Hey everyone! Another small update here. This one mainly focused on balancing and fixing items, I have also implemented a Player Stats system, which works with item effects now. Here are the patch notes! Again, thank you for playing, and as always - feedback is appreciated!

BALANCING:
- Slightly increased the player i-frames when taking damage. 1 -> 1.25
- Slightly increased the player i-frames when dashing. 0.5 -> 0.6
- Various variable tweaking to make the game a bit easier; 
- Debuffed enemy HP.
- Buffed player weapon damage.
- Balanced Item Effects:

• Blood Donor;
  • Damage +3 -> +4
  • Max HP -15 -> -10.
• Mercenary’s Bandana;
  • Damage +1 -> +2
  • Fire Rate +0.5 -> -5
• Sacred Heart; 
  
  • Damage +2 -> +3
  • Heal +1 HP -> +15 HP
• Jerry Can; 
  
  • DoT Lifetime 10s-> 8s 
• Cup O’ Coffee;
  
  • Damage -2 -> -1
  • Fire Rate +0.75 -> -5
  • Move Speed +1 -> +2
• Energy Drink;
  •  Fire Rate +5 -> -5
  • Move Speed +2 -> +1 
• Inhaler;
  • Max HP -10 -> -15
  • Move Speed 0.25 -> 0.5
• 8 Ball;
  •  Fire Rate -1 -> -1.75
  • Max HP +20 -> -10
  • Move Speed +1 -> +1.25
• Dirty Bandage;
  • Heal +25 HP -> +5 HP
• Glass Eye;
  • Fire Rate 0.75 -> -1.25
  • Recoil -0.25 -> -0.75
• Lucky Rabbit’s Foot;
  • Move Speed 0.5 -> 0.75
    
• Heart;
  • Max HP +50 -> +25

GAMEPLAY:
- Reduced ammo in Burst Rifle: 42 -> 36.
- Player can now only pick up health drops when HP is below their max HP.
- Max coin count capped at 999. 
- Implemented the foundation for the Player Stats system - now, when buying items from Gort’s Wares, they will correctly modify the player’s stats. These stats include;

• Damage.
•  Fire Rate.
• Move Speed.
• Max HP Stat

- Fixed the known issues with the “Razor Blade” item effect.
- Added status effects

- Temporarily Removed Items:

• Guillotine.
• Slot Machine.
• Poison.
• Lottery Ticket.
• Tombstone.
• Dog Tooth.
• Crystal Ball.
• Magnet.
• Brass Knuckles.
• Crown of Thorns.
• Matchbox.
• Burnt Matchstick.

ART:
- Walls now appear correctly in Gort’s shop.
- Corridors now properly render on the minimap.
- Mort’s “GUNS” Neon sign now lights up.

ANIMATION:
- Removed weapon reload animations.
- Added Idle and Walk animations for enemies.

MISC:
- Scene transition screen now works correctly in the main menu.
- Player’s coin amount now correctly displays in the shops.
- Cleaned up the Health Bar visuals - it now has a colour gradient from green to red depending on HP value.
- Added some visual feedback when shooting enemies;
- Splatters of blood on the floor.
- Added a UI pop-up to display the player’s stats.

BUG FIXES:
- Player can no longer shoot while reloading.
- Player can now freely aim during weapon reloading.
- Fixed a bug which caused the weapon ammo UI to not set correctly upon loading into a level.
- Fixed a bug which caused weapons to auto-fire when picked up.
- Fixed a bug which caused Mort’s Gun Shop to not display the available guns, causing a softlock.
- Fixed a bug which caused the Burst Rifle to not shoot at all.
- Player can no longer pause the game when in the shop.