Valley 2 Beta .711 "Trimming The Fat" Released!

[x4000]

It doesn't lock you into place in the sense of halting all sideways movement that is already in progress; it just locks you into place in the sense of not letting you request further movment.  Powerslide works by just letting you keep sliding with your existing momentum, only amplified.

I've been strongly considering taking out powerslide anyhow, because it really adds nothing to the gameplay and is just one more thing for people to complain doesn't work properly.

[madcow]

I honestly wouldn't miss power slide if it was gone. And I've had issues with it firing from a still position. I think most people turn it off.

What I would love is -some- sort of dash move. Perhaps powerslide could be changed to fit the role. Or storm dash. What I envision is a fixed distance dash (using a fixed bound key) that could be used to dodge enemy fire. Perhaps with a lengthy cooldown on it and only usable on the ground so it doesn't step on the jet pack spell's toes.

Those sort of dash moves in games are really fun I find.

[x4000]

It's a really different feel of game that has a dash move like that, I think; trying to cram every possible gameplay mechanic that is well liked into one game is what really made some messes in Valley 1, to me.

[madcow]

Well. After posting I had second thoughts about if it would really be as useful as I implied heh.  The backwards dash in castlevania symphony of the night for instance was fun.  But not sure how life changing it was.

[Pepisolo]

Just read the .712 changelog -- very optimistic about the changes in this one. Will look forward to testing it.

[x4000]

Glad to hear it!

[MouldyK]

I was gonna play it tonight, but now there are gonna be new, better things in it? Oh man! Stop game-changing so much.

[x4000]

And here's the new one: http://www.arcengames.com/forums/index.php/topic,12288.0.html

[tigersfan]

Anyway, I wanted to point out before I forgot:   Still running into unbeatable level-up towers here.   You know, the sort that require a feat that I do not have, the miniaturize one in this case.





Like that.   I might see if I can somehow try to get the level to regenerate a different way, er, not entirely sure just how to do that though, something about the save file....

That's actually a bug in the slice. If you post that world for me, I can fix it. (though, I'll be honest, I've been pretty ill for a few days now, so it may take me some time)

[Misery]

Nah, I managed to fix it on my own, just fried the file that contained it and regenerated it, worked out fine.

[x4000]

Josh has actually progressed to being in the ER, unfortunately -- but hopefully they find out what he has and get him better soon. Just an FYI on why his response is likely to be really delayed.

[MouldyK]

I wish him the best and a speedy recovery.

[Coppermantis]

Ouch, that's terrible. I hope that he recovers in full very soon. 

[LaughingThesaurus]

Wow
Really hope he gets well soon.

[Panopticon]

Yeah, best wishes to Josh.