Soarus is flying again, We've gone through so many iterations (mechanically and visually) since our initial Jam submission, and we'd like to take the time to walk you through some of the most major changes we've done. There are some under the hood changes that we've made that we'd like you to discover for yourselves.

Player Input

As you navigate the Ui you'll probably hear some new sounds as you select buttons, and hit enter! And also a subtle spring animation for buttons. We've created new Ui  for the character selection process. Now instead of just selecting your character you'll need to choose an input type as well. 

You've got 3 options - WASD, Arrow Keys, and controller. That's right, you can now play with 2 players on one single keyboard. Unity's input system doesn't really like it, but we made sure to sneak around Unity's problems with this one, don't tell them. 

NB  - For controller support, please ensure that you have your controller connected to your computer before you start the game, if you connect it after the game starts please restart the game.

Player Joining

We've also changed how players join the game, instead of pressing any key to join you will now be assigned a section of the the Ui, so for P1 they will be selecting character options on the left, and P2 on the right. P1 and P2 are determined by the input selection.

Levels

You're probably asking what are those locks? Well the title of this section definitely gave it away, but we now have more then one level, 4 to be precise! See if you can get to the end to view the new Results page!

Player Movement

The big one, we've made quite a number of changes to player movement, in this new version you won't feel as floaty as before. When you switch direction it will be immediate . Your player is also locked on the Z-axis, so now all you have to focus on is moving left and right, none of that 3D space hullabaloo, and no more getting stuck in places you don't need to be. 

Jumping is also very different, but we'll let you discover that for yourself.  You now only have a double jump, which is more powerful but use it wisely. There's another move the player can do, but you'll have to collect it to see it!

There are some fun new particle effects for your dinos when you change direction, or jump!

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Bugs

As we developed more and more throughout the month we fixed bugs that presented themselves, as well as those in V0.0.7.2 but there would be too many to list here. So trust us when we say we definitely fixed some bugs! And if you find any more please don't hesitate to leave us a comment about it, we'll get to it as soon as we can.

Thank you for taking the time to read out quick little update, we've had some amazing feedback from all who have player our game and we're very excited for you to try out this new and (hopefully) imrpoved version of Soarus!

~ The Studio Bolland Development Team