This patch has changes aimed at making the game more convenient to play. There's also some under-the-hood preparations for some spooky future content.

We've also updated the demo to match the current version and add support for Simplified Chinese. Give it a try before you buy!

• Spellcard Practice is now available all the time. Only Rin and Kasen can be used initially. To use the third player in spell practice, you need to start the game with them once.
  
• Spellcard Practice now shows you how many different spellcards you've captured. Can you capture all of them?
  
• Dialogue no longer progresses automatically! Take as long as you'd like to read the story.
  
• Several improvements were made to the Japanese translation.
  
• Extra Stage spellcard bonuses are no longer capped at 99 million points.
  
• Minor balance changes.
  
• Added a "Special" menu. This menu will be used in a future update and is currently inaccessible.

We held a poll on Twitter where you got to vote for the Stage 4 Midboss Fairy's name. The poll was very close so we decided to just use all four options.

• The stage 4 midboss fairy now has a name! Her name is different on each difficulty. Say hello to Harumi, or Fleya, or Iyubi, or Rosetta.

• Fixed a few bugs related to the Options menu. It should now allow you to select every option and save your settings properly.
  
• Fixed some issues with bullets spawning at the top-left corner of the screen.
  
• Addressed a rare bug where save data could become corrupted. If corrupted data is detected, the game will avoid crashing and regenerate the corrupted file.

• Replays may desync. Record your gameplay live if you want to be perfectly sure it's saved.

Feel free to come chat with us on Discord! We mostly speak English. https://discord.gg/25V97TU

This patch has bugfixes and balance changes aimed at the Lunatic difficulty. We also attempted to make Discord versions of Lunatic attacks more possible.

• Tokiko will have an easier time killing summoned enemies during some boss patterns.
  
• Some later-game boss patterns have been made easier on Lunatic, both in and outside of Discord.
  • Most of the changes were focused on Lily White, but Momiji, Daiyousei, and Kisume were changed too.

• Fixed a bug where Continues behaved inconsistently.
  
• Fixed a bug where timing out the Prismriver midboss pattern would result in lingering graphical effects for the rest of the stage.
  
• Fixed a bug where Shizuha's final spellcard would break if you had the Bullet Delete Effect off.
  
• Fixed spacing issues during Tokiko's Good Ending.
  
• The clear symbols during player selection now work properly for the Extra stage.

• Replays may desync. Record your gameplay live if you want to be perfectly sure it's saved.
  
• 1ccing Standard Mode will also give you the clear symbol for Dissonant and vice-versa.

Feel free to come chat with us on Discord! We mostly speak English. https://discord.gg/25V97TU

We're hard at work on some new content, but until that's ready we've made yet another patch.
This patch has some minor changes to the main game along with some more changes to improve qualify of life.

• The fairies in Spell 129-132 now change the direction they orbit the boss in every other wave.
  
• Boss attack timers have been generally reduced (especially later on in the game).
  
• Boss bomb resistance has been generally reduced (especially later on in the game).

• Daiyousei no longer teleports off-screen in some attacks. Thank you to the player that reported this bug!
  
• A bug when you restart a run after a Game Over that causes an immediate Game Over afterwards has been fixed. Thanks to Luminous for reporting this!

• Load times should be decreased for most players. Less time loading means more time dodging!
  
• F12 no longer closes the game when pressed. Take Steam screenshots with confidence!

• If you've cleared the game without using a continue, a "cleared" badge will appear during player selection indicating this. This badge appears per-character and per-difficulty. It doesn't work for Extra; we will add this next patch.
  
• When playing the main game or stage practice, the game will ask for additional confirmation if you choose any option that would end your current run of the game. Gone are the days of accidentally quitting during Lily White!
  
• Miscellaneous other performance optimizations
  
• Title screen fun increased by 50%.

KNOWN ISSUES

• Replays may occasionally desync. Record your gameplay live if you want to be 100% sure it's saved.

Feel free to come chat with us on Discord! We mostly speak English. https://discord.gg/25V97TU

The Chinese translation is finally ready to be played! Special thanks to Redmisty.

• Extra Stage spellcard bonuses are now related to your Point Item Value (PIV).

