Rex and the Galactic Plague - demo update

First of all, thank you to everyone who has downloaded the Rex and the Galactic Plague demo. For my first game, which I just started as a bit of fun, I can't tell you how exciting it has been for me to see people actually play something I have made! It's been an incredible thing to see.

From that feedback - and in particular the YouTube playthroughs - it quickly became clear to me that some things needed improving. This was always going to be the case as the game is far from complete, however seeing other people playing it really helped me spot issues that I didn't know were issues.

So I set about making a few improvements to the full game, but I thought it would be good to add those changes back into the demo too. If you try the latest demo, released on 22 February, you will find a few things have changed:

• I've waved goodbye to level one's scientists - not only were they causing some performance issues, they were also confusing people and didn't add anything to the game anyway
• Adjusted the scripted events at the start of level one, as they weren't reliably triggering. This meant some people were playing level one without music, and without the explosion (which signals the space station coming under attack) happening.
• Fixed level two's mid-level boss so that the satellites rotate around the centre of the screen, which is how I had intended it to work.
• Changed how the speed up power-up works, so it can now be stacked up to three times, with player speed increasing incrementally.
• Adjusted the hud at the bottom of the screen to show the speed power-up stages and allow up to three smartbombs to be held at one time.
• Changed power-ups so that they can now be shot to cycle through the available power-ups on the level, allowing a more tactical selection and upgrade path.
• Changed the player's shield so it rotates properly around the player and will degrade with use.

There have been plenty of other changes to later levels too, but all will be revealed in time!

Thanks again for everyone who has played so far. If you have any more feedback on the update, please let me know.