Speed Trap - Post Jam Launch

Major Changes

• Added 4 New Levels

• Reworked how Speed Traps function
  • Old Function: Ball could always pass through,  player was only required to pass through all speed traps in a level to progress.
  • New Function: Ball can only pass through provided the ball is moving faster/slower than the threshold speed specified by the Speed Trap. Still required to pass through all Traps to progress

• Added New Obstacles/Level Features
  • Maximum Speed Trap - Does not allow the player to pass unless
    
  • Speed Boost - Applies constant force to ball in the direction specified
  • Square Bounce Pad - Increased the speed of the ball when it comes into contact with the Bounce Pad

• Reworked Putting Physics
  • Reduced Physics Frame interval from 20ms to 10ms
  • Capped Ball Speed at 120m/s
    • Fixes bug where player could sometimes gain infinite speed from Bounce Pads and clip through walls
  • Increased Maximum Putting strength by 20%

• Complete redesign of UI
  • Retextured Main Game Buttons
  • Added Text Darkening effect when clouds move behind text
  • Upscaled resolution of Speed Trap Minimum/Maximum Speed Display
  • Added Blur effect to background of Scorecard, Game Over, and Title Screen Menus
  • Adding Speed Sign dimming for when the Ball is stationary behind it

Bug Fixes and Minor Changes

• Added Total Par Score to Scorecard
• Added Reset Ball Hotkey [R]
• Recoloured Bounce and Spawn pads

• Updated How to Play Screen
• Reformatted Credits Screen

• Fixed Transition between Levels not obscuring Level Unloading/Loading properly
  
• Shortened level transition loading times
• Improved Music Blending between Main Menu and First Level

• Fixed Bug where Total Score on Scorecard would not add include current level score
• Fixed Bug where Player could submit non-existent highscores from the main menu
• Fixed bug where resetting the ball did not update the displayed score until the next shot was taken
• Fixed bug where Long Player Names could overflow on the Leaderboard

• Tweaked Level 3 to be more predictable (could bounce of Speed Traps sometimes when taking optimal route)
• Lowered Level 4 Par Score

• Removed one of the main game music tracks