We understand there are a wide range of gamers looking for different experiences from the game, from long time fans and Shoot 'em up players to those preferring a less frantic flight to Colossatropolis, so we have good news for you! Our first patch includes: - All new Easy difficulty, making a total of 5 difficulty levels - Previous difficulties moved up one rank - Easy and Regular modes have several stress-reducing quality of life improvements - Difficulty descriptions to help you choose your game style Patch changes in detail: - Added new difficulty "Easy" with more forgiving level setup and enemy behaviour. Additionally players regain pods whenever they lose a life - All existing difficulties moved up one difficulty level - Added difficulty selection description to the UI - Added extra invulnerability states to "Easy" and "Regular" difficulties so you're briefly protected after collecting a power-up and adjusted invulnerability timings - Regular difficulty icon features a smile :) - Ship stat adjustments - Player homing missiles now move faster (more changes under discussion) - Enemy homing missiles now move slower, on lower difficulties - Crates containing weapon pods will deliver a weapon pod if you only have 1 rather than an extra life - Beginner ship is default on first-time start-up - Reduced player hitbox size - Minor level tweaks including to passive resistance - Boss tweaks - Super Gunship and Thruster Ship explosions increased - Lowered opening splash video volume - Modding: Data changes (mods will need to be updated - see modding docs) - Modding: Font added to mod pack - Fix for Ship UI in Score Attack - Fix for Score saving bug fixes - Fix for various localisation issues - Fix for restarting Score Attack using left mouse button - Fix for languages using a capital 'i' that is not an 'I' - Fix for player crash score missing on Score Attack - Fix with with certain achievements not being awarded in 2 player - Fix for unlock all giving certain achievements - Fix for Boss 5 death - Fix for bonus score issue when score is 0 - Fix for invincibility on spawn - Colossatropolis spelling lessons… again! - Regular difficulty rebalanced - Bonus life score targets rebalanced - Locale update - Fix achievements - Lightning Fighter, Convoy Raider and Precision Fighter - Fix and remember difficulty mode default and last setting - Fix minor graphical issues - Fix boss 5 weapons launching immediately - Mouse bug fixes - players may need to update sensitivity - Restart menu option relocated in pause menu (requester in next patch) - Easy mode has level 5 - Minor gameplay tweaks - Recovers from corrupt data with a data wipe instead of a crash (possible recovery in next patch) - Octopus explosions added - Purple squids stop shooting when off screen - Modding: reload script key (r) - Modding: add-ons can support multiple targets - Fixed invincibility being reset after a star at hard+ - Fixed power line killing player at the end of level - Fixed window to borderless mode resolution retention - Fixed Polish extras translation - Fixed German best(er) translation - Fixed underpowered food weapons with pods - Fixed wheel clipping early - Fixed minor art issues- Various bug fixes - Rebuilt with updated Unity Engine to resolve potential security issue