Eightbitoids 1.1 Released!


Eightbitoids 1.1 is released! Please read the following release notes for details of the changes.

  • Disabled Fullscreen switching
  • Disabled window resize
  • Disabled interpolate between colors
  • Disabled anti-aliasing on fonts
  • Calculate zoom level relative to display width 
  • Fixed a bug with asteroid and enemy ship collisions where asteroid was not being destroyed
  • Fixed a bug where dying on your last ship but scoring enough for an extra ship would still game over
  • Changed the asteroid split logic to support new split count option (see below). Large and Medium Asteroids will always split into at least 2 smaller asteroids, but can go as high as 4
  • Added escape key handler for closing menu
  • Changed "P" key handler to only start from the Game Over screen
  • Changed the font on the menu to be Dust Dot like the rest of the text in the game
  • Changed the font size on the menu to allow for more options
  • Changed the checkbox size on the menu to allow for more options
  • Added a radio button control for options
  • Added a sound for exceeding highest score in this session
  • Increased menu overlay height to allow for more options
  • Added option to score beyond the original Atari 2600 maximum of 99999
  • Added option to set beginning ship count other than the original Atari 2600 default of 4
  • Added option for large and medium asteroids to break into 2, 3, or 4 asteroids instead of the previous 2
  • Added option to increase the maximum number of new asteroids after clear from 8
  • Added option to display shot accuracy to the right of the score
  • Added support for Opera GX
  • Added Challenges for Opera GX
    • Highest Score - Classic Mode - closest to Atari 2600 Asteroids mode 1
    • Highest Score - Medium Mode - harder than Classic Mode
    • Highest Score - Hard Mode - harder than Medium Mode
    • Highest Score - Brutal Mode - 1 ship, 1 chance!

Files

eightbitoids-1.1.zip 3.5 MB
Feb 28, 2022
eightbitoids-mac-1.1.zip 7.7 MB
Feb 28, 2022

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