Magenta Horizon- Act 1 Version 0.7.1

Devlog

• Demo Update 2023-05-28
  May 28, 2023 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  Let's just say, this itch.io demo is as functional as the Steam demo now (without the convenient Steam functions of course). Updates will be rare because I'm mostly focusing on the Steam builds, but w... Continue reading
• More bug fixes & changes (2023-01-26)
  January 25, 2023 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  -The game is fully locked at 60 fps to prevent performance-related issues. - Fixed the issue related to the collision of Cyclone Blade. -Near the wall, some projectiles will spawn slightly behind the... Continue reading
• 2022-11-30 hotfixes
  November 30, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  -Blucher's sprite is edited and his smoke stack's hitbox is adjusted. -Archibald's voice-over is added in the build. -From now on, Chaticus(King Crab) prevents dash even below the body. -Fixed a bug w... Continue reading
• main menu theme + binary file update
  August 09, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  - Mainmenu exclusive theme song is added. -Changed some crumbling platform formations in lower difficulties. -The save format has changed. To use the previous save file, you must go to C:\Users\user\A... Continue reading
• Ultra easy mode implementation
  August 06, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  -"Still Alive" difficulty is unlocked. -There will be additional floating platforms that will help you to navigate through platforming areas on lower difficulty settings. -Some bug fixes... Continue reading
• More and more patches
  August 01, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  Fixed a bug where the Sound option doesn't work on the main menu. Descending Falcon is a little bit nerfed. There will be a shorter delay before it charges up to level 2. (this delay can be negated by... Continue reading
• Actually, There's more patch.
  July 31, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  -Your best combat score will be shown on the menu. -Each stage's S Rank combat score threshold will be shown on the result boards. -Everlasting Glow will heal you slightly more. -Healing orbs will fol... Continue reading
• Big Content Update: The Reaper of All That Is Purple
  July 30, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  [Content Updates] For those who don't know, Gretel's arsenals have been hugely expanded recently, and there are some significant content updates for this Act 1 build. A special aerial combo (jump XXXY... Continue reading
• I wished it was the final update, but there's more part 5 (2022-07-25)
  July 25, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  -Charge Attack is added. Hold heavy attack in neutral to start the charge. -Some janky camera collisions are fixed in 4-1 -Fixed Vespineroth's weird hit detection -Cyclone Blade's deflection speed bon... Continue reading
• I wished it was the final update, but there's more part 4 (2022-07-10)
  July 10, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  [Changes] -Changed Archibald's dialogue to be more "comprehensible" for written English standard. (and tried to make them have consistent vocabularies) -Health of mini Horrendous Beast is reduced -Adj... Continue reading
• I wished it was the final update, but there's more part 3 (2022-07-05)
  July 04, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  -Fixed some UI related issues (such as necklace UI not clearing the slot selection marker when it is closed) -Added the buff wheel under the player so that when specific combo/stat-related buffs are a... Continue reading

  
• I wished it was the final update, but there's more part 2 (2022-06-23)
  June 23, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  replaced the misplaced tutorial sign in 1-1 fixed a malfunctioning save system in some part updated effects of explosives... Continue reading
• I wished it was the final update, but there's more (2022-06-09)
  June 09, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  fixed a glitch where there's a misplaced tutorial box that teleports you into a different place in 2-1... Continue reading
• Probably the final updates for this build 2022-06-01
  May 31, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  After this build, I'll be entirely focusing on the Act 2 development, so the fixes and updates for the itch Act 1 build will be halted. - Fixed some typos. - Added some background decorations - Fixed... Continue reading
• Small fixes & updates 2022-05-25
  May 25, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  [Changes] -Pull attack delay will be removed when you get hit. -Tutorial popups will work similar to a dialogue system- you have to interact with the question mark plant. -Pixel Perfect camera is impl... Continue reading
• Hot fix 2022-05-18
  May 17, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

