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Devolver Digital’s neo-retro platformer Pepper Grinder burrowed its manner straight into our hearts (not as grotesque because it sounds) when it launched on Swap final month. We cherished it.
Within the time since, developer Ahr Ech has been onerous at work on the sport’s first main replace, patching some pesky bugs and introducing a smattering of recent options. This replace is already dwell on Steam and is anticipated to reach on Swap “within the subsequent few weeks” in keeping with the dev.
Whereas we would not know precisely when it is dropping, we do have the complete patch notes in order that we will see what’s in retailer. These have been shared over on Steam, however now we have collected them collectively so that you can take a look at under.
Pepper Grinder Replace (Coming Quickly)
NEW ADDITIONS
- added extra help for Ps and Swap gamepads on PC in order that the proper button icons will now be displayed for them.
- added a speedrun timer that may be toggled on and off with the tilde ~ key on keyboard or by clicking on the fitting stick on gamepad whereas in any stage or on the map display screen
- added a scene skip choice to the 4-Boss intro and outro scenes
- added a scene skip choice to the Credit and adjusted the fast-forward characteristic to be activated by urgent Down reasonably than A or B, which are actually used for the skip
- added a characteristic for the Gatling Bit that can transfer it to sure checkpoints if it has been left behind in phases 2-3, 4-3, and 4-4
GAMEPLAY CHANGES
- modified 1-Boss in order that the Big Beetle may be knocked down from a wider vary of angles when on the ceiling
- modified 1-Boss in order that fewer ghost bullets are fired within the Part 3 burst sequences, however with a bigger hole between each so the identical space is roofed however much less densely.
- modified time assault necessities for phases 2-A, 3-2, and 3-4 to be extra forgiving
- modified the display screen shake choice in order that at 0 hit cease can also be disabled
- modified sticker gacha machines in order that drop charges are closely weighted in favor of stickers lacking from the participant’s assortment
- modified the 4-Boss part 2 enviornment in order that grapple factors now seem within the backside corners to provide gamers extra possibilities to recuperate from a fall
- modified Naro’s cranium projectiles in 4-Boss in order that all of them detonate when the participant takes injury so that they will by no means do an extra level of injury simply because the participant recovers
BUG FIXES
- fastened a problem the place multiple of every BGM report might spawn within the sticker ebook
- fastened a problem the place if a gatling bit and a key have been dropped shut sufficient to one another, neither could possibly be geared up
- fastened a problem with NarMortar enemies in order that mashing grapple whereas pulling off their cover will not teleport the participant out of bounds to the origin level of the stage if enter is throughout the identical body as when the grapple level is disabled
- fastened the Mary Poppins glitch to foment unrest within the speedrunning neighborhood (sorry)
- fastened a problem the place audio might reduce out after reloading from a checkpoint
- fastened a problem the place checkpoints might incorrectly carry some non-critical knowledge between saves, like playtime
- fastened a problem the place it was generally attainable to get caught between factors on the map display screen if the participant moved earlier than a brand new path was absolutely revealed
- fastened a problem the place gamers might get blocked throughout a falling ice block puzzle in 3-4 in the event that they did issues in a sure order
- fastened a problem the place the participant might change into trapped if an ice block fell on high of them
- fastened a problem the place the intro stem BGM in 3-2 would not play if the participant skipped the drill startup animation
- fastened a problem in 3-Boss the place a sure animation set off was failing to advance Mint’s assault part if it was interrupted by the participant dealing injury, leading to a hold
- fastened a problem the place it was attainable to dam development by going again via the stage after exiting the mech at a sure level in phases 4-2
- fastened a problem the place cannons frozen in blocks of ice might nonetheless be entered if the participant was already in drill mode
- fastened a number of degree design points that allowed gamers to get out of bounds in un-fun methods
- fastened a problem the place a failsafe supposed to put the participant in an open place in the event that they by some means received caught overlapping a stable object might set off incorrectly and place the participant on the improper sides of partitions or out of bounds
- fastened a problem the place Naro might hold within the transition to part 1 half 2 if it have been triggered throughout one among his drop assaults
- fastened a problem the place Naro’s cranium projectile explosions might kill the participant through the button-mashing occasion for defeating him
This is hoping that we do not have to attend too lengthy earlier than we will dive into these adjustments on Swap. You will discover our chat with Pepper Grinder’s solo dev, Riv, within the following submit:
