STL : Slower Than Light

STL: Slower Than Light

[TLDR] Shoot things, earn money and don't forget to upgrade your ship. 

** new version 26.08.2024 - changelog at the bottom ** 

Story

Without warning, the intergalactic war escalated into your sector:

You are a proud member of a space travelling race. Usually you travel as part of a bigger fleet. You know there is safety in great numbers.

Unfortunately your current number is : One.

But as a natural born survivor you take all your courage and face the incoming waves of enemies. (Running is not an option, their ships are faster). Your ship is "Build To Scale" to any threat level. Earn resources by destroying enemies and invest them to upgrade your ship's destructive power.

No retreat ! No surrender ! (they are faster than us)

Controls

Targeting	ship follows mouse cursor
Primary weapon	left mouse button
Armory (Build menu)	F1
Toggle fps indicator	F5

What the game looks like:

Changelog:

Additions

• added fps counter - shortcut <F5>
• added range indicator - shortcut <F7>
• added energy system
  • weapons use energy
  • targeting ai uses energy
  • generator produce energy
  • on low enery weapons cooldown doubled
• added build system
  • building stuff takes time
  • build queue for automatic build
  • build queue shown in armory
  • building of an item starts, when no other item is building and enough funds available
• added changelog to main menu
• added maximum level to armory shop items
• added tooltip to armory shop and queue items
• compatibility check for save game

Changes

• changed shortcut for armory (build menu) to <F1>
• replaced ai generated game logo
• reworked AI targeting from level 0 to level 5
• adjusted difficulty levels
  • more enemies, less income, build system, energy system
  • proper balancing will come when all weapons and enemies are in the game
• primary weapons with manual trigger now always shoot in the ship's direction

Bugfixes

• fixed various memory leaks (was surprised, there is no auto gabage collection in Godot)
• fixed playing 2 explosion animations for every explosion
• fixed sound getting to loud, when the same sound is played at the same time
  • multiple shots fired in same area fixed
  • multiple explosions in same area fixed
• fixed music looping once

Planned for next releases (public todo list)

• 2 more enemy types (fast & teleporting)
• boss waves
• 2 more weapons (ion turret & rocket turret)
• toggle healthbar
• random speed differences on enemies
• targeting system health aware
• level 5 targeting system customizable via dialog
• warning in armory when queue items endanger energy safety
• cancel items from build queue