Update 1.3.4
Expanded Intro Fixed some bugs with Achievement stat tracking Reduced Graham's Shotgun damage to 40% per pellet
Expanded Intro
Fixed some bugs with Achievement stat tracking
Reduced Graham's Shotgun damage to 40% per pellet
Hecaton
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- Apr 5, 2020
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Update 1.3.3
Update 1.3.3 is now live includes several changes. New Features Added Rumble support for Controllers Added 5 new Fates for all playable characters. These Fates are unlocked by default New Fates Glass Cannon -> Crit Damage + 10%, Health - 5% Turtle: Armor -> 10, Attack Speed
Original postUpdate 1.3.3 is now live includes several changes.
New Features
- Added Rumble support for Controllers
- Added 5 new Fates for all playable characters. These Fates are unlocked by default
New Fates
- Glass Cannon -> Crit Damage + 10%, Health - 5%
- Turtle: Armor -> 10, Attack Speed - 5%
- Hard Mode -> Enemies are 5 Levels higher and 20% more valuable
- Treasure Hunter -> New Trinkets are 10% stronger
- Window Shopper -> Shops have a 10% chance to have more Items
Balance Changes
- Altered some initial variables for new Save Files. For example, default music is a bit louder. This only affects new players.
- Altered some Menu noises.
- Enemy Initial Damage has been decreased by ~6%. This does not affect Damage Scaling.
- Lockdown Rooms for Levels 2 and 4 have slightly more time in between enemy waves.
- Gentle Giant Fate -> Now properly removes 5 Damage
- Equalizer Fate -> Changed to +1 to all Stats (previously was -5 Damage, +2 all other Stats)
- Patriot -> Starting Health reduced to 325 (was 350)
- Sarin -> Necrotic Aura's initial Damage has been increased by 33%.
- V -> Relentless Assault Attack Speed has been increased by 15%.
- Necronomicon Item -> No longer works on Robot enemies, because they have no souls.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue with Sonja's Trap becoming invisible
- Fixed an issue with Sonja's Matryoshka Trap Fate not properly calculating Damage
- Fixed an issue that caused the game to become potentially becoming unstable if selecting a Fate and teleporting to a new Level at the same time
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Update 1.3.2
Reduced the Experience to reach Level 2 by 67%. This change increases the speed of the first Stage so you can get to the good stuff faster. Increased the Secondary Stats of Common Equipment. Equipment of higher rarities are unaffected. Redesigned the Splash Screen.
Original post- Reduced the Experience to reach Level 2 by 67%. This change increases the speed of the first Stage so you can get to the good stuff faster.
- Increased the Secondary Stats of Common Equipment. Equipment of higher rarities are unaffected.
- Redesigned the Splash Screen.
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Update 1.3.1
Fixed an issue where Patriot's Grapple attack may cause the player to be placed into an unrecoverable state
Original post- Fixed an issue where Patriot's Grapple attack may cause the player to be placed into an unrecoverable state
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Update 1.3.0 Patch Notes
Update 1.3.0 brings a large list of new features, balance changes, and bug fixes to Hecaton. New Progression System Score now goes towards Bounty Hunter Rank Each character can increase a stat point permanently for every Hunter Rank earned You can increase Health, Armor, Crit Cha
Original postUpdate 1.3.0 brings a large list of new features, balance changes, and bug fixes to Hecaton.
New Progression System
- Score now goes towards Bounty Hunter Rank
- Each character can increase a stat point permanently for every Hunter Rank earned
- You can increase Health, Armor, Crit Chance, Attack Speed, or Energy Gain
- Each Bounty Hunter now has their own unique sets of Fates to unlock
- Each Bounty Hunter has 15 new Fates, for a total of 120 new Fates
- New Fates are unlocked every 2 Bounty Hunter Ranks
- Fates are designed to be paired with each other. Experiment and find the best combinations to victory.
