0.5.19

• added 10 additional stages to smoothen out the difficulty curve
• added invincibility to the player ship after colliding with another ship
• added invincibility to the player ship after commandeering another ship
• updated the black hole to reset the player's health, ammo, and overheat bar in-between stages
• updated waves to have their own limits to the number of ships on screen
• updated waves to have their own ship spawning speeds
• fixed a bug that caused players to die exiting a black hole after entering one in a shuttle
• fixed a bug that caused ships to spawn immediately at the start of a wave
• fixed a logic error that caused the "lost cause" challenge to work incorrectly

0.5.10

• updated ship spawns to not happen near the player's position
• updated the kamikaze ship type to not shoot bullets
• updated the kamikaze ship type to move and turn slower

0.5.7

• updated the menu start button to say "start" rather than "normal"

0.5.6

• updated the glider ship type to be less aggressive
• updated the roman ship type to move less sporadically

0.5.4

• added more ships to the first wave that had been removed during development and that I forgot to re-add for the previous update (wops!)
• updated the commandeering mechanic to give more ammo to the player
• updated enemy ships to do less damage to the player upon collision
• updated the empty ship type to give back one hp to the player if the player is on zero hp

0.5

• added an additional enemy ship spawn condition for after a player death
• updated enemy ship ai to fear the edge of the screen a more reasonable amount
• updated enemy ship ai to not be able to go out of a turn as fast
• updated enemy ship ai to passively target the middle of the screen
• updated enemy ship spawns to not occur during the black hole animation
• updated the black hole to also suck in and release scrap metal along with ships in-between stages
• updated variables for multiple enemy ship types
• updated the score counter to account for challenge options
• fixed a bug that caused the player ship to not reset their movement and turning speed after entering a black hole in a shuttle

0.4.20

• updated the ai to fear the edge of the screen a reasonable amount

0.4.19

• fixed a bug that caused new ships to not enter the play area

0.4.18

• added a wave system
• added a "black hole" animation (with sfx) that begins and ends stages and tells the player which wave they are on
• added challenge modes
• updated ship spawning to be more fair
• updated score calculations to be more generous
• fixed a bug that caused AI to choose roundabout routes
• fixed a bug that caused shielded ships to immediately explode during a collision with the player ship
• and: other minor changes to gameplay

0.4.10:

• added a shielded ship type that cannot be shot down
• added a kamikaze ship type that causes an immediate game over upon a collision
• added a scoring screen that shows up after a game over
• added the ability to navigate back to the menu in-game
• removed the old score counter
• updated ships to flash during invincibility frames
• updated scrap to flash before disappearing
• updated scrap to get sucked into the player ship as it is being collected
• updated scrap to not be collectable when the player is in the shuttle
• updated the player ship to create explosions and a burst of scrap after a game over (like all other ships)

0.4:

• added a menu (with a sweet logo!)
• added scrap metal
• added a warning for when the player is about to go out of bounds
• added a warning for when the player's shuttle is about to explode
• added screen shake (hallelujah!)
• removed - fully - the previous fuel system (good riddance)
• updated bullet collisions to be more accurate
• updated bullets to not damage other enemies if they were shot by enemies
• updated AI slightly
• updated sfx
• updated sprites and visual effects (including explosions)
• updated particles to not update themselves on every frame (so they look better; not for cpu at this time)
• fixed a bug that caused you to jump out of a ship you had previously commandeered

0.3:

• added the score counter (it's back!)
• added limited ammo
• added visual and sound effects for when a ship is low on hp
• added explosions
• removed the fuel system (partially)
• updated AI to move more sporadically
• updated the starting position of the player's ship to the bottom right corner
• updated the movement and turning speed of the shuttle
• updated general ship speed
• fixed a bug that caused the hp sprite to show incorrectly

(changelog for prior versions not recorded.)

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