GunnRunner Alpha Changelog v 0.8.5 - Several Steps Forward

Player

• Gun no longer stops shooting when held down. Instead, fire rate slows and accuracy decreases

• Animations re-sprited for landing, fast-falling, jumping, and dashing

• Reduced fast-fall speed

• Window to input fast-fall increased to just before peak jump

• There is now a very short time between pressing shoot and the player actually shooting

  • This is is too reduce firing in unintended directions

• Shot SFX will now pitch lower the longer you hold the fire button

• Dashing from a fast-fall will always produce a max dash

• Jump buffer added when attempting to jump while player is under a ceiling

  • The jump will occur after the player clears the ceiling

Level Editor

• Beamer added

  • Can be toggled to always on

  • Can be rotated

• Floatee added

  • Can adjust direction and speed

  • Can be set to stationary

• Motion Gate added

  • Set toggle key for specific doors

• Pelter added

  • Can set shooting speed (0.75 second intervals)

  • Can set shooting angle

• Line indicators for toggle objects and doors now has dark -> color gradient. Dark always starting at the toggle and going to the door.

• Editor will warn if user will paste objects out of bounds

• A grid overlay can be toggled

• Current editor level name and level size now appears on the info bar

• Removed budget constraints

• Cursor position is always shown

Objects

• NEW Beamer!

  • Will blast lasers at you if you get too close.

• NEW Floatee!

  • Friendly floating platforms that will assist you along the way.

• NEW Motion Gate!

  • Pass through triggers that will open doors

  • Will detect the player, enemies, and floatees

• NEW Pelter!

  • Stationary enemy that fires at a constant rate

• Shifter will not expand if player is colliding with it

Sound

• New musical scores for each world

• New music for editor

• New music for level select

Shell/UI

• Depending on world completion, players can now select a tile theme from extras menu

• Can view Level Times by navigating to extras on the main menu

• Levels generate extra details

• Level backgrounds generate on load and match theme

• Level select visuals update

  • Grass applied to sides of block represent level objective completion

Enemies

• Deploy animation for Heavy Enemy is cancelled if the player lands on top before shooting animation

Levels

• Considering adjustments to levels and new world sets, the alpha season (00) has been reset

• Added Expert difficulty with 18 new levels

• Added Master difficulty with 20 new levels

• Added 2 new levels in Novice

  • “Juts” and “Outbox”

• Added 1 new level to Proficient

  • “Air Circuit”

• Changes made to “The Basics”, “Osmosis”, “Topsy Turvy”, “Bit More”, and “Shooting the Breeze”

• Moved levels to Competent

  • “Block Me One More Time” and “Alternation”

• Moved levels to Proficient

  • “Wing Chaser” and “Edge Out”

• Moved levels to Expert

  • “Close Quarter Clockwork” and “Gunrobatics”

• Added GrandRunner difficulty with 10 new levels

Various bug fixes and visual improvements.