Galactic Empires

Devlog

• UI Improvements, bug fixes
  October 12, 2020 by Midnite Oil Software LLC#bug fix, #ui improvements

  I made some UI improvements. I replaced the font and colors for the title screen, settings and tutorial screens and the ship systems UI on in the play scene. I fixed the crosshair flicker/jitter when... Continue reading

  
• Added Settings Screen
  October 10, 2020 by Midnite Oil Software LLC

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  #settings, #difficulty, #sound, #music, #mouse, #input

  Since I've had users comment on the volume level and the mouse sensitivity (some say it's too sensitive others say it's not sensitive enough) I decided to add a settings screen to allow users to custo... Continue reading

  
• Added buttons to start screen
  September 27, 2020 by Midnite Oil Software LLC

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  After realizing that pressing F1 in a web browser will open the browser's help screen I decided to add buttons. This will allow the user to view the tutorial by clicking the Tutorial button instead of... Continue reading

  
• Fixed UI issue on Tutorial, new music, other tweaks
  September 26, 2020 by Midnite Oil Software LLC

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  Fixed UI issue on the tutorial where images were not scaling properly when resizing the screen. Added some new music. Changed background music for tutorial. ESC will no only exit the game from the ti... Continue reading
• Added tutorial
  September 21, 2020 by Midnite Oil Software LLC

  I've added a tutorial describing the objective of the game, the game controls, types of enemies. description of weapons systems, power-ups, etc. I made the cockpit camera view the default view (press... Continue reading

  
• Added Mac and Linux versions (untested)
  September 03, 2020 by Midnite Oil Software LLC

  I added downloads to MacOS and Linux but haven't tested them yet (any volunteers?). I also made it so pressing Escape will not exit the game from the pause screen or help screen... Continue reading

  
• Powerups
  August 30, 2020 by Midnite Oil Software LLC

  Added drops/powerups to replenish torpedoes, recharge shields and particle beam capacitors and repair hull damage. Increased player ship turn speed. Added more descriptive text when waypoint is reach... Continue reading

  
• Cockpit camera
  August 26, 2020 by Midnite Oil Software LLC#cockpit camera

  Added a cockpit camera. Pressing the '1' key selects the default follow camera, pressing '2' selects the new cockpit camera... Continue reading

  
• Ammunition
  August 25, 2020 by Midnite Oil Software LLC

  The torpedo launchers now consume ammo. The player ship starts with 30 torps per launcher. You get 10 more when the transport reaches a waypoint. If the player ship is destroyed the respawned ship has... Continue reading

  
• Tweaked background display and game balance
  August 24, 2020 by Midnite Oil Software LLC

  I noticed the panning of the background layer (skybox and planet) looked odd when flying around and remembered that I had a MatchRotation script on the background camera that matched the player ships... Continue reading

  
• Tweaked targeting lock-on algorithm
  August 23, 2020 by Midnite Oil Software LLC

  Tweaked the targeting lock-on algorithm. I was incorrectly calculating the angle to the target which allowed weapons to lock-on when they shouldn't and also to not lock-on when they should... Continue reading
• Galactic Empires - A 3D Space Shooter
  August 23, 2020 by Midnite Oil Software LLC#Update, #Enhancements, #3D, #Shooter, #Unity

  Based on user feedback I have made the following changes to the game: Replaced the fixed camera with a smooth-follow camera using Cinemachine. Locked mouse movement to the game screen and hide mouse... Continue reading