{"author_name":"csanyk","cat":"LD #24","comments":[],"epoch":1346113320,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"51751","p_author":"csanyk","p_authorkey":"10473","p_urlkey":"87446","p_title":"Enhancements","p_cat":"LD #24","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1346113320","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"10473","us_name":"csanyk","us_username":"\/author\/csanyk\/","event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"text":"

Fixed a few issues with Karyote<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n

Enhancement 1:<\/h2>\n

The disappearing food bug was the main thing. After playing for a few minutes, it seemed like everything disappeared. That wasn’t supposed to happen. Now you can play a lot longer. This is closer to the way it was meant to be all along.<\/p>\n

Enhancement 2:<\/h2>\n

[mild spoiler alert]: fully implemented the mote behavior. \u00a0I don’t want to give it away, too much, but they now do something. \u00a0OK, I’ll tell you, when you mutate, they mutate also, into one of the other food types that are present in the game.<\/p>\n

Enhancement 3:<\/h2>\n

Slightly improved the title screen by adding a larger title font. The old title text is now kindof a subtitle, I guess. I think it looks a lot nicer. Also added a graphic to the title screen which gives the controls, so you know how to play without reading the entry page. And added a timer to the Game Over to return to the title screen if you don’t start a new game after a few seconds.<\/p>\n

Enhancement 4:<\/h2>\n
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  • Added grid lines to the background, to aid in conveying the sense of motion.\u00a0 Mainly this helps when you’re in a sparse area or if you mutated into a slower organism.<\/li>\n
  • Fixed the\u00a0mutation math so the player’s speed and turn_speed cannot be 0.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n

    Enhancement 5:<\/h2>\n
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    • Added visual effects to the player. \u00a0As you get closer to mutation, your appearance becomes more unstable.<\/li>\n
    • New enemy behavior is now modified when you mutate.<\/li>\n
    • Added a new food type, Ziggy.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n

      Enhancement 6:<\/h2>\n
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      • Added visual effects to the enemies. \u00a0There are now lots of colorful particle effects when enemies spawn, or you eat them, and during mutation.<\/li>\n
      • Dashboard life and food numbers have been replaced with bars.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n

        Enhancement 7:<\/h2>\n
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        • Changed up the visual effects for the player a bit, due to limitation of HTML5 being unable to handle Game Maker’s additive color blending.<\/li>\n
        • Dashboard life and food bars have been replaced by hearts and dots.<\/li>\n
        • Mutation math has been tweaked to be a little bit less wild.<\/li>\n
        • Added some controls to aid debugging:\n
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          • Press “c” to toggle the dashboard’s display of the count of instances in the game.<\/li>\n
          • Press “d” to toggle the dashboard’s display of your closest enemy. \u00a0This also shows the target for the “Homey” enemies.<\/li>\n
          • Press “z” to self-destruct.<\/li>\n
          • Press “r” to restart the game (this has been present all along, not just when the game is over).<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n
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            Enhancement 8:<\/h2>\n