Im still prepping the final boss / final ending sequence. But i have some bug fixes implemented here, in addition to a score leaderboard. The scores will be reset once the game launches out of early access, but for now, huge props to Reise for her/his killer scores.
There are still a couple known bugs showing up when using the Dimensional Stones, working on those too and should have a fix for the next build.
Changelog 0.175
NEW FEATURE: Simple high score page. Shouts out to Reise holding it down. :) This will be reset when the game launches in full.
OPTION: Low quality graphic option.
STORY: More Messages when collecting the Stones.
BUGFIX: Big Al Boss Music Wasn’t Playing
BUGFIX: Angry Boss music wasn’t playing.
BUGFIX: TimeBombs not working properly (going inside planet)
BUGFIX: Fixed Powerups sticking to you when you get hit.
BUGFIX: Some Stone Messages not appearing.
BUGFIX: Final weapon not setting correctly...
BUGFIX: Delay on Angry Boss too Large
UI: Improved number font legibility slightly (i hope!)
UI: Added a “No HUD” option.
PERFORMANCE: Reduced image memory usage by 1/3.. curious how this affects performance.. does the game run better for anyone? Does it look bad/worse?
BALANCE: Holy crap too many robots and eyeballs spawning late game. WHY DIDNT YOU TELL ME!!! Oh maybe because everyone died before getting there and thought it was normal :) Sorreeeeeee
BALANCE: Eating Egg fills energy no matter how much its upgraded.
BUGFIX: Showing egg or object to the hermit only works once until you drop it and pick it up again.
BUGFIX: Could get stuck dropping egg on old man then pickup up while on him.
BUGFIX: Heart sizing / disappearing issues.
Build 0.172 - NEW BOSSES!
Oh man, dudes. This is almost it. Here are the 3 remaining normal bosses of Cosmochoria. All that's left is to write the final boss battle. The ending sequence and then massage / embellish some of the story throughout everything. It's getting so close, my friends. So close. hope you dig these guys. As always, any bugs or feedback -- good or bad -- throw them in the comments or hit me up at nate@3030.ca and I'll get er fixed asap.
Hugs,
Nate
0.172 Changelog
- NEW BOSS! SUPER ULTIMATE ANGRY DEATH MASTER 9000
- NEW BOSS! BIG AL
- NEW BOSS! BLUE WIZARD
- STORY: Add’l story when picking up Stones
- BUGFIX: Seeds appearing above bad plant.
- BUGFIX: Pro-Tips getting cut off
- BUGFIX: Weird Stst bugs after beating JellyBoss
- BUGFIX: Stats not setting correctly when starting games.
Quick Patch 0.171
As always, heres a quick fix for some stuff that reared its ugly head in the last big update. Will be focussing 100% on those final bosses now for the next few days hopefully we can call this game done soon :) Thanks for the great feedback everyone. Keep it coming.
Hugs,
Nate
0.171 Changelog
CORE: Core Engine Upgrade
BUGFIX: Dropping Egg brings up Menu
BUGFIX: Lines above environments.
BUGFIX: Plants “falling” needs only happen to the ‘pre-spawn’ plants.
BUGFIX: Prevent freeze when pausing on opening animation
BALANCE: Helped Prevent mass enemy spawns after major events.
BALANCE: Modified Gun Purchase Costs.
BUGFIX: Fix Sword Issues - swings like a big ol’ dumb.
BUGFIX: WormBoss - make sure bomb touching at any point = bomb eat
TURNIPENTROPY: Asteroids do damage to enemies.
Build 0.170 - The PAX Fixes
Hey friends, some major changes here mostly in leading up to the big showcase at PAX East in Boston. Huge love if you saw the game out there -- you made my weekend awesome just by stopping by to say hey and play :D I learned a lot of things that weekend that are reflected in these changes. Hopefully its a good compromise between players who have been playing since the beginning and players who have never touched it before. That's what Im aiming for. Any feedback, let me know. Hope you enjoy and a huge shoutout to Jessi who did the majority of those awesome background you see scattered around the galaxy now. :) Great work Jess. My crystals planets were cool... but your stuff is better.
