Hi everyone! Heatwave’s final major update is now available! I hope you’ll enjoy the story mode and the new characters!!! It feels so good to finally be done with a project as large as this, and I’m glad that so many people have enjoyed playing it throughout its time in early access. I probably won’t be adding anything else to the game, besides fixing bugs or doing balance changes. I’m pretty happy with how everything has turned out, and I’m excited to move on to new projects! Below is the launch trailer, and then farther below that, are the patch notes for this update! Thank you so much for playing!

[New Features!]

-Big gay 42 chapter visual novel story mode!!!

-4 new secret characters!

-A new screen in the gallery that tracks gameplay statistics. (Statistics will start being tracked as of 1.0)

-A "Bonus stage" has been added to arcade mode.

[Bug Fixes]

-Fixed an issue where the ripple effects on water stages would be the wrong color for certain objects.

-Fixed an issue where attacking an opponent with an attack that doesn't cause a knockdown, when they touch the ground in the burst state after being hit by an attack that does cause a knockdown, would cause them to be stuck in hitstun until they were knocked down by another attack.

-Fixed a bug that caused certain attacks that spawn lingering trap-style projectiles to continuously set the didhit flag to true after they hit the opponent.

-Fixed an issue that caused wallbounces that started behind the player to act strange.

-Fixed an issue that caused two Apollos to be created when Hawke uses his 214D ultra the second time.

-Fixed a graphical issue where Apollo would stay on the screen longer than he should during Hawke's 214D ultra.

-Fixed an issue where wallsticks would happen when a character was knocked down by an attack that causes a wallstick, even if they were still on the ground before the attack hit, and had been hit by multiple attacks before that one.

-Fixed an oversight that made the fun fact on the main menu take way too long to repeat.

-Removed flashing effects on projectiles for Hawke, Rain, and April.

-Fixed an issue where the start or select buttons could be rebound to buttons that overlap with gameplay buttons.

-While using a keyboard, player 1 can no longer rebind keys to inputs that player 2 is already using, and vice versa.

[Art/Misc. Changes]

-Changed the unlock conditions for all secret characters except the arcade mode boss, Unit-01+. You will not lose access to characters you have already unlocked.

-Added a sound effect to the parry animation.

-Edited the "Underworld Gates" stage.

-Renamed some of the background music that was unnamed, or had a temporary name.

-Renamed the "Alaska" stage to "Flooded Tundra"

-Edited Unit-00's character select portrait.

-Changed the arcade mode rival midboss for some characters.

-Added, and edited winquotes for some characters.

-Changed Combo trials for some characters.

-Replaced the "meter gain" assist only character's colors with that character's new design from story mode

-Changed the gallery entries for some characters to align with changes made to the story.

-Changed the timeline in the gallery to align with changes made to the story.

-Renamed the options for screenshake in the options menu, decreased to normal, and normal to increased.

-Added a new easier difficulty option.

-Edited certain values for cpu controlled opponents, to make them easier or harder on certain difficulties.

-Made it so the cpu controlled opponents use the A version of special moves more "equally" compared to the B versions.

-Renamed the "beginner" difficulty to "easy"

-Added specific combos to some character's CPU controllers that previously didn't have any.

-The game will now pause when a controller is disconnected.

[Balance Changes]

{Sparrow}

-Slightly increased the damage on Sparrow's 236D super.

-Increased the damage on all versions of Sparrow's 236x.

-Sparrow's 214B/C now only do 3 hits instead of 6.

-Increased damage on Sparrow's 214B/C

-Decreased hitstop on all versions of Sparrow's 214x.

-Sparrow's 214B/C now cause a knockdown on hit.

-Increased hitstun for Sparrow's 214B/C

-Decreased hitstun for Sparrow's 214A.

-Slightly increased the damage on all versions of Sparrow's 22x.

-Sparrow's 22A no longer has invincibility frames on startup.

-Decreased the vertical movement speed of Sparrow's 22A and 22C.

-Increased the horizontal movement speed of Sparrow's 22A and 22C.

-Decreased the vertical knockback on Sparrow's 22B and 22C.

-Decreased the horizontal knockback on Sparrow's 22C.

