Demo update 1.2 - Major overhaul

Grid & window system

• Grid dynamically adjusts to window size — block size, column and row count all respond to resizing

• Block size presets (60/80/100px) selectable in-game

• Add/remove columns and rows with dedicated buttons (with custom icons)

• Window position snap presets (corners and edges)

Balls

• Replaced ball lifetime with a bounce count system — balls start with 1 bounce and upgrades increase it

• Ball size scales with block size

Special ball types (5 implemented)

• Beach ball — larger ball with more bounces

• Ghost ball — passes through blocks, damages all it crosses

• Lightning ball — chains to 4 additional blocks after the initial hit

• Bomb ball — grid-based explosion on impact affecting surrounding blocks

• Multi ball — spawns additional balls on each hit

Dropper types (5 total)

• Auto dropper — original, drops balls automatically

• Laser — rotates toward targets and fires a beam

• Shotgun — fires 5 pellets in a spread

• Mortar — delayed arcing projectile with explosion on landing

• Sniper — high-damage single target, mid-late game unlock

Upgrade tree

• Full spatial grid system — upgrades placed on a 2D grid, unlocked by adjacency to purchased nodes

Block HP & economy

• HP scaling uses a blocks-spawned-per-level system (grid-width-independent)

• Minimum reward of $1 per block, scaling with HP

• Multiple economy balance passes based on live earnings logs

UI & panels

• Stats panel: playtime, blocks destroyed, balls spawned, damage dealt, currency earned, crits, current build stats

• Config panel: volume, window opacity, always-on-top, FPS limit, language selector, color pickers, health color mode, hide HP label toggle

• All panels resize with the game window, have scroll support, and a close button

• Panels toggle closed when clicking their button again

• Custom dark-themed style on all panels

• Welcome/tutorial popup on first launch explaining controls

Customization

• Block fill color picker

• Background color picker

• Health color mode (block color shifts by HP %)

• Hide HP label toggle

Localization

• 8 languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Korean

• System locale auto-detected on first launch

• Language switch applies instantly at runtime without restarting