[MAJOR CHANGES/ADDITIONS]

• Added a new mechanic: the ENERGY GAUGE.

  • This new gauge is located next to the health gauge. It starts full and refills overtime if not full.

  • This gauge can be used to perform certain moves, depending on the character. If it's possible to use any of these moves, the gauge will be cyan; otherwise, it will change to dark blue.

  • Zero currently doesn't have access to the energy gauge: this is an intentional game design decision.

• Every character now has two taunts instead of one: the normal one, and an alternative taunt that can be done with up+taunt.

  • Zero now has a new normal taunt, and his old taunt has been moved to up+taunt.

  • Harpuia keeps his existing taunt as his normal taunt and gains an alternative taunt on up+taunt.

• Initiated a major visual revamp of the game menus.

  • Keep in mind that this revamp isn't definitive and that there is still work to be done in that domain.

• Added "Score" and "Goal" HUD counters in the top-left of the screen, which display the player's current score and the score required to win.

• Revamped nearly every single one of Harpuia's alternate skins, props to developer "Bozo".

• Several memorial statues of the late Jape (more widely known as Travon "Traweezie" High) have been added to maps of the game.

  • There exists a certain special interaction with one of these statues, can you find which one?

[BUGFIXES]

• Fixed Rakusaiga sparks not appearing on jump-through platforms/the resistroof elevator.

• Fixed Rakusaiga sparks not being spawned if Zero landed on a specific frame.

• Fixed Harpuia's wall slash to wall slide transition not functioning properly.

[BALANCE CHANGES]

{Zero}

• Increased Hyougetsujin (down+attack on the ground) damage from 2 to 3.

• Reworked Zero's Rakusaiga (down+attack midair).

  • Players can be hit only once by the same Rakusaiga attack.

  • Down thrust hitbox now follows the user.

  • Removed the 1-damage hitbox at the very beginning of the attack.

  • Increased Rakusaiga startup.

  • Rakusaiga sparks now dissipate.

{Harpuia}

• Harpuia's airdash has been replaced by a new, unconventional airdash.

  • While this airdash goes downwards at the beginning (making it harder to use in short hops), it offers far greater mobility.

• Added the V-Dash technique, an upward airdash that can be performed with up+dash in the air.

• Harpuia can airdash or V-dash a second time in a jump at the cost of 5/16 energy gauge.

• Harpuia now runs and dashes slightly faster.

• Slowed down Harpuia's dash slash to make it distinct from Zero's.

• Harpuia can now use his standing attack while crouching.

[MISC CHANGES]

• Harpuia's taunt now produces a unique sound effect.

• A few of Zero's animations now have additional frames for animated hair.

• Recolored Rakusaiga sparks to be accurate to the original game.

• Harpuia now has new crouching and jumping/falling sprites.

• Altered the frame order for Harpuia's walk animation.

• Made a few centering adjustements to certain sprites (most notably, Zero and Harpuia's walk anims).

• Changed the loading screen sprite.