- Improvements:
- Replaced Achievements for maintaining speeds for 1 or 2 seconds with more tiers of "Time To Survive" Achievements.
- Replaced Achievement for buying a single upgrade with another tier of "Time To Survive" Achievement.
- Replaced Achievements for maintaining speeds for 1 or 2 seconds with more tiers of "Time To Survive" Achievements.
- Fixes:
- Large number displays will now round down instead of up.
- Fix issue with Bombers disappearing immediately upon warp.
- Large number displays will now round down instead of up.
- Other:
- Remove debug display information related to color schemes
- Remove debug display information related to color schemes
Prepare For Warp: Unlimited Edition - Beyond Insanji
BleedingEdge: Version 2.0.7.157 Round Down Round Up
BleedingEdge: Version 2.0.7.155 Balancing Legacy Achievements
- Improvements:
- Entering the Store right after Retirement before the first Mission attempt will now take you directly to the Prestige panel.
- Hangar icon will flash when a Ship Part can be unlocked or an Innovation can be completed.
- Reworked level color theme generation to remove 4-hue schemes with the hues at 90 degree angles from eachother on the color wheel. Levels that used those 4-hue schemes will now use another available 4-hue scheme.
- Adjust Ally warp particles again to be less obtrusive.
- Entering the Store right after Retirement before the first Mission attempt will now take you directly to the Prestige panel.
- Balancing:
- Balanced goal amounts for many Legacy Achievements based on end-to-end gameplay testing.
- Balanced goal amounts for Time To Survive Achievement series.
- Reworked Challenger Legacy. It now applies a 16.82% bonus to Max Timed/Challenge Mode Rank for each level purchased. Cost has been reduced.
- Double the bomber health increase per level, from 0.25hp to 0.5hp.
- Fighters now become more maneuverable at higher levels.
- Balanced goal amounts for many Legacy Achievements based on end-to-end gameplay testing.
BleedingEdge: Version 2.0.7.154 Exhaustive Adjustment
- Improvements:
- Engine particles have been moved slightly further back from the ship.
- Add tips clarifying what Lasers will and will not target and explaining why multiple beams cannot focus on one target.
- Improve theming of description of Continuum Reintegrator, referencing its use of higher-dimensional physics.
- Reduce lifetime of Ally warp trail particles
- Engine particles have been moved slightly further back from the ship.
- Fixes:
- Fix engine particles on missiles that had regressed to become too small to be noticeable.
- Fix incorrect tip regarding Lasers and Bombers.
- Fix some Achievement descriptions being cut off in Achievement panel
- Fix Mission Rank advancing past max Rank
- Fix engine particles on missiles that had regressed to become too small to be noticeable.
BleedingEdge: Version 2.0.7.153 - More FX
This update improves some more FX and fixes engine glow on Ally and Fighter ships.
- Improvements:
- Huge explosion now has a shock ring effect.
- Superlaser pickup effect has been improved.
- Shield Power pickup effect has been improved.
- Huge explosion now has a shock ring effect.
- Fixes:
- Fix Ally engine particles to be more consistent with Player engine particles.
- Fix Fighter engine particles to be more consistent with Player engine particles.
- Fix Ally engine particles to be more consistent with Player engine particles.
- Other:
- Added visible debug info when framerate counter is enabled showing information about the current procgen'd color scheme. This display will be removed in a later version.
- Added visible debug info when framerate counter is enabled showing information about the current procgen'd color scheme. This display will be removed in a later version.
BleedingEdge: Version 2.0.7.152 - Explosion Notion
I'm back again to fix a couple of issues and make a couple of improvements.
- Improvements:
- Explosions are now even more dynamic.
- Explosions are now even more dynamic.
- Fixes:
- Engine Particles will now only overlay the UI in the Hangar.
- Fixed issue with cost item animation for Dark Matter and Prestige in the Store.
- Engine Particles will now only overlay the UI in the Hangar.
