Swarmlake

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31953633/c1ef923f7571857a89ea914ce86e00400110b930.jpg Hi, the definitive, free Swarmlake 4.2 update is out now: Added rival runs: Pick any leaderboard entry as your rival and their run is overlaid directly on your stats chart, curve for curve, so you can see exactly where they pulled ahead. With no rival selected it compares against your own personal best. Select a rival from the new leaderboard's context menu. Added replay movement trail: Replays viewed in third-person mode now draw a ribbon showing the player's path over the last five seconds, making routing readable at a glance. Added input buffering: Jump and beam presses made slightly too early are now remembered and fire the moment they become available, instead of being dropped. Fixes source of inputs that felt ignored during very fast sequences. Shortened the early-game curriculum The authored intro sequence is now half as long, so retrying a run no longer means replaying a long teaching stretch you already know. Scores drift minimally upward from this, so the leaderboard does not need to be reset. Added automatic forward movement accessibility: An accessibility option that moves you forward con

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31953633/4a69de93f7d22e04eb7c1a930119d26075b8e3b4.jpg Hi, the free Swarmlake 4.1 update is out now. Where 4.0 rebuilt the game, 4.1 deepens it at both ends: more ways in for new players, and more room to master for everyone else. Added assists: Optional sliders to tune the challenge: game speed, enemy spawn rate, maximum health, and beam charge speed. Enabling any assist disables leaderboard ranking for that run, so the leaderboard stays fair. Achievements still unlock. Added accessibility options: Colorblind filters, reduce flashing, camera shake amount, and two motion comfort options. Added threat warning: A directional ember glow at the screen edge and a radar in the screen center point to enemies closing in from behind or off-screen. Removes the most common source of unfair-feeling deaths. Can be toggled in HUD settings. Added early-game spawn structure: The first stretch of every run now follows a hand-authored enemy progression. Introduces threats one at a time so new players can learn each enemy instead of being overwhelmed at once. Added endless practice mode: A fixed difficulty training mode with no time limit, for experimenting with movement, the beam,

Hi, the free Swarmlake 4.0: Zenith update is out now. 8 years after release, this is the definitive version of Swarmlake:Added shooting beam: A manual fire mode that charges and fires a concentrated energy beam. Can create corridors through enemies, detonate bombs directly and create an explosion on the floor, opening up new scoring combos and high-skill expression.Added beam jump: Fire the beam at the ground while jumping to launch yourself upward. Can be cancelled mid-air.Added variable jump height: Tap for a short hop, hold for a full jump. Opens up more precise vertical control in tight situations.Added training mode: Structured scenarios that teach the game's core mechanics one at a time. Addresses the most consistent feedback since release that Swarmlake is hard to get into without practice.Changed enemy steering and prediction behavior: Chasing enemies drift more when the player changes direction rapidly. Charger (yellow) enemies predict circular player motion. Rewards active movement over running in circles.Added GPU particle system: Explosions now have more density and atmosphere.Added volumetric lighting: Light shafts pass through the scene dynamically, most visible

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31953633/cf74e60808f1e4198ef37d2f7f04bccc0c1b531b.png Hi, the free Swarmlake 3.0 Update is out now: Added player health Improves understandability of game overs which was by far the most common complaint since release. In the past the binary nature of one-hit deaths resulted in frustrations as there was no warning possible. Also increases the elasticity of the game challenge. This will affect the gameplay dynamic as it is now possible to intentionally take damage to get to a bomb. Added bowl-shaped arena wall Removes the punishing nature of falling off the arena while keeping effectively the same playspace as the recently introduced arena limit. As a reminder having a limited arena reduces the amount of invalid options such as running infinitely backwards/forwards or making too big of circles. Since the game gets harder over time this only ever resulted in slower and more frustrating deaths which were not obvious to understand. It also increases the required decision making and adds more positioning and meaning to space. So overall this improves the depth tree for both beginner and expert players. Added wall jump Added bomb detonation healing a fraction of health