1.8.0
1.8.0 was released on November 25th, 2022 and was focused on adding new content from Mega Man & Bass,some content Mega Man 8 that returned in this game, content from the Game Boy instalments, a handful of unique Mega Man Maker unique builder items, as well as Fortress Bosses. 1.8 also brought performance upgrades in loading, creating, saving and playing levels to reduce lag. From the Mega Man & Bass side, 1.8 added 3 new bosses and 6 weapons as well as an assortment of Enemies , Level Objects, and tiles. Similarly from the Mega Man Gameboy side there is also 3 new bosses and 6 weapons along with the level objects, enemies, and tiles.
There is one new Cameo Weapon, the weapon Uber Chain is new and based on Team Fortress 2 which was added because Luigi1000 is a huge fan of the game.
According to the devs, it is the last Large-scale update the devs are working on. the Development team has stated that they do not intend to do any more multi-year long updates in the future. This does not mean that development will cease at 1.8. Rather, 1.9+ will be smaller scope and should have much shorter development times.
About Development
The Development cycle of 1.8.0 was notoriously cursed according JumpDashEvade. During development a lot of problems occurred which slowed down the development of the game.
- At two different times the team experienced server failures and lost progress.
- 3 members of the dev team had deaths in their family.
- The wiki server experienced a critical error and the wiki was completely rebooted and all pages were lost.
- Some dev team members had left the team.
- Various host of real-life accidents including a car accident.
Changelog
New Features
Bosses
- Cold Man
- Pirate Man
- Burner Man
- Enker
- Punk
- Pluto
- Yellow Devil
- Boobeam Trap
- Kamegoro Maker
- Cossack Catcher
- Wily Machine 4
- Dark Man 3
- Dark Man 4
- Big Pets
- Wily Machine 6
Weapons
- Ice Wall
- Wave Burner
- Spread Drill
- Copy Vision
- Tengu Blade
- Magic Card
- Grab Buster
- Salt Water
- Electric Shock
- Break Dash
- Spark Chaser
- Tango
- Uber Chain
Enemies
Level Objects
- Targets
- Target Rails
- Water Level Changer
- Explosive Crate
- Bell Ringer
- Dynamo Conveyor
- Balloon
- Rotating Spike Block
- Fuse Laser Turret
- Magnetic Coil
- Hot Plate
Backgrounds
- Pirate Treasure Room
- Pirate (outside)
Tiles
- Intro
- Intro Alt
- Pirate
- Ground
- King
- King Alt
Music
- Cold Man (Mega Man & Bass)
- Ground Man (Mega Man & Bass)
- Dynamo Man (Mega Man & Bass)
- Magic Man (Mega Man & Bass)
- Tengu Man (Mega Man & Bass)
- Boss (Mega Man & Bass)
Changes
- Teleporters will now have a Purple skin option.
- Hornet Roll was shown to have an interaction with the Bell Ringer.
- Performance changes between 1.7 and 1.8 will affect saving and loading levels as well as playing larger levels with less lag.
- Conveyor Belts were shown to have speed options
- Push Blocks got 3 new variants, Heavy, Light and Mobile.
Bug Fixes
- Searchy was shown to have the correct color lights when triggering on/offs.