Curse of the Sea Rats (Switch): all the updates (latest: Ver. 1.3.7 / Next: Ver. 1.4.0)

Combat System

 

• General improvements to the combat in order to make it more fast-paced and dynamic:
• Attacks are now cancelable with the jump and parry actions.
• Hurt animations have been shortened.
• Hitboxes when sliding have been improved.
• Character Control
• General
• Rebalanced the skill tree for all four characters.
• All the attacks’ ranges have been increased to better adjust the slashes to their hitboxes.

David Douglas

• Run Attack’s momentum has been reduced and its speed has been increased.
• Down Air Attack’s boost has been increased and its preparation speed has been increased.
• Parry animation has been reduced and recovers faster.
• Improvements to the Fireball attack.
• Akane Yamakawa
• Faster recovery after parrying.
• Changed the hits per second of the Water Shield attack.

Bussa

• Run Attack’s momentum has been reduced and its speed has been increased.
• Knockdown animation has been shortened.
• Improved Dash hitbox activation.
• Multiple tweaks to the Down Attack.

Buffalo Calf

• Knockdown animation has been shortened.

Gameplay

• Disabled death upon pitfall; now the player teleports to a connected room.
• Added Dolores in a new room between the Flora and Long Fuse Jones boss fights (with a save point and teleport), to allow the player to purchase items and further unlock the skill tree.
• Now the Backtrack stones can be removed by interacting with them.
• Changed the spikes’ placement, size, and damage caused.
• Improved Major Mallory’s tutorial with clearer visual guidance.
• Reduced amount of enemies in Fodla’s Bog.

User Interface

• Added map legend.
• Added custom markers functions to the map.
• Added map marker that shows the buried treasures’ locations.
• Added map marker that shows the NPCs’ positions.
• Added XP counter on the status UI.
• Updated inventory item order.
• Implemented defined order for the Treasure Bag’s items.
• Added combo details in the Transmutation item description.

Bug Fixing

• Changing the direction on the D-Pad works correctly.
• Cutscenes don’t display graphical corruption.
• All chest icons on the map update properly after opening them.
• Poison status and buffs don’t persist after death.
• Enabling or disabling the minimap saves correctly.
• Treasure icons show properly when the meanwhile scenes end.
• Sam doesn’t disappear when reloading.
• Spirit drops don’t follow the player if collected while resurrecting with the resurrection ring.
• SFX doesn’t persist after the Long Fuse Jones fight.
• All dialogues are properly skippable.
• Dying on a room transition doesn’t cause the game to crash.
• Player always properly dies and respawns when falling into a water pit.
• Bussa’s skill tree descriptions have all the correct values.
• Correct SFX volume when collecting the XP orbs dropped when dying.
• Quitting the telescope on the Lighthouse is more intuitive.
• Resurrecting the Necromancer without changing to a different room works correctly.
• Platforms appear correctly in the Necromancer boss fight.
• Enemies don’t disappear briefly upon being hit.
• Multiple enemies’ AI bugs have been corrected.
• Treasure items don’t appear in the general inventory after using the shortcuts feature.
• No need to press Join when selecting a character in single mode.
• Addressed some localization issues.
• Enemies’ alpha values in Tuatha de Danann Temple are now correct.
• Improved performance on the credits scene.
• Added missing consumable items in Robert’s stores 2 & 3.
• All SFX change volume according to the master mixer’s value.
• Animated slide bar added to the bosses’ HP HUD.
• Fixed some level design issues.
• Corrected and improved multiple environment art issues.

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: Petoons Studio (Steam)