Insight VR

My brother Matt came up with a new icon for Battle for Vesta. This one is so far superior to the other two that I’ve had. I think it captures the essence of the game about as well as is possible in 512×512 pixels.  It clearly indicates that this is a space battle game, that you’re getting attacked, and that the game is 3d.  Plus it uses one of the ships from the game as well as colors from the game.  Now the game will look even better on your phone.

In other Vesta news, I’ve submitted the 2.1 update to the App Store, so it should be live in a couple of days.  There are a few bug fixes and other nice little things and one big thing: a new weapon.  The new weapon is a smart laser.  It will seek out and try to hit the enemy ship that is currently highlighted on the radar.  You charge it by collecting crystals, so you don’t have unlimited shots with it.  Also, you have to unlock it by beating the game.  Once you’ve unlocked it it will fire one smart laser at a time.  Beat the game again on a harder difficultly level and you’ll be able to fire more smart lasers at a time, up to five.  I’m quite pleased with how they fly.  It is a little bit like the rockets in Robotech.