Asteroids ++ 1.1.7 - Balancing and Linux!
Author: Infiland,
published 2 months ago,
[h2][b]Balance Changes[/b][/h2]
[h3][b]Machine Gun[/b][/h3]
Machine Gun had bullet limit problems and it confused too many players, so I removed them, the limit was only there to prevent having too many bullets on screen
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[*] Removed bullet limit
[*] Reduced bullet lifetime in half
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[h3][b]Rocket:[/b][/h3]
Changed the rocket price to be more accessible to allow for early start loadouts
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[*] Starting Cost (100>80) Procedural Cost (55>60)
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[h3][b]Recruitments:[/b][/h3]
Same goes with recruitments
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[*] Starting Cost (50>40) Procedural Cost (35>40)
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[h3][b]Pulse:[/b][/h3]
Pulse was a very underrated weapon and pretty bad in the beginning so prices for it are now insanely cheap at the starting levels
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[*] Starting Cost (50>25) Procedural Cost (20>50)
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[h3][b]Shotgun:[/b][/h3]
Shotgun was supposed to be a weapon that acts similarly as the rifle and machine gun, so later levels will be cheaper
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[*] Procedural Cost (40>25)
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[h3][b]Hook[/b][/h3]
Hook will get a semi-overhaul, it was too good at collecting coins and made players quickly rich, unbalancing the economy when reaching a high hook level.
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[*] Max hooks that can be spawned on level 12 hook (12 > 4)
[*]Hook Damage (0.4 + hook level * 0.05 > 0.8 + hook level * 0.1)
[*] Hook Damage Cooldown (0.083s > 0.166s)
[*] Starting Cost (125>100) Procedural Cost (65>30)
[*] Fixed Hook EXP gain, I'll change how weapons gain EXP in a future update
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[h3][b]Dash[/b][/h3]
Nobody used dash, so I made it more accessible
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[*] Starting Cost (75>50)
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[h3][b]Timestop[/b][/h3]
Timestop can be exploited in various ways and while I like seeing players use various strategies, it can be too good on higher levels
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[*] Procedural Cost (70>80)
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[h3][b]Quad Damage[/b][/h3]
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[*] Procedural Cost (50>70)
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[h3][b]Repair Kit[/b][/h3]
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[*] Procedural Cost (20>15)
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[h3][b]Orange Asteroids[/b][/h3]
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[*] Orange Asteroids can only shoot the player if the player is nearby
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[h1][b]Linux[/b][/h1]
- I've made some efforts to fix the linux port, let me know how it works for you (massive thanks to steventrouble, SaltyStan, Onymous, DungeonLord87, pixelpaintbush and others!)
- Texture glitches may no longer occur anymore, but further testing of this is required.
[h3][b]Other[/b][/h3]
I was going to get the 1.1.7 update focused on the planet collection and planet crafting, but recently a lot of people using linux distros reported many bugs regarding the linux version so 1.1.7 is just going to be a linux fix and all of the planet stuff will be for later
If you noticed a decrease in speed of development, that is because I'm focusing a bit on myself in the recent times but the game is still being worked on! Thanks for playing ❤️