Fan'cie Veer! (Fish Are Nasty, Cake Is Excellent Vektor Evading Emblazed Rapture)
PRICE INCREASE FOR SIX ZAXTORGAMES NOTIFICATION
The six games listed above will be increasing in price on or around Monday, May 13th depending on when Steam approves the price changes submitted.
These price increases are influenced by a number of factors including these six games haven't seen a price increase since 2022 or earlier. These are games that offer incredible value for their price even after the price increase, and also due to the inflation of almost everything the world over.
While these price increases are only a dollar or two each, if you've been considering purchasing one of these six games, this weekend before the price increases would be a great time to grab them!
Have a great weekend or day whenever you read this message!
Sincerely,
ZaxtorGameS .. (Solo Indie Game Developer)
UPDATE 1.23 - Polish and Bug Fixes!
Hello Vektor Fish Blasters!
FAN'CIE VEER! just got another update, now well over 5 years since I launched it here on Steam!
Here's what's in this update:
- Fixed a bug where your ship could shrink to negative numbers at the "Level Complete" state of any level. This could result in you not seeing your ship until you continued to the next level. Not really a game breaking bug, but still something that looked silly none-the-less. It's been resolved now.
- Fixed an extremely rare bug where your ship could get stuck inside a rock without exploding if you hit 3 rocks (vektoroids) at the same time at the right angle and speed. Very rare situation for sure, but still it had to be fixed, and that is now resolved with this update.
- I completely re-drew the electric border walls that allow you to see when you have sufficient speed to crash though vektoroids. (Remember, you have to have sufficient speed and also be the opposite color of the vektoroid to crash though it and get crash combo points)
- I re-colored and re-worked the 'Level Complete" screen to look better and also see how many total points you scored on that level which was never shown before this update.
- Changed the coloring of the blue vektor fish to show it as a truer blue making it easier to see that you need to change your ship to blue to blast it.
..That's about it for this update. Small changes, but still important changes to me as an indie developer who cares about the small details of his games. ..I hope that you enjoy this game with all of the changes and updates I've given to this game since I launched it back in July of 2018! Let me know in the comments below!
Sincerely,
ZaxtorGameS ... (Solo Indie Game Developer)
UPDATE 1.22 - A New Directional Arrow To Help Guide Your Paths!
Hello gamers!
It's been a year now since the last update, and while that last update 1.21 was a great update and changed this game for good with all new mechanics, this update does just as much to help you control your ship!
Now, by default, you'll see a white arrow in the background where-ever your mouse cursor is. The arrow will point from your ships position to the arrows position to show you the exact direction you'll move when you hold down or press your left mouse button. Remember that when you press your left mouse button to thrust, you'll always move towards your mouse position which is now indicated by the new arrow and your movement speed will always be faster the further away your mouse cursor is from your ship. To help you see this visually, the arrow will now be a bigger size to show faster speeds and a smaller size to show slower movement speeds.
You can always turn this arrow off by pressing your space bar while your ship exists and turn it back on by pressing the space bar again.
It might sound pretty simple, but this is a MASSIVE Quality of Life change for this game! I encourage to give it a try if you've ever found FAN'CIE VEER! a little frustrating to control!
Enemy Fish have been completely re-drawn to look angrier then ever!
Also in the update, I made a new "spawn" cursor to help you see where your ship will spawn before you press the space bar to spawn a new ship. ..Another Q.O.L. (Quality of Life) change that I think helps just make this game more enjoyable overall.
Nothing else has been changed. Just a couple of pretty snazzy Q.o.L. changes!
Enjoy! =)
ZaxtorGameS ... (Solo Indie Game Developer)
Every ZaxtorGames Title Is Now Under $5!! - Incredible Replay Value X 10!!
Several of my games, including my newest title "Zaxterion: Space Frenzy!" has been drastically discounted permanently to offer even more bang for your buck!
Every Game... Now Under Five Bucks!
ZaxtorGameS ... ( Solo Indie Game Developer )
UPDATE 1.21 - "This Changes Everything!"
Space blaster games all seem to need a way to keep the player from simply perching in one spot, moving a little only if needed, and firing away at asteroids and enemies without a second thought!
... I tried and tried since the launch of this game to convince players that crashing your ship through the vektoroids (rocks) was the best way to have both fun and the best way to score the most points.
...And despite my efforts, people still camped in one spot and fired away at all the rocks to clear levels caring nothing reaping the rewards (and fun) of taking risks!
