Bustin' Blasters

Devlog

• Godot 4: Gotta Download The Game To Bust
  January 09, 2025 by Ian#bug, #executable, #web export

  Hello everyone! I haven't worked on the game in a while (I have a job now) but I did upgrade it to use Godot 4. Pretty cool! Unfortunately something with the audio buffers is broken on the web export... Continue reading
• v0.5.5: Bounce/Pierce rework, new item
  August 29, 2024 by Ian#bounce, #pierce, #balance, #camera, #heal, #item

  Bounce and Pierce are different now The items that grant your projectiles the ability to bounce off walls or pierce through enemies now use a charge-based system, not a chance-based one. Each one, whe... Continue reading
• v0.5.4: A New Item
  August 28, 2024 by Ian

  Just a quick one before I head to daycare here. I added one new Item. It's somewhat similar to the Piercing Chance one, but this is for your projectiles bouncing off walls. When you choose the Item wh... Continue reading
• v0.5.3: Ship- and Weapon-Specific Items
  August 27, 2024 by Ian#items, #level up, #engineer, #rail gun, #sword, #pierce, #reflect

  System Changes I now have the ability to mark certain Items as excluded from certain Ships and Weapons, similar to Upgrades. I can now also grant Ships and Weapons their own unique Items that don't ap... Continue reading
• v0.5.2a: Fixes (woops)
  August 27, 2024 by Ian

  Two bugs fixed here There was an issue where if the act of killing the boss leveled you up, a race condition would render the Upgrade screen impossible to interact with. You can now level up multiple... Continue reading
• v0.5.2: Engineer Tweaks
  August 26, 2024 by Ian

  Engineer Compatibility Changes The Projectile Count item now works with the Engineer. When you select it, each of your Firing Drones shoots an additional projectile per shot. When you select the Engin... Continue reading
• v0.5.1: Items
  August 25, 2024 by Ian

  I Have Added Items Whenever you level up , the round now pauses and you are shown a Level Up screen. You can pick one of the three offered Items or reroll (for gold) to be shown a fresh selection. The... Continue reading
• v0.5: XP, Leveling Up
  August 21, 2024 by Ian#xp, #level, #balance, #drone, #perfectionist

  XP Has Been In The Game The Whole Time Now I'm starting to leverage it. When you destroy a ship, you get XP. This XP feeds your Level bar, which is new and in the top-right. I am working on the formul... Continue reading
• v0.4.9: Engineer/Drone Changes
  August 20, 2024 by Ian

  The Engineer is now the only ship with access to drones. I found them to be very unimpactful on the other ships and this move gives the Engineer more of an identity. The Engineer gets a new drone afte... Continue reading
• v0.4.8: Econ Upgrades & More
  August 20, 2024 by Ian

  New Upgrades: Interest Modifiers I have added new upgrades to increase your economy. Interest Rate upgrades add to your interest rate percentage. You start at 3%, and for example the +2% upgrade will... Continue reading
• v0.4.7: Sword Fixes, Sound Changes
  August 20, 2024 by Ian#sword, #sfx, #bugfix

  Just real quick. The projectiles you deflect with your sword will no longer hurt you (sorry!) The critical-hit sound is now different, it is the old Railgun sound. The Railgun sound is now different,... Continue reading
• v0.4.6: I Have Added A Sword
  August 19, 2024 by Ian#sword, #weapon

  Game's Got A Sword In It I added a sword to the game as a playable weapon. I wanted to provide a melee option and I learned a lot doing this. The sword was generated by https://snoopethduckduck.itch.i... Continue reading
• v0.4.5: Perfectionist
  August 17, 2024 by Ian#player, #new ship, #balance, #critical hit, #perfectionist

  New Ship: The Perfectionist There is a fifth ship to choose from! The Perfectionist has 65hp to start (10 less than Well Rounded) but gains +5% fire rate and +5% damage per second. These bonuses are r... Continue reading
• v0.4.4: Critical Hits, More Sounds
  August 16, 2024 by Ian#sfx, #critical hits, #feature

  New Feature: Critical Hits Your weapon can now fire critical hits. Whenever you fire a bullet, you have a chance for that bullet to be a critical hit. If the roll succeeds, the bullet deals double dam... Continue reading
• v0.4.3: Engineer display bugs and ONE sound effect
  August 04, 2024 by Ian#bug, #ui, #engineer, #sfx

