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26 July

V2.10

Bit Blaster XL - V2.10 Patch Notes:

★ New TrailShot power up that leaves a deadly trail of bullets for your enemies to run into and explode. Includes a small ticking sound to indicate dropping bullets
★ New FlameShot power up that blasts a ton of small bullets that last only a brief time but can be very handy close range. Includes a flamethrower-ish sound?! I tried to make it not too overbearing, so hopefully it sounds good. :)
★ New power up that allows ship to regain protective shields. This will appear at certain score intervals to help on the journey to your highest score ever
★ New occasional power up that refills your boost meter to full instantly
★ Improved the BulletShield power up thanks to feedback. Now there are five bullets surrounding your ship at a slightly further distance and they move faster by default. Using this in conjunction with boost and brake makes the BulletShield spin incredibly fast or slow, cutting through enemies. Also added transitions for when you pick up or lose the power up
★ Reworked entire shield system under the hood (again) to be more accurate and allow further functionality
★ Tidied up the options and video menus. Vsync now in video options. And changed the button layouts slightly.
★ Background filler should now properly scale to literally any screen size imaginable (hopefully)
★ New bursting blue indicator showing that boost / brake meter is full
★ Made more minor improvements to tighten up keyboard / gamepad controls
★ Bounce shot now accurately bounces based on angle of incidence and will correctly last three bounces (I learned some new things YAY)
★ Updated pause menu graphics to show four new power ups
★ Modified rate at which large golden meteors appear, to be more balanced based on score
★ Fixed Laser / Bulletshield / Magnet sound and replaced with the proper loopable sound
★ Bulletshield sound now properly adjusts based on Boosting or Breaking
★ Applied balances to ammo usage for Manual fire, to allow autofire and manual fire to be more closely balanced for competition
★ Modified various particles for when shields get destroyed, added new shield pickup particle and boost pickup particle. And modified old and created new particles for each unique power up pickup
★ Added sound for when GiantShot splits into multiple parts
★ Added several double checks in hopes of clearing some of the cheaters from the scoreboard automatically (more to come)

Thank you everyone for playing and sharing the game with your friends and family. If you are really enjoying Bit Blaster, make sure to leave a brief Steam Review and let others know to check it out.

-Adam Nickerson

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25 July

V2.10 BETA

Bit Blaster XL - V2.10 BETA

To try out the BETA version;

--> Right click the game in the library tab
--> Click Properties
--> Click the BETAS tab
--> From the Drop down box select the available beta
--> There is no password
--> Click close

The beta should then automatically download. Make sure that if the BETA doesn't work for you, you use the same method to turn it off.

The BETA version includes some fixes, changes and additions such as;
--> Four new power ups that the player can collect
--> Reshuffling of some menu items
--> A variety of GFX improvements, additions and upgrades
--> Various other balance changes, gameplay improvements and bug fixes, full patch notes upon release.

Thank you to everyone for playing and offering feedback and leaving great reviews. Please continue to share Bit Blaster XL with friends and family, I greatly appreciate it.

Adam Nickerson
Nickervision Studios

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System Requirements

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SteamOS + Linux

Minimum:

OS: Windows XP
Processor: Dual Core +
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 512mb +
Storage: 200 MB available space
Additional Notes: Is your computer older than ten years? You should probably get a new computer before you consider more games.

Recommended:

OS: Windows 10 (why not recommend the newest?)
Processor: Got four cores? Great! Bit Blaster XL will run smooth on most things, but especially on four cores.
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 512mb +
Storage: 100 MB available space
Sound Card: I made a bunch of the sound effects by making stupid noises with my mouth into a pretty low rent consumer microphone, so I recommend not having a sound card, or you may realize this.

Minimum:

OS: OSX 10.5+
Processor: Dual Core
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 256mb at least and nothing over... let's say, five years old
Storage: 200 MB available space

Minimum:

OS: Most 32-bit and 64-bit Linux OS
Processor: Dual Core
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 256mb at least and nothing over... let's say, five years old
Storage: 200 MB available space

User reviews:

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Very Positive (198 reviews) - 93% of the 198 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.

Overall:

Overwhelmingly Positive (1,710 reviews) - 98% of the 1,710 user reviews for this game are positive.

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“To put it simply, Bit Blaster XL is an addictive experience.”
OP Noobs

“Great addition to the Steam library. For .99 it doesn't get much better than this.”
Game Review Journal

“...delivers an enjoyable arcade experience without the frustration.”
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Posted: 20 August

good game if you have nothing to do
8/10

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★★★★½
Reminding me of a cross between Crystal Quest and Galaga, this is a fun retro arcade-style pew pew game.

