Posted February 16, 2021 by Defo Mort
#hats #unlocks #music
It's finally here! Fruity Pies version 1.1, the version you've all been waiting for that you didn't know you wanted!
The most noticeable change will be in the controls and camera movement, which are no longer bad. I tried to make them more intuitive by having the witch face the screen when the player is walking so you can almost always see your basket. You can also use jump (space) to catch any fruit that are in your basket's range, adding a faint sense of governance to the experience.
The witch's basket will get stained with fruit over time, and in endless mode, the level can be buried in a non-stop deluge of fruit trash. Twigs and bushes have foley, and new music tracks do a lot to bring the game to life. I moved the extended dance mix of the game's theme to endless mode, and made a shorter, more expressive orchestral version of the theme for the main game. The pie scene also has it's own original music, as well as a secret alternate ending with its own music for those of you willing to go the distance...
Two new fruit aspects have been added and the entire game has been re-balanced with the additional features and new controls in mind. I made sure that every 2-3 levels a new fruit aspect, or variation appears. There are also 8 new hats (9 total) that are unlocked by catching certain fruit quotas. All of this is tracked from the Progress screen on the main menu.
I consider this the definitive version of Fruity Pies - much closer to what I imagined it would be when I started and I'm really happy to share it with you!
v1.1
gameplay + art :
- 8 new hats to unlock
- 2 new fruit aspects
- added jump/catch action
- endless mode
- more pie variety
- alternate ending
- 3 new original songs
- updated witch model
ui + accessibility :
- skip ( Q ) cutscenes
- added progress tracker menu
- round timer reduced to 2 minutes (was 2:40)
- improved controls and collisions
- improved camera motion
- streaks are easier to achieve (current level +1)
- HUD placement option
- ui improvements
- various optimizations and tweaks