Happy (just-about) New Year! Here's hoping 2022 sees the world in a better place than 2021. Fingers crossed! But at the very least, to round out this year (aka. "2020: Part 2"), have a Catacomb Kids update. (Just on Windows for now: Mac + Linux following in a few days.) [b][h2]0.2.11[/h2][/b] It's not the Deep Dark yet, but it [i]is[/i] a bunch of bugfixes! The Deep Dark update should be out probably sometime early next spring. It's very nearly done in terms of content, but still needs a big audio pass and some finessing of certain edge cases in the level generation. Once the Deep Dark is released, I'll get started working on the fourth - and final - area: The Mad Hell! But that's all still in the future! In the meantime, here's the patch notes for this update. Most significantly, I've added a shortcut system, whereby activating a [i]certain machine[/i] that occasionally appears in the Anticropolis will thereafter on every subsequent run spawn a shortcut between the Upper Dungeon and Anticropolis. It won't be a free trip though; the shortcut entrance is hidden, and guarded by tough enemies. [b][h3]New[/h3][/b][list] [*] Added unlockable shortcut between Upper Dungeon and Anticropolis, which can be opened via a machine in the AC[/list] [b][h3]Changes[/h3][/b][list] [*] Arrows no longer collide with other carryable items, like corpses, potions, mushrooms, etc. [*] Broken spikes no longer collide with boulders, letting them fit in li'l pits snugly now [*] "Weakness" incurred by amulet of shadows no longer procs "Lucky!" [*] Torches are now ignited by lava instead of extinguished [*] Finally fixed the Anticropolis transition stage to re-introduce the frozen door and side-tunnels! [*] Doubled the duration of blue slime on feet when thrown at foes [*] Flames from "Fire And Ice" Tome can light campfires and torches now [*] Locked doors can be opened by throwing keys at them [*] Items have their prices locked upon being bought or sold [*] LUC has a smaller impact on the prices of sold items, and a larger impact on the prices of bought items [*] Improved the timing of the death replay, so that it always captures the moment of death [*] Normal Bear body takes less damage when her limbs are severed[/list] [b][h3]Fixes[/h3][/b][list] [*] Crash: When trying to read nonexistent string for nonexistent spell _LANG_SPELL_GROWTH' [*] Crash: When trying to read the encyclopedia entry for Burrah Bois [*] Crash: After tabbing away from the game while in the tutorial [*] Crash: In co-op perma-split-view mode when the players coming near together after spending time apart [*] Bug: Shopkeepers sell [No Armor] [*] Bug: Getting crushed by a crush trap in the tutorial can cause an undo loop [*] Bug: Aiming Wizard Throw up or down with spellwright causes the hand to travel too far [*] Bug: Sideways- and upwards- facing laser traps still attract items from below when charging up [*] Bug: Crabs can hang on to ethereal creatures and wraiths which have not yet appeared [*] Bug: Spikes overlapping flame pipe traps are triggered to move when the trap is activated [*] Bug: Broken Crush Traps don't destroy spikes [*] Bug: Performing the "Execute" dagger skill drops you super fast, and behaves erratically when next to walls [*] Bug: Named flame-warrior grumbuls use the head sprite of normal grumbuls [*] Bug: The player cannot remove spikes that embed in them [*] Bug: Sometimes hitting armored enemies causes a loop of continuous hits [*] Bug: Some enemies that don't bleed still cause thrown items that kill them to become bloody [*] Bug: Cannot dip or mix bottles of slime despite the "use" action saying you can [*] Bug: Bottled corpses can still rot [*] Bug: Casting cure makes you immune to headaches forever [*] Bug: Spellbooks can burn when going through intra-level doors that are on opposite sides of lava [*] Bug: Pressing "esc" again while the save game prompt is over the quit game menu causes issues [*] Bug: Grumbuls can still flee the level while carrying keys [*] Bug: Can stampede the bear while it's still sleeping without alerting it or waking it up [*] Bug: Limbs draw incorrectly on character portraits in the level-up screen [*] Bug: Mirror puzzles in the Anticropolis sometimes generate without switches to turn on the laser [*] Bug: Campfires in the Anticropolis still warm the player even when extinguished [*] Bug: Controls can switch between player 1 and player 2's saved input setups during the level generation screen [*] Bug: Several bugs with the death screen in co-op, including being unable to continue in Generous mode [*] Visual: Some elements of the ui were out of resolution with the rest of the game [*] Misc: Fixed some memory leaks[/list] (Unfortunately, this update [i]will[/i] break any saved games you have, sorry!)