Switch Blocks

v0.10.0 introduces switch blocks! Switches can be pressed to toggle the blocks that match their color. Other highlights include:

• Extra life collectible
• Shape surfaces with their flat/slope brushes
• Rotate specific objects before placing
• More speedrun toggles
• Improved load times in level menus

Play the demo and let me know what you think!

[0.10.0] - 2025-05-04

Added:

• Level: Red switch/red switch blocks to the “Tutorial - Surfaces” level
• Gameplay: Catto, the lure, and enemies can press switches
• Gameplay: Switches make a clicking noise when counting down
• Gameplay: Switch blocks blink when they are about to be reactivated
• Gameplay: Catto and enemies die when overlapped with activated switch tiles
• Gameplay: The line and lure break when overlapped with activated switch tiles
• Gameplay: Alternate squash animation when getting crushed by collision
• Gameplay: Songbirds perches to checkpoints
• Editor: Extra life collectible object
• Editor: Red/green/blue switches and switch blocks objects
• Editor: Switches can be rotated and the time can be customized
• Editor: Challenge conditions related to switches/switch blocks
• Editor: Arcade continue catnip cost slider
• Editor: Store levels metadata in an extra file named metadata.res
• Settings: Toggle for visible speedrun milliseconds
• Settings: Toggle for visible arcade run time when entering doors

Changed

• Gameplay: Improved walking on slopes
• Gameplay: Level timer only starts when pressing input that will control Catto
• Gameplay: Ensure random songbird flight patterns are seeded
• Gameplay: Ensure random flower patterns are seeded
• Arcade: Split the tracking of lives and catnip
• Arcade: Require catnip to be paid for continues
• Arcade: Ensure random secret catnip sources are seeded
• Replay: Store RNG seed in replays and apply before playback
• Editor: Allow surfaces to be shaped using their corresponding flat/sloped brush
• Editor: Make Squeaks Jr., trees, signs, and flowers rotatable
• Editor: Increase the internal editor version to 2 (requires levels to be upgraded)
• UI: Drastically improved load times in loader menus by utilizing new metadata files
• UI: Allow button focus wrapping in the pause menu
• Engine: Upgrade the engine to Godot 4.6.2

Fixed

• Gameplay: Fixed player jumping farther than intended from corners
• Gameplay: Fixed lure getting stuck on moving platforms during retrieval
• Gameplay: Fixed lure breaking on slopes in very rare situations
• Gameplay: Fixed broken lure sprite not using customization
• Gameplay: Fixed songbirds glitching between visual layers
• Map: Fixed map arrows not being drawn correctly when specific levels were not discovered
• Editor: Fixed initial grid when using a non-tile cached object
• UI: Fixed catnip/lives HUD not being hid properly when Catto is behind