Tower Ascent v1.2a Characters Update


Tower Ascent v1.2a

General Changes

  • Code optimization for performance and reliability
  • More responsive movement controls
  • Modified enemy detention ranges
  • Updated level 3 structure

Added

  • Pickup sound when the player collects a coin
  • Walking sound when the player moves either left or right when walking and not in the air
  • Player idle animation when the player is not moving
  • Visual input display when an assigned input key is pressed
  • Added new fire character
  • Added new water character
  • Added new leaf character
  • Added new metal character
  • Added new crystal character
  • Added new ground character
  • Added Title Screen
  • Added Character Select Screen

Planned Additions

  • Updated Character Screen UI
  • Level Select Screen
  • Quit to Title

Bugfixes

  • The score no longer increases indefinitely when the player collects a coin but stays in that same location
  • The score updates as soon as the player collects a coin now, instead of only being shown when the level changes
  • Screen tearing no longer occurs when the player attempts to jump while mid-air in level 1
  • The jump sound no longer plays when the player attempts to jump while mid-air
  • The left jump animation appropriately plays while jumping when facing the left and no longer the right jump animation
  • The boss room music and background music no longer overlap over each other in certain cases
  • The boss room music stops as the player clicks restarts and the background music appropriately restarts

Bugs

  • Enemies can walk through walls if chasing the player far enough
  • The Play, Restart and Quit buttons are clickable even if the game is not paused
  • The player is sometimes not able to jump at the left edge of a platform while they are moving (Current workaround: jump earlier than you would on the right side of a platform)
  • Top of the screen not shown in windowed mode
  • Game does not exit properly in windowed mode
  • Game is unplayable in full-screen mode in any resolution besides 1280x720 (Current workaround: (i) Play in windowed mode or (ii) Adjust desktop resolution to 1280x720 to play in full-screen mode)

Files

Tower Ascent v1.2a.zip 139 MB
Jul 06, 2024

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