Recourse v1.2 Patch Notes

What's new in this update?

• Complete overhaul of the game.
• Redesigned levels.
• Much faster/smoother gameplay.
• New custom visibility and audability solution.
• New colourful and vibrant art style.
• 20 new puzzle elements.
• WINTER unlocks much earlier in the game with 3 new modes.
• Fully renewed Wave Rush and Payload maps and gameplay.
• 10 new environmental hazards.
• Full controller support and calibration options.
• Custom resolution support.
• In-game database for quick reference.
• Two new achievements.
• New progress announcement system.
• Redesigned HUD.
• Recalibrated movement system.
• Sleet can fly now!
• Renewed racing system.

Complete Overhaul

• Recourse is a whole new game now. We've reworked pretty much everything and created just as much content as the original game.
• We've redesigned all levels from scratch to take full advantage of the new optimization system.
• Recourse can now handle much denser environments.
• We've developed a new art style to reflect our initial vision of a vibrant, colourful futuristic world filled with strange underwater looking foliage and marine robots flying around.

New Visibility and Audability Solution

• We've developed and implemented our own visibility solution to cull irrelevant objects on the screen.
• This will enable Recourse to run much faster on lower-end computers, especially on older laptops and mini PCs.
• Sound effects of irrelevant objects are now reduced or culled to prevent the soundscape from becoming too overcrowded.

20 New Puzzle Elements

• Toggle button that can only be interacted via the UI interface.
• Cannot be toggled by grappling or when pressed by physics objects.

• Receives and redirects power to other nodes or objects.

• Can direct electricity flow either way.

• Optional conversations that can be interacted at any time.
• We all love Sleet and Floe, but they can be a bit too chatty sometimes...

• Intersecting circles of six panels. Solved by matching the colours to the sides.

• Tubes that can be filled with green goo.
• Solve by filling them just as much as required.

• Six direction rotation controlled by smaller interfaces scattered nearby.

• Very simplistic square sliding puzzle.
• Often combined with other puzzle elements to spice things up.

• They mirror another set of sliding squares close by.

• Once powered stays powered; even when you leave the level.

• Tubes used to transfer objects.
• They are two-way tunnels.

• Determines which tube the objects will go.
• You can change the direction by interacting with them.

• Opens up when powered and allows objects to pass through.

• Like a regular gate, only circular.

• When powered, activates another radar connector with the same colour and symbol.
• Every few seconds, it will send a visible signal to show its connection.

• Deployables will stick to them.
• They will be perfectly centered.

• Allows you to spend your points to convert hazards to your sides.
• The price will go up every time you make a purchase.

• A set of nodes fixed to wheels which you can rotate to close the circuit.
• You can rotate the entire circuit by rotating the wheels on either end.

• Locks blocking moving platforms.
• They are usually unlocked by overlap detectors.

• They are powered when a moving platform is inside their designated zone.
• They are usually connected to quarter locks.

New colourful and vibrant art style

• An almost dreamy look with virbant alien flora, submerged levels, colourful ground, strange buildings, marine robots flying around.
• No wonder the code for the beta was "candyaquarium"!
• It wasn't easy though.
• This is how we wanted Recourse to look in the beginning, but the sheer number of interconnected elements in any given level limited us in our design choice.
• We didn't give up and experimented for months until we developed the new visibility system and get it to work without any hick ups.
• It revolutionized the way we could design our levels, and allowed us to achieve the new look.

10 New Songs

• Bringing the total to 19 songs.
• We really love the original songs, but their low number caused them to get admittedly repetitive after a few hours. This should solve that problem ;)
• Oh btw, we made them more backgroundy this time.

Earlier WINTER with 3 new modules

• WINTER now unlocks in its basic form after completing Puzzle level 5.
• You no longer have to collect all the question marks to unlock WINTER.
• Why? Because it's much more fun to use WINTER in combination with deployables to fight Failbots :D
• The basic form has the 3 new modules enabled: machinegun, shotgun and rocket launcher
• WINTER is even more weaponized! Can you imagine?
• The three new modes do not have secondary fires unlike the advanced modules.
• Advanced modules of WINTER unlock after collecting all question marks.
• They operate like they used to.

Renewed Wave Rush and Payload Maps and Gameplay

• Wide open!
• Now you can use your mobility much more to your advantage and zip through the levels.
• Combined with the new WINTER modules, you're now a much more destructive power!
• Purchasable hazard sides
• You can now use your points to convert sided hazards to your side.
• Let Failbots do what they do best: fail to get out of harm's way!
• Elevated Secret Rooms
• Nobody likes some pesky Failbots bothering them while solving puzzles.
• So, we've put the puzzles in elevated rooms and out of their reach!

