BRUTAL KATANA - out now on Steam

[hushed blade]

i cannot get over the border without bumping into it

[lapis jasper]

im sorry, i beat it again...

[hushed blade]

[hushed blade]

"i doesn't matter, i still have 23 levels to beat.."

[lapis jasper]

first 2 are more important

[hushed blade]

lol

[lapis jasper]

the saves lol

flicking like crazy

still got the w tho

[hushed blade]

yo the way you avoid the first climb is so fluent

so.. bunny-hoppy?

thanks

oh god i did it but fell

[lapis jasper]

i think the first part doesnt really matter

the main bit is the curb jump on the last climb

i think thats what got me to first place

[atomic walrus]

crazy

youre cracked

[hushed blade]

12.997 the best i could get with this so far

'll keep on trying

new best nice

[lapis jasper]

*on crack

[hushed blade]

and that's it? i expected more of a brutal katana player

[lapis jasper]

im using whatever octane from apex is using as a stim

[hushed blade]

alright enough drug- erm i mean games for today

daily addiction report

it's been only three days since the game released 😭

[atomic walrus]

yesterday when I stopped playing I was shaking and sweating

[hushed blade]

i am sweating rn

[lapis jasper]

I NEED MOREE

no fukin wayyy

[hushed blade]

madlad

[lapis jasper]

got it on vid too

[hushed blade]

send it

[lapis jasper]

kk wait just need to clip it

[hushed blade]

o i feel you

[atomic walrus]

wow

[hushed blade]

every time i want to send a recording i need to:

• find the recording
• rename it to something reasonable instead of "<app name>-<full date>-<length>" or whatever
• watch it to find out where to cut off
• run an ffmpeg command to cut off
• run an ffmpeg command to compress the video because otherwise discord will yell at me
• wait 30s or more to finally send the clip

[lapis jasper]

i just use microsoft clipchamp 😓

[hushed blade]

doesn't it do everything in the cloud?

[fallow wave]

i just use obs

[lapis jasper]

maybe idk

[hushed blade]

magic

and you didn't even double slice the last four heads

[lapis jasper]

wait wrong video

[hushed blade]

still useful

[lapis jasper]

yeah but this one is so much better 🤤

[chrome cave]

the steam recording feature is so convenient

i dont even have to think about recording my games anymore

[hushed blade]

how does it work?

[chrome cave]

literally just records in the background

after you quit, you get to download the recording i think you can also edit it inside of Steam

[hushed blade]

that's the same as nvidia's instant replay

[hushed blade]

oh edit

i'll look into it, thanks

[lapis jasper]

wow the gameplay is better than i thought

tight turn at the start

would of been perfect if i got the double at the end

aw man

[chrome cave]

timer should slow down when you slow down ... my opinion

[atomic walrus]

I dont think it should

[hushed blade]

nope it adds depth to gameplay

[lapis jasper]

no

[chrome cave]

lowers the bar for those star ratings

those star ratings are crazy low

[atomic walrus]

you can just increase the star ratings

[hushed blade]

the game isn't meant to be easy

[atomic walrus]

which I think he intends to do anyway

[lapis jasper]

i agree tho

the bar for stars is rediculously high

[chrome cave]

I think it'd be better to slow the timer than to increase the bar for the star rating

[lapis jasper]

expecially on level 2

[atomic walrus]

The later stages the star ratings seem fair, the earlier stages are where they are really tough

im guessing he based them off his best times

[lapis jasper]

maybe a 4 star rating would be better

[chrome cave]

If you're moving slower in the game because time is moving slower, the timer should also slow down

[hushed blade]

i think this means that the star ratings should be fixed, not the timer

[autumn thorn]

may i suggest change logs page in main menu (i love lookin at those idk why)

[atomic walrus]

also, add versions to leaderboard times? so you can see the all time best, but also the best in the current version (in case you are changing how some of the physics works)

[lapis jasper]

thought is wasnt possible

[fallow wave]

@fleet canopy i backroomed

[lapis jasper]

i wonder if 12 is possible

1. there needs to be an indicator if you can kill an enemy

[fallow wave]

finished the game :)

[hushed blade]

jonathan said that'll be implemented at some point

[rain crescent]

bro

how...

where's the skipppp

[fleet canopy]

like this but more perfect

[hushed blade]

oh my goodness

[runic granite]

letsa go

level 09

Imma get a sub 16

damn

sub 15?

[runic granite]

there!

Can prolly get it down to 14.5-14.3 but gonna play another level now

another one!

[runic granite]

I just beat this, but my shadowplay didn't wanna work :(

[gilded dome]

What sometimes confuses me is the distance of the katana, sometimes it cuts the head from quite far away and sometimes it does not.

[runic granite]

Idk man

I've also noticed that sometimes if you aim for a horizontal head, and there is a vertical head closer, or vice versa that sometimes your hit gets blocked as the wrong type on the closer one even tho you aimed on the back one

[atomic walrus]

I think it's visual, because the camera changed drastically based on your speed

[fleet canopy]

like bibizu said it's most likely due to how the camera FoV changes based on speed that causes the distance to feel inconsistent. I just double checked everything and saw that the raycast always has the same local y position even if the player is sliding which caused the raycast to be offset up by 0.5 units when sliding. This may be part of the problem? since where you aimed while sliding is not exactly where the damage box is at. I've fixed this now so it should feel a lot better in the new update

[fleet canopy]

this shouldn't happen, maybe you were too far away from the horizontal head? the obstacle collision check is purely visual right now which is why you can attack through walls

[runic granite]

Interesting

Must've been too far away then

[autumn thorn]

ok with the skips i did i think even like 18-17 time might be possible

[runic granite]

NOOOOO

my time!??!

I will come back!

[runic granite]

That's just evil

[autumn thorn]

if i could i would post a trollface

[runic granite]

damn, i got an 00:00:000

@fleet canopy

[hushed blade]

quote

if you select a new level exactly once a leaderboard has been downloaded then the old leaderboard entries don't get destroyed properly which is why you have 5 unitinitalized entries at the bottom
I'm working on fixing it!

i also got this today haha

[fleet canopy]

lol

[analog monolith]

I still have yet to get 2 stars

[autumn thorn]

i think new 02 tech dropped

its hard to pull off tho

[hushed blade]

we're all ears

[autumn thorn]

and idk if it gives you any less time but kinda seems like it

[hushed blade]

do you mean bouncing off the tree?

[autumn thorn]

so u know the big jump

in the middle of the level

[hushed blade]

the pit?

[autumn thorn]

yeah

[hushed blade]

the first time or second?