BleedingEdge: Version 2.0.7.151 - Zapping Bugs
Minor update to fix display issues with Engine Particle FX and Warp Trail Particle FX, fix missing collision feedback, and add better collision feedback for Gate Lasers
- Improvements:
- Hitting a Gate Laser beam now produces a distinct collision effect.
- Hitting a Gate Laser beam now produces a distinct collision effect.
- Fixes:
- Fixed issues with Engine Particle FX appearance.
- Fixed issues with Warp Particle FX rotation.
- Fixed issue with not being able to mouse-click on Resume button on pause menu.
- Fixed issue with collision feedback effects not being triggered.
- Fixed issues with Engine Particle FX appearance.
BleedingEdge: Version 2.0.7.150 - Odds Bug
Minor update to balance a Legacy Achievement series, report correct starting Argen for Inheritance Legacy and fix an issue with the triggering of the "Never Tell Me the Odds" Achievement
- Improvements:
- Starting Argen reported by Inheritance store item now includes bonuses from Labor Negotiations and Cosmic Payraise (these bonuses were already being applied correctly in fact).
- Increase requirements for Bomber Legacy Achievement series to balance with other similar Achievements.
- Starting Argen reported by Inheritance store item now includes bonuses from Labor Negotiations and Cosmic Payraise (these bonuses were already being applied correctly in fact).
- Fixes:
- Fix issue where the "Never Tell Me the Odds" Achievement would trigger when not all of the conditions have been met.
- Fix issue where the "Never Tell Me the Odds" Achievement would trigger when not all of the conditions have been met.
BleedingEdge: Version 2.0.7.149 - More minor adjustments
This update is just some minor tweaks and fixes after playtesting the last update more fully.
- Improvements:
- Re-enabled smoothing on Black Hole shader
- Angle player missiles so that more of the missile is visible.
- Re-enabled smoothing on Black Hole shader
- Fixes:
- Fix issue where completed Game Mode Rank for Challenge and Timed Modes was not being tracked properly
- Fix issue with Cleared Normal Mode Missions not showing as Cleared on the Mission Panel.
- Fix issue where completed Game Mode Rank for Challenge and Timed Modes was not being tracked properly
BleedingEdge: Version 2.0.7.142: We Have Options
New configuration options have been added related to sound, video, and preferences. A couple of UI annoyances have been addressed.
- New Features:
- Added individual volume sliders for FX, Music, and UI sounds. These sliders allow you to control the balance of these three audio elements to your liking. In addition, the master volume control is still present and can be used to adjust overall volume without affecting your volume balance. More games should do it like this.
- Added display options for monitor, full-screen vs. windowed mode, and display resolution.
- Added option to enable/disable screen shake, which is enabled by default.
- Added option to enable/disable frame rate counter, which is disabled by default.
- Added individual volume sliders for FX, Music, and UI sounds. These sliders allow you to control the balance of these three audio elements to your liking. In addition, the master volume control is still present and can be used to adjust overall volume without affecting your volume balance. More games should do it like this.
- Improvements:
- Upgraded Unity engine from Unity 2021.1 to Unity 2021.3 LTS.
- Reduced the amount of time the submit button must be held to abort a mission or initiate retirement to 1 second, and modified on-screen instruction to specify how long to hold button.
- Increased the amount of time the submit button must be held to reset all data to 3 seconds, and modified on-screen instruction to specify how long to hold button.
- Moved options related to game support to a new Support panel on the Options screen.
- Upgraded Unity engine from Unity 2021.1 to Unity 2021.3 LTS.
- Fixes:
- Hovering over an Option Selector will not cause its navigation cues to appear, reducing confusion.
- Fixed issue with stat tracking for "Prolonged" achievement series, where Superlaser time was being credited based on time added to the Superlaser timer rather than real-time that the Superlaser was in use.
- Hovering over an Option Selector will not cause its navigation cues to appear, reducing confusion.
