Not Alone Update v1.5

When I released Not Alone, I said that I wouldn't change or update it and leave it as it is. I lied.

The main reason are some comments on the GameJolt game page. If I can live with comments regarding animation (I just can't do any, I'm again terrible doing this) and collisions (some poor situations occur, but this could break my whole system as I did weird bad things), I couldn't let go the other recurring comment.

Game was Boring?

So game was repetitive and boring quite quickly. Indeed, the only thing you had to do was to look for friends in a given time. Something was probably missing here, as Wisheez mentioned in his comment. I needed to add a feature making the game a bit less boring.

I made a list of requirements that any new feature should meet:
   - Need to be related to the main theme
   - Something player has to keep in mind during the different levels
   - Something that could add some tension in the game.

Depression

And I quickly came to the notion of depression. That fits pretty well with the main theme : when you feel alone, you are not far from depression.
So I've came with a vortex representation for that. The idea is quite simple : the vortex is chasing you the whole time, speeding up as time goes. It is really easy to avoid in the forts levels and get trickier later on.
After testing the idea a bit, I though it would be cool to use another feature that could save you in a last minute move.

More sadness in the game

Beer

And here come the beer. Drinking a beer will stop the depression for a few seconds, but will also increase its size and give it a boost. In short that makes it angry.
So, as any alcoholic beverage, it has to be taken in moderation ;-)

Gamejolt HighScores and Trophies

I also wanted to try Gamejolt API for Trophies and leaderboard.
I've added a leaderboard, even if this game is probably not the best suited for that feature, but still that's okay, as it is not that easy to get the maximum score.
I've added 8 trophies  to test the system also : bronze, silver, gold and platinum ones. As Gamejolt have no real rules for trophies, I hope I balanced them correctly.

Platinum Trophy!

Anyway, I hope some players will enjoy the changes. As always, feel free to leave a comment somewhere on the internet and I'll be happy to answer when needed.

-Cheers.