SEQUENCE STORM News

Version 1.1.5g

- Barriers in some missions now make a sound.
- Slightly tuned the sound of the players rig and rival rigs.
- Rival rig slipstreams now make a sound.
- Timed missions will now narrate your medal during the race.
- Added a steering assist option, which lets autopilot stay on while boosting as long as you don't steer.
- The speed boost sound changes pitch depending on your speed.

Version 1.1.5f

This version expands on accessibility features, and begins to add support for Arcade Style Controllers that use DirectInput.

- Added a faster narration speed.
- Added a music volume setting.
- Updated the score screen narration to provide more information.
- Added narration to the pause menu.
- Prompt users to select a game mode when starting the game.
- Added a second experimental audible cues mode where sounds are played for all notes instead of alternating between listening and pressing.
- Reduced the amount that the music pans back and forth with the turns in the track.
- Renamed the mouse settings menu to Arcade Style Controller (ASC) settings.
- Added preliminary support for ASCs that use DirectInput protocol.
- Added preliminary support for ASCs that use joystick axes as inputs.
- Fixed a bug where the music remained panned if you quit the track during a turn.

These are more updates to the blind-accessible audible cues mode.

- Fixed a bug where the scratch cue sounds were not in the build at all!
- The health and power bars now make subtle sounds when their values change.
- The "walls" of the track make a sound when you get near them.
- In races, the music will pan to the left and right during turns.

This updates the first three tutorial levels to work properly in the audio cues mode.

This build adds an experimental feature for audible cues. This is still early in development and the tutorials won't work properly when using this setting.

Edit: Here's a video that goes over the features that have been added and how they work: https://youtu.be/_eQbcvzSJcc

There are also some improvements to narration.

1.1.5b adds a new settings screen where the audio cues can be configured.