Version 2.0.6: What's In Store
To celebrate this update, Prepare For Warp will be on sale for 20% off from May 19th 5AM PST until May 24th 5AM PST. Grab it while you can at that low price, because after the sale I will be setting the price to what will likely be its final price point once the game leaves Early Access.
There are so many changes in this release! I've been writing about a lot of them in my Patreon Daily Standup posts and in the "bleedingedge" test branch patch notes, but it has only been upon aggregating all of those patch notes that I fully realized how much I have accomplished. This is especially true regarding the last month when I have been able to work on this game relatively unfettered.
The largest change is the completely renovated in-game store screen. The new UI style introduced in 2.0.5 has now been applied throughout the game. The store is now so much cleaner and less busy, reducing information overload.
Another major gameplay change is the introduction of "Challenge Mode". Once a level has been beaten, you can select Challenge Mode for that level, where rewards are increased, but modifiers of increasing difficulty are placed on a level.
A third major feature is the introduction of the Innovation Lab and Component Exchange, which provides a purpose for Components beyond unlocking cosmetic Ship Parts. The Innovation Lab allows you to indirectly exchange Components for Prestige, by spelling out words to gain a new currency Innovitae, which is exchanged automatically for Prestige at retirement.
Speaking of Ship Parts, two new ship hulls created by Arvex have been introduced, and the existing "Whedgee Mk 2" ship hull has been improved and upgraded to the "Whedgee Mk 3". Paint Jobs have also been overhauled. There are still twenty different Paint Jobs, but now they are much more vibrant, distinct, thematic, and generally more awesome.
Legacies can now be respecced. A Respec can be purchased in the Prestige store, and can be applied at Retirement. This will refund all Legacies, returning the original Prestige cost.
The in-game HUD has had some more updates, more evolutionary than revolutionary. Things should be less in the way.
Overall, I'm excited by how the game is progressing, and will be sure to keep the ball rolling for 2.0.7!
- New Features:
- Challenge Mode
- When a level 11 or higher is beaten, Challenge Mode for that level becomes available.
- Challenge mode adds +20% Score for success with each Rank in Challenge Mode.
- A disadvantage is added to the level for each Rank in Challenge Mode. Disadvantages can stack multiple times.
- The maximum rank available is governed by the lesser of the prior rank beaten plus one, or a maximum of (level / 4 + 2
- challengerLegacyLevel).
- Synergistic negative modifiers will tend to cluster when modifiers are selected.
- A maximum of eight distinct disadvantages are generated. After that, new disadvantages will always stack with one of the disadvantages already present.
- Each time a Challenge Mode Rank is beaten, its iteration will increase by one, changing the modifiers chosen.
- 25 disadvantages are available.
- High score, number of wins, and best time for each level/mode/rank combination are now tracked (though not necessarily displayed yet).
- When a level 11 or higher is beaten, Challenge Mode for that level becomes available.
- Added "Duohawkh X/A" ship hull, which is unlockable in the Hangar.
- Added "Carabvyce M84" ship hull, also unlockable in the Hangar.
- New Prestige Item "Legacy Respec" is available for purchase in the Prestige store.
- New respec option available during retirement that will refund all purchased Legacies.
- Added 6 new achievements related to Challenge Mode
- Added 6 new achievements for scores ranging from 500M to 20B.
- Added new achievement for destroying 500 bombers in a mission.
- Added new achievement for destroying 50K asteroids in a mission.
- Added Innovation minigame allowing Components to be indirectly exchanged for Prestige:
- Added New Hangar Categories "Innovation Lab" and "Component Exchange" that unlock when all other Ship Parts are unlocked.
- Innovation Lab allows completion of Inspirations through use of Components and Innovation to earn Inovati.
- Innovation Lab component cost is drawn from a dictionary of over 800 words ranging from three to ten letters.
- Inovati is exchanged 7:1 for Prestige at Retirement.
