Feedwater

Devlog

• 0.50 - Radiation removed
  June 07, 2024 by JamesBrill#update, #radiation

  Update 50 removes radiation entirely from the main game. Why? Although it can be a fun mechanic, it doesn’t gel well with the other mechanics or the “Rube Goldberg chain reactions” theme. I only... Continue reading

  
• 0.49 - Minor changes
  May 28, 2024 by JamesBrill#update

  No major changes in Update 49 - in fact, more has been removed than added! Radiation tiles have been removed from the editor. For transparency, I intend to eventually remove radiation entirely from th... Continue reading
• 0.48 - Green lasers
  May 18, 2024 by JamesBrill#update, #lasers

  Update 48 brings a third laser type: green lasers. Any destructible object touched by these lasers will become invulnerable. The player themselves will also become invulnerable for 3 seconds and will... Continue reading

  
• 0.47 - Mirrors
  May 10, 2024 by JamesBrill#update, #lasers, #mirrors

  Update 47 introduces a new tile to expand the laser mechanic: mirrors. These are destructible tiles that reflect any lasers that hit them. This can result in some crazy bounces! You can play with mirr... Continue reading

  
• 0.46 - Lasers
  April 27, 2024 by JamesBrill#update, #lasers

  Update 46 brings a major new mechanic: lasers! In the current prototype, there are 4 tiles: 1 - Blue laser emitter: shoots harmless blue lasers that activate circuits when hitting receivers 2 - Blue l... Continue reading

  
• 0.45 - Community Level Hub
  April 10, 2024 by JamesBrill#update, #community, #levels

  In Version 45, you can now discover other players’ levels inside the game and share your own creations directly there too. Here’s how it works: Playing community levels Sharing your own levels to... Continue reading

  
• 0.44 - Multiple custom levels
  April 04, 2024 by JamesBrill#update, #level editors, #level, #levels, #ugc

  You can now build and save MULTIPLE custom levels. There is now a way more obvious button to create a new level (in “Custom Levels”) Your list of custom levels can be accessed via “Your Levels... Continue reading

  
• 0.43 - Resizable levels
  March 30, 2024 by JamesBrill#update, #level editor, #levels

  Update 43 adds some new tools to the Level Editor that allow you to resize your levels: Insert Column (Alt + Plus) and Insert Row (Alt + Shift + Plus) expand the level with a line of wall tiles Delete... Continue reading

  
• 0.42 - Undo/Redo
  March 17, 2024 by JamesBrill#update, #undo, #level editor

  Version 42 brings a fairly major quality-of-life improvement for level designers: undo! Press Alt + Z to undo or Alt + Y to redo a tile change in the Level Editor. Apologies for the lengthy hiatus - I... Continue reading

  
• 0.41 - Organising the Level Editor
  February 18, 2024 by JamesBrill#update, #level editor

  Another step towards making a powerful Level Editor that is easy to use. In the old Level Editor, you would have to search through a long list of tiles to find the one you wanted to place. Now, tiles... Continue reading

  
• 0.40 - Selection tool
  January 28, 2024 by JamesBrill#update, #level editor, #custom levels, #level design

  Version 40 adds the first of many Level Editor improvements. It adds a selection tool that allows you to move regions of the level around, as well as copy and paste. This early version of the tool is... Continue reading

  
• 0.39 - Community level and faster Level Editor
  January 21, 2024 by JamesBrill#update, #level, #community

  Update 39 adds something I’ve long anticipated: a community level! Babaisyoo joined the Discord and, after some great suggestions for the game and its level editor, made a level called Disabled . Yo... Continue reading

  
• 0.38 - Quality-of-life improvements
  January 17, 2024 by JamesBrill#update, #difficulty

  Update 38 adds some quality-of-life improvements based on some valuable playtester feedback: The three “optional” levels House Of Flying Arrows , Mind-Toggling , and A Switch In Time are now only... Continue reading

  
• 0.37 - Optimisations
  January 07, 2024 by JamesBrill#update, #new year, #2024

  After taking a break, I’ve returned to Feedwater with exciting plans for the game in 2024! My initial focus this year will be upgrading the game’s visuals and building a community. This release is... Continue reading

  
• 0.36 - Checkpoints in Level Editor
  December 03, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #level design, #level editor, #custom levels, #ugc

