10 updates: a big achievement which is self-celebrated by the massive amount of improvements brought by update10, released today. More specifically, this update:
- adds acceleration to the turning of the main character when standing (allows to turn by small degrees and, at the same time, to change totally direction more quickly);
- makes enemy fields harmful like traps;
- adds sound effects to enemy fields and conveyor belts;
- improves the sound volume balancement of clusters of squares (enemy fields, conveyor belts and traps);
- intensifies the hit sparks effect;
- increases a bit the weapons shoot rate (so killing enemies is a bit easier);
- replaces the "USE ENHANCED/STANDARD WEAPONS" option with the "DIFFICULTY: normal/easy" option, which affects also the spawning rate of enemies;
- removes the "ENABLE/DISABLE BARRIERS" option;
- adds the "NAME REQUEST: once / per session / always" option;
- adds walls graphics to the themes "C64", "default" and "warm";
- extends the illumination range of rotating lamps;
- adds music and recoloring of graphics to the mission report screen;
- adds 10 new short pieces of music;
- improves some graphical elements, sound samples and music pieces;
- simplifies menus and adds the number of the non-secret missions;
- modifies the automatic theme switching so that it will not occur after selecting another video mode or another different automatic theme switching option;
- optimizes slightly the graphical engine;
- adds a new secret mission;
- makes some minimal changes to a few missions;
- updates and improves the manuals;
- applies various other changes.
The update can be downloaded for free from the DOWNLOADS page of the official website at www.bohthegame.com.. The demos have been updated to reflect the changes.
