Two player has been split into 3 modes at least for the moment. Cooperative that has both players on the full screen and competitive that has one player confined to their own half of the screen.
Because each player has only one half of the screen, equal amounts of balloons spawn on each side at the same place. It seems only fair they be exact. So for every right parrot there is a left parrot. if they float out of one half of the screen into the next, then the other player can pop that balloon. The level up balloon bonuses are also equal on each side.
At the moment there are no double balloons and there is only one star balloon in the center that appears as usual. It should be a mad dash to get to that all important balloon.
With competitive mode there is survival and timed. Times lasts for 3 minutes and whomever scores the most points wins. If one player plummets they lose points, but respawn. 3 minutes might be too short of a time span. Survival is just that you keep going until both players have plummet.
Here are other things for the update:
- Added a second score statement for two player mode after both pigs are defeated.
- Added cooperative and competitive 2 player modes rather than an ambiguous 2 player mode.
- Added a forgiving 3 seconds of invulnerability for your balloons when one is popped.
- Fixed the version text to be more consistent from computer to computer.
- Fixed an issue where one player using the same controller for two players without getting stuck in the selection screen.
- Fixed the new logo's collision.
- Modified timer to turn red during the last 5 seconds.