August 9, 2024

After 2 years of on and off, I've finally found the time to do some much needed updates, some QOL, and enough changes that I thought it was finally time to post something on here.

Along with studio rebranding to RikerVerse, I also did a handful of QOL updates to make the game more playable

• Removed the save/load feature, as it was incredibly buggy and lead to crashes - I hope to reimplement this at some point, or add a password system.
• New Controls! I moved necessary controls off of the shift, control, and enter keys. While this didn't cause much of an issue for the standalone version of the game, aside from  the occasional "Sticky keys" warning, the new placement should be more ergonomic as well as actually functioning properly in the HTML version I intend to release elsewhere.
• UI changes! Added a page to the main menu that opens up control instructions. I know this is something that's been a long time coming but I finally got around to it!
• Changed the colour of the "void" to a purple hue. I don't know if I'll keep this change, I was just hoping to increase visual interest.

PLANS FOR THE FUTURE!!

I have many new ideas that I hope will enhance the gameplay and make it a better experience overall.

The next update SHOULD include the following changes;

• Modify the character art for the ship variant with the missile upgrades
• Introduction of a key/lock system on later levels to encourage exploration.
• New enemy types.

I also have several stretch goals that I hope to achieve eventually!

• Completely restructure the score system and decouple it from the ammo system
• story?????
• Implement enemy AI to increase the challenge on later levels outside of bullethell
• implement more upgrades to create a stronger sense of progression
• Reimplement the save/load system, or replace it with a password system.
• cheat codes!!
• improve overall brand art, hoping to give ACA more character and identity.

And that's it for now!! thank you so much for playing and as always, feedback is greatly appreciated!