PATCH NOTES - v2024.3.5.0

WORLD 4
-World 4 is now available in the Campaign!
-Content is subject to change

SPRITES
-Updated player sprites to have more color saturation
-Updated shopping cart track sprites
-Updated crumbling platform sprite
-Updated falling platform sprite

OPTIONS
-Added a "highlight important objects" setting to add a white outline around objects such as buttons and levers
-Added a "pixel font" toggle to swap between pixelated and HD font

PROPS
-Added Chicken Bucket
-Added Salami
-Added Cat Tree
-Added Dryer

LOOTBOXES
-Added new loot items for levels 4-2 and 4-4

CARDBOARD BOX
-Fixed box spawner autospawn setting
-Added SFX for cardboard box
-Cardboard boxes now destroyed on collision with moving platform
-Fixed a bug with triggering platforms while player is inside box

GUESTS
-Guests can now have different pitches for their speech
-Added "Cuddles"

OTHER
-Fixed an issue that would occasionally freeze the game if the player has invincibility enabled
-Fixed an issue that sometimes caused player not to move on ziplines
-Added "radius" variable to lighters and catalogues
-Added "swivel" toggle for CCTV camera
-Added "interval" variable to CCTV
-Fixed an issue with vision cone opacity
-Various menus are now in full resolution

Hey!
Since the last log we've mostly been polishing smoothly transitioning into developing new mechanics.

Dev Logs:

• Improvement of inpute disabling when using items
  
• Visual UI edits
  
• Implemented spawn of additional cells for clean generation of levels
  
• Improved flickering of lamps
  
• Camera shake system
  
• Balance tweaks
  
• Optimization

Here's a minimap for your spelunking delight! It should prevent you from getting lost in the caves. Do mind your step while looking at the map though!☠🦠

It's generated realtime at a radius around the player so it'll stay updated if the terrain is destroyed. The data comes from Godot Tilemaps and I query them somewhat similar to a raycast using an algorithm meant to plot pixel lines (Bresenham's line drawing algo). So for each ray I query the line's points' coordinates (that match to the tilemap) and step through them starting from the player until I hit a wall or the maximum range of the ray.

Each physics sim frame there are 16 rays (evenly divided around a circle) but I jitter the overall orientation randomly so that any leftover gaps are filled.

We have reworked the location in the style of Ancient China so that the atmosphere of the location is closer to the dark color palette of the game. This is what we came up with in the draft.



Brave defenders of the Celestial Empire are fighting with a demon for the Shaolin Monastery, engulfed in demonic fire.

And this is what it looks like in the game.



How do you imagine Ancient China? Feel free to leave a comment and we will definitely respond and will be glad to your contribution to our dream game!



Don't forget to subscribe to the game so you don't miss the latest news from the development workshop and the demo version of the game.

Hey pilots!
We have an update for you!

- New Planet: Geothermal Planet! Hope you like our new design. 😉

- Save slots: You can load previous save points in case you stuck somewhere. After you update the game you need to start a new game because I overhauled all the save system and it was not possible to make it compatible with the older version. Sorry for that but I'll do my best to keep things compatible for the next updates.

- UI bug fixes: Some text elements were not fitting in some languages.

- Small additions and fixes suggested by community. Thanks for your feedback 🙏

Folks! We really do need your support to survive and make great games. This is only possible with your support. So, if you like this project please leave positive review on Steam which will trigger the algorithm to show this game to more people.

Thanks, enjoy! 🤘

This season, we're tackling the age-old debate that has divided scholars, destroyed friendships, and puzzled the internet for years. No, not whether pineapple belongs on pizza (it does). We're talking about a showdown more epic than the endless "Gif" vs. "Jif" pronunciation war (It’s Gif). That's right, it's time for the Avengers vs. the X-Men! Are you Team Avengers or Team X-Men? This season will put your allegiances to the test. The future of all mutants, and possibly even the world, revolves around our biggest season yet.  We now introduce Hope Summers, the first child born after M-Day, the Mutant Messiah. She could either be the savior the X-Men need or the uncontrollable host of Phoenix that the Avengers fear.
After you play a card here, you get +1 Energy next turn.
  Not to be left out of the fight, Cyclops is entering the battle as our newest Emote!  Each week this month, we’ll be sending extra forces into the battle, starting with Pixie who launches alongside Hope Summers!
On Reveal: Shuffle the Costs of all cards in your deck that started there.

Costs 1 less for each of your cards in play that didn’t start in your deck.


On Reveal: Move the highest-Power enemy card here away. If you can’t, destroy it with a Rock.

On Reveal: Until the end of next turn, nothing can stop you from playing cards anywhere.
 You can expect new cards to be released weekly - starting with last month’s Season Pass Card, Black Swan, releasing as a Series 5 card on March 5th.

• March 5th: Black Swan - Series 5 Release
• March 5th: Pixie - Series 5 Release
• March 12th: Mockingbird - Series 5 Release
• March 19th: Cannonball - Series 5 Release
• March 26th: War Machine - Series 5 Release

New Series 4 and Series 5 cards appear in the Spotlight Cache and the Token Shop. As you level up your Collection Level, Spotlight Caches become available for you to unlock a Series 4, Series 5 card, Spotlight Variants, or more.  

