Okay, the big news in this patch is that there is now a multi colored ball on every level. When it comes up to shoot is all a matter of chance, but you'd hope it comes up later in the level than sooner! Once you shoot the multi-colored ball to neutralize it, you'll unleash the deadly and dangerous new "Electro Blob"!



The Electro Blob doesn't actually hunt you down or chase you. In fact it's just a big ball of pulsating billion volt electricity! But because it packs so much power, it can be seen moving randomly all over the screen, sometimes doubling its size and other times compressing itself into a small ball of energy and darting all over the screen at crazy speeds!



If the Electro Blob touches you, you're as good as dead! If it touches any ball you've made safe with the laser gun, then you'll hear a double deep drum sound alerting you of the danger! DO NOT touch it as it will turn back to its original color and you'll need to get back to the control panel to try and neutralize it again!







Other changes made in this update:

* The control panel is now solid and cannot be walked over. The placement now prevents you from getting touched by acid if you are on the right side of it to access it. In the safe zone, you'll be safe from the balls, but be right in the patch of acid once it starts filling up! If you are on the right side of the panel to access it, you'll be safe from acid filling up, but be in harms way of the balls and/or the new Electro Blob!

* The acid is now half transparent and works much better than before. Contacting it is pixel precise now, so no more getting an acid death from a few pixels away! Yay!

* The countdown timer is now REAL time measure real seconds, not just a 1-100 timer as before this update. This will allow much better and easier game balancing moving forward

* The Timer now starts at 1 min and 45 seconds at level 1 and goes down by two seconds for each level gained because of the faster moving balls giving you more freedom to move quicker through each level. However, starting at level 15, 7 seconds will be added back to your timer for each level afterwards due to having to zig zag so much because of the fast moving balls. The maximum time given on any level currently is 2 min, 59 seconds however. These times may and will likely be changed to balance the game as needed moving forward.

* New sound effects added for the Electro Blob, including arcing electricity, a dramatic tune when he spawns each level and a heart beat that beats whenever he is on the screen. You'll also hear a dramatic double tone sound when the Electro Blob contacts any safe ball you've shot with the laser, causing it to turn back to its original charged color.

* Several graphical tweaks were made to improve the overall look of the game as well.


Anyhow, I'm sure that this update might present a bug or two, but they will be quickly squashed once found! Please help me squash any problems or bugs you experience by reporting them here or in the forums on the Bug Report sticky thread!

Also be sure you let me know how you like the new Electro Blob and all the recent changes, balances, and overall changes to the look and feel of Laser Ball in recent days!

Thanks for reading, enjoy the game, don't rage too hard at the new ball of lightning blob thingy, and have a great weekend!