There's now a new speedometer added to the UI at the top left to show you the speed of Nerm as you move through the levels.
CHANGES MADE TO NERMS SPEED:
Before this update, Nerm would get a big speed burst when eating red or green apples that would slowly dissipate over time. But the problem with this complex system I originally designed was that if you didn't eat a red or green apple for several seconds, Nerms speed would drop and cause his speed to feel sluggish or even like the game was lagging, even though the game wasn't really lagging at all.
With this new update, you simply gain speed for every red apple eaten. You'll get a double gain of speed for every green apple eaten. This higher speed will stay until you eat another apple and will not dissipate over time to prevent the game feeling sluggish at times.
You'll now lose speed when you eat a yellow apple because after all, Nerm finds yellow apples "not so good" as they are actually starting to spoil when they are yellow.
You'll lose even more speed should you swallow a bomb as bombs are even more disgusting to Nerm!
Of course there is a minimum and maximum speed, and the minimum and maximum speeds both slowly increase as you progress through the game and get to higher and higher levels.
I think this patch helps a lot with Nerm sometimes feeling sluggish or even "laggy" when that was never truly the case. It was just that my system was a little too complex for the games own good and this new speed system is much simpler and hopefully will make the game feel better.
That's it for update 1.04!
More Steam achievements are coming soon.. I'm just working full time and need time to make them all and add them to the game! Also Norma has been pushed back to "hopefully" sometime in December! *crosses my fingers*
Thanks for reading and/or playing Nerm the Worm! =)
..Stay SAFE out there!
- ZaxtorGameS (Indie Solo game developer)