[autumn thorn]

first time

[autumn thorn]

so

[runic granite]

no way that works

[autumn thorn]

you jump on elevation , wall run the pillar and it makes the wall climb section shorter i think

it kinda works

[hushed blade]

it may work

but is it worth the trouble

big trouble

[autumn thorn]

i sit worth the 0.01 seconds

maybe

[runic granite]

Do you also have to go left instead of climb at first head then to get thej setup on the wall?

[lapis jasper]

WHAT

[runic granite]

nvm

[hushed blade]

i don't think this side movement is feasible

[autumn thorn]

no i just jump off normally

[lapis jasper]

YOU CAN DO THAT

[autumn thorn]

YEAH

[lapis jasper]

video

[autumn thorn]

if you get enough speed i think you could skip the climb section

[autumn thorn]

my pc gonna die but alright

[runic granite]

it works...

damn

but only got a 775 tho

[hushed blade]

do y'all mean something like this?

[lapis jasper]

THERE IS NO WAY

[runic granite]

yep...

[lapis jasper]

i cant do it

im bad

[hushed blade]

i can't either

[autumn thorn]

no this might be slower

[runic granite]

but you have to jump on the flat part else you don't get enough height

[autumn thorn]

wait im cutting the video with it

gonna send it in a second

[lapis jasper]

WHAT

[hushed blade]

oh my fucking god

[lapis jasper]

the fuck

[autumn thorn]

im a genius

[hushed blade]

you are

[lapis jasper]

thats like 0.5 save

we can get to 12 bois

or even 11.

[autumn thorn]

yeah im just too bad to pull off the statue skip good enought

i mess it up every time

matt you gotta speedrun and i gotta come up with strats

[hushed blade]

statyue skip is a little harder with this

i pulled it off

its amazing

my hat's off zurek

[fleet canopy]

wtf, how is that possible?

[autumn thorn]

the inner workings of my mind are an enigma

[hushed blade]

you know you made it when the creator asks how you did it

[fleet canopy]

fr

I can't pull it off 😢

[hushed blade]

okay i pulled it off twice now but the statue skip is damn hard because you start at the left instead of middle-right

so i fuck up

[autumn thorn]

i love discovering new stuff and people freaking out about it

[hushed blade]

nah i suck so bad that even with this i barely pull off my current record

wait no i don't even reach it

[autumn thorn]

the skip might just suck tho

but in theory it shouldnt

cuz you skip the wall climb and just do a vault

[hushed blade]

well it did help me almost reach matt

[autumn thorn]

and kinda keep the momentum

[lapis jasper]

i can do it consitantly now, i just need to do all the other things without tripping

bro its hard asf tho

[atomic walrus]

You know your character controller and level design are good when people find insane ways to timesave

more fun to be interesting

Dude I reduced graphics so that I can get 40 FPS, double slashing changes everything oh my god its actually so much faster

[hushed blade]

nah fuck it unless someone else pulls it off i ain't trying 💀

[atomic walrus]

I want to try TASing this game but ive never TASed and dont know where to start

[hushed blade]

i can't do the statue skip consistenly due to different character alignment

[fallow wave]

i maxed out all the graphics settings and there was barely a difference from the defaults

scam

[hushed blade]

if you set shadows to max instead of mid the character capsule will have a shadow!!

[fallow wave]

yay

[hushed blade]

wait nvm

[fallow wave]

wait no that sounds cursed

[hushed blade]

i no longer have a shadow

i swear i remember the character capsule having a circle shadow when i played on max settings

[fallow wave]

no swearing >:(

[hushed blade]

im sowwy

[runic granite]

so close...

wait no

theres a second ar

r

arhhgh

i dind't see

[hushed blade]

xd

[runic granite]

f me lol

HWO"?

Jonathan can we get a camera mode to just fly around and look for cuts?

[fleet canopy]

maybe, do you want to be able to enter through the level information UI? (before you have moved in a level)

[runic granite]

I was thinking like trackmania where you hit a key and then enter free cam?

while in level?

[atomic walrus]

like a debug option

[hushed blade]

may i propose something too

[runic granite]

no!

[fleet canopy]

ah okay, so would time stop or continue?

[atomic walrus]

continue so you cant cheat, invalidate the run?

[runic granite]

Is the player model real, or just a first person view?

Yeah actually, it's proly better to do it through a menu to prevent edge case cheats and stuff?

[fleet canopy]

I can just make time continue like normal, shouldn't really be any way to cheat since the player controller will be stuck in place while a camera moves around the level

and the player is just a collider, no model except for hands and katana

[runic granite]

Then maybe hide the player model and set the camera free then?

[hushed blade]

in the level select menu, you can press <enter> like now to go straight to playing, but can also press <right> to enter a submenu where you can choose to "inspect" the level

how about this?

[fleet canopy]

yeah i definitely won't show the viewmodel lol

that can be good

[hushed blade]

i mean as long as it's not a ui nightmare

[runic granite]

This also sound like a good idea?

[fleet canopy]

but wouldn't you also want to be able to go directly from camera mode to playing the level

without having to return to main menu

[hushed blade]

probably

[runic granite]

true....

[hushed blade]

maybe a pause menu option? but that would be clunky

[runic granite]

yeah actually ingame is prolly best if it has to feel like fluid?

[hushed blade]

yeah

actually yeah

probably a hotkey inside pause menu?

just that

[atomic walrus]

make a debug sub menu where you can activate a lot of things

[hushed blade]

without the menus

[atomic walrus]

hitboxes would be cool to see too

[fleet canopy]

a hotkey is probably the best? I don't want to add too much more to the pause menu though, it's quite cluttered

I recently added leaderboards to it as well

[atomic walrus]

i see

Can you add an indicator when you successfully double slash? Like a small x2 that appears for half a second next to your cursor

sometimes I cant tell if i double slashed or not

until I reach the statue

[fleet canopy]

good idea!

[hushed blade]

i tell by sounds

[atomic walrus]

I can hear the sounds, but sometimes I miss it

nice to have a visual too

[autumn thorn]

new achievements?

[atomic walrus]

ooh

I just got number one on 20 lets go

by over a second

woo hoo

I can get sub 19 on 21 too I just have to not screw up the new route

sub 20 is possible on 20 too

[fleet canopy]

yes, they're possible to get in the next update

[runic granite]

Just got a sub 18 on 20

[atomic walrus]

woah

[atomic walrus]

sub 18??

[runic granite]

yep!

