Hey all! Today we've got a special holiday treat for you. As our contribution to Distance Advent Calendar (DAC) we're going all out and releasing Distance v1.1: The Nexus Update! This is one of our biggest content releases yet with 12 new levels featuring 6 new music tracks and a new mini-campaign.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWk1qsLTmZU&index=2&list=PLIZN-V2cOpK-26mXwIN9CEhiejMSkRHzi&t=0s
To celebrate, Distance is 35% off for one week! Check out the changelog for more details and see below for some fancy screenshots.

v1.1 Changelog (Build 6669):

General Improvements

• Added holiday features (Options > General > Christmas Features)
  
  • Reindeer car decorations, snow on car screen, winter-themed main menu
    
  
  
• Added "Nexus" mini-campaign (Campaign > Nexus)
  
  • Includes five levels with all new music
    
  • Unlocked after completing Lost to Echoes
    
  
  
• Added new levels to Sprint
  
  
  
  • Station
    
  • Iris
    
  • Observatory (featuring new music from The Quiggles)
    
  • Precept
    
  • Projection
    
  • Eclipse
    
  
  
• Added unique new level to Challenge
  
  
  
  • Variant Blue
    
  
  
• Minor updates to community level "Past"
  

Bugs Fixed

• Fixed bug with incorrect position/rotation of Archive audio visualizer
  
• Fixed bug where Encryptor was always unlocked
  
• Fixed bug with not being able to reset in Eye of the Storm
  
• Fixed bug where levels' unlock statuses weren't being updated on game launch
  
• Fixed bug where CarScreenImageTrigger would use a random delay before showing on car screen
  

EDIT (12/15): Quick patch to address a few issues

• Added VR options when launching Distance (including the ability to launch without VR even if a device is plugged in)
  
• Fixed bug where replays were sometimes downloaded in the Nexus campaign
  
• Fixed bugs related to skipping Nexus cutscenes
  
• Fixed bug with being able to reset your car during Nexus cutscenes
  

EDIT (12/17): Another tiny patch

• Updated medal times for Iris based on feedback
  
• Added medal times for Resonance, and Deterrence
  

DEV STREAM THIS SATURDAY 2PM PST

The fifth annual Distance Advent Calendar (DAC) is about halfway through, and we've already seen some absolutely incredible creations so far. Check out our video on social media for a recap of the first week: Twitter / Facebook.

This Saturday we'll be doing a special dev stream to play through the first two weeks of levels and (most likely) talk about the v1.1 update.

• What: DAC + v1.1 Dev Steam
  
• Where: http://twitch.tv/refractstudios
  
• When: Saturday Dec. 15th, 2pm PST
  

Let us know what you think of v1.1 below and we hope to see you this weekend!

- Jordan (with everyone at Refract)