v0.5

General:

• Player animation improvements.

• Space bar can now be used to select an option on the main menu.

• W,A,S,D can now be used to navigate the main menu.

• Lobby layout has been reworked and improved.

• Lobby transitions/fading improvements.

• "Level Up" text now appears at the bottom of the screen.

• Game will now automatically refresh available lobbies when "Join Lobby" is clicked. Before, Players had to manually click "Refresh" each time.

Gameplay: --- Large Changes ---

• Added Skills: Players can now choose a Skill in the Customisation menu. Skills temporarily provide powerful utility and the duration of Skills scale with the Player's special metre. 3 new Skills added are:

  • Jetpack - Hover for short periods of time.

  • Stealth - Turn invisible, causing others to be unable to see you. Attacking while invisible temporarily reveals the Player.

  • Harden - Harden the bug's shell, reducing damage taken by around 40%.

• Starter Weapons:

  • Players can now select a starting weapon in the Customisation screen. Players no longer start with the default wooden weapons.

  • Players can also see the stats of their selected weapon in the Customisation screen.

• Map Rework:

  • Bigmap/minimap now only show the Planets the Player has visited.

• Updated HUD/UI:

  • The Player's own stats are now displayed at the bottom of the screen.

  • Other Player's stats are now easier to see and don't bloat the screen as much.

  • Screen will now flash red when taking damage.

• Attack Feedback:

  • Players + NPCs will now visibly react to being damaged.

  • Attacks now have hit particles and audio (credit to @untiedgames for some of the particles!)

  • Screen will now flash red when taking damage.

• New NPCs:

  • Flying Apes - These enemies hover around the Player and periodically fly down to strike the Player. They are fast and hard to hit but have very low HP.

• Reward Bags:

  • Bags can now be found on platforms near NPCs.

  • Attacking bags will destroy them, granting the Players coins or a stat increase! (HP, Mana, Special, XP)

• Removed Forced Combat:

  • Players are no longer forced to fight NPCs and/or Players at camps.

--- Small Changes ---

• Planet generation is now more random, smaller and generate more platforms (Wider variety of maps).

• NPCs coin drops: 3 -> 2.

• Coins no longer obey gravity.

• Coins to create weapon: 20 -> 25.

• Grasslands background has been updated.

• Damage numbers should now be clearer.

• Chest are now displayed in front of Platforms.

• Mace Weapon Special now has a large explosion hitbox.

• Wooden Blaster damage: 8 -> 9.

• Wooden Blade damage: 9 -> 10.

• Ammo has been doubled for most weapons (100%-ish more ammo for all weapons).

• Time limit in Deathmatch increased: 120 -> 150.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed issue where camps were sometimes appearing as cleared even when they weren't.

• Fixed issue where clients sometimes couldn't see the winner at the end of a round.

• Fixed issue where clients stats would sometimes not be updated after leveling up.

• Fixed issue where increasing Max HP would appear like the Player has taken damage.

• Fixed issue where clients couldn't properly see their latency to the host.

• Fixed issue where deaths were sometimes not being updated to the Leaderboards.