Xenospore Windows, Linux, Web game

Xenospore 1.1 is finally here!

It's been a long road (getting from there to here 😉) - About 9 Months to be exact! Wow, time flies...

Since I changed quite a lot and slightly edited some of the previous levels, I decided it would be best not to support older saves. Sorry...

If you enjoyd the game please consider letting me know by rating it - I read all the reviews and it really means a lot! Thank you!

Click here to play Xenospore 1.1

Changelog

Summary

• Quick Actions
• Fast turns
• Threats System
• Added 15 New levels
• Added new 12 tiles
• Graphical Improvements
• Safe Islands are greyed out
• New mechanics and features
• More options
• Major QoL improvements
• Some bug fixes

New TIles

• Ocean. Has a max corruption level of 6. Cannot be destroyed.
• Metropolis - Populated tile. Has a max corruption level of 6.
• Power Plant - Evolves into Spore Spire.
• Extractor - Explosive.
• Refiner - Explosive, Longer Range.
• Xeno Research Facility - Explosive, even longer range.
• Amplifier - only one can be active at a time, protects nearby tiles and facilities.
• Spore Spire - infects adjacent tiles in a radius of 2 tiles.
• Disruptor - separates the selection of adjacent tiles.
• Purifier - cleanses all tiles around it (with the exception of Xenospore type tiles).
• Road - With 3 Variations.
• Farm - looks cool, replaces ruins.

QoL and Improvements

• You can now cleanse / destroy by selecting tiles then clicking the right mouse button. --OR-- By simply hovering over a tile group and right clicking to select and cleanse / destroy (depending on the tiles), simultaneously.
• Player no longer needs to manually destroy populated tiles that are close to spore arms. When spore arms emerge, adjacent populated tiles and facilities are destroyed.
• Islands and populated tiles that are totally separated from the Xenospore now become grayed out and cannot be acted upon.
• When selecting tiles, threatening Xenospore tiles are highlighted, and vice versa.
• The game will automatically skip turns if the player has no valid actions (only when indestructible tiles such as ocean are present)

• Max possible corruption on a tile increased to 6.
• If the player did not select fast turns, tiles will now evolve one by one.
• Infection now always starts at the source and spreads outwards.
• Randomized the order in which tiles fester.

• Hovering over the populated tiles remaining indicator while tiles are not selected will highlight all populated tiles, making it easier to navigate more complex levels.
• Populated tiles will now blink and animate at the beginning of the turn.
• Populated tiles that will be destroyed next turn now always blink.
• Current "health" now blinks and pulses when the amount is changed.

• Renamed House to Village, Fort to Town, Heights to Hills, Mountains to Mountain, Mycelium to Blight.
• Levels are now automatically centered.

• New Feature - Explosive tiles: when fully corrupted, instantly converts all the surrounding tiles in range to Blight.
• New Feature - Always infected tiles.
• New Feature - Singular Tiles (only on can be selected).
• New Feature - Seperation - only tiles in the seperation range can be acted upon, or tiles outside of it.
• New tile type - Facility: can be cleansed but does not affect the score.
• New tile type - Activation: only one can be active at a given time.

• Added comparison to previous save (high score) in the level score screen - you can now see how much you improved or the opposite.
• Added "Perfect!" text when all populated tiles are saved after a level is completed.
• Added color to levels in level selection.
• Added info tags next to the tile's information when hovering over tiles.
• Added option for Camera Zoom Out.
• Added option to change the intensity of the background color.
• Added a background color to the player (turned off by default).
• Added an option for full screen in the settings.
• Added an option for fast turns in the settings.
• Added an option to hide highlights (red outlines around tiles that are in danger of infection) unless selecting tiles.
• Added text for which action the Xenospore is currently doing (Contagion, Festering, Emergence).
• Added a custom cursor.

• Improved the graphics of all tiles.
• Improved corruption level indicator graphics (the red blobs on the tiles).
• Improved the tile outlines.
• Improved mobile experience.
• Improved some levels.
• Improved the Icon's visuals.

• Made the tile fade in and fade out animations faster.
• Made tile outlines more discernible and fit to the tile's animations.
• Made the levels transition faster.
• Made the CRT scanlines smaller.
• Made the scrollbar and grabber in the levels menu taller.
• Made transitions and animations faster.
• Made the gaps when showing a number out of max number narrower (i.e houses saved in the levels menu).

• Changed some populated tile texts.
• Changed the cleanse effect color.
• Changed the Ruins tile to a Farm tile.
• Changed player tile destruction color - the explosion now has the color of the tiles that were destroyed, making it a bit easier to understand what's going on and acts as a sort of confirmation on the action.
• Changed the save file location folder name to Xenospore (the save will no longer be under "Godot").

• Removed some explosion sounds.
• Removed some unnecessary tiles in some levels.
• Removed color options. Note: Unfortunately it was not possible to keep supporting these due to the amount of new content and the changes I made.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug in which the game would save a worse score if only the number of turns changed.
• Fixed a bug in which if you start the turn with the mouse over a tile, the tile does not become hovered, making it seem like it is not clickable.
• Fixed a bug in which animations would all play simultaneously after restarting or passing a level.
• Fixed a bug in which you could select tiles (but not act upon them) while the level is ending.
• Fixed a rare bug in which the game waited too long between turns.
• Screenshake no longer causes a connected controller to shake.
• Fixed a bug in which the current level was not focused on screen in the levels menu.
• Fixed "health" ui showing last level's health while the new level is starting.
• Fixed some tile and ui graphics.
• You can no longer select tiles with the mouse wheel.

Other Changes

• Huge refactor of the entire code base which admittedly was a bit messy. It's still not as neat as I'd like it to be but it has improved alot.

Known Issues

• In very rare cases, tiles remain hovered (yellow outlines) when nothing is hovered. The tile indicator works properly. This is not game breaking. I'm currently looking into this issue.
• The option for Fast Turns may cause tiny FPS drops.
• Touch Screens: scrolling levels with touch screens changes to a level after dragging, unless the bar is used.
• Touch Screens: selecting a level will cause both hover and selection sound to play.

If you find any issues / bugs, I will really appreciate it if you let me know :-)