10 New Environmental Hazards.

• Speaking of hazards, we now have 10 new ones
• The stakes are even higher!
• Unless you convert them to your side.

• A honeycomb base firing pillars of energy with a countdown.
• You'll get a heads up, but better move fast!

• The safe pathways are marked on its floor.
• Pay attention to their rotation though!

• What do you get when you put a mining tool above ground?
• Trouble. You get trouble :)

• It was meant to be a decorative tool.
• Too bad someone threw in a couple of acids in the mixture.

• Mines that pop every few seconds and switch their sides.
• Can't even trust weapons to stay loyal to you these days.

• Stay outside the glowing parts and you'll be fine.
• Or stay inside and pull Failbots in. It's up to you.

• It'll give you a couple of seconds to get out of the way.
• Unless you want to get sliced for some reason. Then you should probably stay in the way.

• It'll launch forward then slowly retract itself while damaging anything it touches.
• This was supposedly an agricultural tool for interstellar ploughing.

• Basically a bulldozer without any of the unnecessary parts.
• It leaves behind some harmless dust clouds.

• Another mining tool.
• Interstellar miners must have really hated the rocks.

Full controller support and calibration options

• Recourse now has full controller support
• You can play in split-screen using a Keyboard&mouse + Gamepad setup or simply using two gamepads.
• New calibration options
• In addition to the usual sensitivity and inversion options, Recourse allows you to calibrate the thumbstick deadzones and exponents.
• Deadzones determine the resting area of the thumbstick. Any value lower than these will be ignored by the game.
• Exponents determine the power of the thumbstick axis input relative to how far it is pushed. It is the exponent "x" in the following equation:
  • AxisInput = ThumbstickDistance ^ x

Custom resolution support

• You can manually enter a custom resolution with no hard limitations on the aspect ratio.
• You can go crazy in windowed mode and pick all sorts of strange aspect ratios.
• It may not always look good though or may crash the game if you go really wild.
• In full-screen mode, it may default to the nearest resolution supported by your display.

Two new achievements

• Living in a Bubble
• Collect all bubble parts in the B-Levels to upgrade your shield.
• 1000 Reasons to Live
• Carry 1000 points on you in a Wave Rush or Payload level.

New progress announcement system

• Recourse will now show you messages to inform you about a plethora of things such as:
• New database entries.
• Progress towards achievements.
• Whether you failed or succeeded in unlocking an achievement.

Redesigned HUD

• Input hints are displayed and updated dynamically depending on your input device.
• New HUD animations in sync with Sleet's movement.
• It gives a better sense of feedback and adds weight to Sleet's movements.
• HUD is now scalable.
• Rearranged HUD elements to clear up screen space.

Recalibrated movement system

• We've reworked the movement to be even more fluid.
• Pressing the "Dash" button while grappling will now slingshot you in the grappling direction.
• While dashing, less gravitiy applies to you, so you can cover more distance.
• Your hitbox also gets smaller and rounder, so you will slip through more effortlessly.
• If you ever need a quick landing, hitting the bubble blast key while you're shielded will ground you now.

Sleet can fly now

• Sleet now temporarily gains the ability to fly after going through a fligh ring or race checkpoint.
• It lasts a couple of seconds
• The countdown will refresh if you enter another flight ring or race checkpoint.

Renewed racing system

• Racing is now flying-oriented and much more fun!
• It's all about maintaining your speed.
• Going through the rings gives you a speed boost, so chain them for maximum speed.

In-Game Database

• Now you can quickly look up how something works in Recourse if you're ever in a pinch!

List of All Improvements to Existing Elements

• Puzzle finishes are now only interactable via UI to prevent accidental level exits.
• They shoot beams now in Wave Rush levels to make them more visible.

• All levels are now half submerged on the outside.
• The perimeter now has see-through glass to look outside like a reverse aquarium.

• Time trial races now have a new display on hovering on the left side.

• Ferro drops now only run their calculations when necessary.

• Background music will now fade away as you approach to loopboxes.
• This prevents two types of music playing at the same time with different tempos etc.

• There's now a simple oscillator that changes colour.
• It makes it easier to match frequency averages.

• Mystery detectors will now show a beam pointing at the mystery numbers and mystery input panels.
• The beams will become narrower and more opaque as you get closer.