New Level

We have a new level: Fixations Toward the Stars

We're collaborating with indie rhythm game, vivid/stasis! A few months back, you might have seen that they added All The Times (Rhythm Doctor) and It Go (A Dance of Fire and Ice) as playable levels. This time, Saturday and Allison visit Middlesea. Fixations Toward the Stars features music by Foodbot, and pixel art by Winston.

Much like us, vivid/stasis combines rhythm gameplay with characters and a narrative, so it was really fun to be able to crossover like this. Go check out the game if you haven't already!

New Level Select Ward

Middlesea Hospital has become a popular place to visit, so we've opened up a new ward. You can now enter the Basement, which is basically Ian's office. That's where you'll find the new vivid/stasis collaboration! You'll also find our crossover levels with fellow rhythm games Bits & Bops and Unbeatable.

I'm sure this isn't the last time we'll see a new face, so we'll keep you updated next time we add a level here.

Game Improvements and Bugfixes

• Added "ice" and "chili" song speeds to 5-X
  
• Improved freeze beat visuals
  
• Improved freeze beat audio cue clarity
  
• Added act number above ward entrances
  
• Added Restart from Checkpoint button
  
• Added a new rank for completing a boss stage without checkpoints
  
• Tweaked 3-X pager to display Mr. Stevenson instead of Paige
  
• Removed skipped beats in 4-4
  
• Improved 1-XN virus infection animation
  
• Fixed 5-1N invisible hit
  
• Fixed 5-X game over cutscene
  
• Fixed 5-X checkpoint skip
  
• Tweaked boss health bars so that they always reach 0 when the boss is defeated
  
• Added error sound for trying to change fullscreen setting during certain boss stages
  
• Added Instant Dialog option
  
• Tweaked heart crack appearance to always be proportional to your level rank
  
• Tweaked subdivisions to only count one mistake per set
  
• Fixed held beat particle effects
  
• Tweaked Ian's voice on the train to sound muffled
  
• Updated Insomniac pager icon
  

Level Editor Improvements and Bugfixes

• Added the Custom Character Template Generator, which lets you import any story character
  
• Added Custom option to Set Counting Sounds
  
• Added level event tooltips which let you preview conditionals, tags, targeted rooms and data
  
• Added syncopation audio cues
  
• Improved syncopation visuals
  
• Added Tile Sprite event
  
• Added grid view to the level event selection panel
  
• Added ability to resize timeline by dragging
  
• Added playhead indicator to timeline scroll bar
  
• Removed Resize Window from the level editor
  
• Added Tutorial Notes VFX preset
  
• Added Diamonds VFX preset
  
• Decluttered Set Theme variants
  
• Fixed subdivision spotlight displaying incorrectly for one frame
  
• Fixed Floating Text with instant fade permanently disappearing
  
• Added ability to hold down shift to adjust swing sliders by half increments
  
• Added interval to skipped beat cue
  
• Added new UI for Play Expression's expression picker
  
• Fixed Custom Character fps = 0 behavior
  
• Fixed SVT beat wave opacity
  
• Fixed game not pausing during some file browser popups
  
• Fixed Window Dance playback button
  
• Fixed CLS song text color
  

Thank you for playing!

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