Project Violet Changelog

20 MAY 21

1.0.0

[Notes]

Pilfered Liberty has now been submitted to steam as the final build. This build has all components completed and is in its most robust state. Future updates will depend on player feedback.

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19 MAY 21

0.5.8

[Changes]

• 15 Steam Achievements have been added

• Debug tools have been removed

[Known Issue]

• Player jitters on damaging falls

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17 MAY 21

0.5.7

[Changes]

• Steam integration completed

[Resolved Issue]

• Music Audio no longer stops if returning to main menu from boss room

• SFX audio no longer continues after returning to main menu from boss room

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13 MAY 21

0.5.6

[Changes]

• Credits implemented

• Credit theme written and added

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11 MAY 21

0.5.5

[Changes]

• Final Cutscene implemented

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8 MAY 21

0.5.4

[Changes]

• All game audio is now the final, official verions

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3 MAY 21

0.5.3

[Changes]

• Main theme placeholder music replaced with final version

• Losing all lives on boss level allows for resetting just the boss level

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22 APR 21

0.5.2

Playtesting Notes:

[Changes]

• All enemies with initial shooting delay when first seeing the player reset their delay if player strays too far to prevent impassible locations after first hit

• Moved level 4 Diamond enemy to one side of middle platform to promote player jumping on to engage rather than staying on platform and getting shot off

• Reaching maximum jump height requires less time holding the button, allowing for short jumps if necessary but helping players with slower reaction time

[Resolved Issues]

• Corrected issue causing players to be locked in the crouching position

• Corrected issue causing player to occasionally stay tilted to one side after sliding off of platforms

• Extra life in boss room properly resets between games

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21 APR 21

0.5.1

Playtesting Notes:

[Changes]

• Removed mouse from all screens other than main and pause menus

• Included a healing sound when rescuing crew to clue player into the health up

[Resolved Issues]

• Crew rescues more responsive, without random gaps in input

• Tutorial first short enemy fires back after being hit the first time

• Adjusted hitboxes to prevent players being hit by bullets when standing back up

• Lowered all game volume dramatically

• Boss no longer visible between phases

[Known Issues]

• Rarely a player can be trapped in the crouch position for unknown reasons

• Unknown bug causing players to become angled after using platforms

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18 APR 21

0.5.0

[Notes]

Entering patch 5.0, everything going into the game is about finishing it and releasing it. There is no time for backtracking or adding new features. Consistent testing, polishing, and completing missing elements from here on out for the anticipated May release.

[Changes]

• Death screen implemented with restart

[Resolved Issues]

• Intro cinematic properly displays ships regardless of delay

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14 APR 21

0.4.22

[Changes]

• Boss room completed

• Camera added to boss fight first phase for focus and keeping the player within its bounds

[Resolved Issues]

• Level 4 tall enemy no longer unable to shoot player. Fires back after taking first damage now

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8 APR 21

0.4.21

[Changes]

• Boss defeat cutscene implemented

• Escape sequence added

[Resolved Issues]

• Taking damage no longer skips cutscene

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27 MAR 21

0.4.20

[Changes]

• Second phase boss fight added

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12 MAR 21

0.4.20

[Note]

• Changelog will update less frequently to reflect actual updates and not works in progress

[Changes]

• Level connecting first phase to second phase boss fight added

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15 FEB 21

0.4.19

[Changes]

• Sound effects no longer play off camera

[Resolved Issues]

• Health bar properly sets to missing health on cutscene end

• Dying by touching enemies no longer counts as being "crushed"

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12 FEB 21

0.4.18

[Changes]

• Options menu added to pause menu. Allows for audio adjustments

[Resolved Issues]

• Audio slider % properly reflect % of change

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10 FEB 21

0.4.17

[Changes]

• Options menu item added with sliders for volume added to main menu

• Controls menu added to main menu

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29 JAN 21

0.4.16

[Changes]

• Boss fight introduction cutscene added. Skippable.

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14 JAN 21

0.4.15

[Changes]

• Life pickup added to boss room on first enter. (Disappears after first use)

• Boss Fight Mechanically complete

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12 JAN 21

0.4.14

[Changes]

• Long drops in level 4 replaced with moving platforms

[Resolved Issues]

• Fixed a bug where the player would occasionally tilt to one side when landing on edges

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11 JAN 21

0.4.13

[Changes]

• Player jump height reduced by 14%

• Various locations adjusted to compensate for new jump height

• Level 4 bottom room visuals added

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6 JAN 21

0.4.12

[Changes]

• Before crew members are rescued they will remind the player the key to press to rescue them after a short delay

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5 JAN 21

0.4.11

[Changes]

• Main Elevator in Level 4 moves to whichever floor the player is on to prevent long wait periods

