STARWHAL is fully released!!

It's finally fully released! We made it! Narwhals are soon to be running amok all over the place!

Here are the goods:

New Stuff!

• New versus levels:

  • Stasis

  • Ameoba

  • The Gate

  • Perch

  • Tumble Dry

  • Squall

  • Pneumatic

  • Slippery Slope

• Challenge levels

  • 11 new Obstacle levels

  • 13 new Target levels

• Steam stuff:

  • Steam leaderboards

  • Achievements!

  • Trading cards

  • Big Picture support

  • Badges

• Music - 5 fresh new tracks, including the Obstacles theme shown in the launch trailer!

• More sounds - end of match sounds, world-specific ambience, and more!

• Even more visual effects: shockwave, heat shimmer, and lots of new particle effects!

• Challenge modes: a ‘next level’ button has been added to stay in the groove

• Updated challenge results screen - you can now see the required times for platinum, gold, silver, bronze medals, the difference between your current and best time, and the name of the level you just played

• End of match visuals and sounds for GAME, TIME, and COMPLETE

• Options: resolution can now be changed in game

• Control: gamepads now can use both analog sticks for turning, as well as both triggers for gas - now you can play one handed like in Wave Race 64!

• Credits - our identities have been revealed, as well as the amazing people who have helped us make it!

Changes:

• Level name changes

  • Moebius to Möbius (big change!)

  • Fast Forward to Time Spiral

  • The Clash to Flip and Dip

  • Battlefield to Slush Puppy

  • Glacial Gate to Glacial Pass

• Gamepads can now use the dpad for menu navigation

• On gamepads the ‘A’ button is now used for readying up instead of the ‘X’ button

• Challenge mode: Lava is a +5 sec penalty, Fireballs are now a +3 sec penalty

• Challenge mode: game timer is now has .000 precision - as accurate as Olympic bobsledding - important for leaderboard rivalry!

• New medal graphics

Balances/Fixes:

• End of match: selecting “Restart” after a Random level was played will pick another random level

• Level loading is improved

• Physic calculations have been optimized

• Game timer font has been updated

Costumes:

• ‘?’ rider

• Six Link

Thanks to everybody who has supported us up to this point! To any newcomers to neon space narwhal combat, good call on upgrading your existence!