Developer posts and news about this game.
Release day is here and the game is now available! It Consumes is a frantic arena shooter set in total darkness, where you see by beating your heart. Roguelite, classic, and endless modes High score leaderboards Extensive custom games editor where you can make your own game modes
- Auto Level Up toggle added to settings menu - Fixed pause menu not closing when pressing the “start” button on a gamepad
Gameplay - Balance changes to health blessings: - Explosive Recovery now only triggers when destroying a health crystal with secondary fire, but spawns a much bigger explosion - Deflect now pushes away nearby enemies when taking damage instead of when losing a shield - Lifeline i
- The heart flashes when ready to pulse again - The radar blessing shows enemies when true sight is activated - Fire Bolts and Electric Bolt light spells start recharging immediately after casting instead of waiting until you’ve fired all your shots - Fixed issue where fullscreen
Fixed some tutorial input prompts not registering
Controller support Reworked Turret enemy It now has two components, an outer skull and an inner weak point. Attacking either will deal damage, but the skull has significant damage resistance. To fight it effectively you will need to either get underneath it for a clear shot at th
Fixed orb pulser not emitting a pulse on direct enemy hits
Separate save data for different Steam user accounts on the same machine Automatic creation of backup save files that will be used in the event of a syncing error with Steam Cloud saves (or if the main save file is accidentally deleted for any other reason)
Custom Modifiers You can now create your own modifiers (essentially a custom perk or difficulty modifier) and add them to a custom game. Choose the effect, the conditions for how it’s triggered and removed, and give it an icon and a description. Three example custom games will be
Custom games Create your own game type where you can edit almost any value, including: Player health, stamina, movement speed, pulse rate and duration Weapon damage, ammo, projectile amount, piercing amount Spell damage and recharge rate Status effect durations and damage bonuses
Stage 2, which includes new enemy types New secondary fire: Mines Launches an array of proximity mines that float in the air, waiting for enemies to pass through them Krillothid tentacles save their current crystal amount between phases (e.g. if there’s one crystal left and then
Totally new stuff New primary fire: Shotgun New heavy spell: Poison Minefield New light spell: Electric Bolt Acceleration blessing (increased rate of fire) now also increases primary fire ammo capacity Modifiers that increase ammo capacity always round up Reduced recoil of Single
Minor bug fixes
Gameplay music Reduced height of boss crystals Fixed ammo UI breaking if ending a run with overflow ammo Fixed unlock progress UI on end of run screen sometimes flickering
Significantly improved optimization of fire wall particle effects Adjusted volume of several SFX Various minor bug fixes
Unlock progress made during a run is shown on the end of run screen Fixed bug where frost spray spell wasn’t working when using certain pulsers Fixed various visual bugs with spells and enemies Fixed a few sound effects that were too quiet
New boss Four new pulsers The clock A wind up device that automatically pulses as it ticks downward. Once both halves of the clock are in contact and it is fully closed it will stop pulsing, and you need to wind it back up. There’s no pulsing while it’s winding, so you need to ti
Fixed issue with overlapping tutorial text and out of bounds text Fixed a bug that prevented completing the tutorial
Unlock additional perk equip slots Unlock special perks by surviving runs at different difficulty levels. The first 3 of 9 of these perks are implemented in this update. Extra Life: Once per run, return to full health after dying. Decoy: Dashing while at full stamina creates a de
Version 0.14.0 New Features Secondary Fire Replaces precision fire mode with different selectable secondary fire types. Sniper: a high precision, long range shot (this is what was previously the precision fire) Wave Shot: a wide, slow moving projectile that pierces all targets No