[runic granite]

There are three shortcuts

[atomic walrus]

I know of two

lemme try finding the last one

@fleet canopy the consistent way to clip into the curve wall is climb onto the underside

check the under collision

Im guessing the last skip is the last wall bounce that there is some way to do better im not sure

[runic granite]

What shortcuts do you know?

[atomic walrus]

The first one, you should climb up the left wall and jump up

the second one is just run up the curve onto the other one

[runic granite]

this one?

[atomic walrus]

I climb

on the side facing me

[runic granite]

What do you mean by that?

oooh

yeah ok

[runic granite]

and then i do this

[atomic walrus]

me too

[runic granite]

and then this

and then there is a fourth one im trying to hit

I can send it when i do

[atomic walrus]

jumping isnt fast? hmm

i guess not

actually

im still missing the enemies thats what I mess up the most lol

[runic granite]

yeah me too

It's hard to hit the enimies while trying to do weird shortcuts as well

[atomic walrus]

how do you make that jump when you cut that corner? oh my god

are you jumping off the palm tree pillar?

[runic granite]

oh no

I slide jump pf the ledge

[atomic walrus]

oh you are on the curb

[runic granite]

it's faster

you don't need to

If you are on the curb you can do a more direct line

and then this

final shortcut

and the I also jump the first corner in the very start and the second corner but that's not really a shortcut

[runic granite]

Here you need to be on the curb else you can't jump far enough and hit the heads at the same time

[atomic walrus]

how do you get on the curb?

I got sub 19 not doing the last two skips

you are over a second faster oh my god

[runic granite]

Right after the statue slash I do a slide jump on to the ledge, and then one of it again

[atomic walrus]

ah two jumps

Oh i made the jump ok

I see

I just wasnt turning fast enough

[runic granite]

You can make the jump, somewhat, however you also need to hit both heads which is the har part

[atomic walrus]

no I meant before

I havent even gotten to that part

also I feel like im climbing too slowly on the double curve

[runic granite]

I try to hit the lower one a little after the middle, and then if you face like towards the curves normal vector, it's easier to climb

like just head on it

[atomic walrus]

man im so bad at this game grr

im tilting im gonna take a break

[runic granite]

Good idea, hope you figure it out ❤️

[atomic walrus]

you took the number 1 from 21 too 😔

I know like a second worth of timesaves from my PB I just cant executre

@runic granite Im guessing im not gonna be able to beat you eventually even if I end up doing it, for 21 do you wanna know my pathing? im curious to see if you can beat 18.5

[atomic walrus]

uh oh

[atomic walrus]

im pretty sure jumping like this (wall jumping on the highlighted pillar) is super fast, I just cant do it

its also possible to twice double slash the group of 4 while doing it, again, cant do it

im guessing you know about this one cuz I dont think sub 20 is possible without it

[runic granite]

yeah, I run along the other edge on that wall, just like on lvl 20

[atomic walrus]

is that faster?

and then this one is pretty obvious too

[runic granite]

Also sorry for taking it, I just did the next level after lvl 20

[atomic walrus]

thats all I know

[atomic walrus]

lol not your fault

[runic granite]

Idk, I just like it more, it's easier for me

[atomic walrus]

im not built for games like this I know it, I am much more of a thinker than a performer

[fleet canopy]

thanks for the info! hopefully I'll be able to fix it for good now

testing out a targeting/"lock-on" system to show the player when they're in range to kill an enemy. any feedback is welcome! (sound is wip and you will of course be able to disable something like this if you don't like it)

[atomic walrus]

I would make it less noticeable, I think making it fade in over time would be cool

start it transparent, and have it full when over

[hushed blade]

i'm not sure about others, but while this is useful, i personally hoped for something that will show what enemies will you hit if you clicked right then

[atomic walrus]

like an X over the crosshairs when in range

just a confirm that you can hit, i see it in a lot of different games

[hushed blade]

with these hints it's clear that you "reach" the enemies but it's still unclear whether you will be able to "hit" them in the "situation" (position/camera direction) you are

and the latter is substantially more useful, i think

the visual part is very well done however

[fleet canopy]

so the same effects but only on enemies that will be killed if you attack right now? and maybe replace the effect with an x instead like bibizu suggested?

[hushed blade]

so the same effects but only on enemies that will be killed if you attack right now?
Indeed!

and maybe replace the effect with an x instead like bibizu suggested?
Instead of the star-dot? I think that would make it more visible, yeah

[hushed blade]

speedometer btw

[atomic walrus]

I really like the visuals now, I hope you mean you add both in?

[fleet canopy]

so a X around the flare circle?

like the crosshair when you get a kill

[atomic walrus]

honestly, maybe keep the this visual for only when you can kill them right now

[hushed blade]

i thought that was the plan

[atomic walrus]

I was describing something else earlier

[hushed blade]

+1

[atomic walrus]

I can only think of minecraft atm but, like in minecraft, your crosshair changes when you are hovering over an enemy that you can hit

similar to the red x effect you already have, but before you actually hit

although I think this visual is better if you had to pick

I would rather know when I can double slash haha

also, did the statue always have the vertical slice?

or is that something you changed

[hushed blade]

well if you know which enemies you can slash right at certain point, you can see whether you can double slice too

[fleet canopy]

It's something new

[hushed blade]

they have vertical slice?

[atomic walrus]

thats exactly what I meant

[atomic walrus]

check the vid

[hushed blade]

wait is the update out?

[atomic walrus]

no

[fleet canopy]

not yet, trying to get this targeting system done first

[hushed blade]

then how

are you able

to vslice statues

[fleet canopy]

I've implemented it into the game and play the game through godot

[hushed blade]

AAAAAAAAA

god

damn it

[atomic walrus]

he is the dev lmfao

[fleet canopy]

lol

[hushed blade]

i thought bibizu could vslice statues

not jonathan

lmfao

[atomic walrus]

no no I cant

[fleet canopy]

aha

[atomic walrus]

lol

[hushed blade]

@fleet canopy also is slicing enemies w/o starting the timer fixed in the next update?

[atomic walrus]

im guessing so, it seems like an easy fix

[hushed blade]

well yeah just asking

[fleet canopy]

yeah it's fixed

[hushed blade]

actually shouldn't have

nice thanks

[runic granite]

I like the effect like it is right now, because you can see if they are in range, so maybe just highlight in red, and make the dot slightly larger when you are about to hit them right then and there?

[hushed blade]

yeah i agree it's useful as-is

if two features could be combined it would be ideal

but if i had to choose, i'd choose the "hittable" instead of "reachable"

Brutal Katana: a cornercutting adventure

[runic granite]

fr

[fleet canopy]

took longer to implement than I thought but is this better?

