Change Log

Spandex Force 1.3

  • Bug fix: The Shoot 'n Match game has been made a little bit fairer, and not as random.
  • Change: The Shoot 'n Match game now has a black line to show where the "losing line" is.
  • Change: The find-the-criminal minigame has received visual hints that tell if you're close to the criminal. It should make it easier to find him.
  • Change: Better icon for the Mac version.
  • Feature: Internal portability adaptations.

 

Spandex Force 1.2

  • Bug fix: Ensured that the full version installer overwrites the demo files if installed to the same directory.
  • Change: Increased the cost of the Clean Out power.
  • Change: The DirectX version is now the default version for Windows, to maximize compatibility.
  • Change: Changed "super villain" and "super power" to "supervillain" and "superpower" since a quick search showed that the versions without spaces seem to be most common.
  • Change: When battling a common villain you can now see their powers, allowing for some strategy in those fights as well.
  • Feature: Experimented with a Linux version of the game.

 

Spandex Force 1.1

  • Bug fix: If no sound driver is present, the game won't crash anymore.
  • Bug fix: DirectX is now available as a drawing mode for Windows; this solves some cases where only white rectangles were shown instead of graphics.
  • Bug fix: Having a very high power level (18+) would cause strange effects like 0 or 1 maxmimum mana.
  • Bug fix: Corrected a few spelling errors.
  • Change: Made the first citizen in distress appear slightly faster in the city.
  • Change: Bonus damage from artifacts has been reduced.
  • Change: The superpowers have received some re-balancing; Stunner is one power that has received more damage for the cost, for example.
  • Change: The hero's health has been reduced on higher levels.

 

Spandex Force 1.01

  • Bug fix: Buying a power would give you money instead of removing it.
  • Bug fix: Undoing a power point allocation would sometimes make you lose power points.

 

Spandex Force 1.0

  • Feature: The chasing minigame has received many changes. The collision detection is improved, and you now collect chains of tokens rather than just three. You also control your speed by collecting tokens.
  • Feature: Resources in the city now have a helpful mouseover message.
  • Feature: Rainy weather has been added to the city in some episodes.
  • Feature: The current powers and artifacts can now be viewed in the stores.
  • Feature: The tutorials have been simplified and hopefully improved.
  • Feature: Made the token drops in the battles slightly more random.
  • Feature: The extra power points gained from artifacts are now shown in the info screen.
  • Feature: Balancing and minor modifications to the script.
  • Feature: Common villains now also show up in the villain gallery.
  • Bug fix: The experience and reputation meters in the base would show strange numbers when at max level.
  • Bug fix: The board will now reset if there are no matches in the Group 'n Match minigames.
  • Bug fix: The Group 'n Match tutorial was erroneously explaining that resources could be lost.
  • Bug fix: The player never received a clue icon to shoot in the Shoot 'n Match minigame.
  • Bug fix: In a battle, if both sides had protection the enemy could get a health bonus sometimes.
  • Change: The default name Awesome Girl was changed to Awesome Woman. One small step for equality.
  • Change: Balanced the superpowers better and added fx when needed.
  • Change: Made the Shoot 'n Match minigame a little easier.
  • Change: The reference to Gotham City was removed so that the big bad bat won't hurt me.
  • Change: The name Carjacking Rick was changed to Slippery Jack. It was intended to be a very silly pun. (Carjacking Rick = Rick the (Car)jacker = Rick the Jacker. I wanted to have a pun on Jack the Ripper, but for some reason I didn't notice that it would have had to be Rip the Jacker in that case!)

 

Spandex Force 0.5

  • Bug fix: The old v0.5 for Mac had a bug which would crash the Catch 'n Match minigame! This has been corrected.
  • Feature: The music is now streamed instead of loaded into memory.
  • Feature: Audio is now provided through DirectSound for Windows, and OpenAL for Mac.
  • Feature: Optional DirectX support implemented for Windows (but not visible).
  • Feature: Teaser screen added to the demo version. It's shown when exiting.
  • Feature: There is no longer any penalty for an erroneous move in the Drag 'n Match game.
  • Feature: The city can be scrolled by moving the mouse toward the edges.
  • Feature: Hidden friendly mode added which activates when the player performs poorly on certain games.
  • Bug fix: Green arrows could remain lingering on the city screen.
  • Bug fix: In the Shoot 'n Match game there would never show up any clue icons.

 

Truth, Justice and Spandex 0.1 - Spandex Force 0.4

Early test releases of the game. From 0.1 to 0.2 the game changed name from Truth, Justice and Spandex to the slightly easier to remember Spandex Force.