Hey guys! Krayfishkarl here and welcome to another Droplet: States of Matter update! Early Access 1.47 is now available! This update reworks the Lord Krypton boss fight.
The last few updates have been mostly kept under the radar due to their spoiler content, but I feel I can show footage for this one in particular. The arena for the Lord Krypton boss fight has been graphically reworked. I wanted to make it feel like a circus performance with all sorts of chaos going on. As scheming and calculated as Lord Krypton is, he likes to put on a good show. Naturally, you won't be the only performer in the arena. You'll have to contend with chattering teeth, dancing fuchsia plants and killer jack-in-the-boxes all while a very judgmental audience watches from afar. While there's a lot going on with this fight, as long as you stay focused, you should be able to make it through. Of course, I would first make sure that you are adequately stocked up on lives as this will be an especially challenging fight.
With the release of this update, I have now completed all planned gameplay and level layout revisions. All BSP brushes have been converted into static meshes. While Droplet: States of Matter can now be considered feature complete, there is still one last major content update planned before the final release. It may be ambitious, but I want to add lip syncing to all the cutscenes. I have already done so with Lord Krypton and the majority of the other bosses, so making everything visually consistent will be the last bit of polish that is needed for the game to truly feel like a finished product.
That's all for now! And with that, thank you for following the development of Droplet: States of Matter!
Patch Notes
Gameplay
- Refreshed the Lord Krypton boss fight with new gameplay. Lord Krypton now has multiple new attacks as well as new enemies that fight alongside him.
- Pink crystal in Lord Krypton boss fight has been relocated. The method in which to find it has also been changed.
- Extra checks added to ensure NPC’s on top of Oganesson Tower are properly set to visible.
- Changed some of the broken arches in Brimstone Temple.
- Changed the orientation in which the player faces when respawning at a checkpoint.
Graphics
- Graphically updated the Lord Krypton boss arena.
- New model for Lord Krypton.
- All of Lord Krypton’s dialogue are now lip synced.
- Taunt animation length adjusted for genies.
- Mosquitoes and other flying enemies now face the direction they are going.
- Updated background graphics for the Game Over screen.
- Updated the way damage flash effects on enemies work.
- Updated the scaling effect on exploding slimes and robots.
- Updated slime monster animations.
- Updated graphics for steam vent clouds.
Audio
- New sounds for Lord Krypton boss battle.
- New music for Lord Krypton boss cinematics.
- Updated thump sound when enemies fall over.
- Updated one of the idle animation sounds with Droplet and Molly-QL.
- Fixed some audio mixing issues that may occur during cutscenes.