Hey guys! Krayfishkarl here and welcome to another Droplet: States of Matter update! Early Access 1.42 is now available! This update comes with numerous improvements across the entire game.
First off, the Science Museum has been graphically updated. As a location the player is very likely to visit early in their journey, I thought it would be an important area to give a makeover. Dr. Form Al DeHyde has been given a new look with new animations, taking inspiration from cephalopods. The previous krayfish design has been relegated to a new character who introduces you to the bonus time trial challenges. In addition, the pink crystal that used to be in this area has been moved to a new location elsewhere. I won’t say exactly where, so I’ll leave it to you to sleuth it out.
In other news, I’ve been going through the entire game and reshuffling all the atoms and collectibles. Next time you play, I would take another visit to the following areas: Crystal Quarry, Brimstone Temple, Sandswept City, Frozen Fortress and Radiant Reactor. While the number of atoms remains the same, they’ve been condensed and grouped together to make it a little less tedious going for 100% completion. Atoms in these areas are no longer randomly scattered across every nook and cranny, but rather, are more carefully placed in order to both guide the player and to offer some mini challenges to test their knowledge on the states of matter.
This will be the final update of 2024 as I’ll be taking a short break for Christmas. However, come January, things will go back into full swing. Of the remaining tasks, there’s a bit more atom reshuffling to do in some of the levels. Plus, there’s the last two boss fights that I want to give a second pass to. While there’s still a lot of work to be done, I feel the end of early access drawing ever closer.
That’s all for now! And with that, thank you for following the development of Droplet: States of Matter!
Patch Notes
Gameplay
- Moves the pink crystal in the Science Museum to a new location elsewhere in the game. You’ll have to sleuth it out!
- New NPC in Science Museum to tell you about Kray Times.
- Adjusted time trial times and atom placements in Crystal Quarry, Brimstone Temple, Sandswept City, Frozen Fortress and Radiant Reactor.
- Brimstone Golems now attack from further away.
- Fixed jittering in rising lava in Brimstone Temple artifact challenge.
- Tiger Fish in Frozen Fortress now chase you if you get close to them.
- Shock Dogs now shoot their projectiles in an arc.
- Radiant Reactor hidden boss now has new mechanics.
Graphics
- Graphical update to the Science Museum.
- Graphical update to Dr. Form Al DeHyde.
- Graphically updated all artifacts.
- Graphical update to progress gates.
- Added something that will only appear on Christmas Day.
- Graphically updated genie enemies.
- Small tweaks to knight sword graphics.
- Updated graphics for Brimstone Golems throwing rocks.
- Adjusted the max angles of the searchlights in Neo Kryptopolis to prevent clipping.
- Graphically updated the Radiant Reactor entrance.
- Updated animations and graphics for electric eels.
- Updated graphics for circuit sparks.
- New animations for Radiant Reactor hidden boss.
Audio
- New music for Science Museum.
- New sounds for genies.
- Tweaked sounds for Brimstone Golems throwing rocks.
Text
- Rewrote the descriptions of all artifacts.
- Science Museum now has some extra in-universe lore that you can read about. You will unlock more entries as you progress through the game.