3/6 Patch Notes

Patch Notes

General Gameplay

• Timer increased from 120 seconds to 180 seconds.
  • The game felt too short, once players started to get their contraptions going time was up. This will give players time to make bigger contraptions.
• Ball spawners now spawn slowly at the start but spawn faster over time.
  • The start of the game was very hectic with the number of balls spawning, players felt they were losing a lot of potential at the start. End of the game was a bit slow but now feels fast once you have a machine up and working.
• Cursor can now be moved by holding down the direction button
• Player can now rotate items at 45 degree angles. 
• Balls are now destroyed upon touching the bottom of the level
• Winner and Loser now displayed on game over screen

Cannons

• Cannons will display a "Can't Fire" message above them when they can't fire. 
  • It was unclear to a player that a cannon could not fire.
• Cannon fire rate reduced from 3 to .75
  • Cannons were really slow at firing and often caused a back up of balls. Now the fire rate is faster than the balls can spawn.

Bug Fixes

• Balls no longer get stuck on goal if fired out of a cannon 1 tile away.
• Can no longer place objects in walls or other objects.
• Cannons no longer fire through walls if placed right next to them. 
• Level elements like walls can no longer be deleted.
• Planks no longer give point to a ball that is resting against it.  Planks give points on the first contact only now.
• Fixed lighting changes when loading levels
• Ball now faces the right direction when spawned.

Know Bugs

• The plank can't be placed under certain conditions
• If the cursor overlaps with a wall or contraption then a contraption can not be placed.