Hey folks! Welcome to the last update of 2022! We wanted to cap this huge year with something special, so we added Reaper, a previously Switch-exclusive character, to the base NecroDancer game for everyone to enjoy. As a special holiday event, there’s also a Merry Cryptmas versus event to play.
Happy Holidays to everyone from BYG and Vortex Buffer! We’ll see you in the crypt. Onwards to 2023!
Merry Cryptmas!
New features
- Added Reaper as a playable character
- Defeat enemies to accumulate souls that attack for you!
- Added Cryptmas game mode to Versus Mode
- Gather presents for points, or open them to gain helpful items!
- Added Undead Santa and Zombie Elves to Versus Mode
- Added Shiver Island arena type to Versus Mode
- Added Deep Water tiles to Versus Mode: movement is not slowed, but staying in Deep Water for too long leads to drowning!
- Added Projection Scroll to Versus Mode
- Added an option to generate levels with larger room sizes in the level editor
- Added an option to render a warning outline around gold coins when playing Monk/Coda
- Added a warning message when trying to start a run with unspent diamonds
- Added a changelog menu that shows up when starting up the game after an update for the first time
- This changelog can be revisited at any time via ‘Options’ > ‘Misc options’ > ‘View changelog’
Changes
Reaper
With Reaper’s introduction to version 3 of Crypt of the NecroDancer, we have made a few quality-of-life changes to improve her playability in online sessions:
- Changed Soul Familiars to no longer block Reaper’s movement if they did not directly attack an enemy
- Changed Soul Familiars to use different colors for each player in co-op mode
- Changed Soul Familiars controlled by other players to appear translucent
- Changed Soul Familiars controlled by other players to be quieter
- Changed enemies spawned in training mode to always grant Soul Familiars
Gameplay changes
- Changed Shrine of Binding to drop Glass Armor when activated by a character with a broken heart
- Changed Blast Helm to no longer make Grenades explode instantly
- Changed Dice Traps to spread spawned enemies further apart on higher dice rolls
- Changed Winged Boots to have a time limit and cooldown in Versus Mode
Other changes
- Changed item despawn countdowns in Versus Mode to disappear more quickly, reducing visual clutter
- Changed options menus to display a hint when the host has locked a setting
- Changed ring slot equipment sprites to show up only on one hand
- Changed level editor to remember the last loaded/saved file name
- Changed Gargoyle variations to have unique names in the level editor
Performance
- Optimized Soul Familiar movement, reducing lag spikes when large numbers of souls are present
- Optimized tile attack checks, reducing lag spikes when large numbers of enemies or souls are present
- Optimized level generator to consume significantly less memory
- Optimized level generator to run faster when increasing the number of rooms in Zone 5 via the level editor
- Optimized load times for levels with large numbers of Zone 4 dirt walls
Modding features
- Added support for customizing the appearance of Reaper and her souls using the “Change Skin” menu
- Resource packs with custom soul graphics will also be visible to other players in multiplayer
- Added Reaper’s souls to the asset extraction menu
- Added
ev.targetfield toevent.spellcast, allowing a single entity to be targeted - Added functions
sink.unsink()andsink.updateSunken()to affect an entity’s interactions with liquids - Added function
enemySubstitutions.pickUpgrade()to apply a specific enemy substitution - Added function
familiar.register()to register a deployed familiar entity type - Added functions
spawn.setSpawnCapParent()andspawn.detachFromSpawnCapParent()to manage spawn caps - Added support for nesting
enemySubstitutionstables to bias probabilities - Added hidden custom rule to configure Reaper’s Soul Familiar bumping behavior
Bugfixes
Gameplay bugfixes
- Fixed items dropped by Gargoyles being picked up immediately when dashing into them with Ring of Courage or Suzu’s Lance
- Fixed Shrine of War not upgrading enemies in crates or barrels
- Fixed Shrine of Space sometimes placing the additional room after the exit room
- Fixed Glass Torch not applying its full vision radius when upgraded by Shrine of Glass or Scroll of Need’s “Glass items” effect
- Fixed Melody’s final boss sometimes creating isolated pockets of lava when switching to phase 2
- Fixed Explorers Boots spawning on some story bosses when toggleable Winged Boots are equipped
- Fixed missed beat on first input when training for Melody’s final boss
- Fixed Dorian being able to equip the Lantern in Cadence’s final boss fight
