Posted May 29, 2019 by Cheeseness
Hello again, friends! Contrary to last post, I ended up making a few more tweaks before moving back onto Hive Time. After streaming the game a bit earlier today and chatting with a few players last night, I felt motivated to to address a couple of issues.
Notably, scoring is now weighted less towards pollen than it previously was, meaning that focusing on survival over pollen is hopefully a more valid strategy than it previously was.
I've adjusted volume levels to make pollen sounds a bit less piercing, and the music less overbearing. I've also updated the flower pop sound and added a sound that plays when a new bee is awarded.
The bee hitbox is a little smaller now, making clipping hexagons with your backside a little less fatal and tight horizontal gaps a little more accessible.
Last, but not least, I added a note to the source about the hacky workaround for Camera::project_position()'s behaviour. This morning, my pull request to improve project_position()'s behaviour was merged, and should be in future versions of Godot. In addition to a fun little game and some source code to learn from, this project has resulted in engine improvements that will hopefully benefit even more people ^_^
Thanks for coming on this ride with me. It's been a blast!
- Cheese
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