Here is a new demo! As always, you can get it here :

https://mknight.itch.io/remote-weapon-gunfencer

Compared to the previous itch.io release, it adds a lot of stuff, including the Stage 3, but also a lot of audiovisual effects and re- balancing, as the Stage 1 boss and Stage 2 have been modified and ajdusted. Given that the previous version was a few months old, the changelog is pretty huge.

Unfortunately, I haven't yet found properly fitting placeholder music, so there isn't any BGM in the game.

Changelog :

-[FEATURE] Added child enemy mechanic : some enemies/bosses spawn child enemies that inflict damage on the enemy that spawned them when they are killed

-[FEATURE] Medals now behave like the Dangun Feveron discomen, with almost every enemy dropping a medal and them moving to a side before boucing and going in the other direction. There is no penalty for missing a medal though.

-[FEATURE] Added a 1-Up and an extend item

-[BUGFIX] Stick axes inversion option for Arcade sticks

-[BUGFIX] Fixed scaling errors in the stage 2 backgrounds

-[BUGFIX] Stage 2 pink sunfish enemy properly moves more slowly if the game slows down

-[BUGFIX] Fixed the truck wheels rotation

-[ADDITION] Added Stage 3

-[ADDITION] Cake slices are spawned when you are hit to instantly recharge the bomb

-[ADDITION] Bullets have a small scale-based animation and a sound effect when spawned to better telegraph them. The bullets are harmless during that animation.

-[ADDITION] Added a visual effect in front of the mecha's machine gun when firing a shot

-[ADDITION] Added a particle effect on top of the previous indicator to better tell when the bomb is ready

-[ADDITION] Added SFX for the autobomb

-[ADDITION] The mecha's visor's 3D model also flickers with it when the player gets hit by a bullet

-[ADDITION] Updated stage intro visuals

-[ADDITION] Added boosters effects to some enemies

-[ADDITION] Added SFX to Warning sequences

-[ADDITION] Added Dialogue Boxes with some snippets during stage intros, boss intros, and boss destruction

-[ADDITION] Added background objects and events in both stages

-[ADDITION] Added Background SFX in Stage 1

-[ADDITION] Added square cursor that hovers over the current initial on the name entry screen as well as a sound effect when an initial is entered

-[ADDITION] The SFX level in the option menu dynamically changes the SFX level and plays a sound effect to give an idea of the new sound level

-[ADDITION] Pressing "Cancel" on the main menu returns you to the title screen

-[ADDITION] Added transparency effect to pause menu

-[ADDITION] The pause menu can be closed by pressing the pause button again

-[ADDITION] Confirmation menus appear in the option menus when leaving it while having unsaved changes or when trying to delete the high scores

-[ADDITION] Added tutorial sections to explain some of the new mechanics

-[ADDITION] The "Escape" key always works as a pause button.

-[ADDITION] Added disclaimer text on the title screen

-[CHANGE] Rehauled Stage 2 waves and enemies.

-[CHANGE] Boss Time bonus and boss point values rebalanced to better focus on the speedkilling and increasing the point difference bewteen a fast and a regular clear.

-[CHANGE] Adjusted cake spawning during bosses so that sword slashes give less cake slices and so that the generated items don't give points

-[CHANGE] Nerfed pink tank agressiveness to make it only fire once

-[CHANGE] Modified boss 1 patterns

-[CHANGE] Boosted the number of cake slices given by the pink sunfish enemy in Stage 2

-[CHANGE] Mid-bosses can now generate enough items to recharge the entire bomb when quick-killed

-[CHANGE] Adjusted some small enemies' behavior so that they don't fire at the player if he is very close

-[CHANGE] Various tweaks to enemy waves

-[CHANGE] Removed camera shaking when player gets hit : instead, a particle effect is played

-[CHANGE] Changed Stage 1 skybox to be more colorful

-[CHANGE] Changed stage 2 floor color scheme to be much less bland and gray

-[CHANGE] Improved Stage 1 Park bridge 3d model

-[CHANGE] Adjusted BG camera motions to be a bit smoother

-[CHANGE] Cake slices movement is more dynamic-looking

-[CHANGE] Minor optimizations to some 3d models, textures, 2 assets and tutorial sprites

-[CHANGE] Restarting the level does not reload the entire scene but properly resets all the parameters and objects. This makes restarts much faster.

-[CHANGE] Changed the Stage Select menu visuals

-[CHANGE] "Set Default Options" in the options menu only reverts the options to default without immediatly saving them.

-[CHANGE] Fixed typos in the tutorial text