Added Steam online leaderboard integration. Fingers crossed that it works.

Another attempt at fixing achievements.

Fixing achievements (hopefully).

This build should have achievements working.

Trying to implement Steam Cloud saves. If you lose all your data, you can unlock levels by going into the game's data folder, find the persistentdata.txt file and change the "MaxLevelUnlocked" value.

Trying to get file size down. Updated how repos work on Steam backend. More updates to come over the next few weeks!

Two small fixes: -This should fix the end of level bugs permanently. -This changes the colors of the "firewall" type enemies to match the level's color scheme.

-Fixed issues with background shader. -Updated how camera works. -Small fixes to player controls screen.

Hopefully this will work and optimize disk space.

I think this will fix the issues on Linux.

I think this will fix everything. Having a lot of strange little issues today...

Roll back!

This build optimizes video playback on lower end hardware.

This build sets things up so the trailer always plays. It will also manage drive space a bit better.

Here are the updates: -Changed the way the camera operates. -Swapped out one of the songs. -Small tweak to pause menu fonts.

There are too many updates to list.

This build includes enemy variants! You can see the enemy variants at level 16 and beyond. A lot of small tweaks have been made to improve performance. The scoring system and difficulty curve have been balanced out a bit too.

Patch Notes: -Made audio visualization a bit more intense. -Reduced number of score multiplier bonuses. -Made enemies a bit tougher. -Improved aiming algorithm for enemies. -Game difficulty increased overall.

-UI Improvements -Audio Visualization Improvements

This is a small update. -Menus fade in and out a bit more nicely (I'll be continuing with this). -Right trigger can now be used to fire the blaster.

-Backgrounds have different geometry. -A graphics options menu was added to the game.

Patch release notes: -Major Feature: Added chip speech tracks for Lady Parsec. She says things when you pickup items or your ship gets damaged. -Added a charge up particle effect for a couple of the special attacks. -Added a particle effect for picking up items.

Yesterday's patch introduced a few issues. I fixed the following: -Made level end transition a bit slower. -Restored shader for barrel rolls, items and level end fireworks.

-New particle systems for bullets, enemy explosions, collisions, etc,!!! -Bullets are bigger so it will be easier to hit enemies now. -Item hit boxes are larger so that they are easier to collect now. -A lot of general maintenance and performance fixes. -The game should look and feel a bit better to play now.

Performance and game balance improvements.

-Trying new settings for performance improvements. -Remove some of the static barriers to make the game a bit easier.

Fixed a minor bug where the bloom intensity was becoming excessive.

This patch includes -New lower polygon models. This will make the game run more smoothly. -Updated game feel for barrel rolls and special abilities.

Three major parts to this update: 1) All of the blasters and abilities have been modified to improve performance. 2) Blasters will now regress if you take damage. 3) A bunch of graphical performance improvements. These don't really affect quality, but the game runs more smoothly on lower end hardware. This is probably the most difficult version of the game released to date. Please bare with me. I'll make it a bit easier in the future.

Been working on making the game feel better. -Buttons and UI rumble, cause screen shake and flash a bit. -Controller rumbles on some more interactions. Will continue working on making the game juicier and better feeling.

-Fixes to camera shake. -Fixes to sound effect management (it'll be a little less obnoxious now). -Fixes to barrel roll bug (player could lose ability to do a barrel roll if they went to the main menu at the wrong time).

Updates for July 30, 2022: -Better Barrel Roll -Improvements to the audio (tweaked some annoying sounds). -Added more camera shake -Put in code to prevent narrator from repeating lines -Various performance/FPS improvements

This patch includes:

• More performance improvements.
• Text based narration in game.
• Improved shader for static blocks in game (they are easier to see now).
• Some small tweaks to menu UI.

UI/Performance Improvements

-Added a bunch of blocks into the game. This makes the gameplay quite a bit more challenging. -Added the background back in the game. This background should be pretty efficient and cause minimal slowdown.

Major frame rate improvement. This will make the game more accessible to lower end systems.

The rollback didn't fix anything. I've got a feeling there's an issue with my local Windows machine/Steam config. Linux build works if nothing else.

Having issues with Windows build. There's lots of good fixes coming. Will be later today or tomorrow.

Hopefully this fixes the Windows build issues.

This might fix the broken Windows build!?

This update provides the following: 1) Fixed issues with aimer jitter 2) Cleaned up the UI a bit 3) General bugfixes (player ship rotated in pause menu) 4) Performance improvements for aimers

Hopefully this fixes the Linux build!

Another Attempt at fixing the Linux build

Hopefully this fixes the issues with the Linux build!?

This build rolls out a brand new UI throughout the game. This build also fixes many bugs related to the scoring system as well as the game ending. This update strips out some of the backgrounds for performance reasons (they'll be back eventually).

This will fix the bugs that came up related to the in-game UIs.

Another attempt at getting the Linux build working properly.

Oops I broke the Linux build. This should fix it.

More performance upgrades: -Reduced some poly counts. -Reduced physics collider precision. -Reduced some graphics settings. Will be redoing a bunch of UI elements next.

More performance upgrades: -Reduced poly count on some more models. -Simplified some physics colliders. -Eliminated update methods for enemies waiting to be recycled.

Did a bunch of optimizations for CPU/GPU performance.

Very minor tweak to camera. Player won't be partially off-screen anymore (hopefully).

