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title: "v0.11.0: the Creatures Update"
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date: 2022-02-21T14:49:09-08:00
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draft: false
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---
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This is a new, **major** release of the _Sketchy Maze_ beta. There are a bunch of
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new tweaks to gameplay including controller support and an A.I. overhaul for the
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enemy creatures.
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[Download](/download) the latest release now or see the
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[change log](https://www.sketchymaze.com/guidebook/changes.html) for full
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details. The highlights of this release are described below.
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<img src="/images/v0.11.0-zoo.png" class="portrait" alt="Screenshot of The Zoo">
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## New Features
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#### Creatures are more aggressive
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The game's creatures have had an update to their A.I. and many of them will now
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become hostile to the player character. There have also been updates to their
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behavior when controlled _by_ the player character. Some of the changed behaviors
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include:
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The **Azulians** will track and follow the player character and jump if you are
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above them. Azulians are friendly if the player character is an Azulian or a
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Thief. Each color of Azulian has a different aggro radius, speed and jump height
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with the Blue Azulian being the weakest of them all.
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The **Bird** will search for the player and dive-bomb at them when it sees a shot
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it can take. Birds do not attack players who can fly, so they are friendly
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to the player character if you play as the Bird. When under the player's control,
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the Bird can dive to kill other mobs such as the Azulian.
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The **Anvil**, under the player's control, is invulnerable to damage from enemy
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mobs and it can crush other mobs by jumping onto them.
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#### Game controller support
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_Sketchy Maze_ can now be played using an Xbox-compatible controller, including
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some from Nintendo such as the Switch Pro Controller.
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If you have a Nintendo-like controller where the "A/B" and "X/Y" buttons are each
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swapped compared to an Xbox-like, you can choose the "N Style" button layout in
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the game's settings. Every PC game controller in my house is a Nintendo-style one,
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so this button mapping is a first-class citizen in my game!
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See the [Gamepad Controls](https://www.sketchymaze.com/guidebook/controls.html#gamepad-controls)
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in the Guidebook for full details!
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## New Levels & Doodads
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Two new levels have been added:
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* **The Zoo:** this Tutorial level shows off basically all of the doodads in the game
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and features a "costume room" to try playing as different creatures.
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* **Shapeshifter:** this addition to the First Quest needs the player to swap between
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different creatures to complete the level
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And there's a new doodad:
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* The **White Azulian** is the strongest Azulian and has a larger player search
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radius, speed and jump height than the Red Azulian.
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## Scripting updates for custom doodads
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The JavaScript syntax used by doodad scripts now supports many modern ES6 syntax
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features, including the `let` and `const` keywords, arrow functions, Promises, and
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`for-of` loops, which brings a massive quality of life improvement for programming
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custom doodads!
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For the technical details, I've replaced [robertkrimen/otto](https://github.com/robertkrimen/otto)
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with [dop251/goja](https://github.com/dop251/goja) - check their documentation for updates
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on ES6 syntax support!
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There are also new features in the scripting API to allow doodads to search the level
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for the player or other actors. Check out the functions tagged "v0.11.0" on the
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[Script API Reference](https://www.sketchymaze.com/guidebook/custom-doodads/api-reference.html)
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for full details.
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## Check it out!
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**[Download](/download)** the latest release for Windows, Mac OS or Linux!
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