Charles the Bee

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• Patch Notes·5 Nov 2025Official

  1.4 Multiplayer Update!

  Welcome to the biggest update to date! Multiplayer Mode!You can now battle against your friends in the new Online Versus mode! This works cross platform for Itch/Newgrounds/Steam users :) Arcade OverhaulRe-did the entire arcade menu which is now easier to navigate and has a new game mode!Triple Terror is a new arcade game mode that plays the same song 3 times, each time faster and faster. Opponents in Triple Terror are better dancers than Easy or Hard, watch out! Bug Fixes & Other Changes:Made the hazards in mountain and swamp area slow you downAdded VFX for the stinkbombMade Levar's dance arena fancier with a music visualizerAdded a "News" section of the title screen for past and future updatesNote trail setting for disabling the trails notes spawn Changed colors of letter grades Changed letter grade system to reflect maximum score of the difficulty you're playing on instead of total possible score Aligned the note charts to the music better Extras -> Report card works better now Fixed bug with the fast bee in Bumble Peaks Fixed bug with the flowers in Bumble Peaks, they grab you properly now Fixed bug with Beela's dances moves What's next?Now we're going to be working on 6 new bees coming via the Airport! More songs, more bees, more fun coming soon. It's not clear when it will be ready, but we'll keep you updated!
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• Announcements·26 Aug 2024Official

  Charles 1.25

  Day 4 of bug fixes and additions! Here's what we have today: Added "Quick Restart" button in options menu (esc or p) for dance battles. Now you can quickly restart mid-song Changed note offset slider to move in increments of 15ms instead of 20ms Changed note offset slider to have higher minimum and maximum offset values by 50% Worldmap music doesn't get restarted everytime you go back and forth to shop Fixed cutscene for Beela and Beegana being in the wrong order Added VFX for note chart maker tool Removed unnecessary stuff in the note chart maker tool Fixed a really problematic bug that was causing everyone to have issues with progressing, this one is a major fix. Fixed the V.I.B items (stink bomb and vitamins) functionality, they weren't working properly before Added cute Charles art for the sleeping cutscene (more of that stuff coming soon!) Fixed a bug that caused Pip the God to not unlock after you defeat him Added graffiti to various dance battle stages and some more performance improvements, menu alignments, and quality of life stuff Thank ya, love ya. More bug fixes and updates coming August 30th. Including Multiplayeerrrrrrrr
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• Announcements·24 Aug 2024Official

  Charles 1.20

  Day 3 of crunching on bug fixes! Here's what we got for today! removed the note ID numbers, oops! added text to clarify stuff on the world map moved custom mode to Extras added more fan art! Thank you added more people to special thanks due to more steam reviews! Thank you added teasers for future content like the airport and multiplayer fixed Stingmis in her cutscene improved performance on laptops that have two graphics cards by a lot Thank ya, love ya. More bug fixes and updates coming within 48hrs as more reports and testing get done.
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• Announcements·22 Aug 2024Official

  Charles 1.15

  Day 2 of crunching on bug fixes! Here's what we got for today! fixed steam achievements even more, they don't spam the poor steam servers anymore fixed custom songs not starting, caused by Note Per Minute value not having a default fixed note offset not saving to hard drive and cloud saves pollen gathering pause menu was wrong size fixed stingmis eyes in versus screen fixed more gamestate issues, mort will now appear properly and there should be no remaining sequence breaking between cutscenes fixed missing Devious Mort visual effects refactored the World Map a bit to be more clear Thank ya, love ya. More bug fixes and updates coming within 48hrs as more reports and testing get done.
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• Announcements·21 Aug 2024Official

  Charles 1.1

  Welcome to the world post-launch! We're going to start the version numbers over again. Arguably, I should've just had versions 0 to 0.99 as the pre-launch versions. Aww well! Here's some stuff I bug fixed over the first 24 hours of launch. Keep the reports and feedback coming! Thanks! fixed steam achievements fixed free roam mode when going back somewhere you already completed cleaned up unused files for smaller download size fixed a blocker that prevented people who own the dlc from playing the dlc content fixed music continuing to play when going back to menu fixed taking damage while talking to mort fixed buzzopolis smoke still being on at night fixed pip text box not reappearing fixed top note getting eaten instead of bottom note sometimes added some sounds expanded the special thanks to include everyone who left a steam review, thank you! There are lots of bits of bobs that weren't noted. Aiming to improve further and further in the coming days!
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