Changelog - Lockstep Arcade

Current

single player games started through the multiplayer lobby no longer round trip packets through the server (so you won't get lag, or see 'Waiting for players', for these games)
fixes a crash when hovering player names on the recording replay page
fixed imgui errors when hovering slot colour indicators on the game results view
fixes an issue with some settings being missing from the game details shown for games other than Neon Swarm
added the possibility to change walk speed in Neon Swarm (to double or triple speed)
Neon Swarm games (including tutorial levels) end automatically when there are no swarmers left
added a sound when attempting to dig metal in Neon Swarm (and activities now end directly when this happens)
added tooltips for settings in create game screen
tweaks to Serpents game default settings and start situation
rendering tweaks to reduce aliasing in Pilots and Serpents

fixed issues with connection failure from iPhones when on mobile data
fixes problems with UI extending outside screen extents after switching out of app and in again on mobile platforms
fix for spurious tail collision, in serpents game
fix for issue with tail length drift (e.g. tail actually non-zero length for dead player)
support for connecting as a guest, with credentials created on connection (in web builds)
possibility to copy currently logged in credential string to clipboard (in web builds)
sound tweaks, serpent exit sound
reduced default game duration for serpents
tweaks to network code for smoother play in situation where there are clients on bad connections (or mobile data)
font rendering improvements for high dpi displays

significant improvements to game networking in situations with poor wifi or mobile data connections (less 'Waiting for players')
serpents game now has 'exits' and you need to drop off your tail at your exit to score (with a score multiplier depending on tail length)
fixed issue with bounces resurrecting dead serpents (to length 100)
credentials string entry marked as password (so browsers offer to fill this for you)
game version is displayed in mobile phone UI
font changed to improve number display

the web client detects when you are on a mobile platform and runs a dedicated mobile UI (with only the Serpents game supported)
Serpents game now uses mouse/touch control
font rendering improvements

added another game to the arcade ('Serpents', a combination of the classic snake game with asteroids style inertial movement)
delay frames can be set for coop challenges and ranked matches
tweaked missile behaviour (speed and collision) in Pilots
orders with triggers can be given to falling swarmers in Neon Swarm
credentials are now provided as strings that can be pasted into the app
name changes on the server now persist across server restarts
fix for an issue with being unable to save credentials on the web client before playing tutorial

fixes a bug with dead pilots still able to target lock and fire missiles
fixes a bug with desynchs detected at end of Neon Swarm in cases where swarmers are making world changes during the delay frames just before game end

second game added, 'Pilots', a top down shooter with asteroids style ships and inertial movement
orders for the swarmers in Neon Swarm can now be set to trigger on different conditions (blocked, turned around, about to fall)
a tutorial has been added for Neon Swarm
swarmers not matching direction filter are darkened
no wrap version of first map added
more single player challenges added
the last player in a game can now choose to end the game early

fixed bug with local recording files only being scanned on application startup
fixed bug with imgui error on highscore table page
fixed detail issue with local recording file state when going from highscore table to game result
game data moved into a 'data' subdirectory
game client executable renamed to 'LockstepArcade.exe'/'LockstepArcade'
game release archive renamed

main menu added to UI at startup
"Connect to server" goes to the multiplayer UI that would previously be accessed directly on client start
possibility to download recordings (through game results tab), which can then be replayed through "Recording replay" on the main menu at client startup
fixed some issues with game results display
fixed an issue with the game incorrectly reporting 'tied result' at game end
various UI tweaks
added a build for MacOS

A bunch of tweaks and adjustments to lemming behaviours
Lobby reworked significantly, again
Player names are now tracked persistently on the server side
Added co-op map and a set of co-op challenges based on this map, with a highscore table
Average exit times are tracked, in addition to total number exited, and serves as a tie breaker for same number exited
Added the possibility to play ranked matches, with player ratings updated based on results (using Glicko2), and a player rankings page
Bug fixes

Game network and simulation continues in the background (to prevent the game freezing for other participants), if the user locks the application by holding left mouse on the window taskbar and dragging the window
Tweak to separate lemmings that end up on exactly the same pixel
Second map, and the possibility to select a map when creating a room in the lobby
Support for horizontal and/or vertical wrap around at world boundaries (optional, per map)
Lobby reworked significantly, in particular with it now clearer when you are in a game room
It is now possible to abort a game and return to the lobby (good if you are losing and there is no way to catch up!)
Team info is shown with the game settings
The results of the last game played are shown in each game room
Game desynch checks are now made automatically
Wrapped worlds are also rendered wrapped, with tiled rendering

Removes the (confusing) concept of game waiting lists and shuffling around through this on game exit (players now just come back to exactly the same place in the lobby when leaving game)
Fixes an issue with slot assignment that meant that two players could be assigned the same slot
Fixed the player count in the lobby
Added 'raise ground' order
Bridge order duration increased
Step height increased (from 2 to 4 pixels)
Added some delay to digging, for dig sideways, with actual digging triggered after this delay or when the lemming first gets blocked by something
Added upward dig
Added raise ground order
Added horizontal bridge
Adjusted texture scaling mode for world rendering to work better for pixel width stuff like bridges
Direction filter is now set by holding left and right arrow keys (with mouse cursor reflecting this)
Arrow keys no longer control camera movement (but WASD is still available for this)
Added sound feedback on order given
Increased selection distance
Falling lemmings (which won't take orders) are rendered in a darkened colour
'Rooms' are created and joined in the lobby (renamed from 'games')
Added ready check boxes
Player name limited to 30 chars