These are changes made over the course of the public beta. For the initial DOUBLE ACTION changelog click here: Link

Please continue to give feedback and report issues. Just because I address something once doesn’t mean the question is closed.

1.50b : 27th September 2024

• Changed time dilation system (slowdown)
  • Now only triggers on boss / mid-boss bullet cancel events
  • Effect has a consistent length
  • Amount of bullets cancelled affects intensity of effect
  • Messing with the player speed during intense moments was very strange.
  • Therefore, only triggering on bullet cancels gives those moments a bit more “wow” during moments where consistent player control isn’t super-important.
  • I’m going to tweak this (and bullet cancels in general) further to have a better impact, but hopefully now it doesn’t get in the way.
• Small enemy pattern adjustment
  • Stage 5 “big bomber” enemy, lowered bullet density at high rank
  • This particular enemy was balanced around the time dilation effect, and has therefore been changed.
  • Note: Some of the new mission content is also balanced around this system, and will receive adjustment soon.
• Mae-Cluster tweaks
  • Slightly improved ammo efficiency, experimenting with a scoring utility perk.
  • Mae-Cluster :- Reduced ammo cost (was 5, now 4)
  • Mae-Cluster perk :- Longer flourish extension (always 0.12s, no falloff)
• Score items are auto-collected after a boss is destroyed
  • Increased time between boss destroy and stage clear on stage 2 to give more time for collecting items
• Bomb damage fix
  • Bombs did 5x the damage they did in 1.11
  • This was unintentional. :(
  • Changed to a more rational 2x which is what was intended
  • Also removed damage reduction on bosses
• Taking a hit in XP-Mode now refills bomb energy
• Deployed 64-bit build of the game on Windows
• Improvements to VRAM usage
  • Unlock screen
  • Stage 4
  • Forced garbage collection on scene switch
  • Added a custom error handler with VRAM output
• Fixed midboss 3 checkpoint putting the player in a no-enemy chillout zone
  • Also, added “Descent” checkpoint for practicing the reversed-scrolling section
• Fixed Mae-Laser ammo consumption FRDB
  • FRDB is “framerate dependent behaviour” – get ready to see this acronym a lot! I certainly have!
• Removed “seen tlb” requirement for practicing the TLB
• Fixed weapon sound effects playing during device select
• Fixed music glitches re: pause/unpause and mission menu transition
• Fixed crash during HIGH EXPLOSIVE mission
• Sound pass for ST5/lastboss, added some missing sounds
• Fixed Parallel game intro showing the wrong extend schema
• Fixed the incorrect input prompt on the mission select screen
• Fixed the strange flickering background when using custom bullet colors
• Fixed 1-up item not displaying the correct sprite for Val and Dee
• Extend gadget now shows the correct icon for Val and Dee
• The player animation now better represents the hitbox, particularly when moving left and right
  • This has been a problem since like v0.1 demo… wow.
• Changed the way debug hitboxes are drawn to be less ambiguous
  • Note: because of sub-pixel ambiguity, these are only rough guides and are not pinpoint accurate.

Known issues

This particular list is mostly technical / bug-oriented. I will fix as many of these as I can. Design/tuning questions are a bit more open.

• JA/FR/RU localizations are not updated yet
• Random crashing (could not decode PNG image)
• Replay attaching to leaderboards is currently unsupported
• Text layout is bad for soundtrack menu
• An assortment of strange texture-loading glitches, seemingly on AMD cards
• Old-school v-sync on a 144hz monitor may slow the game down
• Bad performance during REVOLVER
• Stage 5 practice does not proceed to TLB on Parallel mode
• Strange fire formation for fractal salvo
• Ending cutscene viewer sometimes goes through highscore/replaysave flow (viewing an ending is not a feat worthy of recognition)
• Gallery thumbnails in unlock screen are very low-quality
• Val-Stasis is invisible on ship select screen on some machines
• Bad flow on some extra features and screens (ie. you get booted back to the title screen instead of a relevant submenu)
• Leaderboard screen has bad UI re: cycling through categories
• Sound effects still missing from some new missions
• Screen filter functionality is problematic on MacOS
• Screen filter functionality doesn’t play nice with some scaling options
• Luna’s meltdown effect persists during boss rush
• Val’s options may be wiggled by the player in device select screen (may not fix)
• The last boss’ laser sound effect keeps looping even when the game is paused
• BREAKTHROUGH mission is too long and a bit too much at the end
• README file isn’t properly distributed
• ZANGYOU and SQUIB BATTLE are too spicy. If you are a gamer that seeks glory, better do them now before I make them easier

Nice-to-haves

Features I’ve noted and may be able to get around to.

• Gadgets in vertical orientation (tate mode)