Crystal Wick - Post Jam Update

Hi! The GMTK Jam came and went like a thunder, quick but tremendously impactful. For thousands of people including me it was great fun and a good exercise in Game Development. 

Many people left helpful feedback to make the game better and taking their suggestions to heart I've updated it so that more people can enjoy it.

Major Updates:

-Directional support: For quite a few the lack of a WASD or Directional Keys option for movement was spoiling the experience. As a developer I believe the only mouse control to be core to the experience but the goal is to make it enjoyable for everybody so now by pressing the Escape key you can change the movement layout.

(WASD/Directional Keys for movement; Left Shift/Space/Right Mouse Button to dash)

-Training Area: The player used to be thrown to the arena with just the notion of the controls, now there is a Training section where you can’t die and have available all the weapons to try.

-Difficulty Levels: As many pointed out the game can be unforgiving most of the times so to combat that the game now has the Easy, Normal and Wicked difficulty levels to choose from.

-Layout System: The arena was repetitive and claustrophobic, so I doubled its size and added a system which drops walls and half-walls to give variety to the level for a while before it gets destroyed and a new one gets created.

Minor Updates:

-Two more weapons added to the game: The grenade launcher that throws a grenade that bounces and detonates on impact or after a while and a RPG that launches a missile that explodes on impact.

-Two more enemies wielding the previous weapons.

-The instructions are not a separate screen anymore.

-Minor bug fixes.

The plan for the future is to continue working on the game, designing levels and a narrative for it while maintaining the option for grinding at the arena; for now the game won’t be in active development as I set my sights on a new project, there will still be supported by cleaning bugs and other minor issues.