Version 1.5 Patchnotes

OVERALL MECHANICS
Added new movement mechanic "Crouch Boost"
^ use to avoid traps and hazards
^^ used for surfing
Slight adjustment of movement dynamics
Removed force pushback from mine explosions
^ makes vehicles more usable and prevents unnecessary death
More visual feedback when mines explode
Improved respawn time in coop (player not safe)
Removed Fall Damage
Increased grenade max inventory (4 per type)
New behaviors for Lord Hood Boy

NEW GAMEPLAY VARIETY
New Gold Weapons (Cindershot, Shield Cannon, Bloodshedder)
New Environmental Weapons (Carriable Shade Turret, Pylon Cannon, Needle Repeater)
Find the Lord Hood Boy Experience Official Flag on every level
New Enemy Types (Jumping Hunters, Bugger Kings, and Needle Jackals)
Visually improved flood infection forms (donning hats)

TRAP SYSTEM
New Toolbox Mechanic (Red Toolboxes) [These spawn traps with a chance of spawning powerful uber weapons]
Red Toolbox Traps include both familiar traps and some new ones [Golden soccer ball, giant tripmines, etc]
Increased survivability of the Confetti Bomb
Replaced the firebomb trap with two new variants (fire pyramid & fire diamond)

NEW UTILITY FOR PLAYERS
Utility "Sheegull" [cross between a banshee and a seagull]
New Healing Crystal mechanic [Crystals emerge out of the ground, spawn a regenerator effect when broken]
Firebomb traps now leave behind usable firebomb grenades [you will always have spares]
Bubbleshields now float above the ground [They also distract lord hood boy]
Improved antigravity device model [easier to destroy]
Campaign equipment spawns from mine impact [bubbleshield, autoturret, invincibility, invisibility]
New autoturret (Altarturret)

VEHICLES OVERHAUL
New Ghost vehicle [Invisible at a distance]
Upgraded Wraith vehicle [visual upgrades and effects]
New Chopper vehicle [Model overhaul, improved boost mechanic, spawns large tripmines on death]
New Scorpion vehicle [Laser Cannon]
New Vehicle "Low Chariot" [Scarab beam on sleds]

CUTSCENES AND WORLDBUILDING
Remixed Dialogue in the cutscenes
So many new cutscene gags
Greatly increased the number of references to Lord Hood
More easter eggs everywhere you look
Better environmental storytelling

CHARACTER CHANGES
Remixed dialogue in cutscenes
Made johnson 80% more sass
Made miranda 15% more goth
Made shipmaster 100% more recognizable

LEVEL CHANGES
More aggressive checkpoints on most levels
Lowered the number of Dustin Echoes (shadow spartans) that spawn
Fixed significant bugs (like the flood turning on arbiter before confronting Truth, hathog on trenchrun dying when landing jumps, certain weapons couldn’t break crystals, etc)
Designed new Roster for spawning weapons and traps (rebalanced weapon availablity and traps)
Better mine placement in claustrophobic areas of the map
Removed overlapping minefield zones that caused the players to be barraged with mines

LANGUAGE
Better language support [The pickup strings for new weapons/equipment will be shown in english for all languages]
Removed incoming grenade danger dialogue for all marines (some are obsessed with pineapples)
Fixed subtitles (removed cortana dialogue)

Build 1.3 - Original Steam release