• Some text alignment changes to make the game look better.

• Replays may occasionally desync. We think they work pretty consistently now, but as always, record your gameplay live if you want to be 100% sure it's saved.

Feel free to come chat with us on Discord! We mostly speak English but might be able to work with other languages. https://discord.gg/25V97TU

This patch has some relatively minor balance changes and bugfixes.
We've also released a free demo! Be sure to tell your friends.
Lastly, the Japanese translation has been finished! Special thanks to MSLabo102 for his hard work. We're currently still working on the Chinese translation.

• Some difficulty adjustments primarily aimed at Easy Mode, with some changes to higher difficulties as well.
  
• Kunai during Kisume's final spell on Easy and Normal can no longer be deleted by player bombs.
  
• The timeout phase of Kisume's Encore Spell now scales with difficulty. It's still difficult, but not Lunatic-level on Easy.

• It's possible to view the cutscene at the beginning of Tokiko's route again! An option will appear in the Options menu that will allow you to reset the Rinnosuke event. Please remember that you'll need to view the cutscene again to use Spell Practice.
  
• Shizuha's first spellcard should have better performance.
  
• The Japanese translation has now been fully-implemented.

• Fixed a bug where Daiyousei exploded improperly on some difficulties.
  
• Fixed a bug where Daiyousei would occasionally teleport offscreen during certain attacks.
  
• Fixed a bug where it was possible to use flashbombs during the Large Fairy spell in Spell Practice.
  
• Fixed a bug where certain books during the extra stage were incorrectly dropping life pieces when marked with flashbombs.
  
• Fixed a bug where Extra Stage spellcard replays would show incorrect difficulties in the replay menu.

• Replays may occasionally desync. We think they work pretty consistently now, but as always, record your gameplay live if you want to be 100% sure it's saved.

This patch will be the last one with major balance changes. Unless it breaks something. Then we'll fix it. The goal is to make Easy (and some of Normal) more accessible by changing some of the more unusual patterns. There are also some changes to some of the harder patterns on higher difficulties.

• Tojiko's first spellcard now has a more spread-out pattern on Easy Mode.
  
• Stage 5 now spawns fewer web traps on Easy and Normal Modes. Yamame will drop extra life pieces to compensate for the missing webs.
  
• Kisume's final spellcard is now completely different on Easy and Normal Modes.
  
• Reduced the difficulty of the final boss' last two attacks, especially during Discord on higher difficulties.
  
• Adjusted the difficulty of some Extra Stage patterns.
  
• Various other changes aimed at reducing the game's difficulty.

Rin does fine damage if you're not in the boss's face. If you are in the boss's face, however, she destroys things. We like shotgunning doing more damage,
but not to the point of completely destroying certain patterns.

• The more of Rin's shots that are hitting an enemy, the less damage they do. This means that she does less damage to enemies that are close to her but more damage from farther away.
  
• Far away DPS changed from ~220 to ~240, shotgun DPS changed from ~510 to ~430.
  
• Rin's Discord shot has been changed dramatically - it's actually the same as normal Rin while in the boss' face, but when you're not she's much more capable!
  
• Far away DPS changed from ~240 to ~280, shotgun DPS changed from ~580 to ~430.

Note: This only affects focused shot damage. Unfocus damage has not changed inside or outside of Discord. Finally, these DPS numbers are based on 4.00 Power, and are approximate.

• Update: Far away DPS (Discord) was changed from ~280 -> ~260 after concerns about overshadowing the other two shot types.
  
• Update: Rin's mid-range damage was too high. Her DPS halfway up the screen should be around 20-30 DPS more than far away, instead of 40% more.

• The life piece meter at the bottom left has a new effect for when you have 3 life pieces stored.
  
• Spells with long animations at the beginning will start up faster during Spell Practice.
  
• Some of the game's music tracks have been updated.

• Fixed a bug where the name order of some bosses would be wrong in Japanese.
  
• Fixed a bug where the spellcard capture notification would appear late during some patterns.
  
• Fixed a bug where fairies during Daiyousei's first spell could shoot while dead during replays.
  
