Devlog 2: Terrain and better laser rendering

This week I finished up all the mechanics and game systems I want for the initial version. I’ll probably spend most of next week on some UX improvements before transitioning into balance changes.

Here’s what’s new:

• Walls are stronger now. They turn into damaged walls when hit instead of being destroyed right away.

• Random map generation with three types of terrain

  • Mountains block all movement and are indestructible
  • Water also blocks movement but your lasers can shoot over them
  • Ore doesn’t affect movement but can be mined either manually or by mines (which must now be built on ore terrain instead of anywhere)
   
  
• Building now takes a turn (placing reflectors does not)
• Added new action to remove all reflectors
• Added new action to manually mine (if next to ore)
• Trying out a new color palette
• Rendering of reflecting and splitting lasers, instead of only the straight parts. It now looks much more satisfying when you have complex laser shenanigans.