Though it's been a while since our last update we've been hard at work. This one took a little longer to put together but it's also the largest update since entering Early Access. Here's the notes.

GAMEPLAY

• Added ability to deflect bullets - deflected bullets will kill enemies
  
• On "Babushka" (Easy) Difficulty when a character is hit if they are powered up they will lose the power but stay alive. If they are hit again without powering up first they will die.
  
• Tweaked simming
  
• Applied terminal velocity upward so wind and waterspouts can only launch players a limited height
  
• Re-Implemented "gap runs" - walking will allow crossing a 1-tile gap, and running will allow crossing a 2-tile gap
  
• Reduced effect of bouncing off of pig enemies
  
• Rifle pigs will no longer charge through hotspots that would otherwise cause them to reverse
  
• Smart bombs now stop and flash near the player, and their explosion can now detonate other nearby smart bombs
  
• Updated spike trap object to be able to face any direction
  
• Removed level names (levels will be named 1-1, 1-2, etc)
  
• Updated some object soundss (Wind, Watersputs, Bullet Ricochet, etc) to not play when off-screen
  
• Removed unused object behind the scenes that was causing unnecessary errors to be reported
  
• Stopped some unecessary error reporting
  
• Fixed handling of players and player characters around death and respawn
  
• Fixed several problems related to hanlding co-op play
  
• Fixed signs and their prompts not responding to the player who used them
  
• Fixed character animation bug around death
  
• Fixed character animation bugs around swimming
  
• Fixed character animation bugs involving incorrect arm frames
  
• Fixed flying and swimming enemies ignoring the "Reverse All" hotspot
  
• Fixed level editor issue where objects couldn't be clicked (moved or erased)
  

LEVELS

• Added Home
  
• Added level 3-3
  
• Added level 3-4
  
• Added level 3-5
  
• Added level 3-6
  
• Added level 3-7
  
• Added level 3-8
  
• Fixed messed up tiles in level 2-7
  
• Fixed messed up tiles in level 2-8
  

ART

• Added Jetpig (the previous placeholder art was a pig with wings - he got upgraded to a jetpack)
  
• Made real smart bomb art to replace the placeholder art
  
• Added a few background variations for levels (Ocean, Islands, Hills variant)
  
• Improved mountain background
  
• Improved boss art and animation (boss is pretty much done, but his environment still needs work)
  
• Improved character weapon sprites and reworked weapon in some frames
  
• Updated world map to be somewhat more complete (still in-progress, especially worlds 3 and 4)
  
• Changed clouds on the world map
  
• Added metal skins for platform objects
  

OTHER

• For the Free Demo version we're removing the ability to download community levels, but retain access to the built-in community levels (Boneyard & Bog of Eternal Stench)
  
• Fixed XBox Series controller icons
  
• There are probably other changes that we missed calling out here!