Second Playtest

Galaxys

• you can now choose the galaxy to travel to and which wave to face. 
• every galaxy has a unique enemy spawn pool
• each type has unique ressources with individual mechanics
• enemy spawning now depends on the current galaxy-type

New Content

• added new structures
• added new enemies
• added new abilities
• added new upgrades

Visuals

• new background shader with twinkling stars
• new basic animations
  • ui elements move, resize and change color smoothly
    
  • entities are highlighted if damaged or destroyed
• ui layout reworked
  • added tooltips for most of the icons and buttons
  • reduced on-screen text and moved details to tooltips
• changed font from pixel font to a smoother one

Systems

• reworked upgrades
  • each entity and ability now has a defined upgrade pool
  • added rarities to upgrades
• reworked resources
  • resource drops are tied to the new galaxy types
  • resources are now more distinct and play different strategic roles
    • Material is the base ressource for building any structure
      
    • Energy is used mid wave to boost stuff
    • Crystal is used to build energy related structures
    • Tech is used for upgrading structures
    • Bio Structures get stronger, more bio you got
• reworked stats
  • split the stat system into base stats and mod stats
  • added custom rules for combining base and mod stats depending on type
  • added a system for abilities to determine which base and mod stats to use and how to combine
    • from parent entity
    • from ability itself
    • from the spawned unit
  • entities and abilities now have a temporary stats mod which for the duration of the wave
• reworked spawning
  • supports spawn duration, conditions and biome rules
• reworked shop
  • the shop now only offers items, that were at some point affordable during your run

Engine

• switched from Raylib (cool!) to Karl2D (also cool!)
  • web builds now work without emscripten
  • build size is down to 1.4 mb for web and desktop
  • full control over internals while still coding in  odin 
• Build a new animation system
  • can smoothly interpolate anything drawn to screen
• reworked input & rendering
  • now unified for world and ui instead of separate systems
• entity data is now split into
  • archetype (static data)
  • instance (runtime data)
  • same structure now used for abilities and upgrades

misc

• updated the itch page
  • not-so-great cover image ^^
  • added matching colors and background stars
  • page now uses the same font as the game
• Broke sound again, will reintegrate soon
• probably more stuff i forgot to track