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Full TurtleRun update
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What changed
- Gameplay
- Balance
TurtleRun changes
New Content
A Lives/Health system has been implemented on boss encounters. The player will now have 3 lives, represented by hearts. Upon running out of lives, the player will be given the option to try again with the same bonus damage modifier as they currently have, or to replay the mini-game for another shot at achieving a higher bonus damage modifier.
Added a menu option to restart the current level
Changed Content
Previously, a parried bullet would hit only the Pond boss for increased damage, this has been changed to deal increased damage to all bosses.
With the introduction of the lives system and the increased parry damage, boss health required tweaking. These values may need future changes to achieve balance
Woodlands boss HP increased from 150 to 200
Beach boss HP increased from 500 to 650
Streets boss HP increased from 1500 to 2000
Pond boss HP increased from 600 to 800
Due to the recently added autosave feature, the menu options to save are no longer required, they have been removed
Moved “Paused” text higher on screen when game paused to not interfere with longer menu options
- It felt weird having “ElimsN/A” on the scoresheet after a boss fight, collectibles and “Elims” removed from boss fight scoresheets
Bug Fixes
General
Turtle was elevated between level screens, moved back to correct position
Larger bullets like the ones used by bosses were a bit offset when colliding with walls and switching to the hitspark, this has been adjusted for a cleaner look
Adjusted a couple of unfair jumps
Streets
During the Bullet Hell mini-game of the Streets zone, the player could cheese it by standing to the far right and not getting hit, bullet spacing has been adjusted to resolve this
During the Streets boss encounter, the timer did not stay green when the level started
Pond
On level 4-2 there was an issue with a checkpoint returning the player to an area where they could no longer ride the moving platform, added another moving platform to resolve
Source
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