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4 JAN 21

0.4.10

[Changes]

• Player-required platforms added for jumps requiring timing

[Resolved Issues]

• Platforms now sync up, making it impossible to squish you between them

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31 DEC 20

0.4.9

[Changes]

• Boss random patterns adjusted to mandate change if the strategy is looped too long

• Crew trapped behind force field before rescue for visual cue

• Updated boss art to reflect phase 2

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29 DEC 20

0.4.8

[Changes]

• Crew disappear after being off camera for a set amount of time rather than instantly

• Added a delay to certain enemy's attack times to give player en0ugh time to see them before being shot at

• Work Started on Boss Fight

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28 DEC 20

0.4.7

[Changes]

• Crew animates when rescued

• Crew disappears after being rescued if out of view

[Resolved Issues]

• Tall enemies no longer turn around when shot from the front

• Player fall damage applies properly

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22 DEC 20

0.4.6

[Changes]

• Short enemies turn around when being shot from behind

[Known Issues]

• Tall enemies occasionally turn around even if shot from the front

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21 DEC 20

0.4.5

[Changes]

• Crew final art assets implemented

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17 DEC 20

0.4.4

[Changes]

• Moving platform backgrounds final sprites created, measured, and implemented

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14 DEC 20

0.4.3

[Changes]

• Moving platforms final sprites implemented

[Resolved Issues]

• Tall enemy bullets properly fade and disable after a certain distance

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11 DEC 20

0.4.2

[Changes]

• Blood spurt and bullet spark final assets implemented

[Resolved Issues]

• Enemies no longer bump into each other on death

• Short enemy hitbox adjusted to prevent standing hits from player

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8 DEC 20

0.4.1

[Changes]

• Tall enemy bullets swapped for new "sanguine shot" animations.

Sounds remain unchanged for the time being.

[Known Issue]

• Short enemy hitbox tall enough to take damage without the player needing to crouch.

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7 DEC 20

0.4.0

[Notes]

Pilfered Liberty is moving onto patch 0.4.x, milestone 4: art and sound. With this, many of the updates and changes will be centered around getting all the old placeholder assets swapped out with fully original art and open source audio. This is the milestone that will really get the game looking and sounding fully original.

[Changes]

• Short enemy bullets swapped for new "pulse shot" animations and sounds

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4 DEC 20

0.3.9

[Changes]

• Company Logo Splash Screen added

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2 DEC 20

0.3.8

[Changes]

• Tall Enemy final models implemented

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24 NOV 20

0.3.7

[Changes]

• Main menu fades into cutscene rather than opening a new scene

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21 NOV 20

0.3.6

[Resolved Issues]

• Enemies no longer trigger the crew's rescue range

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19 NOV 20

0.3.5

[Changes]

• Level 2 Level/Gameplay complete and ready for playtesting

[Resolved Issues]

• Player shoot animation no longer delays the ability to crouch

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21 OCT 20

0.3.4

[Changes]

• Level 1 Level/Gameplay complete and ready for playtesting

• Player fully animated with final assets

• Short enemies fully implemented

[Resolved Issues]

• Player no longer bounces on platforms regardless of movement

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20 OCT 20

0.3.3

[Changes]

• Tall enemy health reduced from 300 to 250.

• Level 3 Level/Gameplay complete and ready for playtesting

• Rescued crew fully heal player

• Certain health packs removed from level 4 to compensate for new crew healing

[Resolved Issues]

• Players can now shoot through dead tall enemies’ legs.

[Known Issues]

• Landing on moving downward platforms causes player to bounce repeatedly

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19 OCT 20

0.3.2

[Changes]

• Player and enemy firing ranges adjusted to reach the edge of the camera

[Resolved Issues]

• Enemies can now shoot through tall enemies’ legs and will recognize the player regardless of enemies nearby

[Known Issues]

• Landing on moving downward platforms causes player to bounce repeatedly

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14 OCT 20

0.3.1

[Changes]

• Final Level Gameplay ready for playtesting

• Enemy bullets cannot shoot through active electric traps (player bullets still can)

• Tall enemies damage increased from 20 to 30, color changed to blue for distinction

• Gameplay PS4 controller support (no menu support other than pause)

[Known Issues]

• Enemies can’t shoot through tall enemies’ legs

• Landing on moving downward platforms causes player to bounce repeatedly

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12 OCT 20

0.3.0

[Notes]

Time constraints and the unavailability of my artist has made completion slow to a crawl. In order to see this come to life, excess time will be added consistently until the project is complete along with outsourced assets.

