Gatlin' - The Promised Update

Gatlin' - The Promised Update (V1.0.4)

We promised to leave early access by 2021 at the latest. Guess what, it's 2020? We're leaving early access. DEVELOPMENTAL HELL? NEVER HEARD OF IT!

Highlights:

• PROMISED graphical polishing! Nearly all sprites are enhanced. Now that's what I call jpeg!

• BOUNTIFUL bug fixes! That's right, if you complain about a bug, we'll fix it!

• PLENTIFUL new OST! Thank DJIVVI (aka Cadence Hira) or else.

Three new achievements!

• Dumb Ways to Die

• Photo Finish

• Ramblin' Man

Changes:

• Almost all of the game's sprites/terrain overhauled graphically

• The current level name is displayed in the pause menu

• Entering a level now has a transition

• Performance increased drastically in all levels where Blot has his gun

• Graphic priority changed from "Very Low" to "Medium" by default

• Default FOV changed from 0 to 6

• FOV is now on a scale from 0 to 12 instead of -4 to 6

• All levels polished to allow for increased FOV

• A toggling option to zoom the camera has been added to the alt-fire button

• An option to toggle this new zooming feature has been added to the settings menu

• Gatlin' now fully supports the Steam Controller!

• Gatlin' now supports Xbox, Playstation, and Nintendo Switch controllers!

• Removed unused target portals from the lobby

• Opening cutscene conga line movement made less awkward

• Opening cutscene tweaked to allude to more of the story

• Various world tweaks from the opening cutscene replicated to Level 15

• The NPCs in the intro cutscene now have an idle animation

• Cutscene Blot can now reset using the reset keybind (M) while walking

• All liquids start their flow at the same time

• Dying in a liquid now has a sound effect

• David now flashes when damaged

• Several annoying ceiling structures removed on Level 10

• Added dead trees to the water in Level 14

• Level 21 remade from scratch

• Credits takes damage when its letters fall into the ink

• The Protector now flashes when damaged

• The Protector's 1st and 3rd stages are more consistent

• The Protector's 2nd stage is more dangerous

• World 4's background has been made less trippy

• Wind particles reduced by 50%

• Camera flash made less bright

• The Beholder shoots a tear every time you shoot it during it's second phase because I don't like you

• The Beholder now has SFX when shooting a tear

• Art now performs a waltz instead of flexing for her attack

Fixes:

• Gatlin' now launches in Fullscreen instead of Windowed Fullscreen

• Gatlin' can no longer be launched in a 19:10 aspect ratio

• The Credits target now works in the lobby (fantastic work QA)

• Fixed an issue with options not visually carrying over HUD-wise when entering a new level

• You can no longer pause on the victory screen

• Tut corpses now properly block bullets (hitbox fixed)

• Blot's minigun no longer clips through the secret rock tunnel in the tutorial

• Blot's corpse's hands no longer clip through liquids

• Blot's running cloud in the opening cutscene no longer clips over the ground

• Clouds no longer clip through levels

• David's light rays now appear behind his head

• Apprencii's paintbrushes no longer clip through his picture frame

• Scribbles no longer render behind Apprencii

• Bridge pieces in Level 15 have been modified to prevent visual clipping

• Visual ground clipping areas in Level 15 and Level 16 have been fixed

• Wind Z-clipping fixed

• Wind is transparent again

Future Plans

• Steam leaderboard integration

• Steam cloud save integration

• Flawless music looping (doesn't stop for 1 frame when you die)

• More worlds?