In this update, I've removed the previous tutorial mode that was several screenshots of diagrams and text and replaced it with a more "hands-on-as-you-play" tutorial to walk players through the basics of the game objectives.

Hopefully this new tutorial will help newcomers catch on to how the game is played without needing to read any instructions before jumping in and playing the game!

Other changes made in this update:

- Added a volume slider for the game on the welcome screen.

- Added a save feature to the game that saves your volume level and the last setting you had selected for the tutorial (checked or unchecked). Whenever you launch Laser Ball now, your previously used settings on these two things will be loaded automatically. (On same PC or other Windows device)

- Change in Scoring: Scoring has been increased only in the situation that you drop all 9 balls into the Deposit Bin and have time remaining (not the red fast moving time). If you succeed in delivering all the balls to the deposit bin before they turn white due to running out of time, you'll now get a much more substantial bonus. The new bonus is 10 X the timer value, then take that number and multiply it by your current level. For example, if you finish level 2 before the original timer runs out, and have 20 shown on that timer when you finish.. you'll get 10 x 20 = 200, then 200 x level 2 = 400 bonus points. Previously the formula was the same except it was 3.5 X the timer then that multiplied by the current level. So previously in the above example, the bonus would have been 3.5 X 20 = 70 X level 2 = 140 bonus points. This new formula gives you almost TRIPLE the bonus points as before, so all the more reason to make every single second count!

- The game now starts in full screen mode when launched. (Alternating between full screen and windowed mode is still achieved by pressing the F key on your keyboard)

- In windowed mode, the game screen is now completely re-sizeable by just grabbing a corner of the window by holding your left mouse button and dragging to the desired size.

- From the Paused screen (accessed by hitting your ESC key on the keyboard or your START button on a controller).. you can now exit the game to the Welcome screen by hitting the Q key on your keyboard. (The game gives you this information when the game is paused). Exiting the game will cause you to lose your current game progress and score.

- The timer in game now shows a numerical value (counts down from 100 to 0)


…Hopefully these additions and changes make for a better game experience when you play Laser Ball now! :-)

Have a great weekend all!