Update 1.2.1

After finding out about some serious bugs in the 1.2.0 release, I knew I would have to come back and fix them in a small patch update. Then I started playtesting again and kept on finding little things to improve, eventually pouring in enough work to promote this release to the "SUPERPATCH" rank. This is not a long-term comeback on my behalf, I'm still very much intending to put an end to this project.

FULL CHANGELOG

New Stuff

• Revamped Der Scootomik
  • new "bouncing" frag bullets
  • stat changes
  • "FIZZLED!" now causes the cooldown to be cut in half. This reduces the waiting time, if you were hoping to launch a successful charge.
  • new frag sprite, bullet and frag particles
  • in Chip Tuning mode, each destroyed enemy projectile grants +75 points
• Revamped Evilflame
  • slightly reduced charging time and cooldown, because I too often found that simply shooting at an enemy was more effective than charging
  • Dual Clone can now be "cancelled" by spending a Power Point, which causes 6 rapid charges to be shot out at enemies, and the total sum of HP is preserved. Furthermore, activating Dual Clone grants +50HP (+25 for each ship). This gives more incentive to use the ultimate, and aims to counter the detrimental effects of Dual Clone (hard to dodge enemy attacks)
  • collecting red presents in Dual Clone mode now grants the same amount of HP as without Dual Clone mode (used to be 2 times less)
• Buffed Bobileusz
  • max HP increased from 580 to 650
  • Prismatic Glacier duration increased from 15 seconds to 20 seconds
  • projectile damage increased from 4.5 to 5.5. This is a major buff, but it felt reasonable during my playtesting.
• new sound effect for picking up Power Points, because it was too easy to overlook
• all scrollable panes (changelog, statboard, lore) now have "dragging" support with the mouse. This is nice if you don't have a scroll wheel.
• more stats are displayed during playthroughs (no. killed enemies, points left before another present), even more are displayed when the game is paused (elapsed in-game time, fps counter). Same additions appear on the "Game Over!" screen
• charge now has a keybinding, and left-handed mode has been revamped. With these changes, it is possible to play the game with just one hand on the keyboard (mouse is still recommended though).
• nerfed some Christmas Realm enemies:
  • Gingerbread Men blue bolts now dissipate more quickly, making them less likely to completely pollute the screen
  • Snowmen have slightly worse aim now, and the projectile snowballs move a tiny bit slower
  • Rocket Elf has slightly reduced hitbox size, to avoid players accidentally bumping into it

Bug Fixes

• fix very glitchy Power Point count behavior, enemies also can no longer drop 2 Power Points
• various save slot fixes (backwards compatibility has been preserved until proven otherwise)
• fixed major framerate issues caused by vsync on some monitors (vsync has been disabled)
• fixed a nasty Bobileusz memory leak that accumulated over time, causing slowdown
• fixed Bobileusz's bottle minion disappearing after a restart
• other minor fixes

Update 1.2.0

CHANGELOG

• Myriad Blitz goes open-source!
• new character: Bobileusz
• Remastered 3 Christmas Realm enemies: Rocket Elf, Gingerbread Man, Crow

• save slots are much faster and more stable
• tons of fixed bugs and quality rewrites

This is intended to be the last content update,
thank you so much to everyone for playing!