Hi everyone!

Metroidvania Month Jam #22 ended and Silent Paradise ranked #3! I'm pretty happy about this, thanks to everyone who played the game, especially fellow jammers (is that a word?) who took the time to rate it. I couldn't play as many entries as I wanted before logging-off for the year, but I will probably play a few of them later just for the fun of it!

More importantly, now that the rating period has ended, I can update Silent Paradise freely. This first update fixes some of the most glaring issues people have brought to my attention (not all though, there will be subsequent updates). Chief among the issues was the jump. Basically everybody thought it was way too abrupt and difficult to control, so that was the first thing I reworked.

But I also added a mini-map to the warp menu, to make it easier to remember where you're going:

Here's the full changelog:

• Improved the jump to be less abrupt and easier to control
• Improved the warp menu to show a mini-map
• Added a cooldown to enemies respawning
• Added an explosion FX when bosses die
• Added sound effects to the waterfalls
• Reduced the duration of the hitbox for explosions and electric discharges
• Added a "tutorial" for the quick item selection popup
• Moved the Life Support save room to a more obvious place
• Fixed the GameOver screen not appearing when dying to lava
• Fixed the player's character remaining squashed after being hurt during a slide
• Fixed being able to equip items or read codex entries before unlocking them
• Tweaked health and missile drop rate
• Removed the electric discharge when the golden crawling drones die
• Prevented players to get stuck in the boss doors if they turn around too fast
• Enemies won't shoot perfectly straight anymore, so don't think you can just crouch and avoid everything!
• Some minor polish and fixes here and there

See you soon for more improvements! ;)