- Fixed Scroll of Gigantism not applying its dig radius to dirt walls created by Earth Spell
- Fixed dirt walls created by the Earth Spell breaking adjacent regular dirt walls when dug in Zone 4
- Fixed wall spikes granting unlimited invincibility frames when bumped with a Shovel of Courage while shrunk
- Fixed wall spikes shattering the Glass Shovel when bumped while shrunk
- Fixed Shovel of Courage briefly delaying its invincibility period after digging
- Fixed Pixies healing Monkeys latched onto players
- Fixed Gorgons petrifying Monkeys latched onto players
- Fixed Confusion Trap reapplying its effect to stationary players when another player steps on the trap
- Fixed Familiars reapplying their effects to stationary enemies when another enemy walks into the Familiar
- Fixed Ooze Golems dropping multiple Ooze tiles when hit by a move-attack weapon and a Ring of Pain in the same turn
- Fixed Ring of Protection preventing Scroll of Need from granting a Potion
- Fixed Winged Boots not interrupting ice slides when toggled off
- Fixed some enemies being able to destroy interior secret room travel runes, leading to softlocks
- Fixed electric arcs started by attacking a Warlock not inflicting damage to Nocturna’s final boss
- Fixed massive enemies (such as Golems) not being immune to Wind Spells
- Fixed Teh Urn not being movable by Melody after falling down a trapdoor
- Fixed Blast Helm not immediately detonating bombs created via the Bomb Spell
- Fixed bounce traps not redirecting ice slides
Chaunter bugfixes
- Fixed errors when a possessed enemy takes fatal damage by picking up a Ring of Pain
- Fixed possessed mommies not being able to place bombs
- Fixed possessed enemies not being able to spawn minions after placing a bomb
- Fixed Cursed Wraiths cursing Chaunter’s health when attacking its possession target
- Fixed enemies possessed by Chaunter not being protected from friendly fire
- Fixed confusion particles lingering when Chaunter possesses an enemy
- Fixed possessed Moles being unable to dig while unburrowed
- Fixed possessed Moles not being able to move towards walls while wielding Boots of Leaping or Boots of Lunging
- Fixed possessed Evil Eyes getting stuck on walls in multiplayer
- Fixed Shopkeeper forgetting who he was angry about when Chaunter possesses an enemy
Multiplayer bugfixes
- Fixed players instantly picking up items dropped by destroyed shrines in multiplayer
- Fixed multiplayer level editor preview cursors not being colored correctly
- Fixed longer sound effects playing multiple times in online multiplayer due to rollback
Versus Mode bugfixes
- Fixed Versus Mode “Allow all characters” option not working in the lobby
- Fixed error when playing as a character with no valid weapons in Versus Mode
- Fixed Versus Mode treasure crown not rendering correctly on players standing in liquids
- Fixed players continuing to slide after respawning in Versus Mode
- Fixed “Killed by” text not displaying in Versus Mode for environmental damage sources
- Fixed Freeze Spell causing rollback in Versus Mode
- Fixed Versus Mode event countdown displaying on top of menus
- Fixed Versus victory screen displaying “Candy Score” outside of Halloween
Level editor bugfixes
- Fixed level editor accepting keyboard shortcuts while search bar is open
- Fixed crashes when specifying extremely large level sizes in the level editor’s “Generate Level” menu
Menu bugfixes
- Fixed some quirks not being sorted alphabetically in the menu
- Fixed settings menu description text squishing long lines instead of wrapping to a new line
- Fixed mod menu search not correctly filtering by display name
Modding bugfixes
- Fixed error when using
LevelBuilderto create a boss level from withinevent.generateBoss - Fixed invalid
inventory.unequipcalls causing persistent errors - Fixed multiple embedded clients not saving window positions separately
- Fixed enemies converted to non-enemies still counting towards spawn caps
- Fixed log error when encountering mods with invalid metadata on mod.io
- Fixed level generation menu menu not displaying an option to quick restart
- Fixed custom skins not showing up properly on spawnable entities added by mods
- Fixed character skins being reset to default when adding files to a resource pack
- Fixed Shift + F5 debug key not opening an external window
Audio bugfixes
- Fixed some Zone 3 Cold tracks not playing after the song loops
- Fixed Shopkeeper losing his motivation to sing after the song loops
Visual bugfixes
- Fixed player list text outlines not fading out when toggling the player list
- Fixed missing bounce tween when bumping into walls while shrunk
- Fixed hover effect being permanently disabled after dying in a trapdoor
- Fixed gold coin and diamond icons in the HUD not increasing in size when replaced by a larger image file