TOUCH GRASS · 0.5.0-qa

Version 0.5.0-qa
Build 718
Revision 4038b14b0b8fc14a9c3f4be388c63f971fbe4605
2026-10-14
Android

Release overview

Comment Swamp is ready for a development playtest. Version 0.5.0-qa adds a separate W2 preview with wall sliding, wall jumping and clearer continuous terrain. The normal four-level Shorts Valley campaign remains available.

What changed

Separate W2 PREVIEW on the development title screen opens the actual four-post Comment Swamp level.
Wall sliding and wall jumping use the existing direction and jump controls; both wall guides adapt to touch or keyboard.
Terrain has one coherent surface and a readable underside; decorative hearts no longer sit on walkable platform rims. Hearts in the story are motifs, with no health or points function.
Available STORY sequences return to the same focused list after replay and hold-Skip. The story menu also supports pagination for future reviewed sequences.

Fixes

Reworked stacked platform imagery and ambiguous decorative-heart framing while preserving existing routes, timing and replay state.

Gameplay screenshots

Real captures from the Android 0.5.0-qa development build. Open any image to look closer.

The Android title screen with a separate W2 PREVIEW entry. — Gameplay screenshot0.5.0-qa title — W2 PREVIEW opens Comment Swamp; normal Start and Continue retain the four-level Shorts Valley campaign.Version 0.5.0-qa · Build 718 · Revision 4038b14b0b8fc14a9c3f4be388c63f971fbe4605 · Android · Captured 2026-10-13T23:15:37.300915Z · Native Android tablet screenshot; lossless full-frame copy, identical decoded RGBA pixels, no crop or retouch.

Nova at the beginning of Comment Swamp, beside a wall-jump teaching card and continuous green walls. — Gameplay screenshotComment Swamp arrival — wall sliding and wall jumping join the existing jump and swipe-dash. Captured after entering from the title.Version 0.5.0-qa · Build 718 · Revision 4038b14b0b8fc14a9c3f4be388c63f971fbe4605 · Android · Captured 2026-10-13T23:17:44.331661Z · Native Android tablet screenshot; lossless full-frame copy, identical decoded RGBA pixels, no crop or retouch.

Nova beside the left wall in Comment Swamp, with a direction-and-jump guide above the route. — Gameplay screenshotComment Swamp, post 2 — the guide points toward the solid wall and the existing jump action. This is a development-hook arrival during the wall-movement review.Version 0.5.0-qa · Build 718 · Revision 4038b14b0b8fc14a9c3f4be388c63f971fbe4605 · Android · Captured 2026-10-13T23:22:21.452987Z · Native Android tablet screenshot; lossless full-frame copy, identical decoded RGBA pixels, no crop or retouch.

The STORY menu with Pulled In, Trail of Likes, Lost and Found and Back buttons. — Gameplay screenshotSTORY replay — the three available sequences remain easy to revisit. Later interludes await their remaining illustrations.Version 0.5.0-qa · Build 718 · Revision 4038b14b0b8fc14a9c3f4be388c63f971fbe4605 · Android · Captured 2026-10-13T23:27:34.450886Z · Native Android tablet screenshot; lossless full-frame copy, identical decoded RGBA pixels, no crop or retouch.

Concept art

Visual intent and concepts, separate from the game captures above.

Nova climbing a neon tower of content cards beneath the TOUCH GRASS title. — Concept artKey art — early concept, not captured gameplay.

Known issues

This is the first W2 development slice. Worlds 3–5 and the ending are in preparation; four required I3/I4 illustrations remain unavailable and those sequences are not registered.
Short stationary W2 samples presented about 60 fps, with p95 presentation intervals about 16.8–16.9ms. PSS snapshots of 447.66–469.75 MiB remain above the 400 MiB budget. CPU/GPU, GC, draw calls, loading, peak memory and representative moving profiles remain open.
Tablet wall checks combined touch with injected keyboard input. Full continuous native multitouch completion, wider moving/settings coverage and human phone playtesting remain open.
Android is the delivered platform. iOS, desktop and WebGL builds and full milestone acceptance remain open.

Validation

passedIntegrated regression checks passed 443 EditMode tests,158 PlayMode tests and18 W1/W2 completion/golden cases; eight existing capture utilities were explicitly skipped.
Reviewed W2 source game tree ee9a62f; zero new C# diagnostics and unchanged prior-world state hashes. APK718 was compiled from 4038b14.
passedRecorded input-only W2 completion routes and fresh replays passed with zero deaths: all-photos in 18.37 seconds with 3/3 Photos; any route in 15.28 seconds.
These are deterministic Unity completion bots, separate from native tablet completion.
passedIndependent visual review accepted both wall guides, sampled wall motion and available STORY replay/hold-Skip/focused-return/Back behavior on the tablet.
Original tablet save restored byte-identically, OS settings unchanged; earlier unsuccessful input attempts remain excluded from the accepted behavior.
passed0.5.0-qa/code718 installed on the tablet and phone.
Phone replacement-install only: no automated launch, input, screenshot or data clear. This does not establish a human playtest.
pendingFull performance, continuous native multitouch completion, wider settings/motion and human acceptance.
These gates remain open for this development preview.