Neon is the only way…

If you follow me on social media (which you should if you wanna keep track of any updates in real time), you probably know this was coming. But just how much did you know was coming? NEON IS HERE!

So, what’s up with all this “Neon” stuff? Well, I was learning how particles work in GML, and now that I have a small understanding of them, I decided to go crazy and just add neon particles everywhere. Here’s the changelog:

——- Particles ——-

• Now everything is a bit more pretty. Enemies, bullets, the Life Line, everything has particles following them. Is this a good thing? Well.,, you tell me!

——- Life Line ——-

• Now you know when an enemy is too close to shoot it. The particles that go up and down close to the Life Line are there to help you see the limits of the shooting range.

——- Pause and Death Menus ——-

• I wasn’t aware of how bad this was. Last upload, it was broken, and I only just realized today. Well, it doesn’t matter any more cause I changed it all! Now both the Pause and Death menus work like the Main Menu: point and click. Oh and I added a little something to keep you entertained in both those menus, because, you know, meta is cool.

• Pause menu now allows quick restart. For those of you who are like me, and you just know when a run should be going better from the start, just Pause, and restart! It’s that simple.

• The Death menu isn’t really a menu, but actually just some text over the game. I think it looks cool. Any thoughts?

——- Known Issues ——-

• In some Boss levels, particles will spawn at random places, without enemies, or with invisible enemies (?). I don’t know how to fix this, so… Sorry. Hopefully I’ll be able to fix it next update.

• Some times the GJ Login option crashes the game. I’m working on a fix, but the Game Jolt Game Maker API is quite tedious.

• In Boss Level 60 and 90 there are issues with the audio which I am not able to fully understand yet.

——- What to expect for the next few updates ——-

Version 0.8.0 will come out soon, and these are some of the things you should expect by then:

• Implementation of the High Score system (finally) so you can compete with players of Game Jolt.

• An option to change the player’s controls for movement to you liking.

• A new weapon (or more than one).

• The first 3 bosses will be more fun, I promise…

This along with the patches for current existing problems and other things will be visible soon. The patches probably very soon, and the full version update at a later date.

Thank you for all the feedback you’ve been giving me so far, and I look forward to you enjoying the game!