Super Cute Alien

• Master and SFX sounds can now be changed properly in Options.
  
• Increased timer for Intro level.
  
• Fixed UI issues on pause menu.
  
• Improved takedowns.
  
• Tweaked UI to make more elements more readable/easy to understand.
  
• Fixed weapon firing while pressing dialog skip button.
  
• Fixed cut scene issues.
  
• Fixed small exploit where players could kill repelling enemies before they touch the ground.
  
• Fixed double jump issues on first levels.
  
• Reworked Bow Area so players can notice the weapon better.
  
• Fixed stealth kills animation/behaviour issues. Enemies will now detect players instantly, on later levels, when they come too close.
  
• Fixed issues when reloading.
  
• Increased range for melee weapons.
  
• Small tutorial for hacked robot.
  
• Adjusted level bounds.
  
• Small level tweaks.
  
• Made easier to loot wood components.
  
• Main character will clean its blood a bit when picks health. No longer "if you just want to get clean, just die".
  

• Fixed agressive duck volume of SFX sounds, thanks @thicciceberg.
  
• Fixed instances where player might get stuck.
  
• Fixed instances where player might get ejected up in the air.
  
• Multiple level design improvements.
  
• Updated some tutorials for more clarity.
  

GAMEPLAY CHANGES

• There’s now a resource system, to loot and craft components. This will help exploration and be helpful when we want the player to slow down a little.
  
• Players can now rescue prisoners. They can be useful to help you get across the world or to find out information on what’s happening.
  
• Stealth is now properly integrated in the world. You can do takedowns and hide in bushes.
  
• We now feature a campfire. In these, players can take a break to do some crafting, customize characters, save the game and more.
  
• Characters can now swim :)
  

MOVEMENT CHANGES

• Characters can now slide from angled surfaces, use ziplines and grab onto moving platforms.
  
• Variable jump height. The more you press your jump key, the higher the jump.
  
• Characters can now automatically jump over small obstacles. This prevents the player from doing micro jumps.
  

COMBAT CHANGES

• Added 5 variations for common enemies. They can now deploy tools, do rappelling, call for backup, and throw grenades.
  
• More enemies were added, such as flying robots, crawling spiders, and attacking ships.
  
• Reworked damage systems.
  
  
  
• Added dynamic gore system and blood decals.
  
• Reworked all weapons and added new ones.
  

GFX CHANGES

• Inspired by Rayman Origins, Half-Life 2 and studio Ghibli, we tweaked our general world art to have simple forms, retaining its readability.
  
  
• We upgraded all our characters to use a new skeleton. This also brings better animations, for more readability.
  
• The main camera is now a 3D camera which uses perspective. This makes our layers, essentially, 3D. This brings much more depth into our worlds.
  
• We use an improved lighting system, for lights and shadows. Also let us feature emissive textures, which is great.
  

HUD CHANGES

• We improved the health display and introduced an armor system.
  
  
  
• The weapon wheel got a big rework. Slots can be enabled/disabled, arrows can be crafted and there’s an ammo counter for each weapon. When you pick a weapon, it goes to its corresponding slot. Works flawlessly for gamepads too.
  

THE LITTLE THINGS...

• Less is more. We reworked bits of the story and its dialogs to help make the message come across, in a much better way.
  
• We want to have a tactical approach, when it comes to combat. Due to the nature of 2D, it is a bit hard to have a general big view of an area, to plan your attack. This is why you can now send your ally robot to scout ahead! This effectively solves a problem of how to approach a combat situation, where to go, if using stealth or not, which enemies prioritize, etc.
  
  
• To aid exploration, players can now pick collectibles on areas that go off route a bit.
  
• We want to marry gameplay and story as much as we can. This is why you can now rename your robot ally in the campfire, and since Phil is an artist, now you can draw sketches too.
  

WHAT's NEXT?

🎉 We decided to adopt Unity Technologies! 🎉

• Better terrain. This means that tiles will be gone. Being able to do terrains in any shape will make levels much more interesting and nicer to look at!

• Post processing. We wanted to achieve a special, distinctive look from quite a while. One step in cartoon like visuals, another step in reality. Now our visuals will be able to achieve quality in the likes from Rayman Origins, Ori and the Blind Forest!
• Small video tutorials. I love these games where they use a small video box that shows you what to do, in a quick, effective way. This will be in.
• Better water/blood. Since the fundation of the project, we played around liquids. They used 'metaballs' and some rendering tech that let us spawn realistic blood squirts. These rendering techniques weren't available for us but now we are able to make them again!
• Better lighting. We had a very simple light system, but we want to extend this to serve a gameplay purpose:

• Ultra-wide support + HDR!
• More than 4 gamepads for an amazing local play!
• Multiplayer online!
• Something about exploration? Due to our linear nature of our levels, we can't get much exploration in. But we are planning to improve that, so you can do quests around the map, or just exploring and finding a very special item!

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