v1.0.1 - Spring bugfix and more particles


Time for a small bugfix and for a quality of life improvement.

Depending on how you hit/jump on the spring, it's possible for the board/platform to slide off into the distance. This used to be really common, but after adding a bunch of colliders I was able to mostly solved that... until the game was released and more people played it, that is. So, I added a fail safe that resets the platform back to its initial position. Now, even if it were to slide off, it should quite quickly get back to the correct position.

Additionally, I added some celebratory particles when you pass the goal. During development, I considered adding a small animation with the ball going into the goal or something when you reached the goal. However, there's a charm in being able to hurl yourself over the goal and see the ball going into free-fall after passing the goal, so I quickly decided against that. Not doing that animation also meant less work, which is always a good thing. But after someone mentioned that it would be nice if the level complete text appeared faster, as to give a better feedback that they did indeed complete the stage, I decided on those particles as  good enough compromise. It's also always fun to add more particles. ;)

Changelog

  • Fix the spring's platform potentially sliding away
  • Add a particle explosion when the Goal is reached

Files

ballgametm-html5-webasm.zip Play in browser
Version v1.0.1 Aug 29, 2023
ballgametm-linux64.zip 66 MB
Version v1.0.1 Aug 29, 2023
ballgametm-win32.zip 47 MB
Version v1.0.1 Aug 29, 2023
ballgametm-win64.zip 50 MB
Version v1.0.1 Aug 29, 2023

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