-Decreased the horizontal knockback on the last hit of Sparrow's j.236x.

-Slightly decreased the vertical knockback on the last hit of Sparrow's j.236B.

-Slightly increased the vertical knockback on the last hit of Sparrow's j.236A/C.

-Slightly increased the damage on Sparrow's A+D throw.

-Slightly increased the damag on Sparrow's j.C.

{Robin}

-Robin's 236D super now causes a groundbounce.

-Reduced the horizontal knockback on the last hit of Robin's 236D super.

{Mai}

-Decreased the horizontal knockback on Mai's 236C

-Mai can now followup up 214x with a 6A/B input, which is the same as her 236x, just with less damage.

-Mai's 5A can now be jump cancelled.

{Setsuna}

-Setsuna's 214[X] followup attack (the kick part) can not be air recovered after anymore.

-Setsuna's air throw (J.A+D) now causes a groundbounce.

-Reduced the damage on Setsuna's air throw.

{V}

-V's 22x no longer completely stops his horizontal movement.

-Increased startup on V's 22x by one frame.

-Taught V's cpu a combo off of his throw.

{Ares}

-Ares' j.C now causes a ground bounce.

-Decreased the horizontal knockback of Ares' j.C.

-Increased the vertical knockback of Ares' j.C.

-Ares' throw now causes a ground bounce.

-Reduced the horizontal knockback on Ares' 2A.

-Ares' [4]6x now cancels when you touch the ground during it.

-Ares' [4]6A no longer knocks down the opponent.

-Reduced the vertical knockback on Ares' [4]6A/B.

-Reduced the guardstun and hitstun on Ares' [4]6x.

-Reduced the damage on Ares' [4]6x.

-Ares' 236A no longer knocks down the opponent.

-Slightly reduced the damage on Ares' 236A.

{Clay}

-Both versions of Clay's 22A can now be jump cancelled.

-Both versions of Clay's 22A no longer have any invincibility frames.

-Clay's non enhanced 22C now has invincibility on startup.

-Decreased hitstop on all versions of Clay's 22x.

-Increased damage on Clay's A+D throw.

-Clay's throw no longer consumes a charge of his special meter (but still has the enhanced effects when you have at least one)

-Increased hitstun on Clay's enhanced 214x >B followup.

{April}

-Changed what April's (j.)236x projectile looks like (the hitbox is still the same though)

-April's 6B can no longer be air recovered after.

{Mona}

-Mona's 236A now causes a wallbounce on knocked down opponents.

-Reduced the horizontal knockback on Mona's 236A.

-Reduced the vertical size of Mona's 236x hitbox.

-Slightly reduced the vertical knockback on Mona's 236B.

-Slightly reduced the vertical knockback on Mona's J.C.

Reduced the horizontal knockback on Mona's Throw (A+D).

-Increased hitstun on Mona's J.2C.

-Mona can now jump cancel her 5A.

{Hawke}

-Reduced the horizontal knockback on Hawke's 5A, j.A, 2A, and Apollo's 5A, j.A, 2A, and 5B.

-Greatly increased the damage on Hawke's 236D Super.

{Rain}

-Rain's 4C can now be jump cancelled.

-Slightly widened the hitbox on Rain's 236D Super.

-Increased the size of Rain's 214D ultra hitbox, to remove the deadzone right in front of her.

{Basil}

-Basil's 5B can now be jump cancelled.

{Unit-01}

-Unit-01's 5B can now be jump cancelled

{Unit-01+} (arcade boss)

-Decreased the guardstun on Unit-01+'s 236D super.

{Goose}

-Reduced the vertical movement speed of Goose's j.C.

-Increased the vertical knockback of Goose's j.C.

-Increased the horizontal knockback of Goose's j.C.

-Goose's 4C now causes a wallbounce on counterhit.

{System}

-Parry no longer completely stops your horizontal movement when on the ground, instead, it is now affected by ground friction.

-Slightly increased the maximum height of groundbounces.

-Increased the damage boost that Overdrive (22D in power mode) gives.

-Increased the amount of health regained in team mode, when the assist successfully hits with a non-projectile attack.