This is the announcement for the post-jam update of my Spooky 2D Jam '23 entry "Escape the Cave".

Improvements

• Added glow dust particles  - they fit just nicely to the cave environment
• Music keeps playing after restart instead of stopping and restarting
• The glow of the firefly is more intense when light is at "full charge"
• The wings are flapping
• Show score, highscore and best score after  each run
• Collectable points in form of stars make the highscore more diverse and non-linear
• Start page with 3 difficulty options  - adjusting the amount of ligh orbs spawning and the influence of gravity

Helloween Special

I might have created an abomination Are you crazy brave enough to give it a try? It might only be me - scared by my own creation (this wouldn't be the first time...).   Would like to hear your oppinion,  if  you feel confident.

Bugfixes

• After  cave  turned  completely  dark,  light is now coming back when player collects a lightorb "by chance"
• When you win a game, the screen showing the final score isn't disappearing any more
• No  delayed "you win" message is showing up any more, when players leave the "Play again" screen open
• In Chrome the dark area now also shrinks gradually over time, instead of collapsing spontaniously

When there is enough time

In  case  I  find  the  time,   I  will  also add some of these points:

• More challenging cave  wall generation - the experienced player might have noticed that currently there is  a corridor throughout the whole length of the cave, where walls will never spawn (somewhere in the vertical middle), want to change that, to make the  flight more challenging  and  unpredictable
• A nice ending

Your Feedback

Have anything you noticed while playing? Any ideas or thoughts of things you want to see in the game?  Use the comments below, I really appriciate anything you want to share.