Perhaps the most jarring change. NPCs in Version 0.2082 no longer use traditional text boxes. Instead, they communicate via syntactic hissing —a pseudo-language where sibilance dictates intent. Players must now purchase the "Rattle Dictionary" from the in-game vendor to translate.

Developer Note: The “Infinite Loop Crash” from v0.1955 is fixed. You can no longer become an ouroboros of death. Probably.

You have ophidiophobia, or if you believe a game’s tutorial should last fewer than four hours.

Secret found by playtesters: If you bring zero tongues corrupted into the Basilisk, the Heart whispers your computer’s hostname. This is not a bug. It’s the game reading your system’s network name. Don’t ask why.