Version 1.2


After a very, very long time I have finally bothered to fix a bug that had made the last two levels of Haley Heartbeat unplayable (thank you to PixelMetalWolf for the bug report, even if it took me a long time to act on it!)

Besides that, I decided to try to make the rhythm gameplay a bit more engaging and fun, by simply making it much easier. Now, missing a single beat is no longer punished by ending your "combo." Instead, every single time you shoot on-beat, your bullet is upgraded to the next highest level (or reset after 4 shots). This means if you regularly try to shoot on-beat, you will be able to clear the game more efficiently than if you just hold down the shoot button -- but you won't feel punished by failing to hit some shots on-beat.

Full changelog:

  • Fixed bug where the crystal enemy (introduced in level 4) would crash the game on death, making the game unplayable.
  • Changed core rhythm mechanic to be substantially more forgiving. In particular, you no longer need to "combo" your shots to get the powerful shots; you simply have to occasionally have an on-beat shot. This change makes the game feel a lot better.
  • Tweaked the volume of some sound effects.
  • Changed "gameplay options" to snap to rounded values. This makes it easier to reset them to 100%, at the cost of precise dialing in of values.
  • Added Windows & Linux downloadable versions.

Files

HaleyHeartbeat_v1.2_Linux.zip 59 MB
Aug 06, 2023
HaleyHeartbeat_v1.2_Windows.zip 58 MB
Aug 06, 2023

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