Mar 23
Don't Forget to Smile Playtest - Deridealize
Gameplay Changes
• Pink pills: More obvious
• Enemy Spawn Radius: "Circle spawn" around the player increased by 50%.
• Magnet Functionality:
o Any XP appearing while magnet is active (10s) will also be collected.
o Any XP that was active when pickup was first collected will still be grabbed after effect is finished
(unlikely due to XP travel speed and map size).
• Dash Buffs:
o Duration increased from 0.3s to 0.4s.
o Cooldown increased from 1s to 1.35s.
o Invulnerability time increased from 0.3s to 0.5s.
o Speed increased from 0.2 to 0.25.
o Dashing into an enemy that doesn’t die knocks them down/back.
• Kill All: Now removes half of a Boss’s health, regardless of max health.
• Enemy Balancing:
o Lowered all enemy health by up to 50%.
o Increased Boss health by 400%.
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Audio Changes
• Pill pickup, achievement, dash impact, and jackpot sounds are now assigned to an audio track and can be adjusted in options.
• Mortar Select sound volume increased.
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QoL Changes
• In an effort to make the game ‘woke’ enemies can now spawn in the shape of a nob and balls.
• Tab Key under the map.
• Default audio level set to 50%.
• Minimap arrows added for regular crates, magnets, stun, and health pickups.
• Arrows added to all pickups (except pills and credits); arrows visible behind objects.
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Visual Changes
• Office Chair Sprite: New 6-directional sprite.
• Upgrade UI Confirmation Button changed to a sign instead of a pill.
• Crate Effects: All crates now have effects upon opening/destroying.
• Bullet ImpactFX: Bullets now have environmental impact effects.
• Jackpot: Now has colour and PIZZAZ.
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Optimization Changes
• Magnet Optimization:
o Object pools now inherit from a base XP Pool class.
o Single player reference instead of 900+ "find player" calls.
o When a magnet is collected: ZERO "find player" calls instead of X = active XP pickups. Big win.
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Bugs Fixed
• Fixed Kill All icon staying on the map after pickup.
• Locked levels button text now consistent.
• Pause menu fix: Closing the pause menu while options is open no longer causes options to stay open upon re-pausing.
• Pause menu UI now correctly appears over the selected mood pop-up.
• Floating black square removed from options menu.
• Player collisions against chain-link fencing fixed.
• Fixed enemies getting stuck running in place after slipping in water/poop or being knocked over.
• Poop button in weapon select now fully clickable.
• Priority Shipping Augment button in the shop now works.
• XP bar visual bug fixed: No longer appears full when not leveling up (gameplay unaffected).
• Shop refund system fixed: Now properly refunds and re-locks weapons and augments when refunded.
• Shop scrolling fix: Now always opens scrolled to the top (pending further testing, as issue was inconsistent).
• Jackpot UI fix: Text now appears only after spins are complete.
• Audio/Visual options now properly save.
• Re-roll system fixed: Now correctly counts and functions as intended.
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Development Changes
• Pool base class implemented
• Base speed getter for enemies to address stuck enemy bugs.
• Removed 99% of hardcoded strings:
o Some converted to ENUMS.
o Some replaced with direct function calls for coroutines.
o More efficient, easier development, possible performance boost.
• Added tester info for known bugs and upcoming features.
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