[Changes]

• Final Level Shell Added

• Moving platforms have visual background throughout travel path

• Added safe falling in mandatory falling areas

[Resolved Issues]

• Enemies can shoot through one another even after death

[Known Issues]

• Landing on moving downward platforms causes player to bounce repeatedly

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15 JUL 20

0.2.24

[Changes]

• Added brief float time after player leaves a platform to be able to jump, also known as “coyote time”

• Added a buffer between when the player hits the floor and when they can jump again to forgive pressing just a moment too early

• Added jumping sensitivity, allowing for shorter hops or full leaps

[Known Issues]

• Tall enemies sound/fight identical to short enemies

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24 JUN 20

0.2.23

[Changes]

• Added parallaxing window backgrounds

[Resolved Issues]

• Crouching while touching the side of the platform does no longer sends the player flying downwards

[Known Issues]

• Tall enemies sound/fight identical to short enemies

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23 JUN 20

0.2.22

[Changes]

• Added moving platforms

• Added death by being crushed

[Known Issues]

• Tall enemies sound/fight identical to short enemies

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14 JUN 20

0.2.21

[Changes]

• Added Control Menu

• Updated text font

• Updated Mute Icons Art

[Resolved Issues]

• Menu Buttons no longer disappear in different resolutions

[Known Issues]

• Tall enemies sound/fight identical to short enemies

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12 JUN 20

0.2.20

[Changes]

• Updated Pause Menu UI

• Updated Main Menu UI

[Known Issues]

• Tall enemies sound/fight identical to short enemies

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11 JUN 20

0.2.19

[Resolved Issues]

• Game no longer crashes when pausing from intro cutscene

[Known Issues]

• Tall enemies sound/fight identical to short enemies

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10 JUN 20

0.2.18

[Changes]

• Full Intro Cutscene Added

[Known Issues]

• Tall enemies sound/fight identical to short enemies

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5 JUN 20

0.2.17

[Changes]

• Intro Cinematic Art Assets Implemented

[Known Issues]

• Tall enemies sound/fight identical to short enemies

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26 MAY 20

0.2.16

[Changes]

• Increased fall height before taking damage

• Fall damage removed when player is invulnerable from previous damage

[Resolved Issues]

• Being shot no longer makes player take falling damage regardless of height

[Known Issues]

• Tall enemies sound/fight identical to short enemies

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22 MAY 20

0.2.15

[Changes]

• Added basic, skippable intro cutscene placeholder functionality

• Added base retry lose screen functionality

• Added base credits scene functionality

[Known Issues]

• Tall enemies sound/fight identical to short enemies

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18 MAY 20

0.2.14

[Changes]

• Added tall enemies that do not take damage below their second unit of height

[Known Issues]

• Tall enemies sound/fight identical to short enemies

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16 MAY 20

0.2.13

[Changes]

• Cleaned up electric hazard art

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15 MAY 20

0.2.12

[Changes]

• Added electric hazards players must avoid or take damage from

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12 MAY 20

0.2.11

[Changes]

• Increased enemy hitbox to avoid player clipping into them

• Final Healthbar asset added

[Resolved Issues]

• Enemies face and fire at the player properly

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11 MAY 20

0.2.10

[Changes]

• Added Rescued Crew Counter to UI

[Known Issues]

• Enemies face player, but bullets always fire single direction

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9 MAY 20

0.2.9

[Changes]

• Added Lives indicator to the UI

[Resolved Issues]

• Lives UI display current lives

• Enemy death properly collides them with floor

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8 MAY 20

0.2.8

[Changes]

• Audio Mute now mutes all in game audio excluding music

• Music Mute button added to pause menu

• Visual quit button added to menu screen

• Audio/Music mute buttons added to main menu

• Pause menu disabled when player is dead

[Resolved Issues]

• Lives properly reset when replaying

[Known Issues]

• Lives UI not properly displaying current lives

• Enemies hover when dead

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7 MAY 20

0.2.7

[Changes]

• Added mute audio buttons to pause menu

• Added AudioManager

[Known Issues]

• Enemies hover when dead

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6 MAY 20

0.2.6

[Changes]

• Added pause menu

• Added quit game option from main menu

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4 MAY 20

0.2.5

[Changes]

• Implemented final Door asset

• Added door locking until crew is rescued logic

• Added rescued crew logic

[Resolved Issues]

• Enemies no longer stop seeing the player when they are invulnerable from damage

• Built version of game now recognizes health manager properly

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1 MAY 20

0.2.4

[Changes]

• Added a debug code for quickly moving through the game

[Known Issues]

• Repeating the game properly sets your health to the maximum

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30 APR 20

0.2.3

[Changes]

• Updated vision distance of enemies to see only as far as the camera

• Added bullet range of player to only fire to the edge of the camera

• Added Main Menu

• Added Victory/End screen

• Added placeholder 4 levels plus boss fight room

• Added HealthManager to carry over health from each room

[Known Issues]

