Playtest 0.1.8 is now available!

Small patches, but big impact - restarting the level should now be almost instant. Some other fixes too.

Known Issues

Due to a well-documented side-effect of OpenGL's lazy shader compilation, there will be some initial lag when new materials spawn for the first time. This can include:

• Sliding for the first time (ground particles)
• Silkworm projectile spawns for the first time
• Shooting for the first time
• Spawning plants for the first time (including grappling)

Unfortunately, there is no "fix" for this yet - except some nasty workarounds which I will have to look into until Godot 4.0 comes out.

Changelog

• massive improvement to level reload time
• Visuals: grapple hook now has cute little leaves on it
• POTENTIAL FIX for the weird grapple issue (where sometimes the grapple charge is depleted but the grapple doesn't actually happen)
• Fix timer bug: timer would continue ticking while the game was paused
• Grass LODs are now continuous (should fix grass chunks suddenly "appearing")