PRONODE v33 - System Changelog

SYSTEM UPDATES:

• Canvas now uses SRGB colorspace now so gradients are smoother and has higher contrast and brightness (Will add a slider later.).

GAME FEATURES:

• All fog that used to be black is now dark gray.
• Realmchild drones now do a flat 3 damage per hit so you can and not 3.33 which was annoying.
• Now if your health is below 4 and you touch a drone corpse you eat it for +1 health. (Like how in wolfenstein if your health was low you could drink blood to heal)

BUG FIXES:

• Fixed fog on tall walls.

• If you press enter after clicking teh expand log button it no longer activates it again.

SYSTEM UPDATES:

• Rewrote floor casting to use binary search. (About double the performance)
• Variable floor heights actually work now with proper moving of player height.
• Implemented liquid for lower floors: they’re now treated as water and correctly occlude sprites/geometry (only the above-surface portion is visible). 'Dry' lower floors aren’t supported yet; will be handled via Build-style portals later.
• When a lower floor is present, we draw a thin black “step-down” band to simulate a drop. Moving up/down uses this step, but it isn’t tied to actual height yet (embedded lower zones all look the same.) Proper handling will come via Build-style portals later; for now it has a Doom-like vibe. It’s even a step up from classic Doom in some ways, sprites get properly occluded by the liquid instead of drawing through and its all based on depth so I can do shallow water too.

GAME FEATURES:

• Added a new map that showcases variable floor heights and water. This is a map I call "Red Castle" and its a cool castle with secrets and stuff. And a big moat around it and a draw bridge. Largest map so far! After working on it i realize I probably need to do another useability pass on the map editor to make it easier to use Because it was kind of a slog! Eg ability to duplicate zones draw lines and boxes etc.
• Final level green zone is now treated as liquid so its like you are swimming through gastric fluid.

SYSTEM UPDATES:

• Added ceiling casting and variable wall and floor heights.
• Made massive optimizations to floor and ceiling casting.
• Fog now affects ceilings and floors as well as walls.

SYSTEM UPDATES:

• Added support for variable wall heights in maps.
• Fixed rendering issues with sprites/floors at different heights.
• Does not yet handle Build-engine style clipping, so taller walls will still be hidden by shorter walls in front of them. (Will be added in future update)

GAME FEATURES:

• When you die you now fall to the ground and drop your bow.
• Updated some of the maps to showcase the variable wall heights, tavern building is now 1.5 tall and so on.
• Now on the village map the corners are tall towers.

SYSTEM UPDATES:

• Added optional mouse look. Press ENTER to toggle in game and use [ and ] to change sensitivity.

GAME FEATURES:

• Now drones can have different randomzied speeds and the faster they are the more likely they are to drop arrows when you loot their corpse.

SYSTEM UPDATES:

• Can now spawn entities in maps that are not hardcoded. Via Zones in maps.
• Changed up UI on menus.
• Massive optimizations to floor casting.

GAME FEATURES:

• When you shoot there is now a quarter-second cooldown and the arrow disappears on your bow.
• When you are out of arrows your bow is now visually devoid of arrows too.
• When you pick up a new arrow it automatically ends the cooldown so you can string fast shots if you are clever.
• New map added!
• Tavern now always has two extra food items in it on tavern map.

BUG FIXES:

Fixed artifacting.

SYSTEM UPDATES:

• Added floorcasting and cieling setting. (So there is a difference between indoors and outdoors now and more interesting floors).
• Added zone system.
• Map editor now has zone editing mode.

GAME FEATURES:

• Added several new maps.
• Updated some old maps to have more interesting floors and cielings.
• Changed movement physics to be more modern.
• When you kill a drone they become a corpse now, which you can also loot for a small chance to get your arrow back.

BUG FIXES:

• Fixed a bug where if a keycard was blown up by an explosion it would softlock you.

SYSTEM UPDATES:

• Moved all items/mobs into new entity system.
• Numerous new VFX.

