this update just fixes some issues, and tweaks a few numbers — if you already played the game during the jam, there’s nothing new to see yet.

I plan on releasing a “remastered” version later this week, so I decided to make minimal changes to the jam version in order to preserve it without leaving any glaring issues.

v1.0.1 CHANGELOG

BUGS

• fixed snakemeat starvation bug — edge case during grace period
• mitigated physics issues that messed with the controls

GAMEPLAY

• reduced hunger drain buildup over time by 20 % — it was too rough
• reduced starvation grace period by 33 % — it was too lenient
• removed score penalty from eating spikes — it was confusing

AUDIO

• Saad remastered the music
• added wall bonk sfx polyphony (1 -> 2)
• skipped the first 0.03 seconds of silence in the eating sfx

UI

• improved menu focus clarity
• added a black background to the HUD
• disabled opening the pause menu after starving
• added a short delay before showing the “AGAIN” button

PLANS

I only had 2 days available during the jam, and even though I scoped pretty small I didn’t have time for everything I wanted to do. I’ve also received a lot of great feedback from jammers, and I’ve had some new ideas to hopefully make the game a bit more interesting.

so yeah, I’ll work on SLUFF for few more days — it’ll be decent practice, at least.

— Kas