Duoshift Pre-Demo Playtest #1 (v0.16-0.17)

We are on our way to the first pre-demo playtest. The development is going really well. From now onwards, I will share the updates here as well.

Here are the changelogs and developer notes to get an insight on what's going on with Duoshift.

Duoshift v0.16.20 (Pre-Alpha)

Changelogs:

• Implemented Season Data integration into Level Selection, allowing levels to dynamically display based on the current season tier and chapter difficulty.

• Added fresh content consisting of 7 new Enemy Units and 2 new Relics, alongside structural data design improvements for Cards and Duoshifters.

• Overhauled the Experience Gaining Mechanic, implementing explicit XP gains on AP Use, Enemy Kills, Level Wins, and Shifting.

• Upgraded the UI combat indicators by replacing the old HP labels with a comprehensive Unit Status Bar featuring custom icons for Damage, Health, Shield, and Stun.

• Polished combat visuals and pacing by adding generic unit attack and damage animations (including a muzzle flash WIP), a shield visual preview effect, and streamlined Level Start and Turn Banner sequences.

• Added faction emblem logos for Humanity and Mutant, alongside the talk heads.

• Expanded player-facing information with an objective display on the Level Selection scene, card action hover contexts, card set previews for drawing/discarding, and an updated Quick Guide/Help Screen.

• Enhanced core scenes with an improved Shop Scene (featuring a Remove Card button), an improved Deck Scene with a custom title/context layout, a new Studio/Credits Scene, and a dedicated Live Game Debug Panel for testing.

• Introduced functional quality-of-life additions including a Feedback Form, Wishlist Buttons on the Start screen, and a Skip button for optional card selection targets.

• Brought visual improvements via a Scale Wave Text Effect, an upgraded Grid Entity Shader, a nighttime variant for the wall scene background, and the addition of Godot and FMOD logos to the boot splash.

• Resolved multiple bugs including a graphics settings failure, card hover context issues, card set tracking problems, a typo, and various season-related glitches.

• Initialized technical setup for Android Export pipelines.

Developer Notes:

The game is taking great shape, and I am really satisfied with the progress especially for this week where I prepared really hard for the first playtests. While there are still a ton of bugs and so many things still not working, I can see the potential in the game.

Making levels for the game was much harder than I thought. Even with the level editor, I was having a hard time with it. I have 'barely' made the new ones and they are probably much harder in difficulty. So, I have to revisit them and make them easier.

Please join the early playtests on the Duoshift Discord and help me improve my game. Thank you so much!

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