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Vibrant v1.7

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Changelog

New with v1.7:

ability to switch music on and off with pressing M
better graphics for bullets, ships, shields and particles
removed console window in release mode (v1.6 regression)
fix ALT+TAB behaviour
nerfed ennemies blast
touching a border now disables invicibility
fix life powerups for heavy ships
heavy ships are now faster
added a bit of background story at startup
document more keys in help screen
removed highscores
removed cell powerup
updated this very page

installer / ZIP file

New with v1.6:

ship can catch other ships, quite like a powerup. Bounce on a border to break such a link.
pause mode with key P
ennemies now collides themselves
player bullets were slowed down to match older Vibrant versions
"trap" powerup is now dropped when bouncing on borders
fix audio thread crash at exit
more life powerups to match pre-1.5 balance
"cell" powerup now refill all energy
less bullet impact, camera does not rotate as much as you are hit
grid lines less bright
bouncing on borders now depletes all energy, not 50%
invincibility allows to shoot extra-damage bullets
invincibility reflects ennemies bullets
invincibility powerup lasts 9 secs instead of 10
nerfed spawning: starting with zero energy, 2 secs invincibility instead of 4, longer waiting
auto bullet-time when HP is low
more FPS-independent movement
warning: this version opens an annoying console window

installer / ZIP file

New with v1.5:

added a help page and this changelog
Intel compatitility, for real this time (needs only OpenGL 1.3)
lots of performance enhancements
borders are now visible in the minimap
ennemies stay visible on the minimap
3-seconds invincibility on respawn
new powerup: 10 seconds of invincibility
more physical missile/ship collisions
filter sweep FX with bullet time
phaser sound FX with invincibility
hitting a border interrupts catching (except with the "trap" powerup)
going along borders make some sub-bass
output master limiter, no more abusive volume burst
missiles and powerups movements do not depend on the framerate anymore
a tiny bit better HUD
fixed stability bugs with powerups and missiles
fixed "powerup creep" in corners

installer / ZIP file

New with v1.4:

WASD and mouse added as alternative keys
new icon (still ugly though)
restored ATI HD compatibility
warning: unstable release, don't use it

New with v1.3:

new installer, fix the directory bug
non-HD ATI compatibility
degraded mode when OpenGL 2.0 is not available
works on some Intel cards, but not all
less powerups in high levels
turbo mode a bit more powerful and costly
auto-aiming is now weaker
fixed vsync stall
warning: ATI HD compatibility broken in this release

New with v1.2:

bullet time must be triggered manually (hit the catch button again)
Z, X and C as alternative keys
wait 1 second before respwan
joystick catch button bug fixed
warning: only works on NVIDIA cards and ATI HD cards

ZIP file

New with v1.1:

switched to a variable time step
bullets go more into the player's direction
aiming is a bit easier
fixed camera bug with bullet time

New with v1.0:

initial rushed, buggy party release