BETA 0.2 - The Power Update

BETA 0.2 - THE POWER UPDATE

In this version I have changed the whole system of Powers - the powers are now upgradable and you have infinite count of them. In the game there are now Anti-Powers (spawned by Bomb) and abilities (upgraded in Shop).
Note: Since this version CarGame pack does not include 32-bit Windows in published binaries.

MAJOR CHANGES

• New powers: Ball
• Powers aren't bought, but upgraded.
• You can have now only 2 powers at once.
• Bomb doesn't longer making game over - it gives a random Anti-Power when clicked.
• Added Anti-Powers: Damage Decrease, Car Speed Increase.
• Added a 3-second delay when starting / resuming game.
• Added a short power description when hovering equip button or upgrade button.
• Added Shop with powers and abilities.
• Added abilities: Power Reload Time, Power Time, Damage. It will ease your game upgrading the best things and degrading the worst.
• Added an option for resetting settings.
• Added counter, delaying game unpause when exiting Ingame Menu by 3 seconds.
• Added credits screen.
• Added simple tutorial.
• Added Sounds!!!
• Created Language GUI.
• New translations: full German.

MINOR CHANGES

• Added point stat animations.
• Added some labels to GuiPowers.
• Armored Car won't be longer spawned double in the row.
• Cars are spawned in the same distance, not period of time.
• Cars destroyed by power will give coins.
• Changed apperrance of Oil power (on higher levels).
• Changed background color of some maps.
• Changed freeze behaviour - its effect is now faded (weaker at the beginning and at the end of duration)
• Changed Point Boost behaviour - now adds 2 x [current level] points every 10 ticks.
• Changed power icon textures.
• Changed Powers GUI apperrance.
• Coins are earned by full destruction of car (not damage only).
• Fence is a bit better - 0.01 HP/tick -> 0.025 HP/tick and longer - 10s -> 15s
• Fixed Map Select GUI apperrance (the map button size depends on screen size).
• Freeze freezes less - 2.5% Speed/tick -> 0.5% Speed/tick and the speed rises shorter - 1/9 DPT -> 1/16 DPT
• Freeze makes game a bit quicker when running out - 0.0625% Speed/tick -> 0.0725% Speed/tick
• Game Over GUI and Ingame GUI returns to Map Select GUI when clicked "Return to Menu".
• Made Freeze a bit shorter - 60 s -> 50 s
• Made GUI font a bit smaller - 30 pt -> 28 pt
• Map Selection now is set on last unlocked map (not always on Coutryside)
• New apperrance of Car Speed Increase anti-power.
• Now the game screen is scaled to fit the window.
• Now the power icon is displayed always when power is running (even Anti-Power).
• Oil is better on first level but its force rises slower.
• Point Boost is shorter - 20 s -> 5 s and makes game quicker - 0.005 Speed/tick
• Power duration is now shown in Shop.
• Power indicator won't be displayed if any power wasn't equipped.
• Settings are loaded on launch!
• Settings are now saved!
• Settings can be accessed from ingame menu.
• Settings GUI - new apperrance.
• The game is now 2x smaller due to not including debug symbols in executables.
• The game speed rises slower. (levelAcceleration/5000 -> levelAcceleration/10000, which means 2x slower)
• Updated credits info - added ziputils library and CG license, updated sounds maker.
• Updated language GUI.
• You can get short information about stat when mouse entered its image.
• Fixed bugs
• Optimized game
• Made other technical changes (see below)

TECHNICAL & PERFORMANCE CHANGES

• [cmake] SFML extlibs are now automatically copied to "${SFML_ROOT}/lib".
• [command line] Added --help: displays command line help.
• [fix] Added check for resource folder (game doesn't crash when error but shows a "message" - red progress bar while loading)
• [fix] Finally fixed Ingame GUI Escape bug!
• [fix] Finally fixed window resizing bugs.
• [fix] Fixed background bug on GPU that not supports non power of two sizes of textures.
• [fix] Fixed bug - Abilities wasn't reset when resetting game.
• [fix] Fixed fullscreen bug when disabled fullscreen in Options.
• [fix] Fixed Map Selection bug.
• [fix] Fixed very dark screen bug.
• [fix] Power bug - not started when closed level with running power.
• [fix] that Language GUI widgets wasn't resized when toggling fullscreen.
• [fix] that the power remains equipped after game is reset but cannot be used
• [performance] Improved power draw performance (not searching for power in every frame)
• [performance] Optimized game background a bit.
• [technical] Added API to cancel car damage events in correct way.
• [technical] Added API to set damage multiplier.
• [technical] Added some command-line arguments.
• [technical] Cars are drawn in backward direction (from the latest to the earliest)
• [technical] CG API: added function for initializing powers and for reloading textures
• [technical] Created CMake build system.
• [technical] Executables moved to folders -> x86,x64 due to openal32.dll compability
• [technical] Improved code documentation.
• [technical] Made profile format compatible with other profile format versions. Your powers won't be longer removed!

CG Launcher

vlauncher

Added some labels to GuiPowers

CarGame Alphas

The pre-release versions of Car Game.

0.2 - The Power Update SNAPSHOTS

You can download these versions using cglauncher or directly from this release.
Download cglauncher: https://drive.google.com/open?id=18h3IZ3nBC0bhwYhq8W9ZJayVsNrcNoZb

Note: CarGame should be called from cmd (/, not /win_x64) to work properly.
Note: Since this version CarGame pack will not include 32-bit Windows executables in published binaries.

