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Alpha Demo Release 1 is out now!

Woah, this is a huge update!  Welcome to the first Alpha release of Scruffy Minus!  This update brings a whole bunch of new features, levels, changes, and fixes...  Enjoy!

  • Added Character Switching during Single Player Campaign Levels!
    • Press the left trigger or right trigger (or Q or E) while playing single player and as the Super Freaks to change between them
  • Added Superpowers!  Accessible after reaching a certain point in the story, or by enabling to be always on in the Cheats menu, the Super Freaks each have their own Superpower!

    • Scruffy's Propeller Cap can hold him up more strongly, and let him slightly stall himself in mid-air by pressing Jump!

    • Tikiman's Booster lets him dash at high speeds!  There is a cooldown similar to the Battle Suit Fist, however.  Do this with the Control key, or the top face button!

    • King Quincy's Enhanced Battle Proficiency lets him shoot faster Battle Fist Shots, and shoot them with a slightly lesser cooldown!

    • Gambi's Geyzer Blast let's him boost up into the air!

  • Added the Speed Suit, a power-up that lets you move very quickly!
  • Added Targets to various stages, that give some Coins when broken with a Battle Suit Fist!
  • Opened The Museum!  Explore a large environment with statues and blurbs about various characters and objects from the game
  • Added the Soundtrack Mode! Listen to a selection of songs from the game!
  • Also added the Cutscene Theater!  Watch a selection of the wacky cutscenes from the game!
  • Cutscene Theater and Soundtrack Mode are accessible on the left side of The Museum
  • Added Museum to the main menu
  • The Shadow (In Meteor) now spawns Shinob-Eies, who will throw small Shuriken when the ship is directly above them!  Carefully navigate during the boss fight!
  • Added Freaky Fields, the next Campaign level!
  • Added B.U.D.D. Ludicrous World, the next Secret level!
    • Based from the layout from Super Freaks 1 Ultimate Edition's crossover with B.U.D.D. by EngineerKappa, and taking place after the events of the satellite mission, experience an odd story of Kranion's robots going berserk again!

  • Added Freaky Fields multiplayer Race Area!
  • Added new enemies, Wheel-Eies, to Rally Valley
  • Added new areas to The H.U.B.
  • Added an interface to the top of The H.U.B., showing the name of the Character Switcher or Race Area you're standing in front of
  • Added a new death sound effect
  • Added a new original song for The Shadow (In Meteor)'s boss fight
  • You now stay facing in the direction you start in while holding a Battle Suit Shot
  • Added wall sliding sprites for the Acrobatic Suit, and you properly face away from walls when sliding
  • The Scrapmobile's Nitro Boost now appears like a health bar
    • You can boost as long as it's greater than 33%, and the bar is gray when you cannot boost
    • The fuel replenishes automatically
  • Changed the game's title screen
  • As the yearly weekly event concluded, and the game state is now Alpha Demo, removed the SAGE 2025 splash screen and logo from the title screen
  • Changed the release tag
  • Improved swimming mechanics: hold down Jump to swim upwards
  • Added splashy sound effects
  • Characters are no longer no longer super squashed while idling underwater
  • Added the Cheat Code menu
  • Moved Fast Forward to the Cheat Code menu
  • Added Always Acrobatic Suit and Always Speed Suit to the Cheat Code menu
    • Be careful!  The suits can let you into unintended areas, and the combined power is very fast!
  • Added Screen Crunch Mode to the Cheat Code menu
    • The camera on platforming sections is super-duper zoomed in!  The game is really hard to play!
  • Adjusted the spacing on the level select menus
  • Adjusted the characters' mid-air squishing, and squashing upon landing
  • Changed Battle Suit Fists' effects when hitting solid walls, invincible targets, etc.
  • Spikeballs are solid and impassable now, to the player and Battle Suit Fists
  • Kranion Minus' junkpile now destroys Battle Suit Fists
  • Added symbols for Hearts, Battle Suit Fists, and Targets to the HUD
  • Adjusted the section after the lemonade in EX Fruit Juice Factory
  • Adjusted the section next to the bottom of the crane in Kranion Construction, explaining Coins and Hearts
  • Made Springboards wider, and added some in various levels
  • Fixed Battle Suit animations 
  • Remade and made additions to, the Credits
  • You can now skip the death animation after a short amount of time by pressing Spacebar/Z/the bottom face button
  • Shortened invincibility frames when hit by enemies in single player
  • Adjusted knockback when being hit by enemies on ground
  • Reduced screenshake intensity when being hit by enemies
  • Coins get faster the longer they're active after being close to the player
  • Added Custom Levels, a feature coming soon, to the Main Menu
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