Day 7

• Added a Cargo Run mini-game
• Removed Speedbrake when firing and Speedboost power-up. Feedback from playtesters is that these are “Meh” and don’t add much to the game.
• Removed using dynamo power to emit a Smartbomb. Feedback from playtesters is that this is “Meh” and doesn’t add much to the game.
• Every power-up now adds charge to the generator, with the battery power-up adding twice as much as the others.
• The power-up drop rate now has a more even distribution.
• Aliens are rendered in greyscale (ghostly) when their weapons are jammed
• Improve the flight path of Bronze class aliens.
• At 100% dynamo charge, it converts to a 50% boost to ship HP.
• Award players Zone Cleared bonus points.
• Award players a +15% dynamo charge at the end of each objective.
• Added a multiple to the points awarded for destroying aliens with a smart-bomb power-up.
• Made rewards for destroying stuff more “interesting”.
• No longer take control from the players prematurely when a zone is cleared so they can scramble for any remaining power-ups.
• Added pre-coloured rockets for each player instead of palette swapping. Saves quite a bit of CPU.
• Re-balanced the player weapons power-up progression.
• Remove unused game state properties
• Fixed some bugs which crashed the game
• Don’t make weapons sounds when player controls are disabled

Here’s a clip of the new Cargo Run mini-game and “ghostly” alien when the weapon jammer is active: