Post-Jam Update (v1.1)

New Features

• Added a score system
  • Rack up combos by getting kills before having to merge
  • High scores (should) save locally

• You can now continue playing after you have died for a score penalty. The score penalty scales up the more you die.
• Added settings for volume and fullscreen
• Added a meter to show when the next wave is spawning. It also doubles as a boss health meter.

Changes

• Some sound effects have been changed
• Added additional visual and sound effects to player, enemy, and boss spawning
• Boss patterns have been changed
• Boss mechanics have been changed
  • Boss no longer sets the player energy to 0 on hit; instead the boss has i-frames on hit
  • Boss health has been increased to compensate

• The player now gets hurt in merged form if you overload the energy bar the whole way. This was to discourage camping.
• UI has been tweaked overall to be a bit more colorful
• Enemies no longer collide with each other
• Amount of enemies spawned per wave has been tweaked

Stray Thoughts

I took most of the feedback received from jam comments into consideration when updating the game. I honestly never expected to place 99th in the jam (I was expecting around 500-1000). Despite being my best placement I do feel like the original game has some pretty deep flaws such as camping and the boss being a bit too disconnected from the mechanic. I hope these changes help rectify that.