Update #1: Co-Op Mode! Voice Acting! Other Stuff!

Heeyyyyyyy! So this is Castle on the Coast’s first update! I wonder if it will be the largest: a great deal of quality of life features were added, Co-op mode has been introduced, and a massive amount of sound effects and voice acting were cut up and plugged in.

Does it warrant another playthrough? PERHAPS. I know I’m enjoying the game much more, and I work on it every day.

VOICE ACTING! (OVER 50% OF IT)

Most of the VO is implemented! Enjoy a large potion of our silly written audibly!

Thanks to Alec Valitutti for his masterful efforts thus far in tracking and editing VO.

https://alecvalitutti.wixsite.com/alecvalitutti

Thanks to Kendall College of Art and Design for letting us record there, and its many awesome students for lending us their voices.

https://kcad.ferris.edu/

CO-OP MODE (FEATURING SWIRLZ THE FLYING SQUIRREL)

Wanted to play Castle on the Coast with a friend, sibling, or younger player? Now you can! Enable co-op mode from the pause screen and have player 2 control Swirlz the Flying Squirrel, George’s helpful buddy!

Swirlz has a knack for magic and the body of an agile flying squirrel, she can….

• Run around free, or ride on George’s back.
• Become a living parachute for George
• Magically create springy flowers
• Shoot out explosive acorn magic!
• Just throw acorns in general
• Collect flowers, hearts, and star keys!

Be careful with the springy flowers…they get a little... explosive when picked...

QUALITY OF LIFE / ACCESSIBILITY

• Input remapping! Dats a big one.
• Setting to make George invincible! (Won’t save you from bottomless pits… OH NOOOO)
• Camera speed may be adjusted along the X and Y axis.
• Camera passes through many level features now such as crates and pillars.
• Added maps in key locations to help players navigate the castle.
• Camera can now be manually rotated while driving car.
• Sound rebalanced across the whole game. We plan on tweaking this more.

Special thanks to AbleGamers and StevoTVR for planting accessibility ideas into our BRAINS.

https://ablegamers.org/

https://twitter.com/stevotvr

RANDOM STUFF

• 2 additional characters have appeared in the forest… Gasp.
• Seagulls have nicer art
• Polished bark UV mapping on trees
• Top of tree pillars have nicer art now.
• Added Unreal legal text to credits
• Added effects to keystones entering pedestal
• Shifted sparkle sound from fireflies to star keys.
• Added a glow effect to star keys
• Unique music added to armor encounters
• Unique music added to final boss fight.
• Polished camera movement in credits.

SOUNDS ADDED

• Vendrick Sword Attack
• Vendrick Blizzard
• Vendrick Ice Bouncer Cast
• Vendrick Ice Bouncer Sliding
• Vendrick Ice Bouncer Bounce
• Vendrick Teleport Start
• Vendrick Teleport Middle
• Vendrick Teleport Crash
• Delete Game Bubbles
• Portal Humm
• Tower Wind
• Lava Splash
• Lava Ambience
• Lava Damage
• Dimensional Current
• Bonfire Ignite
• Bonfire Put Out
• Fire Ring: Ambient
• Fire Ring: Drive Through
• Armor: Footsteps X3
• Armor: Damage
• Armor: Armor Piece Hit Floor
• Drowning Damage
• Falling Platform Rumble
• Tree Climb
• Mushroom: Pickup
• Mushroom: Hit Ground
• Cauldron Ambient
• Mushroom: Place In Cauldron
• Pressure Plate Down
• Pressure Plate Popup
• Pressure Plate Lock
• Zipline Release
• Dimensional Cube Come Apart And Reformulate
• Hub Dimension
• Get Keystone!
• Dimensional Damage Wall Bump
• Dimensional Damage Wall Ambience
• Spring flower firework - explode
• Spring flower - spawn
• Spring flower - bounce
• Spring flower firework - detach
• Spring flower firework - sound loop

BUG FIXING

• Fixed wonkiness using mouse with costume screen
• When starkey goes to door, correct star key is shown
• Forest no longer unloads when walking into a specific corner in the ruins
• George no longer gets stuck when diving under a crevice, then standing up.
• Skipping final portal opening cutscene no longer leaves portal doors closed
• George no longer gets stuck in large stone pillar sinking platforms when they respawn
• George no longer gets sucked into ground while holding onto sinking platforms. AHHH!!!
• George no longer hangs on edges at an angle.
• Game captures mouse at start (Thanks to  StevoTVR for feedback)
• Loading barrier between library and stunt park cave works now
• Checkboxes in settings not longer APPEAR checked even if they aren’t when first shown.

NOTE FOR MAC USERS

This update is only available on PC for a bit. Due to COVID I don’t have access to my Mac workstation to spit out a build. Sorry about the delay Mac users!

Have fun UwU. More polish to come OwO.

-Peter