v2.0.0 - The Multi-Peter Update

After months of work and playtesting, the Multi-Peter update is officially here!

Big thanks to everyone who participated in the beta and submitted bug reports. I am fairly confident v2.0.0 is stable, but I will continue to monitor the megathread on the Steam community board and release hotfixes when necessary.

And now...

[ ----- v2.0.0 PATCH NOTES ----- ]

NEW FEATURES

• Online multiplayer has been added!
• Access via the "PLAY ONLINE" door, left of the title logo
• Steam P2P lobbies can be created and joined
• LAN/Direct IP is also supported

Upon starting a lobby, you can quickly select a mode

All game modes now support 1-4 players

All game modes are temporarily unlocked while playing online

Added "Map view" mode (press F9 to toggle)

BUGFIXES

• Fixed the permanent blue background when calling Bug repeatedly
• Gamepad rumble option now works correctly
• Fixed some settings not saving correctly
• Fixed an issue where bgm_lurking would play for 1 frame before the area music starts
• Fixed an issue where screenshake would last forever after the Alien scene
• Fixed issues involving 2 Peters grabbing each other at the same time
• Fixed an issue where Peters could sometimes respawn in Story mode

GENERAL MECHANICS CHANGES

• Tech frame window: 6 -> 10
• Fast falling can be initiated slightly earlier (vspeed<=gravity -> vspeed<=-gravity)
• Grabs can be parried now (Guard can still be grabbed)
• CPU Peters can charge attacks now
• CPU Peters will try to use Utilt more
• Egg bombs can now light bomb block wicks
• Bug can now lift objects a short distance
• Bug can only do this while controlled by P2 by holding L, R, or Select
• This applies to any object Peter can normally grab & throw
• This excludes Peters who are in hitstun/KO'd

• Bug can now be hit by Peter in Co-op mode
• Bug can also hit Peter in Co-op mode

Removed Performance mode due to complications with netcode

• Optimized object activation code to compensate

• Banana peels can be destroyed now (10 hp)
• Icicles can now be grabbed and thrown

MAIN CAMPAIGN CHANGES

• Local & Online co-op is supported
• Two gamepads must be connected to access co-op setup
• When playing in co-op, the first two in-game cutscenes will not play

• Peter's current form now saves & loads at save points
• This also applies to co-op Peters, and forms given by the computer

• Optimized object activation window, improving performance
• Made obtaining the Ice Super more explicitly require Ice Peter
• Lowered a platform above the Snail room
• Added more Easy mode platforms to Ice area
• Reworked the Garden's vent maze to make more sense
• Fixed a possible softlock in the Garden's yellow keyfruit puzzle
• Fixed an issue where the gargoyle scene wouldn't play if you didn't save after beating the last elemental Peter
• Hard mode changes
• Added Landmines: Landmines deal 10 damage and high vertical knockback
• Moved a few banana peels to accommodate (and complement) the landmines
• Savepoints can be reused, and are no longer "once-per-visit"

• Changed some text in the prologue

OTHER CHANGES

• Keybinds menu
• All gamepads can be configured independently, instead of only Slot 1
• Gamepad bindings save to profiles based on GUID
• Gamepad bindings save to "controls.ini" and no longer to "config.ini"
• Gamepad slot & name is displayed
• Save button added next to Save & Exit
• Escape key now resets current slot's keybinds when held

• Added border artwork by Bon-is-Bored
• Added border artwork by CombineKegan
• Added missing songs to Sound Test

VS MODE CHANGES

• CPU-only matches are now possible
• Added a 20 second timer to vote for a stage
• HUD icons now match your player's palette
• Fixed the pause menu showing the default options instead of VS mode ones
• Island stage now plays music
• New stage: The Lab
• New stage: Vents

PETER'S DREAM CHANGES

• 4-Peter co-op is now supported
• Players now restore HP between rounds (1 / Nightmare KOs * MaxHP)
• Nightmare appears more frequently at first, then less as you defeat more of them
• Nightmare bullet damage (4 -> 3)
• Nightmare bullet shot frequency 45 -> 50
• Nightmare bullet hitbox is slightly smaller
• Fixed the cloud layer jittering
• Changed the HUDs to use their VS mode style
• Added a timer to the HUD

VS SCIENTIST CHANGES

• 4-Player co-op is now supported (P2-P4 can pick Peter or Bug)
• Phase 1
• Phase HP (per powerup): 16 -> 15 + (2 * co-op players)
• Stealing a powerup back no longer automatically changes your form

