Update 2.0 has arrived! This update brings a bunch of fixes, quality of life improvements and more device support. This update has been long overdue, but please do provide feedback or requests via the Discussion boards or Discord. Please find below the patch notes.

Patch notes:

ADDED:

- Xbox Gamepad Support - EMP weapon, freeze your enemies! (for 5 seconds) - New Game Mode "Standstill" (with leaderboard): Get as many points as you can before you are surrounded! - Keyboard arrows can now be used to aim and shoot as well as the mouse - Number keys on keyboard can now be used to select weapons (1-6) - Resolution options - Better support for widescreen monitors

TWEAKS:

- Changed stage selection menu layout - Changed UI sound effects - Changed Laser sound effect - Increased Laser bullet speed and firerate - Changed Laser visuals - Improved bullet hit effects - Updated enemy drop visuals - Increased enemy drop chances - Other various visual improvements - Changed sprite compression method for smaller file size - Changed audio compression method for smaller file size - Updated logo - Changed scripting backend to IL2CPP for greater performance on the CPU - Updated Steamworks API to 20.1.0 and SDK to 1.53a

FIXED:

- Player deaths not being counted to lifetime player death count - Iron Field now works correctly - Classic mode control issues - Stopped EMP sound effect playing on Enemy spawn - Fullscreen and Windowed mode now work correctly - Screen glare toggle now works correctly

REMOVED:

- Unused fonts - Vaporwave style background textures - Audio Spectrum Sync (not accurate, performance issues) - Red damage-taken UI - Vulkan support, often made performance worse - DX12 support, often made performance worse

PERFORMANCE:

- Improved 2D Physics performance - Improved Enemy spawning performance - Removed unused assets in Main Menu If you have any issues, please drop in the Steam Discussions or join the Discord here. Thank you steamhappy https://store.steampowered.com/app/1133310/LASERVASION/

[ 2022-06-26 22:26:36 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 2.0!

I'm happy to announce that update 2.0 will be hitting Steam in the coming weeks. This is a long overdue update containing many quality of life improvements, fixes and some additions.

A few things to expect

• UI improvements
• Increased performance
• Screen resolution options

And more... Patch notes will be published on the day of the update. Thank you steamhappy

[ 2022-05-01 16:00:08 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi, This is just a small update, but it fixes a big issue that was achievements not being awarded. ADDED: - New weapon - Bounce. This weapon bounces off enemies and is blue in colour, it's awesome! - Better icons for selected weapons. FIXED: - The Burst weapon fire-rate is now correctly affected by the fire-rate upgrade in the hangar shop. - Steam Achievements for stage completion are now given correctly. Players who did not previously get the achievement, but did complete the stages, will be awarded the achievements upon loading the game after this update has installed. Regards, Matthew.

[ 2019-11-29 17:15:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi, Thanks again for the feedback! It's lovely to see people enjoying Laservasion! below is a small patch for a couple of essential issues that have been reported... Fixed:

• Graphical toggles now display and save/load correctly (for real this time)

Quality of life:

• Lowered the volume intensity of the 'Zap' weapon and lowered pitch
• More audio balancing

All the best, Matthew - Lead Game Developer. Red Phoenix Studios.

[ 2019-09-04 18:54:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi everyone, Thank you for the initial feedback, I've just pushed a new build that contains the following changes...

VERSION 1.2

Fixes:

• Achievements not being unlocked correctly
• SoundFX slider now correctly changes volume for ALL sound effects
• Graphical toggles now display and save/load correctly

Quality of life:

• Added an audio duck effect to the SoundFX to prevent them overpowering the music
• Added pitch shifts to some weapon sounds to prevent annoyance

Please use the bug discussion forums to provide any feedback. Kind regards, Matthew. Lead Game Developer. Red Phoenix Studios.

[ 2019-09-04 13:09:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

A Brief Introduction:

Hello! Laservasion is releasing next week! I have been working on this game since Christmas 2018. It began as a really simple project that developed into a larger one. Once again I've had nothing but excellent support from my partner, friends and family which has inspired me to finish this game. In the past I have usually rushed to the finish line, but this game marks a new path for my development career. There are exciting things to come for Red Phoenix Studios. I hope Laservasion is fun for a lot of you! If you're a fan of retro/shoot'em up games in any way, you will love this! Thanks. Matthew - Lead Game Developer. Red Phoenix Studios.

[ 2019-08-27 19:33:57 CET ] [ Original post ]