Hi everyone!

Hope y'all have been doing well! Wazen has been hard at work again with some bug fixes, balance changes, and adjustments to Assault Spy.

Build ID: 5664801

Fixed: Amelia's "Shot" attack triggering by using other attack buttons
Fixed: Holding “Down” during Asaru's umbrella attack would change to Rush Hour's ASAP slash
- Changed to a thrusting attack using the Umbrella
Fixed: Character specific keybindings would not be taken into account when switching characters
- Character keybinding settings can be changed during their respective story line or after selecting that character in the title menu
Fixed: Gravity correction not working after character landing
Fixed: Amelia's Comet Straight would not trigger while holding a Charge Shot
Fixed: Armor time did not increase while continuously blocking with Amelia

Adjusted: Reduced the chance Droneman will escape from players
Adjusted: Reduced number of traps in the “Underground” stage
Adjusted: Expanded the floor in some areas of the “Rooftop” stage

Balanced: Lowered armor amount for Proto Officer
Balanced: Lowered HP amount for Big Monitor Man
Balanced: ??? boss, amount of enemies spawned greatly decreased
Balanced: ??? boss, time limit increased, damage done to boss slightly decreased

Balanced Amelia: Comet Straight's gravity
Balanced Amelia: Normal combo and "Star Combination" speed increased
Balanced Amelia: "Braver Outburst" fills more Special Gauge
Balanced Amelia: Decreased the armor time for "Braver" skills
Balanced Amelia: Dash and jump times were shortened after blocking
- Can now immediately cancel with dash when block is successful
Added: Highlight to the Special gauge
Added: During Amelia's super state, enemy attacks will be nullified
Added: Amelia's gun attacks can be cancelled with “Dash”
Added: Amelia's block can be cancelled with "Dash" after a successful block

Added: Damage done accumulates during Overclock and releases when Overclock ends
Added: On/off option for outline effect in the “Quality” settings

Removed: Super armor for Coneman (no damage reaction)


As always, if there are any issues or questions, feel free to let us know through the Steam Community forums, or on our public Discord!

Stay safe,
Daniel

Heyo!

As always, I hope everyone is staying safe. Wazen has been working on general bug fixes for Assault Spy, and we've updated it to Build ID: 5428740

• Added an outline effect to the characters
  
• Tweaked background drawing effect
  
• Timing for when cancelling is possible during Asaru's overclock has been sped up.
  
• Fixed bug where Asaru can use skills he has not yet obtained yet.
  
• Amelia's rapid kick has been changed to repeat hit skill and added a finishing move.
  
• Amelia's GM blast buster command changed (controller default settings RB+LB)
  
• Amelia's GM blast buster changed to hit more than one enemy.
  
• Fixed bug where cancel wouldn't work after Amelia's Ebon Thunder skill.
  
• Area range for Amelia's last attack for Super repel smash has been increased.
  
• Elite step and Agent step’s gravity reduction will recover slightly.
  
• Fixed stages that had effect camera’s embedded into walls.
  
• Fixed bug where the attack button would not respond after pressing pause after the stealth stage’s fight start message.
  
• Fixed bug where Kanoko’s assist could not be used after playing the ???mode.
  
• Fixed all bosses' triggers and movement direction for evasion.
  
• Fixed all bosses AI getting rigid.
  
• Tweaked Mr. Asault’s skills
  
• Tweaked Armor Monitor’s hit area
  
• Fixed bug where repeated hit skills would not take a one pattern penalty.
  
• Added function to change difficulty for training mode.
  
• Changed offset effect for attacks
  
• Fixed sound crackling when Sound effects would play over each other/play repeatedly.
  
• Fixed bug where lens flare would appear where there shouldn’t be one.
  
• Fixed bug where target would be stuck if you do not defeat the security cameras in the underground stage.
  
• Fixed bug where in extra mode after you fight Kanoko, in the main game you weren't able to use Kanoko assist
  
• Fixed sound issues where the noise would crack

If there's any questions regarding the update or if you run into any problems, always feel free to let us know :)

Stay safe,
Daniel

Hi everyone! Hope you're all staying safe during these times.

Wazen has been working hard on adding extra content and bugfixes!

