Mosa Lina: Second Layer

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Second Layer

• 24 new tools (48 total)
  
• 189 new levels (360 total)
  
• 30 new boss level parts (60 total)
  
• 38 new music tracks (100 total)
  

10 New Languages

• the game is now also fully available in: German, French, Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), Turkish, Russian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese (Simplified)
  
  • thanks to the work of Dwimpeon, David T. Marchand, Mila, Bilge, AntonLT, Yuki Fujita, Bada Im and Deimos

Price Bump

• on June 13th the game's base price on Steam will increase to 7.99$ USD
  
  • back in 2023, when the game was almost finished and Wombat was working towards releasing it, he had no idea we'd ever end up expanding it this much!! new price will better reflect all the effort we've been putting into it
• before that though, it will be on sale until June 11th priced at 4.25$ USD!
  

Nintendo Switch Release

• did you Mosa Lina has just released on Nintendo Switch?!
  
  • the port was made & published by our friend Anton Klinger, so when you notice there's one more name on the titlescreen now - that's him!
    
  • we've been working towards it for a while now, so now that it's finally coming out it feels super surreal
• feature complete, including all the new stuff as well as the Level Editor and Online/Offline Co-op
  
  • Level Packs made in the Level Editor are cross-platform, so the Packs made on Nintendo Switch can be played on the Steam version of the game and vice-versa!
  
  

Soundtrack Release

• the entire 100 track (!!) Mosa Lina Soundtrack composed by Tom Schley aka Silkersoft will be available on Steam!
  
  • this includes all of the tracks composed for Mosa Lina's original release as well as all of the brand new tracks created for the Second Layer update

Cross-Platform Level Packs and Steam Workshop

• Steam Workshop has a really nice interface for finding new stuff, and as a creator it allows you to set up a really nice personalized page for your Pack, complete with a thumbnail and a description and a bunch of other options
  
• uploading to the Cross-platform thing allows the Packs to be accessed, well, across platforms (!!) using a short Pack Code and/or the in-game Download menu
  
• regardless of if you've downloaded the pack from Steam Workshop or the Cross-platform thing:
  
  • if it has a Steam Workshop page, you will be able to access that page using the Modding Menu
    
  • if it has a Cross-platform Pack Code, you will see that Code in the Modding Menu as well as on the Edge Border while playing any level from that Pack (and on gifs as well!)
• game will automatically add the Pack Code into the Pack's Steam Workshop page's description (you can then change the description manually)
  
  • due to *reasons*, each time you upload an updated version of the pack to the Cross-platform thing, it will generate a new Pack Code
    
    • whenever you do that, Steam Workshop description will be automatically updated, replacing the old Pack Code with the new one

• open the Level Pack in Level Editor
  
• click on the Cogwheel ⚙ icon
  
• in the Cross Platform Server section, set Upload to Yes
  
• press Confirm

Changes

• menus
  
  • 10 new languages can now be selected using the Settings submenu
    
  • Tool Switch button (Q/C/L on keyboard, B on Xbox controller layouts) can now be used to quickly go back in menus
    
  • Reroll menu option no longer switches the game mode to Normal mode, making it possible to quickly reroll in other modes (i.e. Speedrun)
    
    • Normal mode can now be selected in the Change submenu
  • Speedrun and Raw Random have been moved to the Change submenu
    
  • Director's Cut toggle is now located in the Change -> Options submenu
    
  • Second Layer tools can be toggled via Change -> Options submenu
    
  • Second Layer levels can be toggled via Modding Menu
    
  • Seeded Run seed entry field gets pre-filled with the current run's seed
  
  
• gameplay
  
  • worm has acquired more muscle
    
  • portal will now also open in absence of fruits
    
  • gungun now more correctly reattaches if picked up mid-backflip
    
  • crosshair no longer lags 1 tick behind
    
  • bamboo always creates at least one part
    
  • frog mode is now a bit cooler
    
  • frog is now always rotated before it gets spiked
    
  • clampos no longer create conflicts they can't resolve
    
  • fish is now less likely to get stuck inside the tiles
  
  
• various stuff
  
  • tools on tool selection screen are centered at last
    
  • 3-tool screen now displays tools that were selected as overrides on custom levels
    
  • on big levels, sounds made by things far away from the camera are now quieter
    
    • it is now ok to create levels with even more frogs
  • fish head no longer clips through the player's body
    
  • game window now remembers its size and placement
    
  • various crashes no longer crash
    
  • improved performance of so many things that if i'd try listing them all here the notes would at the very least double in size
  
  
• Modding Menu
  
  • is fully remade
    
  • no longer requires using a mouse
    
  • looks nice
    
  • it is now possible to mark the Level Packs as Favorite ones
    
    • this makes them appear before the other packs in the list, as well as allows you to quickly toggle just the Favorite ones on/off
  • now features a Download section, which allows accessing the Cross-Platform Level Packs
    
    • it features a randomized selection of Level Packs made by people across the world
      
    • you can access a specific Level Pack using its Pack Code
  
  
• Level Editor
  
  • ? icon thing you can hover over to get info about some hotkeys and stuff
    
  • more accurate rotation pivot placement when multiple objects are selected
    
  • arrow keys can now be used to move the cursor 1px at a time
    
  • new objects
    
    • zone pin
      
      • i think is really cool
        
      • you can use it to pin zones (nograv, upgrav) to physics objects so they're attached to them
        
        • hint: player is also a physics object
    • pomegranate, film roll, rocket, turtle and worm can now be placed
  • rail block
    
    • rail block's starting position along the rail can now be changed
      
    • rail visual now correctly rotates along with its rail block
      
      • this is not retroactively applied to the rails placed prior to this update, you can re-create the rail block to apply it
  • frog flips in editor according to its jumping direction
    
  • balls no longer randomly rotate
  
  

things that were added at various points between The Collaboration Update and now but we've never formally introduced

• speedrunning mini-update
  
  • "Speedrun" menu option is now a submenu that contains the classic speedrun mode (Single Set) as well as 2 new modes:
    
    • Seeded Run mode
      
      • 1 set, no randomness
    • Full Loop mode
      
      • 6 sets, a ton of randomness
  
  
• if you create a folder named "gifs" in the game's root directory, whenever you're saving a gif the game will skip the "where would you like to save it" prompt and just put it there
  
  • really convenient if you're like me and make a ton of gifs
    
    • (it's a real pain to find *the one you're looking for* when they're not properly named though, so do use it with care)
  
  
• Level Editor
  
  • hotkey to enter/exit the Level Editor's Test Mode no longer randomly fails
    
  • delay before the scoreboard is shown in Test Mode is reduced
    
  • Test Mode is no longer secretly Raw Random
    
  • just selecting things no longer causes Backups to be created

things that are currently in-progress and didn't quite make the cut but will one day just suddenly appear

• allow toggling Level Packs during Online Co-op
  
• Level Editor
  
  • more things
    
  • gamepad controls
    
  • proper Steam Input support
• gif thing
  
  • Pre-Recording option
    • allows the game to process the clips during the gameplay, making saving clips instant but uses a lot of processing power
  • .webm support
    
    • webs can do higher resolutions + sound!
      
    • just like gifs, will not impact the performance while playing the game, as they are only processed whenever you save them
      
      • unless you toggle the Pre-Recording option

afterword