06/09/2020 - BANG!

Space Cadet patch notes - September 6, 2020

Gameplay

• Enemies
  • Bomber Enemies will now start spawning after reaching 100 gems.
    • Bombers release a bomb every 3 seconds.
    • Bombs explode after 3 seconds, when being shot, once being touched by the player ship or its shield or when entering a black hole.
    • Explosions damage the player ship, as well as enemy ships and asteroids.
  • Altered threat level spawn rates.
  • Increased enemies bounciness.
  • Gem counts released by enemies are now fixed:
    • Kamikaze: 1 gem
    • Fighter: 2 gems
    • Bomber: 3 gems
  • Altered threat
• Player Ship
  • Set C as an alternate action button for non-English keyboards.
  • Increased tractor beam enemy pull force.
  • Shield now protects from damaged caused by bombs, being outside the sector, or entering black holes.
• Power-Ups
  • The Intangibility power-up allows the player ship to avoid touching the bombs, but their explosion will still deal damage.
  • The Energy Shield power-up now deals 2 damage to enemies instead of destroying them.
• Environment
  • Reduced the damage interval outside the sector bounds from 1.25 second to 1 second.
  • Altered the hp levels and gem counts released by asteroids to match their perceived value.
  • Black Holes now spawn further away from the sector boundaries.
  • Changed some physical properties of black holes.

General Updates

• Improved performance.
• Increased player bullet trail width to match bullet size.

Known Bugs

• Sometimes when fixing a station it's visual fix link won't be removed.