v0.07 Update Notes


Alrighty, so since last time there's been a lot of back-end work to help declutter a lot of redundant code and make things more concise.  Basically nothing that would be noticeable on the user-side, but it opens up a few options for me when adding features or changing how things work.  I'm also changing the naming scheme for the versions slightly, so instead of v0.7 this is v0.07, which probably more accurately represents its prototype state.  That said, still managed to add a few small things and fix some issues:

1) There's a new option in the settings!  The "Score Subtraction" option allows you to turn on and off the decreasing score when self-scoring.  One thing to note is that currently the score loss when getting scored on by a newly-spawned ball is not present.  Not sure if this is something I'd bother adding back in or not.

2) The game now properly displays behind the pause menu options instead of vanishing!  That one I'm actually quite happy about since now I know how to fix that same issue in the future.

3) Options now only save when using the Save & Exit option in the menu!  Part of the code cleanup helped me rejigger how the settings menu functions which made this easier to fix.

Known bugs:
1) When closing the in-game menu, if spam-clicking Resume and escape over and over again it's possible to crash the game.  Currently unsure of how to fix it, as it appears to be a frame-perfect bug that happens in between when specific pieces of code are executing.
2) The in-game menu selector is being drawn underneath the menu boxes.  This is primarily a visual bug as it has no real effect on functionality for users.

The process can be watched live on Twitch or on Youtube in vod form. 

Files

BlockBall v0.07 2 MB
Mar 26, 2022

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