Jusant is a unique game that puts you at ease as you scale a mysterious tower. It recently received a massive accessibility update that’ll ensure more players than ever get to explore one of 2023’s most interesting indies.
A simplified climbing mode has been added which allows you to climb using joysticks alone instead of your controller triggers. A no stamina mode is also included and it deactivates the stamina mechanic. In addition to color blindness options, there is an alternate rappel mode, a simplified interactions mode, and jump assistance.
Although these changes are geared towards allowing players with differing abilities to access the game, you don’t need to have dexterity or sight impairments to enjoy the new features. Turning on the no stamina mode and simplified climbing mode gives you an even more relaxed journey where climbing is a calming experience with minimal difficulty.
Jusant Patch 1.04
The update patch features a slew of other improvements and fixes. The patch notes are as follows:
Animation
• Improved shaky movements performed by the character during climbing and
when the rope is at maximum
• Improved character’s hand location on grips
• Improved multiple broken animations when jumping over several assets
• Fixed grass animation clipping through assets in Chapter 5
• Fixed Ballast clipping through character’s head during climbing and gripping
animations
• Fixed animations on peebles
• Fixed the possibility of bypassing the rope wind tutorial
• Fixed a possibility to get stuck at the top of a ladder
• Corrected character’s hands location on the gear in chapter 4
• Improved interactions with the relays
• Fixed misplaced foot during game-ending cutscene
• Fixed wall-run animation missing when the rope is at its maximum
• Improved out-of-bounds falling issues
• Fixed jump animation after exiting the seashell cutscene
• Improved wind’s interaction with the character’s hair and poncho
Environment
• Fixed several missing collisions in the environment
• Fixed invisible collisions in several parts of the environment
Gameplay Programming
• Bluetooth now recognized for Dualshock 4 and Dualsense
• Collectibles are now saved when starting a new game
• Fixed the missing peebles in biome 2 in a specific area
• Fixed the partly cut-off screen loading symbol on lower resolutions
• Fixed control option to invert the X and Y camera axis when using the mousepad
• Fixed remapping issues
• Language can now be changed from the system’s default language
• Resetting default language to OS language is fixed for FR, IT, DE, PL, JP, KR, RU, ZH-Hans
• Improved ziplines and related rope
• Improved performance drops and FPS
• Fixed gamma submenu “back button” navigation
• Cinematics and gameplay transitions in ultrawide won’t stretch the image for one frame
anymore
• Ultrawide won’t crop and zoom image in 21:9
Lighting
• Improvement on lighting at the end of biome 2 observatory cinematic
Camera
• Fixed several incorrect camera zooms
• Improved camera clipping through walls and character
• Fixed incorrect camera location when reloading biome 3 checkpoint
UI
• Fixed UI overlaps issues
• Fixed prompts that were used to hide the climbing path
Tech and Performance
• Added auto HDR settings on XSS & XSX
• Added motion blur scale settings on all platforms
• Added DLSS3 settings
• Fixed physics optimization on low specs
• Fixed autodetection of graphics settings
Audio
• Fixed elevator SFX
• Fixed footstep material
Design
• Fixed character stuck in several parts of the environment
• Fixed UI tutorials remaining on the screen
• Fixed inconsistencies between credits from the main menu and game ending
• Fixed grappling hook interaction in Chapter 3
• Fixed the manual stamina spamming that was leading to unlocking the Fresh air achievement
• No more delay on Ballast loading after a continue
• Fixed various visible macros in texts
• Fixed lizard clipping through chapter 4 – mountain
• Fixed sparkles issues
• Fixed floating seashell
Jusant is a great game to pick up if you want something relaxed yet captivating. It has an enigmatic story, beautiful scenery, and a cute water blob to help you on your ascent.
