Since there was such a good response to my LD#18 entry entitled Infiltrator, I’ve been working on-and-off on a post-compo edition. It’s nearly done.

A list of what I have done so far can be found by clicking “read more.” (For now, just a raw dump of my changelog summaries. I’ll put together a more complete list of what’s new once I am done.)

• Implemented running (use SHIFT)
• Implemented sound and oneway flags for triggers
• Added beeping sound effects for timer counter
• Reworked munitions dump level
• Added background tile layer
• Added transparent shadows
• Added smoother level transitions
• Added full level save-state recording (well, most)
• Clarified “neutral” enemies (which are now in same clan as player)
• Mines now leave scorchmarks
• Fixed player HUD being overlapped by game objects
• Redid level triggers so a desc can be given at same time
• Further fleshing out tutorial level (added explanation for continue pads)
• Added resume game function, which uses a Flash cookie to store all level states
• Added ability to save/continue game
• Added new large explosion for mines/rockets
• Soldiers now leave dead bodies (which can be thrown by large explosions)
• Soldier pathfinding fully in place
• Soldiers can now patrol along pre-defined routes
• Holes dynamically added/removed from Astar nodegraph
• Added Pathfind testing level
• Added ability for troops to return to original spawn point via pathfinding
• Implemented Astar pathfinding
• Added continue points in levels
• Redid door/sensor tiles
• HUGE performance increase in enemy rendering: Only re-generating sight-cones when changed
• Levels are now loaded from XML files and no longer hard-coded
• Added must-kill-enemy flag to doors
• Expanded intro level to teach about must-kill-enemy doors and mines
• Slightly improved the tile artwork