[hushed blade]

perfect

[runic granite]

Yes, love it!

[atomic walrus]

yes, thats perfect

[rain crescent]

I KNEW IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING

[rain crescent]

The smallest yoink

Lmfao

WAWIT

LOL

Tied ya

[fleet canopy]

lol

[hushed blade]

All scores are equal

But some are more equal than others

[hushed blade]

i love how you can tell how much skips have a person found by looking at their scores

[gilded dome]

That's pretty cool, I guess it can be optional so more hardcore players can play without it as a challenge

[runic granite]

hmmmm....

What did I do yesterday?!?!?

[hushed blade]

lmao

you're doing one big skip at the start, another big skip around the statue and cutting corners overall?

or is there something i've missed

[runic granite]

idk man

I do the 180 skip at the start

[hushed blade]

hmm im not sure what i am doing can be called that way

let me send a vid

[runic granite]

There's also a curb skip at the 3rd level after the 180

[hushed blade]

this is what i'm doing at the start, is this what you're talking about?

[runic granite]

I slash the first head and then like do a jump up on the curb and then turn right and then land 180 degrees on the other curb

so pretty much the same?

[hushed blade]

yea

mine may be a little easier to pull off though

[runic granite]

At least it will be with the next update that makes it so that you can't hit heads without starting the timer

[fleet canopy]

thank you! I think it will be enabled by default but there will definitely be an option to disable it

[sly coyote]

What types of games inspired you to make Brutal Katana? And what types of games do you like playing in general?

[hushed blade]

my immediate guess: ghostrunner

[hushed blade]

looks like it's just perfecting execution

[runic granite]

Figured it out

[hushed blade]

[runic granite]

I was just "gitting gud" yesterday lol

Close...

[fleet canopy]

this game was mainly inspired by Mirrors Edge and Neon White (even though I've only played 15 min of Mirrors Edge and never played Neon White lol). I play a lot of different games but they're usually more story-rich and/or centric, like: Kingdom Come Deliverance, Dying Light, New Wolfenstein series, Fallout 4/NV, Days Gone, Sifu, etc.

[sly coyote]

Yeah, I really get ghostrunner, mirror's edge and... something else on the tip of my tonguee.

[sly coyote]

Oooh, I like it. Do you have any sneak peeks on the story of Brutal Katana, assuming there is one?

[fleet canopy]

there won't be that much story. I'm thinking of having an intro cutscene that gives some reasoning as to why you're killing these statues. The tutorial will probably be placed after this intro, with the environmental style of the story segments. Then there will be one or two cutscenes interspersed between the levels. And the last cutscenes will be before and after the boss fight/boss level.

[hushed blade]

the protagonist hates greek

end of the plot

[fleet canopy]

lol

[hushed blade]

this took me an hour

this is so. damn. hard

[hushed blade]

HOLY

HOLY

HOLY

AND I COULD HAVE DONE EVEN BETTER BECAUSE I SLOWED DOWN ON THE LAST JUMP

[lapis jasper]

FUCK YEA

[lapis jasper]

FUCK NO

still num 1 on the first level haha

im doing a game jam so i cant compete with you 😓

[chrome cave]

I would add an outline to the statues, maybe you could make the outline iridescent? Though that's a lot of effort

[hushed blade]

oo good luck!

i'll try to bring more good news to you in the meantime

[hushed blade]

@lapis jasper i brought you more good news

(i have the footage if needed)

[lapis jasper]

after im done

[hushed blade]

i know lmao

i will be beaten to death

[lapis jasper]

😂

[hushed blade]

for daring to overthrow the king

i ain't beating you in 02 though

it's too hard

[lapis jasper]

you deffo can

[hushed blade]

i can but it's hard and i, however it may seem, can not play 24/7

(don't look at my steam stats)

[lapis jasper]

🔫 play. the. game

[hushed blade]

[rain crescent]

go aheaed, keep going for the level 1 time

i'll sneak up on the later ones :)

[fleet canopy]

lol

[fleet canopy]

I can try that out, the enemies currently have a thin black outline so I could change the color of it as a test

[chrome cave]

This is what I meant by iridescent btw

[fleet canopy]

ah okay, hopefully I'm able to make a shader like that 😅

[chrome cave]

It's basically what bubbles do

[fleet canopy]

also, I just quickly tested out the "kill counter" popup that bibizu suggested (imagine some nice sound playing when it pops up). Any opinions (basically should I keep it or not)?

maybe the text should display "x2" instead of "DOUBLE KILL"?

[hushed blade]

i think it's good as-is because in the middle of a run it would be harder to notice a short "2X" than a "DOUBLE KILL"

[rain crescent]

aw heck lol

[runic granite]

Don't you dare snatch that!

lol

[rain crescent]

i'm coing for u

[runic granite]

OH No

They are coing for me scarara

[rain crescent]

she will steal ur time >:o

[analog monolith]

double kills that reduce time by the slightest margin but take an equally long time to line up making it pointless 🔥

[hushed blade]

if you need that much time to line up cursor, then it's (not meant as an insult) an issue about you

increasing mouse sensitivity may help

i personally play on 1.6x

[hushed blade]

re-reading this two seconds later and i think you may actually have a point

in my current record on 07 i didn't double slice anything except the statue

(even though i could have)

[chrome cave]

put a white line at the top that shrinks, with text below it giving you a combo

then add a score so that it's not only times that you can fight on, but your score too 😈

[fleet canopy]

or I can make each multi-kill give a small speed boost that stacks

[rain crescent]

yes

finally my obsession with double kills is rewarded.

why? because it's stylish. Jonathan if you give me the ability to flip with my mouse and unlock the pitch of the camera I will do that

God do I love pointless flex

[fleet canopy]

I'll add it as a setting

[analog monolith]

so speedboosts for double kills and chain kills?

