Waiting for a new gameplay video to complete it’s rendering and upload to youtube, so while doing that.. let’s release v0.8.0!  This is the first new version after the public beta I did a few weeks ago, and it contains a bunch of improvements based on some of the feedback.

The biggest one is the manual-aiming, which is now possible when playing with keyboard+mouse or with gamepad. It’s purely optional, so you can ignore it if you prefer the auto-aim, but especially on gamepad it’s very flexible to just use that right-stick to really target an enemy now and then. And as long as you don’t touch that stick, the game will default to auto-aim!

This build does also come with some new cool things, we now have guard-towers,  enemy trucks, sticky-bombs, landmines, crouching, and a few new missions/objectives in the rotation. So well worth checking out!

The big things left are : getting those boss-battles back in the game, adding one more world, and focus my fine-tuning efforts on the Arctic and Egypt worlds, which still have some things going on that need fixing.

Let’s see if I can get all that done in the next 1-3 weeks and then have a release build available… wow!

Anyway, grab the Patreon build if you are a Patron by following this link, or Wishlist the game and come hang out in Discord.gg/Orangepixel for the chance of winning a free copy on release by playing the duck-hunt game in the discord!

Full change list, both versions combined:

• added: player now has some light around him when indoors.. giving player more sight in darker corners
• added: updated to new libgdx (hopefully fixing some startup issues)
• added: extra checks around controller-testing at start
• added: icon to game-window
• added: hotplug detect for new controllers
• added: improved mouse navigation in menus
• added: manual aiming (keyboard+mouse)
• added: manual aiming (gamepad)
• added: Sticky-bombs, great for creating new paths through walls!
• added: 3 different sticky-bomb packs (most likely to spawn in bomb shop)
• added: Landmines are now inventory items (not placed automatically in the level anymore)
• added: overhaul on interface menus, mouse navigation, gamepad navigation and looks
• added: Stealth mission – complete a tower without alarms
• added: sticky-bombs should trigger enemies
• added: improved overworld generation of 2nd area in same world
• added: Crouching (press down while moving – not on touchscreen)
• added: Advanced game settings – [X] Randomworlds – if disabled will generate same game layout on all new games
• added: Advanced game settings – [X]Permadeath (on) – option to keep last save game after you die
• added: Watch-towers + objective
• added: if all objectives done, let general say “to the chopper”

Fixes and changes:

• fixed: using mouse to set keyboard settings required double clicks
• fixed: setting numpad keys for input
• fixed: inventory titlebar showing wrong item name on 2nd tab
• fixed: respawning in dungeon (timemachine) places you behind the timemachine
• fixed: made locked doors more visible (operated with console-key)
• fixed: placement of mission items in buildings now correctly split between amount of towers in a world
• fixed: swapping weapon when no ammo, makes double-weapon swap sound
• fixed: first weapon-swap on startup goes wrong (melee/shoot toggle)
• fixed: objectives don’t fit in dialog
• fixed: alert-sound now triggers less (less annoying, also fixes bug with sometimes breaking sound effects)
• fixed: rain-sound loop doesn’t loop properly
• fixed: sticky-bombs disappear when they hit something
• fixed: enemies do weird vertical jumps on ledges
• fixed: added more lights to hospital
• fixed: after being alerted, soldiers sometimes stop and stare for infinity
• fixed: take-down struggle now always happens, but soldier can still escape at end of that struggle (instead of when you grab them)
• fixed: world-intro background doesn’t include “front” sprites.. so watchtower men look silly
• fixed: overworld generator checks better on watch-towers and crane-crates
• fixed: Soldier take-down now correctly checks if player has extra strength from helmet or suit or skills
• fixed: avatar dialog can show up too high on screen
• fixed: bunch of small inventory management bugs
• fixed: player sometimes keeps floating on the parachute (after exploding building)