Patch #2

Patch #2 is now live. Again, nothing major - just two small issues that were brought forward by community members. The version number for this patch is v1.0.18

First, completing the final Arachno-Gauntlet (in the Consequences mission) wasn't displaying as completed on the level select screen. It didn't hurt anything, but I'm sure it was very frustrating to see!
That is now fixed, although you'll need to complete the gauntlet one more time to see it update.

Second, and a bit more significant, was the cursor sometimes leaving the game window when quickly clicking and dragging (like when rotating objects). This issue was most common for users with multi-monitor setups, frequently switching tabs, or having certain other other programs open in the background that would "eat" your input. It also only occurred in the "Borderless" windowed mode. "The game now "secretly" locks the cursor to a fixed location, but only when the cursor is not being shown - problem solved!

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Patch #1

We're one day out from launch and it seems like most of you are having a great time with Kill It With Fire! I haven't heard about any show-stopping issues so far (knock on wood!), but I did hear about one bug that I wanted to quickly address in a patch. If you see v1.0.16 in the bottom left corner of your screen, you'll know you've got it!

For the curious, here's what was going on. On the second level (Close Encounters), if you picked up all five batteries before collecting the S.P.I.D.A.R. tracker upgrade, you would complete the "Power Up" objective without having first discovered it. That by itself is fine - it happens even more in other places (such as the "Fight Spider With Spider" objective in Major Inconvenience) so I've got code that automatically deletes the objective discovery pickup upon completion of that objective. That's good, because it means you won't later discover a random, glowing sheet of paper that doesn't do anything.

Maybe you see where this is going - the S.P.I.D.A.R. upgrade is both an objective discovery pickup AND an upgrade, so when you picked up the 5th battery the game deleted the upgrade! And, to make matters worse the whole thing was happening again when you reloaded the level, since we want to get rid of the objective discovery pickups you've already found.

I've only heard from one player that actually encountered the issue but it's possible there are more who just haven't said anything, so it seemed best to fix it ASAP! Another issue that I discovered along the way (and I seriously doubt this has been discovered by ANYONE, but you never know!) is that if you never pick up the hairspray in First Contact but you do pick some up in a later level, you'll be unable to complete the "Find More Firepower" objective, since it was only listening for the player to discover new equipment, not find more ammo. Of course, the game is called KILL IT WITH FIRE, so who in their right mind would skip grabbing the hairspray in the first level?!?!