[fleet canopy]

yeah, if you kill more than one enemy with an attack you get a small speed boost depending on how many were killed

[analog monolith]

might be for later

but am getting an idea for an incredibly high skill ceiling where at max speed you're just chopping heads like you're playing osu while trying to control an unweildly character

[analog monolith]

able to test an uncapped max speed with just a solid 1km of straight line of heads

[fleet canopy]

It won't be so extreme that the player becomes unweildly, but there should still be a difference in average speed between someone who never multi-kills and someone that always does (non multi-kill player may have an average speed of 20 while a multi-kill player has an average of 22 for example)

[analog monolith]

not part of a speedrun community unfortunately

but .03s differences seem cool

[fleet canopy]

an average diff of 2 speed would result in more like 0.5-1s

[analog monolith]

fair fair

imma try again soon, but i am a casual rn

and as a casual, it's a fun game

[hushed blade]

it's such a relief to beat someone by 0.009s after then have beaten you by 0.003s

(i'm looking at you matt)

[hushed blade]

Possibly a crazy request, but it would look insanely cool if on every such boost these "speedy" effects on the edges of the screen would "flame up" with a color (blue/red/whatever looks the best) whenever you do a double+ kill, to indicate that speed boost

When i say "flame up" i mean something like "turn into said color then fade away back to the default one"

[fleet canopy]

that could be really cool!

[kindred jasper]

Had the absolute honor of being an early playtester for this game

Everything is so well made and polished

[hushed blade]

okay so i "managed" to do a completion with the wallrun skip and statue skip that is worthy of being a demo

i suck too badly on this level to decide whether the skip is worth it

[fleet canopy]

that wall jump trick to skip the wall climbing portion must be worth it since the wall climbing takes like 2s

really clean run btw

[hushed blade]

not at all

look at matt's runs

[fleet canopy]

much better than mine at least lol

yeah he's cracked as well

[hushed blade]

matt is cracked
i am cocked
we are not the same

[hushed blade]

god damn it matt

i have no idea how you have done that

i did it almost exactly like you did in #1198303097592754206 message and even added wallrun skip on top but i still suck balls

this is a nice number

[rain crescent]

[rain crescent]

man this level is just S P E E D level, solidly one of my favorites no i definitely didn't choke that on the turn right before the big slide

:15 - if you give me that multikill speed boost.... (insert meme of vince mcmahon falling backwards in chair)

[hushed blade]

....then everyone's times will go up

[rain crescent]

oh duh

[hushed blade]

yuh uh

[rain crescent]

i just love going 2 the SPEED ZONE

[hushed blade]

xd

[rain crescent]

like yes it would make everything faster

i just thought damn what a moment for it right there youd be going so FAST

i love fast

[hushed blade]

i love smashing my skull too

wait

nvm

[lapis jasper]

you need to do a larger skip on the last bit

aim for completely skipping the curb

as that saves you the most time

[runic granite]

Are you trying to snatch another one of my records!?!?

[rain crescent]

same level

[runic granite]

You were also trying to steal this from me lol

Trying to hide it?

[rain crescent]

what are you going to do about it eh

[runic granite]

Win

[rain crescent]

[fallow wave]

@fleet canopy you should get in touch with the creator of beton brutal :)

and apologize for stealing their game

:(

[hushed blade]

guys

i'm about to drop a crazy 06 skip

i wasn't able to pull it off completely yet in real time, but i have verified on 0.25x that it is possible

i simply missed the first head, and it is possible to kill the head downstairs after doing the last walljump

there is also an alternative route: walljump off the front side of the first left-hand-side column, then walljump off the big column that you will be facing after doing the first wallrun, then wallrun off the last column like on the video above. however i wasn't yet able to hit the head using this method even in 0.25x, and it also requires three (compared to one) fast rotations, which isn't easy

as well as the easiest, but also least beneficial, skip: do the first walljump like on the video above and then just land on the curb of the next platform to do a fancy corner-cut

[hushed blade]

from my loose estimations, this saves around a second of time compared to cornercutting by jumping onto the first curb and then climbing as normal

[hushed blade]

i almost pulled it off IRT, i just was too slow to grab up

so while hard, it definitely seems to be viable

i did it

this was easier than i thought

[hushed blade]

it looks like increasing mouse sensitivity helps a bunch

[hushed blade]

omg

[fleet canopy]

damn that's a crazy skip!!

[hushed blade]

by the way if you missed the head downstairs you can still hit it through the floor! opaque walls ftw

[hushed blade]

fucking kill me if this completion is worse than matt's

literally the only difference is that i used wallrun skip

[hushed blade]

another one 🚀

[lapis jasper]

imma be honest i dont see the simularity

[lapis jasper]

dont slide at the end

👍

really well done

and try to do a sharper turn at the start

[hushed blade]

At the "end end", i.e. the last platform with the end point?

[lapis jasper]

yes

im pretty sure input lag is a thing

[hushed blade]

Why would walking even be faster 😭

[hushed blade]

Can you elaborate?

[lapis jasper]

cannot confirm but i think going down makes you slower for like a some frames

plus your fast enough anyways, you wont gain additional speed

[hushed blade]

alrighty

[lapis jasper]

also try and took there you want to go as much as possible

keep turning to kill to a minimum

[hushed blade]

did you mean "look where"?

[lapis jasper]

look where the fastest way to go

example

when you kill the statue you stay on it for like 0.3 seconds before you turn

you need to turn while killing it

dont check and then turn just kill - turn

[hushed blade]

if i don't wait i can't hit it though

i may need to do the skip later

.

...

i reproduced my score

[hushed blade]

fuck it i can't

[atomic walrus]

how did you play the game at a slower speed?

[lapis jasper]

cheat engine probs

what happends when you play the game offline, get a highscore and come online again

[fleet canopy]

your best times are also saved offline, so when you go online again and you got a new best time when offline then that time will be uploaded once you complete the level while being online. I will probably remove this functionality in the future to make cheating harder, so instead of uploading the saved time I directly upload the time you got when completing a level.

this will unfortunately make it so that if you play offline and get some really good legitimate times then they won't ever be uploaded

[lapis jasper]

most games do this, its worth it

a demo mode like doom

would be cool

i mean in the future tho

like recording all the inputs

[hushed blade]

yea

[fleet canopy]

so do you mean a replay feature where you can rewatch your run?

also, is this too "silly" for the game for an changelog/update prompt? it will only popup the first time you launch the game after an update or if you press the changelog button.

[lapis jasper]

NONONO keep it i love it ❤️

[fleet canopy]

alright, nice!