  For custom level designers, you can now add checkpoints to your Feedwater levels inside the Level Editor. Just choose the “C” in the palette. Wherever you place the tile is (a) where the checkpoin... Continue reading

  
• 0.35 - Polishing earlier levels
  November 27, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #level design, #levels

  Update 35 makes some small tweaks to earlier levels to smoothen the early game experience: Boulders has been re-designed to give more examples of “one boulder, two buttons”, one-way doors, and a m... Continue reading

  
• 0.34 - New mechanic: arrow bending
  November 18, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #level design

  Arrow bending is a new mechanic that changes the direction of an arrow. This is performed with a new tile, the “arrow bender”, which can be turned on and off with switches. This enables puzzles wh... Continue reading

  
• 0.33 - Improving Switches tutorials
  November 06, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #level design

  Two of the Switches tutorials have been improved based on playtester feedback: Switches I now introduces the concept of doors that boulders can pass through but the player cannot. These are used exten... Continue reading

  
• 0.32 - Connecting the world of Feedwater
  October 28, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #world, #animation, #story

  Version 0.32 is the biggest update so far. Why? Because it connects the levels of Feedwater into one world with a progression system that gives the game a beginning and an end. Changes: Levels are con... Continue reading

  
• 0.31 - Menu art and pause menu
  September 03, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #menu, #art, #pause menu

  This release adds some menu polish: Redesigned main menu with background art and logo A pause menu so you can finally pause the game!... Continue reading

  
• 0.30 - Two new levels
  August 31, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #levels, #level design

  This release explores the new "movable arrows/dynamite" concept further with two new levels: The Core : more of a novelty level than previous ones. A swarm of boulders circulates the exit, which has b... Continue reading

  
• 0.28 - Movable boulders
  August 10, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #prototype, #puzzle

  Version 0.27 introduces a new prototype object: the movable arrow/dynamite. These are boulders with either arrows or dynamite inside them. They can be chained together just like arrow boxes and dynami... Continue reading

  
• 0.27 - Anti-radiation objects
  August 04, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #radiation

  Version 0.27 of Feedwater polishes the radiation objects introduced in the previous release: The anti-radiation bubble shield now has animations and a humming sound The quarantine chamber now has an a... Continue reading

  
• 0.26 - Radiation prototypes
  July 17, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #prototype, #radiation

  I did something in this version that I don't normally do and that's to release unfinished content. I'm trying to develop the concept of radiation in the game, something that is currently undercooked a... Continue reading

  
• 0.25 - Level data persistence
  June 30, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #storage

  Previously, the level you were building in the Level Editor would be wiped clean every time I released an update. This is due to the way Unity WebGL games store data in the browser and the way sites l... Continue reading

  
• 0.24 - Menu keyboard navigation
  June 29, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #keyboard, #navigation, #menu, #gamepad

  The menu in Feedwater has received an upgrade! Level Select now has level preview images, flavour text and visual representation of difficulty Menu buttons have satisfying clicks as you navigate aroun... Continue reading

  
• 0.23 - Arrow death animations
  June 22, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #death, #animations, #gore

  Feedwater 0.23 adds the missing piece of death animations: arrow-based death. When the player is hit by an arrow, it will harpoon them and send their corpse flying as a ragdoll If the corpse then hits... Continue reading

  
• 0.22 - First death animations
  June 16, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #death, #animation, #gore

  Circular saws and dynamite are two objects that can kill the player, but neither triggered any death animation. All you'd see was "YOU DIED". Version 0.22 changes this by splattering the player's body... Continue reading

  
• 0.21 - Bounded/static cameras
  June 13, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #camera, #usability

  In a further attempt to improve Feedwater's playability, Version 0.21 introduces the concept of "bounded cameras". These are regions I've placed by hand around specific puzzle rooms. When the player e... Continue reading

  
• 0.20 - The ability to look
  May 26, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #camera, #usability

  Recent feedback from playtesters indicated that either (a) it wasn't obvious where the exit to the current room was or (b) things would happen off-screen that surprised them. The first measure I've ad... Continue reading

  
• 0.19 - Soundscape
  May 21, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #difficulty

  Version 0.19 brings a subtle but exciting change to Feedwater : ambient sounds! They aren't noticeable most of the time as I wanted to prioritise the sounds of the game objects, but in quieter moments... Continue reading

