Speed, Scores, and a warning

Another week, another few changes to make the game just a little better!

The game is still not indexed on Itch. This is quite frustrating, and I've been researching about this. It seems to be totally normal, in the sense that it is a common occurrence. I don't think it's normal from a platform perspective though...

I'm just glad I'm not paying any launch campaign publicity or something. Well hopefully, by next week the game should be fully online, browsable and all.

I've also been informed that when downloading the game, you may receive a warning that is unclear if it's from Itch or from the browser itself. The warning basically just says to be careful, since this is a new and unproven developer. But the message it gives is quite scary. I will have to add a disclaimer to the game's main page.

Corpus Size: 890 (+66)

Functional Changes:

• Changed the base speed to be slightly slower after getting feedback on the difficulty
• Adjusted the speed settings to be aligned with this new base speed
• Adjusted the E.A. Poe multiplier to be in line with the new base speed
• The Score is now also shown on the bottom of the end screen's poem page

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed the behaviour of the E.A.Poe multiplier:
  • When picking up another Poe multiplier while a previous one was still active, the speed will now correctly reset to the original speed from before you picked up the first multiplier
  • Also fixed it that the Poe multiplier now takes into account that speed also increases as more lines get added (previously you could use the Poe multiplier to reset your speed altogether) 
  • Fixed some corpus spelling errors

Current Focus:

• Making the High Score persistent even after closing the game
• Making the score appearing on the end poem optional
• Removing the speed buttons in the option screen and replacing them with an overall speed number setting - allowing for more freedom to configure the starting speed to be as desired
• Adding options to configure the pace with which the snake grows (once every X words), and accelerates (once every X lines)