AND FINALLY.. UPDATE 1.21 CHANGES EVERYTHING! ..FINALLY PLAYERS WILL BE BE REQUIRED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY 'FANCIE VEER' THE WAY IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE PLAYED!
Now, you likely won't even survive the first level if you try to camp in a safe spot and fire away! =)
Yes, it will take a little practice to get good at controlling your ship! Remember that you use right mouse to move towards your mouse cursor and the speed your ship moves is based on how far the cursor is away from your ship! ..Wanna slow down? Simply right click while putting your mouse cursor close to your ship! Ahh, see.. that ain't so bad! ..You got this! I assure you that it's MUCH more rewarding to clear levels the way this game was designed (crashing though them) than your lazy old school way of camping in a safe spot to clear out the rocks)
Remember to have fun!! ..Oh and watch out for that Vektor fish! ..he looks like he's kinda onto you! =)
NOTES: A critical extra life bug was fixed in this update (thanks MBCcompany) and I also updates the existing 24 Steam achievements as well as added 23 new ones for a total of 47 now!
Sincerely,
ZaxtorGameS (Solo Indie Game Developer)
UPDATE 1.20 - MASSIVE UPDATE! - Crash Combo Scoring, Extra Life Changes & More!
This is easily the biggest update to FAN'CIE VEER! since I launched it four years ago, back in July of 2018!
Here are the changes made in this update:
- The scoring has completely been reworked to now reward much more based on your current crash combo stream regardless of what level you're on. Your level still plays a part in your crash combo scoring but most of the weight is on how well you're doing crashing through rocks.
- I've added a counter in the background to show you how many seconds you have to crash through your next vektoroid to keep your crash combo streak alive. This is extremely helpful, and definitely help adds excitement and pressure as well to your game!
- The time you're allowed to keep your crash combo streak alive has been drastically reduced from 7 seconds prior to this update to 4.5 seconds in this update! Yes, it's a massive change, but with the counter now clearly visible, this time between combo crashes had to be reduced, or it was just far too easy.. and not challenging at all.
- Points for collecting cake and milk have been heavily increased.
- Extra life rewards have been changed to 25k, 50k, 100k, 250k and then every 250k thereafter. (Previously this was 10k, 25k, 50k, 100k and every 100k thereafter)
- You're now able to use the TAB key to change the game from full screen to windowed even while paused or in the welcome screen.
- Tabbing to switch between full screen and windowed now gives an audio sound to reflect the change
- The volume slider has been fixed to now work as intended.
While some might think changes to drastic to the scoring might mean a wipe of all the current high scores is needed, I believe that this new update will allow even even higher scores then ever before! Time will tell. ...Where can you place yourself on the high score list with a little practice?
I believe this this update is a solid update that should make FAN'CIE VEER! more enjoyable than ever before! ..I hope you enjoy it as well! Be sure and let me know in the comments below!
ZaxtorGameS (Solo Indie Game Developer)
UPDATE 1.06 - Much Greater & More Responsive Mobility! - Weee!
It's been a long time since I've updated my 3rd Steam game "FAN'CIE VEER!" which launched way back in July of 2018. Update 1.06 is definitely an update that will get you flying around much easier and with much more responsive controls than ever before!
- Much faster and more responsive controls than ever before!
- A new lightning style screen border will indicate that you have enough speed to crash through vektoroids (You still need to be the right color)
- Reflecting a bullet off of a vektoroid and into a fish will now net you 10 times the points as opposed to just shooting the fish directly!
* Remember that you use WASD to change your ships color and you want your internal color to be the same color as a vektoroid to shoot or crash through them with your ship..... and that you want your outer ship color to be the same as a vektor fish to shoot them!
- Eating is still vital as if you get too small you'll die and getting bigger means slower movement, but in this update, your size has a less significant impact on your movement speed than ever before.
Enjoy! =)
- ZaxtorGameS
UPDATE 1.05 - Cold Refreshing Milk Added To Wash Down That Chocolate Cake!!
In update 1.05, I've added a nice tall glass of refreshing milk that will spawn any time you eat some chocolate cake. Get it quickly as it doesn't stay on the screen long but it is worth DOUBLE the points of whatever the cake was worth if you can collect it in time!
Be careful because if you die before the milk spawns, or while it has spawned, the milk will disappear!
The glass of milk currently is randomly chosen to be either full, half full, or nearly empty when it spawns.