  1. The Engineer no longer has a (non-functional!) shield sprite displayed when the round begins. 2. The Engineer, if Heat Ray is selected, no longer displays an overheat meter. 3. I added one single s... Continue reading
• v0.4.2: Boss Scaling and Shield Rework
  July 26, 2024 by Ian#boss, #balance, #shield, #rework

  We are so back. I am home from a nice vacation down at the beach and I am working on my little game. Fire walk with me (haven't seen it). The Round 20 version of the boss is now stronger than the Roun... Continue reading
• v0.4.1: A few minor things
  July 18, 2024 by Ian#shield, #balance

  Tweaking some knobs on here The shield sprite on top of the ship when it's shielded is now 50% larger. Ethan asked for it to be more apparent and I have delivered. Never let it be said that I am unres... Continue reading
• v0.4: A Boss Battle
  July 17, 2024 by Ian#boss, #bugfix, #game over, #engineer, #upgrades, #shop

  First Boss Is Here! Rounds 10 and 20 no longer have timers. Instead, to progress past the round, the player must destroy the boss. The boss you fight on Round 10 is identical in every way to the boss... Continue reading
• v0.3.6: Shop and Upgrade tweaks
  July 14, 2024 by Ian#drone, #balance, #upgrades, #shop

  Really just a few small things here. Make Firing Drone shoot an Auto Cannon bullet which is then upgraded, the base values fluctuate too much if it copies the actual weapon. I can and will revisit thi... Continue reading
• v0.3.5: Kill Counter
  July 12, 2024 by Ian#ui, #xp, #counter

  Retooled Kill and XP count out of the Pickups manager and into its own thing, the XP Manager XP manager now displays the round's kill total in the top-right The kill total for the run is displayed on... Continue reading
• v0.3.4: Rail Gun
  July 12, 2024 by Ian

  Rail Gun is now released New weapon just dropped: the Rail Gun is a single-action(?) rifle that fires one high-powered bullet per second. The bullet pierces all enemies it hits. The base projectile da... Continue reading
• v0.3.3: UI Changes / More Info
  July 11, 2024 by Ian#ui, #refactor, #weapon, #overheat

  Not that much going on here but I think that what I've added is helpful This one is behind the scenes but I have refactored the fire rate, projectile damage, and projectile movespeed off of the Player... Continue reading
• v0.3.2: Heat Ray
  July 09, 2024 by Ian#weapon, #heat ray, #ui, #tank, #mosquito, #balance

  Heat Ray is Out The game now has its second weapon, the Heat Ray. This was Matt's idea from an extremely long time ago. Long story short, the Heat Ray behaves like an "energy" weapon in other shooters... Continue reading
• v0.3.1a: Engineer Fixes
  July 02, 2024 by Ian#bugfix, #engineer

  Bugfix: Engineer can no longer shoot one single bullet at the start of the round Drone Offering screen now correctly takes the chosen ship into account when displaying cooldowns... Continue reading
• v0.3.1: The Engineer
  July 02, 2024 by Ian#engineer, #loadout

  New Ship: The Engineer I have added The Engineer as a playable ship. This is what the Engineer is: HP and Movespeed are the same as Well-Rounded, a nice base value. You can pick any Ability you'd like... Continue reading
• v0.3: Custom Ship Loadouts
  July 02, 2024 by Ian#loadout, #weapons, #abilities, #ships

  Big stuff today. I finally got the Loadout functionality in a place where I can release it, even in its infancy. So sick. NEW! Loadout Screen The main menu's Play button now leads to the Loadout scree... Continue reading
• v0.2.1: Drone and Other Changes
  June 25, 2024 by Ian#balance, #drones, #ui

  I've been doing a ton of work refactoring code behind the scenes here, and none of that is reflected in this patch. But soon! When I wrote this game initially, the Player object was responsible for wa... Continue reading
• v0.2: The Drone Update
  June 22, 2024 by Ian#feature, #drones, #balance

  New Feature: Drones I've added Drones to the game. These are free upgrades presented to the player after completing an even-numbered round. The player chooses one and it orbits around them during wave... Continue reading

  
• v0.1.5a: Shop UI Rework
  June 18, 2024 by Ian#ui, #refactor

  Boring, not bothering to explain: I refactored the Round Upgrade Screen to be much, much cleaner. End result: Shop looks a lot better now. Like this:... Continue reading

