v0.5 Update

Here it is!

The v0.5 update. Like I said in my previous post, I have given myself two mode days of development time. And I spent that time wisely.

This update pretty much has most if not all of the things I originally wanted to add, like multiple stages, death and win animations, stuff like that. This update also adds a new scoreboard so you can all submit your best scores to a global leaderboard!

Patch notes;

• Fixed the death animations
• Added multiple stages (3 at the moment)
• Added stage specific trains and animations
• Added stage specific backgrounds, enemies and props
• Added post processing effects
• Added added a fancy leaderboard
• Fixed various obnoxious gameplay bugs
• Added stage names
• Added a total score and a stage score breakdown on the victory screen
• Fixed several bugs related to resetting the game.

About the state of this project.

The v0.5 update will likely be the final update to this project.

As mentioned in my original retrospective this game was made for a specific game jam at my Uni. Although I had a lot of fun working on this small side project, I don't think I can push this idea any further without significant financial and personal investment to get things off the ground.

There's a lot of things I still want to do with this game, like adding a LOT more stages, making stages longer, adding a lot of replayability to the game etc. But without a sprite artist to help me make sprites this is going to be a far away dream.

But who knows, I might get bored enough to work on things a bit more.