Downstream Dream v1.1

Hi, friends!

I managed to do some new optimizations this week, and was able to make a small update to address a few things I couldn’t afford to change in Downstream Dream’s original release due to Pico-8’s code limits. Most of the new content relates to the midboss battle, which wasn’t quite as “finished” as I would have liked it to be. Changes include:

• Midboss section contains more action and a couple new sprites/sfx
• Rocks spawn gradually at the start of each lap (so you don’t crash into them immediately after winning the midboss section)
• Turtle hit/hurtbox size reduced
• Speed gauge colors changed to represent the danger level of being ejected
• Slight gfx adjustments
• Faster boot time

Thank you so much to everyone who supported this project. I spent over a year putting everything I had into this little game, and for it to have been so well-received means more to me than I’m able to express in words.

Happy belated new year, I hope 2023 will be a great one for all of us!

-ridgek