Coma State Eden [昏睡状態エデン]

Devlog

• 1st 2023 Update [Design, Performance, Visual, Bug]
  March 21, 2023 by StudioDaeera

  Hey, everyone. It's been awhile. I've been busy with work and dealing with some personal stuff. But I've managed to get these improvements finished! There's decent performance fixes, as well as decent... Continue reading
• Minor Update [Bug Fix, Performance]
  December 16, 2022 by StudioDaeera

  BUGS: ➥ Fixed bug which caused flame projectiles to soft-lock/'freeze' and become invisible while still being able to damage the player, if, during a co-op game, one player loses their flash shield... Continue reading
• [Mostly Bug Fixes/Error Corrections]
  November 27, 2022 by StudioDaeera

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  GAME/DESIGN/BALANCE/TUNING: ➥ When cheating, you no longer earn score (in addition to being locked out of the saving in the High Score screen). PERFORMANCE: ➥ Reduced total objects present on the... Continue reading
• Another Significant Performance Update! [+Bug Fixes, etc.]
  November 24, 2022 by StudioDaeera

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  Howdy. I recently discovered that converting large assets done through traditional objects into animation effects has a noticeable result on resources saved and performance. Most of the update deals w... Continue reading
• Significant Performance Update! [+Bug Fixes]
  October 31, 2022 by StudioDaeera

  PERFORMANCE: ➥ Burai/Double's Flash Shield objects are no longer set to be 'controlled by the player'. In PGMMV, any object that you want to enable to be controlled by the player costs a lot more re... Continue reading
• Misc. Update! Slope bug fixed!!! [Performance, Visual, Bug Fixes]
  October 28, 2022 by StudioDaeera

  Hey, everyone. Dealing with a shitty landlord right now and having to move for the second time this month. While I'm dealing with all that and putting together evidence for a legal claim/dispute, I've... Continue reading
• Misc. Update [Bug Fixes, Performance, Visual, Design/Balance]
  September 24, 2022 by StudioDaeera

  EDIT: I've had some things come up with my living situation I've had to deal with, so I haven't gotten as much done. Got around to finishing a general update, thankfully there's a little bit of everyt... Continue reading
• Performance Update Part 2 [+Bug Fixes, +Boomerang FIX!!!]
  August 20, 2022 by StudioDaeera

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  EDIT: Had to update this again as I came across a bug related to dying/an incorrect behaviour with a screen transition in a specific place in stage 2. Also removed a 5th object from the active main ga... Continue reading
• Performance Update [+Bug Fixes]
  August 18, 2022 by StudioDaeera

  VISUAL: ➥ Psywave type bullets (rotating green squares) have some added smoothness. BUGS: ➥ Fixed bug which caused power up capsule to skip breaking/spawning power up roulette object when taking d... Continue reading
• Special Update [Shooting Controls+]
  July 23, 2022 by StudioDaeera

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  Coma State Eden has had an update to the game's controls. On gamepads, you can now shoot with the face buttons, the directions correspond to the directions on the right stick. So if you want to shoot... Continue reading

  
• Minor Update [Game Breaking Bug Fixes, Performance]
  July 21, 2022 by StudioDaeera

  BUGS: ➥ Fixed bug which caused bosses not to be damaged when using Lucid Mode while fighting them. ➥ Fixed bug which caused the game to soft lock when beating bosses and Lucid Mode ends at a certa... Continue reading
• Minor Update [Online Play (Parsec), Game Design, Bug Fixes, Performance, Visual]
  July 18, 2022 by StudioDaeera

  There's now proper Parsec support for 2 gamepads. I had trouble getting this to work initially, not sure why on specifics but my recent improvement to controls/eventing with that stuff seems to have f... Continue reading
• Minor Update [Misc.]
  July 11, 2022 by StudioDaeera

  PERFORMANCE: ➥ Burai/Double are no longer 'bound' to the screen with collision boxes. Instead I've utilized push/pull runtime actions to keep them in frame. ➥ Cleaned up various objects which had... Continue reading
• Minor Update [New Game Mechanic]
  July 07, 2022 by StudioDaeera

  GAME/DESIGN/BALANCE/TUNING: ➥ Added a new mechanic related to score. Rather than flat values of score given from enemies and such, the Action Rate gauge can now be filled multiple times. Each time i... Continue reading
• Minor Update [Memory leak Fix, +Misc.]
  July 01, 2022 by StudioDaeera

