I’ve made a few minor improvements to The Vale and will hopefully have custom controls fully implemented come Thursday or Friday. Here’s a list of the updates made:

*added a better in-game explanation of the shield/projectile mechanic
* fixed several tiling errors
* in keeping with the minimalism theme, adding approximately one music track and sound effect
* a few minor level edits to decrease the overall difficulty

After that, I expect to move on with this project. Many thanks to everyone who commented on my entry. The Ludum Dare was a great experience that I hope revisit in the distant future.