Kowi Ishto: Battle of Akonoli News

Update 2.0.4 Includes the following Player Experience Changes:

These changes have been made to balance out Player Experience and gameplay.

This Update includes the Full Version and the Demo.

• Power Ups spawn more frequently in Boss Levels
  
  
• The Auto Scroll's position was fixed to reduce the time it takes to move the screen
  

• The HP for some Bosses has been reduced
  
  
• The Huge Bullet Power Up and the Charge shot damage has been reduced to accommodate the lower Boss HP
  
  
• The Max Bomb count has been changed to 20
  
  
• The Checkered Markers used for saving have been made transparent. So, they aren't Checkered Markers anymore right? Still to avoid save data corruption, make sure the level has been fully loaded before exiting the game or powering off your device. When the game has been saved an "Game Saved" text will appear. Wait until the text disappears before powering off your device. As a reminder, the game doesn't save on the start of every level. Sometimes you need to complete the level first.
  

[h2]A recap of when the game saves[/h2]

• On the Start of some Levels
  
• After Dialogs
  
• After Cutscences
  

• The way Shields work have been changed. When a Shield is equipped and the Player gets another Shield, whichever Shield they currently have will be destroyed and the new Shield will be equipped
  
  
• Weapon Power Ups still function as they have
  

This is a Recap of the Major 2.0 Game Update which Included the following New Content, Player Experience Updates, Fixes and Changes.

Playable Demo now available where you can play through levels 1-7.
Steam Achievements and the New VS Modes are not available in the Demo.

Added in 2.0.4:
1080p Fullscreen Support



4 New Modes have been added to the game!

To unlock Boss Rush, the Story Mode needs to be completed.

[h2]VS Battle[/h2]

• [h3]VS Enemy Battle[/h3]
  Playable in 1-4 Player Modes
  If you play in 1 Player Mode, you see how fast you can defeat the set number of enemy ships.
  You can choose between 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 & 1,000.
  You can also choose the spawn rate of the enemy ships from 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 seconds.
  
  If you play in 2, 3 or 4 Player Mode, players compete to see who can defeat the set number of enemy ships first.
  
  
• [h3]High Score Battle[/h3]
  Playable in 1-4 Player Modes
  Play through 4 levels with a boss every 2 levels.
  If you play in 1 Player Mode, you go through the set number of levels to see how high of a score you can get.
  
  If you play in 2, 3 or 4 Player Mode, players compete to see who can get the highest score at the end of the levels.
  

Playable in 1-4 Player Modes
Endurance Mode is an endless Wave style mode, with 5 Waves per Planet.
When you complete all planets, it starts back at the first planet, but the enemies in each wave increase and the enemy spawn rate increases.
There is a point where the mode will stop getting harder.


Playable in 1-4 Player Modes
In Boss Rush Mode, you play through all bosses in the Story Mode in the order they appear and see how quickly you can defeat them.

There might be a secret at the end if you complete it.



Steam Achievements have been added!
Play through the Story to see how many Achievements you can earn and unlock!

With the addition of the new modes, Steam Leaderboards have been added to show your friends you're all that and a bag of chips with the high scores! Just like in the arcades where people competed for the high score! Now you can too!

The crew at StarSpace Nebula has gotten moody!
Now some character dialogs have moods.

Instead of enemy ships just appearing on screen, they now gradually appear.

Hear that rumbling?! No, it's not thunder. It's your Xbox One controller!
In different parts of the game your Xbox One controller will rumble!

Other X-Input controllers should also rumble as well. Although other controllers have not been tested.
As a reminder, Direct Input Controllers are not supported to play the game. For a list of Direct Input Controllers please search online.

Also, the PDP Arctic White Wired Xbox One Controller doesn't work well in the game. The analog joystick cuts out and makes a stuttering effect with the player ship.

As another reminder, it's best to use the Official Xbox One Controller by Microsoft.



The Multiplayer Input Selection Screen has been changed to a more simple input selection.

For example,

in 1 Player Mode, even though player 1 automatically has both Keyboard and Controller inputs enabled, if you select Keyboard as your input, the Controller will be disconnected from gameplay. But, if Controller input is selected, the player will have Keyboard input, and the Controller will stay connected.

When choosing 2, 2 or 4 Player Mode, you have to option to choose from:

P1 Keyboard, P2 Controller
or
P1 Controller, P2 Controller

and so on.

As a reminder, only the first player can use use the keyboard as their input method.

How the game saves has been updated to accommodate the new modes.
Progress will also save during certain cutscenes.

As a reminder, do not exit the game or power off your device during these.

If you encounter any bugs or glitches, please report them here: Feedback, Bug & Glitch Reports

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

Fixed an issue that could cause the title cutscene to get hung up and not progress through.

[h2]Changes[/h2]

The GUI has been updated to better scale into fullscreen

Fullscreen can be accessed by pressing the Esc key on the keyboard, from the Title Options Menu and from the Pause Menu

Patch 2.0.3 Includes the following Changes and Fixes:



Steam Leaderboards for VS Enemy Battle have been updated and are now working.

Based on PC volume of 30%

• BGM now starts at 10% in game volume
  
• SFX now starts at 5% in game volume
  

In game volume can still be adjusted from the Options Menu on the title screen and the Adjust BGM and Adjust SFX Menus in the Pause Menu.

Again, based on different sound cards and sound profiles, in game sound might be higher or lower then expected.



[h2]VS Enemy Battle Mode[/h2]

Fixed an issue that would cause huge amounts of enemies to spawn in VS Enemy Battle if the Random Choice was chosen.

[h2]Story[/h2]

Fixed an issue that made some enemy ships invisible.