Wavecade
Time bending arcade #shmup
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Inspired by classic arcade shooters such as 'Space Invaders' and 'Galaga', Wavecade brings back the original nostalgia feeling to players from arcades, using sleek retro 80's and sci-fi aesthetic.
TIME MANIPULATION:
Bend time at your will by moving up and down the screen. After each wave, the game speeds up a small amount. making the game more challenging on each new wave.
POWERUPS:
You can accumulate multiple powerups at the same time. Collecting the same powerup upgrades it and increases your time with them active.
ABILITIES:
Activate your ability when you are facing near certain destruction to turn the tables of the game. It might be the one thing that saves you from a GAME OVER.
BLOCKS:
Blocks spawn at the top of the playfield and move down the screen. Line up your shots and shoot them for points.
They can come in a variety of types:
Blocks can spawn randomly, in rows, in a single stream, or in a pattern spanning the playfield
HAZARDS:
Hazards can appear at any time and can lose you a life if you happen to hit any of them. They can help destroy blocks if you're agile enough, could be a blessing in disguise.
BOSSES:
Get far enough in Wavecade and you will find yourself in epic encounters with bosses. They will have an arsenal of abilities to GAME OVER you. Learn their patterns and overcome them.
MULTIPLAYER:
Invite or join a friend on Steam and destroy waves of blocks.
Your scores are saved to the leader boards with your names. How long can you stay #1?
VARIETY OF GAME MODES:
Competitive
Relaxed
One-hit KO
No blocks shall pass
Chaos
Quick Game
CUSTOMIZATION:
Personalize your player choose from a selection of ships, colors, skins and your propulsion effect.
more Make time go faster and slower in this intense app that exemplifies all the best qualities of the venerable gaming genre.
Make time go faster and slower in this intense app that exemplifies all the best qualities of the venerable gaming genre.
Cloud save improvement
Bug fixes
Balances
1.9 16/06/2025
Bug fixes relating to UI and customization.
1.8.51 23/05/2024
Gameplay balances
Screen-shake intensity tweaks
Small bug fixes
1.8.50 25/04/2024
Fixed issue with game controller sensitivity. (Make sure you set your input type to "GAMEPAD" from the pause menu).
1.8.45 11/04/2024
Fixed bug regarding loading ships.
1.8.44 08/04/2024
Bug fixes and improvements.
+2 new ships
1.8.43 08/04/2024
Bug fixes regarding bosses, UI, input, online multiplayer and cloud saving.
Gameplay and performance improvements.
Those who have purchased the game before March are eligible to get a one-off "brilliants" reward for being a loyal customer to Wavecade. You can now use "brilliants" to unlock ships and designs from the customize menu.
1.8.42 05/04/2024
Bug fixes and improvements.
1.8.33 22/03/2024
Bug fixes and improvements.
1.8.32 20/03/2024
Bug fixes and improvements.
1.8.31 14/03/2024
Bug fixes and improvements.
1.8.3 11/03/2024
Bug fixes and improvements.
1.8.1 28/02/2024
Overhauled Customization
UI improvements
Optimized app size
Performance improvements
1.8 12/02/2024
Added deadzone controls if gamepad is available
HDR output support
Continuous bullet shooting
UI updates
High score shows next highest score to beat instead of always 1st
Bindings for controls show an image instead of text
DLC display fixes
Matchmaking UI loads before choosing a game mode
Filter matches by iOS only
Random game mode select button
New game mode "Chaos"
Multiplayer improvements
Bloom effect now based on screen resolution + render scale
Bug fixes
1.7.2 28/01/2024
Bug fixes and improvements
1.7.1 10/01/2024
UI overhaul
Customization overhaul
New boss
New hazards
New soundtracks
Support for custom aspect ratios and HDR
Multi level point booster (x2, x3, x4) powerups
Dynamic UI scaling options
New block styles
Show customize player 2 when player 2 is spawned in a local co-op game.
Carnage report screenshot zooming and panning.
Gameplay tweaks
Bug fixes
Performance improvements
1.7 29/12/2023
- Increased boss health (is harder to destroy with nades).
- Fixed issue where charge shot input would be read while customize player page is opened.
- Increased the amount of bullets on screen (up to 300, was previously 150).
- Increased size of + symbol on powerup pickups.
- Improved loading times slightly.
- Autoshoot now will not be triggered on powerup pickups.
- More colours added to Behemoth (2nd boss).
- Fixed issue where hazards might spawn in pre-game.
- Prevented shooting while player is in hit-stun state.
- Bullets now rebound off powerup pickups/shields/bosses.
- Improved start zones in pre-game (larger, brighter, faster fill time).
- Fixed issue where abilities were not deactivating when the ability timer runs out after the active ability was changed.
- Fixed issue where activating an ability in pre-game would not restart once wave 1 starts.
- Introduced 'competitive' game rules.
- Freeze time ability sets the game speed instantly to 5% instead of gradually over time.
- Various other bug fixes.
