Post Jam Update


Version 1.3 marks the release of the first post-jam update! This collection of changes aims to improve the overall gameplay experience of the game by making a lot of quality of life alterations for the better & providing more feedback to the player's progress.

TL;DR of the changes: the game is now more responsive, slightly more forgiving, a touch easier (smoothed out the hardest parts and unfair aspects), and has a nicer death screen (since you'll be seeing a lot of it).

Full change log for 1.3:

  • Improved terrain hitboxes (made more forgiving)
  • Improved ship hitbox (made more forgiving)
  • Improved turret hitboxes (gun barrel is now an active hitbox)
  • Made general improvements to the level design to make it a little more balanced
    • Moved some turrets into slightly easier to hit locations (small adjustments up or down for the most part)
    • Changed the corridor after the mini-boss to contain mostly normal corvette ships instead of all corvette ships with guns
      • This was originally a mistake I didn't realize until after the submission for Ludum Dare, so I couldn't fix it until after
  • Mildly reduced the final boss' HP (it felt like it was less about learning the patterns of the boss and more just attrition)
  • Changed the sound effect of the egg being hit to be more distinct (trying to make egg hits more noticeable)
  • Added screen shake effects to the egg being hit, the ship being hit, and the ship being destroyed (trying to make egg hits more noticeable)
  • Added tips to the death screen (noticed a lot of people are unfamiliar with common tactics in auto-scrolling space SHMUPs)
  • Added a progress bar to the death screen to show how much left of the level there was
  • Added a proper egg sprite (no longer the default knob sprite from Unity!)
  • Adjusted egg hitbox to new sprite (it's a little bit larger now, and not perfectly circular)
  • Increased fade speed for death screen (to return to the game sooner after death)
  • Slightly adjusted the following logic of the egg to make it a little smoother as it chases after the ship

Files

Egg Rescue 1.3 - OSX 29 MB
May 27, 2020
Egg Rescue 1.3 Play in browser
May 27, 2020
EggRescue 1.3 - Windows 29 MB
May 27, 2020
Egg Rescue 1.3 - Linux 31 MB
May 27, 2020

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