LASERKEEP Update 1

Post Jam Update

This update includes lots of balances, bugfixes and tweaks added into the game. Overall, this update involves making the game less difficult and frustrating.

Additions:

• Added a Voice FX Slider in the Settings Menu.
• Added a crosshair for the Soul Gun when wearing the goggles.
• Added more sound effects (mainly for enemies and the boss).
• Added more animations for UI elements.
• Added voice overs for level names (starting from the 2nd level).

Gameplay Balance Changes:

• Laser ammo amount increased by (8 -> 12) (When upgraded: 12 -> 20).
• Lava does not instantly kill the player anymore. It deals 5 damage points per second when the player is on top of it.
• Reduced the delay in putting on / taking off goggles.
• Reduced enemy health (all enemies now die within 1 laser shot and 2 soul shots).
• Reduced ranged enemy movement speed (most are now static and less frustrating to defeat).
• Projectiles can now be destroyed by the laser shots.
• Boss health has been buffed (now requiring 38 laser shots).
• Added more Laser Refill Orbs in Swano and Lunar Temple levels.
• Time of level completion now affects the end score (the faster you beat a level, the more you defeat enemies & collect items, the more score you will obtain).
• Possible upgrade pickups were adjusted in some levels.

Tweaks:

• All levels were optimized.
• The quality of lighting has been reduced for the WebGL build to boost performance.
• Lunar Temple music theme has been adjusted to loop properly.
• Settings are now responsive (changes are made as you update a setting).
• Some UI elements' positions and sizes were adjusted.
• Some world elements' positions and rotations were adjusted.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a bug where pointing at an item from a chest still showed interaction for the chest
• Fixed the mouse sensitivity being tied to frame rate
• Fixed a bug where enemies would continue damaging the player.
• Fixed many UI text overlaps.
• Fixed a bug where your score would not be reset after the start of each level.
• and many other small changes.

Brackeys Game Jam 2022.1 Results

#14 place Overall 🥳

Thank you all for playing, leaving feedback and rating the game during the game jam! There were so many great games (congratulations to the winners and everyone who submitted a game to the jam)! We cannot express how happy we are with these results, it genuinely means a lot to us!

What is next for LASERKEEP?

Team Melon

At the moment, we are discussing our future plans regarding LASERKEEP and our other games. We are looking forward to take part in many more events and release more games! So stay on the look out for the updates that we will be posting on our official accounts:

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3AgtpTdMBkll2ZOMW_TU0Q
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teammelongang/
• itch.io: https://teammelon.itch.io/