Hugs yall.
0.170 Changelog
<*> NEW PLANET ENVIRONMENTS!
<*> UI: Slimmed up the bottom UI
<*> CONTROL: B or S Button = Toggle Radial Menu (instead of hold) Holding should still work...
<*> UI: Made the map icon (compass) always point SOMEWHERE!!!!!
<*> BUGFIX: Hi light showing when menu not active (gamepad)
<*> BUGFIX: Simons face offset
<*> BUGFIX: Hearts not appearing on all planets.
<*> BUGFIX: Starting from Stone = Grey Planets
<*> BUGFIX: Artifact Rarity not working...
UI: Cleaned up tutorials.
<*> GAMEPLAY: Small jump when planting seeds.
<*> UI: Cleaned up font smoothing on primary fonts.
<*> UI: Have better Gamepad Prompts/Notifications
<*> INTRO: Made jetpack not function until you’ve spawned your first planet. Helps ease peeps into the actual gameplay.
<*> INTRO: Made first planet always small, only need 3 plants. Helps get the gist of your task...
<*> GAMEPLAY: Magnetize Powerups, Crystals and Dimensional Stones
Store the amount of seeds you had in hand when restoring from a stone..
<*> BUGFIX: Fixed floating metal. SHouldnt see it anymore.
<*> BUGFIX: Frozen Enemy Bullets
<*> TUTORIAL: (2 step) Make an instruction prompt for using gamepad so that it tells you how to select icons… (While crouching, use the left stick to highlight an action. Use A or Right trigger to perform that action.
<*> BUGFIX: Info on Map Items shows when map closed.
<*> UI: Hologram Pods are ‘confirm’ now so you dont miss the message.
<*> BUGFIX: Flashing player when warping wasnt working properly.
<*> BUGFIX: Opening chest wont bring up menu.
<*> FIxed some Hologram bugs.
<*> UI: More prominent old man talk notifier (Press B/S)
<*> UI: Make Default Option on title screen always be “Play"
<*> UI: Make menu options wrap to the top/bottom using keyboard or gamepad.
<*> UI: Normal message confirm is checkmark
<*> UI: Talk notifier on npcs (like plants)
<*> BUGFIX: Map offset
<*> BUGFIX: Plant bar not showing up if overlapping henge
<*> BUGFIX: Putting down items gets u stuck
<*> BUGFIX: Boss sight not far enough
<*> BUGFIX: Remove button prompts on bad plants and supernovad towers
<*> UI: Moved tutorial popups to top right.
<*> UI: Switched radial menu to act as “toggle” instead of ‘hold” to show - much more natural for gamepad.
<*> UI: Tweaks to HUD - 10% thinner. 6.7% lighter. like the new iPhone.
Hope you dig.
Quick Patch 0.157 & 0.158
Phew. Long night. Quick fix to some key stuff found in the last huge build... Trying to get this as stable as I can so there might be a few other small quick fixes before the next big update.
Tomorrow i get on a plane to Boston for PAX East Baby! If anyones down at PAX East, come check out the Indie MEGABOOTH to meet Jess, Ilkae and/or myself!
Hugs.
0.157 Release Notes
BUGFIX: Ninja appearing in space.
BUGFIX: Portals not operating properly
BUGFIX: Small Graphical Issue on Scenery
BUGFIX: Floating Hives
BUGFIX: Made sure bombs exploding in your hands were properly ‘dropping’ so you could still pick up other stuff.
BUGFIX: Ultranovas not working.
0.158 Release Notes
BUGFIX: Treasure not spawning on consecutive Games.
BUGFIX: Made sure correct # of planets were spawning with the stones.
BUGFIX: Made sure ‘cooldown’ on enemies didnt count down when reading messages.
BUGFIX: Make a better flash when teleporting.
