Ponpai Update 3 - Digital Ooze


Hi! I'm alive! I've graduated. Still really slow on the programming side of things but, I'm getting there! I added a second update a month back, but couldn't bring myself to write a post about it since it was so small, so all the added stuff there will be noted here instead!

  • The title screen now has a background! It'll randomise which ponpai show up, as well as the colour, each time you boot up the game!
  • A couple new ponpai:
    • Maneep, a literally unbelievably cute ball of fur
    • Highlert, an ever-paranoid meerkat-looking thing
    • Lampress, an anti anglerfish
    • And the star of this update, 00000000! A ponpai where you can decide on its appearance! Talk to the Gloo at the right side of the main city area to start doodling! Right now it'll just let you customise its appearance, but I plan to let you change its class, as well as give it any attack or ability in the game, in a future update!
  • Chipper, the in-universe dating app, will now give you three options, but you have to swipe through them one by one! It will reset each time you boot the game. A few new profiles have been added as well!
  • A couple human NPCs have appeared! One will ask you to show her a particular ponpai, and another will give you an item and a little story.
  • Preferred trap attacks will spawn two traps at once!
  • The info boxes in battle and the team builder will give the range of attacks. They're even flipped for enemies!
  • The battle music has very slightly changed. I replaced that one note that players thought sounded... Suggestive.
  • Changed how turret traps work. They will now target one random ponpai on stage, regardless of position or team. The original method of detecting which ponpai were nearby was just too much hassle coding wise. You would not BELIEVE the bugs it caused.
  • Changed the spawning code for overworld enemies. The space from the player they need to spawn has been increased (they will spawn further away if you spawn in a danger zone), and won't chase you if they catch you mid-dialogue. Theoretically. I don't have a way to test this exactly...
  • Couple tweaks to certain attacks and abilities.

I hope you enjoy!

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