Hey everyone!
Today there's a new Flat Heroes update (v0.48)!
We've been working on the difficulty curve to make it a bit more smooth, and this update also adds a new world and brings some new enemies to the waves mode. It's a great opportunity to revisit the adventure again!
We also updated the player's movement set to add some more depth and give players more options in each situation, so there are new and more exciting ways to beat some levels now! And we reworked the charging and shooting mechanics for the versus modes, which should make it more viable to use in combats.
And you may also find lots of small changes that we've been doing to polish the game further :)
Here are the update notes:
- New Final Boss! Currently on world 6, let us know what you think!
- New enemy inspired by some retro game (guess which one!), but of course a bit more intense
- New enemy based on beehives... but of course more intense?
- Added new levels, reaching 7 levels now!
- New and reworked level progression, with a 200% better difficulty curve*
- New charge-shooting mechanic for versus battles: now 200% more trepidant
- New secret and deeper player movements: dash dash dash!
- New juicy animations
- Automatic quality adjustment, 60 fps is a right, not a privilege
- Extra gamefeel bits all around the game, including: > updated initial countdown > walls that kill should be a bit more clear now > on runner it should be more when the runner changes and who is the new one > new end of match effect on some versus modes
- Optimizations and bug fixes here and there
* based on internal studies and magic spells.
If you find any issue or have any suggestion feel free to join us on the game's Steam discussions.
Still, this is not the big update we're going to make soon-ish, we're still working on that one!
Oh, and Flat Heroes has been recently nominated to the SXSW Gamer's Voice awards in Texas! :D
Check out the nominees!
Enjoy!
PS: sorry for those who were doing a let's play series, we had to reorder and add many levels.
PS2: ICYMI the game is now cheaper during Early Access, take a look at the previous announcement for more details!