yo.

This is the release of update 0.1.1 for my Ludum Dare game, Destruction Upon The Town!

DUTT is a top down "strategy" game with cute little guys. I have almost nothing else to say to sell the game to you so let's just go over the new update.

Minor Update 1 - v0.1.1

• gameplay changes:
  • * mana:
    • mana no longer regenerates upon defeating villagers
    • mana now regenerates a little bit over time
    • after summoning a creature, mana has a cooldown before regenerating
  • summoning:
    • added a small cooldown to summoning after summoning a creature
  • summons:
    • fire sprites now drop small pools of fire upon death
    • shadow imps now only appear at night
    • summons now have a stealth level that depicts how far other villagers will be alerted when damaging a villager
      • smaller summons have a smaller alert range (higher stealth)
      • larger summons have a bigger alert range (lower stealth)
  • villagers:
    • slightly increased villager movement speed
    • villagers should no longer stack on top of each other
    • added two new villagers:
      • priest | runs from danger but leaves behind a blessing
      • wizard | zaps entities at a far distance and gives the player mana on death
  • improved AI of all little guys
  • decreased the time of all creature's invincibility frames after taking damage
  • added a countdown to announce the last 10 seconds of the day
  • fixed an issue with the Level 5 (Rat Pack) checkpoint
  • Armageddon mode: metropolis | available to access from the level select in the title screen
    • mana refreshes everyday
    • kill all the villagers to clear each day
    • failure to do so will result in a loss
    • complete the 25th day to win
• visual changes:
  • added day and night time ambience 
    • day:
      • birds chirping
    • night: 
      • crickets chirping
      • toads croaking
      • fireflies wondering
  • updated fire particles visuals
  • small camera shake when a villager dies
  • increased the Bloom amount
  • improved summoning visuals 
    • updated summoning circle sprite
    • evaporating light beam
    • new ground crater
    • damage dealt to villagers nearby
  • damage dealt to villagers nearby
  • mouse sparkles now only appear when a creature is selected for summoning
  • updated mouse sparkles
  • some villagers have torches that they light at night
  • added an indicator that appears where your summons have died
  • villagers now leave behind their skull upon death
  • added new guys to the title screen
  • changed the color of the currently selected summon from blue to pink
  • added the mana cost of each summon to their summon selection
  • updated the level select menu
  • updated the help menu
• setting changes:
  • add an ambience volume slider
  • sped up the settings menu appearing and disappearing animations

That concludes this update's patch notes, not a whole lot of gameplay changes, mostly just visual changes, but hopefully new people coming to check it out like it.

Thank you for coming to check this out and for reading, thank you for giving me your eyes and ears (possibly), until next time.

With love, Pannda.