New Gameplay & Competition Update!

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Main Changes:

Complete overhaul of player ship customization:

We are still working on this to constantly improve it and we may totally rework it again

• Simplified ship selection process, each ship has tailored particle effects.
• Some ships require XP to unlock.
• Animated ship colors.

UI overhaul:

• Main menu UI updated to be less confusing and easier to navigate with a controller.
• In-game UI is more readable and prettier.

New Hazard: Black Holes.

• Random amounts of black holes spawn on screen and suck in blocks. Players that are caught within its bounds for too long will lose a life.

New Mini-boss: the Cadedonian mini-boss:

• 2-4 mini worms spawn and attempt to hit the player.

New boss: Antheia the Sorceress.

• Her specialty is deception, good luck defeating her every 60 waves.

Hall of Fame: (Score competition on Steam only)

• We are introducing a score competition, the player with the highest score after each season's conclusion will win a trophy and spot in our hall of fame, as well as a cash prize which will increase based on 10% of Wavecade's Steam sales.
• During the season, players will be able to see the current highest score which is updated daily.

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Reworked Charged Shot:

• Charged shot can shoot instantly, but will need to charge automatically when used too often. Charge timings are tweaked.

New Soundtracks:

• Song names: Le Nova, Horizon, Antheia’s bite, Antheia’s Might, Hall of Fame.

Minor Changes:

• Ability to skip dialogue.
• Crowd SFX plays when losing a life, when the player receives enough points, and when double/triple/quadruple points powerup is active.
• Behemoth boss can take splash damage.
• Added support for 16:10 aspect ratio.
• Balanced abilities, some last longer, some are shorter.
• Removed ‘Armor block’ and ‘Fast track’ game mode, due to lack of popularity.
• Powerups now show the next upgrade available.
• Multi level point booster (x2, x3, x4) powerups.
• Clan wave ships have a stronger variant.
• Faster leveling up sequence.
• Dynamically scale the main UI as a settings item (50% to 150%).
• New block styles.
• Able to customize player 2 when player 2 is spawned in a local co-op game.