Major Update to Square-Mate!

Square Mate is receiving its first and only major update!

After getting feedback from people in the Brackeys Game Jam, I decided to put out an update before ending development. A few bugs were fixed and the visuals were slightly improved. A changelog will be added at the end of this post. 

The first major problem I had was that the audio.  It wouldn't persist between deaths or scenes and a lot of people were annoyed by this. After a lot of research on how to make objects Don't Destroy On Load, and about 3 days of work, I finally got a working audio script. I improved it to have sound effects and the audio was finally good.

Particles were the next hurdle, but I was able to use a system from an old project. I spent hours working on making the texture of the particles work, until I realized I wasn't using the correct format for the material. 

I was going to add more levels but I felt that the simplicity and shortness of the game would be lost and I had no ideas for new levels, so I just decided to improve character switching and be done. The scroll wheel took a bit of time to get it working correctly and after I finished it was easy enough to finish the rest. 

The original version will receive an update as soon as the game jam is over, as I can't add new files while it is in progress. 

For a link to the updated project: https://shamrockgamer.itch.io/square-mate-web-gl

The game is not completely finished , as there are a few bugs, but I'm going to leave it be.

 ** Jam Update - V1.1 Changelog **

Features

1. Improved audio and added sound effects
2. Added an options menu
3. Improved switching
4. Particle effects
5. Post processing added
6. Improved victory animations

Bug fixes

1. Removed the bug where you could wall climb
2. Removed the audio bug