Last night we have given our surfer (Surfer Steve, for friends) the ability to dash forward every X seconds, a skill every surfer must have mastered in order to become a Surf Ace. Using this skill will give Surfer Steve enhanced visuals, as seen below:

Not only does this allow him to traverse a certain distance a bit faster, it also gives Surfer Steve the power to slap those pesky fish in their face to disable them without taking damage himself. Wonderful, isn’t it?

A second, not so wonderful but very essential thing we have added is Surfer Steve’s mortality. For a day Steve got to experience Life as an immortal god of the board. Fish could harm him, sure, but he could never die, causing Steve to live in eternal pain when his healthbar had gone empty. Now he will not have to suffer any longer: an empty healthbar means the end of his life. To convey this message to the player, OxySocks has created a new image for this situation as well, just like he did for Dashing. The image below shows his amazing art:

And that is that for now! We hope everyone is (still) enjoying themselves creating amazing games. We know we do!