Update 6

5/22/2025

• Changed the font back to Adobe Arabic 
  • Aharoni was closer to Mad Rat Dead's font, but I found it really hard to read without the serifs, and it blends in with the textbox outline.
• Changed title screen (smaller logo, keyboard/controller icons)
• Added Gremlin, Daisy, and Move Controller to level editor
  • Gremlin will shoot you up (or wherever it's facing) when killed
  • Daisy falls, then moves along the perimeter of platforms it touches
  • Move Controller lets you program a path; link to objects and they'll follow along
    • Added a third F1 help page all about the Move Controller
• Rat God gets placed without scaling
• Loading levels with Rat God/Dropping platform/Flipping platform,  no longer crashes
• The rightmost level editor instruction glyph is redrawn to be recognizable
• Balloons won't shrink to nothing on the first beat

5/23/2025

• Fixed errors on the level editor help page.
• Fixed Move Controller bugging with 0 Cooldown and Constant. 
  • Cooldown 0 now behaves the same as Cooldown 1: Arrive at the next point after 1 beat.

5/26/2025

• Fixed crashing and incorrect Loop/reverse settings when using Move Controllers with Appear Triggers
• If Move Controller's cooldown is set to 99:
  • It will behave as though cooldown = 0
  • Once it reaches the end, it will permanently stop
• Fixed objects flipping upside down while placing with snap-to-grid and shift-scaling
• Placed objects have a minimum size, to prevent placing objects with 0 scale
• You can no longer link Mad Rat with a Move controller
• Move Controllers will no longer be briefly visible when appearing via trigger or starting a level
• Move Controllers will always be visible while showing the FPS (ctrl)
• Slide speed option scrolling can be sped up with ctrl
• Cactus defaults to 1 Cooldown
• Appear Trigger saves Cooldown on cactus

5/27/2025

• Objects linked to Appear Trigger remain interactable
• Homing Attack will not lock onto enemies behind walls
• Removed Moving Platform from level editor
• Fixed Gremlin not working, not rotating, changed death sound

5/28/2025

• When scaling objects, the 'step-size' was increased to prevent misaligning platforms
• Fixed a crash when you delete a Move Controller target and begin gameplay

6/4/2025

• Fixed balloon related crashing in story mode
• Daisy now has a speed option
• Infinite Balloon Spawner now has a cooldown option

6/13/2025

• Fixed a crash when a target disappears mid homing attack 
• The controller/gamepad icons on the main menu will light up based on current input method
• Rat God's attacks are toggleable in the level editor

6/17/2025

• Appear Triggers will make a spark effect when spawning objects, except Rat God, Move Controllers, and a few other 'invisible' objects.
• Updated the dev commentary (zoom out all the way in the story levels)

6/19/2025

• Fixed a layer-based crash when loading a custom level
• Mad Rat is less jittery when moved by external force (eg. slide, moving platform)
• Moving Platforms now also carry Cactus, Mob Rat, Fire, and Daisy objects
• Moving Platforms set to "Loop" will only carry during a loop if the start and end points are <100px. apart
  • ie. if the first and last points do not connect, riders will be left behind when the platform teleports back to start
• Mob Rats can be scaled again, but only for the purpose of changing their starting direction
  • Their size will return to default after releasing the mouse button
  • Fixed the issues where they wouldn't react properly to scaling, which is why it was disabled
• Fixed Mob Rats detaching from their sprites if you place them and reload
• Level Editor selection rectangles will proportionally change thickness based on camera zoom, for visibility
• Daisy will go back to falling if removed from a platform, instead of self-destructing
• Daisy sprite was edited, so the petals fit onto the body better
• **Fixed Move Controllers not working with non-platform objects

6/21/2025

• Song name banner is more appropriately sized
• Daisies will self destruct if they get stuck, for performance
• Respawn sparks appear where you respawn, instead of where you died
• Slingshot balloons will disappear when hit
• Fire will no longer accumulate speed while on a moving platform
• Fixed a crash when selecting an object with Move Controller
• Appear Triggers will save Daisy's speed
• **Fixed a crash when loading old levels with Daisies

6/25/2025

• When loading a level, any invalid objects will be skipped to avoid a crash
• Appear Trigger now saves Rat God's attack options
• Removed unused bg sprites from UI folder
• Daisies initial "fall" is now relative to their rotation, so they can be placed on the underside of platforms more easily
• Screws have an option to go up or down

6/28/2025

• Temporarily(?) disabled platform repainting due to issues when sharing levels
• Added mr_shoulder_stitches; only used on idle and walk animations
• Warp Up creates particle effects when touched
• Fixed final boss staying vulnerable if you miss a vulnerable period

6/30/2025

• Number of notes drawn at once is now proportional to notespeed
  • Faster notespeed = less notes drawn = marginal FPS boost
• Camerazoom, Deathplane(hitbox), Pendulum(hitbox), Appear Trigger:  
  • No longer become visible when you die
  • Are visible while fps is displayed
• Camerazoom and Appear Trigger are now transparent, to not obstruct visibility as much
• F10 (Snap existing notes) will now work on 1/1 snap setting
• Splats will now always face right-side-up, no matter their rotation
• Level Editor's "Sprites" tab is now labeled "BG TILES"
• BG tiles are now handled like other custom sprites, due to bugs
  • There is a limited number of bg tiles, labeled A-Q
• Platform Painting is re-enabled
  • Ctrl-rightclick a platform while in BG TILES to remove sprite, and recolor to the current F2 color
  • Press F8 while in BG TILES to remove sprites from all platforms, and recolor to F2 color
• Reduced text clutter in beatmap editor
• While recording notes, the Notes-per-minute will be calculated and shown
  • Hit on the beat to calculate the BPM of a song
  • Also applies during editor playback, to gauge difficulty
• Added camera offset controls to Camera Zoom Trigger
  • Drag tiny Mad Rat to set relative camera position

7/3/2025

• Possible fix to bg_tiles bug
• Painting a platform will change its color blend to white
• Camera no longer moves while paused in level editor
• Pause menu no longer remembers selection after unpausing
• Chaser move speed and hit radius were reduced