{"id":422,"date":"2013-04-07T23:03:35","date_gmt":"2013-04-07T22:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.radicalfishgames.com\/?p=422"},"modified":"2013-06-30T20:17:07","modified_gmt":"2013-06-30T19:17:07","slug":"weekly-update-12-techdemo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radicalfishgames.com\/?p=422","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Update #12 TechDemo++!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"botchan++\"<\/a>Finally! The TechDemo++<\/strong> is finished and ready to test and play!
\nThe last week we worked very hard on the game, fixed bugs added new features we wanted to see in the TechDemo++<\/strong> and we did it!<\/p>\n

First, we want thank all our supporters and players<\/strong> for helping us making the game as great as it is and we hope you will continue to help us make the game better!<\/p>\n

But enough of the sweet talk, here is the link to the new TechDemo++<\/strong>!
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CrossCode TechDemo++<\/a><\/h1>\n

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So what changed? Have a quick look at this Changelog:<\/p>\n

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  • added new simple bot enemy<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • new health bar<\/strong> displayed below enemies<\/li>\n
  • changed graphics of counter-shooting turret bot<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • made camera move more smoothly<\/strong> (does not move rapidly when aiming in a certain radius)<\/li>\n
  • gameplay changes:<\/li>\n
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    • fluid player movements<\/strong> when switching to aim mode<\/li>\n
    • The aiming line now goes precisely through the crosshair<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • matching reaction on ball hits: player and enemies only blink when actually damaged<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    • changed dodging:<\/li>\n
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      • faster dodge with less penalty on aiming precision<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • you can dodge 3 times in a row<\/strong>. After this dodging gets slower<\/li>\n
      • you can dodge through enemies<\/strong><\/li>\n
      • you can now dash using space <\/strong>too<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
      • added gamepad support for Chrome<\/strong>! Play CrossCode with your Xbox-Controller!<\/li>\n
      • added AR-Display<\/strong><\/li>\n
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        • displays a small message box over map content<\/li>\n
        • used in combat to inform about enemy behavior and state<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        • added MUSIC & SOUND<\/li>\n
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          • the volume can be changed via the options menu on the left site<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
          • updated webpage to support multi language<\/strong> (currently German and English)<\/li>\n
          • new puzzle object: Multi Hit Switch<\/strong> (needs to be hit multiple times in quick succession) <\/li>\n
          • new method to pre-render graphics<\/strong> (drastically reducing the draw-calls and thus increasing the performance)<\/li>\n
          • new control mechanics to control the game via keyboard<\/strong>. Use the movement key to navigate through menus (or the D-Pad on your gamepad<\/strong>)<\/li>\n
          • new rooms<\/strong> (one to show the multi hit switch and one after the credits ;))<\/li>\n
          • made the ceiling of maps darker to separate them better<\/strong><\/li>\n
          • new graphics for buttons when hovering over them<\/strong> (or selecting them)<\/li>\n
          • implemented GameAddon architecture to structure our game<\/strong><\/li>\n
          • GUI improvements<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            As you can see there are indeed a lot of changes! We had a lot of great feedback and implemented or fixed bugs which where mentioned by the community!
            \nSo now have fun playing our new Demo!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Finally! The TechDemo++ is finished and ready to test and play! The last week we worked very hard on the game, fixed bugs added new features we wanted to see in the TechDemo++ and we did it! First, we want thank all our supporters and players for helping us making the game as great as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crosscode","category-weekly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radicalfishgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radicalfishgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radicalfishgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radicalfishgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radicalfishgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=422"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.radicalfishgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":749,"href":"https:\/\/www.radicalfishgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions\/749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radicalfishgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radicalfishgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radicalfishgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}