AquaNimble
Version 1.4 The High Stress Update
- Modified backgrounds to take less processing power at the cost of more RAM. *
- Modified menus so all controllers work rather than just the first controller.
* For slower CPUs this will improve performance when a screen is full of bullets. My slower 2.1 gHz PC (edit 2.4 gHz) would go from 60 fps to 30 when the screen had 200+ bullets during boss battles and specific levels. Now it slowly drops down to 50 fps.
* The new background system should generate a wider variety of things. So the few levels that use the same background elements can feel a bit different than they used to. Some backgrounds are even randomly tilted to different angles.
Version 1.3 Various Fixes
- Fixed crash when a whirlpool sucks in bits that fly off damaged enemies.
- Fixed bubbles turning into squares.
- Fixed instructions so they work on the demo.
- Modified bosses to explode with more stars.
- Added the missing characters from the Turkish alphabet.
The next update (1.4) will include a bunch of performance enhancements. The backgrounds will change to require less processing power so the game should run better when the screen is full of bullets.
Version 1.1 & 1.2 The Easier Update
- Fixed Leaderboard issue that prevented the top 10 on the leaderboards from showing.
- Added single screen mode that prevents the screen from panning left and right. This should make it a lot easier and it feels different to play.
- Added minor explosions before larger enemies blow up.
- Added a small numeric indicator for how many stars you have. 500 stars drops a weapon upgrade.
- Added a visual compatibility mode for the rare chance that someone sees the fractured triangle glitch caused by hardware processing.
- Modified the star patterns for larger enemies so when they explode into what looks more like fireworks.
- Modified smoke effect to make it more subtle.
- Modified German translation to have a single word changed
- Modified difficulties to shoot less bullets. Several of the lesser vessels fired one or three, now the only fire one at a time.
- Modified cracker cannon to explode at the top of the screen rather than the original mechanism where the player would detonate the projectile.
- Modified enemies to have less health.
- Modified debris to disappear if the frame rate begins to drop because of it.
- Removed the screen shot statement.
VERSION 1.2
- Fixed a crash with one of the bosses making the new mini explosion.
- Removed sparks when enemies get shot. Debris still falls off.
Testing Update #13: Steam Cloud Syncronization
- Added Steam Cloud support.
- Modified the level selection to unlock levels as you get to them. Testers can still play any level.
- Fixed a bomb bug.
- Removed bullet sounds as they were just everywhere, always.
- Removed Russian language support from the store until the game is translated.
Steam integration is now 2 weeks ahead of schedule. Does anyone have any ideas on what else to add or improve on?
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Testing Update 12 Leaderboards + Ship Skins + Cards
- Steam badges have been approved... the cards are flowing!
- Added Steam leaderboards. **
- Added different particle effects when an enemy gets shot and explodes. *+
- Added skins for purchase in the scrapyard.
- Added S tokens to purchase skins. ***
- Added 10 skins, each with their own hit box.
- Added Steam card descriptions.
- Added an extra achievement for completing a level with a skin.
- Improved the start game load time by a few seconds during the 89 - 91% range.
- Modified the Scrapyard format to show vessel images first, then text. It makes everything align better.
- Fixed slow movement for keyboard users.
- Fixed Steam screenshots.
- Fixed the timer from continuing after a level has ended.
- Modified the each level of forever abyss and daily challenge to include a wave from a previous and the next level for the sake of diversity.
- Modified the sound effect volume to be less pronounced.
- Replaced the impact sound effect with something more pleasant.
- Removed old unused bosses from the boss rush.
** There are dozens of leaderboards, two for each level that consist of highest score and lowest time. There are leaderboards for each campaign as well including the daily campaign and each of its levels. Your local high scores have a robust amount of details that the leaderboards fail to have. I have only started to make the visual representation of the leaderboards in game. Now with the tough stuff out of the way, improving the look should go quick.
*+ The particle effects go away from the projectile and when an enemy explodes the particles too go away from the projectile. This is to keep the screen relatively clean in a game that's just full of stuff.
*** To get a S token, fill a new meter to 25 points. Completing a level will give you the same number of points as the level. Beating the first level will give you a single point, while completing level 3 will give you 3 points and so on. This will allow you to get a S token for completing a campaign of seven levels. Otherwise, you can finish the first level twenty-five times for what has to be around 2 hours.
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D18.11 Testing Update
- Added a slow speed movement control. **
- Added a skin system by pressing down when you select a vessel. ***
- Modified the level names in the language files.
