Post-LD Update To The Game

With Ludum Dare coming up again I decided to fix a lot of the problems with my previous Ludum Dare entry. Included in this update are some bug fixes, general improvements and added layers of polish. I still haven't added music or sound, but I don't think I am going to bother with this version. This might be the final release of this incarnation of the game.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug with shields overcharging.
• Fixed a bug that caused slowdown over time due to missiles.

Gameplay Tweaks

• Tweaked difficulty scaling.
• Fixed the overall economy.
  • Prices for buildings have been changed to make it easier to get them in the early game.
  • Price scaling of buildings has been tweaked.
  • Passive income from cities has been increased.
• Refactored and optimized the targetting of all buildings.
  • For optimization reasons buildings will no longer always target the closest enemy.
• Tweaked turrets to make them more useful and more satisfying.
  • Increased rate of fire and projectile speed.
  • Added predictive targetting so they no longer miss 90% of their shots.
• Tweaked missiles to make them more useful and more satisfying.
  • Improved homing so they waste less time doing loops around the target.
  • Missiles will now pick a new target if their original target dies.
• Added range indicators for buildings on mouse over.

Art / Design

• Added camera smoothing because the look-ahead was too extreme.
• Tweaked other things to make the game feel more smooth.
• Did a lot of recoloring to make the game look better.
• Added parallax background layers to make the background more interesting.
• Added random roof shapes for buildings to make them more visually appealing.
• The game will now display the passive income, so it is more apparent how useful upgrading cities is.
• Added a cloud layer to make the player's velocity more obvious while flying.
• Improved the explosion for ships.
• Improved the appearance of the missile exhaust trails.

I am currently weighing the idea of turning this into a full game.