Updates for January 9, 2022: -Upgraded ship control. Diagonal ship movement is no longer faster than horizontal/vertical movement. -Upgraded camera scripts to prevent ship from going off screen or being hidden behind the HUD.

More performance upgrades. Collision particle systems simplified and some performance related code fixes. LZ4HC compression used on both Windows and Linux builds.

Happy New Year! This patch reduces the amount of particle systems and includes some other minor performance improvements to the code base. The Linux build now uses LZ4HC compression which may result in performance improvements as well. This will make the gameplay experience better for older hardware.

-SAM's speech causes post-processing effects. -Fixed grid bug at level end. -Fixed shield regen bug at level end. -Fixed rendering issues with player's health and shield bar. -Added more SAM voice clips (story is somewhat more complete) -Reduced length of some of the background audio tracks. Most of the tracks are less than 3 minutes and 30 seconds.

-Fixed bug on high score table. -Made improvement to high score screen (it shows your score now). -Changed fire rate of basic weapon.

Barrel rolls have been mapped to the Z and C keys.

This patch adds several new abilities and new barrel rolls. Have fun!

Made a whole bunch of updates to the UI. There's particle backgrounds and different looking buttons. More to come eventually...

Some fixes to the score counter and score multiplier. Hopefully high scores will be recorded correctly now.

That didn't work. Hopefully this one does it. I'll be testing compatibility of both Windows and Linux when this is over and done with.

Testing Linux and Windows support! I hope this works...

-Visual enhancements to the cyber tunnel (each level has a unique pattern now). -Added cyber tunnel enhancements to credits screen. -Level end screen now goes through a multiplier countdown.

This patch introduces the "Cyber Tunnel"! This represents a major graphical overhaul for the game.

Fixed annoying sound at the beginning of each level. Eliminated some annoying collision sounds at the end of each level.

This update includes the following: 1) New HUD layout. 2) 8 new weapons. 3) 9 new collectible items. 4) Bugfixes galore!

-A new item has been added to the game. It is a basically a random item. It only shows up later in the game or during one SAM's special phrases. -Some adjustments were made to how the camera follows the player. This is still a work in progress.

-SAM speaks in colors now. Enemies spawn when he speaks. -Fixed a bunch of bugs. -Still have tons of work to do. -Have fun!

Added particle effects from the EPIC Toon FX unity asset into the project. Integration of the new particle effects is only partially completed. A lot of the explosions and other particle effects will probably look very similar. Its going to take a while to get everything dialed in just right. There are still tons of items on the "to-do" list for this project. Thanks for your patience.

1) Added a crash sequence when the player runs out of health. 2) Fixed some minor bugs related to the end of the level menu. 3) Fixed minor bug related to camera not centering at the beginning of each level.

Patch notes for January 31, 2021: - Implemented Cinemachine. This changes the way the camera follows the player in game. It will also allow for some interesting "cinematic" opportunities going forward. -New Level End Sequence. The player flies into a portal and warps to the next level.

General bugfixes: - There were some issues with the game crashing between menus and levels. This should improve the issue. - Some of the enemies shown in the main menu were showing up in the game. This is fixed now too.

January 16, 2020: 1) New main menu screen 2) Fixed bugs related to camera shake and boost sound when game was paused.

Patch Notes - January 10, 2020 -Monochrome option -New pause menu -More SAM lines -Bugfixes related to main menu, pause menu and post processing effects

Added volume adjustment sliders to the options menu.

December 22, 2020 Updates: 1) Fixed issue with enemy scores showing up at inappropriate times. 2) Created a custom brightness profile for each level. 3) UFO shooting issues are fixed. These enemies will be far more dangerous now. 4) Levels 31 and 32 are now working. 5) Fixed issue with the missile's trail. This looks much cleaner now.

List of Updates for December 20, 2020: 1) Changed all music to .xm and .mod format. Program size and loading times are significantly better because of this. 2) Missiles do area of effect damage. 3) Fixed issues related to bullets/missiles colliding with items. 4) Fixed some bugs related to the health and shield bars. Fixes will be ongoing. 5) Fixed some issues related to SAM talking during game over screen and other inappropriate times. Fixes will be ongoing for this issue. 6) Bullets now become transparent when they are too close to the camera. This will help with screen cluttering. 7) Added music to the main menu. 8) Added barrel roll controls for the keyboard. 9) Removed deprecated files related to aimers from the build. 10) Boosting at the end of the level would make the player's ship glow in the next level. This issue was fixed. 11) Made the material for the biohazard crates less bright. 12) Fixed issue related to purple bomb dropping enemies spawning into the game backwards. 13) Fixed issue with executing a barrel roll at the end of the level causing an issue in the new level. 14) The bullet trail used to go through the player's spaceship. This issue is fixed. 15) Overall file size is reduced to ~115 MB.

Barrel roll is now working by double tapping either of the should buttons on your controller!!! Made hit box for items larger. This means that they are slightly easier to collect. Made hit box for the cube enemy bigger. This means that it is slight easier to shoot, but also slightly easier to crash into. Note: Support for keyboard barrel rolls is current unavailable. This issue will be resolved in the near future.

Small update to improve balancing: -Added full restore health and full restore shield items.

1) Eliminated dither mode. 2) Made multiple changes to the game's graphics. 3) Increased the horizontal and vertical movement speed of the player's ship. 4) Removed particle effects when the walls are shot or crashed into.