First major update is here! Welcome to IBM Model Magic version 1.1!

Note that the term "major" is used somewhat loosely since the game is pretty much done, all updates are just more polish*

So what's in the update? Balance, bug fixes, some new art, and more polished music! Full patch notes below:

~~~VISUALS&SOUND~~~

• New and improved background for level 1
• New and improved background for level 2
• Made enemies a bit more saturated so they pop a bit more
• Added player animations
• Background scroll made consistent (before it was framerate-dependent and would often leave gaps or overlap. shut up I am a good programmer)
• Boss health bars made a little less obtrusive
• Added progress bar for boss vulnerability window
• Improved all core music tracks except final boss

~~~BALANCE~~~

• Slightly increased damage of spread shot (from 0.65 to 0.8)
• Made final boss overall more difficult:
• Final boss attacks much more often
• Clear/erase no longer stop the final boss's "bullet curtain attack," only gets rid of current bullets
• Curtain attack also no longer stops when a hand is destroyed (yes you may have to dodge it while damaging the head)
• Slightly increased hand health (125 to 150)
• Most stage enemies have less health
• Made player hitbox a bit smaller
• Slow time now only starts recharging after a brief delay (making a """"""certain"""""" strategy less viable (you know who you are))
• Greatly reduced damage of basic letter shots for the same purpose (from 3 to 1)

~~~BUGS~~~

• Fixed a bug where quitting to the menu would freeze the game
• Fixed a bug where homing shots wouldn't target the final boss properly
• Fixed a bug where fullscreen would break on certain screens
• Fixed a bug where dying while slowed wouldn't restore proper timescale

patch notes tip of the day: the final boss's canonical name is Shades.