  - Fixed a bug where a camera confiner doesn't confine the main camera in 1-1 and 1-2. -Changed a single arena structure in 4-1... Continue reading
• 2022-05-17 Updates
  May 16, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  [Update] Added the quick checkpoint reset function. [Changes] Changed the data structure of Enemy descriptions so the enemy database is reset for all save files. Added an end-lag to the hook attack. I... Continue reading
• 2022-05-07 Updates
  May 06, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  [Content Update] - Tutorials show you the example videos. - New UI that shows the item you just received is added. [Changes] -The reaper variants for Whalefrog and King Propeller are added. -Hitting C... Continue reading
• 2022-04-20 Small fixes/changes
  April 19, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  [Changes] -Compressed the build with LZ4HC method. Seems like this is the most stable build setting. -Jump/dash cancel timing for normal attack chains and pull attacks are adjusted. [Bug fixes] -Tried... Continue reading
• 2022-04-19 Small fixes
  April 19, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  -fixed a bug where your mouse gets locked in the main menu when you turn on and off the option. - fixed a ranged skill tutorial typo. "press middle mouse" -> "press E key"... Continue reading
• 2022-04-17 Updates/Bug fixes
  April 17, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  [Content Update] - Three-headed-snails are added on the level 3-1 and 4-1. Punch them to gain the healing orb to heal yourself. - Skyboxes are updated. [Changes] -While playing the game, the mouse cur... Continue reading
• 2022-04-13 MORE Small bug fixes
  April 12, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  [bug fixes] -Fixed a bug where Gretel shouts out multiple death sounds when dying. -Fixed a bug where the screen doesn't fade out in the interlude section at the end. -Fixed a bug where a boss can sta... Continue reading
• 2022-04-12 Small bug fixes & Changes
  April 11, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  [fixes] -Fixed a bug where Wraith Heart spike can spawn duplicated boomerangs when it gets destroyed. -Fixed a bug where PBoN’s hyper armor state goes on forever. [changes] -Changed the juggling win... Continue reading
• 2022-04-11 Small bug fixes
  April 10, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  [changes] -made the game run in the background because there were some undetectable input-related malfunctions. -changed some texts in the difficulty selection [bug fixes] -fixed some malfunctioning U... Continue reading
• 2022-04-06 More Small Updates
  April 05, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  -Fixed a bug where the helicopter combo heals mana. -Grenade fruits will bounce off if they hit the cyclone blade during the helicopter combo -Tutorial for backstep attack is added for 3-3... Continue reading
• 2022-04-05 Small Updates
  April 04, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  -Made the helicopter combo (Wraith Heart + Cyclone Blade) to be extremely powerful but made the collision timing (between two skills) to be even narrower. -Added missing wall colliders in Stage 2-3 -C... Continue reading
• 2022-03-13 Small Updates
  March 12, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  [Content Updates] -The voice act for Gretel is implemented. (Check the credit to see the VA) -Poise of the bosses can be seen via the separated poise meter. It also shows the hyper-armor state of the... Continue reading
• [2022-02-25 Hot fixes]
  February 24, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  -Fixed a bug where you can switch the mana gauge usage right before Gretel shoots a chosen projectile. -Fixed an unintended malfunction where wraith dolphin summons spikes in one clustered area... Continue reading
• [2022-02-21 Hot fixes]
  February 20, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  [2022-02-21 Hot fixes] [Changes] -Focus costs for all skills are increased significantly. -From now on, Each skill slot will have its own focus bar, and it can be switched with the current focus bar b... Continue reading
• Hot fixes (2021-02-17)
  February 17, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  [Changes] -The default key for Ranged Skill is E from now on. -The default key for the Skill Swapping is F from now on. -The invisibility time after you parry a projectile is shortened to 0.3 seconds... Continue reading
• Act 1 Content Updates (2021-02-16)
  February 16, 2022 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  [New Contents] -All the cutscene images will be replaced with the finished ones. blame the cutscene artist for being too late -Skillset swap button is added to the control binding set. The default but... Continue reading
• More Updates (2021-12-26)
  December 26, 2021 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  [Changes] - Boss camera and dialogue camera movements are implemented... Continue reading
• Visual Updates / More Ironing (2021-12-25)
  December 24, 2021 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  [Changes] Healing bombs will paint the enemy to bright green so that they can be even more distinguishable. Hit-flickering will work properly for all the animations of all enemies. Every character's a... Continue reading
• Small fixes & changes (2021-12-20)
  December 19, 2021 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  For now, the top priority is making new stages of Act 2, so there may not be a lot of big updates for Act1. [Changes] -Gretel can start a melee attack/ ranged attack while canceling the dash animation... Continue reading
• More bug fixes & changes (2021-11-21)
  November 21, 2021 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

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  [Content Updates] You have more screen resolution options to choose. There are 8 different sizes for now. 1-2 in Reaper difficulty will have different enemy layouts and scoring thresholds. [Changes] W... Continue reading
• Small bug patch (2021-11-03)
  November 02, 2021 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

  [Changes] Changed the spike fall layout of Old Wraith's boss arena. Changed the movement speed and I-frame-length on Gretel's XXYY movement. [Bug Fix] Fixed a bug where a mouse pointer can highlight t... Continue reading
• Small UI navigation patch (2021-10-26)
  October 26, 2021 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

  [Feature Update] You can navigate through key-rebinding window with keyboard/dpad. Fixed Archibald shop's UI to be more intuitive with keyboard/dpad navigation. Fixed Necklace UI to be more intuitive... Continue reading
• First Patch After the Launch (2021-10-25)
  October 24, 2021 by Hellfire Railway Interactive (MadBaek)

  It's been a week since the release, and I'm very thankful for all of you who were supportive of my project and enjoyed my game. The game has so many features that are raw or primitive, but one by one,... Continue reading