Hey all I am seriously excited to announce that update 1.3 is here! With this update comes an entire overhaul to the game. Here is a list of changes. -UI Changes- -Completely changed the UI. -Added in faction select. (In the future each faction will have different stages to match their theme.) -Removed freeplay. -Added in stage selection. (In the future each stage will have a different theme.) -Moved stuff around in the controls menu to look more clean and readable. -Level is displayed under character. -Added Emerald Counter. -Gameplay Changes- I completely reworked how the game plays. Here is the list of big changes. -Removed Canny. -Heroes can now level up. (Stats increase upon leveling up.) -Replaced Dash, Light, and Dodge animations for Henward. -Added three new abilities to Henward. -Added in ability timer. (You can use abilities after the timer has gone down. Resets after use.) -Added Five new enemies. -Added boss timer. (Boss spawns after the timer is depleted. After defeated the timer resets.) -Added Voided Emerald. (Destroy after collecting 1200 emeralds to win.) -Removed The Old Dune King. (Will be reworked in the future.) -Added Emerald Overseer. (Stands above Voided Emerald and destroys it.) That is just a list of the big changes. There is so much that was changed that I cannot list everything here. There is so much planned and this update has laid out the groundwork for future updates. Here below is a roadmap for the next updates. -More enemy variants for the emerald faction. -Removing certain bosses from the boss pool. -Adding two more stages to the Emerald Faction. -Brainstorming on more factions. -Adding more heroes with abilities. I hope you enjoy the new update as it took a long time to make. The new game mode took lots of time and planning. If you would like to leave any sort of feedback please leave a comment here! Have a wonderful day! - Alex :)