Post-jam v2.0 (Sep 11th, 2024)

New content and features:

• Adds 3 new ranged enemies: Scout Gear, Interceptor Gear, and Destroyer Gear.
• Adds spinning animation for enemies.
• Adds a turn radius property to the enemies' AI so they don't abruptly change their direction while flying.
• Adds highlights to bullets and projectiles so they don't blend to the surroundings, which makes them easier to spot.
• Adds a spreading property to the player's gun, which determines the accuracy of the weapon.
• Adds a camera switcher script responsible for switching between different camera in the scene.
• Adds a new aiming mechanic for firearms that allows the player to hold down the aim button to pan the camera further in the direction the gun is pointing.
• Adds a recoil effect for firearms that causes the muzzle to climb upward and back upon firing.
• Adds pointers that show up and play a sound effect when the player's mouse is over UI buttons.
• Adds recoil effect and projectile spreading for ranged enemies.
• Adds more sound effects: explosions, notify sound when the portal activates, metal impact sound when enemies are hit.
• Adds post-processing effects to the scene, including Bloom and Vignette.
• Adds text typing animation and sound for the dialogue text.
• Adds an option to adjust dialogue speed in the Gameplay section in the Settings menu.
• Adds a prologue cutscene.
• Replaces the static crosshair with a dynamic one that expands or shrinks depending on whether the player is firing or aiming.
• Main menu and settings menu are now implemented, allowing navigation between scenes adjustment for audio, graphics and aim speed.
• Implements a versatile dialogue system using inkle's narrative scripting language, Ink. The system can handle basic dialogue flows, branching flows, choices, metadata tags and external function calls.
• Replaces the tutorial text with an interactable book that triggers a dialogue when interacted with.

Improvements and optimization:

• Each enemies now has a unique attack pattern.
• Enemies can now drop multiple types of loot based on their chances in the loot table.
• Reworked the attack pattern of 2 existing melee enemies: Pawn Gear and Suppression Gear.
• Improved the enemy spawner logic of calculating spawn positions and spawn rates.
• The game over screen now displays different messages depending on the current state of the time portal.
• Overhauled the ammunition count HUD by adding animations for each actions, such as reloading, chambering, firing and pushing up.
• Dropped items will now disappear after a certain period if not picked up, preventing them from scattering all over the ground.

Bug fixes:

• Fixed an issue where melee enemies are still moving when time stops right after they initiate charge attacks.
• Fixed an issue where the health bar animations behave abnormally when updating health, leading to glitchy visuals.
• Fixed an issue where enemies' health bars rotate out of position as they change direction while flying.