BUGFIX: Made sure you can’t ‘replant’ the ‘auto-planted’ plants. plant. that word sounds weird now. plant. plaaaannnnt
BUGFIX: Make sure message cant select unless opacity = 100% and Visible
BUGFIX: Fixed minimap.
BUGFIX: Made sure generated planets (with plants) don’t overlap portals, etc.
WOAH. BUILD 0.156
This is getting heavy dudes.
We now essentially have all the functionality that will be in the final build of Cosmochoria. I'm worried there might be some weird bugs because so much core stuff was tweaked and added here, but its awesome so have a look and let me know what you think.
Some KEY Things:
Super Mysterious Ultra Dimensional Time Stones These are both crucial to the storyline as well as act as 'Checkpoints' upon which you can re-enter the cosmos from a certain point. I wont explain how to collect them as it should be pretty obvious, but once you collect them they are 'unlocked' immediately.
Artifacts Artifacts are found all over the place, mostly in chests. I wont get too deep into what causes certain ones to appear but basically once you find one you must bring it to someone (spoiler: the old man). he will basically tell you what the artifact is and unlock it for you, so you can then activate it on the title screen. Artifacts are either 'easy' (green) or 'hard' (red) so they make the game easier or harder depending on which ones you have active and how many. All 24 artifacts are currently findable in the current game. No 2 artifacts should be alike in a single game, but you may find an artifact in a new game that you have already found / unlocked. I did this so that I can spawn a bunch per game without worrying if you have them all or not yet.
Have Fun!
CHANGELOG FOR 0.156
<*> NEW CORE MECHANIC: Super Mysterious Ultra Dimensional Time Stones.
<*> NEW CORE MECHANIC: The Artifacts
<*> UI: Added a “Wipe Data” options to the option screen.
<*> UI: Added a End Game Option to the Pause Menu.
<*> UI: Added a confirmation (Hold Button) for above Options (so it’s not instant. Thank you Bungie/Destiny UX team.
<*> EYEFUN: Added more new background / scene art! (Great work, Jess!)
<*> BALANCE: In later game when spawning multiple robots, Switch it to a random of 1-X (to avoid always having a crowd spawn)
<*> Updated audio functions.
<*> Added interface to track Found Artifacts.
<*> Shooting with gamepad didnt work when hovering mouse over the map button.
<*> Bamboo should only spawn if you have 10+ seeds.
<*> BUGFIX: Sword Deflects while crouching
<*> BUGFIX: Option screen buttons not clickable.
<*> BUGFIX: Plants continue growing when talking to old man.
<*> BUGFIX: Delivering Numberball not resetting held objects?
<*> BUGFIX: Chests dont open.
<*> BUGFIX: Add delay to weapon select on title screen.
<*> OPTIMIZATIONS: More CPU Optimizations
<*> TUTORIAL: Added tutorial on how to talk to NPC’s.
<*> BUGFIX: Fixed bug with Egg hatching when in space (it shouldnt)
<*> OPTIMIZATIONS: Made sure notification icons are locally sourced, instead of from URL.
<*> GAMEPLAY: Reduced First Dragon Reward. Made the crystals easier to get.
<*> BALANCE: Made sure first planet is never an egg planet.
<*> BUGFIX: Fixed Mashing Gamepad Attack with sword causes glitch
Quick Patch 0.154
Quick fix to the jetpack strength from the last build. I think it was set too low when i exported. Sorry about that!!
Changelog 0.154 I just said... jet strength XD
proper good stuff coming soon. :)
OMG Bug Fixes. Build 0.153
As nuts as this is going to look, this whole damn thing was primarily about bug fixes. I started adding in some dope new stuff, but i didnt want to go too far as it would just delay the update longer. I figure if i can get this to you guys now, you at least have some fixes for the bugs that were in 0.151 while i continue working on the new stuff.