• Fixed a bug where boss effects (lifebars, timers, etc) would disappear if you restarted the game during Stage 5.
  
• Fixed a few bugs where some tracks would fail to loop properly.

Replays may occasionally desync. If you want to be absolutely sure that your gameplay is saved, record the game live if you can. We're working to fix this; if you notice any things that cause desyncs, please let us know!

Version 1.01b has been moved to a separate branch. If you have replays from that version and still want to record them, use Steam's Betas feature.
To access old branches, right-click on the game in your library, choose Properties, click on the Betas tab, and select the version from the drop-down menu.
To switch back to the current branch, set the branch to None.

EUB released a bit over a week ago, and we've gotten a lot of feedback from players about what they love about the game, as well as what they don't like. We've been working this past week to fix many issues and better balance the game, and we're proud to release version 1.01.


We've made a lot of balance changes to the game to lower the difficulty and make the player characters easier to use.


Rin should be able to handle stages well with her spread shots. She should still do acceptable damage to bosses. We've increased her ability to do both.

• Massively increased unfocused shot damage. It's painful now!
  
• Changed her focused shot. She will do more damage to enemies directly in front of her at higher power levels, and her shots will spread less to the sides.

Kasen is the forward focus shot. She should do more damage than the others, but her spread being too narrow and her rocks firing infrequently made achieving this difficult.

• Options are now further to her left/right, giving her wider range.
  
• Fires rocks more frequently. DPS should be kept the same, but missing a rock is less of a damage loss.

We're not going to change her a ton for now - instead we're making her options go back to her earlier so she's a bit harder to use. You'll have to stay focused more to keep her options in place.

• Tokiko's options now snap back to her 33% faster (15 frames ---> 10 frames).

More damage is more fun! Bombs will be better at destroying enemies.

• Bombs do slightly more damage

The game has generally been made easier. If you thought that Easy Mode was way too hard, please feel free to give it another try!

• Easy, Normal, Hard, and Lunatic have all been made easier. The changes made are proportional to how low the difficulty is (Easy Mode is much easier, Lunatic has barely been touched).
  
• Extra and Elite Extra have also been changed. Extra has been made quite a bit easier, while Elite Extra received minor changes.

There's too many balance changes to list every individual thing, but here are some notable ones:

• Bubble bullets have a significantly smaller hitbox. Large glowing bullets also have smaller hitboxes.
  
• Changed the pattern of the lasers fired by the stage 2 midboss's nonspell on Easy and Normal.
  
• Significantly reduced the difficulty of the stage 2 boss's first nonspell.
  
• Significantly changed the patterns fired by the stage 3 midboss.
  
• Significantly changed the pattern fired in the stage 4 boss's second spell on Easy and Normal.
  
• Significantly changed the pattern fired by the stage 6 boss during their first nonspell.

• We've added a manual to the game! It goes into detail about how the game works and explains the Discord mechanic.
  
• We've added a new option to turn off Discord's screen inversion effect. Instead, you'll get a circle around the player indicating that you're in Discord. This should be very helpful for people who dislike the effect.
  
• Added an unused version of the Extra boss theme. It can be listened to in the music room if you manage to hear the current version of the Extra boss theme.
  
• The missing music room comments have been added to the game.

• Fixed a bug where life pieces generated through Discord could be duplicated.
  
• Fixed a bug where Stage 4's second midboss had the wrong spellcard name on certain difficulties.
  
• Fixed a bug where Stage 6's theme looped improperly.
  
• Fixed a bug where spellcard histories would display improperly. They were always recorded properly.
  
• Fixed a bug where Momiji's first spellcard would not become more dangerous during Discord on Hard and Lunatic.
  
• Fixed a bug where replays would break horribly during the Extra Stage.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Extra Stage would error if played with Kasen in Japanese.
  
• Fixed a bug where it was possible to bomb during Spell Practice.
  
• Fixed some typos.
  
• Fixed many visual bugs/issues.

• Extra Stage replays might desync during the last attack. If you want to be extremely sure that your gameplay is saved, you might want to record the game while playing Extra. We are trying our best to fix this!
  
• There are some spacing issues during Japanese endings. These will be fixed in a later patch.