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Down Ward - (jam beta)

7 years ago

Razor Mantle Hearts - Update


  • The Mantle now takes 2 feathers to light, and stays lit even after death. This means Mantle mode is finally a useful game mechanic, instead of just a prototype. :)

  • Razorvine visibility improved: Razorvines are now brighter and higher contrast. They also emit spiky needle-like sparkles, that better communicate their hazardous nature.

  • Hearts map improved, and heart block puzzle revised to prevent the possibility of weird block states.

  • Now if “FullFX” is disabled (helps improve performance on slower mobile devices), the feather-get effects now omit the lens ring. I tried making a non-lens low-spec variant of the ring effect, but it wasn’t the lens shader slowing things down on mobile devices, it turned out it was just the sprite size. Still looks pretty nice with all the other particles though.

  • Improved visuals on map (7), removed and changed razorvine locations for better gameplay, and made a few other changes for clarity.

  • Fixed disabled terrain collision in “Hearts” map (6).

  • Fixed potential timer appearing on title screen bug.

  • Fixed no-Mantle-reset bug.

  • Fixed Heart blocks allowing hits on disabled axis, under some circumstances.

  • Added code for upcoming rain system replacement.

  • Rain Emitter.

  • Fixed Heart block bug.

  • Fixed typo on Pyramid map (4), corrected “Mantel” (as in shelf) to “Mantle” (as in conceal, or as in the feather group of a bird).



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