• Beating and repeating game does not reset health

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29 APR 20

0.2.2

[Changes]

• Added invulnerability for 2 seconds after taking bullet/touching enemy damage

• Added damage from touching enemy

• Added damage pushback

• Added next level scene loader with fade in/out

• Updated Health Pack Art

[Resolved Issues]

• With enemies pushing the player back and damaging them on contact, they should no longer fall to their death

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28 APR 20

0.2.1

[Changes]

• Added Health Pickups

• Removed auto health regeneration

[Known Issues]

• Enemies do not collide with the floor when falling to their death

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27 APR 20

0.2.0

[Notes]

Recognizing the difficulty of organizing without any proper documentation, a GDD, Trello, Changelog, and Dev Log have been created. All expected assets and mechanics will be populated in the GDD and Trello before any further implementation will continue.

[Changes]

• Trello implemented for organization

• GDD created for managing project

• Changelog created

[Known Issues]

• Enemies do not collide with the floor when falling to their death

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15 APR 20

0.1.17

[Changes]

• Player instantly dies from falling past a significant velocity

• Enemies instantly dies from falling past a significant velocity

• Player spins while dead from velocity fall until hitting the floor

[Known Issues]

• Enemies do not collide with the floor when falling to their death

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9 APR 20

0.1.16

[Resolved Issues]

• Enemies only shoot at player if player is first object in line-of-sight

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8 APR 20

0.1.15

[Changes]

• Trello updated to reflect GDD

[Resolved Issues]

• Players no longer able to jump out of FallingFast

[Known Issues]

• Enemies continue to shoot at player if ever in line-of-sight regardless of obstacles

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7 APR 20

0.1.14

[Changes]

• Fall damage is related to the player’s falling velocity

[Resolved Issues]

• Players running and shooting properly hits first object in front of them

[Known Issues]

• Players jumping at the same time as hitting the ground from FastFalling skips the player stun

• Enemies continue to shoot at player if ever in line-of-sight regardless of obstacles

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6 APR 20

0.1.13

[Changes]

• Tilemap created

• All assets rescaled to meet new pixel scale 32x32

• Tilemap smart fill added

[Known Issues]

• Player shooting while running always skips enemies

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18 MAR 20

0.1.12

[Changes]

• Added following camera

[Resolved Issues]

• Player dies when taking lethal falling damage

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16 MAR 20

0.1.11

[Changes]

• Added Player death

• Added a death kick for player death, sending them falling over backwards when killed

[Known Issues]

• Falling damage does not kill player

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12 MAR 20

0.1.10

[Changes]

• Added health bar

• Added fall damage

• Added fall damage sound effect

• Player flashes yellow from taking damage

• Player health replenished over time with delay

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9 MAR 20

0.1.9

[Resolved Issues]

• Player shooting now properly impacts whichever object it comes into contact first between enemies and obstacles

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5 MAR 20

0.1.8

[Changes]

• Enemies can shoot in both directions by using a “FacingLeft” bool

[Known Issues]

• Player shooting always hits enemy first even if object in the way

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4 MAR 20

0.1.7

[Changes]

• Added enemy line of sight for attacking

• Added enemy attacking audio

[Resolved Issues]

• Enemies flinch the opposite direction they are hit from rather than always to the right

[Known Issues]

• Player shooting always hits enemy first even if object in the way

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27 FEB 20

0.1.6

[Changes]

• Added enemy death animation

• Added enemy death audio

• Added enemy knockback away from bullets

[Resolved Issues]

• Crouching and shooting properly animates

[Known Issues]

• Player shooting always hits enemy first even if object in the way

• Enemy knockback always towards the right regardless of damage direction

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22 FEB 20

0.1.5

[Changes]

• Lowered hitbox on player when crouched to match player height

• Added shooting and crouching animation

• Updated the players attack rate to a fixed speed

[Known Issues]

• Player shooting always hits enemy first even if object in the way

• Crouch shooting animation broken

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21 FEB 20

0.1.4

[Changes]

• Added enemy death

• Added enemy shooting

[Resolved Issues]

• Player shooting now properly impacts walls and enemies

[Known Issues]

• Player shooting always hits enemy first even if object in the way

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20 FEB 20

0.1.3

[Changes]

• Added shooting via raycasts

[Known Issues]

• Player shooting raycast only hits enemies, not objects in the way

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19 FEB 20

0.1.2

[Changes]

• Falling far enough “stuns” the player

• Edited existing sprites to compensate for crouching/shooting at the same time

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18 FEB 20

0.1.1

[Changes]

• Added placeholder sprites and animations for Player Character

• Added sprite flipping left/right based on movement

• Added crouching

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17 FEB 20

0.1.0

[Changes]

• Game Initialized

• Unity pushed to GitKraken

• Basic player movement left and right