[lapis jasper]

make sure to add a trumpet sound effect

😂

[fleet canopy]

lol, we'll see

[lapis jasper]

i wish we had more weather types

or even just a sunset

rain would be cool

(optional)

[fleet canopy]

like an option in the pause menu that you can change

[lapis jasper]

yes

[fleet canopy]

yeah, this would be implemented way later but could be really cool

[lapis jasper]

dynamic weather system

[fleet canopy]

no please lol

[lapis jasper]

true/false

😂

an enemy that shoots something is needed

i think anyways

[fleet canopy]

I implemented an enemy like that much earlier in the project but it didn't fit with the fast paced movement

[lapis jasper]

whys that

okay tbf i see that

[atomic walrus]

no I think it fits quite well somehow

[fleet canopy]

it maybe wasn't the best implementation of one but I had it so you could deflect the projectiles but since everything moves so quickly it becomes hard and annoying to deflect them and even dodging them

[lapis jasper]

i just had the funniest idea

what if you can use your sword as a vault pole, where you can slash the ground and you can gain height 💀

[fleet canopy]

I had that before as well lol

[lapis jasper]

so like, jump -> slash the ground -> convert forward momentum to vertical

[lapis jasper]

really lol

[fleet canopy]

yeah but I couldn't figure out how to design good levels for it so it got scrapped as well

[lapis jasper]

thats fine, we getting jump pads tho?

[fleet canopy]

yep

hopefully ziplines as well

[lapis jasper]

make it a red springboard

[hushed blade]

petition for this to be the actual model

lol

[hushed blade]

No its awesome

[chrome cave]

make it (+) (-) (o) icons instead

As in, new, removed, changed

oh and (!) for bug fixes?

[hushed blade]

i'm not sure that will be intuitive. maybe these icons and labels right to them (in the same color)?

[chrome cave]

maybe (!) for critical bug fixes
and (✓) for normal bug fixes?

[chrome cave]

Ah maybe a list

but with the icons

So basically

[hushed blade]

that sounds a bit overcomplicated

i think categories present in the makeachangelog standard will suffice

[chrome cave]

WHAT'S NEW?
➕ New mechanics blabla bla
➖ Bad things removed
⚫ Changed some stupid thing

[hushed blade]

(except breaking changes probably because it's barely related)

[chrome cave]

BUG FIXES
❗ Critical fix for crashing when you do some stupid thing
✔️ Fixed bug when you go to the backrooms or something

makes the biggest issues the most noticeable

so people are aware they're resolved

[hushed blade]

i personally still am not sold on the icons, but i agree it should definitely be organized as a list with headers like "bug fixes", "new features", etc.

round number

[rain crescent]

what about time checkpoints btw

if youve every played surf or defrag or bhop for example

it doesent do anything but just show you a current split

also, speed boost multikills could be done on maybe special new heads you introduce down the line so you can control when and where it happens better maybe

[hushed blade]

that may hinder creativity a little

[rain crescent]

why do you think that is?

it hasn't been the experience in the other games i've seen with it

(i don't doubt you i am just curious, it's also something i am consdering for slamfire)

it's not measured from top time. it's measured from your pb typically

[hushed blade]

from what i understand, the "control" you propose will require the developer to think of possible double-slices when designing the level, in advance of any possibile tricks the players may find, which may limit the players in some cases if the developer unknowingly put a head of the wrong type in the wrong place

[atomic walrus]

I think he already plans to do this with statues, recommended it to him a while ago

the statues will be the splits

Ill be honest, I feel like speed boost to double slicing wasn't even specifically needed, since double slicing already has a reward to it in that its faster

it might be more interesting to have it be only in some cases or have speed boosts granted in some other way

[rain crescent]

eh, it's just an idea. i don't need to have it or anything, i just like thinkin' about stuff

i definitely mixed up the two ideas you were saying was a bit hundering and that makes a lot more sense

[hushed blade]

and the freedom that the game currently has in terms of being able to choose whatever path you want to complete a level is something i personally value a lot and would be sad to lose

perhaps i overdramatized the message

[rain crescent]

i see where you are coming from but i do not see things as such an all or nothing thing. you'd be very surprised how often players will find something completely different even with things you consdier to be that way

that said it's not my game! it's not that big of a deal lol

[hushed blade]

yeah i think i overexaggerated it

[rain crescent]

yeah but there is a point to be said in there that i did not fully think of either so i do not believe you are totally wrong.

[hushed blade]

but there's some idea in that still

[atomic walrus]

that being said, you can say very similar things about walls and pillar decorations and just enemy placement in general

I dont think worrying about it too much is needed

players will find ways to explore and exploit every detail you add no matter what, unless you try really hard otherwise

[rain crescent]

yeah that's exactly the thing

[atomic walrus]

Most of celeste's mechanics are level built, not character built, and yet the speedrunning and pathing in that game is still highly developed

I would rather have a simple character and complex levels than the other way around

that last bit is just my opinion, tho

[rain crescent]

it's a balance and very abstract concept though - a hard character with a high floor vs a character with a low floor high ceiling kinda thing

hard thing to solve in any game for sure

[lapis jasper]

to beginners the time saved isnt a noticeable difference

so in my opinion it give it that clear advantage to double slice

as its gives visual feedback (speed lines)

[fallow wave]

you know a game's made it if people use the word beginners

[hushed blade]

poor beginners lmfao

what would they think looking at the leaderboards

[hushed blade]

@fleet canopy Is there any special way you're going to handle these "in range/hittable" indicators for enemies behind walls? Will the indicators appear as normal for such enemies?

[fleet canopy]

Enemies behind walls will not get any indicators displayed on them even if you can kill them through the wall (although I may change this in the future, but this is how it's implemented currently)

[fleet canopy]

I have this in my backlog! like bibizu recommended I will add a popup above the timer when you kill the statue. If you killed the statue faster than you did during your best run then a green text appears; if you kill it slower then a red piece of text appears

[fleet canopy]

yeah maybe, I'm planning on having headers (Added, Removed, Fixed, etc) with a point list below each header describing the changes. I'll try adding some icons next to each list point and see if it looks good!

[hushed blade]

What if an enemy gets an indicator and then, while still within range, becomes obstructed by a wall?

Like with the downstairs head in the 06 wallrun skip

[sly coyote]

This game looks really good! I would definitely buy it when it releases
Also Steam says that Brutal Katana is similar to Titanfall 2 which already sold me on that one

[hushed blade]

Or with the statue in the statue skip on 02

[fleet canopy]

thank you!

[hushed blade]

LMAO

[chrome cave]

multiplayer when?

[fleet canopy]

never

[hushed blade]

I can't imagine a playable version of that, however if Jonathan ends up implementing a replay system, it would be a cool feature to see the ghost of the best player

or something like that

[fallow wave]

you forget that the ghost would look like this

[hushed blade]

the model doesn't matter as much tbh

[fallow wave]

wouldn't look great

[hushed blade]

well the primary use case (for me at least) would be analyzing routes and replicating them and improving on them

although sure, a good route would look really cool, and even cooler with a proper model/animations

[rain crescent]

omg lol

[hushed blade]

i'll beat 'em!!!!

