Update 4


  • Shortened levels 1 and 2
  • Placing pickups in the level editor will place them without resizing
  • Put a notice message if you have a controller plugged in and try to move with the keyboard
  • Put a message about options/autohit in level 1
  • Desyncing at the start of a song should be fixed

4/11/24

  • The death plane object is more square and scales better. Death planes in story mode are also better aligned now.
  • The in-game dev logs from zooming out are mildly updated to correct any outdated info
  • When an object is highlighted in the level editor, right clicking anywhere else or hitting escape will deselect it
  • Hitting escape in the level editor with nothing selected will pause, instead of immediately exiting
  • Indefatigable 's cutscene was changed a little, to make it more clear when Arty gets overcharged
  • Proof of the Existence's level was rearranged so the platforming is simple during the complex notes
  • Activating the special drop animations in 'solid' animation mode no longer crashes
  • Re-added the  old custom background stuff. It's still shared between custom levels, but I figured it's better to have than not. The default bg is the desert from Mad Rat Gets Invited to Smash. (Which is from here: https://cryptogene.itch.io/parallax-desert-background.) If you'd prefer blank, you can delete them, or put a huge bg_tile over the whole room.

4/12/24

  • fixed collision on death planes
  • cleaned up story levels a bit
  • fixed the looping on Fairy Queen's Domain
  • fixed Digital Area's cutscene crashing

7/1/24

  • Fixed a crash in C14 (I think updates to Gamemaker broke some existing stuff. Particles were crashing the game too when running on a newer version. Just looking at the code seemed to fix it. )
  • Fixed Warp-Up object warping you while editing.

9/9/24

  • Added controller support for main menu, cutscenes, pause menu.
  • Fixed using both control sticks at once making Mad Rat wide.
  • Fixed meteor's square hitbox.
  • Fixed respawn platform not taking control stick input.
  • Fixed silent lasers in [GO BACK 2 YOUR RAVE].

9/10/24

  • Ported the 9/9 update to Mad [x] Dead.
  • Fixed the count-in desync in Mad [x} Dead.

9/12/24

  • Fixed the menus over-scrolling if you don't have a controller plugged in. 
  • Fixed the jittery camera in Mad [x] Dead

10/26/24

  • I Heart You's 'big pipes' section was cleaned up.
  • Machine Remix level was shortened. 
  • Got rid of the alternate routes on Glow and UK Exploration. (they weren't very fun, and made the way forward unclear)
  • UK Exploration has more wind that pushes you forwards.
  • Digital Area's visual effect was changed from the outline effect to a blue distortion, and the beginning was changed.
  • Blocked off a dead end in Scorching Back.
  • Macuilxochitl's crushers are easier, and the gratuitous one-ways were cleaned up.
  • Fixed the color of the platforms in Rat Survivor, Digital Area, and Indefatigable.
  • In the song editor, introends and songends are shown in beats, in addition to seconds.
  • The default buttons for drop and dash are now reversed (B is drop, X is dash).
  • The songs with desynced loops are fixed.

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