Posted: 19 August

NO MORE PLEASE NO MORE
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İTS FUN 9/10 HOW TO BEİNG A HUMAN SİMULATOR 2023

Posted: 18 August

Fun retro arcade game!

Bst gmae evr, sweg yolo 5/7

Posted: 17 August

I really glad I found this little gem in my collection! The gameplay is really simple and the archivements are just fine for surpassing your own limits little by little. The soundtrack will be your partner during the journey to the 1.5M points :)

I really enjoyed this game! Picked it up for ridiculously cheap, decided to sit down and blast through a couple of my cheap games, and found this one to be rather fun. Sure the gameplay is simple, but it's also kinda challenging. If you liked Luftrausers, you'd like this.

Enjoyable

Posted: 16 August

Great fun little minigame you should play!

Posted: 15 August

This game is a very chillaxing game to play when you have nothing else to do :)

Most Helpful Reviews In the past 30 days

Steven Cojo

2,709 products in account

37 reviews

Posted: 22 July

I like my girls just how I like this game: It's nice, short, addictive and ok-looking.

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Hummus Hammer

214 products in account

2 reviews

Posted: 2 August

This game is incredible, makes me wish I didnt buy it on sale but I wouldnt have found it without the sale.
The soundtrack is charming and it's very addictive

silverlunastar39

63 products in account

29 reviews

Posted: 1 August

For $0.50, this game is well worth the purchase. Is it the best arcade-style shooter? No, but that's okay, because the quality far exceeds the price tag.

If you're familiar with Asteroids, then you'll understand this game. Fly through space, shoot stuff, and make that score number grow. That's it.

Now, to liven it up a bit, there's a ton of different weapons and ships to unlock and choose from. Pretty cool, right? It is. BBXL isn't perfect, though: the auto-propulsion and turning radius of the ships makes controlling your craft a little difficult. Precision shots are hard to pull off, and when there's a ton of stuff on screen, it can become very difficult to make out exactly what's happening. Adding to all of that is the ammo system, which technically makes sense, and while adding a slight sense of strategy to the game, can become hectic in later parts of the game.

But seriously, it's fifty cents on sale. This is a game I can see myself popping on every now and then, determined to break my old high score. And isn't that what the old greats were all about?

RockyPT

25 products in account

1 review

Posted: 24 July

If you're looking for a fun, simple and cheap game, this is a good choice. Love it.

Asriel

37 products in account

4 reviews

Posted: 23 July

For 1 dollar I'd say this game far exceeds the quality of some games. Fun arcade bullet hell game.

tf2 is full of white males

93 products in account

14 reviews

good

HELPMEHELPMEHELPME

32 products in account

7 reviews

An insanely addictive retro-style shooter with more entertainment value than some Triple A titles. What's not to love?

wednesday

156 products in account

11 reviews

can't recommend this game enough to anybody who enjoys arcade shooters, and even if you're not familiar with these types of games, it's worth a try for the price.

it often had me on "one more try" mode to earn all of the achievements, which i finally did, but that doesn't mean i'm done with it for good. it's a well-made game that i'll surely keep revisiting to immerse and overwhelm myself in some fun chaos once again.

also, i do wish the steam emoticons for this game were the spaceships instead of the powerups.

[PCG] Pilot-in-Training

3 reviews

I'll admit, I was a little aprihensive about this game when I first saw it. I thought that it was a good little game, but not something I'd like to spend my money on.
A week or two passed and I saw it again during the Steam Summer Sale 2016. I considered long and hard (about 3 seconds) and decided I would buy it for the asking price of £0.39, thinking I'd play it once and then forget about it. So, I ran the game and, no sooner had the intro music started, I was very impressed.
This little retro-style game is one of my favorite '5 minute games', meaning you can play it as a passtime if you're waiting for something. The music is also very catchy too!

This game is definitely worth the tiny asking price of 79p; if you've got the money, buy it!

Krear

83 products in account

Posted: 26 July

i bought this game for less the one Euro and thought, this is one of those cheap games that are released to entertain you for a couple of hours before you realise that it is not that good and lacks content. I am happy to say that this is not the case and that the game can be played for a long time with much enjoyment. The game also seems to get some nice updates from time to time which is a guge plus. Bit blaster XL is a solid and cheap game that i highly recommend :steamhappy:

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