0.9.9e changelist

22 Jan 2025Developer post

This update contains the beta branch changes, which have been tested and refined over the past few weeks.

Thanks to everyone who contributed feedback.

Maximum weapon slots reduced 4 -> 3
Removed Mine Ammo pickup
Secondary Ammo pickup reworked - Renamed to Munition Ammo - Adds equal ammo for both secondaries and mines
Increased mine launch invulnerability time 0.375s -> 0.425s
Added Kraken secondary
Adjusted Hoplite - Damage increased 64 -> 72 - Max ammo increased 12 -> 16 - Ammo rate increased 3 -> 4
Adjusted Cycler - Damage per shot increased 12/8/8.5 -> 12/9/9.5
Adjusted Piranha - Ammo rate reduced 15 -> 10
Adjusted Thermo - Ammo rate reduced 0.5 -> 0.375
Adjusted Ion Ray - Ammo cost increased 12/15/18 -> 16/20/24
Adjusted Foamphase - Ammo cost increased 32/48/64 -> 32/64/80
Adjusted Ack-Am - Ammo cost increased 36/52/72 -> 40/80/96
Adjusted Bladder Mine - Increased fragment turn rate 136 -> 154 - Reworked movement pattern

Ammo Modules reworked: - No longer increases all ammo gained from pickups - Now increases primary ammo gained from pickups by 50%
Sensor Fuser now improves weapon tracking vs. cloaked enemies
Increased Superpod hull 96 -> 128

Added dynamic pickup spawn/drop rates: - Affects shield, fuel and ammo pickups - Now partially selects pickups based on player state and other nearby pickups - Will avoid duplicates or pickups the player cannot use - Enemies will drop more pickups when player is low on resources - Breakables (e.g. crates and barrels) will now always drop at least 1 pickup
Reworked weapon pickup spawning - Now takes current player loadout into account - Now takes all previously dropped weapons of the run into account - Now selects a roughly equal distribution of primaries, secondaries and mines - Reduced overall weapon drop/spawn rate
Reworked exopod droprate to be more consistent
Removed bonus lives earned from credits
Reworked Resurrector spawning - No longer limited to secrets - Now more likely to spawn when players are out of lives
Added Mega Shield pickup - Adds 128 shield - Bonus can exceed ship max shield
Ammo pickups have higher bonuses on Hazard 1 and 2
Reduced max enemy density on Hazard 1 and 2
Pickups that can be collected will now always be attracted (bonus overflow is ignored)
Artifacts will now sometimes spawn as secrets
Adjusted level pickup spawning to be more consistent
Improved secret pickup selection
Added more multi-tile entrances for secret rooms

Added binding for navigating to nearest unexplored group (default keyboard binding is "x")
Added weapon wheel for exchanging weapons
Weapons without ammo can no longer be selected
Added additional HUD feedback for selecting and exchanging weapons
Added HUD indicators for incoming homing missiles
Homing alert sound is now directional
Added additional HUD feedback for Mega Shield and ammo packs
Removed primary bank full HUD messages

Reworked enemy spawning: - Enemy compositions are now more varied - Smoother difficulty progression across a level - Will now occassionaly create swarms of weaker enemies
Damage from melee enemies now penetrates shield
Ionites can now spawn in underwater areas
Improved spawn point selection for ground enemies
Increased Killjet size
Shade adjusted: - Reduced turn rate - Increased ethereal duration