Revamped Difficulty
- Titan has become a much more dangerous place
- Slow and telegraphed attacks now deal significantly more Damage to the player. These attacks include enemy Rockets, Sniper fire, Shotguns, and Melee attacks
- Enemies will now spawn near the player more aggressively. If you're looking for a fight, there's always one around the corner
- Lockdown rooms have been altered to start more slowly and ramp up in difficulty after every enemy wave teleports in
Balance Changes and Bug Fixes
General
- Equipment stats have been increased by about 20%
- Players now start out with 2.5% higher Move Speed, and gain 1% Move Speed every Level Up, up from 0.5% every Level Up
- Rocket Turrets have been taken out of stages 1 and 2 and replaced with Mine Turrets
- Enemy Mines now bounce slightly higher
- Proc-based Items (such as Accelerant, Vorpal Toxin, Orb Leech) have had their base proc chance increased by 20%
- Fixed some bugs where stats would sometimes improperly display on the UI
Patriot
- You now gain Evasion while Grappling towards enemies and walls
Sarin
- Fixed a bug where Contagion would not attach itself to enemies properly
- Contagion now attacks 4 times, up from 3
- Fixed a bug where Reap would not properly function with Monkey Wrench and Inductor Items
- Reap now deals 50% of an enemy's Poison Damage instantly, up from 35%
- Poison Nova projectiles now move 20% faster
Minerva
- Time Stop now properly destroys enemy destructible projectiles
- Minerva now gains Evasion after hitting an enemy with Void Blast and moving backwards away from the blast
- Chaotic Bolt now fires 4 bolts, up from 2
- Chaotic Bolt's initial Damage is now 25%, down from 100%
Maverick
- Greatly increased Magnum Shot's attack speed
- Fan the Hammer's initial bullet is now much more accurate
Graham
- Fixed an issue where some enemy attacks will stop Shoulder Charge from moving through them. You should now properly break through enemy attacks.
- Greatly increased Shotgun Blast's attack speed
- Micro Turret now attacks 20% faster
- Micro Turret and Tesla Tower animations are now faster
Psycho
- Decreased Detonate's Cooldown to 4 seconds, down from 5 seconds
- Decreased Shock Bomb's Cooldown to 7.5 seconds, down from 9 seconds
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Update 1.3.0 Out Now
Update 1.3.0 is now available. Full patch notes will be posted here at a later time.
Original postUpdate 1.3.0 is now available.
Full patch notes will be posted here at a later time.
- Developer post
Update 1.3 Out Later This Week
I'm in the process of testing Update 1.3 now and with any luck it will be out in a few days. Here are some highlights: Each character can unlock 20 new Fates, for a total of 120 new Fates across all 8 characters. Characters can also no permanently increase their Stat Points. Upda
Original postI'm in the process of testing Update 1.3 now and with any luck it will be out in a few days. Here are some highlights:
- Each character can unlock 20 new Fates, for a total of 120 new Fates across all 8 characters.
- Characters can also no permanently increase their Stat Points.
- Update 1.3 also completely revamps the game's difficulty level.
With regards to the new difficulty, one piece of feedback I've received is that the game starts off too easy and takes several levels to get interesting. Update 1.3 hopes to address this by making earlier levels feel better to play. Enemy density has been increased across the board, and enemy damage for broadcasted attacks such as Sniper fire or Rockets has been increased. Previously enemy Damage started out too low and every character felt much too tanky, making death in level 1 basically impossible. In addition, too few enemies were spawning, resulting in too much down time in between fights. Finding the right balance in randomized spawns has been one of the more challenging aspects of the game.
See you in a few days.
Developer postA Preview of Update 1.3
Update 1.3 will provide several new ways to progress your Bounty Hunters. The following is a quick preview of the new systems that will be introduced once the patch hits. Starting in Update 1.3, all Rating received at the end of a run will increase the Rank of the Bounty Hunter y
Original postUpdate 1.3 will provide several new ways to progress your Bounty Hunters. The following is a quick preview of the new systems that will be introduced once the patch hits.
Starting in Update 1.3, all Rating received at the end of a run will increase the Rank of the Bounty Hunter you are playing.
New Bounty Hunter Specific Fates
One reward for increasing Bounty Hunter Rank is unlocking specific Fates for that Hunter. Here are a few examples for the two default characters, Patriot and Sonja.
The goal of new Fates is to provide a new layer of customization for players to explore and master. Hunter-specific Fates are designed to both improve a Hunter's core competencies while also having a few that may create an entirely new build out of. Moreover, new Fates provide depth that few Class-based Rogue-likes can match. It also makes every run feel different on not just a randomized level but also a gameplay level.
Unlocked Fates will go to the possible pool of chosen Fates for that Bounty Hunter's next run.
New Permanent Stat Progression
Update 1.3 also comes with a new way to permanently increase a Hunter's starting Stat Points, allowing you to further customize your playstyle. Whether you want to always have high Attack Speed, Crit Chance, Health, and more, this new system allows you to tailor your Bounty Hunter's stats to your needs.
Update 1.3 will include over 100 new Fates, new Achievements, and more. It will be arriving later this Summer.
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Update 1.2.0
Update 1.2.0 is now live and contains several changes to the base game. General Stages 1, 2, and 4 now have Alarm Rooms right before the Boss Room. This is to create a combat area that contrasts with the exploration and platforming elements of most of the level. These combat enco
Original postUpdate 1.2.0 is now live and contains several changes to the base game.
General
- Stages 1, 2, and 4 now have Alarm Rooms right before the Boss Room. This is to create a combat area that contrasts with the exploration and platforming elements of most of the level. These combat encounters are highly randomized.
