Hello everyone!

This is the first update of hopefully many to Terrascend. We have tried to fix as many bugs as we could and have also introduced some new features to the game.

Main new features

Basic controller support

We have added some basic gamepad support to the game. It may not work flawlessly just yet, but it should do the trick for now.

Control scheme:

• Left stick - Move
• Right stick - Aim
• Right trigger - Shoot
• South button - Interact
• East button - Dash

Dash

The player can now dash! Pressing shift while you're moving (or the east button on a controller) will give you a small boost in speed, with a cooldown of course.

The Tree

The tree is a new item in the game that can be thrown by the Gnoblin air balloons. It takes time to grow, after which you can chop it by doing a quick skill check.

Other

We have fixed many bugs and tried to balance the game a bit more, seeing how many people got stuck on the second layer. See below for the full changelog.

Terrascend 0.2 Changelog

ADDED:

• Player dash ability (shift button)
• Tree that can be dropped by Gnoblin air balloons
• A quit button to the pause menu
• Very basic gamepad support

CHANGED:

• Gnoblin air balloons now wait longer before dropping another item
• Gnoblin air balloon drop rates have been tweaked for all items
• Player can now be covered in tar for a maximum of 6 seconds in total after the last hit from a tar bubble
• Increased default water gun capacity by 1.5x
• Rain effect now looks more like rain
• The water gun now refills automatically after every layer
• All items are now removed from the island automatically after every layer
• Changed well interaction text from 'Press' to 'Hold'
• Minor optimizations

FIXED:

• Items no longer fall behind the house or well
• Greg the Genie's Express Emperium now uses the same font as the other parts of the game
• The clouds sprite no longer gets cut off at the top on Layer 1
• Water tank now correctly shows amount of water left in the water gun
• Greg the Genie no longer shows interact text without actually being there to interact with
• Greg the Genie no longer pushes items back by hovering
• Cursor now properly (de-)activates when pausing or unpausing the game.
• Player no longer moves faster when moving diagonally
• Game no longer crashes if there are more birds than bird spots
• Impact effect is no longer sorted behind Gnoblin balloons
• Sprites now properly render in front of or behind other sprites