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Your next run starts before the first bullet flies. Update 1.1.7 overhauls DEFLECT’s menus with clearer loadout management, more readable screens, and smoother controller navigation. - Arsenal overhaul: Reapers, permanent upgrades, Cosmetics, and Ascendancy now share a consistent
Update 1.1.6 delivers a major interface and readability overhaul across DEFLECT. The Arsenal has been reforged with dedicated spaces for Reapers, permanent upgrades, Cosmetics, and Ascendancy. Each section now offers clearer requirements, live previews, improved inspection tools,
This update sharpens DEFLECT’s combat readability, gives every sector and boss a stronger mechanical identity, and makes progression easier to understand. • ONE ACTION, ONE SOUND: repeated combat effects no longer alternate between recordings or random pitches. Armored blocks, mu
Started implementing a new sound-effects layer! Combat and menus now have initial sound effect to help with the overall feel and audio feedback. This is still a work in progress, so thoughts and suggestions are always welcome!
- SELECT MODE, REBUILT: every deployment mode now has dedicated scene art, a distinct tactical emblem and a unified command-deck card treatment. Hovered cards expand immediately; selected cards remain expanded so the active deployment is always obvious. - LIVING DEFLECTION FEED:
- CLEAN RESUME — returning from the background or Steam Overlay and resuming a paused run can no longer leave the main menu layered over live gameplay. Resume now clears any stale front-end panels before combat continues. - CLEAR DIRECTIVES — encounter objective notifications now
Returning from the background or Steam Overlay and resuming a paused run can no longer leave the main menu layered over live gameplay. Resume now clears any stale front-end panels before combat continues.' }, Encounter objective notifications now stay beneath the sector and Threa
August 8, 2026 This build expands DEFLECT's combat, build variety, controller support, run pacing, and presentation while polishing the Steam launch experience. NEW & EXPANDED - Added 12 Circuit Evolutions that transform focused builds into new playstyles with their own effec