A Full glass of milk is worth double the points that the cake was worth.
A Half glass of milk is worth the same amount of points as the cake was worth.
A Near Empty glass of milk is worth half the points the cake was worth.
Who doesn't like some cold milk to wash down some delicious chocolate cake after all? ..Enjoy!
UPDATE 1.04 - Another BIG Update! Steam High Scores + Volume Slider + Sleek New Ship Design & More!
More changes come to FAN'CIE VEER! in this update, designed to make this game easier to understand if you need to change ship colors before shooting to streaking through a Vektoroid and also encourage you to take more chances to get those crash combos!
THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN UPDATE 1.04:
By far the biggest and most important change I've made in this update is a huge increase in both ship maneuverability and gameplay mechanics to try and make this game more fun and exciting to play! Visual tweaks have been made as well, but I've always believed that gameplay is much more important than the cosmetic look of a game.
In the above image, yellow arrows point out that Steam high scores have now been added right into the game! You have the top 1,000 high scores (if there ever is that many) for both HIGH SCORES and for HIGHEST CRASH COMBO STREAKS achieved available to see right from the opening screen!
You'll also see that a master volume slider has been added on the right side of the screen to help you control your overall volume.
And a new menu music has been found that I think fits a game with a name like "FAN'CIE VEER!" very nicely as well!
As you can see by the above photo demonstration of the new ship design, changing your ship to the needed color to destroy both Vektoroids and Vektor fish is easier than ever now!
- Crashing your ship through Vektoroids has never been worth more points with this update! Give it a try to see how many points you can rack up!
- You can now bounce your shots off of fish and your bullets will change to the fishes color.. and then if that shot hits a Vektoroid of the opposite color of that fish, you'll score HUGE points (about 10x normal points)
- Remember that going along with the above, you can also bounce your shots off of Vektorids and hit Vektor fish and if your shot color and the Vektor fish color match, you'll score big points as well (about 8x normal points)
- Both of the above ricochet shots will now alert you on screen on your amazing successful shots!
- Fixed an issue that could cause you to respawn your ship off of the screen if you hit the space bar while your cursor was off of the game screen. This should no longer happen.
- Made various other small tweaks and alterations to help improve both the overall feel and game experience while playing FAN'CIE VEER.
With the new shot ricochet system, the mechanics of the shots will likely take a little time to tweak and iron out better, but I believe the game is already more engaging and fun with my recent two updates and I hope you enjoy all of the changes I've made as well! Please let me know in the forums or in the comments below!
* Smaller rocks (Vektoroids) were added and they are worth more points when shot and way more points when crashed through with your ship!
* Your bullets that bounce off of Vektor fish and Vektoroids because your bullet was not the correct color to destroy them will now KILL YOU if your own bullet hits your ship! ..You'll also see the reason for death after you die state that you shot yourself.
* Added enhanced movement trail effects from your player ship that fades and narrows over time to create a more appealing look. This new effect comes with no performance loss at all, and I believe only adds to the overall appeal of the game.
* Eating cake and being over 100% in size will now give you "Fat and Happy"points every second that you are alive and over 100% in size. The bigger you are, the more points you'll score every single second!
* Added a Time Bonus counter with bars that show you how much time you have to score a time bonus by clearing a level as well as how many bonus points you'll score. Seeing your time bonus points going down as time passed on each level seems to add an element of urgency to the game!
* Added smaller sized Vektoroids (rocks) that behave exactly as their larger kin. You still need to be the opposite color to shoot or crash through them but they are worth more points!
* Adjusted the wrap around on the Vektoroids so that they will mostly disappear off one side of the screen completely before wrapping around to the other side (Before you would see half of a Vektorid on each side of the screen as it wrapped around)
* Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause your bullets to not bounce off of Vektoroids when your bullet was the incorrect color to destroy it and instead your bullet would just vanish. This has now been fixed and all incorrect colored bullets to destroy a Vektoroid will now bounce off properly.
* Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause your bullet to hang up on a Vektor fish and not bounce or vanish and also cause the Vektor fish to get stuck in position.
* Having time left when you clear a level has been increased to about 5x the previous rates to reward you better to clearing levels in fast times. The faster you clear a level, the bigger the time bonus.
I think these changes are all solid and good changes that help make "FAN'CIE VEER!" both more fun and more rewarding to play! ..But be sure and let me know your thoughts and especially if you come across any new bugs or problems caused by this update!