  GAME/DESIGN/BALANCE/TUNING: ➥ Shamiss now gives a clearer indication for one of his attacks. ➥ ActionRate+ bonus no longer gives score every time you damage something. It's now only given upon kil... Continue reading
• General Update [Design/Balance, Performance, Visual, Bugs]
  June 29, 2022 by StudioDaeera

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  GAME/DESIGN/BALANCE/TUNING: ➥ Breakable walls in stage 1 have had the amount of them reduced on Daydream and Normal difficulties. ➥ 2 Player Game cannot be started from the main menu if 2P's contr... Continue reading
• Significant Update [Builds, Performance, Design, Bugs, New Option]
  June 01, 2022 by StudioDaeera

  Smooth/Pretty Mode is now a built in option in the main menu on PC. No more need for two separate builds. If CSE performs poorly for you, try enabling Smooth mode instead of Pretty and you should get... Continue reading
• Minor Update [Bug Fix, Optimization]
  May 31, 2022 by StudioDaeera

  Bugs: ➥ Level 1 Boomerangs wouldn't destroy Lego bricks but behaved as if they'd hit something anyways. Performance: ➥ Level 1-3 Boomerangs for both Burai and Double each had their own FOV/radius'... Continue reading
• Big Performance Update [+Bug Fixes]
  May 29, 2022 by StudioDaeera

  Performance: ➥ Mass common stage objects (such as coins, and breakable blocks) have been reworked into gimmick tiles instead of being individual objects/instances, very drastically reducing the incu... Continue reading
• Misc. Update [Visual, Bugs, Performance]
  May 24, 2022 by StudioDaeera

  Performance: ➥ Boss names, Mini-Boss names, and Vision/Stage introduction visuals (title cards, descriptions and black gradient) have lowered visual quality so they could all be combined into the sa... Continue reading
• Misc. Update [Visual, Game, Bugs, Performance]
  May 04, 2022 by StudioDaeera

  Visual: ➥Fixed tile error in Vision C ➥Standard lasers now have particle effects. Game: ➥Action Rate now persists between stages. ➥On Stage Clear results screen, "Boss Time" has been replaced... Continue reading

  
• [Visual, Performance, Bug Fixes, Balance Update]
  March 27, 2022 by StudioDaeera

  Visual: ➥ Burai/Double muzzle flashes have been revamped. Bugs: ➥ Fixed issue where letting go of the right control stick/arrow keys during certain points when firing wouldn't reset the active wea... Continue reading
• Bug Fixes + Optimization
  March 17, 2022 by StudioDaeera

  Bugs: ➥ Fixed bug that caused HUD for Double to stay in Lucid Mode if coming out of it with 1-HP. ➥ Fixed bug that caused Burai/Double to sometimes be locked out of shooting after picking up a pow... Continue reading
• Design, Bug Fixes, Performance Update
  March 16, 2022 by StudioDaeera

  Bugs: ➥ Fixed a bug that caused Burai/Double's HUD to continue to behave as if in Lucid Mode if orb was picked up during a certain time while ending. Performance: ➥ All bullet objects for Burai an... Continue reading
• 'Low Graphics/High Performance Mode'
  February 20, 2022 by StudioDaeera#performance, #optimization, #low graphics, #graphics, #FPS

  Hey, everyone. Big update here for those with lower end/less power PC rigs: ------------------------------------------------------------- In the process of adding in a basic/binary graphics option. Sp... Continue reading
• [Performance, Design, Balance update]
  February 06, 2022 by StudioDaeera

  Bugs: ➥Fixed a bug that caused the game to soft lock if the player died on JeejeeJ. ➥Fixed bug that caused Burai's HP meter (on 1-HP Mode) not to change states to reflect weapon levels, or to chan... Continue reading
• Smooth Camera Update [+bug fixes]
  October 31, 2021 by StudioDaeera

  Additions: ➥ The camera is now smooth and dynamic. A feature I've added to the rest of the game as I implemented a more custom one for one of the late game boss fights. CSE's stages now have more dy... Continue reading
• Small general update [New projectile, balancing, bug fixes]
  October 10, 2021 by StudioDaeera