Phase 3

• Phase HP: 50 -> 50 + (10 * co-op players)
• Bombs have a speed cap now and can no longer be launched by the laser

PETER MOVESET CHANGES

• 0: Peter Shorts
• Uair: Hitbox extended downward to hit grounded foes

1: Bird Peter

• Throw: Animation improved
• Nair: Hitbox duration extended
• Utilt: Damage 3 -> 2
• Utilt: Startup lag increased

2: Elec Peter

• No changes

3: Fire Peter

• Dair: Added fireball to make melting ice floors easier
• Dair: Kick damage 2 -> 1
• Dair: Startup anim frames 2 -> 3

4: Ice Peter

• Ice knives move a shorter distance, go further when charged
• Ice knives can hit each other

5: Wind Peter

• No changes

6: Karate Peter

• No changes

7: Moai Peter

• Run accel 0.05 -> 0.075

8: Beter

• All moves: Hitboxes are slightly larger

9: Peebat

• New super move: Echo screech
• Sends an echo projectile that bounces off walls.
• Deals 1 dmg and a lot of hitstop. Can hit again after bouncing.

Neutral: Lunges forward when charged

Nair: New animation - wing spin attack, 3 damage

Utilt: Hitbox extended forward slightly

Attack air accel multiplier: 0 -> 0.5 (can move during aerials now)

Rewrote Data entry to reflect moveset changes

10: Tiger

• New super move: Maul - lunges forward, grabs & throws
• Throw: New animation, rolls back and swipes 3 times (4 damage: 1 + 1 + 2)
• Dair: Hitboxes do increasing damage (2 damage * 3 hits --> 1 + 2 + 3 = 6 damage total)
• Dair: Reduced hitstop

11: Snail

• No changes

12: Peezard

• New super move: Shoots two additional slower fireballs

13: Alpeter

• New super move: Spits three fire spurts in a wave

14: Lanky Pete

• New super move: Bite barrage
• Lunges forward and bites 3 times (1 + 2 + 3 = 6 damage total)

Utilt, Uair have reduced lag

Run accel 0.1 -> 0.15

Grab: extended hitbox towards body

15: Spheter

• Throw: Held object matches animation better
• Throw: First frame is longer

16: Rabbit / Magipeter

• Neutral/Super: Eggs reworked
• Egg bombs now spread evenly when spawned
• Egg bomb base timer is lower (150 -> 135)
• Egg bomb timer lowers as you charge (135 - charge_tier*20)
• Egg bombs can be spread further/narrower by holding down/up respectively
• Egg bomb timer variance decreases/increases as spread narrows/increases

Utilt: Animation adjusted

Utilt: Performs a high jump when grounded

Grab: Hitbox extended into body

17: Pepeller

• New super move: Creates small twisters with its propeller

18: Final/Sigma Peter

• Slash beams: damage 1 -> 2
• Fair: Reduced hitstop 5 -> 3
• Attack air accel multiplier: 0 -> 0.5 (can move during aerials now)
• Added dance animation
• Added face-screen animation (previous was only one frame)

19: Dragon Peter / Peegon

• Neutral: Fireballs now correctly deal knockback based on speed/direction

20: Peefrog

• Neutral: No longer lunges forward with tongue
• Super: Charge level now extends tongue, default length is shorter
• Nair: Damage 4 -> 3
• Dair: Damage 3 -> 2
• Uair: 3rd hit damage 2 -> 1 (total damage 4 -> 3)

21: Mecha Beter

• Utilt: Hitbox extended into body
• New super move: Landmine
• Spawns a landmine that lasts 10 seconds. Deals 6 damage

22: Beetle Peter

• Most moves: +1 damage
• Nair: 6 -> 5 hits (1 damage each)
• Nair: Animation slows near end
• Neutral: Hitbox duration 3 -> 8
• Neutral: Hitbox extended towards body
• Throw: Reworked into suplex move. Deals 3 damage, cannot be aimed.
• New super move: Flying Suplex
• Dashes forward, grabs and suplexes. Deals 6 damage

Rewrote Data entry to reflect moveset changes

23: Peter O'Dactyl

• Neutral: Freeze duration no longer scales with charge (20 frames)
• Neutral: Freeze knockback reduced
• New super move: Triple freeze
• Shoots 2 additional freeze projectiles angled up and down. 1 Damage each

24: Penguiter

• New super move: Ice surf
• Spawns an ice platform below and dashes forward on it
• Only works midair and on semisolids