Here's a full list:
"★" = Larger update/bugfix


★Added ??? in Extra Mode (hidden boss Kanoko)
This fight becomes available after clearing Asaru and Amelia’s modes on the Hard Work difficulty.
If you’ve met the prerequisites, then a message will appear after the ending (only once).
Once you’ve cleared the fight, your results will be recorded and displayed on your title menu. The results will not be made public.

・Added hidden skill for Asaru (Assault Bartitsu, transitions to Aerial Bartitsu)

★Cloud save has been enabled.
・Bosses on Easy difficulty have more HP
★Fixed a bug where the story mode's difficulty would revert to Normal when playing Extra Modes.
★Adjusted and extended the length of extra time items in Extra Mode.
・Fixed a bug where vibration would still occur, despite being turned off in the options.
★Fixed Amelia's Ebon Thunder to prevent duds.
・Asaru's Straight skill’s hit area expanded and command reception tuned.
・Added a visual effect to Asaru's Just Timing.
・Dash Jump height and weight adjusted.
★Tweaked the radius in which recovery items will be obtained.
・Adjusted low/high differences for the lock-on camera so it's easier to see.
・Increased Officer Diamond’s HP.
・Reduced the invincibility period after taking a hit.
・Asaru's ASAP Slash’s distance has been tweaked.

・Fixed a bug where Elite Step and Agent Step were not registering and added an effect.
・Added a smoke effect to jumps and other such movements.
★Added BGM to Extra mode boss enemies.
・Fixed a bug where the character would not face the enemy when throwing business cards.
・Removed a short cutscene before Officer Diamond.
・Fixed the collision area of Armored Cone's hurricane attack.
★Fixed the LB RB button guide screenshots in the tutorial.
・Fixed a bug where enemies with 0 life would die when switching characters.
★Fixed camera zoom sticking when switching out characters.
・Fixed a bug where the first hit wouldn’t count toward results when switching characters.
・Fixed a bug where the player would lose the target on an enemy when switching characters.
★Voice actor’s name size fixed.
★Changed a portion of the animation for the staff roll.
・Guided Rocket’s vernier color changed.
・Changed Amelia’s animation when taking damage.
・Fixed a bug where, when defeating a boss, the briefcase sprite would be doubled.
・Mr. Assault’s bag and umbrella position changed.
・Tweaked hit collision area for all enemies.
★Texture and lock-on camera tweaked for the last boss.
・Fixed a bug where the player was able to ride on top of an enemy.
★Fixed a bug where Officer Diamond doesn’t move in the Office Area.
・Shortened the time the button needs to be held down to trigger Kanoko Assist attacks.
・Fixed the display on the entrance to Dojo Mode.
・Changed position of Style Rank display.
・Changed the floor of the Executive Area.
・Relaxed the screen shaking effect a bit.


Unlock condition: Easy or Normal difficulty must be cleared.
*This difficulty level is unlocked separately for Asaru and Amelia.

Unlock condition: Clear Hard Work difficulty.
*This difficulty level is unlocked separately for Asaru and Amelia.

Available from the start.

Unlock condition: Clear both Asaru and Amelia story modes on Easy or Normal.

Unlock condition: Clear both Asaru and Amelia story modes on Hard Work.

Unlock condition: Clear both Asaru and Amelia story modes on Extreme.

Asaru's Overclock's red color effect added to his umbrella and suitcase.
Just Timing blue color effect also added to umbrella and suitcase.

Added a UI element when not in battle that displays how many people have been rescued.
If a target is close, the icon will begin to flicker.

Added a UI element in the pause menu that displays how many people have been rescued.

Added an icon in the Skill Shop to display the refund option.

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If you have any questions or concerns, always feel free to reach out to us on our Discord! discord.gg/nisa

Stay safe,
Daniel

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Hey everyone! A new update for Assault Spy is now available!

Build ID: 3878685

Spanish (LATAM) and Portuguese (BR) language options have been added! Special thanks to the following volunteers for making this possible!

Latin American Spanish Translation
Crimson Translations
TSESHADOW
pixl_man

Brazilian Portuguese Translation
Caio "Geheimen" Paiva
Lucas "halozy" Marinho
Pedro “Terra” Fortes

Some other features have been added:
-Added a countdown timer HUD when using Overclock.
-Added 1600x900 screen resolution.
-Added a message when the extra menu is unlocked.

