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Switching to Free Pricing
After a couple of years in which I haven't been able to devote any time to this project, I've made the difficult decision to give ROCKJACK away for free. I never expected to make any money with this game, but I've come…
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Hotfix for v0.4.3
I didn't like the way the new shield was behaving, so I fixed it.
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Rockjack v0.4.3 is now Live!
With this version, I've updated the Unity version I'm building on, and switched to the new Universal Rendering Pipeline. This entailed rewriting a bunch of code that relied upon renderer features no longer supported, so…
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Development Update
Greetings, Rockjacks! I have been busy upgrading the game to a newer version of Unity and a new rendering pipeline, and, as often happens with these things, I have some bad news and some good news. The bad news is, the…
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Rockjack v0.4.2 Is Now Live!
Although I'm calling this a minor version, I'm actually really excited about this one, because I've been painstakingly tuning the game lately, and I feel that this update improves playability so much that it deserves it…
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Rockjack v0.4.1 is now live!
A minor release with a lot of feature polish. Player-visible changes Powerup spawn logic was overhauled so that the player will see fewer powerups which they can't immediately use. Added the PowerShot powerup. This will…
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Rockjack Version 0.4.0 is Now Live!
I'm very excited to announce this new version of Rockjack! I've swapped out (most of) the old text-based UI that marked the early development of the game, and added a more attractive, colorful, easier-to-read and altoge…
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Teasing the Next Release
I've been working on the UI for ROCKJACK lately, and I wanted to share my progress with you in anticipation of the upcoming release. I'm sorry that I inflicted my MVP ("minimally-viable product") text-based UI on you fo…
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Rockjack 50% Off This Week!
I feel the game has progressed to the point where more people should give it a try and let me know where they would like the game to go. Therefore, I'm offering a weeklong discount on Rockjack to help bring new Jacks in…
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Rockjack v0.3.3 is now Live
Player-visible changes Fix bonus bug. Change minimum time warp factor to 0.5. Changed the way debris is created, and added the following types: L Ring Bolt Rebalanced the powerup tree: Postponed shield availability unti…
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Rockjack Version 0.3.2 Update
ROCKJACK RELEASE NOTES version 0.3.2 - 2021-02-07 Sun This is a minor update with a few quality of life fixes and a minor new feature which I liked implementing. Player-visible changes Added tabs to the Options screen.…
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Hotfix Update to v0.3.1
This is a hotfix for a bug identified during testing of v0.3.0. There are also a small amount of performance fixes. Happy Rock Hunting!
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Rockjack Update v0.3.0
I'm very excited to share the v0.3.0 update! I've added a full tutorial, so new players can get up to speed quickly with the game, and I've added a new enemy, the Time Bomb! I hope you enjoy the new changes! Full Releas…
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Update to v0.2.12
... you all know the rest. Changes this time: Improve the appearance of the ship when it has a lot of damage Fix bug: could not pause between death of one ship and spawn of the next. Add menu to paused state. Player can…
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Update to v0.2.11
Bug fix for when shields and plasma armor active, player ship disappears. Added lights to saucers Improved blink logic for Powerup announcer
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Update to v0.2.10
Improved Powerup Announcement shows the icon for the powerup just retrieved and a graphical status indicator for permanent acquisition. Improved the power of the Shield Augmenter. Minor efficiency improvements. Added gr…
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