# Release Notes

## 0.5.2 - January 25th, 2021

* Improved joystick support
* New translations: Polish, Russian
* New musics
* Updated the Giant Wolf Boss
* Added new little animals - different animals will appear in different levels
* Increased the drowning time to 12 seconds
* Updated the turbo/invincibility time to 20 seconds
* Improved the springs: they now behave as expected when the player is running on the walls or on the ceiling
* Level Editor: users can now create levels in fullscreen mode
* Level Editor: users can now display collision gizmos by pressing a key
* Level Editor: the interface has been translated into multiple languages
* Fix: the engine will pause the SurgeScript VM when the game is paused
* Fix: consistent physics in slow computers
* Fix: the player can be smashed by solid moving platforms
* Improvements to the SurgeScript API
* Updated the credits screen: it now extracts data from a csv file
* Introduced CONTRIBUTING file with guidelines for contributors
* Introduced special folder sprites/overrides/ to ease sprite hacking
* Input maps are now read from the (new) inputs/ folder
* The HUD is now entirely controlled via scripting
* The 1up jingle no longer stops the level music
* Increased the maximum supported image size to 4096x4096 pixels
* Bugfixes and general improvements

## 0.5.1.2 - February 2nd, 2020

* New translations: Serbian, Bosnian, Dutch
* Updated the language selection screen
* Included AppStream metadata for Linux and for the free software ecosystem
* Physics engine: using a fixed timestep at 60 fps for improved precision
* Bugfixes and general improvements

## 0.5.1.1 - January 5th, 2020

* Added support for UTF-8 filenames on Windows
* Added the --hide-fps command line option
* Optimized the rendering of texts
* Removed unused fonts

## 0.5.1 - December 31st, 2019

* New special moves: Surge's Lightning Boom and Surge's Lightning Smash
* Improved the physics engine & the auto-angles detection method
* New translations: German, Spanish, Korean, French
* Updates to the SurgeScript API
* Included a SurgeScript template for creating your own shield abilities
* Made Life Icons and Goal Signs easier to hack
* Created an audible countdown that is played when Surge is underwater
* Introduced multilingual support for font scripts
* Aesthetic improvements to the menus
* General improvements & bugfixes

## 0.5.0.2 - November 1st, 2019

* Improved the jump and the charge-and-release move
* Updated the icon
* General improvements

## 0.5.0.1 - October 5th, 2019

* Fixed details of the initial release

## 0.5.0 - September 27th, 2019

* Initial release
