Fixin' things, makin' things. Missing sleep.
Beta 0.15 is out now! This is the last major beta! Hopefully it's the last beta, entirely. Cloudbase Prime's first release candidate is planned for next week. It seems a very realistic goal, given my current schedule and the state of the game right now. We'll see how that goes!
As always, your feedback is welcome, but we're now really, really close to release :D.
This release fixed a lot of issues, adds a new score attack level to 4-2, Steam achievements (I'll make pretty icons soon!), bossfight help, and a much-improved EMP story scene animation. Full change list below:
Added:
4-2 score attack: the first score attack level with giant walkers!
A fixbot will now offer to supercharge you in bossfights 1-4 if you die three times in a row. You don't get the fixbot if you accept this help, but you can move on to the next zone!
Steam achievements
Added an EMP story animation
Legs now animate behind the player while boosting. Looks better, especially while swimming downward.
Improved:
Combust ammo icon is larger/more readable.
Loading special ammo now pulses the HUD icon and makes an ammo-specific sound.
Food chain enemy factories now have a death sound
Fixed:
Enemy walkers would get confused and stick a leg up in the air sometimes.
Fixed button icons for Xbox triggers not showing up correctly.
Fixed score attack spawners sometimes not spawning as many enemies as they should.
Tractor beams could cause exciting player yoyo situations if the player grappled into them.
Ramp "launchability" text could be seen through almost everything
Some "player sounds", like repair sounds, were tagged as voices instead of sounds.
Auto-quality hardware detection should now recognize some more obscure setups
Suit hands clipped into exit cannons at the end of the level.
Keybinding notes for
Alt/tabbing in and out of the game while a cursor was displayed used to leave the player with two cursors.
Left hand didn't join the beam animation when using homing shots
Grapple text hints didn't fit on narrow screens
Second character's hand particles remained visible after fading to black
Your shift on a gas giant mining platform does not go as planned. Move terrain to clear paths, defeat enemies, and launch yourself skyward. Shoot robots while jumping. A decent Monday.
Find new weapons and powers for your robot suit as you descend into the colorful clouds of Cloudbase Prime. Discover robots of varying danger, fight giant bosses, and swim in huge floating jellyfish. Learn to tolerate the plural form of "jellyfish".
"...a high-flying, wonderfully exhilarating central mechanic and very, very silly voice acting." - Rock Paper Shotgun
"Great visuals, fun gameplay and hilarious audio make this a game we can't recommend highly enough." - Alpha Beta Gamer
MINIMAL SETUP
OS: SteamOS. Ubuntu 12.04+
Processor: 2.0 GHz or higherMemory: 2 GB RAM
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Almost anything from the last ten years. integrated graphics should work fine. even