  
• 0.18 - Clicky buttons
  May 12, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #level design, #puzzle

  Feedwater 's wiring system has a new switch type: "clicky" wall buttons. Unlike floor buttons, which require a constant weight on them to be activated, wall buttons can be toggled by simply pressing t... Continue reading

  
• 0.17 - Two new levels!
  April 28, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #level design, #levels, #puzzle

  Feedwater 0.17 adds two new challenge levels: Pressing Matters Difficulty: Easy I pulled the two hardest puzzles from the Switches tutorial levels into this one as I felt they were too hard for the tu... Continue reading

  
• 0.16 - Addressing playtester feedback
  April 22, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #playtesters, #feedback

  Super small update this week, but an important one as all the changes came directly from playtester feedback! Special shoutout to Snky ( Twitter ) and Liquid Egg Product for the insightful comments. T... Continue reading

  
• 0.15 - More switches!
  April 15, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #machines, #conveyor belts, #puzzles

  The Advanced Wiring System introduced in version 0.14 has been extended so that switches can be connected to the following so that they can be enabled and disabled: Arrow boxes When disabled, are just... Continue reading

  
• 0.14 - Advanced Wiring System
  March 26, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #puzzle

  Version 0.14 brings the first iteration of an exciting new feature that I call the Advanced Wiring System (AWS). Previously, switches could only connect to a single door. I wanted to widen the space o... Continue reading

  
• 0.13 - Circular saws
  March 18, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #spikes, #sprites, #art

  See those circular saws? It's these guys that are replacing the death spikes that were occasionally used in Feedwater to block passages. When you crush them with a boulder, they splinter into pieces w... Continue reading

  
• 0.12 - Kaboom Room (new level!)
  March 11, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #level, #explosions

  Feedwater finally has a new level: Kaboom Room! The concept is this: You're in a room where setting off the wrong arrow will destroy the entire level (and likely kill the player) The room is full of p... Continue reading

  
• 0.11 - Conveyor Belts 2.0!
  March 09, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #puzzle, #conveyor belt

  This update brings a tonne of improvements to conveyor belts. The most obvious one is the visual upgrade with a new animation and the addition of corner pieces: The behaviour of the conveyor belt has... Continue reading

  
• 0.10 - Bringing boulders to life
  February 18, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #pixel art, #animation

  I've slowly been replacing my ugly placeholder art in Feedwater - this week it was the boulders' turn. Previously, they looked like this: When the player pushed them around, the sprite would remain st... Continue reading

  
• 0.9 - Easing the difficulty and new metal!
  February 11, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #difficulty

  Version 0.8 was the first time I posted Feedwater on Newgrounds ( link ) - it actually got some valuable feedback! The main takeaway I got was that the main level, "Feedwater", was far too hard. I was... Continue reading

  
• 0.8 - Beautiful arrows
  February 05, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #pixel art, #destruction

  This update adds two graphical improvements to Feedwater: Much improved arrow sprites with destruction physics. See the video for it to be given justice - it's so much nicer to look at now! Controller... Continue reading

  
• 0.6 - Player character!
  January 27, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #animation, #character

  The white circle is gone! The player has been transformed into an animated character who can walk, run, and push boulders around dynamically. This is just the first iteration of the character, but it'... Continue reading

  
• 0.5 - Explosions!
  January 13, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #game juice

  When dynamite boxes are destroyed, they now have an explosion animation that emits light and screen shake!... Continue reading

  
• 0.4 - Level Editor
  January 07, 2023 by JamesBrill#update, #custom levels, #ugc, #level editor

  Feedwater now has a level editor so you can create your own levels! I made this for several reasons: So others can build levels and discover level designs, features ideas and bugs that I wouldn't find... Continue reading

  
• 0.3 - Custom Levels
  December 31, 2022 by JamesBrill#update, #custom levels, #ugc

  I'm working on a level editor so that levels can be shared. In the meantime, Feedwater now has a means of uploading custom level codes. This means that if you have the patience to type out levels by h... Continue reading

  
• 0.2 - Sound Effects
  December 18, 2022 by JamesBrill#sfx, #sound effects, #update

  Feedwater version 0.2 introduces sound effects! No longer is the game deathly silent. Sound effects include: Footsteps Cinematic level intro/outro Arrows being fired and destroyed on impact Dynamite e... Continue reading