We've been hard at work trying to bring STARWHAL to other platforms. But we've got a bunch of features, fixes, and changes we wanted to share with you guys!
The new update will be coming soon, but until then, check out the change log below:
1.1.0
New Stuff!
- Rounds - They have finally made their triumphant return. It took a bit longer than expected but it is definitely worth the wait! These are also customizable!
- Music - 7 new tracks, and each world in Versus now has specific songs for that world.
- Ghosts - You now can set the visibility of the ghosts in challenge mode in the Options menu. Control those phantasms!
- Languages - You can now set the game interface language to English, French, Spanish, Italian or German. Salut, Guten tag, and buongiorno, international amigos!
- New Level - "Giant Growth": There is a new special level designed by our Gigaballer Kickstarter backer. The level is massive so the narwhals will feel really tiny on this stage!
Changes:
- The STARWHAL logo got a cosmetic update. We've also dropped the subtitle from the game, so the game is now just called STARWHAL. To find out more about why we're doing this, please read our post about it here: [url]http://breakfall.ca/content/starwhal-name-change[/url]
- Player Select - Flow has been changed a bit. When you join up, it now starts in the customize screen where you can change Color and Costumes. After that, you're brought to the menu where you can ready up, check controls, or go back to customization.
- Versus Results Screen - There's now a little bit of anticipation to see who won since all the podiums will rise together before revealing who came in 1st place!
- Menu navigation with gamepads is now more responsive.
- Options Screen - now split into 3 different sections (General/Audio/Visual)
- Challenge Mode: Leaderboard navigation is now done with only one button (Tab/RB) instead of the having a 2 directional navigation.
- Medals now have a slight shimmer to them. So shiny!
- More visual details added to menu interface across the board.
- Countdown - The timer in versus mode will now flash and play a sound for the final 10 seconds of the match. Now you can tell when the match is about to end even if you can't see the timer!
- Level rename: "Balls Deep" has been renamed to "Bouncy Ball Brawl"
- Score-based modes (Score Attack, Zones, Heart Throb) now have an indicator of what the maximum score is for that round. So instead of just showing your score (say 10 points), it now displays 10/30 to show how close you are to winning.
Balances/Fixes:
- Results screen: Each podium in the versus score screen will show a medal if there is a tie for 1st place
- Heart Throb - The speed dampening for the leader has been reworked. Instead of dampening all velocity and angular velocity of the starwhal, now the propulsion force is slowly reduced. This makes it harder for the leader to get away from getting hit and feels a lot more natural!
- Player Select - The riders now have a cute bobble animation for when they're selected!
- The pause screen can no longer be triggered right after a match is finished.
- Ambient sounds of worlds will no longer play on the title screen.
Costumes:
- A new challenger appears! The Toto Temple Deluxe rider from our friends at Juicy Beast!
- AI Costume: AI players will now all have a Monitor Head costume to show that they're out for blood! Resistance is futile! (This costume is reserved for AI players, so mere humans aren't allowed to use it)
- Wizard hat and beard - You can never have too many beard costumes, and this will let you say YOU SHALL NOT PASS.
- Tabard - Lets you get medieval on other players' posteriors! Designed by our Gigaballer as well!
