Divine Drifter 1.1

Hi there! This week we posted our first update to Divine Drifter.

We mostly focused on bug fixes and general quality of life fixes for this first patch based on player feedback, but we managed to slip in a couple of neat new things too like a color customization and a redesign of the boost/overheat system. Expect more customization options and further improved feedback in the future,  a good chunk of the code had to be rewritten to enable these first versions of the new systems, but now that its done we can really get started on improving things more. We also entirely re-implemented the audio systems using FMOD for a finer degree of control for our sound designers. 

More big updates still to come in the future, the next major update we're planning is a total environment art overhaul. If you have any more suggestions or run into any bugs, please let us know in our games forum section. Hope you enjoy the fixes and newly smoothed out camera.

All Changes:

New Features

• New colors and color selection from main menu
  • 5 New colors to choose from!
• New and improved tutorial level
  • Includes a better text popups instead of static text

Tweaks

• Made exiting easier
  • Increased hitbox area
  • Players now need to hold right in order to exit
• Changed the draining "boost" bar to an increasing "heat" bar
  • New overheat visual and sound effects
• Slight scoring tweaks
  • Can now make score off multiple things at once
  • Ongoing scores now display differently
  • Completed scores now queue up and show one at a time
  • Tailgating now must be behind the other car not just near
• New camera transitions on level start
• Can now view the leaderboard between levels
• Personal high scores now wipe when changing version
• Car accelerates a bit slower on start of drift

Balance

• Adjusted total scores needed to clear the level
• Increased points from tailgating
• Implemented a base trading paint score and increased maximum points

Bugfixes 

• Camera no longer jitters as the player moves
• All truck wheels now exist (probably)
• Fixed buggy audio when rapidly tapping the drift button
• Fixed various buttons across the menus