Mod Overview

This mod aims to bring life to the Gauntlets with custom colors, fonts, QoL tweaks, and more, truly a Better Gauntlet experience!

Features

• New backgrounds!
• New keybinds!
• New particles!
• Reworked UI!
• Reworked Navigation Menu!
• And much more!

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Notes

• LGBTQIA+ Rights are human rights. You are not alone in this fight. Stay strong.

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Credits and Special Thanks:

• Coding:
  • Dasshu
  • LimeGradient
  • Capeling
  • Erymanthus
• Support:
  • The Globed Staff Team - For being great friends and overall supportive.
  • The Geode Discord - For answering my REALLY stupid and simple-minded questions.

Changelog

v1.7.2

• Updated support for the following Gauntlets:
  • Split
• Fixed particles not sppearing in the Power Gauntlet.

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v1.7.1

• Updated support for the following Gauntlets:
  • Bonus, Time, Doom, Death, Forest, Rune, Force, Spooky, Water, Power, Toxic, Treasure, Random, Chance, Love, Cinema, Future, Utopia
• Fixed unintentional particles in the Monster Gauntlet.

The Gauntlet Keeper awaits your arrival...

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v1.7.0

• Bump to Geode v5.0.0 and GD 2.2081
• Added iOS Jit-less support!
• Added a Level Safe!
  • Shows every level found within the Gauntlet, unlocked or not.
    • Inspired by Jacob375's "Gauntlet Level Vault" mod!
• Updated the following Gauntlets' visuals:
  • Ice, Chaos, Time, Force, Random, Chance, Love, Cinema, Future, Utopia
• Fixed incorrect UI placement on GauntletSelectLayer
• Removed Custom Keybinds functionality
• Removed Path Opacity setting
• Removed Disconnect Button setting
• Removed Toggle Paths setting
• Removed Settings button in GauntletSelectLayer
• Removed Custom Reload button (added to vanilla)

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v1.6.11

• Fixed a layering issue with GDUtils' "New Gauntlets Design" setting enabled, for real this time.

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v1.6.1

• Fixed a layering issue with GDUtils' "New Gauntlets Design" setting enabled.
  • Reported by AlphaQuata. Thank you!

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v1.6.0

• Bump to Geode 4.5.0.
• Added new settings:
  • "Path Blending"
    • Toggles blending between Default (No blending) and Additive.
  • "Disconnect Button"
    • Adds a disconnect button to GauntletLayer to simulate a disconnection from the servers.
    • This is a quick and useful way for developers to access m_tryAgainText.
• Added "Rescale Loading Circle" setting compatibility to GauntletSelectLayer.
• Added new particles to GauntletSelectLayer!
• Added level authors to gauntletlayer!
• Added reactivity to the skull icon on the final level of gauntlets (finished level has darkened skull).
• Updated GauntletSelectLayer's layout!
• Updated Settings' categorization (categorized by game layer).
• Updated particles settings to affect GauntletSelectLayer.
• Updated m_tryAgainText (the text that pops up when youre disconnected from the servers)
• Updated Gauntlet Credits to have newlines if a name is too long.
• Fixed a grammatical issue with the "Rescale Loading Circle" setting.
• Fixed the Settings Button on GauntletSelectLayer being larger than the sprite itself.

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v1.5.2

• Added Path Opacity Editing!
  • Found in Experimental Settings, you can change the opacity of your Gauntlet Path Dots.
• Added a settings button in the Gauntlet Select menu!
  • Change Better Gauntlet's settings right within the menu itself!
• Added Gauntlet Description credits!
  • Most of the descriptions are written by GitHub Copilot. Let me know if you'd like to write one!
• Updated the following Gauntlets' visuals:
  • Crystal, Lava, Death, Forest, Portal
• Fixed Gauntlet Level Vault's info button placement on the Gauntlet Select menu.

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v1.5.1

• Fixed an error in the Changelog.

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v1.5.0

• Bump to Geode 4.4.0.
• Added iOS Support!
• Added support to the following Gauntlets:
  • Space, Cosmos
• Updated the following Gauntlets' particles:
  • Fire, Poison, Demon, Death, Christmas
• Removed the Gauntlet Level Vault dependency. It it still recommended you install, though!
• Removed the Custom Keybinds dependency for iOS as it's not available yet.

