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Alpha testing, v0.10a & patchnotes

Ah, version 0.10! It’s finally here! Not that there’s really anything special about this one, but it’s getting there!

I had a different friend playtest this game, and I’m getting tired of just referring to them as an “another/different” friend so I’ll be naming them now. This one’s L. So L played through a very early version, like, version 0.03, and so there have been a lot of changes since he last played!

Funnily enough, the options file from the previous time he played was still there, and so at first I thought tutorials were not working, but when he checked, they had been turned to off. He decided to play through blind without tutorials, as it would give us a perspective of whether the game was understandable without any hand-holding.

I think he did quite well, and figured basically everything out. Any questions he had (he told me not to answer) would have been addressed as he played through the game - for example, he was wondering about increasing oxygen and party size increases.

UNFORTUNATELY, due to me revising some battle scripts, the AI scoring and targeting was completely broken. It was fine(ish) for single target attacks, but it would de-prioritise AoE attacks and when it would eventually use them, they’d only hit one target! That’s already been fixed now, but it was quite funny and cute to see the AI act so placid and prioritise support and defensive, especially the more aggressive robots!

Funnily enough, this is one of the ways I will alter the difficulty of the game. There is a (currently not working) option that lets you change the difficulty, and the way this will happen is not with simple stat scaling, but will make it so that the best attack options (as ranked by the AI) will not be chosen.

Overall though, L was happy with how the game was progressing along! No major issues apart from the misbehaving AI! Thanks for reading, and as always, the patchnotes are below the cut.

v0.10 Features:

New attack menu

Enabled moves even when not fulfilling the HP requirement in the select routine screen

Deadzone options actually work

Updated some tutorials

Can scroll between logs of the same type

Move selector handles an empty grid now

Added terminated icon when unit destroyed in routine summary

Added log help overlay

Help overlay controls added for stats screen

Area where enemies cannot move (because of walls) is now indicated!

Heavily dimmed dungeon structure during battle

Made defend/retreat move info appear when selecting it and removed an additional confirmation screen

Polish:

Removed debug _animdelay message

Removed debug stat string message

fixed dark blue's colour

Changed "destroyed was applied" to unique text

delete all active instances of affinity arrow animations when exiting equips screen

added animations to move selector

Made the text when choosing to move between floors more clear

make affinity animation not appear when swapping between characters

Stopped log viewer noise when scrolling and no new pages

Allowed enemy stat mouse panel during move selection now

Removed no-one from attack description

Added controls to view routine description (pause_pressed)

nerf homeostasis, corrupt, buff laser shock, bitcrush

made movement controls more smooth by checking key held rather than key pressed with a repeating delay

End of turn talk dialog doesn't happen if robot is asking to be recruited

Routines that only do 0 damage by default don't output in the routine summary

Updated the move text to reflect what the intention of the attack was (like, targeting), rather than the outcome

Put fuel collection and local nav research together for smoother gameplay

Made going back to the ship wait if messages are still being displayed

Stopped controls from scrolling left/right in the menu if menu still opening

Bugs:

CRT shader comes back on after screen fades

Stopped general data crash by checking if undefined first, and making undefined 0

Saved player level properly

Whether keyboard/mouse is active now takes controller into account

Status effect moves with the player unit when it moves

Routine summary now properly aggregates attacks

Routine summary now ignores attacks on dead enemies

Fixed controller turn and strafe controls

save grid expanding upon new database rows fixed

Transformation moves are blocked by player use (for now)

Fixed reflect animations not working properly

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