- Component Exchange provides a fluctuating component barter market
- Added New Hangar Categories "Innovation Lab" and "Component Exchange" that unlock when all other Ship Parts are unlocked.
- Upgrades now list the game stat that they affect, giving current value and proposed value.
- Camera Shake occurs on larger explosions and Player Ship collisions.
- New larger flavors of explosion applied to Mega and Giga obstacle variants.
- Hangar areas of the Store now shows a paper doll model of the item being considered.
- Added ability to bind mouse delta for steering (arcade cabinet support).
- Icons for controls can now be overridden using a config file. This is intended to be used on devices like the I-PAC for arcade cabinets, that map controller inputs to keys (Documentation to come).
- Added ability through config file to override in-game music with arbitrary MP3, OGG or WAV files. (Documentation to come).
- Challenge Mode
- Improvements:
- Made Ally Ships, Dark Matter, Debit Cards, and Components immune to Space Mines.
- Ally ships will no longer drop Shield Power if ship shields are full, and will no longer drop Superlaser pickups if ship currently has more than 3 pickups worth of Superlaser time. If one of these conditions are encountered, the drop will be changed to a Shield Power pickup if shields at are less than 50%, else it will be changed to a Superlaser pickup if ship currently has less than 1 pickup worth of Superlaser time, else the drop will be changed to Dark Matter (70% of the time) or a Debit Card (30% of the time).
- Reworked Pause UI.
- Added "Optimal Magnifier" Subspace Upgrade, which will increase the size of Shield, Super Laser, Dark Matter, Debit Card, and Component pickups by 2% per level of Optimal Magnifier.
- Added "Endowment" Legacy Upgrade, which will increase Prestige awarded by retirement by 1 per level of Endowment.
- Added "Old Secrets" Achievement.
- Added 40% frequency spread to Dark Matter collect sound, to make it easier to aurally distinguish when multiple Dark Matter have been collected.
- Added 40% frequency spread to Missile launch sound. As a result, Missile Salvos will probably sound less like someone blowing their nose.
- The pitch for the sound for each subsequent laser beam beyond the first will now be offset by half-steps on the chromatic scale. The second beam will be offset a half step higher than base, the third offset a half step lower than base, the fourth offset a full step higher than base, and so on.
- Adjusted priority of Missile launch sound so that it would cut out less when many asteroids were being destroyed.
- Improve particles generated by collecting Warp Plus and Warp Minus pickups.
- Change the calculation of the rendered width of a laser beam. Laser width will now be proportional to the square root of the laser power instead of increasing linearly.
- Adjust assignment of colors in generated color schemes. Levels will all still feature the same hues, but the assignment of those hues to level elements may vary from prior versions.:
- On 4-color schemes, level elements will always be assigned complementary colors, rather than the complementary colors possibly getting split between level elements.
- On 3-color schemes, there will no longer be a strong left-right color wheel rotation bias on the hue offset assignment.
- On 4-color schemes, level elements will always be assigned complementary colors, rather than the complementary colors possibly getting split between level elements.
- Scoring formula has been reworked:
- Score = (HazardScore + SpeedScore + SafetyScore)
- WarpEnergyFactor
- PickupFactor
- GoalFactor
- HazardScore = Sum of scores of all hazards destroyed
- SpeedScore = Accumulates each frame that speed is above a certain threshold. Accumulated amount increases exponentially with faster speeds.
- SafetyScore = Accumulates each frame based on the amount of time since last collision.
- WarpEnergyFactor = Warp energy / 1000, minimum of 1.
- PickupFactor = Starts at 1 and increases by a slight fraction with each pickup collected, except for Dark Matter, Debit Cards, and Components
- Current score, and the various components of it, are displayed during the misision.
- End of level UI panel has been adjusted to display new score information.
- End of level UI panel now reports Argen collected from Debit Cards.
- Mission, Store, and Hangar UI has been completely overhauled:
- New UI is consistent with other recent new UI work.
