Hackshot is featured at the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase, with a huge discount as well
Let's just get into what's new:
=> Master Hacker Conquests
These new challenges require using some interesting and obscure interactions in the game, they are also a new way to gain stars in the game, which grants a new alternative for a smoother progression.
There will be 100+ Conquest stars in this update
=> Critical nodes can now grant more stars
Critical nodes such as 11, 22, 33, ... are usually much more involved than normal nodes (levels), so now they can grant more stars than usual. I think this helps to match their involvement with an appropriate reward.
The ones with the least stars can now grant up to 7 stars, and the highest one is much higher than that.
=> New Story Chapter
No spoilers 😏
=> Steam Achievements and Cloud save
Finally !!!
And as of now, the game will have 80 achievements on Steam, maybe at May 29th a couple more will be added as well
=> Simplified Chinese In-game Guide
By the generous effort of @OldCaptainWZJ, I have managed to add an in-game guide in Simplified Chinese
=> A ton of User Interface and Quality of Life improvements
I will just list some to make the point:
- Slimmer and easier to use shot tools panel,
- New score lists: Highlights your current scores easily, as well as highlighting Ascended hacks, Exploits and Maxed nodes,
- Some new icons for the Mod Wheel for better readability,
- Faster simulation speed as default,
- New instructions to make learning about in-depth functions easier
=> Extra polish for Visuals and Audio
Shapes are now smoother but keep their sharp form, better SFX in general, and some new effects were added such as a better hit effect to sell the strength of impacts (it changes with Cyberball attributes)