Interface and feedback changes:

• Entirety of the UI was revamped. Everything.
• Projectiles now emit sound.
• Watchers now emit sound when shooting.
• Directional indicator shows where damage came from.
• Enemies glow slightly when they take damage.
• Melee Triangle enemies now emit sound when attacking.
• Levels now grant you a rank from D to S depending on the speed and score obtained.
• Watcher reveal sound was replaced.
• A training dummy is now available in the start of every level so you can test the game without pressure!

Gameplay changes:

• The invisibility, dash and combo system were entirely revamped: The player can only do 3 dashes. Attacking with a weapon different from the previous one adds a COMBO RANK, from D to S(D,C,B,A,S). At S RANK any dash will turn the player invisible temporarily.
• Melee Triangles now cast an area attack with a slight delay when touching the player. This should telegraph and warn players if they come from behind.
• When falling off the map the player now takes 45 damage instead of dying. They cannot die even if they are below 45 health! No more falling off and losing progress because of a silly mistake.

Visual changes:

• All of the weapons were remade and revamped.

Bug Fixes:

• The player can no longer change weapons while the game is paused.
• Changing weapons with the scroll wheel doesn’t take forever anymore.

Known issues:

• Sounds still play even when the player is dead.
• The Rank display in the main menu displays the last time for a level, not the fastest.

Wow! This was a big one! If you didn’t know, we were invited to BIG FESTIVAL last month, a Brazilian conference for independent games! Heavenslinger was the game we got to show off, and a ton of people played it and gave feedback to improve the game.

We added some much needed visual and sound feedback in the game, hopefully the game will be better to understand. The major system changes were due to some conflicting design ideas behind the invisibility, so we turned it into an offensive reposition tool instead of a defensive one, but only as a reward for those who can combo and weapon switch effectively.

We have another update after this one coming, wich will address some level design issues and squash some of the bugs that are still around, so stay tuned for more!

Special thanks to everyone who played it at BIG FESTIVAL, thanks for the feedback, and for everything else. And a real special thanks to Julian from Seven Leaf Clover for giving some game design advice. They’re making an awesome game called Payloaders Strike wich you can wishlist on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1977200/Payloaders_Strike/

Have fun!