Multiplayer Update


Hey all,


I decided to come back to get into the gamedev flow again.
And released local multiplayer support for Space Siblings Mini.

Multiplayer Support Features:
- A second player can now spawn in by pressing W, they move around using the ESDF keys.
- The enemy spawnrate is increased when there are more players
- Bombs will be kept by the first player to keep control, the second player may use them if the first player is down.
- Lives are shared between each player: Each time a player is hit, a spare life is used from the stock. 
- Ships can take one more hit once spare lives run out.
(It might support up to 4 players with additional controllers, but I havn't tested that out, I'll leave that open as an experiment.)

Other smaller changes includes:
- Reduced the impact sound of the explosions from the bomb and purple ship.
- Bomb texture is changed to resemble the "X" button, which is used to fire them.
- Added smaller dots to the lives and bombs to indicate how many can be obtained before maxing out.
- Reduced explosion effects when there are many enemies on screen.
- Enlarged the title on the main menu.


The game is now also exported as a downloadable file for Windows, and is soon to be released on Lexaloffle BBS as well!

And that's all for now, looking forward what to make in the future.

12-3-2026 Hotfix:
It was notable that the fireships's lingering projectiles with piercing made it too easy to reach the lategame with. 
Where it's intended to be a short range-high reward ship, so the projectile has been adjusted for it.
- Fire ship's projectiles no longer lingers after nearing it's maximum distance.
- Fire Ship's projectile's pierce will now only pierce during hypermode.

I'm also aware that the score has a shorter number limit than integers, reaching a maximum of ~32000, making it pretty easy for late scores to reach the overflow. The overflow does not crash the game though, and the game seemingly behaves as normal otherwise, so I've decided to leave that as it is.

Thank you for playing

Files

SSmini v1.0.zip 480 kB
5 days ago
spacesiblings_windows.zip 988 kB
5 days ago

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