• Pixie
• Mobius M. Mobius
• Spider-Ham

• Mockingbird
• GhostSpider
• Man-Thing

• Cannonball
• Kitty Pryde
• Ms.Marvel

• War Machine
• Silk
• Silver Samurai

  

• Krakoa: Your first play here adds its Power to the top of your deck.

• Utopia: 3 and 4-Cost cards cost 1 less.

  Get all new Avatars, Variants, and Emotes by completing three new albums!This month, we’re releasing three hot new albums with a little something for everyone. Each album has exclusive new content to help you flex your accomplishments in game!

• Collect 3: 155 x Random Boosters
• Collect 6: 1 x Spotlight Cache Key
• Collect 9: Tarot Card Back
• Collect 12: Professor X Thinking Emote

• Collect 2: Doctor Strange Avatar
• Collect 4: 2000 Credits
• Collect 6: Premium Mystery Variant
• Collect 8: Doctor Strange Emote

• Collect 3: Iceman Max Grecke Avatar
• Collect 6: 2000 Collectors Tokens
• Collect 9: Iceman Max Grecke Variant
• Collect 12: Thor Confident Emote

  There are 30+ New Art Variants coming to the game this season - including 4 brand-new Max Grecke variants debuting in this month’s shop takeover!<h3>Shop Takeover: Max Grecke - March 20th and 21st</h3>

• Debrii
• Galactus
• Scarlet Witch
• Killmonger
• Black Widow
• Mister Fantastic
• Human Torch
• Invisible Woman
• The Thing
• Silver Surfer
• Hulk
• Ironheart
• Carnage
• Bishop
• Black Panther
• Blue Marvel
• Wolverine
• Dr. Doom
• Deadpool
• Captain America
• Thor
• Vision
• Sera

  Watch your favorite MARVEL SNAP Twitch streamers to earn Boosters, Credits, and a sweet Mystery Variant! Drops will be available from March 19th-26th. Don’t miss out!

• Watch 2 hours to earn: 65 Random Boosters
• Watch 4 hours to earn: 350 Credits
• Watch 6 hours to earn: Mystery Variant

Head over to marvelsnap.com/twitchdrops to link your accounts today.  We know you’re going to have a lot of fun building around these new cards, but will they test your allegiances? Can’t wait to see what decks you build in the wild. Have fun!

Its been almost a year since our original demo and we are very excited to start tell you all about what's new!

As get closer to our shiny new updated demo and eventual release, we will be posting blog posts going into detail about different aspects of the game. Our very first post will delve into our rival mayors, which serve as the main antagonists for you to overcome!

Life would be so much simpler without obstacles, unfortunately not every city mayor is quite so willing to step aside. From disgraced accountants to vampire cults, you will encounter a wide range of individuals with their own unique decks ready to put you out of a job.





Today we’re looking at some bloodthirsty business from a cult who are ready to sink their teeth into town planning. The three vampire groups make up some of the early game mayors that you’ll be working to dethrone. Each specialized in draining the city of a different resource, they aim to thwart any attempt to remove them from office by directly attacking your reputation.






Each group has a slightly different strategy to keep you on your toes as you try to find your feet in the earlier game. Getting them out of office is the game's first challenge, so we’re really looking forward to seeing how you build strategies to counter each of the three groups.






Join us in our development process to get the latest news and help shape the future of the game!

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Hey everyone! :)

Hope you all are doing well!
Can you believe I just saw this feature?
Sorry for not giving updates earlier!

With that being said, I wanted to let you all know that I am grinding through the gameplay -- that includes art, dialogue, programming -- you name it!

I have more artwork (yay!!) that I would love to share with you all! It's available on my press kit here:
https://impress.games/press-kit/eccentric-stylist/a-winter-haunting

I'll be trying to give updates at least every 1-2 weeks, if not more frequent when possible.
Excited for this game to come out EOY!
Thank you all for sticking with me through this journey! :)

Patch 0.2.3:
Additions

• Proximity voice chat has been added (Default hotkey is T, rebindable in settings but is always push to talk)
  
• Log out timer enabled for PvP servers (This is a love/hate thing for most players; but disabling full combat logging is needed in order to have any sort of meaningful gameplay on a PvP server; there is no timer on PvE servers or single player)
  
• Additional clean up for 'locked' server play
  
• Added some more records
  
• Added dressers and a wardrobe to craftable objects
  
• Added craftable wall shelves

Changes

• Adjustments to foliage (trees/cars/etc) spawning system to prevent them from spawning inside of your existing bases
  
• Adjusted helmets to display correctly when Set Down is used on flat surfaces (doesn't work on walls yet)
  
• Adjusted guns to display correctly when Set Down is used on flat surfaces (doesn't work on walls yet)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug with some of the admin commands not working as intended
  
• Fixed bug with stat level up notification not saying the stat like it should
  
• Fixed issue with one of the diner interiors not being placed correctly