Added audio-visual effects for gun fire-rate upgrades
Added visual-only score display freeze on gun upgrade
Increased max jump and enemy move height limit by 40%
Increased score-based enemy spawn amount by 20%
Decreased base enemy spawn amount by 20%
Decreased projectile collision size by 25%
Decreased max possible simultaneous bomb enemies at the start
Improved max shadow distance
Improved gamepad movement and aiming
Fixed one frame jump input delay
Fixed unintended restarts when jump button is still held shortly after death
Fixed incorrect leaderboard input focus for one frame after death
Fixed displaying missing leaderboard entries around player for top 4 ranked players
Fixed shard visible state on collect in rare cases
Fixed prioritizing removing farthest invisible bomb enemy in case of spawning a new one when already at the simultaneously spawned limit
Fixed updating last leaderboard entry username
Fixed simultaneous gamepad and keyboard movement input
Fixed gamepad rotation speed during slow motion effect
Fixed gradual footstep interval based on gamepad analog input
Tweaked enemy spawn sound location to prioritize bomb enemies
Tweaked initial enemy spawns
Tweaked enemy death highlight wireframe models
Tweaked death slow motion speed
Tweaked gun jump and land bob animation
Tweaked projectile enemy hit camera shake
Tweaked credits text
Removed music volume ducking when hitting close enemies with projectiles
Thank you for your continued understanding, feedback and support - Dominique
Swarmlake Update 20
Hey all, Swarmlake Update 20 is out:
Added in-game friends leaderboard
Added audio-visual effect for reaching the final achievement score
Improved leaderboard display of long usernames
Improved leaderboard buttons by indicating navigation limits and loading
Fixed reticle being clipped off in some resolutions
Fixed high-pitched shard collect sound artifact during audio speed change
Fixed locking mouse to window only during gameplay
Fixed setting mouse over resume button only when pausing the game
Tweaked enemy jump cooldown marginally
Thank you, Dominique
Swarmlake Update 19
Hi all, Swarmlake Update 19 is out:
Added in-game leaderboard navigation
Improved visual gun recoil animation
Increased charger (yellow) enemy max move height limit by 7%
Tweaked death slomo speed
Tweaked bomb explosion camera shake intensity
Tweaked close enemy projectile hit camera shake intensity
Thank you, Dominique
Swarmlake Update 18
Why burst jumping was replaced with a normal jump:
Burst jumping is either exploitable or unusable due to looking away which requires enemy pushback to make usable. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P91YPnAaeTg
Burst jumping causes deaths which are perceived as random since you need to look away
Burst jumping is difficult for the sake of it (look down+shoot+look up instead of just jumping)
Burst jumping is hard to learn, hard to master (instead of easy to learn, hard to master)
Burst shooting has zero usage outside burst jumping
You now jump off the ground and enemies directly below you using [SPACE] key. I understand that this makes the game feel different and may require some time to get used to if you played it before.
The identity of Swarmlake is to fight a swarm of billions of enemies and the challenge should come from learning how to move through massive amount of enemies while triggering bombs and collecting points and NOT from difficult controls.
Update 18 changelog:
Replaced burst jump/shooting with normal jump
Increased bomb explosion radius by 14%
Increased fall speed by 33%
Decreased jump height by 17%
Added keybinding tutorial screen
Improved teaching explosions by looking at first bomb enemy
Improved some icons and keybind names
Fixed restart music fade effect in some cases
Fixed credits text clipping
Tweaked volume of some sound effects
Reset leaderboard
Thank you, Dominique
Swarmlake Update 17
Hi all, Swarmlake Update 17 is out:
Replaced projectile ground reflection with visual hit effect
Increased base enemy spawn amount by 25%
Removed score-based shoot rate
Improved spherical enemy spawn positions
Fixed enemy spawn consistency
Added score icon
Tweaked score layout
Tweaked death slomo
Tweaked round start player initial shoot delay
Thank you Dominique
Swarmlake Update 16
Hey all, Swarmlake Update 16 adds an in-game leaderboard, increases performance by ~100% and improves balance, visibility, presentation and more:
Added in-game leaderboard showing 20 global entries around the player
Added visual bomb enemy outline
Increased CPU performance by ~100%
Decreased game over slomo by 50%
Improved charger enemy movement by only moving horizontally
