FINALLY! After, like, a week of poor sleep and aggravating bugs, Mega-Gun Arena Version 0.8.0 is finished. This is pretty much the last Beta build, and it contains almost all of the content of the game. Every Versus level (barring the last one, it’s secret) is available to play, every ability works in a unique way, and 9 / 12 achievments can be unlocked. Here’s a list!

GAMEPLAY

-Balanced Triple Shot to yield less XP.

-Buzzsaw now cuts through the opponent, dealing more damage, but eliminating knockback.

-Napalm now animates properly.

-The announcer now says the correct things for Black Hole and Teleport.

LEVELS

-The Level Select screen has been improved, providing better descriptions of each level.

-Desolate Desert is now more decorated and features an abandoned mine theme.

-Secret Bunker now sports all the trappings of a deadly experiment gone wrong - massive broken test vats, server banks and mysterious boxes. Oh, and flickering lights.

MENUS

-The option to play Arcade Mode has been temporarily removed. It will return in the v1.0.0 update with all eight bosses; as it stands, only two are playable and you just get stuck in the empty third level so it’s pointless to leave it here.

-An Achievements option has been added to the Main Menu! Select it to go to the Achievements Room, where you can browse your collected achievements and equip the hats they unlock.

ACHIEVEMENTS

-All of the achievements, save three, are working. Two require Arcade Mode, and one is best saved for v1.0.0.

-In addition, each achievement unlocked will give you the option to equip a unique hat to your character. These work across all modes and levels. With guns, this gives you over 900 character combinations! Wow!

BUGFIXES

-You can’t go beyond Level 20 now. Sorry.

-Also, Speed, Damage and Range can no longer be upgraded past maximum.

-You now cannot Back-Skate, where holding down one run key, reaching maximum speed, and then pressing the other would cause your character to Michael-Jackson-it in the opposite direction at ludicrous speeds. Thank goodness.

Whew. I think that’s it. What are you waiting for? Go play now!

Josh