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A few people might be disappointed in this, but the flower guns and robot combat of this game is gone.

The combat always felt like a bit of an afterthought for me (even though I spent hundreds of hours designing, programming and testing it). A couple weeks after the last update I felt incredibly burnt out and overwhelmed by the scale of what I would have to accomplish to finish this game. I had a long conversation with my friend and decided what I needed to do.

For the non-developers out there, scope is basically: what you aim to accomplish in the project. The scope was too large. It was not realistic for me to make this game a fun bhopping movement puzzle game AND a shooter with weapon upgrades and boss fights. It was just too ambitious.

From now on, the identity of Ecto is now all-in on movement, whimsical interactions and vibey worlds to explore. I finished an entire world in less than a month, including some new items to play around with. Expect more updates with new items and worlds to explore.

• Removal of all combat elements, redesigned gameplay loop

• Replaced temporary playermodel with a new character: Chloe. I sketched, 3D modelled, rigged and animated her.

• Collect 4 star fragments in each level to progress

• A new world to explore! New islands, items, puzzles and interactions

• 2 Fidgety items to play around with. A Kendama and a Basketball + hoop

• A home/hub world while allows you to change levels

• Persistent save file (save your items and coins after quitting the game)

• 2 hazardous enemies in the first world. The venus fly trap and the beetle