Day 4

• Fixed some niggles based on excellent feedback from playtesters.
• Added new mini-game “Evade”.
• Added pick-ups for shields, HP, generator and weapons.
• Added generator power transfers to HP if player HP reaches zero.
• Added a new mechanic, the player ships move slower while firing. Thanks for the idea McPhail.
• Updated Bronze class aliens to be more distinctive.
• Updated the Help screen so that it is helpful.
• Balanced the difficulty/fairness.
• PICO-8 token hunting: 246 tokens reclaimed; this is where most of today’s effort was spent

Here are the pickups in action (with an artificial drop rate)