Hildegarde & Lombard

Devlog

• Ver. 0.19.0
  February 05, 2025 by E. Lowell

  -Added health bar to bosses. -Improved contrast. -Changed stage 3 boss's last pattern. -Changed stage 2 mid-stage enemy pattern. -Hit-box is now toggled by default. -Character power resets when revive... Continue reading

  
• Ver. 0.18.0
  December 31, 2024 by E. Lowell

  -Added stage 4. -The player can now continue once per stage. Continuing a second time will send the player back to the beginning of the stage. -Reduced stage 3 mid-boss health. -Graphical changes. -Bu... Continue reading
• Ver. 0.17.0
  December 11, 2024 by E. Lowell

  -Added two new shot types and a shot selection screen. -Made player selection screen. Player can now play as Hildegarde and Lombard as separate characters. -Made loading screen. -Added jump command. -... Continue reading
• Ver. 0.16.0
  December 01, 2024 by E. Lowell

  -Hildegarde and Lombard now have separate lives and power. If the player dies with either character, the remaining character will automatically take over. Game over occurs when both characters have di... Continue reading

  
• Ver. 0.15.0
  November 18, 2024 by E. Lowell

  -Added fullscreen mode. -Changed stage 1 boss laser attack. -Added icon for Windows version (WIP). -Bug: fixed options screen background being at 0 alpha on restart... Continue reading
• Ver. 0.14.0
  November 02, 2024 by E. Lowell

  -Added joystick support. -Added alternative keyboard layout. -Control system can now take inputs from keyboard and gamepad simultaneously. -Changed menu font. -Changed "Options" to "Options & Controls... Continue reading

  
• Ver. 0.12.0 + 0.13.0
  November 01, 2024 by E. Lowell

  -Reworked stage 1. -Made new enemy movement pattern. -Fixed angle spread algorithm for some of the shots. -Added more score bonuses to results screen. -Continuing now gives the player 2 extra lives an... Continue reading
• Ver. 0.11.0 (Halloween)
  October 26, 2024 by E. Lowell

  -Added controller support. -Added new stage. -Changed dialogue for stage 1. -Added Spook Mode. -Bug: fixed enemies staying around at the end of a stage... Continue reading
• Ver. 0.10.0
  October 20, 2024 by E. Lowell

  -Added different shots for slow movement. --Hildegarde - Normal: spread shot. Slow: focus shot. --Lombard - Normal: homing shot. Slow: high-damage shot... Continue reading
• Ver. 0.9.0
  October 18, 2024 by E. Lowell

  -Exchanged charge system for a bomb item system. -Removed hit-box on the sword. -Made sword attack fire at a fixed rate. If the fire key is pressed before the set interval (currently 10 frames) is ove... Continue reading
• Ver. 0.8.0
  October 15, 2024 by E. Lowell

  -Changed Lombard's attack. It is now a projectile that targets the enemy closest to the player. The sword still has a hitbox until the charge shot is finished. -Changed charge shot. 200 projectiles wi... Continue reading
• Ver. 0.7.0
  September 21, 2024 by E. Lowell

  -Slightly reworked stage 1. -Power now increases the amount of shots the player fires (1->3->5 every 2 power items). -Increased the hit-box of the player's shots significantly. -Various tweaks... Continue reading
• Ver. 0.6.0
  September 11, 2024 by E. Lowell

  -Added lives. -Added continues. -Added music to game over screen. -Chained stage 1 and stage 2. Replaced stage select with a "game start" button. It is still accessible in debug mode. -Made some enemi... Continue reading
• Ver. 0.5.2
  September 06, 2024 by E. Lowell

  -Added normal and easy difficulties for stage two. -Added animation for clearing the screen. -Bug: fixed bullets turning yellow when an enemy dies... Continue reading

  
• Ver. 0.4.1
  August 29, 2024 by E. Lowell

  -Bug: fixed timer counting down while paused. -Bug: pausing is now disabled during the stage 1 boss intro. -Adjusted projectile hitboxes. -Added debug mode. Press "d" in the options menu to enable it... Continue reading
• Ver. 0.3.0
  July 14, 2024 by E. Lowell

  -Added a slow movement mode for the player when pressing the SHIFT key. -Made player hitbox 1 pixel smaller. -Changed graphics to make projectiles more visible. -Fixed the stage level card not reiniti... Continue reading
• Ver. 0.2.1
  July 07, 2024 by E. Lowell

  Added buffer for menu screens. Adjusted difficulty... Continue reading
• Ver. 0.2.0
  July 07, 2024 by E. Lowell

  The game now has a simple menu interface and a difficulty setting, and you can pause with the escape key. Fixed a memory leak. Known bugs: game sometimes double-frees and crashes when using the "quit... Continue reading