V1.2 Update!


Demo 1.2 Patch Notes

UI Fixes

  • Fix offscreen indicator disappearing after resizing the window
  • Fix the circle screen transition not working after resizing the window
  • Fix the offscreen indicator not being within the cropped game view if the game window is an odd aspect ratio / resolution
  • Fix the UI timer color not remaining gray throughout the results screen (if the level was entered from any point other than the start)
  • Fix the final unlocked subsection being selected when initially interacting with a door
  • Fix bottlecaps not animating in the pause screen / when near a door

Gameplay Fixes

  • Bubble time is replenished if touching a bubble when already in a bubble
  • Made bubbles more consistent by slightly moving the penguin towards the bubble’s position after touching a bubble
  • Fix the penguin sometimes going downwards immediately after hitting a ceiling from a fling
  • Reset interactable decoration offset when transitioning to a new room
    • Ie when sliding past grass and going into a new room, then going back into the same room with the grass, the grass would be skewed
  • Resetting the countdown from the pause screen is now instant
  • Fix the burst charge timing not scaling with the accessibility time scale during room transitions
  • Made the timer timing upon loading a level more consistent
  • Unlocking the lock near the countdown switch now grants additional time to the countdown
  • Pinning now snaps to corners correctly
  • Fix inconsistent downwards pins
  • The penguin may corner correct around corners instead of pinning, depending on the distance of the corner correction

Visual Fixes

  • Fix the black blobs that sometimes appear in the background of the bonus levels
  • Fix misplaced / mismatched tiles in all levels
  • Fix the background tiling not keeping up with the camera movement on certain screens
  • Bubbles now have particles matching the penguin's soda bubbles

Level Edits

  • AA- Key route no longer sends the penguin directly into icicles if going too fast
  • AA- Major revision to the optional ceiling pin-fling room used in the key route; prevent players from getting “stuck”
  • AA- Made the final room before the countdown switch more straightforward to navigate
  • AA- Made exiting the room with pin-able crumble platforms less annoying
  • AA- Revised the underhang bomb block room to be less weird / more interesting
  • AA- Revised the optional balloon / icicle room’s entrance/exit
  • Bonus 1- Made the 2nd room more straightforward / less awkward
  • Bonus 1- Adjusted the bomb blocks in the 4th room
  • Bonus 2- Moved the 2nd sloped ceiling jump room one tile to the right
  • BB- Made the final 3 balloons of the long leftward-progressing room slightly easier
  • BB- Made the 2nd rising balloons room easier

New Features

  • File select screen
  • Added the option to return to the title screen from the pause screen in the hub
  • Added the option to disable all checkpoints in a level (this also disables depositing bottlecaps)
  • Added the option to change the default burst direction if no direction is being held
  • Added the option to hold to continuously burst
  • Added “ghost coins”
  • Time can now be added to the countdown during the grace period between the clock hitting zero and the level reset.
  • All bottlecap designs are now unique
  • The bottlecap display now distinguishes: never collected, newly collected, collected on a previous run, and collected on a previous run and the current run.
  • The bottlecap level display now groups bottlecaps by subsection
  • Slide can now be used to cancel the pin state
  • Improved the results screen
    • Added the level name to the results screen
    • Added effects to the results screen to indicate new time PB, new low death count PB, and collecting all bottlecaps in a single run
    • Added the bottlecap display to the results screen
    • Added a short victory tune to the results screen

Files

Soda-Powered Penguin S22 Demo V1.2.1.zip 59 MB
Nov 01, 2022
[Mac] Soda-Powered Penguin S22 Demo V1.2.1.zip 68 MB
Nov 01, 2022
[Linux] Soda-Powered Penguin S22 Demo V1.2.1.zip 59 MB
Nov 01, 2022

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