Hey all, not a ton of new content to see this update besides some bug fixes that appeared after the release of v0.3. I also did some tweaking to general difficulty scaling, scoring, weapons, and weapon drops:

Changelog

Fixes:

• Issue where enemies would sometimes keep shooting even after dying and triggering a bullet cancel
• Fixed a bug where the Bit upgrade would still deal damage even if invisible
• Stage end warps were being miscounted
• No Miss Bonus was always being applied at the end of each stage even if the player died
• Issue where Vakterns missiles weren't dealing damage
• Issue where Vakterns missiles would sometimes disappear
• Fixed a bug where weapon capsules would sometimes hang around after starting the next level

Balance Changes:

• Increased energy weapon strength
• Increased scores at which players receive extra lives (now 80000, 250000, and 500000)
• Slightly increased all enemy base health
• Boss and enemy health now scale based on the loop the player is on
• The player now de-levels once when killed (cannot drop below level 2)
• Increased general bullet count for Level 1 on subsequent loops (loop 2+)
• At least 1 weapon should drop at the end of each stage
• Increased score gained on subsequent loops (loop 2+)
• Stage end boss warp bonuses are now more forgiving

Other changes:

• Added new backgrounds for Level 1
• Increased resolution of Level 2 and 3 backgrounds

The pipeline hasn't changed much since the last update. v0.32 will focus on adding new enemies and level design to Level 1.

In the pipeline:

• New Level 1 enemies
• New Level 1 boss fight
• Story content for Level 1
• New weapons/items

As always, if you find any bugs or issues please feel free to drop a comment here or message me on discord!

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