Release 0.1.0.beta

Final polish (#14)

Description

• Update version to beta!!! 🎉🎉🎉
• Add "z", "x", and "esc" as UI navigation controls
• Allow for menus to be used with mouse and keyboard interchangeably
• Update README
• Update CONTRIBUTING
• Update LICENCE (GPLv3)
• Update CODEOWNERS
• Minor discord fix in deploy workflow
• Clean up export configurations
• Add promo card to repo
• Misc. refactoring to remove warnings

Release 0.0.16.alpha

Add Tutorial Level

Type of Change

Minor

Description

• Added new tutorial level to teach player controls and simple mechanics
• Added more wonderful music by Snabisch to tutorial level
• Added wonderful keyboard animations made by Hyohnoo to teach controls
• Created interactable Brazier scene to allow for player to interact with levels
• Created FireTrap obstacle scene for player to avoid during levels
• Updated Spawners to only spawn a limited amount of enemies and emit a signal when all enemies from Spawner have been defeated
• Created an ExitGate interactable scene that allows for the player to situationally complete a level
• Added a level complete menu for when the player completes a scene
• Fixed a bug where dash and heart icons weren't updating properly on exported versions of the game
• Added the ability to complete the Three Slimes level when all slimes are defeated
• Reorganized levels folder structure to be more organized
• Updated window resizing rules to remove black bars that appeared on edges of screen
• Updated the start menu to be a little less intense with the particles
• Misc. bug fixes and refactors

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Release 0.0.15.alpha

Upgrade HUD

Type of Change

Minor

Description

• Updated and Relocated Speedometer appearance
• Introduced a Tachometer to appear next to the Speedometer
• Introduced flame effect to the Speedometer and tachometer when they reach high speed
• Refactor blade collisions for minimal impact on blade speed
• Implement a multi-dash system that allows for quick consecutive dashes
• Implement a health system for the Player that allows for the Player to take multiple hits before signaling death
• Implement a screen shake and Player animations when damage is taken
• Introduce Invulnerable and Hitstunned states to Player
• Refactor Player state to be more manageable
• Add Health and Dash icons and animations to the HUD that match the Players state
• Add elapsed time to HUD
• Add enemy kill counter to HUD
• Introduce combo system and display current and highest combo on the HUD
• Add elapsed time, kill count, and highest combo to game over screen

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Release 0.0.13.alpha

Upgrade UI Appearance

Type of Change

Minor

Description

• Upgrade UI Appearance with consistent and "stylistic" button theme
• Add cool particle and level background to StartMenu
• Update controls with accurate information
• Fix window sizing properties so pixels stretch with window size but maintain aspect ratio
• Fix random bug with Slime being removed from "enemies" group multiple times
• Fix warning with clearing distortion audio effects from music bus

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Release 0.0.12.alpha

Introduce Audio and Music

Type of Change

Minor

Description

• Add lovely music composed by Snabisch to start menu and levels
• Add lovely UI sound effects designed by SoupTonic to all menus
• Add sound effect created with ChipTone to Player dash, ImpactEffect, and Slime death
• Dampen music when game is paused or game over
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and refactoring

Screenshots

• No screenshots for audio kids...

Release 0.0.11.alpha

Update Slime with Free Asset Pack

Type of Change

Minor

Description

• Update Slime enemy with free asset designed by rvros
• Update SlimeSpawner with Slime assets and make it more noticeable with a particle effect
• Add 4 more SlimeSpawners to The Slime Spawners level and increase the rate of slime spawning
• Refactor Blade -> Enemy collisions for more consistent collision reporting
• Introduce ImpactEffect that is used to show whenever a Blade hits an enemy
• Miscellaneous refactoring and bug fixes

Screenshots

Release 0.0.10.alpha

Update Blade with Free Asset Pack

Type of Change

Minor

Description

• Updated Blade sprite using blade designed by The Wise Hedgehog
• Update Blade particles to be more flame like
• Update Blade guides and target to be less obtrusive
• Update Blade and Player parameters to improve player feel
• Miscellaneous refactoring and bug fixes

Screenshots

Release 0.0.9.alpha

Update Player Animations with Free Asset Pack

Type of Change

Minor

Description

• Update Player animations using animations designed by Szadi Art.
• Remove old Player animation assets
• Update Player dash sprites to reflect to size

Screenshots

Release 0.0.8.alpha

Update Levels with Free Tileset Asset Pack

Type of Change

Minor

Description

• Removed any scale transformation from all sprites so that pixel size is consistent among sprites
• Fixed issue with Player speed
• Updated Player to move more slowly
• Updated camera to be closer to Player to account for smaller size
• Slowed down blade to account for larger size
• Updated design of all levels with free tileset asset designed by Szadi Art

Screenshots

Release 0.0.7.alpha

Add Secret Controller Support

Type of Change

Minor

Description

• Make Player and Blade playable via a gamepad(tested using the 8Bitdo SF30 Gamepad)
• Make menus accessible via a gamepad
• Intentionally fail to mention controller support in Controls because I'm evil (BWAHAHAHAHAHA)
• Introduced UI theme to show button focus and button press states
• Introduced quit playing button to the main menu
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and refactoring

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