Release note 0.07

Changes in 0.07 (Major release)

• Gameplay
  • You can now choose which decors to use at the beginning. To add a little bit of randomness, the choices are given in a random sequence.
  • Boosts
    • You can now choose 3 boosts to apply at the beginning.
    • The boosts are starting conditions which give you advantages and help you start faster.
    • There are currently 3 types of boosts: +1 adult (3), +100 shell (2), start with 1 breeder instead of 2 fries (1)
    • Need more balancing but I think this helps starting faster in a reasonable manner.
  • New fish unlock
    • You can now choose which fish to unlock among 3 choices.
    • The choices only include fish you or your fish can feed.
    • Requirement for shell to unlock new fish is rebalanced. Total amount is still same.
    • The more you unlock,
      • the higher the value of the fish in choices.
      • the faster the auto click. (from 4 Hz to 10 Hz)
      • (rest is the same as in 0.06)
• Fish
  • Every fish now drops more often so that they can consume all the nutrition before feeding again.
  • Carnivorous fish rebalanced. They now get more nutrition when they fed on the prey.
    
  • You can see carnivorous fish dropping tons of fish food or gold coins for example.
• Drop
  • Gold coin, emerald is now in 12px size to make it easy to click on.
• System
  • Window system added,
    • for alerting about the threats, tutorials, etc.
    • to show important system message such as cheat mode.
    • to show leaderboards.
    • Relatively unimportant messages are still shown below to prevent too much interruption.
  • Input type button added.
  • Leaderboard added
    • You can now see the records of others in the (Menu>Records>Top records, My record).
    • You can use My record menu only after you clear the game.
    • You can change username.
      • Press the Name button to modify.
      • Press the button again to save the name.
      • Press revert button to revert the change.
      • Press reset button to reset the username as leaderboard ID.
      • You cannot use this function in demo version.
• Troubleshooting
  • Game logic
    • Known as: Crabs move even after they die when killed before their whole body gets inside the tank.
      • Crab now rests peacefully after they die.
    • Known as: Multiple pirates are spawned simultaneously or back to back.
      • Only one pirate can be spawned at a time.
        
      • Back-to-back spawn is intended behaviour but reconsidering this choice.
  • Physics
    • Known as: Velocity correction is not checked based on delta time.
      • Acceleration and movement now relies on delta time thanks to Jonas Tyroller.
    • Known as: Wave relies on delta time too much, fluctuating crazily when in performance drop.
      • Unresolved: Wave relies on delta time too less, slowing down when in performance drop.
  • Visuals
    • Known as: Target approach fx of bomb sometimes not showing when running on browser.
      • Now it appears as intended.
    • Known as: Pineapple decor has wrong depth.
      • Now it has depth as intended.
    • Known as: Button rollover text are hard to read when using touchscreen device.
      • Rollover texts are shown below the button after pressing for 250 ms.
    • Known as: Current tool icon next to cursor doesn't respond to mouse clicks.
      • Now icon re-appears on mouse click.
      • Additionally, the icon is changed to disappear more quickly.
  • BGM
    • Known as: BGM does not fade out when changing.
      • BGM now fades out normally when changing.
      • Also, BGM fading out when going to the main menu from game is fixed.
• Known Issues in this version
  • Wave effect relies on delta time too less, slowing down when in performance drop.
  • Drops go below tank bottom when in frame drop.
  • Auto click interval is not consistent when in frame drop.
  • Auto click interval is doubled when clicking on the collectibles.