[rain crescent]

i'mma say it ||i don't think anyone cares||

that's what i've come to expect half the time and in fact i'd rather get the hull than a display visual lol

[chrome cave]

do it

[hushed blade]

did it

[chrome cave]

to be fair a magical floating orb would do just as well

[runic granite]

Everyone are stealing my records when im away

[hushed blade]

i am playing almost all the time i am at PC

ever since the beta started

it's just too good

i swear officer no drugs

[hushed blade]

I SWEAR

[fleet canopy]

lol

[gilded dome]

Lol 50 hours?

that's what I have in digimon world and I've been playing it for at least a month.

[hushed blade]

saul goodman save me

[hushed blade]

Is it just me or sometimes double killing enemies will do a "laser rifle shoot sound" instead of the usual killing sounds

[fleet canopy]

that happens when you kill two enemies in basically the same frame, the 2 killing sounds merge and create a weird laser like sound

[hushed blade]

oh thank god i thought i was going crazy

drugs no good

[hushed blade]

😭

the game is laughing at me

and now i am laughing at it

[hushed blade]

What is everyone's thoughts on an attempt counter? Would it be worth adding?

This is half question to the players and half to Jonathan

Just to clear up possible confusion

[fallow wave]

bad

[hushed blade]

understandable, have a great day

[fallow wave]

discourages trying the level for long

makes a big accomplishment like 3 stars feel less good

[hushed blade]

I would phrase that as "encourages to take breaks" but well, opinion is opinion

[fallow wave]

but my opinion is fact

[fleet canopy]

I'm indifferent to it, could be something cool to have in a separate statistics menu or something

[hushed blade]

I wonder why? Because "oh man i spent so much time on these 3 stars"? For me personally that would rather be "After so much time, finally, i did it!"

[hushed blade]

But it's not unless you explain

[fallow wave]

of course it is

:)

[hushed blade]

reminded me of that lego "nuh uh- yuh uh- nuh UH" meme and specifically

What i said is TRUE! (From a certain point of view :))

xd

[runic granite]

Thought of something: What about text when you get a new time, that shows how much you have improved, like a green -0.372 after the new time?

[hushed blade]

that'd be even better than just showing previous best time

[fleet canopy]

that sounds good!

[rain crescent]

Yeah that's what i meant by the splits

that's what they show in-game too

good idea

[hushed blade]

I'm ready

[fleet canopy]

Is anyone able to test out a new update? I just released one to the testing branch and want to make sure that nothing breaks when moving from the old build to new build before pushing it to the default branch (it all works on my PC but want to make sure that something weird doesn't happen).

If you're interested then right click the game in your steam library and navigate to Properties>Betas>Private Betas and then type in the code canbebugged123. You will then be able to choose the testing branch in the Beta Participation dropdown.

IMPORTANT: before testing make sure to backup your save file in case it becomes overwritten (which it shouldn't). Press Win + R and type %AppData% then navigate to Godot/app_userdata/BrutalKatana/save/[YOUR STEAMID]/ and copy-paste the save.cfg to some other location on your PC.

[hushed blade]

(copy settings.cfg too)

[runic granite]

I don't think I have much data to back up...

[hushed blade]

Make sure you selected "BrutalKatana" and not "BRUTAL KATANA"

(or vice versa, my environment is probably fucked up by now)

[runic granite]

ah thank you

Why is there two?

[hushed blade]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[runic granite]

Also when the game releases you might want to add some encryption to this so that you can't just change the best time on the levels, but you probably already have that planned @fleet canopy

[fleet canopy]

I forgot to update the steam autocloud directory which is why there is a capitalized directory as well

[hushed blade]

I was conditioned with overexcitement

Wait so setting sensitivity to 2.2x did NOTHING??

My world view is broken

[fleet canopy]

for some people it did not work, but for others it did

[hushed blade]

I'm not too sure but i think it would look better if it was aligned like this

Excuse me my photoshop skills

[runic granite]

Can you move the head on 13 so that it is in range of the first slash?

[fleet canopy]

do you mean to move the first head closer to starting position?

[runic granite]

yep

If you start with a slash instead of moving, it's just a couple cm's out of your range

[fleet canopy]

alright I'll fix it!

[runic granite]

@hushed blade do you have a shortcut on 13?

[hushed blade]

found a bug

[runic granite]

:(

[hushed blade]

It's impossible to double-slice the statue

Typing this while still uploading the video

Surreal experience

[hushed blade]

Let me see

Ah that

In short, curbjump like your life depends on it

[runic granite]

ah ok

[hushed blade]

It's possible to avoid curved walls altogether if you correctly time your jumps from curbs

Although i was only able to skip curved walls up until the platform after the long slide

But it's possible

[fleet canopy]

I'll fix it!

[hushed blade]

Should i send the gameplay?

[runic granite]

Nah, no need ❤️

[hushed blade]

too late i started uploading 😭

[runic granite]

What about making the curb's hitbox curved on the inside so that you don't slide along it if you miss the jump slightly?

[runic granite]

I'll wait then

[hushed blade]

i personally love the challenge

[hushed blade]

https://steamusercontent-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2475375182965867744/71B4892438AF20FB957DBAAC47888F6029968CDA/

[fleet canopy]

I'm not quite sure what you mean

[fleet canopy]

is this better?

[runic granite]

It's an improvement i guess...

[hushed blade]

Y'know, in a perfect world the left side and right side would be of the same height, but this is much better yes!

[hushed blade]

If i understand correctly, they basically want it to be harder to slip off the curbs

[hushed blade]

i am dead serious

i think it's possible to go under 16

[runic granite]

So that it looks like this (the hitbox)

That way you don't slide along it when you just hit a little too low

sorta like coyote time but for ledges

[fleet canopy]

ah okay, that can be quite nice to have

[fleet canopy]

maybe this would be better then?

[hushed blade]

it's good

to be absolutely clear, i don't like it 100% because of the little asymmetry/inconsistency, but i barely have an idea on how to fix it, and even that fix i imagine would hardly be possible to do cleanly

and also i imagine most players wouldn't be bothered with this as much as i am

that is not to say that you have done a poor job

and i still like it much more than the original

[fleet canopy]

it will have to do for now, I will make sure to improve it in the future

[hushed blade]

i wonder what sound would slicing two heads in the same frame as their markers appear would make lmao

[fleet canopy]

a really messed up sound lol

I uploaded a small patch that fixes the double slicing bug, updated pause menu leaderboard and moved the first enemy in level 13

[hushed blade]

Does steam have delay? (No update in the launcher yet)

[fleet canopy]

you probably have to restart the steam client

[hushed blade]

No nevermind i exited the game second time and the update button showed up

[fleet canopy]

nice

[hushed blade]

knew it

[fleet canopy]

have you found any new bugs in the build or is everything working as expected?