GAME FEATURES:

• The log is more fun now with random phrases for a few things.
• Made text more interesting throughout game.
• Enchanted key replaced with SMITE REALMCHILD FLESH rune.
• Lots of fancy new VFX for things like picking up the rune/food/arows etc.
• Barrel explosions can now cascade.
• 10% Chance you get a level full of explosive barrels for fun
• New SFX for some things.
• Various other tweaks here and there.

SYSTEM UPDATES:

• Added whole new system for handling mobs/items in a generic way on the backend to remove hardcoded nonsense The only way you will see this is that when the drones touch you it gives you a log message about how something slimy is touching you lol.

GAME FEATURES:

• Can now collapse and expand log.
• Made floors faster.
• Minimap now smaller and actually scrolls.
• Changed the log. Its more doomy.
• Added crosshair back.

SYSTEM UPDATES:

• All assets now load in one step (So I can add a loading screen later if necessary).
• Added real basic particle effect system.
• Removed q key (It just broke stuff really)

GAME FEATURES:

• Added weapon bobbing effect when walking and running.
• New collectible. Individual arrows. Sometimes when a level generates it will instead place three arrow sin the map instead of a quiver
• When explosive barrels explode they now have an explosion particle effect. That shows you its radius.
• The tenacious energy no longer heals you every time you use a portal.
• Drones now get faster every level.
• A few more drones spawn on every level to balance out the new arrows
• If you've been hoarding ammo the cosmic tumors can now spawn extra drones.

SYSTEM UPDATES:

• Loads of optimizations added.
• Shading is now cached for improved performance.

BUG FIXES:

• Sprites no longer scrunch at edge of screen but still are 'pushed'. (Different implementation then open source version.)

SYSTEM UPDATES:

• Can now load sprites from files.

GAME FEATURES:

• New drone sprite that is less blobby and more menacing/lore accurate.
• New bow sprite (positioned as if in an FPS)
• Drones now colored properly on minimap.
• Fixed sprite translation issues but kept 'pushing'.
• Moved minimap to bottom middle of screen.
• Minimap now loads full maps properly.
• Can now actually use M to toggle minimap
• Walking into doors now less nauseating.
• Can no longer drag mouse to look around.
• Can no longer move double as fast using both WASD and Arrows. But made sprinting faster.

SYSTEM UPDATES:

• Rewrote map system to allow multiple maps
• Added ceiling and ground controls to all maps.
• Map editor can now place infoPlayerStart and infoPlayerExit on maps.
• Map editor now exports and imports in new map format.

GAME FEATURES:

• USER Soul now properly absorbed by the node upon death
• Removed yellow dot in middle of screen
• Loot amounts now dynamic based on map size
• Added music to the game, now plays in the background.
• Can now use arrow keys to move up and down.
• Added 3 new maps. They play in order. Then start randomizing after you exhaust them.

SYSTEM UPDATES:

• Updated Map Editor to NodeOS terminal interface
• Added system changelog viewer
• Fixed canvas coordinate alignment in editor
• Colors in minimap/map editor now match up.
• Added scanlines in editor and changelog.
• Added terminal glow in editor and changelog.

BUG FIXES:

• Resolved tile placement misalignment in map editor
• Eliminated unnecessary scrolling in editor interface
• Fixed Game log Scroll when new item added
• Fixed bug with drone sprite having weird extra pixel.

GAME FEATURES:

• Barrels no longer freakishly huge.
• All logs moved from Bar UI to log on left side of screen.
• Minimap colors changed to reflect what the tiles actually are now.

SYSTEM UPDATES:

• Improved layout and styling consistency
• Enhanced terminal aesthetic across all modules

BUG FIXES:

• Fixed responsive layout issues

CORE SYSTEMS:

• Implemented NodeOS v33 terminal interface
• Added CRT monitor effects and scanlines
• Created unified terminal styling system
• Established PRONODE compatibility layer

GAME ENGINE:

• Enhanced raycasting renderer
• Improved collision detection system
• Added minimap functionality
• Optimized sprite rendering

INITIAL RELEASE:

• Base game engine implemented
• Raycasting 3D renderer
• Player movement and controls
• Map editor basic functionality
• Audio system integration

GAME FEATURES:

• Enemy AI
• Weapon systems and combat
• Texture mapping and sprites
• Environmental effects