Seren Nova Major Update: New Controls & Retro Visual Overhaul
This is the biggest update Seren Nova has received so far. I’ve revisited the game and substantially reworked how it controls, while also giving its presentation a stronger retro sci-fi identity.
The game is now a more responsive mouse-and-keyboard or gamepad twin-stick shooter, with separate movement and aiming. You can fly in one direction while aiming and firing in another, making combat feel much more natural.
This update also includes:
- Reworked mouse-and-keyboard controls.
- Twin-stick controller support.
- Improved ship movement and aiming.
- Updated ingame and menu visuals and effects
- Increased difficulty on some levels
- Chunkier retro-style explosions, debris and booster effects.
- A stronger late-PS1/Dreamcast-inspired visual style.
- Various message timing, loading and gameplay fixes.
Seren Nova is still the same compact sci-fi action game, but it should now feel much better to control and more enjoyable to play.
If you played Seren Nova before, I’d really appreciate you giving the new controls a try.