Wavecade

• XP system now using token/gems. Earn them by completing waves.
  
• Collect the letters of Wavecade for a nice bonus. Letters fall over time.
  
• UI and performance improvements.
  

• Overhauled Customization
  
• UI improvements
  
• Optimized app size
  
• Performance improvements
  

Main Changes:

Complete overhaul of player ship customization:

• Simplified ship selection process, each ship has tailored particle effects.
  
• Some ships require XP to unlock.
  
• Animated ship colors.
  

UI overhaul:

• Main menu UI updated to be less confusing and easier to navigate with a controller.
  
• In-game UI is more readable and prettier.
  

New Hazard: Black Holes.

• Random amounts of black holes spawn on screen and suck in blocks. Players that are caught within its bounds for too long will lose a life.
  

New Mini-boss: the Cadedonian mini-boss:

• 2-4 mini worms spawn and attempt to hit the player.
  

New boss: Antheia the Sorceress.

• Her specialty is deception, good luck defeating her every 60 waves.
  

Hall of Fame: (Score competition on Steam only)

• We are introducing a score competition, the player with the highest score after each season's conclusion will win a trophy and spot in our hall of fame, as well as a cash prize which will increase based on 10% of Wavecade's Steam sales.
  
• During the season, players will be able to see the current highest score which is updated daily.
  

Reworked Charged Shot:

• Charged shot can shoot instantly, but will need to charge automatically when used too often. Charge timings are tweaked.
  

New Soundtracks:

• Song names: Le Nova, Horizon, Antheia’s bite, Antheia’s Might, Hall of Fame.
  

Minor Changes:

• Ability to skip dialogue.
  
• Crowd SFX plays when losing a life, when the player receives enough points, and when double/triple/quadruple points powerup is active.
  
• Behemoth boss can take splash damage.
  
• Added support for 16:10 aspect ratio.
  
• Balanced abilities, some last longer, some are shorter.
  
• Removed ‘Armor block’ and ‘Fast track’ game mode, due to lack of popularity.
  
• Powerups now show the next upgrade available.
  
• Multi level point booster (x2, x3, x4) powerups.
  
• Clan wave ships have a stronger variant.
  
• Faster leveling up sequence.
  
• Dynamically scale the main UI as a settings item (50% to 150%).
  
• New block styles.
  
• Able to customize player 2 when player 2 is spawned in a local co-op game.
  

• Increased boss health (is harder to destroy with nades).
  
• Fixed issue where charge shot input would be read while customize player page is opened.
  
• Increased the amount of bullets on screen (up to 300, was previously 150).
  
• Fixed placeholder text for name instead of email.
  
• Increased size of + symbol on powerup pickups.
  
• Improved loading times slightly.
  
• Autoshoot now will not be triggered on powerup pickups.
  
• More colours added to Behemoth (2nd boss).
  
• Fixed issue where hazards might spawn in pre-game.
  
• Prevented shooting while player is in hit-stun state.
  
• Bullets now rebound off powerup pickups/shields/bosses.
  
• Improved start zones in pre-game (larger, brighter, faster fill time).
  
• Fixed mouse not always autohiding in main game.
  
• Fixed issue where abilities were not deactivating when the ability timer runs out after the active ability was changed.
  
• Fixed issue where activating an ability in pre-game would not restart once wave 1 starts.
  
• Introduced 'competitive' game rules. This is just like the PAX Aus rules but is now the main arcade mode (original arcade mode is now called 'relaxed' mode). Current leader is shown when the competitive rules is selected as the active game mode. Supports solo + co-op modes but only for Steam.
  
• Freeze time ability sets the game speed instantly to 5% instead of gradually over time.
  
• Various other bug fixes.
  

• 2 more ships added to customization
  
• Powerup pickup visual improvement
  
• Loading animation update
  
• Save customizations as favourites
  
• Cloned charge shots now don't play sound
  
• Powerup time added to powerup notification
  
• Skill modifiers
  
• Galaxian style (Clan) waves
  
• New boss (Worm)
  
• New block pack design
  
• Performance optimizations
  
• Various other bug fixes
  

• Arrow particle effect to move up if player is at bottom of the screen. Another particle effect at the top for the player to move down
  
• Music playlist page, listen to the soundtracks in the main menu
  
• 3D animated galaxy/nebula backgrounds
  
• Load galaxy materials/cubemaps/soundtracks on demand (decreases app memory usage)
  
• Chill pause music
  
• Skins customization (getting Wavecade - Designs Pack unlocks these)
  
• Styles customization (getting Wavecade - Ships Pack unlocks these)
  
  
• Monospace score text
  
• Block trails optimized and doesn't impact the framerate as much. Always enabled even if "extra visuals" is disabled
  
• Ship/propulsion selection is updated when pressed
  
• Armor piercing sound improved
  
• Remember last game mode when opening Game Rules UI the second time
  
• Carnage report page shows overview/details/screenshot
  
• Pause menu UI improved
  
• Main game UI improved
  
• Perks UI improved
  
• Ships meshes separated with one submesh per renderer
  
• New nade design
  
• Sound FX sidechain (ducking) against music
  
• Score award improvement
  
• Game rules UI now has pagination
  
• Looping videos play when play mode option is selected
  
• Player is awarded a 1UP after defeating the boss as well as powerups and a score bonus
  
  
• Removed warning in Settings UI if no settings were changed upon exit
  
• Fixed alignment issue on "no lives left" UI
  
• Fixed UI background issues on some pages
  
• Laser particle lifetime based on its angle for consistency
  
• Can now highlight reset/play buttons in Custom Game Rules page
  
• Fixed jitter on player boundary markers
  
• Particle explosion improvements
  
• Fixed issue where footer in play menu wasn't visible if there was no carnage report available
  
• Fixed issue where player can be hit on the first second the boss fight starts
  
• Armor blocks now require the amount of hits to destroy them
  
• Tutorial UI pauses if game is paused