  Balancing: ➥ Nafibak no longer shoots projectiles. ➥ Nafibak de-acceleration speed increased slightly. ➥ Nafibak wait frames between state changes reduced to lower distance. Additions: ➥ 'Bubb... Continue reading

  
• Balancing Update [+Bug Fixes, Visual Improvements, etc.]
  September 30, 2021 by StudioDaeera

  BALANCING: ➥Dropshot has had it's gravity effect doubled, it now falls faster on all levels. ➥Dropshot Lv.2 and Lv.3 have had their arcs adjusted to be more viable, as they failed to be useful in... Continue reading

  
• General Update [Balancing Changes, Bug Fixes, etc.]
  September 24, 2021 by StudioDaeera

  Visual: ➥The power up roulette now flashes twice to indicate it will cycle on its own. ➥The spiked chain balls in CurioToyze now have half visible link rings (to make it obvious to everyone that y... Continue reading
• General Update [Bug Fixes, Performance, Visual changes]
  September 19, 2021 by StudioDaeera

  Visual: ➥Elements in the background of VaporWAVesque have been darkened to make the more important things pop out. ➥Elements in the background of CurioToyze have been darkened to make the more imp... Continue reading
• General Update [Bug fixes, performance tweaks, etc.]
  September 19, 2021 by StudioDaeera

  ➥Burai's HUD now moves out of the way in the presence of enemies too. ➥Burai/Doubles Flash Shield now has more efficient hit/hurt boxes, using 2 each compared to the original 8 boxes each. The shi... Continue reading
• Lucid Orb visual change [+Bug Fixes]
  September 14, 2021 by StudioDaeera

  ➥Lucid Orbs now use new sprites which are much more readable. Several people complained that they thought the Lucid Orbs were enemy projectiles, this should no longer be a problem. They look much be... Continue reading
• More bugfixes [+More Visuals]
  September 08, 2021 by StudioDaeera

  ➥Fixed a bug that caused certain bullets locked onto the player to teleport instantly to them when the game was frozen, causing them to get damaged (the bug still almost occurs, as this is engine re... Continue reading
• Game Breaking Bug Fix [+Visual Additions]
  September 08, 2021 by StudioDaeera

  ➥Fixed a game breaking bug that caused Waliculican to be destroyed, preventing the player(s) from progressing. ➥Boomerangs now have particle effects. Pretty without straining the engine at all... Continue reading
• Performance
  August 25, 2021 by StudioDaeera

  This engine can feel backwards sometimes. The things I did to optimize with the player/co-op HUD objects apparently had the opposite effect. I was enlightened by Beenbaba on how to resolve this, this... Continue reading
• Performance Focused Update
  May 13, 2021 by StudioDaeera

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  CSE could run quite slow on lower end rigs (or rarely on higher end one, oddly enough) and some recent events spurred me to make the game more efficient. The first major thing is the change to the gam... Continue reading
• CSE - Major updates to performance/Co-op play-testers wanted!
  February 05, 2021 by StudioDaeera

  Howdy, Just performed a number of major updates to CSE, the game length hasn't been increased, but there have been significant improvements to the game's performance. Especially during co-op and unde... Continue reading

  
• CSE:: Optimizations+JeejeeJ+Misc. Updates
  October 25, 2020 by StudioDaeera

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  [Twitter Footage] Some differences: ➥JeejeeJ is more animated! ➥Aktabuts no longer spawn the background to foreground as an attack. ➥JeejeeJ has a 3rd arm/attack. (Only appears on Hard & Nightma... Continue reading

  
• CSE - Controls/Controller ID Update
  September 03, 2020 by StudioDaeera

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  #chiptune, #Dreams, #firespike33, #indie, #pgmmv, #Pixel Art, #Shoot 'Em Up, #skill-based, #studiodaeera, #Twin Stick Shooter

  Howdy! You might have noticed recently that the options menu was given an update to include a new setting: Controller ID! Originally Coma State Eden had keyboard controls, but at the time when I first... Continue reading

  
• CSE - Post Game Dev Challenge Update
  August 19, 2020 by StudioDaeera

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  Hey everyone! In this update I have finished implementing the beginning of some new additions. To allow more flexibility, I've made it so you can adjust the number of credits on any difficulty, or ena... Continue reading