Player-visible changes

[olist]

Fix bonus bug.

Change minimum time warp factor to 0.5.

Changed the way debris is created, and added the following types:

• L
• Ring
• Bolt

Rebalanced the powerup tree:

• Postponed shield availability until round 10.
• Postponed magnetic field (dependency on shield) availability until round 15.
• Postponed Shield Regeneration (dependency on shield) availability until round 20.
• Postponed Shield Augmenter (dependency on shield regen) availability until round 25.

Added ships bell when the player buys or picks up a new ship.

Changed powerup announcement position to help the player see.

Large Saucer will now die in a Huge Explosion.

Added Credits.

Added Cow.

Increase saucer aggressiveness and improve Giant Saucer accuracy.

Removed penalty upon picking up Sensor Scrambler.

Use less vulgar language in ratings.

Tweak the filter for Geiger counter sounds.

Time bombs are slightly smaller and slightly tougher.

Auto-fire is now the default.

Add TLDR text to tutorial and cleaned up the tutorial a bit. [/olist]

[ 2021-03-22 00:23:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

ROCKJACK is a new space shooter inspired by the classic ASTEROIDS from 1979, as well as other games in the genre, all given a modern refresh. Fast, fluid, immersive gameplay is our primary goal in creating ROCKJACK!

You're a gig worker in the distant future, scrounging a living as best you can on the interstellar frontier. Short on funds, you've decided to become a ROCKJACK - and signed a contract with the GOX CORPORATION to venture out into the asteroid fields of deep space to mine for valuable resources! Your job will be to harvest those rocks and not get killed in the process. Ancient seeker mines and alien marauders haunt the asteroids and will try to stop you! And if the asteroids don't crush you, or the aliens vaporize you, the interest payments might bury you anyway...

• Classic Arcade Action updated with modern graphics!
  
• Six different types of asteroids to harvest!
  
• Three different types of enemies to get in your way! (More on the way!)
  
• Eighteen different types of powerups to enhance your asteroid-hunting experience! (More on the way!)