Tower Ascent v1.2a Characters Update

Tower Ascent v1.2a

General Changes

• Code optimization for performance and reliability
• More responsive movement controls
• Modified enemy detention ranges
• Updated level 3 structure

Added

• Pickup sound when the player collects a coin
• Walking sound when the player moves either left or right when walking and not in the air
• Player idle animation when the player is not moving
• Visual input display when an assigned input key is pressed
• Added new fire character
• Added new water character
• Added new leaf character
• Added new metal character
• Added new crystal character
• Added new ground character
• Added Title Screen
• Added Character Select Screen

Planned Additions

• Updated Character Screen UI
• Level Select Screen
• Quit to Title

Bugfixes

• The score no longer increases indefinitely when the player collects a coin but stays in that same location
• The score updates as soon as the player collects a coin now, instead of only being shown when the level changes
• Screen tearing no longer occurs when the player attempts to jump while mid-air in level 1
• The jump sound no longer plays when the player attempts to jump while mid-air
• The left jump animation appropriately plays while jumping when facing the left and no longer the right jump animation
• The boss room music and background music no longer overlap over each other in certain cases
• The boss room music stops as the player clicks restarts and the background music appropriately restarts

Bugs

• Enemies can walk through walls if chasing the player far enough
• The Play, Restart and Quit buttons are clickable even if the game is not paused
• The player is sometimes not able to jump at the left edge of a platform while they are moving (Current workaround: jump earlier than you would on the right side of a platform)
• Top of the screen not shown in windowed mode
• Game does not exit properly in windowed mode
• Game is unplayable in full-screen mode in any resolution besides 1280x720 (Current workaround: (i) Play in windowed mode or (ii) Adjust desktop resolution to 1280x720 to play in full-screen mode)