- Modified location of language to be at the top of the settings. *+
- Modified language to change instantly in the menu rather than on save.
- Modified the loading screen at the start of the game to have no flicker and be far more efficient.
- Added Turkish language support with its special set of characters.
- Added names for all vessels and renamed a few.
- Added new unique achievement icons 44 out of 54.
- Fixed a slew of startup crashes on my much older PC.
- Fixed the text size when you would go into a game, then go into the control configuration.
DETAILS:
To keep the bullet points down to a short list up top, here are the details:
** Using this new control function will move you one third the speed. I have included it because keyboard users are at a severe disadvantage without an analog stick for sensitive movement. For the testers, this will reset any of your saved presets. Sorry about that. As always, all keys and buttons can be rebound.
*** While there are 20+ playable vessels, the skins replace the vessel (and hit box). This may take a while to flesh out, test and balance, but there are 3 weeks until the game comes out. Some skins are used for just one vessel, while others can replace any vessel.
*+ If a player were to select an incorrect language on their first time playing, it could be a pain to find their language so far into the settings menu.
SKINS:
TURKISH LANGUAGE SUPPORT:
D18.10 Testing Update
- Fixed a rare bug that during Forever Abyss or the Daily Campaign that summoned a phantom enemy no longer in the game.
- Modified the Ice Box vessel to replace the freeze ray with an improved flame thrower at least for the time being.
- Fixed incorrect backgrounds showing in Forever Abyss and Daily Campaigns.
- Fixed the amount of levels in Forever Abyss and Daily Campaigns shown in the stage select.
- Changed an enemy sprite for the "side floater" enemies.
- Modified Arctic-3 to be more interesting and offer a different kind of challenge.
- Modified certain segments of Arctic-4 to be shorter.
- Modified boss health gauge to be twice as wide.
- Modified the HUD bars to be taller.
For anyone that wants them the AquaNimble Official Group now has 5 avatars rather than one. I spent some time making new images.
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D18.9 Testing Update
- Fixed a rare glitch with the 7th giant boss that prevented it from taking damage. This fixes the last major bug in the game that would prevent someone from completing the game.
- Fixed fuel barrels in bonus rounds so they explode when they are supposed to.
- Fixed a rare crash when bombing the 5th boss's "laser web."
- Modified base color of enemies for Pacific-4 from blue to pink to stand out more from the background
- Modified the first bonus stage from 50 barrels to 60.
- Whirlpools now scroll twice as fast.
- Modified Pacific-5 level.
- Modified Pacific-5 background to something fresh.
- Modified Pacific-4 background to the original Pacific-5 background.
- Modified Pacific-7 level.
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D18.8 Crustaculous Testing Update
- Improved "crab crossing" of Pacific-3 by increasing the time between shot bursts. The section is more entertaining with other tweaks.
- Improved Yeti crab section of Pacific-3 by shortening the sequence.
- Enhanced the Crustaculous (giant boss) fight so the eye laser fires more often.
- Fixed Crustaculous glitch where it refused to open its eye after you shoot the eye for the first time.
- Fixed uncommon glitch where Crustaculous would jump into place for the lime + blue patterns rather than move into position.
- Fixed the boss death counter for achievements.
- Fixed the ability to purchase a vessel during the player selection screen. You can always purchase a vessel in the scrap yard.
- Modified Crabber mini boss fight so it doesn't continue shooting after its dead since the projectiles just turn into helpful stars anyway.
- Modified Crabber mini boss lime pattern to be more forgiving if you're outside the bullet pattern.
- Modified weapon drops so they are never partially out of screen.
- Removed the cost to purchase a vessel from the player selection screen as vessels are now only purchased with tokens.
- Modified the status text size and placement for when the game writes to the disk.
- Fixed a crash from level selecting during the end of a level screen.
Here is a spoiler of the boss fight:
https://youtu.be/xRfG6N3xgus
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Version D18.7 Testing Update
- Fixed the "The beginning of forever" achievement from unlocking during the instruction.
- Made a few achievements more difficult to get since things are just unlocking like crazy.
- Locked two of the vessels you start with.
- Fixed achievements unlocking for destroying a boss. (fixed in D18.6)
- Removed boss multipliers since there has been a new score for weeks and the boss multipliers are now unnecessary.
- Removed boss difficulties.
- Fixed the default settings having the incorrect default resolution.
- Fixed the fish bomb of the second boss which should fix a lot of other issues.
Here's a video of the fix.... spoilers? I guess.
https://youtu.be/IIVZpOTlZFA
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