Update 0.84 adds in new scoring indicators that float above the action that generated them for a few seconds. These indicators also show you negative scores that you might get for hitting the wrong colored ball with a laser beam.

In addition, this update adds floating reasons why you died above the location of your death, such as "Acid Death" if you touch the acid, "Electro-fried" if you touch a colored ball, or "Time Up!" if time runs out on you causing you to lose a life.

Scoring has been changed to better balance depositing balls in the deposit bin as I didn't realize how few points the game gave you for each deposit until I added the above mentioned scoring indicators.

Depositing a ball is now worth about 4x the value previously seen before this patch. Each ball deposited is worth less points than the last ball because the level gets easier as you clear the balls out. You'll now see the exact points scored for each ball you deposit with the score multiplier calculated for you.

Hitting the wrong colored ball with a laser beam is more costly than before. The cost for each wrong ball hit with a laser has been increased from 15 points per level to 50 points per level. For example, on level 3 now, if you neutralize the wrong colored ball with a laser, it will deduct 150 points from your total score.

Due to the increased speed of scoring, the first extra life is now 4,000 points (previously 1,000 points) and as before, the required points for each extra life doubles each time you earn an extra life.

The volume of the electricity from the balls was also reduced in this patch, as they seemed a little loud especially when 8 or 9 balls were on the screen.

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Known issue:

There is a known bug that sometimes happens where you'll advance a level when only 8 balls have been deposited. Usually it works correctly, and usually all 9 balls need to be deposited before you'll advance a level.

This isn't a game breaking issue, but I'm still trying to figure out exactly what causes this because it seems to happen only on a very rare occasion.

There may be more issues or silly little bugs in the game due to all the recent changes I've made in the code with the recent changes made in update 0.83 and 0.84. Please report them on the sticky thread for reporting bugs if you come across one and try to give as much detail as you can if you do report anything.

I hope you are enjoying all the recent changes I've made to Laser Ball to try and make it a more enjoyable gaming experience!

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