1.6.3 14/10/2023
- 2 more ships added to customization
- Powerup pickup visual improvement
- Loading animation update
- Save customizations as favourites
- Cloned charge shots now don't play sound
- Powerup time added to powerup notification
- Skill modifiers
- Galaxian style (Clan) waves
- New boss (Worm)
- New block pack design
- Performance optimizations
- Various other bug fixes
1.6.2 14/08/2023
- Arrow particle effect to move up if player is at bottom of the screen. Another particle effect at the top for the player to move down
- Music playlist page, listen to the soundtracks in the main menu
- 3D animated galaxy/nebula backgrounds
- Load galaxy materials/cubemaps/soundtracks on demand (decreases app memory usage)
- Chill pause music
- Skins customization (getting Wavecade - Designs Pack unlocks these)
- Styles customization (getting Wavecade - Ships Pack unlocks these)
- Monospace score text
- Block trails optimized and doesn't impact the framerate as much. Always enabled even if "extra visuals" is disabled
- Ship/propulsion selection is updated when pressed
- Armor piercing sound improved
- Remember last game mode when opening Game Rules UI the second time
- Carnage report page shows overview/details/screenshot
- Pause menu UI improved
- Main game UI improved
- Perks UI improved
- Ships meshes separated with one submesh per renderer
- New nade design
- Sound FX sidechain (ducking) against music
- Score award improvement
- Game rules UI now has pagination
- Looping videos play when play mode option is selected
- Player is awarded a 1UP after defeating the boss as well as powerups and a score bonus
- Removed warning in Settings UI if no settings were changed upon exit
- Fixed alignment issue on "no lives left" UI
- Fixed UI background issues on some pages
- Laser particle lifetime based on its angle for consistency
- Can now highlight reset/play buttons in Custom Game Rules page
- Fixed jitter on player boundary markers
- Particle explosion improvements
- Fixed issue where footer in play menu wasn't visible if there was no carnage report available
- Fixed issue where player can be hit on the first second the boss fight starts
- Armor blocks now require the amount of hits to destroy them
- Tutorial UI pauses if game is paused
1.6.1 23/07/2023
- New UI
- Save game over render to camera roll
- New sound effects
- Charge shots buffed with x4 points
- Main menu particles update
- Improved how scores are calculated after a score chain is complete
- Score awards
- Casino sounds on score milestones
- Charge shots score buff
- Twitch emote support for commands
- Sounds added to ships
- Menu intro particles updated
- New UI styles and backgrounds
- New app icons
- Game Center now optional
- New ability videos
- Can view controls/stats in pause menu
- Fixed issue where carnage report would be displayed when restarting a game
- Zomero updates
- Fixed audio issue where powerup sounds would play while game over
- Hazards now don't play while game over
- Various particle improvements
- Player now doesn't flicker while respawning and paused
- Random powerup pickup now plays different sound when picked up
- Better splash screen
- Various mobile code optimizations
- Touch control improvements (better relative touch controls + left handed support)
- Whoosh sound when blocks pass the player
- Camera rendering improvements while in customization
- New profile icons
- New Boss soundtrack (I'm Alive by Altria)
1.6 19/06/2023
- NEW Boss! Zomero the Galactic Titan
- NEW DLC In app purchases (10 new ships, 10 new propulsion effects, Double XP, XP packs)
- NEW Twitch Chat controls Wavecade (See game website for more information)
- NEW Move player with the gyroscope/tilt device
- 2 NEW perks
- NEW soundtracks
- Gameplay improvements, bug fixes
- Push Notifications
- And more...
1.5.1 25/05/2023
[IMPROVED]
- Customization UI.
- Block colors are now selected from a spectrum of colors, rather than a discrete 4 color system to determine color, speed and base points.
- Fast track mode now starts next wave once last block from previous wave is spawned.
- Options in scroll views now animate to the correct scroll value so it is less jarring when items are selected.
- Block types with updated color schemes.
- Press button to join UI updated.
[NEW]
- Inspect ship option.
- Sharable game over screenshot showing the last frame before game over. Can share with carnage report data.
- iOS ProMotion (120Hz) support settings option.
- Failsafe on cloud save initialization.
- Screenshots/App icons/video trailers/Splash screens.
- Pre-set block maps in custom game modes and uses block type spectrum.
[FIXED]
- Bugs when setting field of view in menu scene
- Bugs where nade/charge shot animations were still playing while paused.
- Bugs where buttons could be clicked on while scroll views were in motion.
- Block collisions that caused a memory leak.
- Memory leaks where the game would check for achievements on every block explosion. This caused framerates to degrade over time as the score increased and is likely the cause of the majority of crashes people have been having.
1.5 17/04/2023
- Ability to set a custom username
- New vibration package added (enable vibrations in settings)
- Reduced app size
- Force update UI page if the app version is too low
- Incoming UI improvement
- Select a custom profile image
- Next level orb now creates continuous path
- Scraping along edges of playfield will now not lose speed
- Particle effect explosion accuracy
- Armor blocks damage now more accurate
- Improved multiplayer synchronization
- Fixed player boundary indicator in portrait mode
- Player progression UI now levels up and continues automatically
- Playfield sizing tweak
- Many more bug fixes and improvements
1.4.4 13/03/2023
- Bonus waves now can happen randomly at the start of each wave
- Next wave orb path method improved
- Tap to charge shots without holding down the charge button
- Show open rooms in matchmaking UI
- Start menu UI improvements
- Added extra 100 rankings
- Level ID now shows next to local player UI
- New ships
- Boss music pitch now does not change over time
- Updated armour sprites, homing indicators and boundary indicators
- Some improvements to online multiplayer sync states
- Non overdrive standard bullets now despawn when colliding with hazards
- Score balancing when destroying many blocks
- Fixed issues with block formations
- Added more block legions
- Other bug fixes and improvements
1.4.3 08/03/2023
Bug fixes and improvements.
1.4.2 26/02/2023
Cloud save improvement
Bug fixes
Balances
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