Hey everyone! 🙋♂️
This update implements many smaller but equally important points that I've collected as feedback. As always, thank you for your feedback and all the suggestions!
Update 1.0.5 contains the following improvements and fixes:
Gameplay Improvements
- Acceleration in the bonus area: After each level, your horses slow down to give you a chance to catch your breath. When you jump in the bonus area, your horses now regain speed more quickly.
- Improved level end: Previously, the horses would slow down before reaching the flag at the end of the level to slow down in the bonus area. The end has now been improved so that the horses pass the flag at full speed and only slow down afterward.
- Fixed speed in higher levels: If you had a lot of horses with the "Slower" power-up, the speed was much too slow in higher levels (15, 20, etc.). The effect of the power-up has now been slightly reduced so that the speed continues to increase in higher levels and the game remains challenging.
Technical Improvements
- Improved Linux / Steam Deck version: The native Linux version of Horse Runner DX has been further optimized. The game's size has been reduced from 117 MB to a tiny 66 MB. The full game download is now just 38 MB.
Usability Improvements
- Improved settings menu: The Settings menu now features improved toggles for changing all settings in both directions—e.g., volume up and down. This makes everything easier to control with a mouse, keyboard, and controller.
- Improved resolution settings: The resolution can now be easily adjusted to standard sizes (e.g., 720p, 1080p, full screen) in the settings menu. This feature is very useful when recording a gameplay video. You can still resize the window to any size by dragging a corner.
- Easier scrolling in lists: You can now scroll in all lists (leaderboard, horses, etc.) using the mouse wheel. With the keyboard, you can scroll using the Page Up and Page Down keys. With a controller, you can scroll up and down using the shoulder buttons.
- Leaderboard in title screen: To make it easier for you to view your previous high scores, the leaderboard is now accessible directly from the title screen.
- Leaderboard sample entries: If your leaderboard is still relatively empty, there are now a few sample entries for you to compete with. Your own entries will gradually replace the sample entries.
- Adjusted default settings: To be on the safe side, the "Reduced Motion" setting is enabled by default. Your previous settings will, of course, remain unchanged.
- Updated the demo: The text within the demo has been updated now that the game has been released. The demo will continue to be updated with the full game, but only contains a limited portion of the full game.
If you have any problems or suggestions, please let me know in the discussions.
Thanks for playing! 🤗
Mat