STARWHAL is fully released!!

It's finally fully released! We made it! Narwhals are soon to be running amok all over the place!

Here are the goods:

New Stuff!

• New versus levels:
  
  
  
  • Stasis
    
  • Ameoba
    
  • The Gate
    
  • Perch
    
  • Tumble Dry
    
  • Squall
    
  • Pneumatic
    
  • Slippery Slope
    
  
  
• Challenge levels
  
  
  
  • 11 new Obstacle levels
    
  • 13 new Target levels
    
  
  
• Steam stuff:
  
  
  
  • Steam leaderboards
    
  • Achievements!
    
  • Trading cards
    
  • Big Picture support
    
  • Badges
    
  
  
• Music - 5 fresh new tracks, including the Obstacles theme shown in the launch trailer!
  
• More sounds - end of match sounds, world-specific ambience, and more!
  
• Even more visual effects: shockwave, heat shimmer, and lots of new particle effects!
  
• Challenge modes: a ‘next level’ button has been added to stay in the groove
  
• Updated challenge results screen - you can now see the required times for platinum, gold, silver, bronze medals, the difference between your current and best time, and the name of the level you just played
  
• End of match visuals and sounds for GAME, TIME, and COMPLETE
  
• Options: resolution can now be changed in game
  
• Control: gamepads now can use both analog sticks for turning, as well as both triggers for gas - now you can play one handed like in Wave Race 64!
  
• Credits - our identities have been revealed, as well as the amazing people who have helped us make it!
  

Changes:

• Level name changes
  
  
  
  • Moebius to Möbius (big change!)
    
  • Fast Forward to Time Spiral
    
  • The Clash to Flip and Dip
    
  • Battlefield to Slush Puppy
    
  • Glacial Gate to Glacial Pass
    
  
  
• Gamepads can now use the dpad for menu navigation
  
• On gamepads the ‘A’ button is now used for readying up instead of the ‘X’ button
  
• Challenge mode: Lava is a +5 sec penalty, Fireballs are now a +3 sec penalty
  
• Challenge mode: game timer is now has .000 precision - as accurate as Olympic bobsledding - important for leaderboard rivalry!
  
• New medal graphics
  

Balances/Fixes:

• End of match: selecting “Restart” after a Random level was played will pick another random level
  
• Level loading is improved
  
• Physic calculations have been optimized
  
• Game timer font has been updated
  

Costumes:

• ‘?’ rider
  
• Six Link
  

Thanks to everybody who has supported us up to this point! To any newcomers to neon space narwhal combat, good call on upgrading your existence!