Thursday 30 August 2018

[ETHER] New tester build and updates 30/08/2018

ETHER finally launched a new test build today, almost a year after the previous one. A big reason has been that almost the entire game has been overhauled with levels made entirely over again from scratch. The reason? For some reason I decided to make the game in a 640x400 resolution despite the graphics being made in 320x200. This resulted in some weird artifacts that made the game feel a lot less authentic. I decided to change the resolution down to a native 320x200 for this reason but this required everything to be overhauled. It's set me back a fair bit but I still aim to have Episode 1 done by 2019.

Some new features added to the game:
  • Gamepad support
  • Crawling
  • Removed smooth fading in favour of oldschool palette swapping for transitions
  • Shootable crates
  • Using the ship to purchase new weapon modes, system upgrades and supplies
  • Ammunition for all weapons except the standard one.
  • Options menu
  • In-game help manual
  • New title screen
If you are interested in testing the game, please get in touch with me on Discord:  https://discord.gg/NPtUuNm

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