Posted May 03, 2023 by Robotica Studios
#Update #v1.9.1.0 #log
Update version 1.9.1.0 Change Log.
I am excited to release this update, I really feel that it ups the fun factor. The game feels much more cohesive now.
Fun fact - The background stars during gameplay are actually individual objects that are generated on the fly with randomized size and speed constraints.
New - Added an unlocking feature to gradually unlock ships.
New - Added crate counter HUD meter.
Changed - Enabled Alpha Fighter ship's laser to start in ready state (Buff).
Changed - Reduced Flare Runner ship's acceleration (Nerf).
Changed - Increased Flare Runner ship's Dodge-Roll timer (Nerf).
Changed - Further reduced the number of spawned asteroids for Easy mode.
Changed - Reduced the number of spawned asteroids for normal mode.
Changed - Required crates for Easy mode now 3, previously 1.
Changed - Required crates for normal mode now 3, previously 2.
Changed - Slightly increased spawn rate of mega sized asteroids.
Changed - Updated difficulty screen to include text and icon descriptions.
New - Added several color palettes, now 28 total.
New - Added Occasional background comets.
New - Added cursor to pause menu popup to make the selection choice clearer.
Changed - Added more asteroid sprites for variation.
Changed - Swapped out several color palettes.
Changed - Updated asteroid explosion effect for smaller particles.
Changed - Added explosion effect to all ship’s death animations.
Changed - Updated background stars animation.
Changed - Updated title screen art.
Changed - Updated all menu screens art.
Changed - Updated end credit sequence resolution, art, and effects.
Changed - Updated ability Icon art.
Changed - Updated ship screen menu's ship icons animations.
Changed - Adjusted slow thrust effect for Nimbus, Flare Runner, Goshawk, and Alpha Fighter ships.
Changed - Sound Menu cursor and Data Menu cursor to match the rest of the menus.
Changed - Slightly modified the dodge-roll animation for Roy Jr, Flare Runner, and Alpha Fighter ships.
Changed - Adjusted the Pause menu popup coloring to work better with most color palettes.
Changed - Adjusted title screen choices colors to work better with all color palettes.
Changed - Lowered the volume of the asteroid explosion sound.
Changed - Added random pitch variation to the asteroid explosion sound.
Changed - Added random pitch variation to some of the beep sounds.
Changed - Added random pitch variation to the dodge-roll sound.
Changed - Swapped the laser sound and added effects.
Changed - Swapped the torpedo sound and added effects.
Changed - Redid the fonts, and repositioned all of the text fields throughout, so that they now scale with screen size.
Changed - Slightly modified some of the ship end-credit text descriptions for clarity.
Modified the asset deletion queue to be more efficient.
Removed deprecated files.