0.34 - New mechanic: arrow bending


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 where the player must carefully guide an arrow through the correct path, and death traps with forever-looping arrow gauntlets.

Two new levels introduce this mechanic:

  1. Arrows II: the arrow bending tutorial. Gradually builds the player’s understanding of the mechanic before testing both their problem-solving skills and arrow-dodging dexterity
  2. Escort Mission: a single arrow must be guided through the entire level with the goal of breaking through to the exit

Both of these levels can be found in the main game on Floor -5. Alternatively, you can unlock them by pressing ZXOP in the main menu and finding them in Level Select.

Other changes:

  • Levels reordered across floors of the building to make clearer themes on each floor and distribute the optional Hard levels a bit better
  • Fixed a bug where the bubble shield could be affected by conveyor belts and one-way doors

Files

prototype-34.zip Play in browser
Nov 18, 2023

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