Changelog since 0.1.1:

Major Changes

• Created Language GUI.
• Added Power: Ball (without ball textures)
• Added Anti-Powers: Damage Decrease
• Added an option for resetting settings.
• Added a 3-second delay when starting / resuming game.
• Added a short power description when hovering equip button or upgrade button.
• Bomb doesn't longer making game over - it gives a random Anti-Power when clicked.
• Added counter, delaying game unpause when exiting Ingame Menu by 3 seconds.
• Added Anti-Power: Car Speed Increase.
• Added simple tutorial.
• Added Shop GUI with powers and abilities.
• Added abilities: Power Reload Time, Power Time, Damage. It will ease your game upgrading the best things and degrading the worst.
• You can have now only 2 powers at once.
• Added Sounds!!!
• Added credits screen.
• Powers aren't bought, but upgraded.
• New translations: full German.

Planned Changes

• New Anti-Powers: Ramp.

Minor Changes

• Changed power textures.

• The game is now 2x smaller due to not including debug symbols in executables.

• Updated credits info - added ziputils library and CG license, updated sounds maker.

• New apperrance of Car Speed Increase anti-power.

• The game speed rises slower. (levelAcceleration/5000 -> levelAcceleration/10000, which means 2x slower)

• You can get short information about stat when mouse entered its image.

• Cars are spawned in the same distance, not period of time.

• Game Over GUI and Ingame GUI returns to Map Select GUI when clicked "Return to Menu".

• Power indicator won't be displayed if any power wasn't equipped.

• Made GUI font a bit smaller - 30 pt -> 28 pt

• Made Freeze a bit shorter - 60 s -> 50 s

• Changed Powers' GUI apperrance.

• Point Boost time is shorter - 16.7 s -> 5 s

• Freeze freezes less - 2.5% Speed/tick -> 0.5% Speed/tick and the speed rises shorter - 1/9 DPT -> 1/16 DPT

• Coins are earned by full destruction of car (not damage only).

• Cars destroyed by power will give coins.

• Armored Car won't be longer spawned double in the row.

• Oil is better on first level but its force rises slower.

• Changed apperrance of Oil power (on higher levels).

• Changed background color of some maps.

• Map Selection now is set on last unlocked map (not always on Coutryside)

• Freeze makes game a bit quicker when running out - 0.0625% Speed/tick -> 0.0725% Speed/tick

• Point Boost is shorter - 20 s -> 16.7 s and makes game quicker - 0.005 Speed/tick

• Changed Point Boost behaviour - now adds 2 x [current level] points every 10 ticks.

• Fence is a bit better - 0.01 HP/tick -> 0.025 HP/tick and longer - 10s -> 15s

• Power duration is now shown in Shop.

• Added some sounds: upgrade, game_over, coin_mpl.

• Changed freeze behaviour - its effect is now faded (weaker at the beginning and at the end of duration)

• Added point stat animations.

• Settings are loaded on launch!

• Settings GUI - new apperrance.

• Fixed Map Select GUI apperrance (the map button size depends on screen size).

• Settings are now saved!

• Settings can be accessed from ingame menu.

• Changed Powers GUI apperrance.

• [performance] Optimized game background a bit.

• [performance] Improved power draw performance (not searching for power in every frame)

• [fix] that the power remains equipped after game is reset but cannot be used

• [fix] Power bug - not started when closed level with running power.

• [fix] Fixed very dark screen bug.

• [fix] Fixed background bug on GPU that not supports non power of two sizes of textures.

• [fix] Added check for resource folder (game doesn't crash when error but shows a "message" - red progress bar while loading)

• [fix] Fixed fullscreen bug when disabled fullscreen in Options.

• [fix] Fixed bug - Abilities wasn't reset when resetting game.

• [fix] Fixed Map Selection bug.

• [fix] Finally fixed Ingame GUI Escape bug!

• [fix] Finally fixed window resizing bugs.

• [technical] Added some command-line arguments.

• [technical] Added API to set damage multiplier.

• [technical] Added API to cancel car damage events in correct way.

• [technical] Created CMake build system.

• [technical] Improved code documentation.

• [technical] Cars are drawn in backward direction (from the latest to the earliest)

• [technical] Made profile format compatible with other profile format versions. Your powers won't be longer removed!

• [technical] Executables moved to folders -> x86,x64 due to openal32.dll compability

BETA 0.1.1 - Bugfix update

To see tutorial go to README.

Changelog:

• Fixed bug (#2) on 1440x900 monitors
• Loading screen is splash screen (pop-up)

BETA 0.1 - The New Maps Update

BETA 0.1 - The New Maps Update

To see a tutorial go to https://github.com/sppmacd/CarGame/blob/v0.1/README.

MAIN CHANGES

• NEW MAPS: SEA, BEACH, SWAMPLAND, CITY, MOTORWAY, FOREST TRAILS
• NEW CARS: RALLY, FIREMAN, TANK, OLD, BOMB, TRAIN
• NEW POWERS: POINT BOOST, FENCE
• BOMB - You cannot click it. It makes the game over!
• NEW Map Select GUI.
• Added car animations.
• Added localization support. Languages are English, Polish and German (not fully).
• Added point multiplier based on map.

OTHER CHANGES & FIXES

• New loading screen!
• New textures.
• Made maps 4x more expensive due to point multiplier.
• Now game speed depends on display.
• Now car panes are always blue.
• Now the cars are spawning in other timespan in different maps.
• Now the Oil power is working on 2 lanes (not 3).
• Changed toggle button graphics (bigger slider).
• Changed graphics (eg. power time indicator).
• Changed rarity of some cars.
• New Powers GUI.
• Fixed some bugs.
• Fixed button bug on window resize.
• New profile file format.

The Technical Update

Changes:

• New power graphics.
• Now you can disable VSync in options.
• Now the game asks you if you try to delete your game data.
• Added Icon!

• Increased loading speed
• Some graphics changes (e. g. new loading screen)
• Some bug fixing