- Overall, UI is less busy and more focused on the task currently at hand.
- Vertical scrolling lists are gone, replaced with horizontal item navigation.
- UI is fully controller navigable, with the same three axes of control as the Options UI.
- It is now possible to see current "X of Y" progress on unearned achievements.
- New UI is consistent with other recent new UI work.
- Remaining in-game UI elements have been migrated to new UI standard.
- Title screen has been migrated to new UI standard.
- Credits screen has been migrated to new UI standard.
- Logo screen has been migrated to new UI standard.
- Added new feedback sound to in-game abilities when those abilities are not available.
- Menu navigation now has feedback sound.
- Improved feedback glow on HUD gauges.
- Added feedback glow to Speed, Hull, Shield, and SuperLaser gauges.
- Renamed early levels (2-4, 6-9) to be more in-line with the theming of later level names.
- Current control scheme will be remembered between scenes. The current control scheme will no longer reset back to keyboard with each scene transition.
- Current control scheme will no longer be changed back to Keyboard by mouse interaction.
- Expanded several object pools to handle more objects without re-allocations.
- Made tip displays rotating - Tips now change every 20 seconds.
- Added more self-repair of save game corruption.
- Forty icons have been remastered.
- In-game HUD has been re-arranged to encroach less on gameplay area.
- Achievements are now grouped by stat in the Achievement area of the Store.
- Player Ship paint jobs have been overhauled.
- Bomber, Fighter, Missile, Space Mine, Laser Gate paint jobs have been overhauled.
- Main paper doll ship now has improved rotation.
- The Whedgee player ship model has been substantially improved and has been incremented from "Mk 2" to "Mk 3".
- Made Ally Ships, Dark Matter, Debit Cards, and Components immune to Space Mines.
- Balancing:
- Adjusted cost curve for Ship Upgrades. Level 5-7 Ship Upgrades are now cheaper. Level 9-12 Ship Upgrades are now more expensive.
- Increased cost increase factor for Warp Licenses, from ~1.87 to ~2.07, to align overall Warp License costs with the above Ship Upgrade cost change.
- Removed "Ignit (100)" Achievement.
- Changed Guardian Force effect to be multiplicative rather than additive, to allow it to scale properly past level 39.
- Change rule for retirement so that at least one level will need to be cleared in order to retire, even if Appprenticeship level is 10 or greater.
- Reduced laser strength progression for level 6-11 Laser upgrade by 50%.
- Collisions have 25% more impact on speed.
- Spawn rate of Speed Up pickups has been doubled.
- Adjust late-level spawn rates and spawn rate falloff. Spawn rates for enemy obstacles will now increase all the way to 360k distance. Superlaser powerup spawn rate will now peak at 40k distance instead of 45k distance, and Superlaser and Shield Power powerups will now falloff at double the previous rate after 40k of distance (One sector is 15k distance).
- Adjusted cost curve for Ship Upgrades. Level 5-7 Ship Upgrades are now cheaper. Level 9-12 Ship Upgrades are now more expensive.
- Fixes:
- Fixed jitter in HUD that worsened the further the distance traveled.
- Fixed issue where highest speed during a mission was not being calculated correctly.
- Fixed issue where bomber health would unexpectedly increase.
- Limit Apprenticeship Legacy upgrade to level 50 (was previously and nonsensically 100).
- Bonus points for clearing level are now properly awarded upon warping instead of being awarded when level goal was reached and prior to warping.
- Ally will stop dropping pickups when player warps.
- Fixed an exploit where the extra drops that an Ally Ship does when the highest unbeaten level has been failed multiple consecutive times could be farmed for unintended Argen gain.
- Fixed an issue in icon shader causing black borders on some icons.
- Fixed issue with ability sounds (Superlaser, Standby Shield, etc.) activating when Warp was activated.
- Fixed an issue with stat reporting and display for the Qualified Trainee achievement.
- Fixed jitter in HUD that worsened the further the distance traveled.