Two new game modes, a journal, and achievements added in the first major update for Beyond the Long Night - the demo


The demo for Beyond the Long Night is just about 1 month old now, and to celebrate I've released the first major update. It's aimed at improving the replayability of the demo after you complete the demo for the first time, by adding two new game modes, a journal to track you progress, and achievements, known in game as Challenges.

Beyond the Long Night is launching a Kickstarter Q1 2022. If you'd like to support development, please sign up here:    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/noisyheadgames/beyond-the-long-night

New Features

  • Added One Health mode - you start with one health and cannot gain anymore. Unlocks after completing the demo for the first time.
  • Added Lap of Honour mode - you start your next run with all of the Upgrades, Superpowers and Max Health Increase buffs you collected in your previous run. Enemies have more health and deal more damage.
  • Added the Journal - This tracks your progress through the demo, including what Upgrades & Superpowers you have discovered, Unfolding Stories you have encountered, and what Challenges (Achievements) you have completed.

Bugs/Polish

  • Gave Pickles a new voice.
  • Tightened hitboxes around New Game and Quit buttons on the end game screen.
  • Fix super-dodge sound becoming stuck on if the player dies mid dodge.
  • Fixed bug where player could retrigger super-dodge immediately after finishing a super-dodge.
  • Move the player in their last input direction if they super-dodge on the spot.
  • Stop player immunity and the dodge damage attack time being greatly extended when the player comes into contact with enemies, projectiles, etc during a dodge attack.
  • Fixed player being damaged through the walls of one of the treasure rooms.
  • Reduce the number of bumblefly enemies that are spawned in the late game.

Files

beyond-the-long-night-demo-win.zip 265 MB
Version 11 Nov 09, 2021

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