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v1.4.2

• April Fools update :)

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v1.4.1

• Bump to Geode 4.3.0.
• Fixed the background in the Split Gauntlet from being properly loaded.

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v1.4.0

• Added Gauntlet information popups.
• Added particles to the following Gauntlets:
  • Water, Treasure, Portal, NCS 1, NCS 2
• Updated the following Gauntlets' particles:
  • Fire, Poison, Shadow, Bonus, Chaos, Demon, Spike, Forest

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v1.3.0

• Integrated Gauntlet Level Vault by Jacob375!
  • This mod is recommended you download!
• Added a fourth chain to GauntletSelectLayer.
• Added a new setting: "Islands Hover".
• Added a new setting: "Background Particles".
• Added a new setting: "Enable Gauntlet Paths".
• Added a new setting: "Toggle Vault Tooltip".
• Added an old setting: "Rescale Loading Circle".
• Updated Better Gauntlets' Node IDs.
• Updated the following Gauntlets' visuals:
  • Fire, Ice, Shadow, Lava, Bonus, Chaos, Demon, Time, Crystal, Magic, Spike, Doom, Forest, Haunted, Power, Halloween, Christmas
• Updated the Discord Gauntlet sprite.
• Updated the Gauntlet floor sprite.
• Updated all .md files' formatting.
• Fixed unintentional particles in the NCS I Gauntlet.
• Fixed another crash when using a keybind to enter a level before the layer finished loading.
• Removed the Discord Link from support.md since it's already in mod.json
• Removed the "Update Discord Sprite" setting.

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v1.2.1

• Fixed platform requirements for Custom Keybinds.

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v1.2.0

• Bump to Geode 4.2.0.
• Bump Node IDs dependency from v1.15.0 -> v1.19.0
• Added keybind support on all platforms!
• Added a fallback function for unsupported/custom Gauntlets.
• Added hover movements to the Gauntlet levels.
• Updated the mod logo to unify this mod with the vanilla Gauntlets' style.
• Updated a LOT of backend/file stuff. Thank you so so SO much, Capeling!
• Updated the following Gauntlets' visuals:
  • Fire, Ice, Poison, Shadow, Lava, Bonus
• Updated GauntletLayer keybind names and descriptions.
• Fixed support.md showing an incorrect Ko-fi hyprlink.
• Fixed the back controller button sprite being behind the UI on GauntletSelectLayer.
• Fixed a bug where re-loading GauntletLayer would disable it's keybinds after one use.

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v1.1.3

• jaydasshu -> DasshuDEV
• Added Corner UI to GauntletLayer, responsive to the selected Gauntlets' header text color.
• Updated the following Gauntlets' visuals:
  • Fire, Ice
• Updated the "The Lost Gauntlets" title to be a part of the UI.
• Updated Gauntlet spacing a bit when using GDUtils' "New gauntlets design" setting.
• Updated some text and background colors.
• Updated the Gauntlets' customizations to apply before the levels load.
• Fixed a crash when using a keybind to enter a level before it's finished loading.

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v1.1.0 - v1.1.2

• Added particles around the stars of completed Gauntlet levels.
• Added a new setting: "Update Discord Sprite".
  • Changed the sprite of the Discord Gauntlet to match with the company's current logo.
• Added all background changes to the UI, meaning all extra stuff will load even if the gauntlets themselves don't.
• Added support for the Space and Cosmos Gauntlets.
• Updated the Time Gauntlet's background (07 -> 17).
• Updated the opacity of the floor texture from 255 -> 128.
• Updated the particles in GauntletSelectLayer to add atmosphere to the space.
• Updated the background to add to the atmosphere.
• Fixed a crash on Android when entering GauntletSelectLayer.
• Fixed an issue with Gauntlet placement.
• Fixed overlapping textures when using GDUtils' "New gauntlets design" setting.
• Removed some unnecessary files.

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v1.0.0

• Initial release of Better Gauntlets!