Update V0.0.5 "Did you hear something?"


Blarg, it has not been a very fun week.  It's been averaging 90°F all week, and I don't handle heat well, I got really sick over the weekend, and I've been finding a lot of stupid bugs as I went and accidentally creating more crashes like last week.  (I somehow had the exact same crash for exactly the same reason exactly one week later.)

One of the biggest annoyances, though, was the realization that the level select hasn't actually linked to the ocean level, ("Ocean_Level" isn't the same as "Ocean Level"...) and the bug from last week wiped the contents of the waves there meaning I had to remake that yet again.  Either way, the ocean level is in fact fully functional now!  (I really hope...  I'm still not feeling 100% so I'm not doing a full playtest yet.) 


Changelog:

V0.0.5: Did you hear something?

New features:

Tower voices: Towers now speak when placed and while attacking.  My current solution to avoid too much sound is that it it checks if any nearby tower of the same type have made noise lately before speaking, so a cluster of 5 of the same isn't any louder than 1.  They also get quieter the further away you are, and louder the closer to the goal the target is, which should help you locate who's in combat and help alert you of bad situations.

Sound effects:  sound effects added to nearly everything.  Menu buttons, buying stuff, moving the Holodex, etc.

Options Menu:  Configure the volume of the game, music, and sound effects.

Fast-forward mode:  You can now speed time up by up to 4x speed.  I'll be honest, part of the reason for 4 options is to see what works best to trim things down later.


Changes:

Tower rebalancing: Calli's more expensive now, Ame's less powerful, hopefully that combo's not unstoppable now.

Minimap:  Player icon's pointy enough to tell where you're looking now.

Placement fixes:  you can't place stuff on cliff faces any more, and it won't show towers climbing up walls when you try and place towers out of bounds.  (I do need to add a visual for the map bounds still...)


Fixes: 

Ocean level:  I refuse to check if the ocean level was ever accessible.  But I'm going to pretend it's only an issue this week.


Too sick to make future plans, but most likely making sure the game plays well and feels good rather than adding new content.

Files

Holodefense v0.0.5.zip 468 MB
Jun 20, 2022

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