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hey everyone! after about a month or so of hard work, we're finally ready to bring you the latest version of THE JOYLANCER: LEGENDARY MOTOR KNIGHT! this is a big, big update and we're super excited for it to go live this Monday! the builds have already gone live on itch.io if you redeemed the Steam key you got from there, so you can just update that version and experience the latest rendition of EXTREME MOTORIZED ACTION! to start things off, here's a look at our exciting new trailer, "The Art of the Knight": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7flOeiByNQ yeah... like i said, we've been putting in hard, hard work between v1.5 and 1.6! there are a lot of big changes that come with this version:
What changed
- Gameplay
The Joylancer: Legendary Motor Knight changes
v1.6 (APR 22 2015) + The Control Wizard is Back! Custom key binding is now available + Controller support has been expanded; Joylancer now supports legacy gamepads and joysticks! + World Map has been re-enabled + A few new levels have been added + The Dark Palace has returned; amount of palaces increased to 2 (each one has 10 waves) + Parry / Counter system has been massively updated and is far more precise + "Perfect-Counter" now available; perform a counter attack with perfect timing to automatically perform a Drive-Counter + Projectile deflection has been massively improved + A new 1st Battalion boss has been added + Multiple new enemies have been added + General system improvements & optimizations for speed + New "FPS" switch that can drop the game into 30FPS and maintain proper game speed; try this out if you're experiencing slowdown + All enemies have been massively updated + Hitbox system has been completely re-worked - Tutorials are in need of overhaul again; we're working on it - Pscilovoid enemy has been temporarily taken out (currently being re-animated) - Difficulties have been pulled out of this release while we re-write the system - Motor Combat is still unavailable at the moment, cleaning out bugs and making sure the systems are balanced v1.6.1 + Fixed a bug that caused the game to hang on the loading screen when starting the game + Fixed a bug that caused world map data to be loaded incorrectly when exiting to the title screen + Various bug fixes on previous version + HELMAR, ARMUROS and CENTAUREON now have "Drive-Clash" properties; mash attack button during these attacks to perform instant Drive-Counters + Temp music assigned to extra areas + Demo version of game updated to latest version + A bunch of small changes done under the hood
for a full run-down of this absolutely gargantuan update, head to our website and check out the post i left: http://a6productions.com/2015/04/a6-developer-logs-joylancer-apr-23-2015-v1-6-release/ THERE IS TRUE JOY IN LANCING! we hope you like v1.6! look forward to a lot more updates coming very soon. -tj
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