no longer have to fill the bar twice to get into overflow
• Update default 'B' button on controllers, it's now the left button rather than the right
• On XBOX, it's 'X' instead of 'B'. On Playstation 'SQUARE' instead of 'CIRCLE'.
• Fix the swap buffer, there is a 5 frame buffer for swap input. This was always intended, but it wasn't working before.
• Allow pausing during the countdown

Difficulty changes

• Dwarf and Practice now run with 4 colors instead of 5, ideally making it easier to make bigger combos and chains
• Smooth out the difficulty shift in STANDARD, slowly decrease to maximum rise speed, reaching it lvl 700. Other difficulties were not touched.

Visual Changes 

• Add a refueling animation for the start of a session and when a lap is complete
•  Invert Cognac's fuel assets Add Soba's board, character portrait, and theme 
• The top right panel in Classic (above the character portrait) now shows the *estimated grade for a session, as well as the progress of a current lap 
• Fix character speech positions Add a "ghost bar" behind the fuel tank indicating where fuel will refill to after a lap 
• Separate the refilling process into lap refuel and "bonus" refilling to better show how much bonus fuel a user generates during a lap 
• Add game mode descriptions to main menu 
• Remove auto progression from tutorial and add a "PRESS 'A'" prompt 
• Dwarf is now the default difficulty in the difficulty select screen 
• The menu remembers your last selected mode and will suggest that the next time you do a run
• Add a line to the difficulty screen that shows what skill level of the player each difficulty is suited for 
• Update swap barrier to something more readable and apparent 
• Fix inappropriate character reactions for different grades Add 'LEVEL UP' indicator 
• Fix early menu transitions, you have to wait for the transition to complete before interacting 
• Add snail-specific dialogue, play faster slowpoke 
• Fix JB overflow colors Add color to the scrolling star background 
• Fix special match notification sprites from overflowing (ex: looping back down to 2 at chain 11) 
• Update default records Update the main menu including options, with descriptions of each menu route 
• Add options to clear records and options 

Audio Changes 

• Add options menu music 

Fixing the Softlock 

• Matching-making code occurs at the END of a frame now 

Other

• Replace the in-house audio system with Vinyl, a third-party audio management package (using it for 'audio ducking')
• Encrypt persistent data files to prevent nefarious behavior 
• Fix bug in tutorial causing swaps not to occur