v0.8: Old Man River


This update introduces a new proc-gen puzzle on the Damp Trail: the Dammed River.  The puzzle requires the player to manage and redirect water flow to keep plants happy. I explain the puzzle generation process on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MoonroofStudios/status/1385958876600745984

The most difficult part of designing this puzzle was to create a good puzzle-space that felt logical in its cause-effect relationship. This river always flows from north and west to south and east, and some subtle animations help indicate to the player which way the water flows. My fluid dynamics are extremely sketchy, but I was never an engineer.

Other updates:
-- New trees for the Damp and Dry Trails
-- On the inventory screen, you can now assign hotkeys by pressing the hotkey while hovering over the desired item. Man, this actually saved a lot of time - shout out to bombadiliest for the suggestion.
-- New potion - it's mysterious!
-- Frogs and bunnies can face to the right, no longer will they perform huge backwards jumps
-- Fixed a bug related to the Unity physics engine where the player would travel at different speeds based on the screen's size.
-- Fixed a bug where a player could destroy their only cauldron, preventing potion brewing for the remainder of the playthrough.

Files

moondrop-web.zip Play in browser
Version 22 Apr 26, 2021

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