In this update, the odd couple Giorgio and Felicie find themselves teleported to the frozen scapes of Alaska. They will encounter crazy penguins, savage polar bears and the adorable Freezies. Here's an awesome chase by a polar bear: [previewyoutube=OSmHLG1OBuY;full]https://youtu.be/OSmHLG1OBuY[/previewyoutube]

Crazy Penguins

As soon as you invade their territory, they will start sliding as fast as they can charging at you. Be careful as they can also jump while sliding!

Polar Bears

These are beautiful beasts... only from afar though. Don't get too close to them or you will feel their wrath!

Freezies

These love to cuddle up with a warm body, but be careful as they will freeze you to death after a while! [previewyoutube=v5RC5Z6YNTs;full][/previewyoutube]

Mother Freezies

Like the Freeziers, BUT BIGGER AND DEADLIER!
This is the 3rd world of Pyramid Plunge. Every platformer needs to have an ice world, where the physics change and make the gameplay harder. I also introduced icicles that fall as soon as you walk beneath them. Note that the boss and a couple more enemies are missing for this 3rd world (mayan guards will soon be replaced by eskimos). Soon coming up:
In this update I also overhauled the level templates for the Mayan world too. I was previously using the same templates as that the egypt world. Although I was using different tiles, it still felt somewhat the same of course. Now, after the overhaul, they feel much more diverse. Here are the full release notes:

Release Notes v0.9.7

Added

• Alaska theme can now be played. There are still some enemies left to be done (eskimos will replace guards, and there is another enemy coming soon). Enjoy the savage polar bear, the slippery penguin and the adorable freezies!
• Mayan room templates are now changed completely. Previously I was using the same templates as Egypt. Now they are a new set, and sometimes you might also get elongated special templates chosen too.
• New faster idle animations for the avatar you are controlling. Also Felicie flicks her after some time and Giorgio gets tired :)
• Felicie know does a somersault for a double jump.
• New VS mode No partner. You are just 1 vs 1. No partners to take care of

Fixed

• Added cooldown for switch when it is pressed and then depressed. This is done especially when picking up loot where the loot is picked up before avatar touches the switch, making the switch come up because loot is taken and depressed a few frames later by the avatar.
• Fix for level generation to erroneously clearing non-wall items. Added all tile codes that player can pass through to check if level is solvable.
• Fix for pressing Esc during level selector, and selecting exit, would cause the game to continue rather than exit
• Fix for crash when boosting in Mayan boss level
• Fix for dying in a room with an idol, would trigger the flood on next try.
• Fix for enemies moving too slowly when underwater
• Enemy sounds that happen offscreen should not be played as it gets weird when you start the level and some traps trigger enemy deaths.
• Fix for crash when switcheroo touches idol
• Fix for drawing selection item not fitting in blue background rectangle
• Fixed issue where best score didn't provide entering name even though it was higher in the display. This happened when friend died exactly after player causing the newHighScore flag to be reset.
• Fix issue where Twitch integration could not be enabled mid-game.
• Fix for crash if a banana is dropped in the shop and you slip on it
• Fix for when underwater with frying pan and putting back, drops a dynamite (if selected)
• Fixed issue where when falling with great speed on 2 enemies, you still get hit by the 2nd enemy.
• Fix for avatar face is off when looking up or down while looking to the left
• Fix for crash if you try to steal from cage where the object on the stand has already been destroyed (e.g. a playing gramophone).
• Fix for objects acting weird when they land slowly on enemies heads. They should just drop.
• Fix for carried object not updated when player is feeling cold by a freezy
• Felicie should not do finger snapping sound while dancing
• Fix for enemy not being hit by player if enemy is startled (should have been if stunned by hit)
• Don't hit enemies when falling dizzy
• Fix for enemies jumping differently when near a wall
• Fix for splatters not properly obeying player's preferences for blood
• Fix for when in Twitch mode with viewer controlling partner, controlled partner should follow streamer like in coop
• Fix for crash if you try using the light stick or the flippers. Regression from refactoring the inventory.
• Fix for rare case when whistling is done exactly after changing state from idle
• Bees should die underwater
• Fix for breakables not breaking when throwing something at them. Also collisions shouldn't be detected when throwing from near an idle object.

Modified

• Pulled updates from Localizor.com
• If there's a crash, you will now at least restart the level with all your equipments and lives.
• Tutorial should also introduce booby traps (without any explanations though)
• Tweak for partner so that it doesn't follow you when it's not even seeing you. Also, it will follow blindly to the direct where you did the whistle, and not according to your current direction. So you can whistle somewhere to guide your partner and then run to somewhere else.
• Scores submissions are persisted just in case it continues failing, and will retry on boot up.
• Tweaked hit speed for big scorpion and polar bear. They are beasts so you should step on them with a bit more momentum!
• Give feedback of switcheroo in coop by using lightning.
• Sand dunes and stone adapt to theme
• When throwables that collide with friends or enemies with less than damage speed, should just bounce against entities. Enemies will also start a search.
• When level starts, enemies don't attack immediately
• Make wall ride feel more slippery in Alaska
• Improvements for guards to follow you
• Do not pause when hit any more (was done only on single player)... I don't like it's feel anymore

[ 2021-06-03 08:55:02 CET ] [ Original post ]