  
• v0.1.5: Elites
  June 17, 2024 by Ian#balance, #feature

  Kid napping, Dada coding I have reduced collision damage across the board. When your ship hits an enemy ship, you now take 120% of that ship's projectile damage. Before, it was 150%. This simply felt... Continue reading
• v0.1.4a: Victory Screen
  June 15, 2024 by Ian#ui

  I have added a very rudimentary victory screen. If you clear wave 20, you are shown a new screen that tells you you've won and shows you the number of enemy ships you destroyed... Continue reading
• A Short Roadmap Update
  June 14, 2024 by Ian

  Just wanted to pop on here and write a brief update on what features I'm planning to add to the game. This section is in order. A victory screen. In its current state, the game is finish-able in that... Continue reading
• v0.1.4: So Many Spaceships!
  June 14, 2024 by Ian#ui, #inventory, #name

  I have renamed the project to So Many Spaceships! I think this is for the best insofar as I can now tell my friends and family the name of the game without feeling immense shame. Secondly I have fixed... Continue reading
• v0.1.3: Player Inventory
  June 14, 2024 by Ian#ui, #inventory, #feature

  Hello and welcome back. I have changed the game's font. I don't love it, but I think it's an improvement over the default. As with all other assets in the game, this is a prototype and will be changed... Continue reading
• v0.1.2a: Interest Fixes
  June 12, 2024 by Ian#economy, #balance

  10% was way too high, let's put the interest rate at 5% and see how it goes. Thank you Ethan for immediately breaking this. I have also added a bit of separation between coins and health/shield so tha... Continue reading
• v0.1.2: The Interest Update
  June 12, 2024 by Ian#economy, #feature

  I found Balatro's "interest" system very rewarding and I like that it gives the player an incentive to hold onto their cash beyond the typical one (wanting to save for a big purchase later). I have ad... Continue reading
• v0.11: The enemies warp in on little portals!
  June 12, 2024 by Ian#UI, #feature

  What's up, late-night stuff going on over here. When an enemy spawns, it does so on top of a little purple portal. The portal plays its Appear animation, the ship shows up, and the portal plays its Di... Continue reading
• A small patch before the work week
  June 10, 2024 by Ian#balance, #UI

  Really just two things here gang. The Shop screen looks a little cleaner. I moved the Next Round and Quit buttons up to the top right, and I moved the informational labels that were in the top-center... Continue reading
• v0.10: Bugs, new shop, health regen
  June 09, 2024 by Ian#bugfix, #economy, #feature, #upgrade

  Good evening. Bugs The reroll button is now correctly disabled after the player buys an upgrade and dips their available gold below the reroll cost. Before, the button would remain enabled, but it did... Continue reading
• v0.0.9 - Lifesteal and shop changes
  June 08, 2024 by Ian#feature, #economy, #balance

  Toddler napping --> Dada patching Changes I have added the lifesteal mechanic and upgrades. One stack of lifesteal equates to a 1% chance a projectile you fire heals you for 1HP when it connects. If y... Continue reading
• v0.0.8 -- The Shield Update
  June 07, 2024 by Ian#balance, #feature, #patch

  We are so back. I have added the Shield pickup. When you kill an enemy, you have a 10% chance of it dropping a health pack and a 10% chance of it dropping a shield. An enemy will only drop up to one p... Continue reading
• v0.0.7 -- Balancing Philosophy
  June 07, 2024 by Ian#balance, #economy

  Good afternoon I would very much like a job. Today's changes -- and I'm about to get back in the kitchen on this, there might be another patch later -- are entirely about balance, game feel, and fun... Continue reading
• v0.0.6b
  June 07, 2024 by Ian

  Changes Enemy Spawner has now been changed to always put the enemies within the visible camera area. Before, the enemies would spawn at a random point along a rectangle at the edge of the initial view... Continue reading
• v0.0.6 - The Camera Update
  June 06, 2024 by Ian

  Good afternoon. I tweaked the itch.io settings to actually use the new Viewport size. Oops. I added a camera! The camera follows the player around, and the available space for the player to move is no... Continue reading
• v0.0.5 release
  June 06, 2024 by Ian#patch notes, #balance, #feature

  Couple things off rip in the morning here I expanded the height and width of the viewport by 25% each to give the player a little more run. More space means it's less packed with projectiles, should m... Continue reading
• v0.0.4b has been released
  June 06, 2024 by Ian#patch notes, #scaling, #bugfix

  In this release I changed some base values for Enemies and altered their scaling through the tiers. A spreadsheet of this information is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12XM9wp6Hm8ouqnEur... Continue reading