Prototype 7

Changes since Prototype 6

New Content

• Added a Max Health Upgrade.
• Added a Health Bonus Upgrade.

Gameplay & Balance

• Waves have been rebalanced. The difficulty curve is less exponential, earlier waves are a bit shorter and the game is somewhat balanced for 12-13 waves (around 12-15 minutes of gameplay).
• Decreased number of XP gain upgrades from 4 to 3.
• XP to level up has been increased from 1+1LEVEL to 2+1LEVEL
• Upgrades to balls’ speed and damage now apply to balls that were already launched.
• Upgrading a normal ball to a special ball while it was generated but not yet launched will change the already generated accordingly.
• Health Bonus now drop down faster.
• Wave Clear text time has been lengthened a bit.
• Improved the way balls collide & reflect on the paddle’s sides.

Graphics

• Added Hearts to display Health. It’s not perfect and probably not definitive but better than a simple text.
• Added a VFX upon Bricks being destroyed.
• Added dedicated VFX to special balls’ deaths.
• Added a ‘Revive’ VFX to Second Chance Balls.
• Default Ball Hit VFX is a bit smaller.

Other

• Fixed Double Damage Ball not working properly.
• Fixed Cooldowns being wrongly displayed between waves.
• Fixed Balls getting stuck in walls under certain conditions.
• Fixed Level Up Screen not closing properly if you had multiple level ups at once and ran out of upgrades available.