The following issues have also been fixed:
-Fixed an issue where some videos did not play in the skill shop menu.
-Fixed an issue where the health gauge of an enemy would appear at the edge of the screen.
-The Results screen in the pause menu now displays the stage name correctly.
-Fixed a problem where some of the conversation text was missing.
-Fixed a bug where pressing the button for the skill shop and NPCs did not respond correctly.
-You can now hold down the directional pad to control the menu.
-Fixed some images in the skill screen menu.
-Fixed the Assault Spy, (Achievement) which was acquired at the unintended timing.
-Fixed the gun effect of some enemies.
-Fixed a bug where exiting Overclock would continue to slow down the enemy.
-Officer Spade’s post-attack performance and slash blade sizes were adjusted.
-Fixed Mr. Assault's Just timed briefcase move.
-Moved placement of a Negabot employee, in the Back Lot area in Amelia's story.
-Enemy lens flare placement adjusted.
-Fixed how Mr. Assault holds his briefcase.
-Fixed an issue in the Garden area. Under the 1st bridge, attacks wouldn’t hit the enemy. (They would have a guard effect.)
-Fixed an issue in the Extra options menu. If you enable a mask on, the character would be floating in the results screen after battle.
-Fixed an issue where Asaru’s boss voice volume was not correctly reflecting the sound settings.
-Fixed issue where Chidori would freeze during battles.
-Fixed issue where if you skip a cutscene and there were any voice lines after the cutscene, it would result in a static sound.
-Final Dive Business skill’s power has been adjusted. (Increased the power)
-During Kanoko’s assist bullets would still fire towards the player.
-Fixed an issue where the black monitor men's lasers would not disappear properly.
-Amelia’s Black Gale was missing hit-boxes.
-Some enemies were failing to spawn from their boxes in hard mode.
-Fixed issue where "Rush Hour" skill had a strange interaction with Chidori.
-Some missing battle voices have been added for Irene.

Thanks for playing and your continued support!
-Sahil

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Hey everyone! There's a new patch for Assault Spy!

Build ID: 3390373

1. Added images for some event scenes.
2. Fixed discrepancies between some Japanese text and voices not matching up.
3. Fixed a bug that prevented play through.

Thanks for playing and your continued support!
-Sahil

Hey everyone! There's a new patch for Assault Spy!

Build ID: 3381166

・Fixed bug that causes screen to go dark after talking to NPC on the rooftop.
・Changed direction display of enemies off screen to show only enemies who are attacking.
・Fixed bug that causes player to be unable to attack after pausing in Backyard battle.
・Fixed bug that causes player’s charge effect during total result.
・Fixed death flag of Officer Diamond in order to prevent failure of event when attacking early.
・Added Spanish and Portuguese options.

If you haven't had the chance to look at the previous patch notes, they can be found here:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/767930/discussions/0/1744479698797783600/

Thanks for playing and your continued support!
-Sahil

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Heyo Everyone!

We have pushed a new build onto the `PREVIEW` branch, and will post the patch notes below as well.

At this time we wanted to formally announce that the Early Access Discord for Assault Spy will be closing in 3 weeks. It's last day will be November 27, 2018.
If you have any bugs to report, please report them as soon as you can.

We also wanted to say, THANK YOU!

Your contribution to this project has been irreplaceable. It has really meant a lot to us and Wazen! Assault Spy would not have been the success it is today without you. We hope you continue to enjoy the high action comedy adventure of Assault Spy!

Build ID 3279740 (Available on Preview Branch):
- Could not obtain the achievement Overclock Overcome! has now been fixed.
- Issue where enemies would not appear on spy must die 35F was fixed.
- Added function where you an delete stage results from the pause menu.
- Fixed holes in walls in certain stages
- Bug where ranking would show during cut scene events fixed.
- Movement restrictions when talking to NPC and around elevators taken out.
- Mid air player and enemy collisions tweaked
- Added warning sounds to attacks made out of screen
- Added tutorial for understanding battle outcome
- Fixed Japanese subtitles that were out of order
- Adjusted the stuttering of wall cameras
- Amelia: fixed bug were you cannot do mid are shots
- Amelia: tweaked so when you block you recover SP
- Amelia: tweaked amount of SP taken for Corridor Smash
- Amelia: tweaked Braver Outburst skill
- During overclock made the mid-air dash unrestricted
- Changed behavior of dash during overclock
- Can now deal damage to enemies who are invincible during overclock
- Changed keyboard 4 to be able to explode business cards.