- Counters for how many times you've picked up an Item will now be shown in the Database Menu for Items that have been fully decrypted
- Added a new decryption icon in the Database Menu. Decryption is now indicated by 3 lines underneath the Item's Icon.
- Several changes to the way enemies spawn randomly on a map
- The enemies inside Stage 3 Alarm Rooms are now slightly randomized
- The Menu music has been changed
- Trinkets have been renamed to Equipment
- The game logo has been updated to match its current state in all forms (store page, in-game, etc)
Balance Changes
- The Speed Stone Achievement has been changed from defeating the first boss in 6 minutes to 4 minutes. This should have changed during the 1.1.0 Map Update when all maps shrank in size but is being changed now.
- The Mitosis Machine Achievement has been changed to Survive for 35 Minutes, down from Survive for 1 Hour.
- Increased the hitbox of Minerva's Chaotic Bolt's secondary explosions. This also affects the Item of the same name.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug with particles for the Pakupaku Item
- Fixed a bug where Guiding Equipment would not reset properly during a level change
- Fixed a bug where Status Effect icons would not display properly on Patriot during Overdrive
- Fixed a bug where sometimes the Level Up or Energy Max animations would not display
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Update 1.1.0
Update 1.1.0 is now live. General Most maps have been been redesigned. Most old maps have been cut in half for much quicker gameplay in the first half of the game. Many old maps have been redesigned with new locations. Maps for the first 3 stages have been normalized: each map no
Original postUpdate 1.1.0 is now live.
General
- Most maps have been been redesigned. Most old maps have been cut in half for much quicker gameplay in the first half of the game.
- Many old maps have been redesigned with new locations.
- Maps for the first 3 stages have been normalized: each map now has 1 Transmitter and 1 Door to open.
- Greatly increased the number of available maps. For example, Stage 1 now has 6 map variations (up from 3).
- There are now 20 unique Large Chests found in each map variation (up from 11).
- As a result of more Large Chests available, the requirements to unlock 'V' has increased to 10 different Large Chests (was 7), and 15 different Large Chests for the Focusing Iris (was 10).
- You can now see in-game stats without pausing. They are on the left-hand side of the screen next to their respective icons. Stats that are above their expected value are blue and below their expected value are red.
Balance Changes
- Small, Medium, and Large Chests are now about 20% more valuable.
- Reduced Boss Health by about 15%.
- Increased spawn chance for Shops and decreased spawn chance for Shrines.
- Increased the Poison Damage done by Sarin's Envenom attack to 100% (was 75%).
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Update 1.1 Arriving Next Week
Update 1.1 will arrive sometime next week. It primarily addresses issues with current map design. Current maps will be cut in half. For example, the current map Twin Falls will be split into two maps: one called Upper Twin Falls and another called Lower Twin Falls. Map flow will
Original postUpdate 1.1 will arrive sometime next week.
It primarily addresses issues with current map design.
- Current maps will be cut in half. For example, the current map Twin Falls will be split into two maps: one called Upper Twin Falls and another called Lower Twin Falls.
- Map flow will now be standardized. All maps will have the same flow of
- Destroy the Transmitter to Open the Door
- Get to the Boss Teleporter and fight the Boss
- Previously, some maps became a bit too confusing with multiple Transmitters and multiple Doors.
- This will also result in much more map variety. For example, Stage 1's map choice will increase from 3 to 6.
- Each new map will also have a new unique Large Chest. As a result, Items and Bounty Hunters with a specific Large Chest Counter will have their requirements released.
- Some other changes will also be rolled into this update
The resulting changes pushes the game flow more into Action and de-emphasizes the feeling of getting lost in larger areas.
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Listen to the Hecaton Soundtrack on Soundcloud
You can now listen to the Hecaton Soundtrack playlist on Souncloud. Listen here If you like any of the artists make sure to send them some love.
Original postYou can now listen to the Hecaton Soundtrack playlist on Souncloud.
If you like any of the artists make sure to send them some love.
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Update 1.0.6
Update 1.0.6 is now live and contains the following changes: The game's Version Number is now visible in the Main Menu. For Science. A small Tooltip not displays in the Bounty Hunter selection screen. This gives some insight on how the character plays. V-Sync can now be toggled i
Original postUpdate 1.0.6 is now live and contains the following changes:
- The game's Version Number is now visible in the Main Menu. For Science.
- A small Tooltip not displays in the Bounty Hunter selection screen. This gives some insight on how the character plays.
- V-Sync can now be toggled in the Video Options.
- Windowed Mode is now Borderless. This may help with performance with Max Zoom compared to Full Screen mode.
- Compass Cooldown has been reduced to 15 seconds. This helps show the player's next objective more quickly.