I’m going to add more weapons and wielded items (like shield or grappling hook) before redesigning the upgrades system, so they’ll be all unlocked for now.

• Added selectable wielded items.
• Added plasma gun (powerful, but overheats quickly).
• Higher enemy health in later levels.
• New explosions and smoke.
• Screen shake (slider in options).
• New HUD.
• Miscellaneous technical updates.

• Complete overhaul of the level generation.
• Changed voxel scale to make the view wider.
• Made it easier to make jumps from tight places, when hitting the head on the ceiling.

• Replaced UI system with a new one from Arcane Worlds.
• Added options and configurable controls.
• Added pause menu.
• New crosshair.

It’s been a long time since last LEVEL UP! update. I’ve switched it to 2D to make it easier to make new stuff for it, especially bosses. I’m going to update it more regularly now.

In other news, it’s coming to Steam Early Access soon!

The first boss is small and relatively easy to defeat. The ones further in the game will be larger and trickier. Also, bosses will be chosen randomly so you wouldn’t know which one you’ll encounter on a particular play-through.

I’m considering adding procedurally generated enemies next. But for now I’ll switch to working on Arcane Worlds.

As always, more about the game and demo download here.

So, the next game updates will be at the end of September.

Well, it took much longer than I expected, mostly due to real-life issues.

The main features for this release are bonuses (health and upgrade points), explosive barrels and new rooms which make levels more varied.

I wanted to add more enemies, but I found the collision system to be quite buggy, especially in object-to-object collisions. So I rewrote it from scratch. The new collision system doesn’t distinguish between the level voxels and objects/characters, and it’s much faster. It’ll make adding destructible bosses much easier too. So, I decided to release it now as is, and add more enemies in the next version.

Demo download and more info about the game.

Desura is an easier way to get game updates until I implement updating/patching in the launcher, but the updates might be a day or two late (compared to this site) since they must be approved by Desura staff.

I’ll put Arcane Worlds on Desura too (provided Desura is okay with that) after I sort out issues with LEVEL UP!

There are also some bug fixes, and game logic was rewritten to use new game object system from Arcane Worlds. It plays almost the same though.

You can now choose between installer and zip-file downloads.