Shovel Knight Dig has arrived, and it comes with an update to version 1.0.8. Yacht Club Games released the included patch notes.
With the update, there are a lot of fixes and improvements, and even changes to the way the levels are made. The Nintendo Switch also works better and takes less time to load.
Shovel Knight Dig version 1.0.8 update
- General
- Fix: Sometimes the game would crash when the Drill killed you.
- Fix: Alignment of the selection box in the button-mapping menu
- Fix: Too many rats in the mushroom ambush room Fix: Falling rocks could sometimes kill a group of propeller rats by accident
- Fix: Gastronomole sometimes doesn’t show up at his station Fix: Some accessory icons were scaled wrong
- Fix: Sometimes, Trouple Familiar wouldn’t heal you if you were interrupted in the middle of a heal.
- Some of the interface for a conversation was still there after the conversation was over.
- Fix – Several soft locks that the player could experience when certain rooms were generated
- Fix: Cases where only two of three gold gears would appear in a stage. Fix: Localization bugs and changes to make text clearer. Fix: Problems with some relics acting in ways that weren’t intended.
- Fix: Leaderboard stage displays that don’t match up
- Changes have been made to Magic Landfill’s level design in general.
- Changes to the level layout for Smelt Changes to the level layout for Hive Changes to the level layout for Water Changes to the level layout for Death Bags when they are attacked
- Change: Made some bosses harder or easier.
- Improvement: Familiar/Follower movement alignment Improvement: General level design improvements for mini Shovel Knight in Mushroom Improvement: Pause menu navigation and layout improvements
- Nintendo Switch
- Loading times and performance have been improved.
Shovel Knight Dig version 1.0.8 is now available for download on Nintendo Switch.
About Shovel Knight Dig
Shovel Knight gets his dependable Shovel Blade and begins mining when Drill Knight and his nefarious digging team destroy his calm campground and steal his treasure!
Visit exotic places, make new friends and enemies, and equip yourself in your effort to prevent the whole country from falling beneath your feet! In Shovel Knight Dig, a brand-new Shovel Knight adventure, you must jump, slash, and dig your way down a mysterious abyss that is always shifting.
Features:
- An whole new presentation with a fresh Shovel Knight tale! Shovel Knight gets his dependable Shovel Blade and begins mining when Drill Knight and his nefarious digging team destroy his calm campground and steal his treasure!
- Stunning high-color pixel visuals and audio accompany the first Shovel Knight adventure. The most believable Shovel Knight environment ever is made possible by fluid animation, scaling, rotation, and parallax!
- Each journey is unique! For endless replayability, Shovel Knight Dig levels were painstakingly designed before being pieced together utilizing specialized generating methods.
- Dig, slice, and jump your way down in a brand-new direction! Rely on your reliable Shovel Drop, then use brand-new Speed Shovel mechanics to plow through wide expanses of dirt.
- As you make your way deeper into the ground, your riches and power increase. Come out with many riches to better outfit the Shovel Knight, gaining access to upgrades for your Shoveling gear and permanent stuff.
- There are several new characters, Knights, and opponents, so do not be alarmed! Shovel Knight Dig has the storyline, comedy, and maybe even a few recognizable characters that are characteristic of Shovel Knight.
- Amazing virtuoso Jake Kaufman returns with another heart-pounding score in a fresh direction!
- pixel masters Yacht Club Games and Nitrome have worked together for the first time!