[hushed blade]

oh well

[runic granite]

Nothing yet?

although the speedrunner above me might have something

[hushed blade]

i'm not sure if it's a bug but in the above-linked case the "star" inside the head is left visible

[hushed blade]

you're gonna make me blush 💀

[fleet canopy]

it's not really a bug as it is an unfinished feature, there are still some edge cases to fix with the targeting system

well If no bugs have been found then I'll push the test build onto the main branch!

[hushed blade]

nah the game MUST be HYSTERICALLY laughing at me

this is third time in two days

i was just going "wtf why doesn't it turn when i press q" and then i remembered i only have to press space now lol

[fleet canopy]

lol, its a bit weird in the beginning when you're used to pressing Q and Space. But after a while it is much nice to only have to press space imo

[runic granite]

HAHAHA

[hushed blade]

*nah phoenix MUST be HYSTERICALLY laughing at me

[runic granite]

And for some reason I keep first place instead of splitting it?

We should just both get second place lol /j

[hushed blade]

steam leaderboards don't have the concept of splitting i think

i'll beat you anyway in a minute !!!

[runic granite]

Well, it can be fixed since they can parse it before displaying it

[hushed blade]

oh actually yeah

[runic granite]

But to be fair, most of my 1st place records were just randomly aqquired while trying to get 3 star on all the levels

[hushed blade]

you must have different standards for three stars

i literally had to do every corner skip imaginable for that score lol

[runic granite]

I just did them

Idk what to tell you

[hushed blade]

don't tell me anything

¯_(ツ)_/¯

🎉

lol

that was.. quick

[runic granite]

I just want to inform you that lvl 11 was not one of the levels I just randomly got 1st place on

[hushed blade]

did you mean 09?

i'm currently trying 14

[runic granite]

No, just responded to the wrong message

oops

[hushed blade]

the start skip is harder with the fix but still viable

[hushed blade]

the corpse has nothing to say
the corpse remains silent

i can't remember more quotes

[runic granite]

You know after playing with the highlighting of heads, I actually find it quite distracting

[hushed blade]

i find the sounds most distracting, but after a while i got used to them

i found "hittable" markers very useful though

[hushed blade]

and by the way, you can turn them off in game settings

[runic granite]

Yeah, just found out

[runic granite]

Can you jump from the 1st to the 2nd platform at the start without vaulting?

[autumn thorn]

i love reading changelogs

[fleet canopy]

nice, hope mine isn't too messy lol

[autumn thorn]

its clean so its nice to read through

also i launched the game to check why does slicing feel so good in your game to try to implement sword attacks in my game but all i can see on slicing effects is just fov change , animation and audio

like god damn seems like you dont need a lot of stuff to make a satisfying attacks

[fleet canopy]

yeah you don't need much to create satisfying fps melee combat

[autumn thorn]

also , are the songs that are in the game not copyrighted or how does that work

[kindred jasper]

Just launched the new update of brutal katana

loving the new indicator feature

[fleet canopy]

I purchased a license for them through Epidemic Sounds, all songs are from their collection

[rain crescent]

this might be just me but i feel the combination of changes this update made the game dramatically easier for slicing to the point that i'm killing things without even thinking or intending to

i guess i would phrase it as i feel like i literally don't even have to aim even a little bit anymore. i don't know if that's exactly what you want or not and i know this is likely a very not popular take but it's noticeable to me

i'll have to try more later w/o it to see if it's the othe rstuff too (doc appointment) but just my earlier glances this morning

[fleet canopy]

I may have forgotten to change back the damage hurtbox size to the old one while testing the targeting system 😅

that's why it's much easier, the hurtbox is quite a lot larger than it was before

[rain crescent]

okay

😌

it felt so fluid that i thought it was an intentional choice

[fleet canopy]

but the targeting system also makes it easier to time your attacks properly

[hushed blade]

wait so in the testing branch the hit "range" is bigger than normal?

is it fixed in "stable"?

[fleet canopy]

soon! will upload the new build in a few minutes

but the difference it made was smaller than I thought so I doubt you'll notice it

[hushed blade]

hm

i can hit pretty far and pretty wide

let me record

no idea if it's normal

[fleet canopy]

the range is the same but the size of the hitbox is quite a bit larger (due to testing). so right now you have 0.5 units more range than you're supposed to and 0.5 units more "width reach".

[chrome cave]

Put the leaderboard above the "PAUSED"?

[fleet canopy]

I tried that but it looked kinda goofy and the music player overlaps with the leaderboard when changing songs

[chrome cave]

Ah

Hm, maybe just leave it as it was then

Actually to be fair

Hm

I think the issue is that there's so much dead space and it kind of feels awkward

or actually

[hushed blade]

Or perhaps that it just doesn't fit 🤔

[chrome cave]

I wonder if it's the gradient

Reverse the gradient

[hushed blade]

However i don't know where else to put it

[chrome cave]

I actually think that might be the issue

[fleet canopy]

it doesn't really fit since the titles have different font sizes and the buttons don't match the gradient entries

[chrome cave]

?

Oh you were replying to them 🥴

[hushed blade]

Maaaybe try adding a <tab> shortcut to the pause menu to immediately open the leaderboard in full-screen?

Will not look awkward

At least

[fleet canopy]

yep, that's a good idea!

[chrome cave]

oh, also I'd do something like a subheading for the global leaderboard if you've been thinking of adding a score value

[fleet canopy]

do you mean something like a filter?

where you can choose what value to rank by

[fleet canopy]

so, now a new build is out that reverts the damage hitbox size to normal

[hushed blade]

Should the stable or testing branch be used by now?

[fleet canopy]

the default and testing branches are the same right now, so use the default branch

[hushed blade]

enemy marker bug

[fleet canopy]

yeah the feature is still WIP so occlusion hasn't been added yet

[hushed blade]

wait did no one before me use this skip

[fleet canopy]

seems like it lol

I haven't even thought about doing that

[hushed blade]

lol

[hushed blade]

bug

[fallow wave]

i posted that earlier but was ignored from the flood of speedrun time screenshots

[hushed blade]

my bad

i should stop playing now!

i honestly probably should

[fleet canopy]

lol, try to take a break from the game over the weekend

it might make you better at speedrunning

[hushed blade]

i am taking the whole next week off for medical reasons so 👍