You'll get a hint at what's coming with the Dimensional Stones... those will be how I'm dealing with a lack of save feature. Instead of racking my brains coming up with a way to simply end one game and return to it later, I decided a more permanent solution would be beneficial overall, especially now that I see so clearly that games can last so long. Because of this, I'm introducing the Dimensional Stones. And so... im gonna leave it at that till next time. :) Enjoy the mystery of what is soon to come.
This build also features a cool new idea i've been wanting to do since day one, but after talking to MessedCoast (Tx!!) I really put the pieces together on how i wanted to accomplish it. Basically you now drop a flag on a planet before you start planting seeds on it..... it answers a few issues i was struggling with but most fluffy is the fact that it gives you a reason to call a planet home. Especially now that you can easily find it on a map.
Here's what I did:
Changelog 0.153
GAMEPLAY: On powerdown, send the powerup out of your body.
GAMEPLAY: Removed powerups from Vaccuumdragons. the whole point of them giving you powerups was to counterbalance the fact that they easily take them away. now that powerups pop out of you… poof.
GAMEPLAY: Before you can plant seeds, you must first place a flag.
GAMEPLAY: Placing a flag names the planet.
GAMEPLAY: Made Minimap available by default.
GAMEPLAY: Planets on minimap only show if you've planted a flag. (Starts out empty but can be populated)
GAMEPLAY: “Buying” minimap is now called “Upgrading”.
GAMEPLAY: Upgraded minimap shows unvisited planets. (as it did in all subsequent updates)
GAMEPLAY: However, now you can hover over planets on minimap to show the name.
GAMEPLAY: Upgraded Minimap also shows details on the planets. (Bases on the planet, # of required plants, amount of health available)
CONTROLS: Massive Improvements to Jumping & Jetting.. I hope you like.. feedback welcome as it sort of changes some things up. I got rid of the big gravity changes cuz honestly i feel like it SUCKED.
CONTROLS: Ultranova now can be fast-triggered from F button without using your menu.Open to suggestions on the best key for this if F isnt working.
INTERFACE: Setup interface for super mysterious ultra dimensional time portals.
OCD: Speed up the fading of the title screen transitions.
OCD: Speed up the fading of the pause transition
BUGFIX: Fixed bugs with Navigator NPC.
BUGFIX: Make sure if planet is resized, remove scenery.
BUGFIX: Fixed magical floating helmet on costumes.
STORY: Set name of hermit planet...
BUGFIX: Fixed seeds growing when talking to old man.
BUGFIX: Unable to talk to MacAphelion
BUGFIX: Sword wrong spot on robot.
BUGFIX: Much better Title, Option and Pause screen control. Rewrote from scratch, yo! Works flawlessly with Gamepad now.
BUGFIX: Robot Costume make sure arm is in front of face.
BUGFIX: Set default highlight option when opening menu.
BUGFIX: NInja appearing in space.
BUGFIX: Worm boss not ‘ending’ properly.
BUGFIX: Tejon Towers not working??
BUGFIX: Ninja loses immunity after plant finishes.
BUGFIX: Wrong objects disappeared after bringing numberball to old man. (Sorry Joe, my heart seriously broke when you lost the chunk of metal. O_O )
BUGFIX: Able to swing sword whilst croucheth
Plus a bunch more little bugfixes which i did so fast i forgot to log it. :P
GAMEPAD FIXES Some important changes were made to how gamepad plays. Honestly, i apologize if this messes with anyone who was used to the old controls, but I really feel this makes more ‘sense’ with jumping / jetting and movement on the left and full gun operations on the right. the key difference too is that the right stick no longer auto-fires since it fundamentally wouldnt work with the plasma weapon or sword which are able to be charged up.
What i did instead was make it so the right stick simply aims your weapon, and you can fire it using the Right Trigger or Shoulder button. So you can still autofire, it just means you have to hold down the trigger/shoulder button. That way when you have a charge-able weapon, you can still just hold down the button to charge (as otherwise its just shooting one bullet per press). and then release the trigger to shoot the charged shot. It might take some getting used to if you’ve been playing primarily with GamePad, but im actually really happy with how it all feels.
