Update 0.607 released

It has been a while. Since the last update I have been working hard on reworking several parts of the game to better fit my original vision of a procedural sci-fi shooter with light RPG elements and intricate combat. This meant this update took a lot longer than planned but it was a necessary detour and the game is better for it. The changes in this update are too numerous to list so here is an overview of the major changes:

• The tlied levels have been replaced with handmade sections containing scripted sequences.

• Generating the levels with tiles limited both gameplay and visuals and made it difficult to created varied combat enecounters.

• This change has also resulted in a major visual overhaul.

• Enemy combat behaviours have been reworked to create a faster and more consistent combat experience.

• The previous AI focused too heavily on self preseveration and intelligent positioning, which sounds impressive but often meant that enemies played overly defensive slowing the pace of the game down.

• The new behaviours are more straightforward and aggressive making handling large numbers of enemies easier and (slightly) less chaotic.

  

• The weapon and ammo system has also received major changes.

• Two new secondary ammo types have been added: Explosives and Antimatter.

• All ships can now carry one weapon of each ammo type for a total of 6 weapons.

• All ships now carry the Laser as a fallback weapon with infinite ammo.

Enemies now display a health bar, name and level upon taking damage.

All enemies have a level value which determines how resistant they are to damage.

The damage, knockback and stun duration an enemy recieves is affected by their level relative to the players weapon level.

Weapon level can be increased by collecting powerups that are scattered throughout the map and dropped from enemies.