We were able to accomplish a bunch this week!  We hope you enjoy all the new content.

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Changelog v0.3.0

• Movement speed relic no longer gated behind dash relic
• Slowed day/night progression by 25%
• Fixed bug with pause game menu activating with gamepad
• Name critter ability cooldown reduced to 5 seconds
• Resurrect cooldown reduced to 45 seconds
• Fixed animations triggering in the wrong positions from critters
• Player is now invulnerable while dashing
• Added shake animation to indicate selected cards and buttons in critter and relic select menus
• Added camera confiner and widened arena slightly
• Added death animations for woodlouse and worms
• Added new relic Resurrect Cooldown
• Added save/load data persistence for meta progression stats and ability to reset in options
• Added durability, agility, cooldowns, luck, and processor character upgrade stats purchasable with biowaste gained during runs for meta progression
• Added guided evolution meta progression allowing the player to adjust and customize the stats of their critters by type
• Added initial analytics gathering to start to passively gather anonymous info on game performance, bugs, and player experience
• Added outlines on critters selected for name critter ability and resurrect ability
• Improved AI behavior and attacks to be intervals rather than constant drain
• Bosses do more damage and have more health at higher levels
• Reduced default camera zoom and min/max camera zoom
• Added initial scene transition crossfade
• Added spider animations
• Reduced dash cooldown and length