If i have time before launch, Ill make an option with some different control schemes but if i dont have time it is something i’d like to do at some point in the future, so don’t sweat if it’s not your cup of tea…. tho give it a chance and i think you’ll dig it.
CONTROLS: Jump & Jet needs to happen with A & LT same was as it does with mouse.
CONTROLS: X & RT = SHOOT & Charge
CONTROLS: Make sure doesnt run while shooting if using X to shoot.
CONTROLS: Quick button! Y is Ultranova.
CONTROLS: Select opens / closes map.
BUGFIX: Massively Cleaned up Title / Options Menu code.
BUGFIX: Pushing B on NPC shouldnt bring up menu.
BUGFIX: Plasma shot shoots too fast.
BUGFIX: Plasma shot doesnt charge
BUGFIX: Bug where Holograms trigger Ninja Costume Scene
NEW BUILD! 0.151
Well dudes, this was a big one for me. Up until today I've been saying over and over again 'just wait till there's more just wait till there's more...' i'm essentially getting to the point where I can't say that anymore. There's a bunch of story stuff buried scattered across the galaxy in this version by way of the Holo-Pods. There's tonnes of stuff written there, and (ahem) lots more to come, but the functionality is all there and implemented.
Also, ALL the costumes are currently findable / unlockable... There's a few hints scattered around that might help you figure some of them out. If you have trouble, the old geezer knows lots of stuff. If you really have trouble, please post a comment, I'd be curious to know if you managed to unlock etc.
I'm curious what you guys think about resetting everyones game when the game comes out of early access and setup as a live steam release? This is because there's going to be a bunch more Achievements etc that will need to unlock, not to mention some of the current stuff might change a bit. For example, the sword is no longer purchaseable. It's free to find, but you gotta do a series of events to unlock it. That's the kind of stuff I mean. I'll probably have an achievement for unlocking the sword so anyone who has it now wont get that achievement. We'll see. Leave feedback.
Anyway, here's the update. I hope you enjoy. Please report bugs to the bug forum, or email me at nate@3030.ca.
Hugs,
Nate
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CHANGELOG v0.151
NEW HAZARD: Glitch Portals: glitch portals warp you to random spots in the galaxy.
NEW STORY ELEMENT: HoloPods - Learn about the galaxy’s history from holographic messages recorded long, long ago.
NEW COSTUME: Neko
NEW COSTUME: Ninja
NEW COSTUME: Panda
NEW COSTUME: Glitch
NEW COSTUME: Robot
Guns use correct art in-game.
Redesigned the tutorial prompts and added additional prompts for other ‘first encounter’ stuff.
Cool environment. more to come.
Fixed bug with treasure being able to be opened multiple times.
Shoot a bullet from Plasma Gun even if you’re not fully charged.
Strengthened up the upgrade tiers of Plasma Gun
Reduced charge time at each plasma gun upgrade.
Additional bullet each plasma gun upgrade.
New title screen graphic!
Removed Pause Button. Can get with Esc or Start on gamepad anyway. I think that’s pretty ‘standard’..
General Optimizations to try to help reduce CPU overhead
A bunch more stuff i forgot to write down cuz i was on a roll.
A bunch of misc. OCD stuff that I thought made the game cooler even if no one ever notices.
Cosmochoria at PAX East!!!
Just wanted to proudly announce that we will be showcasing Cosmochoria this year in Boston, MA at PAX East! Ilkae (Music), Jessi (Supporting art & Community Management) and Myself (weirdo) will be flying in to Boston to showcase this strange little game we're making.
Would be so awesome to meet some of you if you happen to be attending PAX. Also, if you want to chat, let us know and maybe we can set up some kind of meeting / dinner / drinks or something so that we can all meet each other and hug and hi-5 and stuff.
Just post a comment here if you're going -- we can figure something out based on the response.
